With the 2010 clock already counting down, one of the musical calendar’s highlights this year is sure to be the sold out 40th anniversary of the Glastonbury Festival in June. Irish stars U2 have already been confirmed as Friday nights headliner and now, Emily Eavis, has strongly hinted at the return of crowd favourite, Dizzee Rascal.
Eavis described to BBC 6 Music how the plans for the festival's 2010 offering were progressing. “We are working on it full time and we’re trying to get our third headliner at the moment which is quite exciting,” she explained.
As for rapper Dizzee Rascal, who gave an electrifying show on the Pyramid Stage in 2009, Emily said: “We’ve gotta have Dizzee, I think that’s a given.”
Whilst trying to not give too much away she continued to explain that there are some big plans afoot. “A lot of bands really want to play but because we’ve only got three nights to headline, I think a lot of people are going to be doing secret sets,” she said.
“There will be a lot of surprises, more than we’ve ever had. Its really interesting booking it because a lot of bands are saying, ‘We really want to do it but how about we open the Pyramid Stage rather than close it?’ And its like, ‘That’s a good idea’. There’s quite a lot of stuff going around, so that’s exciting.”
With regards to the whispers around the camp fire, Emily remained tight-lipped on all those rumoured bands, the Rolling Stones, Chemical Brothers, Robert Plant, Bob Dylan or the Pixies. Not a word was spoken about each.
One band that can be taken off the rumour list however are American rockers Green Day with Emily claiming that they would not be on the bill this year.
However, not to dish out too much disappointment, she did mention that Will Young, who has made himself a home from home with regular sets on the Avalon Stage, “might be making an appearance”. See, its not all bad news *ahem*.
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