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The Rolling Stones Not Playing Glastonbury

By MusicRooms on 06/01/2010
The Rolling Stones have denied rumours that they are lined up to play this year's 40th anniversary Glastonbury Festival. U2 have already been confirmed for the event, with a second headliner booked but not yet revealed.

In a statement, the band said: "Following recent UK media speculation, The Rolling Stones would like to make it clear there are no plans at the moment for the band to tour in 2010".

Earlier this week, the festival's Emily Eavis told BBC 6music: "We are working on it full time and we're trying to get our third headliner at the moment which is quite exciting. A lot of bands really want to play but because we've only got three nights to headline, I think a lot of people are going to be doing secret sets. There will be a lot of surprises, more than we've ever had".

She added that some bigger acts might show up in some unexpected time slots: "It's really interesting booking it because a lot of bands are saying, 'We really want to do it but how about we open the Pyramid Stage rather than close it?' And it's like, 'That's a good idea'. There's quite a lot of stuff going around, so that's exciting".

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