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Glastonbury Emerging Talent Competition have been released for 2024 – find all the information below.The free-to-enter contest gives up-and-coming musicians the chance to play at one of the festival’s main stages.The winner will also be awarded a £5,000 Talent Development prize from PRS Foundation to help develop their songwriting and performing, while two runners-up will each be awarded a £2,500 PRS Foundation Talent Development prize.Musicians of any genre can enter the 2024 competition for one week only using the form on the Glastonbury website from 9am GMT, Monday, January 29 until 5pm GMT Monday, February 5.After the entry period closes, a panel of 30 UK music writers will help compile a longlist of 90 acts. That will be narrowed down to a shortlist of eight artists, with judges including Glastonbury organisers Michael and Emily Eavis, before the live finals in Pilton which will decide the winning act.Last year’s finalists were: Cordelia Gartside, EVA, FFSYTHO?!, Naomi Kimpenu, N’famady Kouyaté, The Love Buzz, and NME 100 stars for 2022: Prima Queen and VLURE.The festival welcomes entries from disabled artists, who they say will be supported to ensure they are not disadvantaged by the process.“At a time when it’s not always easy for acts to get their foot on the ladder, we’re really happy to be able to offer this opportunity for rising artists,” said Emily Eavis in a press statement.

Madonna had to apologise to fans in Toronto last week after greeting them by saying, “Are you ready, Boston!”The Queen of Pop is currently out on the North American leg of her ‘Celebration Tour’, a career-spanning 40th anniversary run of dates, which is due to conclude in April.After playing two shows in Boston on January 8 and 9, the show moved north of the border to Toronto’s Scotiabank Arena for a pair of shows on January 11 and 12. At the second of the two, Madonna made the slip of the tongue, before immediately correcting herself.“Are you guys mad at me cuz I said ‘Hello, Boston!’?” she later said (via Stereogum).

Madonna has showcased her 1998 single ‘Frozen’ during her ‘Celebration Tour’ in Canada.The Queen of Pop is currently out on the North American leg of the career-spanning 40th anniversary run of dates, which is due to conclude in April.During her show at the Scotiabank Arena in Toronto on Thursday (January 11), she sang over the Canadian producer Sickick’s remix of the track. You can view footage below.Madonna also performed that version of the track at the second show at the venue last night (January 12).Frozen replaced Rain at the #madonnacelebrationtour tonight in Toronto #madonna #celebrationtour pic.twitter.com/nmjKuikZzd— Lee Gonzalez (@kevinleegunz) January 12, 2024It comes after she also revived her 1989 single ‘Express Yourself’ during a live show on her ‘Celebration Tour’ in Boston earlier this week.Back in November, it was reported that Madonna would be topping the bill at Glastonbury 2024 alongside Dua Lipa and Coldplay.

Madonna revived her 1989 single ‘Express Yourself’ during a live show on her ‘Celebration Tour’ earlier this week – check out the footage below.The Queen Of Pop is currently out on the North American leg of the career-spanning 40th anniversary run of dates, which is due to conclude in April.During her concert at the TD Garden arena in Boston, Massachusetts on Monday (January 8), Madge treated the crowd to an acoustic rendition of ‘Express Yourself’ as part of the gig’s fifth act.To introduce the song, Madonna held up a bottle of beer and told the audience that she was “starting out 2024 with gratitude and appreciation” before taking a sip and picking up her guitar.The pop icon went on to thank her “beautiful, talented, intelligent [and] opinionated children” who have joined her at the ‘Celebration Tour’ shows.“I’m very grateful because while they may need me as a mother, I must admit that I need them,” she continued. “And I need you, and we need each other.

Cher has expressed an interest in playing the esteemed ‘legends’ slot at Glastonbury.The iconic artist has been heavily rumoured for this year’s prestigious Sunday tea time show since organiser Emily Eavis confirmed in October that a woman had been booked for the slot at next year’s Worthy Farm party. If Cher were to play the Legends slot next year, it would mark her first ever appearance at Glastonbury.Appearing on BBC Radio 2 on Wednesday to promote her new Christmas album, host Rylan Clark asked: “There are so many rumours, you haven’t done it yet, Glastonbury.

Madonna’s dancers during the pop icon’s show in Washington, DC this week (December 19) – check out the video below.During the singer’s latest show as part of her huge ‘Celebration’ greatest hits tour, Santa took to the stage to be the night’s guest judge for the dancers’ performance of ‘Vogue’.In the video, Santa takes his seat and brandishes a ‘10’ sign, before posing with a series of dancers. However, one dancer in particular opts to straddle Santa’s lap, and the two of them lose their balance and fall to the floor.

Glastonbury Festival donated a record-breaking £3.7million to good causes in 2023, organisers have revealed.Each year, the legendary Worthy Farm event raises funds for Oxfam, Greenpeace and WaterAid – which are its joint charity partners – as well as numerous other organisations and campaigns.For the 2023 edition, Glastonbury also made a donation towards the Red Cross’ Israel and Occupied Palestinian Territory Appeal to provide immediate and urgent medical support for all those in need.Other beneficiaries this year included War Child, homeless charity Centrepoint, and organisations working to help communities living in poverty across the UK such as Fareshare, Foodcycle and Beauty Banks.Glastonbury supported refugees and asylum seekers too via Safe Passage UK, Refugee Council and more.In a new post on social media, festival co-organiser Emily Eavis announced: “It’s wonderful for us to be able to let you know that we have donated a record amount of over £3.7m to charitable causes & campaigns this year, helping those facing challenges in the UK and across the world.“It is thanks to your support for the Festival that this has been possible. You can read about the hundreds of organisations on our website now.”A post shared by Emily Eavis (@emily_eavis)She concluded: “Thank you to every one of you who comes and allows us to be able to make a bit of a difference to those that need it right now.” You can see Eavis’ post above.A separate post from the event’s official channels read: “Glastonbury Festival is thrilled to have supported some incredible causes in 2023.

Dua Lipa has shared a “clubby” extended version of her recent single ‘Houdini’ – you can listen to it below.The pop artist released the original song last month as the first preview of her forthcoming, yet-to-be-announced third album. Tame Impala frontman Kevin Parker served as a co-writer and co-producer on the track.Today (December 1) sees the arrival of an almost-six-minute edit of ‘Houdini’, which contains a new verse.“When I was in the studio working on ‘Houdini’ with my collaborators, we always had this dream of releasing a clubby, house mix of the record,” the singer explained in a press release.“The song was already the perfect soundtrack to a sweaty night out, but the new third verse just takes it to a whole new level.

Girls Aloud are 'set to perform at Glastonbury next year', as they head on tour more than a decade after they split. For their upcoming Girls Aloud Show, Sarah Harding's mum has given them her blessing to use her vocals, after she tragically passed away in 2021, after fighting breast cancer.

One of Glastonbury's co-organisers has confirmed rumours of Madonna and Dua Lipa headlining the 2024 festival are "untrue". Yesterday it was reported the pair and Coldplay were the alleged Pyramid Stage headliners for next year's festival in June.

Glastonbury Festival organiser Emily Eavis has responded to the most recent news about the festival’s headliners saying they’re “untrue”.Yesterday (November 4), reports emerged that suggested Madonna was to headline next year’s festival at Worthy Farm alongside Dua Lipa and Coldplay.However, in a statement posted to social media today (November 5), Eavis quelled the rumours, saying they were still working on the final line-up.Eavis wrote: “As always, there is much speculation and excitement about who is playing at Glastonbury. We are working on the line-up day and night at the moment, but it’s still changing every day.“The story about our confirmed headliners is untrue.

Glastonbury Festival 2024 is set to be bigger and better than ever as it's set to feature two female headliners for the first time in its history as legendary US pop star Madonna takes to the stage alongside Dua Lipa and Coldplay.

Madonna will reportedly headline Glastonbury Festival next summer alongside Dua Lipa and Coldplay.As noted in the Mail on Sunday, Madonna will reportedly close the festival on Sunday night, with Dua Lipa headlining on the Friday and Coldplay, who have headlined the festival previously in 2002, 2005, 2011 and 2016, set to headline on Saturday.No performers for the 2024 festival have been officially announced as yet. Fans however have already been speculating over whether Madonna could headline Glastonbury 2024 after organiser Emily Eavis recently shared an image from a ‘Celebration Tour’ concert in London.

Glastonbury Festival, hinting once again that there could be two female headliners.The 2024 edition of the legendary Worthy Farm event will take place between June 26-30, with the first batches of tickets due to go on sale next week. No acts have been announced as of yet.Speaking on the latest episode of Annie Mac and Nick Grimshaw’s Sidetracked podcast, Glastonbury co-organiser Eavis spoke about the progress the team has made in putting the bill together.“2024 is still a little up in the air.

Glastonbury Festival co-organiser Emily Eavis has hinted that Madonna will headline next year’s event.Over the weekend Eavis posted a photo on Instagram from Madonna’s ‘The Celebration Tour‘, which opened at London’s The O2 on Saturday (October 14). Eavis captioned the image with: “She’s back! Incredible.”Many Glastonbury fans have commented on Eavis post, suggesting that the festival boss is dropping a huge hint that the Queen of Pop will top the Pyramid Stage next June.“Well that’s a massive hint…,” commented one Instagram user, while another wrote: “Sunday night slot is looking BOOKED!”A post shared by Emily Eavis (@emily_eavis)Others supposed that Madonna could instead be booked for the Sunday afternoon Legends slot, which in recent years has seen performances from Diana Ross, Kylie Minogue and Dolly Parton.

Glastonbury booker Emily Eavis appears to have confirmed the day tickets for next year’s edition of the festival will go on sale.Eavis was asked on Instagram by a fan when they could expect tickets to go on sale and confirmed that they will be available from November 5. She added that “all the info will be with you soon”.Registration for tickets has been open for some time, and fans hoping to come to Worthy Farm next June have until 5pm GMT on October 31 to sign up – you can do so here.

Texas have announced a 2024 UK arena tour, kicking off next autumn in support of their recently released best-of compilation.The Scottish band will embark on a six-date arena tour run in September 2024, with their first stop being at the First Direct Arena in Leeds on September 6. From there, Texas will make their way to the M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool, the Bournemouth International Centre in Bournemouth and the Utilita Arena in Cardiff.The final two shows will see Sharleen Spiteri and co.

Emily Eavis has explained how Glastonbury was powered entirely by renewable energy for the first time this year.Organisers previously confirmed ahead of this year’s festival that it would be run entirely using renewable fuel.Now, Eavis has spoken further in a new interview about they managed to achieve such a feat.She told Access All Areas: “Being able to power the entire festival without having to rely on fossil fuels this year has been a real breakthrough, but it is the culmination of lots of baby steps that have seen us steadily increase our use of renewable energy – both from the grid as well as from our own onsite sources like our solar PV array on our cowshed roof and our anaerobic digester that turns waste cow manure into biogas.“We’ve been trialling alternative and renewable fuels for over a decade. And after some successful trials with virgin, palm oil-free renewable HVO at the last couple of festivals, we decided to use it – in place of fossil oil-based fuel – in all our generators for this year’s festival.”Organisers previously confirmed that the festival has avoided using any fossil fuels since 1984 and will continue to opt for solar, wind and pedal power options on the fields going forward.Eavis has now added: “This year’s switch to renewable fuels is just another step on our journey.

Billie Eilish has announced an OVERHEATED event in London in order to help tackle the ongoing climate crisis.According to a press release, “Following last year’s highly coveted, multi-day climate-focused event in London, OVERHEATED will return on Wednesday, August 30 to Flipper’s Roller Boogie Palace in West London from 10am to 5pm.”Climate activists, musicians along with other leading voices will be in attendance for a day which will be “filled with discussion, community building and resources to help tackle the climate crisis, roller skating and delicious plant-based food” from Neat Burger. Eilish will also be making an appearance.The event will be hosted by BBC’s Abbie McCarthy and will feature panels with special guests such as Earthrise CEO Alice Eady, fashion entrepreneur Samata Pattinson, and climate activists Dominique Palmer and Tori Tsui along with others.Tickets for OVERHEATED will go on sale on August 16 at 10am BST.

Naman Ramachandran The 2023 Glastonbury Festival has broken previous digital audience records for viewing and listening on the BBC, with content streamed a record 50.3 million times across BBC iPlayer and BBC Sounds, up 47% on 2022. On BBC iPlayer, viewers streamed Glastonbury programming a record 47.5 million times, up 49% on 2022. On BBC Sounds, listeners played Glastonbury content 2.8 million times, up 26% on 2022. On BBC iPlayer, the Glastonbury live channel was the most popular, with Elton John‘s farewell U.K. performance on Sunday topping the charts after it was streamed 4.3 times. Saturday’s live channel came second, with 3.8 million streams and Friday’s third with 3.2 million streams. Live coverage from the Pyramid and The Other Stage followed with 2.1 million and 1.9 million streams.

Often regarded as the must-attend music event of the year, Glastonbury is easily one of the most widely renowned and globally recognised music festivals on the planet. From humble beginnings in 1970, the Somerset based festival has grown year on year, with a countless slew of big names taking to the stage to delight fans, including the likes of David Bowie, Dolly Parton, and even Beyoncé.