Florence and The Machine to headline Glastonbury 2015

With the cancellation of the Foo Fighters this morning, it has just been confirmed that Florence and The Machine will take over the Friday headline slot at this years festival.

Taken from the BBC

"Once we heard… Foo Fighters had been forced to pull out, there was only one person we wanted to call and that was Florence," said organiser Emily Eavis.

Florence Welch had already been confirmed to perform with her band before Foo Fighters on 26 June.

She last performed at the Somerset event in 2010.

Foo Fighters cancelled their Glastonbury appearance and a string of other dates after frontman Dave Grohl fractured his leg in a stage fall in Sweden.

Ironically, Welch's recent concerts have been hampered by her breaking her foot on stage at the Coachella music festival in April.

This summer will mark the 28-year-old's first performance on Glastonbury's famed main stage.

"Every time she has played here she's done something spectacular and we always knew she would headline the Pyramid one day," said Eavis, who runs Glastonbury with her father Michael.

"I'm delighted she's agreed to step up to it – she's going to smash it!"

Michael Eavis added: "I'm absolutely delighted. She's a fantastic girl, and she's English as well.

"It's a moment for her and she will be triumphant."

The Foo Fighters cancel Glastonbury, Rock Werchter and more

The Foo Fighters have cancelled their upcoming shows after Dave Grohl fell off the stage in Gothenburg last week.  This includes the Friday night headline slot at Glastonbury, Rock Werchter and more!

The statement from the band: "Due to injuries sustained in Dave Grohl's fall from the stage during Foo Fighters' June 12 show at Ullevi Stadium in Gothenburg, Sweden, doctors have required the cancellation of the remainder of the band's dates in the UK and Europe. After undergoing surgery Monday, Dave's full recuperation time is still to be determined. It was previously announced that Foo Fighters' June 14 appearance at the Pinkpop Festival and June 16 show at the AFG Arena in St. Gallen, Switzerland were cancelled. The following dates have now been cancelled as well: June 19 & 20 – London, UK – Wembley Stadium June 23 – Edinburgh, UK – BT Murrayfield Stadium June 25 – Werchter, Belgium – Festivalpark Werchter June 26 – Glastonbury Festival 2015."  

First lineup announcement for Glastonbury 2015!

This is what you all have been waiting for, the first lineup announcement for Glastonbury 2015.

Along with Kanye West, The Foo Fighters, and Lionel Richie, Glastonbury have added, Florence & The Machine, Pharrell Williams, Alt-J, Motorhead, Mary J Blige, Alabama Shakes, Paloma Faith, The Chemical Brothers, Deadmau5, Mark Ronson, Super Furry Animals, Clean Bandit and many many more!

Lineup so far:

FOO FIGHTERS
KANYE WEST
SPECIAL GUESTS
FLORENCE & THE MACHINE
PHARRELL WILLIAMS
ALT-J
LIONEL RICHIE
MOTÖRHEAD
MARY J. BLIGE

ALABAMA SHAKES
PALOMA FAITH
PATTI SMITH
THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS
RUDIMENTAL
DEADMAU5
JAMIE T
BEN HOWARD
HOT CHIP
THE MOTHERSHIP RETURNS – GEORGE CLINTON, PARLIAMENT, FUNKADELIC & THE FAMILY STONE
FLYING LOTUS
FKA TWIGS
CARIBOU
ROY AYERS
RUN THE JEWELS
MARK RONSON
SUPER FURRY ANIMALS
BELLE & SEBASTIAN
THE VACCINES
RYAN ADAMS
CHRONIXX
FUTURE ISLANDS
GEORGE EZRA
THE WATERBOYS
THE MOODY BLUES
SUEDE
FFS (FRANZ FERDINAND & SPARKS)
THE MACCABEES
ENTER SHIKARI
MODESTEP
CLEAN BANDIT
JESSIE WARE
COURTNEY BARNETT
JON HOPKINS
SPIRITUALIZED
JAMIE XX
MAVIS STAPLES
HOZIER
FATHER JOHN MISTY
THE FALL
TODD TERJE
GREGORY PORTER
JUNGLE
SLEAFORD MODS
CATFISH & THE BOTTLEMEN
AZEALIA BANKS
YOUNG FATHERS
CHARLI XCX
KASAI ALLSTARS
SHARON VAN ETTEN
KATE TEMPEST
GOAT
WOLF ALICE
PERFUME GENIUS
FAT WHITE FAMILY
YEARS & YEARS
LA ROUX
DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE
LIANNE LA HAVAS
DEATH FROM ABOVE 1979
CIRCA WAVES
PEACE
THE POP GROUP
IBEYI
ELLA EYRE
RAE MORRIS

Kanye West to headline Saturday at Glastonbury 2015

Hip Hop artist Kanye West will headline this years Glastonbury on Saturday.  He will take the top spot on the world famous Pyramid Stage along with The Foo Fighters who will headline Friday night.

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We still have many more announcements to make for this years Glastonbury! 

Glastonbury 2015 Ticket details here

Get prepared now to be in with a chance to get yourself Glastonbury tickets for the 2015 edition.

Tickets go on-sale at 9am 5th October 2014 through ticketing platform See Tickets.

Glastonbury Ticket Prices for 2015

£220 + £5 booking fee per person.

Ticket deposits are £50 per person.

Ticket Registration

Before you can apply for tickets you must be registered.

Registration will close at 23:59 on Tuesday 30th September. Please don’t leave it until the last minute. Leave enough time to resubmit before tickets go on sale if you need to. Registration only takes a few minutes and can now be done straight from your smartphone or tablet so head to www.glastonburyregistration.co.uk and do it now!

For more information check out the Glastonbury website here

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Glastonbury reveals Metallica, Kasabian & Arcade Fire will headline in 2014

There have been various rumors over the past few months with who would headline this years Glastonbury.  The Summer Festival Guide can now reveal that Metallica, Kasabian & Arcade Fire will headline the Pyramid Stage at this years Glastonbury.

Also joining the headliners on the Pyramid Stage will be Dolly Parton, Jack White, Elbow, The Black Keys, Robert Plant, ily Allen, Ed Sheeran, Lana Del Rey, Rudimental, De La Soul, Kelis, The 1975, Angel Haze and more.

Also gracing this years festival will be Skrillex, Jake Bugg, Massive Attack, M.I.A, Bryan Ferry, Disclosure, Metronomy, Mogwai, James Blacke, Kaiser Chiefs, MGMT, London Grammar, Dexys, Suzanne Vega, Fat Boy Slim, Richie Hawtin, Annie Mac, Above & Beyond, and many many more.

See the lineup below:

Glastonbury announce 2014 lineup details

The Summer Festival Guide is excited to bring you one of the first official lineup for this years massive summer event Glastonbury.

Headliners announced so far include Arcade Fire and joining them on the 5 day extravaganza are some of the biggest artists on the planet including Paolo Nutini, Jurrassic 5, James Blake, The 1975, Kasabian, Jack White, Dolly PArton, Elbow, The Black Keys, Robert Plant, Lily Allen, Lana Del Rey, Skillex, Pixies, Massive Attack, Disclosure, Ed Sheeran, Jake Bugg, Crystal Fighters, De La Soul and many many more!

A Greener Festivals Festival Woods reach 1000 trees

One year on and 1000 trees have been planted in the Festival Wood thanks to the generosity of the Festival Community.

The Festival Wood is an initiative set up by A Greener Festival in 2012 in partnership with the highly regarded charity Trees for Life. The project is to reforest the Caledonian highlands for its own sake to provide desperately needed natural habitat to support biodiversity and healthy ecological systems. Trees will not be felled for timber. 100% of the £5 per tree donations go to the project with no admin fees to A Greener Festival. 

A Greener Festival recently paid a visit to the Scottish Highlands, where they are planting the "Festival Wood" in Dundreggan.

Claire O'Neill and Helen Innes undertook the long journey north to plant some of the trees kindly donated this season. The most considerable donation this summer came from Electric Hotel, who donated £1 per phone charge at Shambala festival this summer. They were able to contribute 242 Trees which is fantastic!

Other donators this summer so far include Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival, Kendal Calling, Glastonbury Festival, ID&C, Hadra Trance Festival, Rockstar Services, Festival Mag, Et Voila Events and Peppermint Bars.

A Greener Festival donate one tree per festival that applies to its awards internationally. So far this year that makes over 50 trees.

O’Neill, Co Founder of A Greener Festival, said “Although this is a carbon positive activity, we don’t see it as an “offset scheme”. This is a reforestation project for the festival industry and all of us to give something back, and to have a long term beneficial impact on the ecosystem that our lives depend upon.”

There is still a month left of planting and all festivals, suppliers, organisers and individuals are invited to donate what they can to the commendable cause!

To donate and for more information www.agreenerfestival.com/festival-wood