Madonna not to be Glastonbury’s big surprise
Glastonbury Festival organiser Michael Eavis seemed to put an end to the rumours about Madonna headlining this week’s edition, as he talked to the Western Daily Press about how they are trying to alterate the event’s pace to avoid clash with the Olympic Games in 2012.
The globally-renowned Somerset shindig takes a break every few years to give organiser’s Worthy Farm a chance to recover. But the organisers have revealed they are now hoping to extend their current licence and have their next ‘fallow’ year in 2012.
Three of the most hotly-tipped acts for this year’s edition have been Bruce Springsteen, the recently reformed Blur, and Neil Young.
Mr Eavis laughed when these names were put to him and refused to confirm or deny whether any of those stars would be at Pilton this summer. However, he did say rumour-mongers have not got it completely right with one big name who is set to appear yet to be mentioned.
He said: “There’s one missing out there that is a really good one that people haven’t latched on to yet, so I’m very pleased about that. It’s good to have one surprise.”
He then ended rumours of Madonna making an appearance, adding, “No, that’s not a good one“.