Springsteen, Spinal Tap to rock Glastonbury 2009
Bruce Springsteen, Neil Young and Blur were announced as the headline acts at this year’s Glastonbury festival, with spoof rockers Spinal Tap also set to grace the stage.
Other veteran performers included on the bill of the three-day event in western England next month are Status Quo, Tom Jones, Madness, Tony Christie and singer-songwriters Crosby, Stills and Nash.
It’s not all old-timers, however, with the second stage filled with the likes of Ting Tings, Lady Gaga, The Maccabees, Pendulum and Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and The Streets, Black Eyed Peas and Baaba Maal due on the jazz stage.
All the tickets for the world’s largest greenfield music and performing arts festival, which this year runs from June 26 to 28, were sold in February, with many having been bought last year.
Glastonbury To Be Cancelled Over Swine Flu Scare?
Glastonbury organisers are responding to reports they could have to pull this year’s festival because of Swine Flu. The current health scare, which has seen a number of deaths in Mexico and reported cases across the rest of the world including the UK, could affect live events such as gigs and football matches if the situation escalates.
Because the flu is easily transmitted between humans, it’s thought that public gatherings could be cancelled if the outbreak reaches pandemic levels.
The Worthy farm press office has told us that they have no plans to pull this year’s event at this stage - but they are watching the situation to see how it develops.
What do you think? Should we change our summer plans, or is this just hysteria? Are you going to change your gig-going habits if the Swine Flu scare continues? Leave us a comment.
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Glastonbury Founder Michael Eavis And MIA Named 100 Most Influential People By Time
Glastonbury founder Michael Eavis and MIA have been named one of the top 100 most influential people in the world by Time magazine, alongside Barack Obama and Brad Pitt.
Eavis, the 73-year-old farmer from Somerset, ranks alongside some of the world’s most famous faces, including Prime Minister Gordon Brown and London mayor Boris Johnson.
Paying tribute to Eavis in the magazine, Coldplay frontman Chris Martin wrote, “Michael is one of the people to whom I owe my life and career.”
“He asked Coldplay to play this little fete and picked us up at the airport. It was like being met by a friendly uncle………….It remains the biggest event in our band’s life. It changed everything,” he said.
Writing about MIA, the only contemporary musician to appear in the list, director Spike Jonze quipped, “There are no borders for her.”
U2’s Bono writes about George Clooney in the list, while Lou Reed praises South African artist William Kentridge.
Meanwhile, this year’s Glastonbury festival will feature headline performances from Blur, Neil Young and Bruce Springtseen, and will take place in Pilton, Somerset, between 25-28 June 2009.
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