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Glastonbury Boss Skipped Kanye West's Set
Eavis, who founded the festival in 1972 and now runs it with his daughter Emily, came under fire for booking the hip-hop star for the 2015 event and more than 130,000 angry fans...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 29 June 2015
Could Glastonbury Be Moving To London?
Could the Glastonbury Festival one day be moving to London? An idea to temporarily relocate the legendary festival has been floated by Labour MP Gareth Thomas, who has suggested that the British capital would host...
By Ed Biggs in Music / Festivals on 29 June 2015
China Issues Warning To Glastonbury Festival Over Dalai Lama
China has issued a warning to the Glastonbury Festival organisers over their booking of the Dalai Lama. The Tibetan spiritual leader is to give a talk at this weekend's festival to promote a message of...
By Michael West in Movies / TV / Theatre on 26 June 2015
The Charlatans To Play Secret Set At Glasto?
Tim Burgess has hinted The Charlatans are going to play a secret set at Glastonbury.The band's frontman took to Twitter earlier this week and cryptically posted a photograph of a pair of wellington boots alongside...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 25 June 2015
Foo Fighters 'To Headline Glastonbury In 2016'
Foo Fighters will reportedly headline Glastonbury in 2016.The iconic rock band were scheduled to headline the world famous festival this year, but were forced to scrap the idea after lead singer Dave Grohl broke his...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 25 June 2015
Michael Eavis Wishes Frank Sinatra And Elvis Had Played Glastonbury
Michael Eavis wishes Frank Sinatra and Elvis Presley could come back from the dead to play at Glastonbury.The musical festival's founder has revealed if he could choose any artist from their heyday to play at...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 22 June 2015
Glastonbury May Have To Move Site In The Future, Says Michael Eavis
Glastonbury has become one of the key dates in Britain’s social calendar over the last ten years, but a major shake-up of the festival could be on the horizon. Michael Eavis, the founder and organiser...
By Ed Biggs in Music / Festivals on 20 June 2015
Glastonbury Organiser Plotting Festival Move
The iconic festival has been taking place in Somerset, England, close to Eavis' Worthy Farm in the village of Pilton, since 1970, but the longtime organiser does not own all of the land...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 19 June 2015
Emily Eavis Receives Death Threats For Booking Kanye West For Glastonbury
Emily Eavis will stand by ''amazing force'' Kanye West headlining Glastonbury despite receiving death threats for her choice of headliner. The festival's co-organiser has been subjected to multiple threatening messages after it was announced the...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 29 May 2015
Glastonbury's Emily Eavis Reveals She Received Death Threats Over Kanye Booking
With a little under a month to go before it kicks off, probably the most talked-about thing about Glastonbury 2015 has been the booking of Kanye West for the Saturday night headline slot. In a...
By Ed Biggs in Music / Festivals on 29 May 2015
Michael Eavis Hints At Supergroup Glastonbury Headliner
Rapper Kanye West and rockers the Foo Fighters have already been announced as bill-toppers for the music event but the act booked for Sunday night's closing slot on the famous Pyramid stage remains...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 23 April 2015
Michael Eavis To Skip Kanye West's Performance
Michael Eavis will skip Kanye West's performance at Glastonbury.The 79-year-old festival organiser has confessed he won't be watching the 'Stronger' hitmaker perform after booking him for the Saturday night headliners slot on the Pyramid Stage.When...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 23 April 2015
Emily Eavis Defends Kanye West Glastonbury Decision
Emily Eavis has defended Kanye West's headline slot at Glastonbury festival.Since announcing the 'All Day' rapper would be headlining the Saturday night of the five-day festival last week, more than 100,000 people have signed a...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 23 March 2015
Noel Gallagher Wants Oasis Reunion Cash
Noel Gallagher would reform Oasis ''only for the money.''The 47-year-old rocker quit the band in 2009 leading to its demise, but admitted he feels nostalgic about his time in the group and would get back...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 26 January 2015
Ed Sheeran: Taylor Swift Won't Perform At Glastonbury
Ed Sheeran insists Taylor Swift won't perform at Glastonbury.Rumours the 'Shake It Off' hitmaker could be set to headline the annual event began to circulate last month when she announced a string of UK tour...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 29 December 2014
Foo Fighters Will Headline Glastonbury If Oasis Reform
Foo Fighters will headline Glastonbury if Oasis reform for the festival.The band's frontman Dave Grohl has revealed the rockers have not been asked to top the bill at the legendary music festival but they would...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 14 November 2014
Stars Pay Tribute To Michael Eavis As He Receives Top Award
Stars including Sir Paul Mccartney, Coldplay, and Lily Allen paid tribute to Glastonbury festival boss Michael Eavis as he received a leading industry award on Monday (03Nov14).Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich presented the Music Industry Trusts...
By World Entertainment News Network in Music / Festivals on 04 November 2014
Michael Eavis Books Headliners For Glastonbury 2015 (It's Not Fleetwood Mac)
Michael Eavis, the founder of the Glastonbury Festival of Music and Arts, says he has booked three "excellent headliners" for 2015 though confirmed that Fleetwood Mac were not available. The legendary rock band have been...
By Michael West in Movies / TV / Theatre on 30 October 2014
Dolly Parton Denies Miming At Glastonbury
Dolly Parton has denied miming at Glastonbury.The 68-year-old singer - who made her festival debut on the Pyramid Stage on Sunday night (29.06.14) - has been forced to defend herself over claims she failed to...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 30 June 2014
Michael Eavis Pays Tribute To Tony Benn At Glastonbury Festival
Glastonbury organiser Michael Eavis has paid tribute to former Labour politician Tony Benn, whom he described as a "friend of the festival." Benn died in March after making regular appearances at the festival, appearing at...
By Michael West in Music / Festivals on 28 June 2014
Michael Eavis Reveals Reason Why Prince Pulled Out Of Glastonbury 2014
Glastonbury festival organiser Michael Eavis has revealed that Prince pulled out of playing this year’s event because of “social media chit-chat”. Prince had agreed to play the historic festival but became angered when the planned...
By Michael West in Movies / TV / Theatre on 23 June 2014
Glastonbury Founder Michael Eavis Defends Festival Headliners Metallica
Glastonbury Festival founder Michael Eavis has defended the decision to have Metallica headline the festival this year. There has been growing opposition regarding Metallica performing at the festival by festival-goers who don’t feel a heavy...
By Sophie Miskiw in Music / Festivals on 16 June 2014
Jimmy Page: Led Zep Could Play Glasto
Jimmy Page hasn't ruled out Led Zeppelin headlining Glastonbury Festival in the future. The guitarist has responded to comments made by festival boss Michael Eavis, who claimed he was ''sure'' the band would one day...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 02 June 2014
Michael Eavis: Led Zeppelin Will Reform
Glastonbury boss Michael Eavis thinks Led Zeppelin will reform again one day. The music festival chief would like to see the classic rock band headline the event at Worthy Farm and is adamant they will...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 04 April 2014
Ten More Years! Glastonbury Festival Gets License For Another Decade
The well-trodden fields of Worthy Farm will be privy to live music, stabbed by tent pegs and defecated on for another decade thanks to Glastonbury festival’s new 10-year license, ensuring the world-famous annual weekend get-together...
By Jack de Aguilar in Music / Festivals on 12 March 2014
Glastonbury Festival Sold Out, But Eavis Maintains Headliners Will Be Debutants
Tickets for next year's Glastonbury Festival sold out in record time on Sunday (October 6, 2013), with 120,000 tickets - costing £210 each - being snapped up in around one and a half hours. Over...
By Michael West in Music / Festivals on 07 October 2013
Glastonbury 2014 Headliners Are First-timers, Fleetwood Mac, Pearl Jam, Depeche Mode?
Glastonbury Festival boss Michael Eavis has revealed that he has more or less signed the headliners for 2014, teasing that neither act has played the historical music gathering in the past.In an interview with NME,...
By Michael West in Music / Festivals on 04 September 2013
Wiley 'Respects' Glastonbury
Wiley ''respects'' Glastonbury but wants to help ''other festivals rise up.''The 'Heatwave' rapper and producer pulled out of his set at the iconic British festival - held on June 28-30 - at the last minute,...
By Bang Showbiz on 11 July 2013
The Rolling Stones At Glastonbury Vs. Die Hard- And The Winner Is...?
The Rolling Stones headlined at Glastonbury on Saturday (29th June) but the viewing public were more interested in watching Bruce Willis' 1988 classic action film, Die Hard, according to The Daily Mail. 2.54 million tuned...
By Elinor Cosgrave in Music / Festivals on 01 July 2013
The Rolling Stones, Public Enemy And Elvis Costello Bring Worthy Farm To It's Knees: Glastonbury Day Two Round-up
After decades of failed attempts, Glastonbury Festival organiser Michael Eavis finally managed to book the biggest rock group of all time for the world-renowned UK festival, and with an absolutely riotous set that had the...
By Joe Wilde in Music / Festivals on 30 June 2013
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