Former One Direction star asked to headline Glastonbury

Glastonbury has yet to denote its 2025 lineup, but rumour has it that 1 large British prima could beryllium acceptable to header the festival. 

Following rumours that Oasis could beryllium acceptable to headline, rumours they person since denied, sources person present revealed that erstwhile One Direction prima Harry Styles has been approached to instrumentality the Pyramid Stage successful 2025.

Festival organiser Emily Eavis is reportedly calling him Glastonbury’s imagination booking. 

Speaking to The Sun, a root said: ‘Harry would beryllium the cleanable Glastonbury headliner and Emily has agelong wanted him connected signifier astatine Worthy Farm, but the dates person ne'er rather worked out.’

Harry, 30, hasn’t performed successful the UK since his surprise quality during Stevie Nicks’ BST Hyde Park set successful July and has nary existent circuit plans but is believed to person been moving connected his 4th workplace medium successful caller months. 

‘Harry would beryllium an unthinkable enactment to ticker connected the Pyramid Stage. Glastonbury has a fallow twelvemonth successful 2026, truthful booking Harry for next year would beryllium perfect,’ different root told the quality outlet. 

They added: ‘It is thing the squad astatine Glastonbury are pushing for. Whether that imagination volition travel true, however, is inactive to beryllium decided by Harry’s team.’

It comes aft quality the Goddess of Pop, Cher, could beryllium gracing the Glastonbury 2025 signifier for the archetypal clip ever aft reportedly entering ‘meaningful talks’.

The star, 78, hasn’t toured the UK since 2019, meaning a Glastonbury show would marque a long-awaited return.

‘It’s been a agelong clip coming but she is yet successful meaningful talks with Glastonbury astir playing the legend’s slot,’ a root told The Sun.

It would besides beryllium the singer’s lone accidental to look astatine Glastonbury for the adjacent mates of years, arsenic the festival volition beryllium taking a fallow twelvemonth successful 2026 to let the onshore to recuperate.

The Worthy Farm festival has go an iconic portion of the UK summer since its constitution successful 1970 and sees galore starring popular and stone artists taking the main signifier during its five-day stint each year. 

Some of its astir memorable performances person included David Bowie’s 1971 show, wherever helium performed the unrecorded debut of Changes, Beyonce’s 2011 set, which marked her biggest-ever assemblage astatine the time, Sir Paul McCartney’s 2022 set, which made him the oldest creator to header the event, and who tin hide Sir Elton John’s last ever UK show astatine the 2023 festival. 

But euphony isn’t the lone happening the festival, which sees an estimated 200,000 radical be each year, offers. It besides has dance, comedy, theatre, circus, cabaret and stages afloat of different creator performances. 

As 1 of the biggest events successful Britain’s popular civilization calendar, tickets person go progressively harder each year, and adjacent year’s allocation could be immoderate of the hardest to get if the rumoured headliners go confirmed performers. 

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