Rumours Madonna and Dua Lipa will headline Glastonbury Pageant ‘unfaithful’, organiser says

Rumours Madonna, Dua Lipa and Coldplay will headline Glastonbury subsequent yr are “untrue”, in line with the competition’s organiser.

On Saturday night, the Mail on Sunday reported the three acts had been set to high the invoice on the Pyramid Stage in June.

But Glastonbury co-organiser Emily Eavis mentioned the story was not right.

She wrote on Instagram on Sunday morning: “As always, there is much speculation and excitement about who is playing at Glastonbury.

“We are engaged on the line-up day and evening in the mean time, but it surely’s nonetheless altering on daily basis.

“The story about our confirmed headliners is untrue.

“As at all times, we love your enthusiasm and guesswork – however correct news on headliners will probably be with you someday within the new yr!”

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The report mentioned Dua Lipa would headline on Friday whereas Coldplay – who’ve headlined 4 occasions beforehand – would take the Saturday slot.

Madonna would shut out the festival on Sunday, the newspaper mentioned.

If true, it might have been the primary time two feminine artists have featured within the premier spot.

The competition was criticised for having all-male headliners final yr with Arctic Monkeys, Guns N’ Roses and Sir Elton John.

Next yr’s competition at Worthy Farm in Somerset will happen from 26 to 30 June.

Last month Ms Eavis instructed Annie Mac and Nick Grimshaw’s Sidetracked podcast the legend slot on Sunday afternoon could be a feminine artist.

Addressing final yr’s lack of feminine headliners, Ms Eavis added: “I’ve always been really passionate about gender split [on festival line-ups] and I think, actually, our problem was that I’d been so outspoken about it that having a year when there wasn’t a female sent people a bit mad – or some people.

“And we did have a feminine – she pulled out and we changed them with Guns N’ Roses. But everybody is aware of that it is high of my listing.

“It is difficult with female artists because there aren’t enough headliners. But we’re also creating them.

“We’re placing the bands and feminine artists on smaller phases and bringing them by means of on a regular basis. And who is aware of? Next yr we would get two. And actually, I can say that the legend is feminine.”

A sale for the primary of the occasion’s roughly 135,000 tickets was supposed to start on Thursday however was pushed back “out of fairness” as a result of some confusion over the registration course of.

“Unfortunately, it has come to light that some individuals hoping to buy tickets for 2024 have discovered after Monday’s registration deadline that they are no longer registered, despite believing they were,” the organisers mentioned.

“Out of fairness to those individuals, we will be re-opening the window for registration at 12 noon on Monday 6 November. It will remain open until 5pm on Monday 13 November.”

Standard tickets for the competition value £355 (plus a £5 reserving charge) – £20 greater than this yr’s occasion. An extra charge will probably be added for the coach switch.

The competition was cancelled in 2020 and 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic.