Arctic Monkeys are now the bookies’ favourites to headline the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury Festival next summer – and by a clear margin.
The latest odds have the band at 1/5, meaning if you placed a £5 bet, you’d only get £6 back if they are later confirmed as one of the three Pyramid headline acts – a profit of £1.
With somewhat more appealing odds of 4/6 are Elton John and Guns N Roses, with Eminem, Harry Styles, Rihanna, The 1975 and Pulp also making the top selections.
After tickets for Arctic Monkeys’ long-awaited 2023 tour sold out in minutes last month, social media is awash with rumours that the Arctic Monkeys could be set to headline Glastonbury next summer.
Their tour dates include a gap over the Glastonbury weekend of 23rd – 25th June, leaving the band free for a potential Glasto appearance on either the Friday or Saturday nights.
And the week before, Arctic Monkeys were widely reported to have signed a deal to headline the festival’s iconic Pyramid Stage. A source told The Sun: “‘Alex Turner and the band are coming back to Glastonbury, and this time their set is going to be even bigger and better.
“The lads have signed on the dotted line and will return to the Pyramid Stage next June.
“It is really special for them to be doing a hat-trick on that stage and it is something they have wanted to do for a while.
‘After the festival dates lined up with their upcoming tour they said they couldn’t not play there again.
“The band are in the process of putting together their team and are working on making their performance one of Glastonbury’s most memorable.”
Arctic Monkeys have long been rumoured to play at Glastonbury 2023. Earlier this year, in July, the widely respected ‘Has it leaked?’ website tweeted to say the band we’re booked in for the festival.
The band previously headlined Glastonbury in 2007 and 2013, appearing on the Pyramid Stage on Friday night on both occasions.
They’re one of a number of artists rumoured for next year’s festival, which also includes Coldplay, Elton John, Harry Styles, The 1975 and the Spice Girls. Check out our constantly updated list of every artist confirmed, self-confirmed or rumoured for the Glastonbury 2023 line-up here.
Glastonbury 2023 will take place from Wednesday 21st to Sunday 25 June.
Pulp are now strongly rumoured to appear on the Glastonbury 2023 line-up after announcing details of a reunion tour next summer – which includes space for a potential Glasto slot. The band were already deemed a likely contender by bookmakers, who in September were offering odds of 9/1 on Pulp headlining the iconic Pyramid Stage.
In other Glastonbury news, Victoria Beckham has ruled out a Worthy Farm appearance as part of a Spice Girls reunion in a US TV interview – following years of speculation fuelled by her former band mates.
She told Watch What Happens Live: “I had so much fun being in the Spice Girls – but now, with everything else that I have got going on with my fashion and my beauty line, four children, I couldn’t commit to that. love the girls. I really, really enjoy singing Spice Girls when I’m doing karaoke, but I think I’d better leave it there.”
Guns N Roses are also rumoured, with bookmakers ranking the band as one of the favourites to headline the iconic Pyramid Stage next summer.
In an interview with Metal Hammer last year, Glastonbury organiser Emily Eavis was asked : “Who’s the heaviest band you would book for the Festival?”
She replied: “We had Napalm Death in 2017, and it doesn’t get much heavier than that! But I think Guns N’ Roses need to play here at some point don’t they?”
The American rapper has never played at the festival before, but a ‘festival insider’ claimed the organisers think the deal for June 2023 will be successful.
They told The Sun: “Eminem is wanted for a huge slot at Glastonbury and has been in talks for yonks. His dates all line-up and if they can get him on board, it will be the first time he has ever played at the festival. Eminem is one of the greatest rappers on the planet and to have him down on the farm would be incredible.”
While reports suggest he would be headlining the Pyramid Stage, and this would certainly be the most fitting slot if Eminem did appear at Glastonbury, organiser Emily Eavis said previously that all headliners for 2023 had already been booked. For The Sun’s sources to be correct, he would have to be played a “huge slot” elsewhere at the festival – unless of course, a previously booked headliner has dropped out.
Despite the Sun’s insider claiming Eminem’s tour dates line up with a potential Glastonbury appearance, the rapper has not currently announced any upcoming gigs, suggesting the source either has access to unreleased information or is mistaken.
Arctic Monkeys were also rumoured to have signed a deal to headline Glastonbury 2023 when their UK tour sold out in minutes earlier this month. A source told The Sun: “‘Alex Turner and the band are coming back to Glastonbury, and this time their set is going to be even bigger and better.
“The lads have signed on the dotted line and will return to the Pyramid Stage next June. It is really special for them to be doing a hat-trick on that stage and it is something they have wanted to do for a while.”
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Arctic Monkeys: BIll Ebbesen | CC BY 3.0
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