Phil Hartnol of Orbital has told BBC 6Music News that the electronic duo want to play Glastonbury this year.
BBC 6Music posted on Twitter “Phil Hartnol of Orbital has told 6 Music they want to play Glastonbury’s 40th Anniversary. Emily and Michael?”
@BBC6MusicNews
No further information is available at present.
U2 frontman Bono has said that they are “delighted and humbled” to be headlining the Pyramid Stage at next year’s Glastonbury Festival.
“Everyone in the band is very excited about it,” Bono told the BBC.
Asked if he would use the festival to promote his anti-Aids/HIV campaign, Bono said: “I think it will just be about the music on that day, and that spirit that seems to take over everybody in that sacred ground.”
He added: “We’ll certainly be well-rehearsed, we’ll be coming straight from the tour.”
According to Jonathan Ross, Matt Bellamy told him that Muse are “probably” going to perform at Glastonbury’s 40th anniversary next year.
When a fan mentioned the rumour about Muse playing Glastonbury to Ross on Twitter, he replied “Didn’t chat to them on the show, but Matt told me they are probably doing it.”
The full exchange is below
Looking forward to seeing @muse on @Wossy tonight – hopefully the Glasto rumours will be put to rest and I’ll be all shiny happy
about 2 hours ago from web
@ilonacatherine Didn’t chat to them on the show, but Matt told me they are probably doing it.
about 2 hours ago from TweetDeck in reply to ilonacatherinejonathan ross
This adds weight to the Muse rumour started last month when Matt said in an interview “I’d love to play Glastonbury, we’re going to have a little chat to the Eavis family today to see what they have to say”.
To see who else might be performing next year, visit out Glastonbury 2010 line-up page.
Queen guitarist Brian May has revealed that he would be willing to play Glastonbury with Robert Plant if asked, he told 6 Music at the Classic Rock Awards yesterday.
“I’d play with Robert any time and when we have played together he’s wonderful. Robert is a rock god and an inspiration to us all, always will be,” May said.
Adding: “There’s some people that remain your heroes which I rather feel good about. And Clapton and Page, Jeff Beck, those guys will always be heroes to me and that will never change, so yeah, of course I’ll go at the drop of a hat.”.
During an interview with InDemand at the Q Awards, Muse’s Matt Bellamy said
“I’d love to play Glastonbury, we’re going to have a little chat to the Eavis family today to see what they have to say”
http://www.indemand.fm/Article.asp?id=1562562&spid=35409
Play the audio player under the image to hear for yourself.
Jarvis Cocker has told The People that Pulp are “coming back” and are interested in playing Glasto next year.
Cocker told The People ‘We Love Life’, and have already discussed the possibility of playing the Glastonbury’s 40th anniversary..
“Glastonbury means an awful lot to me, I would love to play there again,” he said. “We’ve talked about it, there we go, there’ll be a band reunion.”
Update: Teletext’s Planet Sound claims that Jarvis Cocker has denied that he told The People that Pulp were reforming and interested in playing Glastonbury. This is what they say.
Pulp deny reunion rumours
Pulp will definitely not be reforming, PS can reveal.Newspapers have made the claim for the last two weeks.
But Jarvis Cocker told PS: “I can categorically tell Teletext that Pulp have no plans to get back together. Someone asked me if I fancied playing at the 40th anniversary of Glastonbury, I said yes, they twisted that into a ‘Pulp reform’ story. It’s not true.”
Update:
Speaking to the Guardian, the Pulp singer said that he could “categorically” state that “Pulp have no plans to get back together. Someone asked me if I fancied playing at the 40th anniversary of Glastonbury, I said yes, they twisted that into a ‘Pulp re-form’ story. It’s not true.”
Robert Plant has been talking to Michael Eavis about the prospect of performing at Glastonbury next year according to BBC 6 Music News. We do not know if the discussions are for just Plant to play or for Led Zeppelin at present, but we’ll let you know as soo as we hear more.
This is what 6 Music News said on Twitter.
Robert plant says he’s been talking to michael eavis about playing glastonbury4 minutes ago from twidroidBBC 6 Music News
http://twitter.com/BBC6MusicNews/status/5172004664
Update: The full statement by Plant is now available from 6 Music News.
“I’ve just been talking to Michael [Eavis]. There’s place for me there, but I have no idea who with.”
Robert Plant
The rumour mill has been working overtime for the last few weeks that Pulp may reform for next year’s festival. Now Katie Hind from people.co.uk has claimed that Javis Cocker has hinted that there may be some truth to the rumours. This is what she said.
Good news for Pulp fans – JARVIS COCKER has hinted the band might reform for next year’s Glastonbury.The singer let slip they could be heading for the mud in June, saying: “Glastonbury means an awful lot to me, I would love to play there again. We’ve talked about it, there we go, there’ll be a band reunion.”
Thanks to @editorinchimp for the tip.
The Rolling Stones habe been named as the favourites to headline the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury 2010.
Bookies William Hill have Mick Jagger and co as 4/1 favourites to headline on Sunday with David Bowie and Coldplay second favourites at 8/1
They’re also giving odds of 33/1 on Oasis, though I can’t see this happening,
The odds of who will headline the Pyramid Stage on Sunday according to William Hill are;
Rolling Stones 4/1
David Bowie 8/1
Coldplay 8/1
Muse 10/1
U2 12/1
Artic Monkeys 12/1
Radiohead 14/1
Red Hot Chilli Peppers 16/1
Prince 16/1
Elton John 16/1
Kings Of Leon 16/1
Stone Roses 20/1
Green Day 20/1
Robbie Williams 20/1
Manic Street Preachers 25/1
Madness 25/1
Spandau Ballet 25/1
Take That 33/1
Oasis 33/1
The GlastoWatch Glastonbury Festival forum is now online.
If you’re looking for information about the festival or just want to chat with other people who’re also going, check it out.
Michael Eavis
Michael Eavis and BBC presenter Bill Turnbull graduated from Bucks New University today.
Glastonbury founder Eavis was awarded an honorary degree in recognition of his contribution to the music industry.
The 73-year-old dairy farmer has been working with the uni to develop its music and festival management degrees.
He said: “I’m extremely flattered and proud to have been awarded the degree.
“I’ve spent the last 40 years running my diary farm – which ended up becoming the world’s biggest festival and I’m proud to say we’re still going strong – we still have cows on the very field of the festival.
“I’ve paid several visits to Bucks New Uni and watched it develop over the past months, and it’s something I’ve enjoyed coming along to do.
“The students always ask good questions and seem to listen – probably because I’m not some councillor and they actually want to listen to what I say.”
Terry Coldwell from 90s chav band East 17 has claimed that they felt loved again after playing Glasto this summer.
Coldwell said that their slot in the Dance Tent on the Friday night of the festival was like the boyband’s “early days”.
“I don’t use the word amazing a lot, but it was amazing. It felt like the early days of the ’90s. When we went on stage, I got a rush from head to toe,” Coldwell told DigitalSpy. “There was 10,000 in the tent and it was spilling outside with people. » Read more: Terry Coldwell from East 17 says “Glastonbury was emotional”
Emily Eavis, daughter of Glastonbury Festival founder Michael Eavis married long term parter Nick Dewey at the Stone Circle yesterday.
Emily rolled into Pilton with Michael in a cold war East German IFA fighter plane.
The happy couple will live at Worthy Farm house, which Michael and his wife Liz have moved out of.
Emily said she met Mr Dewey, 37, while campaigning for Oxfam » Read more: Emily Eavis marries at Glasto’s Stone Circle
Lily Allen announced on Twitter that she’s attending a wedding at the Stone Circle on the Glastonbury Festival site at Worthy Farm this evening.
She hasn’t stated who’s tying the knot and no photos of the wedding have been tweeted, though she did post this photo of the famous Worthy Farm cows grazing near the skeleton of the Pyramid Stage upon which she performed at this year’s festival.
Worthy Farm cows grazing near the Pyramid Stage
Glastonbury co-organiser Melvin Benn has revealed that he’s been talking to Michael Eavis about introducing a ban on flags in front of stages.
The proliferation of flags has increased rapidly over the last few years to the point where it is often impossible to see acts performing on stage.
This has lead to many fans complaining about the view, particularly during Bruce Springsteen’s Saturday night Pyramid Stage headline performance this year.
“You couldn’t see the acts, the flags were everywhere.”
» Read more: Glastonbury considering a ban on flags says Melvin Benn
The Prodigy and Nick Cave along with other artists we were already aware off are listed as playing Glasto on a sneak preview of next month’s Q Magazine cover.
Q Mag Glasto Edition
Image courtesy of @Nick_Coombes
Dolly Parton has said that she would perform at Glastonbury, but not until 2010i – the festival’s 40th anniversary.
When asked if she would consider performing at the festival, the veteran US country singer said: “Well I would certainly consider it. We’ve got a lot of things going on.”
“I couldn’t promise that I’d do it but we’ll certainly maybe one of these times get a chance to do it.”
Dolly was linked to last year’s Glasto but was forced to deny the rumours.
Akon has revealed that he wants to perform at Glastonbury this summer.
The Senegalese born R&B star claims he could top the performance of Jay-Z who was the Pyramid Stage’s Saturday night headliner in 2008.
“I would love to do Glastonbury. I could put on a show to rival Jay-Z,” he said.
“I’ve been there before – but not as a performer. I love festivals.”
Akon recently confirmed that he will be working on Alexandra Burke’s debut album later this year.
Glasto Watch now has a Twitter account. To keep up to date with the latest Glastonbury festival news and gossip follow our tweets on
Metcheck opened their much anticipated long range Glastonbury 2009 weather prediction page today, much to the amusement of the online Glasto community.
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Don’t forget to pack extra strength sun block, some super strong tent pegs to deal with the wind and water-proof gear that can withstand at least 114Km of rainfall in a single day. 
Alternatively, you can check our Glastonbury weather forecast page for a more sensible prediction nearer the time.
Glastonbury Festival 2010
News, rumours and gossip
23rd - 27th June 2010
