Foo Fighters frontman, Dave Grohl, has been spotted on the train on his way to Glastonbury Festival 2023. It has been revealed that the band took the Great Western Railway service from London to Glastonbury at 11am, then disembarked at Bath Spa and took minibuses to the festival. The group made use of the exclusive First Class Lounge in Paddington, with the first group arriving at 10:20am. In order to keep his identity secret, Grohl was one the last people to arrive at the station.
Great Western Railway posted a picture of Grohl and a member of the train operator’s service development team, with guitarist Pat Smear and bass player Nate Mendel in the background. In a tweet, GWR wrote: “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!” The tweet was posted on social media after the band’s surprise set was performed.
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 pic.twitter.com/z6uJxESRFT
— GWR (@GWRHelp) June 23, 2023
The American rock band surprised fans at Glastonbury Festival on Friday, June 23. Prior to the big reveal, an unknown act named The Churnups were scheduled to perform on the Pyramid Stage at 6:15pm BST. On their Instagram, Foo Fighters posted a clip from their Friday performance. They wrote, “Thank you glastofest!!!”
See the video on the Foo Fighters’ Instagram below:
The last time the band performed at Glastonbury Festival was in 2017. Onstage, Grohl asked the crowed, “Last time we played here was 2017 I don’t know how many of y’all were there that time?” They then performed their set including a touching song “Show Me How” dedicated to Grohl’s late mother.
As of now, Dave Grohl has performed at this year’s Glastonbury Festival three times. The first time he performed at the festival was when Foo Fighters revealed they were the mysterious act The Churnups. During this set, they dedicated their final song “Everlong” to Taylor Hawkins, their late drummer who passed away at the age of 50 last March. On Saturday, Grohl and Johnny Marr joined The Pretenders onstage, and the Foo Fighters’ frontman joined Guns N’ Roses for the song “Paradise City”. Guns N’ Roses were the headlining act for Saturday’s festival.
Foo Fighters’ appearance at Glastonbury Festival is the band’s first full gig in the UK since the death of their drummer, Taylor Hawkins. However, they did hold a tribute concert to Taylor in London last year. Recently, the band confirmed that they will be going on tour next summer and be returning to the UK. They wrote on Instagram, “Stay tuned…” along with a video.
See the video on Foo Fighters’ Instagram below:
