Full Glastonbury Lineup Leaks Early
Glastonbury organisers planned to announce the full line-up at midnight on Tuesday. They did not immediately return calls today.
The leak is the latest in a long line of misfortunes to befall this year’s event. Organisers have faced a barrage of criticism after choosing Jay-Z as the festival’s headliner.
High-profile musicians, including Oasis member Noel Gallagher, have asked why the festival has chosen a hip-hop act instead of continuing its rock tradition.
“If it ain’t broke don’t fix it. If you start to break it then people aren’t going to go,” Gallagher complained.
“I’m sorry, but Jay-Z? No chance. Glastonbury has a tradition of guitar music and even when they throw the odd curve ball in on a Sunday night you go ‘Kylie Minogue?’ I don’t know about it. But I’m not having hip-hop at Glastonbury. It’s wrong.”
Glastonbury founder Michael Eavis has defended the choice.
“Jay-Z is far from the first hip-hop artist to perform at Glastonbury, as one might assume from some strangely hysterical press reports.”
While tickets have sold out within hours in previous years, this year sales were down.
After 37,500 tickets were left unpurchased, organisers were forced to reopen registration.
The line-up according to NME
June 27:
Pyramid Stage
Kings Of Leon
The Fratellis
Editors
The Gossip
The Feeling
KT Tunstall
Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly
The Subways
Kate Nash
Other Stage
Panic At The Disco
The Enemy
We Are Scientists
Foals
The Hoosiers
Ben Folds
Joe Lean And The Jing Jang Jong
Vampire Weekend
Hilltop Hoods
John Peel Stage
Jamie T
The Cribs
Reverend And The Makers
MGMT
The Ting Tings
Young Knives
LIghtspeed Champion
Glasvegas
June 28
Pyramid Stage
Jay-Z
Very Special Guest TBC
Manu Chao
The Raconteurs
James Blunt
Crowded House
Seasick Steve
The Hold Steady
Shakin’ Stevens
Other Stage
Massive Attack
Hot Chip
Elbow
Duffy
The Wombats
Neon Neon
Black Kids
The Golden Silvers
The Travelling Band
John Peel Stage
Biffy Clyro
The Futureheads
Band Of Horses
The Courteneers/The Black Keys
Vampire Weekend
The Teenagers
June 29
Pyramid Stage
The Verve
Leonard Cohen
Goldfrapp
Very Special Guest TBC
John Mayer
Gilbert O’ Sullivan
TBC
Other Stage
Groove Armada
The Zutons
The Pigeon Detectives
Mark Ronson
Scouting For Girls
Jack Penate
Newton Faulkner
Black Mountain
Hoodoo Gurus
John Peel Stage
The National
Spiritualized
Crystal Castles
Brian Jonestown Massacre
The Stars
The Courteneers/The Black Keys
Rocket Summer
via L4E / source: timesonline.co.uk
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