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Glastonbury 2017 Line-Up: Radiohead Confirmed As First Headliners

Thom Yorke and co are returning to Worthy Farm!
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Radiohead have been confirmed as the first headliners for Glastonbury 2017.

Thom Yorke and his band will take charge of the Pyramid Stage on the Friday (23 June) night, and in a bizarre twist, the news was revealed by the appearance of a “crop circle”.

The group’s logo appeared on the ground just in front of the Pyramid stage, sparking speculation that they would be returning to Worthy Farm. The reports were later confirmed on the official Glastonbury Twitter account:

Radiohead have played at Glastonbury a number of times, and headlined the festival twice, since forming in 1985. 

The rest of the line-up is not expected to be announced until April 2017, around the time the ticket resale takes place. 

The main batch of tickets sold out in less than half an hour earlier this month, and - as usually happens - a number of those attempting to purchase them weren’t too pleased with the temperamental online booking system. 

There’s been plenty of talk about who might headline and Radiohead were firmly at the top of the bookies’ predictions. 

Other acts rumoured to be heading for Worthy Farm include The Stone Roses and Daft Punk. 

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GLASTONBURY, ENGLAND - JUNE 26: Ellis Cameron, 21 (L) and Iona Bruce, 21 from Scotland pose for a photograph as they arrive at the Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts site at Worthy Farm, in Pilton at Worthy Farm, Pilton on June 26, 2013 near Glastonbury, England. Gates opened today at the Somerset diary farm that will be playing host to one of the largest music festivals in the world and this year features headline acts Artic Monkeys, Mumford and Sons and the Rolling Stones. Tickets to the event which is now in its 43rd year sold out in minutes and that was before any of the headline acts had been confirmed. The festival, which started in 1970 when several hundred hippies paid 1 GBP to watch Marc Bolan, now attracts more than 175,000 people over five days. (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Rain clouds gather over the still being constructed Pyramid Stage at the Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts site at Worthy Farm, in Pilton on June 13, 2013 near Glastonbury, England. In a couple of weeks the diary farm in Somerset will be playing host to one of the largest music festivals in the world and this year features headline acts Artic Monkeys, Mumford and Sons and the Rolling Stones. Tickets to the event which is now in its 43rd year sold out in minutes and that was before any of the headline acts had been confirmed. The festival, which started in 1970 when several hundred hippies paid 1 GBP to watch Marc Bolan, now attracts more than 175,000 people over five days.
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People sit in front of the newly erected tents at the Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts site at Worthy Farm, in Pilton at Worthy Farm, Pilton on June 26, 2013 near Glastonbury, England. Gates opened today at the Somerset diary farm that will be playing host to one of the largest music festivals in the world and this year features headline acts Artic Monkeys, Mumford and Sons and the Rolling Stones. Tickets to the event which is now in its 43rd year sold out in minutes and that was before any of the headline acts had been confirmed. The festival, which started in 1970 when several hundred hippies paid 1 GBP to watch Marc Bolan, now attracts more than 175,000 people over five days.
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Festivalgoer's dance beside the Pyramid stage on the second day of the Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts near Glastonbury, southwest England on June 27, 2013.
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