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Tony Christie to Play Glasto

Sunday, March 29th, 2009

Tony Christie (in)famous for his hit song “Is This The Way To Amarillo” will be playing the Pyramid Stage at this year’s Glastonbury.

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The 66 year old from Yorkshire will be following other music legends by playing on the Sunday of the festival which is becoming an unofficial day of music gods. Headlining this year’s Sunday will be Neil Young. Christie claimed he was in ‘awe’ of the event and is ‘excited’ to be playing. He also added “I did the V Festival three years ago but I think Glastonbury is the big one, so it’s a great honour.”

The full line-up for this year’s festival is still to be announced but includes Neil Young, Blur, Bruce Springsteen, Lily Allen, Franz Ferdinand and Fleet Foxes. Tickets are sold out but a very limited number of cancelled tickets will be put back on sale next weekend.

The event which takes place on Worthy Farm, Somerset is to be held from 27th – 29th June.

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Neil Young to headline Glastonbury

Monday, March 9th, 2009

The third and final headliner for Glastonbury has now been announced. Neil Young will be joining Blur and Bruce Springsteen to headline the legendary festival.

Festival sponsors, The Guardian newspaper, were given the news earlier today by Glastonbury organisers. Micheal Eavis is delighted by Neil’s contribution to the festival and has described the inclusion of the 63 year old a “dream come true“. Micheal Eavis also said: “We give it a go and every year people come to the festival and ask the same question: When is Neil Young playing? So this is big news for us. I’ve seen him play many times over the years but I think he’s better than ever at the moment, it’s one hell of a show.”

This announcement ends months of speculation that Neil Young will be headlining the festival.

Neil Young has had an incredible career and he’s worked on over 60 albums as both a solo artists and a band member. Neil Young’s first solo number one came in 1972 when he dominated the charts with ‘Harvest’.

Tickets for Glastonbury Festival have already sold out but a small and very limited number of tickets will be released on April 5th. Tickets are priced at £175 (plus booking fee).

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Blur Self Confirm Glastonbury

Friday, February 27th, 2009

Following Micheal Eavis’ slip of the tongue yesterday, Blur have self confirmed themselves for Glastonbury festival.

All we are waiting for now is an official announcement from the Glasto organisers themselves, but I think it’s very safe to say that Blur will be playing at Glastonbury Festival this year.

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Blur to Headline Glastonbury

Thursday, February 26th, 2009

Recently reformed britpop act Blur, will headlining this years Glastonbury Festival according to the festival organiser Micheal Eavis. The news was slipped at the 2009 NME awards (last night) after two of the four Blur members performed ‘This Is A Low’ at the ceremony. BBC 6 Music then asked Micheal Eavis about the rumours surrounding Blur and the Glastonbury music event.

Eavis replied: “Can look forward to that, yeah. But it’s not officially announced yet. There’s a bit more work to do on that yet. But you will not be disappointed, I can assure you.”

Rumours of Blur headlining Glastonbury have been circling for quite a while now so it comes as no shock to see Blur announced for the event. Blur will be joining Bruce Springsteen (who was announced earlier this week) at the famous festival.

Tickets to Glastonbury Festival have now sold out but a few very limited cancelled tickets will be going back on sale on April 5th.

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Bruce Springsteen for the Pyramid Stage

Monday, February 23rd, 2009

The rumours have been circling for months now that Bruce Springsteen will be a headline act at Glastonbury festival 2009, so, as it stands its probably no big surprise for you to hear that Springsteen will be at the Glastonbury Music Festival event.

Glastonbury organisers confirmed the rumours earlier today that The Boss will be a Pyramid Stage headline act on Saturday 27th June. The other headline acts are rumoured to be Blur and Neil Young.

Tickets for Glasontbury are now completely sold out but tickets that have been cancelled and those not payed for will be on sale April 5th.

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