Last year’s Glastonbury Festival saw headline performances from The 1975, Neil Young and Olivia Rodrigo, with Rod Stewart in the so-called legend slot.
Oasis had been among the favourites to headline next year, alongside the likes of the perennially rumoured Taylor Swift and Madonna, as well as Harry Styles, Sam Fender, Ed Sheeran, Sabrina Carpenter and Fred Again.
Previous headliners Radiohead, Pulp and Florence and the Machine have also been mentioned in some quarters along with Rihanna, Lady Gaga, Chappell Roan and Eminem.
Bookies have also provided odds for possible headline sets from Charli XCX, Raye, Bad Bunny, Adele, Miley Cyrus, Kendrick Lamar, Justin Bieber, Bruce Springsteen and Little Simz.
Last month, Eavis confirmed they had booked their headliners for next summer but scotched rumours that Madonna will be among them.
Speaking to Katie Razzall on BBC Radio 4’s PM programme, Eavis said: “No, it’s definitely not Madonna, I’ll tell you that.”
She added: “But we have got three [other] headliners and we’re very excited about it – it’s all coming together really well.”
Swift was announced as a headliner for Glastonbury’s 50th anniversary in 2020. But that year’s festival was cancelled entirely due to the Covid-19 pandemic. So, like Madonna, she is yet to make her Worthy Farm debut.
When asked about the possibility of a performance from Swift at last, Eavis laughed and said she didn’t want to discuss the line-up any more.
We’ll put her down as a definitely maybe then, for now.
