Glastonbury 2025: Deftones pull out of Other Stage performance, Skepta to step in

Deftones have pulled out of their Glastonbury 2025 performance – Skepta‘s stepping in as a short-notice replacement.

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Glastonbury took to social media on Saturday afternoon (June 28) to share that Deftones have been “forced to cancel tonight’s 8.30pm Other Stage performance due to illness in the band.”

However, they’ve found a short-notice replacement in the form of Skepta, who will take to the stage at 9pm. He said in a statement via Glasto: “Let’s go!!! No crew, no production but am ready to shut Glastonbury down. Victory lap time. Pre-Big Smoke 2025!”

Deftones have been forced to cancel tonight’s 8.30pm Other Stage performance due to illness in the band.

Skepta will kindly step-in, taking the stage at 9pm.

He says: ‘Let’s go!!! No crew, no production but am ready to shut Glastonbury down. Victory lap time. Pre-Big Smoke…

— Glastonbury Festival (@glastonbury) June 28, 2025

Deftones wrote in an Instagram story: “In an unfortunate development, an illness in the band is going to prevent us from playing Glastonbury tonight. We’re devastated to be missing out on something we’ve been looking forward to for months, but sometimes circumstances out of our control interfere with things we want to do the most. We really hope to return to Glastonbury soon, and as it stands, we plan on seeing you tomorrow at Crystal Palace.”

Ezra Collective, who were scheduled to perform on the Other Stage from 6.45pm until 7.45pm before Deftones will now have an additional 30 minutes until 8:15pm.

So far, Glastonbury 2025 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, Deftones, Olivia Rodrigo, The Prodigy, Rod Stewart and many more. Check out the full line-up and schedule here.

In other news, the BBC have also confirmed that they will be streaming Neil Young‘s headline set, after all.

Check back at NME here for the latest news, reviews, interviews, photos and more from Glastonbury 2025.

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