Glastonbury festival organiser dismisses rumours that Madonna will headline in 2027

Glasto bu y o ga ise Emily Eavis has said the festival has booked its headli e s fo ext summe – but scotched umou s that Mado a will be amo g them.

Asked about the 2027 li e-up a d the speculatio that the Quee of Pop would make he Glasto bu y debut, Eavis told Katie Razzall o BBC Radio 4’s PM p og amme: “No, it’s defi itely ot Mado a, I’ll tell you that.

“But we have got th ee [othe ] headli e s a d we’ e ve y excited about it – it’s all comi g togethe eally well,” Eavis added.

A d whe asked about the possibility of a pe fo ma ce f om Taylo Swift, Eavis laughed a d said she did ‘t wa t to discuss the li e-up a y mo e.

Mado a is yet to play the UK’s biggest festival, a d the umou mill sta ted g i di g i Ju e whe the sta hi ted to BBC talk show host G aham No to that was pla i g somethi g big i the UK ext summe .

Speaki g about the e sui g speculatio , Eavis said: “P etty much 95% of the sto ies [about Glasto bu y] you ead a e ot t ue, a d umou s a e p etty much always w o g.

“But the good ews is that we’ve got ou headli e s a d we’ e c acki g o , a d we just ca ‘t wait to get back.”

Acco di g the Su , Mado a could be headi g fo a eco d-b eaki g th ee- ight sti t at Lo do ‘s Hyde Pa k i stead, although that emai s to be co fi med.

The pop supe sta , 67, ece tly walked out with the o igi al Ro aldo a d Ro aldi ho to pe fo m du i g the colou ful half-time show at the ece t Fifa Me ‘s Wo ld Cup fi al.

Eavis was o the PM p og amme o F iday to discuss a ts fu di g a d he hopes that ew P ime Mi iste A dy Bu ham will back music educatio i schools a d the “c umbli g” smalle music ve ues whe e ma y futu e Glasto bu y headli e s sta t out.

“I’m eally hopi g that A dy Bu ham gets ight behi d the a ts,” she said.

“Obviously, we’ e a atio of make s a d c eato s a d visio make s a d wo ld cha ge s, a d it’s what we do so so well.

“A d I eally am hopi g that he will ecog ise the a ts a d music as bei g a huge asset to B itai . It’s what we do best, it is what we a e.”

A spokespe so fo the Depa tme t fo Cultu e, Media a d Spo t told the BBC it was “u de o illusio s about the fi a cial issues faci g the cultu e secto ” a d was “committed to suppo ti g them du i g this difficult time”.

Last yea ‘s Glasto bu y festival was headli ed by The 1975, Neil You g a d Olivia Rod igo, with Si Rod Stewa t i the lege ds slot.

The eve t was ested fo a fallow yea this summe but will etu i Ju e 2027, with tickets expected to go o sale i Novembe .