Madonna will not be playing Glastonbury in 2027, Emily Eavis says

Festival organiser says she has booked next year’s headliners but would not say if Taylor Swift is among them Madonna will not be performing at next year’s Glastonbury, the festival’s organiser, Emily Eavis, has said. The singer, who has the most top 10 singles in UK chart history of any female artist, has never featured at Britain’s biggest music festival. Eavis said Glastonbury had booked all its headliners for June 2027. Asked about the lineup and speculation that the Queen of Pop would make her debut at the event in Somerset, Eavis told BBC Radio 4’s PM programme: “No, it’s definitely not Madonna, I’ll tell you that.” She added: “But we have got three [other] headliners and we’re very excited about it – it’s all coming together really well.” When asked about the possibility of a performance from Taylor Swift, Eavis laughed and said she did not want to discuss the lineup any further. Speculation about Madonna, 67, appearing at Glastonbury began in June when the singer suggested to the BBC talkshow host Graham Norton that she was planning “something bigger” in the UK next summer. Eavis said: “Pretty much 95% of the stories [about Glastonbury] you read are not true, and rumours ar