- by Jason Gregory
- Thursday, July 24, 2008
- Photo by: WENN
- filed in: Festivals
The 2009 edition of the Glastonbury Festival will return to more traditional headliners, organisers have said.
Michael Eavis said he had based his decision on the fact that “there are more of them around and after this year everyone wants to come onboard because it was such a good do.”
The festival's decision this year to book US rapper Jay-Z was widely criticised by many, including Oasis guitarist Noel Gallagher.
Unusually slow ticket sales for the festival were also attributed to Jay-Z's booking.
Speaking to the BBC, Mr Eavis admitted that he had felt “scared” by the slow ticket sales, even though the festival did eventually sell out.
“I've never enjoyed it so much although I've had a lot of worries this year with the tickets not selling - I lost half a stone in weight at one point,” he said.
"I was so scared but it came through. So when you get so scared like that and then when it comes right in the end it's fantastic.”
Organisers announced today that tickets for the 2009 festival would go on sale in October.
You can find out more about next year's event HERE.
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