Professor Brian Cox To Play Glastonbury Festival 2011

Professor Brian Cox will appear at this year's Glastonbury festival, it's been announced.

Cox, who used to be a member of D-Ream, and Billy Bragg will record a special edition of BBC Radio 4's The Infinite Monkey Cage.

The show will be broadcast on June 27 – the day after the three-day festival at Worthy Farm in Somerset reaches its conclusion.

Glastonbury will be headlined by Coldplay, Beyonce and U2. Tickets have already sold out.

For more information about Glastonbury and all this summer's festivals, check out the Gigwise Festival Guide.

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