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The Stranglers

The Stanglers have confirmed on their website that they will be playing Glastonbury Festival 2010

A note on their homepage reads as follows

And they said it would never happen!

The Stranglers are playing at Glastonbury. Despite many years of rumours about feuds between the band and organisers, we can confirm they will be appearing at Britain’s best known festival in Pilton on Friday 25th June.

Unfortunately, the festival is already totally sold out but the band is following a Glastonbury tradition and will be playing a low-key warm up in the West country area the night before their appearance.

Details of the low-key gig must remain under wraps for the time being but we will announce the details through the site as soon as we are able. This gig is happening to reward any disappointed fans in the area (and beyond) who are unable to get into Glastonbury.

We’ll bring you the ticket link as soon as we have it. We also hope that for those of us unable to attend the festival, the BBC treats us to some great live footage of the band over the course of the weekend.

Stevie Wonder

Michael Eavis has been speaking at the opening day of the Event Production Show at Olympia in London today.

In one of the first sessions Glastonbury Festival founder he revealed the headliners for this year’s event.

He revealed that Muse would headline the Saturday (26 June) and that it was probable the legendary Stevie Wonder would close the festival as the main act on the Sunday (27 June), completing the line up with U2 on the Friday (25 June).

Eavis also revealed the event cost £25m to put on each year, with most of the money going to securing the perimeter.

There are also discussions to ban large flags at the event in an area in front of the stage. Eavis said he was keen to clear a line of sight for the audience but his daughter, Emily, who also runs the event, wanted the flags to stay.

Update from Glastonbury Press Office

“We are hoping to confirm Muse for the Saturday, later today we hope,” the Glastonbury Press office have told 6 Music.

According to their spokesperson, an announcement could be made by close of shop on Tuesday (2 Feb) through their own official website.

In response to rumours of a performance from Stevie Wonder, a statement reads: “It is very much a possibility but he’s still only on Michael Eavis’ wish list – so not 100% confirmed, it’s pending.”

Emily Eavis has been talking to Radio 1’s Newsbeat and say that the line up for Glastonbury Festival 2010 is “Pretty much finalised”

“We’re pretty much sewn up now. We’re still confirming the Sunday night headliner. Apart from that we’ve pretty much finalised the Pyramid Stage, which is good. There are rumours about everyone I think. I think this is the first year that people genuinely don’t know who is going to be playing, which is a good thing.”

Emily Eavis says there’ll be a mix of old and new this time round.

“We’ve got amazing highlights from the full 40 years and also some people who haven’t played before, one headliner in particular.“

Jack Johnson

Jack Johnson confirmed on his website today that he wil be playing Glastonbury Festival as part of his 2010 tour.

This has also been confirmed by The Festival organisers via the festival website

Jack confirmed in his dates that he will be playing the Sunday, but no stage or time has been given.

Hot Chip

Alexis Taylor, Lead singer from Hot Chip, dropped some big hints that they will be playing Glastonbury Festival this year.

Speaking to Radio 1’s Newsbeat, the artist said that:

“You’ll potentially see us in the Somerset area of the UK around the end of June I’d imagine.

I have been to that part of the world and enjoyed being there. Nice cider there, good music and good atmosphere.”

Dub Pistols

Dub Pistols have confirmed on their facebook page that they will be playing Glastonbury Festival

See here to see their small announcement

Muse

Muse have announced tour dates for 2010 and they include a Glastonbury Festival appearance

Taken from the Consequence of Sound website, they list the details of all the tour dates for 2010 and festival appearances.

Please be advised that I am just the messenger, this list of dates could be wrong as not all dates have been announced on the Muse website as of yet.

Slowly but surely the band has begun divulging the answer. As evident by the below itinerary, the band has confirmed six U.S. tour dates for next spring, with more expected to be announced in the days ahead. So far, the trek begins on February 17th in Atlanta and will continue on to Fairfax (VA), New York, Boston, Auburn Hills (MI), and Salt Lake City. One of music’s best new artists!, Silversun Pickups, have been tapped to serve as support. .

An appearance at next year’s Coachella Music Festival, set to take place from April 16-18 in Indio, California, will also be included as part of the band’s U.S. endeavors.

Speaking of festivals, Muse has also announced quite a few headlining appearances for Europe’s many musical extravaganzas. As it stands now, the band is confirmed for five festivals, including Portugal’s Rock in Rio, Germany’s Rock am Ring & Rock im Park, the U.K.’s legendary Glastonbury, Denmark’s Roskilde Festival, and Germany’s Rock Werchter.

Muse 2009/2010 Tour Dates:
12/11 – San Francisco, CA @ Oracle Arena (Live 105 Not So Silent Night)
12/12 – Las Vegas, NV @ The Joint (Holiday Havoc)
12/13 – Los Angeles, CA @ Gibson Amphitheatre (KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas)
12/15 – Seattle, WA @ Wamu Theater (Deck The Halls Ball)
01/07 – Seoul, KR @ Olympic Park
01/09 – Osaka, JP @ Jo Hall
01/11 – Nagoya, JP @ Aichi Taiku-Kan
01/12 – Toko, JP @ Budokan
01/15 – Auckland, NZ @ Big Day Out
01/17 – Gold Coast, AU @ Big Day Out
01/22 – Syndey, AU @ Big Day Out
01/26 – Melbourne, AU @ Big Day Out
01/31 – Perth, AU @ Big Day Out
02/03 – Singapore @ Singapore Indoor Stadium
02/06 – Lantau, HK @ Asia World Expo
02/17 – Atlanta, GA @ The Arena at Gwinnett Center *
03/01 – Fairfax, VA @ Patriot Center *
03/05 – New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden *
03/06 – Boston, MA @ TD Garden *
03/13 – Auburn Hills, MI @ The Palace *
04/05 – Salt Lake CIty, UT @ The E Center *
04/16-18 – Indio, CA @ Coachella Music Festival
05/27 – Lisbon, PT @ Rock In Rio
06/05 – Nurburg, DE @ Rock Am Ring
06/06 – Nuremberg, DE @ Rock Im Park
06/08 – Milan, IT @ San Siro
06/11 – Paris, FR @ Stade de France
06/12 – Paris, FR @ Stade de France
06/19 – Nijmegen, NL @ Goffertpark
06/24-27 – Pilton, UK @ Glastonbury Festival
07/01 – Werchter, BE @ Rock Werchter
07/03 – Roskilde, DK @ Roskilde Festival
09/04 – Manchester, UK @ Lancashire County Cricket Ground
09/10 – London, UK @ Wembley Stadium
09/11 – London, UK @ Wembley Stadium

* = w/ Silversun Pickups

Chris Difford of Squeeze has been talking to Mark Collins on the Hampshire Radio Station Wave 105.2 that Squeeze are touring during 2010, and that in the summer they will be appearing at some festivals, including Isle of Wight and Glastonbury Festival.

You can here the interview by clicking here

Here you will find details of all the confirmed artists for Glastonbury 2010, the day that they are playing on and what stage.

Confirmed, but no stage

Pyramid Stage

Other Stage

Queen’s Head

Self Confirmed & Rumours

Provided by glastowatch.co.uk

U2

Taken from TheSun.co.uk

MICHAEL EAVIS promised something special for Glastonbury’s 40th birthday next year – and boy has he delivered.

U2 will headline on Friday night – the first time the Irish rockers have ever played the festival.

It will be a career highlight for both Glasto founder Michael and U2 frontman BONO, who have been circling each other making loving noises for quite a while now.

A source said: “Everyone is over the moon that the deal has been done.

“Michael really wanted a huge name for the 40th anniversary and the fact U2 have never played Glastonbury in their 32-year career only adds to the mystique. Read the rest of this entry »