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Status Quo booked for Glastonbury | Status Quo booked for Glastonbury |
(about 21 hours later) | |
Status Quo, Tom Jones, Franz Ferdinand and Spinal Tap are among the diverse acts revealed in the final line-up for this year's Glastonbury Festival. | Status Quo, Tom Jones, Franz Ferdinand and Spinal Tap are among the diverse acts revealed in the final line-up for this year's Glastonbury Festival. |
They will join previously announced headliners Blur, Bruce Springsteen and Neil Young at the Somerset event. | They will join previously announced headliners Blur, Bruce Springsteen and Neil Young at the Somerset event. |
Bjorn Again, Dizzee Rascal, Lily Allen, Jarvis Cocker and Madness will also perform at the festival, which runs from 26-28 June. | |
All 137,500 tickets for the event in Worthy Farm, Pilton, have sold out. | All 137,500 tickets for the event in Worthy Farm, Pilton, have sold out. |
They were put on sale last October in an attempt to stop the ticketing problems of previous years. | They were put on sale last October in an attempt to stop the ticketing problems of previous years. |
Lady GaGa, Ting Tings and Echo and the Bunnymen are also on the bill for the festival, which runs from 26-28 June. | Lady GaGa, Ting Tings and Echo and the Bunnymen are also on the bill for the festival, which runs from 26-28 June. |
Organisers will be hoping for better weather than the festival has experienced in recent years, with heavy rain and mudbaths coming to represent Glastonbury as much as the music. | Organisers will be hoping for better weather than the festival has experienced in recent years, with heavy rain and mudbaths coming to represent Glastonbury as much as the music. |
Glastonbury 2007 was a mudbath | Glastonbury 2007 was a mudbath |
More than 350 acts have been booked to perform over the weekend, ranging from dance DJs to eclectic world musicians. | More than 350 acts have been booked to perform over the weekend, ranging from dance DJs to eclectic world musicians. |
Among other performers confirmed for the festival are The Prodigy, Glasvegas, Kasabian, Crosby, Stills and Nash, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Doves and Will Young. | Among other performers confirmed for the festival are The Prodigy, Glasvegas, Kasabian, Crosby, Stills and Nash, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Doves and Will Young. |
US hip-hop group Black Eyed Peas will be taking to the Jazz World stage, alongside The Streets, Jamie Cullum and Roots Manuva. | US hip-hop group Black Eyed Peas will be taking to the Jazz World stage, alongside The Streets, Jamie Cullum and Roots Manuva. |
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