by Andrew Trendell Staff | Photos by WENN

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A pretty unusual (but awesome) name has been confirmed for Glastonbury

Who's gonna be snookering you tonight?

 

Glastonbury 2016 lineup - snooker player Steve Davis confirmed to DJ Photo: WENN

Glastonbury 2016 just got a little bit stranger, as snooker legend Steve Davis has been confirmed to be performing as a DJ. 

After winning the snooker World Championship six times, Davis launched his DJ career at Bloc earlier this year. Now, he's set for one of the biggest gigs of his music career so far. 

Speaking to the BBC, he confirmed that he'll be playing the Stonebridge bar at Glasto next month, but didn't say which day. 

 "I've got my wellies ready and we're going to go down there and bring our records," he said. 

"There's novelty value of some boring snooker player suddenly playing electronic music...It's not necessarily techno. We're playing some stuff that's electronic and some that will appeal that people who are into IDM [intelligent dance music].

"Stuff that's a bit more complicated and a little bit more leftfield than 'doof, doof, doof'."

He continued: "It's more about trying to introduce some artists that you may not know exist, who are in a like-minded vein. On the radio show, we get a good soundboard for what might go down well. 

"Obviously, when you've got to have your foot tapping, you're limited to what you can play. You can't put any stroky beard stuff out there."

In other Glasto news, Michael Eavis may have let slip about a certain massive band set for a surprise secret set... 

Headlined by Muse, Coldplay and Adele alongside the likes of New Order, The 1975, Chvrches, PJ Harvey, Bring Me The Horizon and many more, last week saw what is believed to be the stage performance times - showing where and when each band will be playing

Also, the Glastonbury weather forecast looks pretty promising too... 

Glastonbury takes place at Worthy Farm in Somerset from 22-26 June 2016.  

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Andrew Trendell

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