Haim played a triumphant set as the “secret guests” on the Park Stage on Saturday evening at Glastonbury 2025.
The Los Angeles sister trio had been heavily tipped to fill the ‘TBA’ slot at 19:30 at Worthy Farm, after they dropped hints themselves in recent interviews by singling out the Park Stage for particular praise. That was only further cemented when they posted a photo of the stage on their Instagram on Saturday morning.
Walking out on the stage, they were enthusiastically greeted by a tightly packed crowd and launched straight into their 2013 hit ‘The Wire’, followed by ‘Now I’m In It’ from third album ‘Women In Music Pt. III’, complete with the tribal drumming finale.
“Glastonbury,” said Alana, before being interrupted by loud and sustained cheers, making the sisters hold their hands to their heads in disbelief. “My fucking god this is crazy!” she continued. “On our first album, we came to Glastonbury and played on the Park Stage and it was the best show I had ever played, but this tops everything. Look at all you! Every time we get to play Glastonbury it is a complete honour. We love you so much.”
The first ten minutes of HAIM’s Glastonbury secret set pic.twitter.com/YymxcqVgz0
— HAIM GIRL SUMMER (@haimsource) June 28, 2025
The set went on to feature several tracks from their new album ‘I Quit’, which was released a week ago, including ‘Relationships’, which was named as one of NME’s picks for Song Of The Summer 2025.
Late in the set, they invited saxophonist Nick Ellman to the front of the stage to play his “sexy sax” for the “sexiest crowd in the world”, and he indulged them in a Latin jazz freestyle, before they joined him for ‘Summer Girl’ and a rousing finale with recent single ‘Down To Be Wrong’.
Haim played:
‘The Wire’
‘Now I’m In It’
‘Relationships’
‘The Steps’
‘Everybody’s Trying To Figure Me Out’
‘Gasoline’
‘Blood On The Street’
‘Want You Back’
‘Summer Girl’
‘Down To Be Wrong’
In a four-star review of ‘I Quit’, NME wrote that the record “is set at a crossroads in the grieving process, when lessons have already been learned, but the pain of memories still linger.
“But this is still a HAIM album, and their songs never linger on despair, are never far from the warmth of their sisterhood. They’re no longer the pop group you once knew, but this record is proof that sometimes, you really do need to let go in order to grow.”
Elsewhere, Glastonbury has seen politically charged sets from Kneecap, Bob Vylan and Amyl & The Sniffers, as well as a surprise set from Lorde – who performed her new album ‘Virgin’ in full (and scored a five star review in the process), a spunky set from Wet Leg, Lewis Capaldi’s triumphant return for a secret set at the Pyramid Stage, a surprise appearance by Peter Capaldi at Franz Ferdinand’s set, and more.
The 1975 headlined the Pyramid Stage last night (June 27), earning a four-star review from NME, which read: “With their one show of the year, “The 1975 from the Internet” clear the decks on their career so far to deliver a reminder of their chops for tunes and showmanship away from the headlines.”
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