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Lewis Capaldi made more than one dig at fellow musicians who’ve also been interviewed on the popular YouTube series “Hot Ones” while recently appearing on the show himself.

As the Scottish singer-songwriter took on the wings of death, he called out DJ Khaled’s infamous 2015 appearance, in which the rapper tapped out of the hot sauce challenge after three wings, but was allowed to sit and finish the interview.

“You should’ve kicked DJ Khaled the f**k out of here,” Capaldi told host Sean Evans of the unfair move.

“And you should’ve said, ‘Listen, you,'” he added before Evans continued the sentence: “If you don’t finish your food…”

“F**k off!” Capaldi concluded.

Read More: Lewis Capaldi Announces Break From Touring For Foreseeable Future After Struggling Through Glastonbury Performance

Upon making it to the end, the Grammy-nominated artist, who was sweating profusely with tears streaming down his face,...

Johnny Depp has signed on as a producer for a feature documentary called “Shane” about the lead singer of punk band The Pogues, Shane MacGowan. The news was announced Wednesday by HanWay Films, which acquired the worldwide sales rights.

Julien Temple, director of “Glastonbury,” “The Filth and the Fury” and “London: The Modern Babylon,” is directing the documentary that examines MacGowan and his ability to write lyrics to hits like “Fairytale of New York” that captured Ireland’s spirit while he was on his very own personal voyage into the heart of darkness.

Temple will produce through Nitrate Film together with Depp and Stephen Deuters (“Minamata”) through Depp’s production entity Infinitum Nihil and Stephen Malit. HanWay Films has acquired worldwide sales rights and will introduce the project at the upcoming European Film Market, where the company will screen footage for the first time. Altitude Films will distribute the film in the U.

The Killers’ recent headlining gig at Milwaukee’s Summerfest was the focus of CBS This Morning‘s latest Saturday Sessions.

The morning show highlighted three of Brandon Flowers and company’s biggest hits for the showcase, “Mr. Brightside,” “When You Were Young” and “Human.”

The Killers are at the tail end of a summer music festival tour that included stops Kaaboo Texas, Summerfest, Ottawa’s Bluesfest, Louisville, Kentucky’s Forecastle Festival and Glastonbury, where the band brought out special guests Johnny Marr and Pet Shop Boys.

The band has two...

Update: Actor expresses contrition after White House condemns remarks as ‘sad’.

Update: Johnny Depp has apologised after he made comments on the assassination of a Us president at Glastonbury Festival on Thursday.

The actor told People magazine his remarks were in poor taste after the White House issued a statement condemning his words.

“It did not come out as intended, and I intended no malice,” Depp said on Friday. “I was only trying to amuse, not to harm anyone.”

The day before, as he appeared on stage prior to a screening of his 2004 film The Libertine, Depp had said: “Can you bring Trump here?”

After sections of the crowd booed, the actor went on to say: “You misunderstand completely. When was the last time an actor assassinated a president?”

Depp then added: “I want to clarify…I’m not an actor. I lie for a living [but] it’s been a while. Maybe it’s about...

Update: Actor apologises after White House condemns comments as ‘sad’.

Update: Johnny Depp has apologised following he commented on the assassination of a Us president at Glastonbury musical festival on Thursday.

The actor told People magazine his remakes were in poor taste after the White House condemned his remarks regarding Us president Donald Trump.

Appearing on stage prior to a screening of his 2004 film The Libertine last Thursday, Depp said: “Can you bring Trump here?”

After receiving boos from the crowd the actor went on to say: “You misunderstand completely. When was the last time an actor assassinated a president?”

Depp seemed aware that his comments would cause controversy, adding: “I want to clarify…I’m not an actor. I lie for a living [but] it’s been a while. Maybe it’s about time.”

“This is going to be in the press and it’ll be horrible,” he continued. “It’s just a question, I’m not insinuating...

Exclusive: Depp to be first guest of honour at Julien Temple’s Cineramageddon event next week.

Johnny Depp will be the inaugural guest of honour at Glastonbury’s new film event Cineramageddon next week.

Depp will introduce three of his favourite movies (two of which he also starred in) at the music festival: Withnail & I, Dead Man and The Libertine.

Five day film event Cineramageddon is the brainchild of director Julien Temple and is designed by artist Joe Rush. It is presented by film producer Stephen Malit, with technical supervision by Michael Denner.

Movies will be projected onto the biggest cinema screen in the UK with the nocturnal audience seated in seventy mutated vintage British and American cars, repurposed funfair rides and a Lear jet.

Depp’s selected movies will screen consecutively on Thursday 22 June with the actor introducing them in conversation with Temple.

“No film has ever made me laugh more”

The Pirates of The Caribbean...

Author: Greg Wetherall

Since emerging out of the industrial fog of Nottingham in the late noughties, Jason Williamson and Andrew Fearn – aka Sleaford Mods – have charted an unlikely ascent. With rudimentary electronic soundscapes and blistering invectives, they have filled a void articulating the frustrations of the working class man and woman in Ukip heartland.

Now they are the subject of a documentary by erstwhile German music journalist Christine Franz in her debut film. The good news is that not only is Bunch of Kunst compelling in a gloriously roughshod, rambling fashion; it feels alive; bristling with energy and anger. Perceived as something of a cult concern, arched eyebrows greet the opening litany of glowing testaments from unlikely, high profile musical admirers.

From there, Franz consciously cuts back to the inauspicious, dingy rehearsal dens that remain the nexus for their work. Williamson wrestles with a chorus line and makes amendments to his lyrics,...

Music documentary will mark the first feature for production company Whizz Kidd.

Indie TV production outfit Whizz Kidd Entertainemnt is working with Essential Arts Entertainment and Nitrate Film on the Ibiza - The Silent Movie, which is set to be released in 2017.

The film will provide a “compelling audiovisual journey into Ibiza’s bohemian soul”, featuring original material documenting the island’s club scene alongside unseen archive material.

Whizz Kid is in conversations with an undisclosed music label and a terrestrial television broadcaster about partnering on the project, which will have its own soundtrack.

Ibiza - The Silent Movie will be executive produced by Whizz Kid chief executive Malcolm Gerrie and agent David Levy. Essential Arts Entertainment’s Richard Conway and Andrew Curtis are the producers.

“It’s long been my dream to tell the real story of this magical island and I can’t think of a better person to realise that vision than Julien Temple,” Gerrie...

Music Documentary Ibiza - The Silent Movie will be directed by punk filmmaker Julien Temple.

Indie TV production outfit Whizz Kidd Entertainemnt is working with Essential Arts Entertainment and Nitrate Film on the Ibiza - The Silent Movie, which is set to be released in 2017.

The film will provide a “compelling audiovisual journey into Ibiza’s bohemian soul”, featuring original material documenting the island’s club scene alongside unseen archive material.

Whizz Kid is in conversations with an undisclosed music label and a terrestrial television broadcaster about partnering on the project, which will have its own soundtrack.

Ibiza - The Silent Movie will be executive produced by Whizz Kid chief executive Malcolm Gerrie and agent David Levy. Essential Arts Entertainment’s Richard Conway and Andrew Curtis are the producers.

“It’s long been my dream to tell the real story of this magical island and I can’t think of a better person to realise that vision...

Adele has joked she can't twerk very well because her bottom is "so big".

The 27-year-old singer has been delighting fans with her onstage antics since bringing her World tour to London, England. At one of the concerts this week (March 21), Adele decided to try her luck at twerking - a popular dance move which involves sticking out the bottom and thrusting the hips in a sexually provocative manner.

The Hello star perhaps wasn't wearing the most appropriate ensemble to try the move, a gorgeous full-length black sequinned gown, when she attempted it.

The hilarity of the situation certainly wasn't lost on Adele, who joked with the crowd that her curves made it more difficult for her to successfully twerk.

“I think I just twerked!” she told the crowds.. “I can’t do it that well. My whole body has to move. My bum could break my back it’s so enormous.

The 2016 NME Awards with Austin, Texas took place at the O2 Academy Brixton in London this week. The biggest winners of the night were Taylor Swift and The Libertines. Swift was honored with best international solo artist while there was a nod to The Libertines’ secret Glastonbury set for “Music Moment of the Year.” Charli Xcx beat out Adele for […]

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The lineup for Los Angeles's annual Fyf Fest is getting a notable, last-minute face-lift, as Frank Ocean has inexplicably dropped headlining duties and been replaced by none other than music's savior Himself, Yeezus. The announcement comes two days before the fest's first portion of performances. "Frank Ocean has decided on his own terms to cancel his appearance," reads a news bulletin on the Fyf website, noting that Ye will perform Saturday night on the Main Stage. "Fyf Fest is excited to have Kanye West play this weekend in his newly adopted home of Los Angeles."The update is bittersweet: Ocean's was a highly anticipated set, thanks to the prospect of new tunes (Frank, why have you forsaken us?); however, as Glastonbury proved, Kanye likes a good headlining challenge and will likely deliver. The fest takes place this weekend at the L.A. Memorial Sports Arena and Exposition Park, with such acts as Morrissey,...

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The build-up to Glastonbury 2014 was dominated first by rumour and counter-rumour about the identity of the headliners, then the novelty of having a metal act in Metallica headline for the first time.

William Hill have reported massive amounts of money being placed on the identity of next years’ headliners already, which leads us to ask the question: what has Michael Eavis got up his sleeve for us in 2015? Well, we at What Culture love a good rumour game almost as much as we love Glastonbury, so we’ve compiled a list examining the likelihood of the most mentioned candidates that we’ll be raising our hands aloft to next June.

Obviously much can change in a year and though Eavis has dropped the odd hint and went as far to say at the time of writing that he has already booked next years’ headliners,...

Big Brother: Live: Channel 5, 9pm

It's eviction night, and this week Ash, Chris, Christopher, Danielle, Jale, Marlon, Winston and Toya all face the public vote.

Emma Willis will reveal the latest evictee, and chat to them about their three-week Bb experience. There's also a round-up of the past 24 hours, and thoughts from the nominees' family and friends.

Mr Sloane: Sky Atlantic, 9pm

The series finale airs tonight, with the return of Jeremy's wife Janet (Olivia Colman), who is keen to give their marriage another go. Jeremy (Nick Frost) faces the tough decision between her or Robin (Ophelia Lovibond).

Meanwhile, Jeremy and his friends go for a drive to London for New Year's Eve celebrations. On the way he makes some discoveries, leaving him wondering who he can trust.

Glastonbury highlights: BBC Two, 10pm

Jo Whiley, Mark Radcliffe and Lauren Laverne kick off BBC Two's weekend of live coverage from the music festival.

We told you yesterday that the Twin Peaks: The Complete Mystery Blu-ray box set was officially on its way for a summertime release and now we have all the official details you need and more!

From the Press Release

Twenty-five years after the shocking murder of Laura Palmer in the acclaimed series from legendary filmmaker David Lynch and writer/producer Mark Frost, CBS Home Entertainment and Paramount Home Media Distribution will release Twin Peaks – The Entire Mystery.

Arriving for the first time on stunning High Definition Blu-ray with English 7.1 DTS-hd Master Audio on July 29th, this comprehensive collection contains every episode from the complete television series; both the U.S. and international versions of the series’ Pilot; the North American Blu-ray debut of Lynch’s follow-up feature Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me; and nearly 90 minutes of deleted and alternate scenes from the film. The set also features newly...

Like its main character, Special Agent Dale Cooper, fans of David Lynch and Mark Frost’s early 1990′s TV series Twin Peaks know the show’s small town setting has a lot of strange secrets slithering just beneath its charming surface. Those same fans will now have the chance to dive deeper into the secrets of the town of Twin Peaks than ever before, as a ten-disc Blu-ray box set coined Twin Peaks: The Entire Mystery was recently announced.

Twin Peaks: The Entire Mystery will be released this July 29th from CBS Home Entertainment and Paramount Home Media Distribution. This box set includes the complete two season run of Twin Peaks, the show’s prequel film Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, never before seen deleted scenes, and a ton of special features that will make long-time fans and newcomers alike feel right at home in Twin Peaks...

Twenty-five years after the shocking murder of Laura Palmer in the acclaimed series from legendary filmmaker David Lynch and writer/producer Mark Frost, CBS Home Entertainment and Paramount Home Media Distribution will release Twin Peaks – The Entire Mystery.

Arriving for the first time on stunning High Definition Blu-ray with English 7.1 DTS-hd Master Audio on July 29th, this comprehensive collection contains every episode from the complete television series; both the U.S. and international versions of the series’ Pilot; the North American Blu-ray debut of Lynch’s follow-up feature Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me; and nearly 90 minutes of deleted and alternate scenes from the film. The set also features newly transferred Log Lady introductions for each episode; picture upgrades to many shots in the TV series; a new featurette with Lynch and the actors who portrayed the Palmer family which includes a mesmerizing return to the lives of their characters...

Back in January, Twin Peaks star Ray Wise confirmed that he shot a new promo with series creator David Lynch for an upcoming Blu-ray set of the cult classic series, with many fans speculating that the filmmaker had shot a new ending for this popular saga. While the new ending has not been confirmed, CBS Home Entertainment has released the first trailer for this definitive Blu-ray collection, entitled Twin Peaks: The Entire Mystery, which will be released on July 29. The set not only includes both seasons of the show, but also the feature film Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me, along with 90 minutes of deleted and alternate scenes from the prequel movie. The set is currently available for pre-order on Amazon, with a price set at $94.49. Take a look at the trailer that includes some of the unseen footage, along with the artwork, a "save the date" card designed...

London, May 9: Metallica will headline the Glastonbury at Pyramid Stage on Saturday night, it has been announced.

Glastonbury Festival founder Michael Eavis told BBC 6 Music's Matt Everitt that the Us band wanted to play for a long time and they were one of the most incredible rock bands in the world, adding that this was the time they would be playing in Glastonbury, the BBC reported.

Metallica's Lars Ulrich told Radio 1's Zane Lowe that he was ecstatic and they had waited for the phone call to perform at Glastonbury for years.

The drummer said the band wouldn't choose their set-list until the last minute but they'd keep in mind that the Glastonbury audience may not be hardcore fans and that it will be their.

London’s Brixton Academy was the place to be last night (February 26) as the 2014 NME Awards took over with a star-studded guest list.

Sir Paul McCartney showed up at the annual shindig, looking understated-yet-dapper in a dark suit as he waved to fans.

Meanwhile, Lily Allen got all gussied up for the affair as she’s been doing increased promotion for her forthcoming album.

The list of 2014 NME Awards winners is:

Godlike Genius

Blondie

Songwriters’ Songwriter

Paul McCartney

Award For Innovation

Damon Albarn

Teenage Cancer Trust Outstanding Contribution to Music Award

Belle & Sebastian

Best British Band

Arctic Monkeys

Best International Band

Haim

Best Solo Artist

Lily Allen

Best New Band

Drenge

Best Live Band

Arctic Monkeys

Best Album

Arctic Monkeys, 'Am'

Best Track

Disclosure, 'White Noise'

Best Music Video

Eagulls, 'Nerve Endings'

Best Festival

Glastonbury

Best TV Show

Breaking Bad

Best Music Film

Made Of Stone...

Slightly overshadowed by the Oscar nominations early this morning, the 2014 New Music Express Awards unveiled their list of hopefuls today (January 16).

In an interesting twist, the NME’s category for Villain of the Year included nominees like Russell Brand, Robin Thicke, Harry Styles, Miley Cyrus, David Cameron and Vladimir Putin.

Furthermore, the Worst Band contenders are 30 Seconds to Mars, The 1975, Muse, Imagine Dragons, One Direction and The Wanted.

Of course, there are also plenty of positive categories such as Hero of the Year, with nominees like Alex Turner, David Bowie, Pussy Riot, Lou Reed, Este Haim, and Russell Brand.

The 2014 NME Awards nominees are:

Best British Band

Arctic Monkeys

Biffy Clyro

Disclosure

Foals

Palma Violets

Two Door Cinema Club

Best International Band supported by Austin, Texas

Arcade Fire

Haim

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Phoenix

Vampire Weekend

Queens Of The Stone Age

Best Solo Artist

David Bowie

Jake Bugg

Kanye West...

Nile Rodgers and Chic will perform a medley of their hits on The X Factor next month.

They will appear on a special edition of the ITV series on Saturday, November 2 to perform three songs.

Rodgers will play his 1959 Fender Stratocaster, known as 'The Hit Maker', which has featured on tracks by Madonna, David Bowie and Diana Ross.

He has enjoyed a successful year following his collaboration with Daft Punk and Pharrell Williams on 'Get Lucky'. He has gone on to work with the likes of Avicii, Disclosure and David Guetta.

Meanwhile, Lady Gaga will give a world exclusive first performance of her new single 'Venus' on this Sunday's (October 27) results show.

Nile Rodgers Presents The Chic Organisation: Up All Night: The Greatest Hits Disco Edition will be released via Warner Music and Rhino UK on October 28.

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London, Sep 20: Fleetwood Mac have hinted that they could be headlining Glastonbury next year.

Drummer Mick Fleetwood admitted that he would love to play the 2014 festival and organiser Michael Eavis has now revealed his headliners have been booked and are "all groups", the Mirror reported.

He said that they were asked to do Glastonbury this year, and hopes they'll ask them again for next year.

The band, whose classic 1977 album 'Rumours' topped the album charts, are currently doing a world tour.

Eavis said the 2014 headliners were "more or less in place".

Depeche Mode are also expected to be.

Kylie Minogue was today confirmed as a coach on The Voice UK, but how did she get here?

Below, Digital Spy rounds up the career-defining moments from Ms Minogue's 30 years in the industry.

Scott and Charlene

After some bit-parts as a pre-teen, Minogue was cast as a lead in The Henderson Kids in 1985, but her real breakthrough came a year later when she was cast as the schoolgirl-turned-car-mechanic in Neighbours. He character had a romance with Jason Donovan's Scott Robinson. She won multiple Logies for the role, and was the youngest ever winner of the 'Gold Logie'.

Everybody's doing the brand new dance now...

Kylie had been singing since she was a child, but Kylie's cover of Little Eva's '60s smash 'The Loco-motion' made her a bona fide popstar, scaling the charts all around the world. It featured on her debut album Kylie, which was swiftly followed by rush-recorded Stock,...

As I got on the tube this morning at Ealing Broadway station, I glanced across the road at the building on the corner, and paid a quick, quiet homage. Because this unprepossessing building was where Mick Jagger and his bandmates - yet to adopt the Stones moniker - first took to the stage in 1962, and strummed the first notes of their blues-inspired sound.

(Michele Hanson in the Guardian can do better than that - she remembers the gig, as she writes here)

Nothing so strange about that. Except the same snake-hipped frontman who swivelled and pranced around on that Ealing stage is still happily prancing, preening and peacock-posturing a half-century later, and seems to be getting better with age, according to Glastonbury's Michael Eavis, who hosted the band for the first time this year, and promptly announced them the best headliners ever - review of that gig here.

Sir Mick,...

★★★☆☆ It's been mere weeks since the 2013 edition of the Glastonbury Festival ended - the cows are not yet back in the hallowed fields of Worthy Farm - but festival fans still shaking off withdrawal symptoms could do worse than Glastonbury: The Movie in Flashback (2012), an affectionate rockumentary of the festival as it was in 1993. A director's cut of the film first released back in 1996, it is an oddly passive account. Director Robin Mahoney presents the festival on its own terms and generally allows the action to play out organically. There's no commentary, few interviews, and the only ostensible structure is a day-by-day division.

We follow a few characters ('Vanessa the Pink Dress Girl", for example) but otherwise it's defiantly loose. This certainly sets a spirit-of-the-sixties tone - the use of split-screen is perhaps a rather conspicuous nod to Woodstock (1970), that other doc about that other legendary festival - but the...

It’s hard to explain the emotions and atmosphere that a good band at a festival like this can generate, one thing if for sure that no amount of BBC coverage could sum it up. With over 53 stages that covers rock, pop, dance to circus acts, comedians and poetry readings it’s impossible to write about all of them but here are some highlights from the main stages

Liam Gallagher’s Beady Eye kick of proceeding to a packed field but nothing gets as much applause as the Oasis tracks. Haim open the main stage but diabetes nearly gets the better of Este, illness aside they are cheery enough to deserve a better slot next year. Anyone who didn’t catch the sisters on this stage will have multiple chance to see them as they perform on nearly every venue on the site. Jake Bugg fails to ignite the Pyramid...

After a year off in 2012, Glastonbury returned with a triumphant bang that won't soon be forgotten. Thousands of acts performed this weekend on over 50 stages in the UK's biggest music festival, with 180,000 people descending on a sprawling English farm.

The Rolling Stones played for the first time in the festival's 43 years, an event billed as a moment of rock history. Tickets sold out in minutes last October, long before The Stones, Mumford and Sons, The Arctic Monkeys and Public Enemy were confirmed as headliners. Those who did score tickets also had the opportunity to catch unexpected shows, like Radiohead singer Thom Yorke's secret set this year.

Rain has plagued past festivals, but this year attendees were blessed with sunshine.

Though there were many memorable moments, here are five that we think were the most standout.

5. Mumford and Sons' Playing A Captivating Closer

The acclaimed folk-rockers closed this year's festival...

Prince Harry and Cressida Bonas were clearly in a music mood over the weekend. The redheaded royal joined his girfriend at the Glastonbury festival to take in a performance by the Rolling Stones on Saturday. "Prince Harry was great actually," festival organizer Michael Eavis told The Telegraph. "I recommended that he should go on into the night, because the nightlife is what Glastonbury is all about." And Harry apparently heeded the suggestion. "I told him to get his taxi driver to come back at five o'clock in the morning and do you know what? He lasted until four in the morning," Eavis added. Harry and Cressida have been an item for about a...

Prince Harry and girlfriend Cressida Bonas have taken their relationship to a new stage - at the Glastonbury rock festival. Harry, 28, and Bonas, 24, were seen at Saturday's main event, in the very first Glastonbury performance - and a spectacular one, at that - by the Rolling Stones. And while Harry skillfully managed to avoid photographers, a Boho-style Cressida was captured wearing dungarees and bright white Nikes - and delving into a plate of French fries. Dating for about a year, the pair have survived his more than four- month tour of Afghanistan and even his antics in Las Vegas. The couple have partied in London,...

Mumford and Sons brought Glastonbury Festival to a resounding close last night, and it was a particularly sweet set, as bass player Ted Dwane joined them on stage, following his recent brain surgery.

“We've celebrated the fact that Ted is alive here together. Shall we sing together?” asked frontman Marcus Mumford of the crowd at the Pyramid Stage, before launching into 'Awake My Soul'.

Ted Dwane back on stage with Mumford and Sons

While their performance drew only an average review from the Guardian, with slightly more praise from the NME, there was no doubting the enthusiastic crowd's response as the Grammy-heavy folk band brought out their big guns, 'I Will Wait' and 'Little Lion Man'.

Marcus Mumford led the crowd in a stirring rendition of 'I Will Wait'

And they finished with 'A Little Help From My Friends', joined on stage by Vampire Weekend and the Vaccines.

What...

The Rolling Stones' headlining set at Glastonbury on Saturday (June 29) was seen by a peak audience of 2.5 million on BBC Two.

The BBC's official TV figures reveal that 1.4m viewers tuned in to watch Arctic Monkeys perform on Friday evening (June 28).

Live performances on all six main stages online have also been streamed by one million unique visitors on the BBC's website during Friday and Saturday, which is up a massive 87% from 2011.

The Rolling Stones made their long-awaited debut appearance at Glastonbury on the Pyramid Stage last night, performing a selection of classic hits and obscure tracks.

Mumford & Sons will headline Glastonbury tonight (June 30), while The xx and Smashing Pumpkins are also performing today.

Organiser Michael Eavis has confirmed that he has already booked three headliners for next year's event.

In pictures - Glastonbury 2013:...

London — Mumford & Sons are bringing the Glastonbury Festival to a close Sunday, with many music fans still on a high from the Rolling Stones' first-ever gig at Britain's leading music extravaganza.

The Mumfords' performance will be the Grammy-winning folk-rockers' first since bassist Ted Dwane had surgery for a blood clot on his brain earlier this month.

The banjo-wielding balladeers are sure to get a raucous reception. But Saturday belonged to the Rolling Stones, with festival founder Michael Eavis declaring the band's show "the high spot of 43 years of Glastonbury."

"It's the whole razzmatazz of the occasion – the two of us finally getting together at long last," said Eavis.

The Stones, joined by ex-member Mick Taylor on guitar, played for more than two hours on the festival's main Pyramid Stage, giving fans a clutch of hits, from opener "Jumpin' Jack Flash" through to encores of "You Can't Always Get What You...

The Rolling Stones provided the best-ever headline set in Glastonbury's history, organisers said today.

Michael Eavis, who holds the musical extravaganza on his farm in rural Somerset, said the two-hour performance - complete with fireworks and a burning phoenix on top of the stage - was worth the wait.

The Rolling Stones at Glastonbury

He had tried to secure the band, celebrating their 50th anniversary, for years and said he was not sure how next year's headliners, who have already been booked, would live up to the Stones.

"It was 43 years in the making, 50 years for them, and we've finally come together. We're on the same page at last," Eavis said, on the third day of music at the festival.

He claimed it was his highlight of his time running the festival, which was first held in 1970.

The 77-year-old, who organises the event with daughter Emily, said: "It's the...

London, Jun 30: Glastonbury guru Emily Eavis has expressed the desire to get Adele as the next headline act for the music festival.

Eavis, daughter of festival founder Michael Eavis, told the Mirror that she would love to have the 'Someone Like You' hit maker.

But the problem with her plan is that the 25-year-old singer had revealed two years back that she would never be able to perform in a festival because the thought of an audience that big frightens the life out of her.

She had said that in her opinion, the music wouldn't work either, because it's too slow. (Ani)...

Pilton, England — This could be the last time, as Mick Jagger once sang. For the Rolling Stones, it's definitely a first.

The veteran rock rabble-rousers play Britain's Glastonbury Festival on Saturday, their debut appearance at the country's most prestigious rock music event.

Many of the 135,000 festival ticket-holders are expected to cram the space in front of the Pyramid Stage for the gig.

Jagger wouldn't reveal details of the set list in a pre-show BBC radio interview, saying "it's nice to have a bit of a surprise."

Jagger, who turns 70 in July, also gave no clue about whether the band he started with Keith Richards in 1962 will ever call it quits. He said, "I've no idea," before telling an interviewer that he'd probably continue as long as he was wanted.

The band recently played a string of North American dates on its "50 and Counting" tour and is due to play two...

Maybe you couldn't get a ticket. Maybe you hate camping. Maybe you're too old to do the mud, drugs and dancing in the Shangri-La until 4am. Whatever the reason you're not at Glastonbury this weekend, it doesn't meant that you can't do Glastonbury.

Thanks to the BBC's monstrous coverage, you can watch more on the TV than you could if you were there in your wellies. Turn up the volume, buy some dodgy cider, bring in some mud from the garden and cook yourself a dodgy cheeseburger for dinner and you'll have near enough the Pyramid Stage experience in your living room. Sort of.

Friday

After weeks of build-up, the BBC's TV coverage starts properly tonight with viewers having the choice of BBC Two, Three or Four, depending on your tastes.

The big hitters and highlights from Day One will be on BBC Two at 10pm-10.30pm and 11pm-2am...

"They're performing with Kanye! They're performing at Coachella!" Daft Punk show rumors are dime a dozen these days, but when it comes to Glastonbury, there's some serious cash backing the latest conspiracy theory.

The French disco-house robots are the bookies' favorites for a surprise set at the famed British music festival. NME reports that they're set at 6/4 odds, with Beady Eye (5/1), David Bowie (6/1) and Queens of the Stone Age (10/1) in close pursuit.

Daft Punk's team has repeatedly denied tour rumors by saying that no shows have been planned yet, though it does seem unlikely that the duo would not hit the road in support of "Random Access Memories," their Billboard No. 1 seller from earlier this year. (Bowie, for what its worth, is also reportedly not touring.)

Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo also contributed work to Kanye West's recently released album, "Yeezus." The duo are credited on a...

Rumours abound that David Bowie is among the stars due to make a surprise appearance at this year's Glastonbury Festival.

As the first festival-goers pick up their wellies and start making their way down to Somerset after a year without the world's biggest Festival, bookies are offering plenty of odds as to what musicians will be turning up.

Are Bowie fans' dreams to come true?

The Rolling Stones are Sunday's headline act, and the veteran rockers have form when it comes to inviting unannounced guests to share the stage.

Bookies William Hill are offering different odds on star performers, with the most likely being Jeff Beck, currently on tour in the UK, at odds of 4/7. The Boss Bruce Springsteen is similarly well placed to appear, with odds of 11/10. Bowie is an outside hope of sharing the stage with Sir Mick, possibly to reprise their 1985 hit 'Dancing in the Street'.

David Bowie stepped out in Venice yesterday in a look that was a far cry from his flamboyant glam-rock regalia of yesteryear.

Forty-four years since his first hit, rock's greatest chameleon has transformed into his most surprising character yet: a dude in a fedora and white sneakers who looks vaguely like your uncle. But because he's David Bowie, he's still suaver than everyone.

He deserves credit for practicality, as he prepares to board a water taxi in Venice with his daughter Lexi as well as some other friends and family members. Alexandria Zahra Jones is the singer's 12-year-old daughter with his supermodel wife, Iman. Sightseeing's tough when wearing tight pants and a leotard, so the iconic rock star kept it simple.

Though he hasn't performed live since 2006 after a 2004 clogged artery which caused him to collapse during a show, fans are still hoping to see him onstage in the future,...

Glastonbury Festival's founder and organiser Michael Eavis has revealed that he will never move the broadcasting rights for the event away from the BBC.

The largest British music festival has been covered by the BBC since 1997, when it took over the event from Channel 4.

Eavis said that he would never consider moving back to Channel 4 or sell the rights to a rival broadcaster such as Sky.

"All through the years, we'd have people phone us from Sky and Channel 4 - 'Can we do it, we'll do it better, we'll pay you more money'," he told the Radio Times.

"And I said, 'Well, we're not interested in the money. We want to support a national institution that benefits the whole wide world for free. Ok? That's it. Period'.

"We love the BBC, but then, we've been good to them as well."

This year's BBC Glastonbury coverage will be bigger than ever before,...

London -- Rolling Stones fans know you can't always get what you want. But they may get what they need, with agreement reportedly near between the band and the BBC over televising part of the Stones' Glastonbury Festival show.

Festival organizer Michael Eavis says the BBC will air about an hour of the Stones' set as part of its extensive TV coverage of the event.

The BBC and the band both said negotiations were continuing, with the BBC on Friday calling the talks "extremely constructive."

The Stones are scheduled to headline Glastonbury's biggest stage on June 29, the festival's most prestigious slot.

Some 135,000 music fans are due at the June 26-30 festival in southwest England. The lineup includes Arctic Monkeys, Elvis Costello, Kenny Rogers and Mumford & Sons.

Glastonbury Festival will have its most extensive TV and online coverage ever on the BBC this year.

More than 120 live performances will be broadcast and six stages - Pyramid, Other, John Peel, Jazz World, Park and BBC Introducing - will have live streaming. In total there will be 250 hours of live coverage and streaming.

Radio 2's Chris Evans will make his Glastonbury debut and help lead the coverage alongside festival veteran Steve Lamacq, Radio 1's Nick Grimshaw, Gemma Cairney, 6 Music presenter Lauren Laverne, Dermot O'Leary, Mark Radcliffe, Jo Whiley and Craig Charles.

Glastonbury boss Michael Eavis said: "The BBC have stuck with us through thick and thin since 1997 and they've earned their stripes the hard way. It's been quite a journey since 97 and to have a complete record of what we've been up to over the years is music history gold dust."

BBC controller of popular music Bob Shennan said:...

I mean, sure, Bowie isn’t playing – though, I mean, imagine it? God damn that would’ve been good. It’s okay though, he’ll still be touring, not that anyone will be able to get a ticket of course; I’m partially deluding myself on the hopes that, what with both being back this year, there’ll be a David Bowie tour with Nine Inch Nails supporting. I Mean Come On! Get Out Of My Head And In Real Life! This is about Glastonbury though, so moving swiftly on. There’s no Daft Punk neither.

After taking a year out last year, Glastonbury returns this year and unlike the other festivals opted out of revealing the acts in dribs and drabs, or full on straight up, and have surprisingly managed to keep the line up a secret right up until now. I mean, if you’ve got Ronnie Wood willing to lie for you,...

London, Jan 31: The Rolling Stones are seriously mulling over a 1-million-pound deal to play a debut gig at Glastonbury.

Glastonbury Festival boss Michael Eavis formally tabled the offer to the band late last week, the Mirror reported.

A source for the Somerset festival in June said it wasn't an option previously but in the last seven days things had moved quickly.

Asked about speculation, singer Mick Jagger told the NME that the festival is very important; especially to his children to whom it is the highlight of the year. (Ani)...

After a fallow year last year (which, was nothing to do with the Olympics; Glastonbury does it every 5 years or so to make the grass grow…) the world famous Glastonbury Festival returns this year. Tickets are already sold out and only one or two lower bill acts have been announced.

As always, the debate surrounding Glastonbury is who the headliners are. It is always a good debate to have with people as Glastonbury has a varied line-up compared with other festivals such as Reading+Leeds. This year has been fairly unusual, no headliners announced as of yet and not many clues to who the headliners may be. So, this list intends to talk about 10 acts that are likely to headline this year’s Glastonbury. For an act to be deemed likely they must either have plans to tour this year or there is some evidence to suggest they are playing...

British director Julien Temple has carved an admirable niche for himself, 1988 effort Earth Girls Are Easy standing as an anomaly in a career littered with some of the greatest rock docs ever made. The Great Rock N Roll Swindle. Glastonbury. Oil City Confidential. Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten. They're all Temple films and the prolific director is now tackling a bio-pic on the life of classic soul singer Marvin Gaye.Titled Midnight Love the film will presumably shoot once Temple has wrapped up on his current documentary project - Children Of The Revolution - and he's got himself a very high profile star, the London Evening Standard breaking word that Lenny Kravitz has signed on to portray the singer.Named for Gaye's final album, the...

Johnny Marr has said that the oft-rumoured Smiths reunion "isn't happening". New claims emerged this month that the legendary Manchester band would reunite for a possible Glastonbury gig. Now in an interview with NME for his debut solo album, Marr has joined his former bandmate Morrissey in categorically denying the rumours. He said: "Everybody seems to know more about a Smiths reunion than I do. Those rumours are like a sport for everyone involved bar the people who were in the group 30 years ago. But it's not happening." On the subject of his solo album, Marr admitted that while it is "late (more)...

The Rolling Stones' Keith Richards has admitted that Glastonbury is an "interesting proposition". The music festival's founder Michael Eavis has revealed that he is interested in booking the iconic band to headline the Pyramid Stage in 2013. "On a good day, if the weather's fine, [Glastonbury] is an interesting proposition," Richards told BBC 6 Music. "The band wants to get these four gigs under their belt and then think about next year after that." The Rolling Stones will play two shows at (more)...

The Rolling Stones are said to be in final negotiations to headline at Glastonbury 2013.

Boss Michael Eavis has apparently tried for years to get the rock legends to perform at his music festival at Worthy Farm in Somerset, and now 'The Sun' claims next year could finally be the year.

Stones Mick Jagger, Ronnie Wood, Keith Richards and Charlie Watts are celebrating their 50th anniversary this year and are about to announce their next tour, with dates in London and New York. And a live performance on the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury in June could be the perfect way to cap it off.

Rolling Stones: Charlie Watts, Keith Richards, Ronnie Wood and Mick Jagger

An insider said: "The band are gearing up for a load of live dates but tend to leave big decisions like this until the last minute.

"Michael Eavis is desperate to get the band confirmed and...