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Foo Fighters Reveal Themselves To Be Glastonbury's Mystery Band 'The Churnups'

The intrigue is over.
Graeme Demianyk
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Senior Editor, HuffPost UK

The Foo Fighters, performing under the name 'The ChurnUps', on the Pyramid stage at the Glastonbury Festival at Worthy Farm in Somerset.
The Foo Fighters, performing under the name 'The ChurnUps', on the Pyramid stage at the Glastonbury Festival at Worthy Farm in Somerset.
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Dave Grohl’s Foo Fighters have been unmasked as the mystery band playing the main stage at Glastonbury festival.

Rumours were flying around after an unfamiliar name appeared on Friday’s schedule to play the Pyramid Stage at 6.15pm – after Texas and ahead of Royal Blood and headline act Arctic Monkeys. Pulp were another name in the mix.

The game was given away shortly before the big reveal on the Foo Fighters official UK Twitter account (and perhaps Grohl being spotted backstage).

The set opened with the 2002 hit, All My Life.

“You guys knew it was us the whole time, didn’t you?” laughed Grohl. “It’s nice to see your faces again.”

A mini-greatest hits set also included Learn To Fly, The Pretender and Best Of You.

The group recently introduced their new drummer, Josh Freese, who has replaced the late great Taylor Hawkins following his death in March 2022.

Of Hawkins, Grohl told the audience: “We wouldn’t be here without him.”

The American rock band are also dropping a brand new album in June, titled But Here We Are, and coincidentally had a huge Glastonbury-sized hole in their touring schedule.

The Foo Fighters, performing under the name 'The ChurnUps', on the Pyramid stage at the Glastonbury Festival at Worthy Farm in Somerset. Picture date: Friday June 23, 2023. (Photo by Yui Mok/PA Images via Getty Images)
The Foo Fighters, performing under the name 'The ChurnUps', on the Pyramid stage at the Glastonbury Festival at Worthy Farm in Somerset. Picture date: Friday June 23, 2023. (Photo by Yui Mok/PA Images via Getty Images)
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Dave Grohl and the Foo Fighters, performing as The Churnups, plays on the Pyramid Stage on day 3 of the Glastonbury festival in the village of Pilton in Somerset, southwest England, on June 23, 2023. The festival takes place from June 21 to June 26. (Photo by Oli SCARFF / AFP) (Photo by OLI SCARFF/AFP via Getty Images)
Dave Grohl and the Foo Fighters, performing as The Churnups, plays on the Pyramid Stage on day 3 of the Glastonbury festival in the village of Pilton in Somerset, southwest England, on June 23, 2023. The festival takes place from June 21 to June 26. (Photo by Oli SCARFF / AFP) (Photo by OLI SCARFF/AFP via Getty Images)
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The Foo Fighters, performing under the name 'The ChurnUps', on the Pyramid stage at the Glastonbury Festival at Worthy Farm in Somerset. Picture date: Friday June 23, 2023. (Photo by Yui Mok/PA Images via Getty Images)
The Foo Fighters, performing under the name 'The ChurnUps', on the Pyramid stage at the Glastonbury Festival at Worthy Farm in Somerset. Picture date: Friday June 23, 2023. (Photo by Yui Mok/PA Images via Getty Images)
Yui Mok - PA Images via Getty Images
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