kingblind (Free subscription) | 28/10/2009
Whenever news gets slow, it seems Faces, Led Zeppelin, and many more classic rock band reunion rumors start taking over the internet. These days, however, the artists themselves aren’t doing much to quell the gossip—If anything, they’re fueling it. “[Faces had] a reunion… in London without me because I’m promoting this album, and they’re got Paul Rodgers to...
Piano Covers Online Blog (Free subscription) | 27/10/2009
Led Zeppelin fans still hoping for one more reunion of the famed megagroup may have a glimmer of hope by the confirmation that singer Robert Plant is considering a slot at next year's Glastonbury festival . Since the band last reunited at London's O2 Arena in December 2007, talk of a full-fledged reunion tour has dogged Plant, Page and John Paul Jones (John Bonham's son Jason manned the kit at that...
Spinner.com (Free subscription) | 27/10/2009
Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News , UK Robert Plant set tongues wagging at the Q Awards in London on Monday night when he revealed he is in talks to play the Glastonbury Festival in 2010. He told BBC 6 Music: "I've been talking to Michael (Eavis, the festival's organiser). There's a place for me there but I've no idea who with." Fans will naturally be hoping for another Led Zeppelin...
Digital Spy (Free subscription) | 27/10/2009
Robert Plant reveals that he has spoken to Michael Eavis about appearing at Glastonbury 2010.
Mirror.co.uk (Free subscription) | 27/10/2009
Led Zeppelin frontman Robert Plant has admitted he has spoken to festival organiser Michael Eavis about performing at Glastonbury next year.
BBC News (Free subscription) | 26/10/2009
Led Zeppelin frontman Robert Plant confirms he has been speaking to festival organiser Michael Eavis about performing at Glastonbury next year
Celebrity - Female First (Free subscription) | 12/10/2009
Andy Williams is to perform at next year's Glastonbury Festival.The 'Can't Take My Eyes Off You' singer told fans at the Cheltenham Literature Festival that organiser Michael Eavis had booked him to perform at the 2010 music event, which marks the 40th anniversary of the world-famous festival. Tickets for the event, which takes place at Worthy Farm...
The Independent (Free subscription) | 12/10/2009
Andy Williams has announced plans to perform at Glastonbury – aged 82. The American crooner said Michael Eavis has invited him to perform at the festival's 40th anniversary next year.
The Guardian Music blog (Free subscription) | 07/10/2009
Space, Aswad, a five-year-old Emily Eavis on violin: over the last 40 years the festival has played host to some woeful acts. Here is the worst possible anniversary lineup ... So Glastonbury 2010 has sold out in a day. You poor fools. What did it? Was it because it'll be the festival's 40th anniversary? Was it that Michael Eavis has promised "a band from each year of the festival's history"?...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 17/09/2009
Organisers announce that tickets to next year's festival will go on sale in October Tickets for next year's Glastonbury festival will go on sale this October. Following on from the success of last year's "early bird" option, organisers of the UK's biggest music festival are keen to give punters the chance to get their hands on tickets as soon as possible. Next year will be the 40th anniversary...
Spinner.com (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Filed under: News , News Today, Oh Boy! The Beatles are on course to top the U.K. album charts this week following Wednesday's release of the re-mastered versions of the band's albums. 'Abbey Road' is expected to reach number one, with "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart Club Band' in second place and 'Revolver' third. Radiohead guitarist Ed O'Brien has hit out at the U.K. government's plans to suspend...
Spinner.com (Free subscription) | 26/08/2009
Filed under: News , News Today, Oh Boy! Snow Patrol have warned fans they may hear some strange versions of the band's hits on their forthcoming tour. "There's strings, brass, maybe a small choir. We're going to try and do things differently. We want to try and mess with the songs and see," guitarist Nathan Connolly told BBC 6 Music. The Cranberries are reforming to tour the U.S. later this...
BLUGLASS: Blog Lass (Free subscription) | 28/07/2009
Fresh from the best Port Eliot Festival yet. Iconic authors, iconic fashionistas, iconic musicians, all set in the best of Cornish seclusion, St German's very own fiefdom. Wurlitza played a live soundtrack to a heartbreaking 1930s B&W movie while we ate hot, sugary doughnuts (fashioned on a 1930s doughnut machine), fawned embarrassingly over Sarah Waters (cue girlfriend rolling eyes), took drinks...
bristling badger (Free subscription) | 24/07/2009
Having recently set out what I think poetry shouldn't do, here's an instance of what it can be well used for. Poetry should come from the heart and speak the truth. Or, as a real poet said, Poetry is just the evidence of life. If your life is burning well, poetry is just the ash. - Leonard Cohen The Speaker's Forum is a phenomenally interesting space at Glastonbury Festival . You get a broad range...
Word Magazine blogs (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
After having a weird, exceptionally vivid, dream about the Glastonbury where Michael Eavis hands over full responsibility of the festival to Emily, I started thinking. What are the possibilities of a festival run by the Word? Rather than a outdoor summer festival, it could be more of a winter, ATP style event. And, as the line-up would be chosen by the Word or the Massive, we would all be willing...
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