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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!

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Keane to play Glastonbury’s Avalon Stage

June 9th, 2010

British alternative rock band Keane are booked to play Glastonbury this year.

The band who’ve had a hit with “Somewhere Only We Know” will play the Avalon Stage on Sunday at 16.35.

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Shangri-La line-up announced

June 9th, 2010

Hub Stage

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

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Gorillaz to replace U2 as Friday Pyramid Stage headliners

May 26th, 2010

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…”

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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.

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Rolf Harris to play the Pyramid Stage

May 11th, 2010

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.

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Full Dance Village line-up announced

April 29th, 2010

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)

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Rhythm is a Dancer – Snap self confirm for Glastonbury

April 29th, 2010

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.

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Shakira added to Glastonbury line-up

April 20th, 2010

Columbian pop superstar Shakira has confirmed she will be performing on Glastonbury’s Pyramid Stage on Saturday 26th June this year.

Her official Twitter account posted

Shakira will perform at this year’s Glastonbury Festival in the UK http://bit.ly/shakglasto ShakiraHQ
2 minutes ago via web

Shakira

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!”.

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Glastonbury 2010 line-up announced

April 15th, 2010

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.

You can find the full 2010 line-up is on our Glastonbury Festival line-up page.

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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

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West Holts (Jazz World) line-up announced

April 7th, 2010

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

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Line-up announcement to made on Wednesday

April 5th, 2010

The much anticipated line-up announcement has been pushed back a day until Wednesday.

Last Friday, Emily Eavis tweeted that there would be an announcement tomorrow (6th April), she has now said that it will be on Wednesday.

Hi all, stage announcement on Weds, not tomorrow.. sorry!
2 minutes ago via web

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Crystal Castles join Glastonbury line-up

April 5th, 2010

Experimental electronic group Crystal Castles have confirmed they’re playing Glastonbury 2010 on their website.

The group who supported Blur on their Hyde Park gigs last year are set to play on Sunday 27th June according to their gig list.

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Gang of Four booked for Glastonbury

April 5th, 2010

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.

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Ellie Goulding to play Glastonbury

April 5th, 2010

Ellie Goulding has confirmed in an interview with The Huddlesfield Daily Examiner that she is playing Glastonbury 2010.

In the interview, she was asked “Which festivals are you playing this year?”, to which she replied

Oh God, like every festival. I am really excited but it’s intense. Everyone just seems to want me to play but the main ones I’m playing at are V Festival, Glastonbury, Great Escape and potentially Reading/Leeds. I’m headlining with people like Tinchy Stryder and people who I don’t really see myself in the same league as really.

You can read the full interview here.

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Glastonbury 2010 line-up – This week’s new additions 29th March – 4th April

April 5th, 2010

This weeks new additions to the Glastonbury 2010 line-up.

10 Ton Tongue – Tadpole Stage – Fri
Al Pitcher
DJ Yasmin – Sat
Doorly – Thur
Ellen and the Escapades
Fake Blood
Gros Ngolle Pokossi
Hobo Jones & The Junkyard Dogs – Avalon – Fri
Jakwob
Jim Crawford
Kelis – Sat
Killaflaw – Dance Village -Sun
Lewis Hill (Elvis Impersonator) Rabbit Hole – Thur 12pm/Sun 10pm
Let’s Buy Happiness
Noise Control
Not the Only Clown in the Village
Phoenix
Secret Cinema Band
Session – Shangri-la – Sat
Shouting at Planes – Sat
Simian Mobile Disco
Stephen Dale Petit
The Joe Public
The Souljazz Orchestra
The Zen Hussies
Tobias ben Jacob – Fri
Tom Williams and the Boat
Tru Thoughts
We Have Band

For a full list of the acts who have self confirmed for Glasto, see our Glastonbury Festival 2010 line-up page. If you know of an act who should be on our line-up page, please post the details on our forum’s self confirmation thread.

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Elvis to play Glastonbury!

April 4th, 2010

Your eyes aren’t deceiving you, the king is playing Glastonbury this year, or more specifically, Elvis impersonator Lewis Hill is.

Hill, who has been impersonating Elvis since the age of eight will play at midday on Thursday, and headline on Sunday at the Rabbit Hole.

Elvis impersonator to play Glastonbury

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Pixies self confirm for Glastonbury on Twitter

April 3rd, 2010

Update 04/04: It turns out that the Pixies are not playing Glastonbury, it was an April Fools Day hoax by Joey Santiago. He’s since tweeted “I am not aware of any Glastonbury plans. Yes NME, I did reply to a tweet…on April Fool’s Day.” Confusion was caused by the time difference between the US and UK. When he posted the original tweet it was April 1st in the US, but April 2nd in the UK, though it was well past midday in the States, so shouldn’t have been an April Fool anyway.

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The Pixies’ lead guitarist, Joey Santiago has confirmed to a fan on Twitter that they will be playing Glastonbury Festival this year.

When @MichaelS1990 requested that they play Glastonbury this year, Joey Santiag replied “We are!!!”.

This is the conversation.

@JoeySantiago i beg you guys to play glastonbury this year!!!
11:32 PM Apr 1st via web
in reply to JoeySantiago

Michael Sutton

@MichaelS1990 we are!!!
5:07 AM Apr 2nd via TweetDeck
in reply to MichaelS1990

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Glastonbury line-up announcement to be made on Tuesday and full line-up to be released a few weeks later

April 2nd, 2010
Emily Eavis has stated on Twitter that the first announcement will be made on the official Glastonbury Festival website on Tuesday 7th April, with the full Glasto line-up being announced a few weeks later.
 
This is what was said

First announcement on our website on Tuesday for all of you who are wondering!
3 minutes ago via web

    Emily Eavis
    FULL line up unveiled a few weeks later
      Emily Eavis

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