With the festival period coming once
again and after a year off Michael Eavis, alongside daughter Emily, host Glastonbury at Worthy Farm. After announcing head-liners Arctic Monkeys, The
Rolling Stones and Mumford and Sons, discussion drifted instead to
blank spots on the line-up and the implication of these.
The much disputed “secret shows”
have become a focal point of this years festival and as lacunas were
left in the shapes of some very big acts spurring rumour after rumour
of surprise appearances. The elephants in the room, or outside on
this occasion, came in the shape of David Bowie, Daft Punk and Liam
Gallagher's Beady Eye.
After Liam Gallagher posted a cryptic
tweet 26th June stating “11am Friday – BE there or BE
square . . LG” it seems that Gallagher and co. are certain to be
playing one of the festivals stages. Beady Eye who were 5/1 odds now
seem definite to be airing their second album BE at Glastonbury. This
may come as somewhat of a shock to Gallagher fans after Liam has
famously said of the festival after appearing with Oasis, “I
f***ing hate Glastonbury mate. I'm only here for the money”.
Hopefully his performance with Beady Eye, their first at the
festival, will inspire positive feedback.
In regards to Bowie and Daft Punk, many
were expecting to see either topping the bill. This year saw both
acts releasing new materials with Bowie releasing The Next Day and
Daft Punk releasing Random Access Memories with both albums debuting
at No.1 in the UK album charts. Bowie, having played the festival
twice before in 1971 and later in 2000, has odds of 6/1 to appear
whilst Daft Punk, commenting earlier in the year that they have no
plans to tour their release, have odds of 6/4. It may also be that
Bowie and Daft Punk may appear as guests in another acts slots with
Bowie previously recording with Mick Jagger of The Rolling Stones and
Daft Punk previously appearing with Phoenix as they did at Phoenix's
Madison Square Garden show in 2010.
Another hotly contested guest spot is
to who will appear with The Rolling Stones with Jeff Beck, Bruce
Springsteen and Adele being tipped.
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