‘Older, louder, better, battle-tested’: Shed Seven’s Glastonbury return 30 years on

Shed Seven last performed at the famous festival, on the NME Stage, back in 1995 under a sweltering heat, when other stars such as Oasis and a peroxide-blond Robbie Williams were also in the limelight.

Paul Banks and Rick Witter on stage in York’s Museum Gardens for the Sheds’ homecoming gig in 2024  (Image: Dave Harrison) Six albums, thousands of shows and two number one albums later, the band is making a long-overdue return visit, treating fans to a 45-minute career-spanning set at 3.15pm on Friday, 27 June.

Shed Seven will be on the Main Stage of the Woodsies Area, joining the 2025 line-up alongside Four Tet, Scissor Sisters, Jorja Smith and Tom Odell among others.

The appearance comes hot on the heels of the band’s biggest ever North Yorkshire headline show when they played the 8,000-capacity Scarborough Open Air Theatre earlier this month. 

Shed Seven played Scarborough Open Air Theatre earlier this month (Image: Submitted) In a promotional trailer video about the upcoming gig for Shed Seven’s socials, created by York-based Digifish Limited – the band declared itself ‘older, louder, better, battle-tested’.

Paul Banks said they were looking forward to their ‘triumphant return’ to Glastonbury (Image: Dave Harrison) Paul Banks, whose day job involves being creative director of Digifish, spoke to The Press while travelling down to Worthy Farm in Somerset, and said: “We’re all very much looking forward to our triumphant return to Glastonbury!

“I remember 1995 fairly well – it felt like we were just starting to make it and was our first huge show. I think about 30,000 watched us that day and it was also boiling hot!

“It was the same year Robbie Williams was infamously at the festival, with his red tracksuit and missing tooth. He spent half of his time on our tour bus. I can’t say much more but it was fairly surreal and rock n roll!

“We’ve achieved a lot in the last 30 years, so really looking forward to playing tomorrow and celebrating what’s been an incredible journey so far.”

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The full set will be available on BBC iPlayer for those who haven’t got tickets while there will also be coverage across Radio 2 and a BBC highlights show.

More than 200,000 people are expected  at the site ahead of the main festival programme getting underway tomorrow, Friday.

Shed Seven’s Rick Witter on stage during the first of the York band’s two ‘homecoming’ gigs in Museum Gardens last night (Image: Dave Harrison)The gates officially opened on Wednesday, with many sleeping outside the gates on Tuesday night.

The Sheds’ latest performance follows an incredible year for the band members.

In 2024, they landed their first ever Number One album with their chart-topping A Matter of Time – 30 years after their debut.

Olivia Rodrigo, the 1975 and Neil Young are the headliners for Glastonbury 2025. Image: PA (Image: Submitted) That success, alongside their release of the orchestrated collection Liquid Gold – which went straight to the top spot on the Official Charts after being released in September – made them the 20th act to have two albums top the Official Charts in the same year since the charts started in 1952.

Liquid Gold featured reworked hits released at the time of Britpop – Chasing Rainbows, Getting Better, Going for Gold – accompanied by an orchestra.

As if that wasn’t enough, they sold out Museum Gardens in the summer of 2024 as the first band to play a headline gig there in more than 30 years.