Patti Smith: When Patti Smith, a last minute addition to the line-up, performed at End Of The Road in 2012, she seemed genuinely, bafflingly, incredulous at the size and enthusiasm of the crowd. Bafflingly, that is, because since Patt Smith released her debut album Horses 40 years ago, she's been revered as one of the most influential components of the NYC punk rock movement.

Kate Tempest: There is no better way to appreciate the raw, raucous power of Kate Tempest's music and lyrics than by seeing her perform live. It's an overwhelming, impactful experience, which combines her experience as a performance poet with her passion for hip hop.

Father John Misty: Joshua Tillman was probably best known for being a member of Fleet Foxes, despite a steady stream of solo albums over the past decade. As Father John Misty though, he's amassed something of a cult following - particularly with the release of his truly bizarre, tender, exciting second album I Love You, Honeybear.

Courtney Barnett: With the release of Sometimes i Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit, an album with sprawling, rambling lyrics which is somehow still movingly concise, Barnett cemented her potential for this summer's most popular left-field performer. Hopefully she'll be on an outdoors stage in the afternoon, where tracks like 'Avant Gardener' and 'Pedestrian At Best' will truly flourish.

Dalai Lama: Do we really need to explain why the Dalai Lama being at Glastonbury is exciting? Didn't think so. It's the Dalai Lama for goodness sake.

Florence + The Machine: We've forgiven her for making us wait four years for new material, because what we've heard from Florence's forthcoming album How Big How Blue How Beautiful has been everything we hoped for. Big, orchestral and painfully heartfelt, it will fit alongside the rest of her back-catalogue as the perfect festival soundtrack.

Goat: To call Goat's live show a visual and sonic spectacle would be to massively undersell it. They perform their appealing brand of world music with an almost overwhelming theatricality, and you will not forget it.

Future Islands: The only rival to the manic energy of Goat's live show, in fact, is Future Islands. With every single performance, frontman Samuel T. Herring sings and dances and grimaces himself to within an inch of his life. No-one could ever accuse Future Islands of phoning it in, that's for sure. This energy would mean nothing of course, without the exceptional material Future Islands produce.

Azealia Banks: In almost ever aspect of her career, Azealia Banks has consistently fallen somewhere between inspiring and intensely frustrating. We're not sure exactly where her Glastonbury set will lie between these two markers, but we can't wait to find out.

Kanye West: If you signed that petition, then feel free to sulk in your tent while Kanye plays. Maybe you could download an episode of Top Gear onto your phone? If you're open-minded though, you'll most likely be richly rewarded.

Hozier: If Hozier decides to get 'Take Me To Church' out of the way early on in his set, we hope to God people have the nouse to not drift away to a different stage. 'Take Me To Church' might have become ubiquitous, and rightly so, but there's plenty else to love on his self-titled debut album, and his voice is electrifying live.

Run The Jewels: As long as no-one jumps onto the stage and tries to punch Killer Mike in the face, vis a vis SXSW, this should be a pretty smooth set. RTJ's latest album, Run the Jewels 2, blended political and social commentary with darkly produced hip hop, and landed on many albums of the year lists.

FKA twigs: Twigs' live shows are part gig, part interpretive dance show. If you haven't seen the video "How to pick up a microphone FKA twigs style" on YouTube, then do that now, and then we won't need to explain to you why she's on this list.