Monday, 23 February 2009

The Boss to Headline Glastonbury Festival

It has been confirmed that US rocker, Bruce Springsteen will headline this year's Glastonbury festival.

After months of rumour and speculation, Glastonbury organisers announced today (23rd February) that ‘The Boss’ will be the Saturday night headliner at this year’s festival, which takes place from the 26th – 28th June.

“I’m so pleased that Bruce Springsteen has agreed to come to Worthy Farm for the first time. He’s one of the all-time rock legends and I’m confident that this will be one of our best shows ever.” Said Festival founder Michael Eavis.“I’m knocked out that we’ve managed to get Bruce to play. It’s the icing on the cake of this year’s bill, which I’m sure will take everyone’s breath away when we announce the full details.” adds Michaels daughter Emily Eavis.

Neil Young and Blur are also rumoured to be the other two Glastonbury headliners.
Tickets for this year’s festival have now sold out. Although a very limited number of cancelled tickets and returns will be sold from 9am (GMT) on Sunday 5th of April.

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