Dave Grohl takes the TRAIN to his surprise set at Glastonbury
Dave Grohl takes the TRAIN to his surprise Foo Fighters set at the Glastonbury Festival (and the guard is delighted!)
Dave Grohl proved that despite his huge fame, he isn’t above travelling with the masses, as he took the train to his surprise appearance at Glastonbury on Friday.
The Foo Fighters’ frontman, 54, mixed up with travellers on his way to Somerset – before taking to the Pyramid Stage.
Dave appeared in a snap posted by Great Western Railway’s official Twitter account that showed him posing with the train’s guard.
They wrote alongside the picture: ‘Even rock royalty knows that there is no better way to travel to Glastonbury than by train! You never know who is going to churn up on board our trains! #FooFighters #Glastonbury23 #TheChurnups.’
The iconic rock band took to the legendary Pyramid stage on Friday at 6.15pm right before Royal Blood.
People’s favourite: Dave Grohl blended into the crowd while taking the train on his way to Castle Cary on Friday (picture with a railworker)
Humble: The famous Foo Fighters’ frontman, 54, mixed up with travellers on his way to Glastonbury – ahead of the band’s surprise set
The performer joked about the secret Foo Fighters’ secret appearance at the festival, knowing it was leaked day before, and told fans: ‘You guys knew it was us this whole time, you knew it. We’re not good at secrets.
‘Well, it’s nice to see your faces again, it’s been a long time. This is another beautiful day, another beautiful audience.’
During the performance, Dave’s daughter Violet Grohl made a surprise appearance on stage, as her doting dad gushed saying she was his ‘favourite singer in the world’.
‘This is a song we wrote for my mother, Violet’s grandmother, it’s called Show Me How and it goes like this,’ Dave revealed in a heartfelt moment.
He continued by giving a massive shout-out to the band’s drummer Josh Freese, saying he was ‘the man who helped us to be here today’, after the death of Taylor Hawkins last year.
Lead man Dave and the rest of the band then went on paying an emotional tribute to Taylor, as they dedicate their performance of Everlong to the late performer.
Coming to an end of their sensational set, Dave poked fun: ‘Well it’s nice to be here for 58 minutes and 30 seconds.’
Radiant: Dave appeared in a snap posted by GWR official Twitter account that showed him posing with the train’s guard
Set: The iconic rock band took to the legendary Pyramid stage on Friday at 6.15pm right before Royal Blood
Not a secret: The performer joked about the secret Foo Fighters’ secret appearance at the festival, knowing it was leaked day before, and told fans: ‘You guys knew it was us this whole time, you knew it. We’re not good at secrets
Surprise! During the performance, Dave’s daughter Violet Grohl made a surprise appearance on stage, as her doting dad gushed saying she was his ‘favourite singer in the world’
Tribute: Lead man Dave and the rest of the band then went on paying an emotional tribute to former band’s drummer Taylor Hawkins, as they dedicate their performance of Everlong to the late performer
‘We usually play this one as our way to say goodbye because we never like to say goodbye because I figure that if you guys come back we’ll come back soon.
‘But I already know we’re coming back for a whole f****** tour but I would like to thank every one of you for sticking around for the last 28 years.
‘I would like to dedicate this song to the Mr Taylor Hawkins,’ he added referring to the late drummer.
‘So let’s sing this one loud, we’re missing Taylor.’
Former Foo Fighters’ drummer Taylor passed away due to a sudden cardiac arrest shortly after his 50th milestone birthday in March 2022, while being on tour with the band.
The festival – which takes place from June 21-25 at Somerset’s Worthy Farm, saw the likes of Queens Of The Stone Age, Skepta and The Chemical Brothers joining the already confirmed headline acts.
Arctic Monkeys, Guns N’ Roses and Elton John are the Pyramid stage headline acts from Friday through to Sunday respectively.
On Friday night, Cate Blanchett became the Queen of Glastonbury festival as she made a sensational surprise appearance on stage.
The Australian superstar, 54, sent fans into a frenzy as she showed off her quirky moves on the Park stage at the annual music event.
Iconic: The festival – which takes place from June 21-25 at Somerset’s Worthy Farm, saw the likes of Queens Of The Stone Age, Skepta and The Chemical Brothers joining the already confirmed headline acts
On stage: Arctic Monkeys are set to headline Glastonbury on Friday 25th June this year, along with Guns N’ Roses and Elton John
The Oscar winner performed along with the band Sparks, reprising her role in the music video for their song The Girl Is Crying In Her Latte.
She wore the same striking custard yellow trouser suit and white loafers she wore in the video and repeated her unusual shapes.
She donned the suit over a black shirt, buttoned up until her neck.
The Carol star paired the outfit with large cat-eye green sunglasses and trendy red headphones.
The band managed to keep Cate’s appearance a surprise to festival goers before the start of the set.
Spark’s singer Russell Mael introduced the actress onto the stage to kick off their Friday set, telling the audience he had ‘a super special treat’ for them.
He told the crowd: ‘Hopefully as many of you know we have a brand new album, it just came out a couple of weeks ago.
He continued: ‘We have a super special treat tonight.
‘We did a video for this song recently and we had the great honour of having the great actor Cate Blanchett join us – where are you Cate Blanchett?’
The Tár protagonist then appeared on stage to an explosive applause and went on throw some serious and energetic shapes.
She did not say a word before or after the performance but she did take a moment to hug one of the bandmates.
Sparks consists of brothers Ron and Russel Mael who have previously explained they met Cate Blanchett in Paris at the Cesar Awards a few years ago.
‘We met Cate Blanchett in Paris at the Cesar Awards, little knowing that a year later one of the great actors of our time – and a splendid person – would graciously consent to lending her booty-shaking skills to the first video from our new album,’ they said previously.
While this was a welcome surprise, disaster struck another set on Friday night as the Arctic Monkeys were reportedly forced to stop their headline show amid concerns for a fan.
The band took to the iconic Pyramid Stage at Worthy Farm for a 90 minute set, which was criticised by fans for being ‘boring’ as they’d seemingly ‘slowed down’ many of their hits.
However, the performance was said to be halted by the band to allow help to be given to a fan after members of the crowd begged for medical help.
It’s reported that festival-goers used their mobile phones to flag down stewards so they could come to the aid of the troubled fan.
While lead singer Alex Turner and the rest of the group briefly stopped their performance to allow the poorly person to be helped efficiently.
Unconvenient: While this was a welcome surprise, disaster struck another set on Friday night as the Arctic Monkeys were reportedly forced to stop their headline show amid concerns for a fan
Bad rates: The band took to the iconic Pyramid Stage at Worthy Farm for a 90 minute set, which was criticised by fans for being ‘boring’ as they’d seemingly ‘slowed down’ many of their hits
A witness at the event told The Mirror: ‘There was a moment last night in Arctic Monkeys’ set where they dramatically paused gig as fan fell unwell.
‘Festival goers about 40metres deep from the stage cried for medics, and frantically waved mobile phone lights, to attract the attention of stewards who rushed into the crowd to help.
‘The band briefly paused their set to allow the stewards to deal with the situation before resuming.’
MailOnline have contacted Arctic Monkeys representatives for comment.
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