The band has already headlined Glastonbury Festival twice before, could 2023 be their third?
Arctic Monkeys have now entered the Rumour Mill as a potential act to play Glastonbury 2023.
Although whispers and wishes by fans have been abundant for the band returning to Worthy Farm – most recently in charge of stirring up the rumour, is a Twitter account that goes by the name ‘Has it Leaked? with Staffan‘.
The tweet, shown below, was put out late last night (Saturday, 3 July), and simply reads: “AM will do Glastonbury next year”.
Although the account is verified, boasts the blue badge by its handle, and indeed has a lot of followers – we cannot point to any major scoops on its page in regards to previous Glastonbury insights.
AM will do Glastonbury next year.
— Has it Leaked? with Staffan (@hasitleaked) July 2, 2022
Arctic Monkeys have recently announced they will be headlining Australian shows for January 2023.
The band also announced a series of South American tour dates earlier this year, and confirmed they had been working on their seventh studio album.
Speaking to Mike Dolbear for this year’s DrumathonLIVE 2022 about the upcoming album, AM drummer Matt Helders said that the Monkeys’ next album will be in a similar vein to 2018’s ‘Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino’.
“It kinda like picks up where the other one [‘Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino’] left off musically,” Helders said.
“I mean, it’s never gonna be like [2012 ‘AM’ single] ‘R U Mine?’ and all that stuff again, you know, the heavy riffs and stuff. “But there are riffs in there and [it’s] a bit more up-tempo, even though it’s not loud,” he added. “It’s hard to explain!”
You can watch the interview in the video below from around the 45-minute mark.
Arctics Monkeys last headlined Glastonbury in 2013 when they played the Pyramid Stage on the Friday night of the Festival, as well as in 2007 when they played the same slot, stage and day.
Staying on the topic of the rumour; another group which have been recently rumoured to play at Worthy Farm next year are Spice Girls – which according to Mel C – are poised on reuniting and going on to play “the biggest stage in the world” in 2023.
You can now view a constantly updated list of acts confirmed and rumoured for Glastonbury 2023, here.
Meanwhile, Glastonbury 2022 was brought to a close on Sunday (26 June) by headliner Kendrick Lamar who closed the Pyramid Stage that night.
Lamar’s performance came after the Festival made history with both the youngest-ever headliner in Gen-Z, icon Billie Eilish, and the oldest-ever headline in Sir Paul McCartney, both playing a pandemic-delayed 50th birthday bash for the greatest music festival in the world – three years after the last instalment took place in 2019.
During his historic headline performance, Macca wowed the crowds with a show-stopping setlist which included surprise guest appearances from both Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl as well as American-born star Bruce Springsteen.
Other highlights included Diana Ross commanding a mammoth crowd at her Sunday teatime Legends Slot.
The Motown soul singer treated the crowd to a selection of classics including ‘I’m Coming Out’, ‘Baby Love’, ‘You Can’t Hurry Love’, ‘Stop! In The Name Of Love’ and at the conclusion of ‘Chain Reaction’ pink confetti was launched from the Pyramid Stage.
Elsewhere, on the Saturday of the Festival, we found out Lily Allen was making her way to the Glastonbury site, thanks to an Instagram story she shared that afternoon, for what turned out to be a surprise secret guest appearance with Olivia Rodrigo on the Other Stage.
Other secret sets included performances from Jack White, who played The Park Stage on the Sunday, and George Ezra, who took to the John Peel Stage, earlier that day.
Fast forward to Monday (28 June) the rain started to descend – following defied ominous forecasts of thunderstorms and a yellow weather warning from the Met Office.
Campers started packing up their belongings and leaving the Festival site on a chilly morning. as the Glastonbury clean-up litter picking army was already deep-dug down into work on returning Worthy Farm to its natural clean and rubbish-free status in preparation for the next edition of the Festival.
The five-day event was watched by a record number of people on the BBC’s digital platforms – as streams on iPlayer more than doubled compared to 2019.
You can still catch over 90 sets and key tracks from the five filmed stages available to watch on BBC iPlayer – including Pyramid Stage performances in Ultra High Definition.
For a full (A-Z) list of sets, and individual track performances (as well as Glastonbury-related content prior to 2022), currently available on the iPlayer, click on the + buttons below.
- AJ Tracey
- Amyl and the Sniffers
- Angélique Kidjo
- Arlo Parks
- beabadoobee
- Bicep
- Big Thief
- Billie Eilish
- black midi
- Blossoms
- Bonobo
- Burna Boy
- Caribou
- Cate Le Bon
- Celeste
- Caroline Polachek
- Confidence Man
- Courtney Barnett
- Crowded House
- Deglan McKenna
- Diana Ross
- Dry Cleaning
- Easy Life
- Elbow
- First Aid Kit
- Foals
- Fontaines D.C.
- Four Tet
- Gabriels
- George Ezra
- Ghetts
- girl in red
- Glass Animals
- Greentea Peng
- Griff
- HAIM
- Herbie Hancock
- Holly Humberstone
- IDLES
- Inhaler
- Jack White
- Jamie T
- Jarv Is
- Jessie Ware
- The Jesus and Mary Chain
- Joy Crookes
- Kacey Musgraves
- Kendrick Lamar
- Khruangbin
- Koffee
- Leon Bridges
- Lianne La Havas
- Little Dragon
- Little Simz
- Lorde
- Megan Thee Stallion
- Metronomy
- Mitski
- Nightmares on Wax
- Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds
- Nubya Garcia
- Olivia Rodrigo
- Pa Saliue
- Paul McCartney
- Pet Shop Boys
- Phoebe Bridgers
- Primal Scream
- Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
- Róisín Murphy
- Rufus Wainwright
- Saint Etienne
- Sam Fender
- Sampa The Great
- Self Esteem
- Seun Kutu & Egypt 80
- Sigrid
- Skunk Anansie
- Sleaford Mods
- Snarky Puppy
- Squid
- St. Vincent
- Supergrass
- TLC
- Turnstile
- Warmduscher
- Wet Leg
- Wolf Alice
- Years & Years
- YUNGBLUD
- Yves Tumor
- Thursday Night
- Hidden Gems
- AJ Tracey & Pa Saliue
- Angélique Kidjo & JARV IS
- Arlo Parks & Idles
- Billie Eilish
- Crowded House
- Declan McKenna & Koffee
- Griff & Sigrid
- Haim & Leon Bridges
- Herbie Hancock & Katie Musgraves
- Holly Humberstone & Glass Animals
- Jessie Ware, Jamie T and Roisin Murphy
- Joy Crooks, Self Esteem and Skunk Anansie
- Kendrick Lamar
- Lianne Le Havas, Herbie Hancock, Declan McKenna, Nubya Garcia, Fontaines D.C.
- Lorde, Years & Years and Elbow
- Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds
- Sam Fender & Blossoms
- Wet Leg, Robert Plant & Alison Krauss, Wolf Alice
- Yungblud & Burna Boy
- AJ Tracey – Rain (featuring Aitch)
- Arlo Parks – Hope
- Billie Eilish – Oxytocin
- Burna Boy – Ye
- Foals – 2001
- George Ezra – Green Green Grass
- Griff – Black Hole
- HAIM – Summer Girl
- IDLES – Crawl!
- Jessie Ware – Save A Kiss
- Kendrick Lamar – Humble
- Kendrick Lamar – Saviour
- Little Simz – Selfish (featuring Cleo Sol)
- Lorde – Solar Power
- Lorde – Stoned at the Nail Salon (ft. Arlo Parks and Clairo)
- Megan Thee Stallion – Plan B
- Megan Thee Stallion – Savage
- Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds – AKA… What…
- Paul McCartney – Band On The Run (ft. Dave Grohl)
- Paul McCartney – I’ve Got A Feeling
- Phoebe Bridgers – Motion Sickness
- Sam Fender – Seventeen Going Under
- Wet Leg – Wet Dream
- Wolf Alice – Smile
- Wolf Alice – The Last Man On Earth
- YUNGBLUD – The Funeral
Glastonbury 2023 will take place at its natural home in Worthy Farm, Pilton, Somerset, from Wednesday the 21st to Sunday the 25th of June.
The first wave of Glastonbury 2023 tickets traditionally go on sale in October, which is then usually followed by a resale of any unpaid or cancelled tickets sometime in the Spring (March/April).
In addition to the ticket sales, some other opportunities for getting to Glastonbury include entering competitions, working at the Festival and volunteering – once those options make themselves available.
To learn more about registration, the sale process and how you can maximise your chances of getting Glastonbury 2023 tickets, click here.