It’s here. The big one… This year’s Glastonbury Festival landed online moments ago via a tweet from organiser Emily Eavis. But only in part, as only 70 acts have been confirmed to play down on the farm. So who can you expect to see?
Following on from the announcement that Kanye West and Foo Fighters would be headlining the Pilton bash, Florence & The Machine have been announced as a sub-headliner alongside Pharrell Williams, Alt-J, Motorhead and Mary J Blige.
The list of acts on today’s line-up is as follows: Patti Smith, Rudimental, Deadmau5, The Vaccines, Suede, The Chemical Brothers, Belle & Sebastian, Clean Bandit, Jungle, Jamie XX, Gregory Porter, Super Furry Animals, Jon Hopkins, Father John Misty, Sharon Van Etten, Kate Tempest, Wolf Alice, Perfume Genius, Fat White Family, La Roux, Death Cab For Cutie, Kasai Allstars, Franz Ferdinand & Sparks, Modestep, Circa Waves, Peace, Young Fathers, The Moody Blues, Courtney Barnett, Alabama Shakes, Paloma Faith, The Waterboys, The Fall, George Ezra, Mavis Staples, FKA Twigs, Caribou, Goat, Future Islands, Run The Jewels, Hot Chip, Flying Lotus, Azealia Banks, Todd Terje, Ryan Adams, Spiritualized, Roy Ayers, Jamie T, Ben Howard, Mark Ronson, Ibeyi, Rae Morris, Enter Shikari, Lianne La Havas, Jessie Warer, Death From Above 1979, Years & Years, Sleaford Mods, Charli XCX, The Pop Group, Catfish & The Bottlemen, Ella Eyre aaaaaan *breathes* Hozier.
There are way more names set to be announced across over 100 stages including that mystery third and final headline slot. Current bets for the final slot weigh in favour of Muse, Madonna or Prince.