Amyl & The Sniffers took on colonisation, the war in Palestine, AI and J.K. Rowling during a raucous Other Stage set at Glastonbury 2025.
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The Melbourne band played on Worthy Farm’s second stage at 5pm on Saturday afternoon, a step up from their appearance on the John Peel Stage in 2022, and they were greeted by a sizeable, sundrenched crowd.
“If anybody falls down, you help them up, don’t catch anybody that doesn’t want to be caught, get ready!” frontwoman Amy Taylor screamed to the crowd as a means of introduction.
They embarked on a fiery trip through their three studio albums, with 2024’s ‘Cartoon Darkness’ taking up a significant chunk of the setlist.
After ‘Chewing Gum’, Taylor took the opportunity to speak from her heart. “I want to take the time to say something political,” she said. “It’s such a fucking crazy time to be alive right now, it’s so fucking weird. The left and the right politicians don’t believe in anything at all between the two of them, they believe in nothing.”
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“I’m thinking about the people in Palestine. We’re from Australia, we ain’t doing jack shit, I know yours aren’t doing jack shit. I think about schooling and I think about media, and I think we don’t learn nothing about colonisation or sexual education, we don’t learn any of the right things.”
“They want us to shut the fuck up, because if we think about Palestine, then back home in Australia, we think about the indigenous people there. And we think about the fact that us as whiteys, we’re the fucking colonisers, and that’s disgusting.”
“That’s the truth and I thought I’d share that today. It was gonna be something way more poetic, but that’s just what I said and it’s not perfect, but I think it’s better to say anything than to say nothing at all right now. Shit’s going down the shitter fast, and mate, we’ve got AI on the way and that’s gonna be even crazier, so buckle up bitches, shit’s about to get weird.”
With that, the band launched into ‘Big Dreams’, which Taylor dedicated to the “incoming recession”.
‘Knifey’, meanwhile, Taylor dedicated to “all the ladies, all the T-girls, and my non-binary and trans friends”, before adding: “Fuck J.K. Rowling.”
Amyl & The Sniffers played:
‘I Don’t Give A Fuck’
‘Balaclava Lover Boogie’
‘Security’
‘Tiny Bikini’
‘Do It, Do It’
‘Guided By Angels’
‘Chewing Gum’
‘Doing In Me Head’
‘Some Mutts (Can’t Be Muzzled)’
‘Big Dreams’
‘Jerkin’
‘Got You’
‘Starfire 500’
‘Knifey’
‘Facts’
‘U Should Not Be Doing That’
‘Hertz’
So far, Glastonbury has seen 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.”
The weekend continues with Charli XCX, Neil Young, Olivia Rodrigo, The Prodigy, Rod Stewart and many more. Check out the full line-up and schedule here.
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