Superstar DJ Norman Cook AKA Fatboy Slim has stated on his website that he will be playing Glastonbury next year.
When asked by website visitor Vic about his secret sets at Glastonbury, Cook replied
Hello vic, sorry I didn’t get this until I got back from glasto. I didn’t get there until Friday coz I flew straight from the world cup in south africa. I hope you caught me in the dance tent on Friday night coz my ‘guerilla’ gig didn’t happen on Saturday. It was supposed to be a sound system by the bandstand but the security got wind (as did too many people) and they closed us down because of crowd safety. it’s a shame, next year I’ll go back up to shangri la and play one of the more recognised systems like arcadia. I hope you enjoyed the sunshine.
What a classic glasto that was!
Thursday
The Hub Wall Spectacular
Dutty Moonshine
Nick Turner’s Space Ritual 40th Anniversary concert
The Gentle Mystics
The Worm
Bunty
Friday
Dead Silence Syndicate
Toddla T feat Serocee
Rusko
The Hub Wall Spectacular
Chase and Status plus guests
The Hub Wall Spectacular
Annie Mac featuring really special guests
The Hub Wall Spectacular
Congo Natty feat Top Cat and Tenor Fly
Gappy Ranks feat Pierre Vost
Roots
DJ Creme De La Core
Movimientos Djs
Mano De Dios
Wara
Los Chinches
Jardares Por Fuera
Lokandes
Gorillaz have been announced as replacements for U2 as Friday night Pyramid Stage headliners.
Speculation has been raging since it was announced that U2 had to pull out of Glastonbury due to Bono suffering a serious back injury. Amoung the previously rumoured acts were Led Zeppelin, Paul McCartney and Coldplay.
Michael Eavis said “This is going to be Gorilllaz’ only UK festival appearance, and it’ll be a massive audio visual spectacle which will really ignite the Pyramid on the Friday night, with Muse, then Stevie Wonder to follow.
“I’m very excited about Gorillaz’ show coming here because they’re so open to guests and collaborations. The alchemy of Friday’s show is going to be astonishing: a perfect, contemporary way to kick off the 40th anniversary celebrations.
“I am so grateful for the enthusiasm of the media and the whole of the music industry for their willingness and eagerness to support us in what could have been a crisis.”
Murdoc from Gorillaz commented, “We’re like some great big horrible warship pulling in to the Bay of Glastonbury to save the day. It was us or The Beatles and they split up years ago. The previous soldiers got pulled from duty last minute so it’s up to my Plastic Beach naval cavalry to sail in and sort the battlefield out. I can assure you though, I’m bringing extra troops. Loads of them. Glastonbury will be ours…cutlasses drawn, trumpets ready. We’re coming in…”
It has been reported on the official Glastonbury Festival website that U2 have had to pull out of their forthcoming Glastonbury performance due to Bono’s recent back injury.
Bono phoned Michael Eavis personally this morning to give him the news.
“I’m heartbroken. We really wanted to be there to do something really special – we even wrote a song especially for the Festival.”, said Bono.
Micael Eavis said, “It was obvious from our telephone conversation that U2 are hugely disappointed. Clearly, they were looking forward to playing the Pyramid Stage as much as we were looking forward to watching them. At this point, we have no comment to make about possible replacements for U2’s Friday night slot. Instead, we would simply like to send Bono our very best wishes for a full and speedy recovery.”
Speculation as to who will replace U2 as the Friday night Pyramid Stage headliner is already raging, with Coldplay, Dizzee Rascal and Led Zepplin the current favourites.
The last Glastonbury Festival 2010 tickets will go on sale at 12 noon on Sunday 16th May. The sale will include normal weekend tickets as well as a few campervan and cae parking tickets.
If you have previously registered for a ticket, you will be able to buy one on www.seetickets.com/g2010 on Sunday. Telephone bookings will also be taken on 0844 412 4635.
Veteran Australian performer Rolf Harris will open Glastonbury’s Pyramid Stage on Friday 26th June. The Two Little Boys star who turns 80 this year caused massive crowd control problems for the festival organisers when he played the Jazz World Stage in 2009 and will no doubt draw another huge crowd this year.
The Pyramid Stage opening acts for Saturday and Sunday have also been named, they are Tinchy Stryder and the Yeovil Town Band.
Emily Eavis has confirmed on Twitter that the front of the Pyramid Stage will be kept flag free this year.
This follows numerous complaints over the last few years that the main stages are being obscured by the volume of flags at the front In a poll earlier this year on the official Glastonbury Festival website, festival goers voted by a slight majority not to ban flags outright, but the shear number of people who voted to ban them showed that this is an issue for many people.
We don’t know how this wll be enforced, ot the extend of the no flag zone yet, but we’ll let you know as soon as more information is available.
Emily was asked if there are any plans to reduce the number of flags in front of the barrier (Pyramid Stage).
@emilyeavis Is there any more info on plans to reduce the flag problems? ie a ban of flags in front of the first barrier?
10 minutes ago via web
The full Dance Village line-up has been revealed on the official Glastonbury Festival website. These are the stages that haven’t previously been announced.
WOW Stage
THURSDAY
Jaymo & Andy George (Live)
Hot Natured
Joy Orbison
Wax Tailor (Live)
Jamie xx
Boy George (Live)
Beardyman (Live)
90s electronic group Snap who had world wide hits with The Power and Rhythm is a Dancer have confirmed on their MySpace page that the are playing Glastonbury Festival on Sunday 27th June this year.
Snap haven’t stated what stage they will play, but check back here regular y for updates on this story.
On her website, Shakira said “I’m really looking forward to playing Glastonbury this year and being a part of their 40th anniversary. Glastonbury is famous for being one of the best festival crowds, so I’m sure I’ll have a great time.”
Emily Eavis commented on Shakira’s forthcoming appearance, “Shakira is not only an amazing pop star but also socially and politically forward thinking; she’s working incredibly hard for good causes around the world. We feel honoured to have the she wolf herself come to Worthy Farm!”.
The line-up for Glastonbury 2010 has been announced by the official Glastonbury Festival website and The Guardian. Some of the acts who we hadn’t already listed as playing when we leaked part of the line-up earlier today are Willy Nelson, Ellie Goulding, Fatboy Slim, Newton Faukner, Imogen Heap, Al Stewart, The Beat and Holy Fuck.
Several sources have sent us the following highlights from the Glastonbury Festival 2010 line-up. While we cannot guarantee it’s 100% accuracy, our initial investigations suggest it is accurate.
Pyramid Stage
Friday
U2
Dizzee Rascal
Vampire Weekend
Snoop Dogg
Saturday
Muse
Scissor Sisters
Seasick Steve
Sunday
Stevie Wonder
Faithless
Jack Johnson
Other Stage
Friday
Flaming Lips
Hot Chip
Florence + the Machine
La Roux
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The full line-up for the West Holts Stage (formally Jazz World) was simultaneously announced by the Glastonbury Festival and Guardian websites earlier today.
FRIDAY
22.30 – 23.45 Mos Def (with full live band)
20.45 – 21.45 Femi Kuti
19.15 – 20.15 TBA
17.45 – 18.45 TBA
16.15 – 17.15 Breakestra with Charli 2na
14.45 – 15.45 Mariachi El Bronx
13.15 – 14.15 Tune-Yards
11.45 – 12.45 Matthew Herbert Big Band
SATURDAY
21.45 – 23.45 George Clinton with Parliament / Funkadelic
19.30 – 21.00 Jerry Dammers Spacial AKA Orchestra
17.45 – 18.45 Os Mutantes
16.15 – 17.15 Devendra Banhart
14.45 – 15.45 Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba
13.15 – 14.15 Phenomenal Handclap Band
11.45 – 12.45 Brother Ali
10.30 – 11.15 Troy Ellis & the Longshots
SUNDAY
21.45 – 23.15 Rodrigo y Gabriela
20.00 – 21.00 Toots & the Maytals
18.15 – 19.15 Quantic & His Combo Barbaro
16.45 – 17.45 Staff Benda Bilili
15.15 – 16.15 Dr John
13.45 – 14.45 Tunng
12.15 – 13.15 The Bees
11.00 – 11.45 Dizraeli
British post-punk band Gang of Four have self confirmed themselves for Glastonbury this year.
The legendary band who recently finished their latest album Content are also offering fans the chance to take a trip in a helicopter with them to the festival through the Pledge Music fund raising website.
