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Adele and Led Zeppelin are the top two on Glastonbury organiser Emily Eavis' list for her dream future Glasto headliners.
Eavis was asked by the BBC if she had her dream headliners on a post-it note on her fridge, in which she replied: "Yeah, it’s on a napkin actually. On the fridge, there... We would love to have Adele. And we’d also love to have Led Zeppelin. I mean Zeppelin have got to do it haven’t they? It would be so good wouldn't it."
Eavis also revealed the long process of getting the legendary Rolling Stones to headline the Worthy farm festivities, in which they will for the first time this year. “I think there have been conversations for forever," she said. "Since the beginning probably…Well, I think probably the last 20 years at least. A long time. The actual serious conversations have been taking place since the end of the last festival really.
"I think people have sort-of envisioned this real struggle or fight or problems with money or whatever, which hasn't been at all the case. They have totally played, they’re really up for it. They know what it is about and understand that everyone gets the same and we only got confirmation for it about 24 hours before they announced it."
The Rolling Stones are due to play a 2 hour and 15 minute set, from 9:30pm to 11:45pm on June 29 - with only one hour of it to be broadcast on the BBC, as confirmed by the festivals official TV media partner.
"It's taken a long time to get them to come and play," Michael Eavis said. "Everyone wants to see the Stones, basically. I think Mick Jagger wanted to play to the people here, rather than a TV show. They're going to be playing for about an hour for the TV."
Due to a highly anticipated crowd attendance, the Pyramid Stage area has been extended, in order to reduce overcrowding during the Stones performance. Though Eavis added how he still holds some concerns about the sets popularity, “There might be a problem with the size of the crowd so it's slightly worrying for me, in a way."
Using the latest digital technology, the BBC have arranged for this year’s Glastonbury festival to be live streamed. Allowing viewers to be able to watch different stages as they happen and to choose from simultaneous live streams from all the major stages, resulting in over 250 hours of footage to be broadcast over the weekend.
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