Beyonce will be one of the headline acts at Glastonbury 2011.
“This really is the biggest festival in the world and I cannot wait to perform there. Everyone who attends is really appreciative of music and is in such a good mood that entire weekend,” she said in a statement. “I’m pumped just thinking about that huge audience and soaking up their energy.”
Beyonce will perform a 90-minute set on Sunday, June 26 on the Pyramid stage at Glastonbury.
Bon Jovi have admitted they are “toying” with the idea of playing next year’s Glastonbury festival.
The group are due to play their own UK dates next summer, and will be in the country when the event in Somerset takes place in June.
In an interview with the Daily Star, singer Jon Bon Jovi offered to perform at the festival.
“I’ve always toyed with the idea of playing there,” he said. “If they don’t have another old-timer like me, I’d love to go out and see it and perhaps do a set, sure.”
The headliners for next year’s Glastonbury festival have yet to be confirmed. The public speculate on this though after U2 announced they were excited about being asked to headline. Tickets have already sold out though.
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Glastonbury organiser Michael Eavishas unveiled what he called the “best solar power system in the country” in the form of 1,116 solar panels fixed atop of the Worthy Farm cowshed.
Eavis has had the panels fitted to the roof of the shed which overlooks the festival’s Pyramid Stage. Although they will be used primarily to power the Farm, the panels can generate enough electricity to power the equivalent of 40 homes annually.
“We had to make a major statement because we use so much power. This has brought us one big step closer to our goal of operating the farm as ecologically as possible,” comments Eavis. Any leftover energy generated will go into the National Grid.
The installation will also help to feed energy to Worthy Farm during the Glastonbury festival, which in 2011 will take place from June 24-26, although additional power will still be needed to cater for the massive consumption during the event.
“We’ve got the best festival in the world and the best solar power system in the country – so far,” he added. “We’ve got to keep pushing, trying to do more.”
U2 appear to have hinted that they may be set to appear at next year’s Glastonbury festival in Somerset.
On Friday (October 1), the Irish band took the unusual step of informing fans on their website that tickets were set to go on sale for the event. The band added “Looking at the tour dates – there is a gap in the band’s schedule ahead of the East Lansing show on June 26th which would make the Friday night a possibility.”
This could be a possible upset again, with a too premature announcement for Glasto potentially upsetting fans again after U2 were due to headline this year’s festival but were forced to pull out when singer Bono injured his back during rehearsals. This is the Official reason that was released, quashing any rumours that the band had a hand in helping ticket sales increase by pulling out after pressure from the organiser’s because they were “struggling” to sell tickets in the volume they’re used to.
The band’s manager Paul McGuiness said: “We’re certainly excited about our plans for next year. Watch this space.”
Tickets for next year’s Glastonbury festival sold out in less than five hours on Sunday (October 3). The festival will take place from June 24-26. Without revealing the other potential head-liners event organiser Michael Eavis has confirmed that all have in fact been booked.
A weird combination of Snoop Dogg and Willie Nelson will be performing together at Glastonbury. We all know that Snoop and Willie both share an abundant love for marijuana, but a duet really!
They first met while they each on their separate tours in Amsterdam as revealed in a conversation Nelson had Sky News:
“We’re real good friends and have been for a lot of years. His kids would come down to my place and we’d do videos together and hang out.”
If the duet doe happen we will be the first to report it!
The Scissor Sisters have announced the details for their upcoming tour of the UK. The tour will begin in Glasgow on the 16th June and then make its was down to the Machester Apollo.
Scissor Sisters will play the following:
Glasgow Barrowlands (June 16)
London Brixton Academy (22, 23)
Birmingham Academy (25)
Glastonbury Festival (26)
Manchester Apollo (28)
Tickets go on sale this Friday (May 15) at 10am (BST).
So U2, Muse and Stevie Wonder top the Bill, and Dizzee Rascal moves up to the second slot having rocked the Pyramid hard in the daytime last year. Good old LCD Soundsystem share the Other stage with humourous rockers We Are Scientists, and waaay down the bill on the Croissant Neuf stage are our Cornish countrymen the People’s String Foundation. If you’re lucky enough to be going, you should definitely check them out.
Of course, this isn’t the whole list – you’ll need to click here for that
Sometimes getting bogged down in the mud at Glastonbury isn’t a bad thing! This year many revelers will be doing exactly that but the only difference is that they will be watching soul legend Stevie Wonder headline.
Stevie is bound to bring the house down (or at least the cowsheds) as he takes to the piano to close the festival’s 40th anniversary spectacular on the Sunday night.
Additionally, Muse have just been signed up for Glastonbury to feature in the Saturday night slot.
U.K. rock act Blur’s headline set at Glastonbury got 1.9 million viewers for the BBC’s live coverage of the final night of the festival.
Blur, who reformed for summer dates, wrapped the 170,000-capacity event on the Pyramid Stage in Somerset last night (June 28). The other main stage headliners were Neil Young and Bruce Springsteen and the E Street band.
Ratings peaked at 1.9 million on BBC2 during Blur’s set last night. Overall BBC2′s coverage of the final night had an average of 800,000 and a 9% share between 10pm and 1am, according to unofficial figures.
The BBC reportedly had a total of 7 million viewers watching Glastonbury coverage on BBC2 over the weekend. There was also coverage on digital channels BBC3 and BBC4.
Meanwhile, Glastonbury organizer Michael Eavis said he has already got four major acts lined up for next year’s 40th anniversary event. Two of the acts have not played before, he added.
