Glastonbury headliners finalised ‘pretty soon’
The headliners for next year’s Glastonbury festival are set to be finalised “pretty soon”, according to organiser Emily Eavis.
However, Eavis has now ruled out a number of big names who were rumoured to be performing.
Talking to BBC News, she said: “It’s not Coldplay, it’s not U2 and it’s not The Rolling Stones.”
The arrangements are being made relatively early this year, mainly beause the tickets are now available to buy earlier than before.
Eavis said: “Because our tickets go on sale on October 5 we’ve brought it forward. So we’re ensconced in chat about next year and there’s a lot of good feeling after such an amazing festival. We’re talking to a few people at the moment and I think pretty soon we’ll have some stuff sorted.”
Radiohead are currently the bookies’ favourites to headline the event, held in Pilton in Somerset.
Glastonbury 2009 Will Have ‘More Traditional Headliners
The 2009 edition of the Glastonbury Festival will return to more traditional headliners, organisers have said.
Michael Eavis said he had based his decision on the fact that “there are more of them around and after this year everyone wants to come onboard because it was such a good do.”
The festival’s decision this year to book US rapper Jay-Z was widely criticised by many, including Oasis guitarist Noel Gallagher.
Unusually slow ticket sales for the festival were also attributed to Jay-Z’sbooking.
Speaking to the BBC, Mr Eavis admitted that he had felt “scared” by the slow ticket sales, even though the festival did eventually sell out.
“I’ve never enjoyed it so much although I’ve had a lot of worries this year with the tickets not selling - I lost half a stone in weight at one point,” he said.
“I was so scared but it came through. So when you get so scared like that and then when it comes right in the end it’s fantastic.”
Organisers announced today that tickets for the 2009 festival would go on sale in October.
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