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A tweet on The Chemical Brothers Twitter Account possibly hints at a Glastonbury Festival 2010 performance

Chemical Brothers Glasto Hint

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.”

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.”

Pearl Jam

Pearl Jam have announce details of their 2010 tour in Europe

The tour lists includes 4 dates that are “TBA”.

One such date is Sunday June 27th. Could they be in line to play Glastonbury Festival 2010?

I’ll leave you to make your own mind up for now. Tour dates are posted below

June 22: Dublin (02 Arena)
June 23: Belfast, Ireland (Odyssey Arena)
June 25: London (Hard Rock Calling Hyde Park)
June 27: TBD
June 30: Berlin (Wuhlheide)
July 1: TBD
July 3: Arras, France (Main Square Festival)
July 4: Werchter, Belgium (Rock Werchter Festival)
July 6: TBD
July 9: TBD
July 10: Oeiras, Portugal (Optimus Alive Festival)

Muse

Rumours of Muse taking one of the other 2 headline slots at Glastonbury Festival 2010 are hotting up.

Speaking to the NME, bassist Chris Wolstenholme said “I think we’ll be busy all summer, it will be a combination of stadiums and some headline festival slots“

Other sources are also claiming that their headline appearance is confirmed, although not officially.

Muse

Chatting to indemand.fm, Matt Bellamy from Muse has hinted there may be a Glasto performance on the cards.

When questioned, he said that “We’d love to play Glastonbury, we’re gonna have a chat to the Eavis family and find out what they’ve got to say”

Hit the link above to hear the interview and the words straight from the horses mouth

Bon Jovi

Bon Jovi have announced a 2 year World tour, 135 shows in 30 countries – “The Circle World Tour”

During the tour, they will play a 5 night residency at London’s O2 Arena, then a night in Paris, before moving on to Canada

The tour dates are below and there is a Glasto shaped hole in there, it could be a break, it could be for more European dates that have yet to be announced, so who knows.

What are your thoughts?

02/19 – Seattle, WA @ KeyArena
02/22 – San Jose, CA @ HP Pavilion
02/24 – Phoenix, AZ @ Jobing.com Arena
02/26 – Anaheim, CA @ Honda Center
03/02 – Sacramento, CA @ ARCO Arena
03/04 – Los Angeles, CA @ Staples Center
03/06 – Las Vegas, NV @ MGM Grand Arena
03/08 – Denver, CO @ Pepsi Center
03/09 – Omaha, NE @ Qwest Center
03/11 – Wichita, KS @ Intrust Bank Arena
03/13 – Fargo, ND @ Fargodome
03/15 – Kansas City, MO @ Sprint Center
03/19 – Montreal, QC @ Bell Centre
03/20 – Montreal, QC @ Bell Centre
03/23 – Philadelphia, PA @ Wachovia Center
03/24 – Philadelphia, PA @ Wachovia Center
03/29 – Washington, DC @ Verizon Center
04/07 – St. Paul, MN @ Xcel Center
04/10 – Dallas, TX @ American Airlines Center
04/13 – Tulsa, OK @ BOK Center
04/15 – Atlanta, GA @ Philips Arena
04/17 – Tampa, FL @ St. Pete Times Forum
04/18 – Ft. Lauderdale, FL @ BankAtlantic Center
04/21 – Nashville, TN @ Sommet Center
04/22 – Charlotte, NC @ Time Warner Cable Arena
05/26 – E. Rutherford, NJ @ New Meadowlands Stadium
05/27 – E. Rutherford, NJ @ New Meadowlands Stadium
06/07 – London, UK @ O2 Arena
06/08 – London, UK @ O2 Arena
06/10 – London, UK @ O2 Arena
06/11 – London, UK @ O2 Arena
06/13 – London, UK @ O2 Arena
06/16 – Paris, FR @ Bercy
07/15 – Edmonton, AB @ Commonwealth Stadium
07/17 – Winnipeg, MB @ Canad Inns Stadium
07/20 – Toronto, ON @ Rogers Centre
07/24 – Foxborough, MA @ Gillette Stadium
07/28 – Regina, SK @ Mosaic Stadium
07/30 – Chicago, IL @ Soldier Field

As I can’t find the news anywhere else other than Twitter, I’m gonna post a couple of twitter feeds from BBC 6 Music (I believe that these quotes are being take at the Q awards today) that I think people may find interesting, the first if from Mr. Hudson.

Mr hudson says he’d love to play glastonbury 2010 – and unsurprisingly wants Kanye to headline. Are you listening eavis family?

The second one is something I think ALOT more people will be interested it……….ROBERT PLANT

Robert plant says he’s been talking to michael eavis about playing Glastonbury

This would be absolutely HUGE news, which I hope becomes a reality. We have no info on if it just Robert Plant or all of Led Zep, we’ll just have to wait and see what happens

[UPDATE]
The following is taken from the BBC 6 Music News pages.

Led Zeppelin frontman Robert Plant has admitted he has spoken to festival organiser Michael Eavis about performing at Glastonbury next year.

Speaking to BBC 6 Music at the Q Awards he said: “I’ve just been talking to Michael [Eavis]. There’s place for me there, but I have no idea who with.”

[/UPDATE]

U2 have announced new North American Tour dates via their Website, the dates are in June & July 2010 and there is a gap that Glastonbury would fit into for a Friday or Saturday appearance (it’s possible for the Sunday too, just a bit tight).

I’ll let you make up your own mind, but it adds a bit of fuel to the fire behind this rumour. Dates of tour posted below.

6 June, 2010 Anaheim CA
12 June, 2010 Denver CO
16 June, 2010 Oakland CA
20 June, 2010 Seattle WA
23 June, 2010 Edmonton CA
30 June, 2010 East Lansing MI
3 July, 2010 Toronto ON
6 July, 2010 Chicago IL
9 July, 2010 Miami FL
12 July, 2010 Philadelphia PA
16 July, 2010 Montreal QC
19 July, 2010 New York NY

News from Raw Material is that Way Out West are planning a Greatest Hits show with a full orchestra on stage for Glasto 2010.

Way Out West’s website doesn’t contain anything about this, so we’ll stick it under rumours for now