Glastonbury 2016 line-up: Muse desperate to headline 'best festival in the world'
Founder Michael Eavis has already booked six headliners for the next two years, so they might have a long wait
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Your support makes all the difference.Muse have announced that they would love to headline Glastonbury next summer, after tickets for the Worthy Farm extravaganza sold out in just half an hour on Sunday.
The British band, who released their seventh album Drones in June, last topped the bill alongside Gorillaz and Stevie Wonder in 2010, having previously closed the festival in 2004.
Now, they’re gagging for a comeback, with bassist Chris Wolstenholme revealing his group would “play every year if they could”.
“It’s probably the best festival in the world,” he told Q magazine. “We’re all hoping we get to do it on this album. It’s been a while.”
However, if they haven’t already had the call, Muse don’t stand much of a chance. Glastonbury founder Michael Eavis hinted recently that he has already booked six headliners for the next two years.
Bookies’ favourites include Foo Fighters, who had to pull out of headlining the 2015 event after frontman Dave Grohl broke his leg, Coldplay, Blur, Adele, Fleetwood Mac, Daft Punk, Radiohead and Prince. Eavis previously denied that Miley Cyrus was in the running for the Pyramid Stage.
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