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This weeks new additions to the Glastonbury 2010 line-up

Becky Brine
Craig Charles Fantasy Funk Band
Megan Henwood – Acoustic Stage Fri 4pm
The Filthy Six
Travellin’ Man – The Life and Times of Woody Guthrie
The Vagaband

Among the acts added to the line-up rumour list this week are Editors, The Saw Doctors and The Wombles.

Contrary to what has been widely reported in the press this week, Muse and Stevie Wonder have NOT been officially confirmed yet, though Muse have self confirmed on their website and MySpace page.

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

This year’s line-up is “pretty much finalised”, according to Emily Eavis.

She told Radio1 Newsbeat “We’re pretty much sewn up now. We’re still confirming the Sunday night headliner.

“Apart from that we’ve pretty much finalised the Pyramid Stage, which is good.

“There are rumours about everyone I think. I think this is the first year that people genuinely don’t know who is going to be playing, which is a good thing.”

She added “We’ve got amazing highlights from the full 40 years and also some people who haven’t played before, one headliner in particular.”

See our Glastonbury 2010 line-up page for a list of acts we already know are playing.

Vampire Weekend have been booked to play Glastonbury on Friday 25th June says Emily Eavis. Emily tweeted “YES, FRIDAY 25th?” to 6Music DJ Laura Leverne and “…they have already been booked i promise!” to another twitter user when asked about the band.
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For the rest of the line-up, see our Glastonbury 2010 line-up page.

Squeeze singer/songwriter Chris Difford confirmed that they will be playing Glastonbury and Isle of Wight festivals next year.

Difford said to Mark Collins in an interview on Wave 105.2 FM “We are going to tour next year as Squeeze, so we are trying to keep the flame burning if you like… What’s happening is Glenn and I are go away for a couple of weeks in April and we’re going to write some songs to see what that’s like…and then in the summer we’re going to do some festivals including the Isle of Wight and Glastonbury.”

Listen to the interview here

Irish rockers U2 will headline the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury 2010.

A source said “Everyone is over the moon that the deal has been done.

“Michael really wanted a huge name for the 40th anniversary and the fact U2 have never played Glastonbury in their 32-year career only adds to the mystique.

“In fact Eavis has been asking them for a while now and really stepped up the effort this year. This could be an iconic moment.”

Michael Eavis said, “The 26-year-old rumour has finally come true. At last, the biggest band in the world are going to play the best festival in the world! Nothing could be better for our 40th anniversary party. And there are even more surprises in the pipeline…”