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Glastonbury's mystery band Patchwork were Pulp, after all

June 28, 2025 9:28 am

[ Source: BBC ]

Glastonbury’s worst-kept secret is out. The mystery band billed as Patchwork were, in fact, Pulp. Still, no-one was prepared to believe it until it happened.

“If Robbie Williams comes out? No, I’m leaving,” said a woman next to me in the audience, as the stage filled with random people – common people – dressed in plastic raincoats.

Then Jarvis Cocker strode onto the Pyramid Stage, receiving a hero’s welcome as he launched into Sorted for E’s & Wizz, from Pulp’s career-making 1995 album Different Class.

“Sorry to the people who were expecting Patchwork,” he drawled after the song ended. “Did you know it was us?”

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