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Glastonbury 2014 line-up announced – Kasabian confirmed as headliner

The (almost) full line-up for this years Glastonbury Festival has been revealed this morning – confirming Kasabian as headliner alongside Arcade Fire as well as announcing another 80 or so names to the bill. The only surprise is that the third headliner is still not confirmed – with the line-up including a ‘Special Guests’ in […]

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Glastonbury 2014 – a view from the sofa

I didn’t go to Glastonbury this year, and it’s the first time I can remember not thinking ‘I wish I was there’ while watching the coverage on the BBC. The weather played a big part in that – no matter how much people try to kid themselves that the mud doesn’t matter, it does. When […]

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Let the Glastonbury 2015 rumours begin!

With the bedraggled festival-goers leaving the site and the clean-up operation in full swing, Glastonbury 2014 is officially consigned to the history books and attention is immediately switched to next years festival. There’s been a lot of rumours about headliners for Glastonbury 2015, and Michael Eavis even claimed that the deal to book one of […]

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Glastonbury rumours

Update – 26 June: Looks like the earlier reports of Coldplay opening Glastonbury on Friday morning were a bit premature, as the slightly more boring Kaiser Chiefs have now apparently been ‘officially’ confirmed as the TBA act on The Other Stage tomorrow. Coldplay rumours are still circulating though, and it wouldn’t be surprising to see […]

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Online petition to stop Metallica headlining Glastonbury reaches almost 25,000

There’s been a lot of criticism of Glastonbury’s decision to inviteĀ veteran rock band Metallica to headline this years festival, with Scottish prog-rock band Mogwai the most notable fellow Glasto band to speak out and diplomatically label them as ‘shite‘. Bands and fans speaking out about a line-up decision is always going to happen, but things […]

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Glastonbury 2014 band clashes announced

UPDATE – 4 June The actual stage times for the main stages have now been announced so you can start planning your days a bit more! Here’s the full schedule: Pyramid Stage times Friday Arcade Fire 22.00-23.45 Elbow 20.00-21.15 Lily Allen 18.30-19.30 Rudimental 16.45-17.45 De La Soul 15.15-16.15 Rodrigo y Gabriela 13.45-14.45 The War on […]

Kasabian look set to headline Glastonbury as bookies suspend betting

Leicester rock favourites Kasabian are reportedly set to be announced as a headliner for this years Glastonbury festival, as bookies William Hill have suspended betting on it.

The rumours about Kasabian headlining go back to a while, but today is the first ‘concrete’ suggestion that they are definitely playing the Worthy Farm festival in June.

Speaking to NME earlier today, William Hill spokesman Joe Crilly said:

It seems that all Kasabian need to do is sign on the dotted line and they will be playing one of the most iconic sets in the world.

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