For several years now, England’s Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts, or ‘Glasto,’ has become so popular that the tickets quickly sell out well before the musical line-up is announced. The 2011 festival was no different as tickets sold out within four hours of going on sale on October 3, 2010.
At that time, Michael Eavis, the local farmer who started the festival on his property 41 years ago, announced: "The three headliners are incredibly impressive. I deliberately wait until all tickets are sold before they are announced. These headliners for next year are fantastic, I can guarantee you that. It will be as good as this year and possibly even better. "
According to The Sun, Coldplay was signed to headline the festival on June 25, after the Rolling Stones turned down the offer.
"Getting the Stones to Glastonbury has been high on Michael Eavis’s list of priorities for a long time. He came really really close this time round,” a source told the newspaper. “He came up with an incredibly tempting offer and Mick and the rest of the band were considering it closely but they ultimately decided to turn it down.”
The presence of Chris Martin’s super group, however, could be eclipsed by U2 who were forced to cancel in 2010, following Bono’s emergency surgery. For now, fans will have to wait and see.