Ricky Wilson “did not admire the magnitude” of enjoying Glastonbury earlier than Kaiser Chiefs’ first look.
Ricky Wilson was blown away by his first Glastonbury efficiency
The On a regular basis I Love You Much less and Much less hitmakers carried out at Worthy Farm in Somerset for the primary time in 2005 following the success of their debut album Employment, and the 47-year-old star has recalled how he hadn’t realised how massive the group had bought within the UK till they took to the Pyramid Stage in entrance of an enormous crowd.
He advised The Solar newspaper’s Weird column: “I didn’t actually admire the magnitude of enjoying there. We have been enjoying so many exhibits, I used to be simply taking it in my stride. We’d simply launched Employment and we’d be enjoying to 200 individuals in Italy, then 1,000 individuals in America.
“Then we bought again to the UK and we didn’t realise how massive it had bought right here till we arrived at Glastonbury and the group was psychological. Everybody knew the phrases to our songs. It blew us away.”
Kaiser Chiefs will open the Pyramid Stage on Saturday (28.06.25) however Ricky revealed they are going to be altering up their set from what they’ve been enjoying on their present tour.
He mentioned: “We’ve been on tour with Employment to have a good time the twentieth anniversary and at these exhibits we’ve been enjoying it in full.
“We considered simply doing that however we’ve bought too many different songs that will be missed.
“Many individuals know the songs however we’ve additionally bought weapons in our arsenal which may be greater.”
The previous Voice coach final attended the pageant in 2023, the place he had a weird encounter with actor Andrew Garfield.
He recalled: “I stood within the crowd watching Elton John after which I observed Andrew Garfield was subsequent to me.
“When Your Tune began, our fingers occurred to brush previous one another. I mentioned to Andrew, ‘We could?’. He nodded and we simply held fingers. He gained’t deny it should you ask him.”
And he had one other odd second in the course of the pageant that yr.
He mentioned: “I dressed up as Elvis Presley — the total jumpsuit, every part. I used to be alleged to be performing some songs in Block9 however I bought there and didn’t trouble.
“I used to be with Leigh Francis and we ended up going to Glastonbury-on-Sea as an alternative and we did the bingo calling twice.”
