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Fatboy Slim self confirms for Glastonbury 2011

July 9th, 2010

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!

U2 cancel Glastonbury performance

May 25th, 2010

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.

Probably no Glastonbury ticket resale says Emily Eavis

May 9th, 2010

There will probably be no further Glastonbury Festival ticket resales this year according to Emily Eavis.

When asked on Twitter about ticket resales, Emily replied “I’m afraid there probably wont be a resale now – if there is we will let you know via our website”.

UPDATE: Emily has since tweeted “To everyone asking about a resale, we will let you know by the end of the week if and when there will be one.”

Front of Pyramid Stage to be flag free says Emily Eavis

May 8th, 2010

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

To which she replied

@radioairhead Yes, we will be keeping the front free!
8 minutes ago
via web in reply to radioairhead

Emily Eavis

Glastonbury 2010 line-up highlights leaked

April 14th, 2010

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

Saturday

Pet Shop Boys
Editors
Cribs
National
Kate Nash

Sunday

Orbital
LCD
MGMT

John Peel

Friday

Groove Armada
Black Keys
Mumford & Sons

Saturday

Jamie T
Ben Harper
Foals
The XX

Sunday

Ash
Julian Casablancas
Broken Social Scene

Details of Glastonbury ticket resale to be announced early next week says Emily Eavis

March 13th, 2010

When asked on Twitter about the forthcoming Glastonbury Festival 2010 ticket resale, Emily Eavis revealed that details will be announced on the official Glastonbury Festival website early next week, and that there will be plenty of notice

We’ll let you know the details on our website at the beg. of next week and there will be lots of notice
Emily Eavis

Various people have also reported that SeeTickets have told them the ticket resale will happen at 9am on Sunday 11th April. This date follows the pattern of previous ticket sale dates of being on the first available Sunday in April. 4th April is Easter Sunday, so the 11th is the first available Sunday.

To be able to purchase a ticket for Glastonbury 2010, you need to register beforehand. You can do so on the Glastonbury registration website. You will then be able to buy a ticket from the SeeTickets Glastonbury Festival page when they become available.

Muse want Bono to join them on stage

February 25th, 2010

Matt Bellamy has said he wants U2’s Bono to join them onstage when they headline the Pyramid Stage on Saturday 26th June.

At last night’s NME awards, Bellamy told NME Radio that he was thinking about asking Bono to join them on stage if he’ll be sticking around after U2’s Friday night headiine slot.

Ballamy said “It should be great, We’re hoping to do something a bit unusual there. A little collaboration with someone, maybe get Bono to come and sing a song. I’m not sure if he’ll be hanging around for that but I’ll ask him anyway.”

Arctic Monkeys say ‘no’ to Glastonbury’s 40th anniversary

February 25th, 2010

Indie band Arctic Monkeys have declared they will not perform at Glastonbury until after they have completed their next album.

Bassist Nick O’Malley told BBC 6 Music, “We wouldn’t want to blow it, We’d rather come back after we’d done an album and do it properly.”

The band are planning to start their fourth album soon, and said they hope to work with Queens of the Stone Age’s Josh Homme again.

The band won best live act at last night’s NME Awards.

Orbital want to play Glastonbury’s 40th anniversary

February 7th, 2010

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.

Glasto will just be about the music says U2’s Bono

November 30th, 2009

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.”

Muse “probably” playing Glastonbury

November 27th, 2009

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 ilonacatherine

jonathan 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.

Brian May & Robert Plant to team up for Glasto?

November 3rd, 2009

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.”.

Muse for Glastonbury?

October 26th, 2009

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 says “Pulp are coming back” and interested in playing Glasto

October 26th, 2009

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.”

Source

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.”

Source

Robert Plant/Led Zeppelin for Glasto 2010?

October 26th, 2009

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.

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


Source

Pulp to reform for Glastonbury 2010?

October 18th, 2009

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.”

Source

Thanks to @editorinchimp for the tip.

Rolling Stones are bookies’ favourite to headline Glasto 2010

October 5th, 2009

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

September 29th, 2009

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.

Glastonbury Forum

Michael Eavis awarded honorary degree from Bucks New University

September 8th, 2009
Michael Eavis

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 East 17 says “Glastonbury was emotional”

September 2nd, 2009

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”