Fans suspect Red Hot Chili Peppers might be acting at Glastonbury this 12 months after bassist Flea shared a cryptic social media put up.
This 12 months’s pageant is because of happen on June 21-25, however up to now solely Elton John has been revealed as a headliner.
Rumoured different acts that would high the invoice up to now embody Arctic Monkeys, Roxy Music within the legends slot, and Gun N’ Roses after Duff McKagan appeared to self-confirm the band’s slot final week.
Suspicions have now arisen that the Chili Peppers might be heading to Worthy Farm this 12 months, after Flea retweeted a sketch of the Pyramid Stage drawn by Glastonbury and Radiohead artist Stanley Donwood on Friday (January 20) with the phrase “Yes”.
— Flea (@flea333) January 19, 2023
“Is this a Glastonbury confirmation??!” one individual wrote within the replies. “Finally Glasto!?” one other requested.
“Are you doing Glasto this year?” one added, with others asking: “Is it… true?”
The band, who returned in 2022 with two new albums – ‘Unlimited Love’ and follow-up ‘Return Of The Dream Canteen’ – had been attributable to play at Glastonbury again in 1993, however had been pressured to tug out after Flea developed continual fatigue syndrome.
Artist Donwood has made all of Radiohead and Thom Yorke‘s paintings since 1994, whereas his work has additionally grow to be synonymous with Glastonbury posters and merchandise, telling NME again in November that he was eager to get began on the paintings for this 12 months.
With John attributable to shut out the pageant on Sunday, June 25, 2023, and since the Chili Peppers have a present scheduled on their European tour for Wednesday, June 21 (Warsaw, Poland) and Saturday, June 24 (Odense, Denmark) there are at the moment gaps for a possible Glasto slot on June 22 and 23.
Red Hot Chili Peppers are attributable to kick off the UK leg of their world tour on July 21 at London’s Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, adopted by a present at Glasgow’s Hampden Park on July 23.
Elsewhere within the hearsay mill, Melanie C not too long ago shared an replace about ideas The Spice Girls had been set to play this 12 months’s Glastonbury after Mel B teased that the pop icons might be set to reunite as soon as once more for a particular efficiency on Worthy Farm.