Blossoms: Gary Goes To Glastonbury

Blossoms took to the Woodsies Stage at Glastonbury at 6 PM on Friday, 27th June 2025.The band are no strangers to the festival, having played several times before most notably in 2023 on the very same stage, where they performed with Rick Astley, covering songs by The Smiths.

This time, there was no Rick, and no covers either but there was a special guest appearance. More on that later...

Blossoms delivered a 15-song set, featuring six tracks from their latest album, 'Gary'.

They kicked things off with Your Girlfriend, setting the tone for a classic Blossoms festival set that spanned their now five-album catalogue. New tracks like 'What Can I Say After I'm Sorry' and 'The Honeymoon' stood out, sitting seamlessly alongside fan favourites like 'Getaway', 'Honey Sweet', and 'I Can’t Stand It'.

Blossoms have firmly established themselves as one of the best live bands around right now.

Tom Ogden has truly grown into his role as a frontman, commanding the stage with confidence and charm. Joshua Dewhurst remains a criminally underrated guitarist, Joe Donovan is an exceptional drummer, and Myles Kellock expertly holds the songs together with his keyboards and synths. It was also great to see Charlie Salt back on bass after a long absence due to a hand injury.

A special moment came when CMAT joined the band on stage following her own performance on the Pyramid Stage earlier that day. Together, they performed 'I Like Your Look' a song they co-wrote in an Airbnb in Anglesey. To share it live, at the biggest festival in the world, made for a truly unforgettable moment.

Just before the collaboration, during a performance of 'At Most a Kiss', Tom did something I’d never seen him do before he added a few unexpected lyrics to the song’s outro. And they weren’t his own.

They were from another Manchester band,  a very famous one, who just so happen to be kicking off their tour next week

When Tom sang the opening lines of Oasis’ Hello, you had to wonder were they teasing something, or simply tipping their hats to one of their favourite bands? I’ll just say this: the Oasis tour kicks off in Cardiff next week (July 4th) with doors opening at 17:00. Interestingly, for the Manchester dates, doors open earlier, at 15:30. A coincidence? Maybe. But Tom and Joe’s very first gig together was Oasis at Heaton Park.

Am I dreaming? Maybe.

The rest of the set powered on with their newly reworked encore: 'There’s a Reason Why (I Never Returned Your Calls)', 'Charlemagne', and the emerging fan favourite 'Gary' a song written about an 8ft gorilla stolen from a garden centre in Scotland.

Even though the BBC cut the broadcast short, it was a brilliant set from one of the most consistently excellent live bands in Britain right now. Blossoms always deliver.
Here’s hoping that by 2027, they’ll be on even bigger stages they’ve more than proved they belong there.