2000s dance band's Glastonbury set canceled due to crowd 'concerns'

The first cancellation of Glastonbur 2024 comes as the festival announces that Groove Armada’s Thursday night set will no longer take place.

Soon, more than 200,000 people will come to Worthy Farm to see Shania Twain, Dua Lipa, Coldplay and Sza take the stage.

Artists hit back at those who complained about the lineup, with a “don’t go then” from a rising star.

Despite complaints, huge crowds are expected at the Pyramid Stage and at the hundreds of stages and bars at this massive city-sized festival.

However, Glastonbury organizers were forced to cancel a major dance artist’s concert due to overcrowding concerns.

Posted on can now not take place.

Groove Armada on the Arcadia Stage at Glastonbury Festival 2022 — In 2024, they took to the Arcadia stage in the famous Spider (Photo by Jim Dyson/Getty Images)

Tom Findlay and Andy Cato of Groove Armada — Tom Findlay and Andy Cato will still perform on the Glade Stage this year (Photo: David M. Benett/Dave Benett/Getty Images for ES Magazine)

To be sure of @GrooveArmadaWhile many fans can enjoy the duo’s DJ sets at this year’s Festival, their performance in the low-capacity Stonebridge Bar on Thursday evening can now not go ahead.

Instead, we encourage you to admire their sets at the larger capacity Glade on Sunday…

– Glastonbury Festival (@glastonbury) June 22, 2024

The duo, made up of Andy Cato and Tom Findlay, are best known for their song I See You Baby – later remixed by fellow Glasto star Fatboy Slim.

“Instead, we encourage you to attend their sets at the larger capacity Glade on Sundays at 8:30 p.m. and B2B with Eats Everything at Levels on Saturdays at 6 p.m.,” the official announcement continues.

‘Thank you for understanding.’

With I See You Baby, Groove Armada enjoyed chart success with At the River and Superstylin’, with four of their albums reaching the top 50.

They took the charts by storm in the 2000s, landing multiple Brit, Grammy and Music Video Award nominations.

Groove Armada on stage — Groove Armada is best known for I See You Baby (Photo: Matt Jelonek/WireImage)

Groove Armada has not released its own statement on the cancellation but will take the Glade stage Sunday at 8:30 p.m.

The iconic Stonebridge Bar hosts small concerts, usually DJ sets, and this year Idris Elba will perform on Saturday evening (or rather Sunday morning).

In another – rather unusual – announcement, BBC News analysis editor Ross Atkins will also take over.

The I See You Baby hitmakers have performed at Glasto five times since 1999, with the last being in 2022 on the Arcadia Stage.

Metro.co.uk has contacted Groove Armada for comment.

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