Glastonbury ‘makes history’ with 2024 headliners – and pop fans will be happy
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Glastonbury is set to make history as its 2024 lineup has been revealed.
Pop stars Dua Lipa and Madonna are set to take the stage making it the first time the festival has featured two female headliners. The pair will also perform alongside band Coldplay.
It's been said the three acts will headline the legendary Pyramid Stage, with the Queen of Pop Madonna, reportedly bringing the stage to a close on Sunday night. While Coldplay is expected to headline on Saturday and Don't Start Now hitmaker Dua Lipa on Friday.
An insider told the Mail on Sunday: "It’s the dream line-up, a brilliant mix of different music and different atmospheres. Then, of course, you have Madonna on the final night, which will be epic."
Madonna, whose career spans over four decades, has never performed at Glastonbury. Coldplay meanwhile have performed a slew of times and headlined four times before in 2002, 2005, 2011 and 2016. It would also be Dua's first ever headline performance at the festival.
Organiser Emily Eavis, daughter of Glastonbury founder Michael Eavis, spoke about next year's festival last month. She revealed that the team from a legendary US star had got in touch. They were apparently keen to confirm they were available.
She said: "2024 is still a little up in the air, and I thought it was taking shape, then last week I just got a call, and this is what happens if you wait a little longer, because often we’ll be booked up from July.
"This year we’re holding out for a little bit longer and last week I got a call from a really big American artist saying this person’s around next year, and I was like, 'Oh my God, this is incredible.' Thank God we held the slot."
She has also spoke about the criticism over the festival's lack of women headliners. Emily told Annie Macmanus and Nick Grimshaw on their podcast Sidetracked: "I’ve always been really passionate about gender split [on festival line-ups] and I think, actually, our problem was that I’d been so outspoken about it that having a year when there wasn’t a female sent people a bit mad – or some people.
"And we did have a female – she pulled out and we replaced them with Guns N’ Roses. But everyone knows that it’s top of my list. It is difficult with female artists because there aren’t enough headliners. But we’re also creating them. We’re putting the bands and female artists on smaller stages and bringing them through all the time. And who knows? Next year we might get two. And certainly, I can say that the Legend is female
For well over five decades, the iconic festival has been the go-to destination for partygoers looking for a good time. Every year, fans and famous faces alike all flock to the famous Worthy Farm to perform and party.
The festival has saw the likes of Artic Monkey, The Killers and Kylie Minogue take to its stages. And last year’s line-up saw Elton John put on a show-stopping, albeit emotional, performance in his last ever show in the UK.
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