Jake Blanton would continue to fill in for Stoermer while touring guitarist/keyboardist Ted Sablay would fill in for Keuning. The band added another two touring musicians: keyboardist/rhythm guitarist Robbie Connolly and rhythm/lead guitarist Taylor Milne, a member of Big Talk, Vannucci’s project.

Dave Keuning

On May 24, 2016, the Killers announced that Stoermer was taking a break from touring “to pursue other educational goals and releasing a solo album.” The statement emphasized that Stoermer was still involved in working on the band’s fifth album, and that he may still occasionally perform live with them in the future.

Johnny Marr

The Killers marked their second Glastonbury headline slot by bringing out the Pet Shop Boys, Johnny Marr and Jimmy Carr for a celebratory encore. The Pet Shop Boys played their cover of Elvis’s Always On My Mind, along with The Killers’ own Human.

Glastonbury 2007 (20–24 June) was headlined by Arctic Monkeys, The Killers, and The Who on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, respectively. Dame Shirley Bassey was also featured. In 2007, over 700 acts played on over 80 stages and the capacity expanded by 20,000 to 177,000.

Alongside Coldplay, The Cure and Van Morrison, Elvis Costello has headlined Glastonbury more times than any other artist, and although his first two … Damon Albarn even had a little cry after ‘To The End’ lending the set a rather emotional moment.

From Beyoncé to David Bowie: 10 of the best Glastonbury sets ever

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It’s all but confirmed Internet sleuths seem to have unveiled a Glastonbury 2022 headliner. The music festival has been cancelled for the second year running due to the pandemic, meaning its 50th anniversary celebrations continue to be put on hold.

How much money do stars get paid for Glastonbury? In an interview with the BBC, Eavis revealed that Glastonbury generally pays its big performers “less than 10%” of what they’d earn at other festivals.

Unfortunately, yes, Glastonbury Festival 2021 is cancelled and will not go ahead as an in-person event. The news was announced in January, with organisers Michael and Emily Eavis saying they tried to “move heaven and Earth” to make the event happen but that it proved impossible.

The Verve and Kings Of Leon were the other two headliners of the festival that year, who both provided sets much more forgettable than Jay Z, with the rapper delivering one of the most memorable Glasto performances of recent years.

But who’s going to be headlining the hotly-anticipated festival? According to a source close to Glastonbury organisers, Bruce Springsteen will be taking one of the spots on the infamous Pyramid Stage. The American singer-songwriter, 69, last played the infamous stage in 2009.

When the Smiths played Glastonbury in 1984, we were slightly out of our element. Previously, we’d always played to manic, devoted audiences who were more like supporters at a cup final, but at Glastonbury we were playing to people who largely hadn’t seen us before.

frontman Brian Fallon

Having Neil Young, who I’ve been waiting for for 39 years, and Bruce Springsteen just appear out of the blue – and of course Blur tonight – we’ve got three major, major headliners,” he said. “Neil Young pleased all the old hippie types and Springsteen pleased everyone else.

There were the odd special moments. Springsteen paid tribute to his hero Joe Strummer, by opening the set with Coma Girl, a relatively unknown Mescaleros track that was written on the Glastonbury site itself.

Taking place June 24-28 at Worthy Farm in Pilton, Somerset, the festival’s headliners have now been confirmed as Kendrick Lamar, Paul McCartney and Taylor Swift. Diana Ross will headline the legends slot, while Dua Lipa, Pet Shop Boys and Fatboy Slim will join her as headliners on The Other Stage.

Acts included: Carter USM, Shakespear’s Sister, Primal Scream, P J Harvey, Sawdoctors and The Levellers.

1995 – Pulp replace the Stone Roses It was John Squire’s mountain bike fall and broken collarbone that did it for Stone Roses in 1995, forcing them to cancel their spot and accidentally elevating Pulp into the mainstream in the process.