Kasabian have said that they want to headline Glastonbury in 2013.
Guitarist Serge Pizzorno told the Daily Star,
“One thing I really want to do before all this ends is to headline Glastonbury as we’ve always had an incredible time playing there. The one thing you need to pull off a good Glastonbury headline show is fucking good tunes and we’ve got enough of them to do that.”
Lead vocalist Tom Meighan added,
“All we need is a phone call from Michael Eavis and we’ll be there for 2013.”
The full Glastonbury Festival 2011 line-up has been announced on the Guardian’s website.
Friday
U2
Morrissey
Biffy Clyro
B.B. King
Wu Tang Clan
Two Door Cinema Club
Metronomy
The Master Musicians of Joujouka
Saturday
Coldplay
Elbow
Paolo Nutini
Tinie Tempah
Rumer
The Gaslight Anthem
Tame Impala
Stornoway
Sunday
Beyoncé
Pendulum
Plan B
Paul Simon
Laura Marling
Don McLean
The Low Anthem
Fisherman’s Friends
The full Glastonbury Festival 2011 line-up will be announced around 4.30pm today according to Natalie Jamieson of BBC Radio 1.
The radio presenter tweeted this today.
Full Glasto line up is out around 4.30pm Check www.bbc.co.uk/glastonbury for all the details later!
http://twitter.com/#!/Radio1Natalie/status/58500581014249472
The full West Holts (formally Jazz World) line-up has been released.
Friday 24th
Cee Lo Green
Chase and Status
Jimmy Cliff
Heliocentrics with Mulatu
Little Dragon
Gonjasufi
Dengue Fever
Ziriguidum
Plus, Shlomo will be doing rolling skits between bands
Saturday 25th
Big Boi
Janelle Monai
Aloe Blacc
Fools Gold
Omar Souleyman
Brandt Bauer Frick
Nicolas Jaar Live
Narasirato
London Afrobeat Collective
Sunday 26th
Kool & the Gang
Hercules and Love Affair
Go! Team
Duane Eddy
Bellowhead
Jah Wobble & the Nippon Dub Ensemble
Jamie Woon
The Hidden Orchestra
The rest of the Glastonbury 2011 line-up is due to be released at the end of April according to a previous tweet from Emily Eavis. Many acts have already self confirmed, you can find a list of these here.
London indie band The Vaccines have confirmed they’ll be playing at this summer’s Glastonbury Festival.
The band who came third in the BBC’s Sound of 2011 poll will be playing on Friday and Sunday according to their website.
Treetop Flyers have won the coveted Glastonbury Emerging Talent Competition tonight at the Pilton Working Men’s Club.
The London based band had to compete against seven other acts who’d been whittled down from a long-list of 120 by forty UK music bloggers.
Judges were Michael & Emily Eavis, Nick Dewey (main stages programmer), Malcolm Haynes (Dance Village programmer), Steve Symons (West Holts programmer), Philippa Aylott (Radio One producer), Angus Baskerville (live agent), Paul Charles (agent/promoter/manager) and Chris Salmon (music journalist).
The other acts on the shortlist were
My Tiger My Timing
Emily and the Woods
My First Tooth
Twin Brother
Tristram
Louise And The Pins
J Treole
As winners, Treetop Flyer will play on a main stage at this year’s Glastonbury Festival, while the other short-listed acts have also been offered slots at the festival too.
Beardyman has confirmed that he’ll be performing with UNKLE at this year’s Glastonbury Festival.
The beatboxer is booked to play on Friday June 24th according to his MySpace page.
Mike Oldfield, Steve Hillage, Arthur Brown, Nick Lowe, Noel Harrison and The Edgar Broughton Band have been booked to play Glastonbury’s new heritage stage, the Spirit of 1971 Stage according to the This is Somerset website.
Emily Eavis has said on Twitter that the Glastonbury 2011 line-up will be be announced at the end of April.
In reply to this tweet by @joeayre
“Leeds fest lineup was predictably unexciting, V and glasto are duking it out now, let’s see what @emilyeavis pulls out the bag midapril”
“End of April, we’ll be there!”
Emily has also revealed that the date of the much anticipated ticket resale will be announced later today.
The Wombats have confirmed that they will be playing at this year’s Glastonbury Festival.
Lead vocalist Matthew Murphy, stated in a video interview that the Liverpudlian band will be playing Glastonbury,V Festival, Rockness, Wakestock and Lovebox this summer.
You can listen for yourself by forwarding the following video to 3:14.
