Arctic Monkeys, Guns N’ Roses, and Elton John Headline 2023 Glastonbury Festival

Arctic Monkeys and Guns N’ Roses will sign up with Elton John in headlining this year’s Glastonbury Festival, Emily Eavis has actually revealed.

Eavis, the festival’s co-organizer, shared the news in a short article going over “pipeline” issues due to the all-male headline reservations.

She informed The Guardian that Guns N’ Roses changed a female vocalist who “altered her touring strategies.” Although Eavis didn’t name the act, it’s believed that it might have been Taylor Swift, who was initially set to carry out in 2020 when Glastonbury was canceled due to COVID-19.

Arctic Monkeys will headline the world-famous festival in Pilton, Somerset, on Friday night (June 22), Guns N’ Roses on Saturday night (June 23), and Elton John on Sunday night (June 24).

Eavis likewise revealed the very first wave of acts set to carry out at Glastonbury, consisting of Lizzo, Blondie, Fatboy Slim, Lewis Capaldi, Rina Sawayama, Lil Nas X, Lana Del Rey, Christine and the Queens, Alt-J, Royal Blood, Queens of the Stone Age, and numerous others. She stated in action to the reality that 53 percent of the 55 names are guys: “We are completely concentrated on stabilizing our costs.”

“It’s not practically gender, it’s about every element of variety,” Eavis included, going on to expose that 43 percent of those 55 names are non-white, or function non-white members. Afrobeats star Wizkid will headline the Other phase on Friday. “We’re most likely among the just huge programs that’s actually concentrated on this,” Eavis stated.

According to the organizer, the music market requires to purchase more female artists to produce future headliners. “We’re attempting our finest so the pipeline requires to be established. This begins method back with the record business, and radio. I can scream as loud as I like however we require to get everybody on board,” Eavis informed The Guardian.

Elsewhere on the line-up up until now is Alison Goldfrapp, Amadou and Mariam, Becky Hill, Candi Staton, Carly Rae Jepsen, Cat Burns, Central Cee, Ezra Collective, Fatboy Slim, Leftfield, Loyle Carner, Maggie Rogers, Mahalia, Måneskin, Manic Street Preachers, Nova Twins, Phoenix, Shygirl, Sparks, Stefflon Don, Sudan Archives, Texas, The Chicks, The War on Drugs, Thundercat, Tinariwen, Warpaint, Weyes Blood, Young Fathers, and Yusuf/Cat Stevens.

In other current Glastonbury news, Brian May has actually doubled down on his mindset towards playing the festival with Queen and explained why they will never do it.

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