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Glastonbury Festival 2024 headliners revealed as three huge pop acts including legendary Brit band and US superstar
Fans have been desperate to find out who will be playing
AFTER months of speculation the three acts who will be headlining Glastonbury this year have been revealed.
Dua Lipa, Coldplay and SZA will be performing on the Pyramid Stage at the festival over the weekend, while Shania Twain has been booked for the coveted Legends Stage.
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Festival bosses shared the first look at the acts performing this morning and wrote: "Here is the first Glastonbury Festival 2024 line-up poster. Many more acts and attractions still to be announced."
Canadian singer Shania, known for hits including Man I Feel Like A Woman, You're Still The One and That Don't Impress Me Much, will perform on the Pyramid Stage at the Worthy Farm festival in Somerset which is being held from June 26 to 30.
The five-time Grammy-award winner has sold more than 100 million records in her career, making her one of the most successful musicians.
Glastonbury co-organiser Emily Eavis previously revealed she had booked a major female artist for the coveted Sunday afternoon legends' slot.
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SZA, whose real name is Solana Imani Rowe, is an R&B singer.
The musician featured on Kendrick Lamar’s Grammy-winning album To Pimp A Butterfly in 2015 before finding wider fame after the success of her own debut album CTRL in 2017.
The album earned her five Grammy nominations, with singles The Weekend and Love Galore going platinum.
The Sun told last year how Coachella and Glastonbury was battling to land award-winning singing Dua this summer.
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Also taking to the Pyramid stage will be US rock band LCD Soundsystem, British rapper Little Simz, Nigerian singer Burna Boy, 80s chart-topper singer Cyndi Lauper and British soul star Olivia Dean.
The line-up was met with mixed reactions from fans – one person remarked: “Every passing year this looks more & more like Chelmsford V Festival.”
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A second said: “Meh. Was that really worth all this wait?”
And a third moaned: “That is such a bad lineup. Worst of all time? Genuinely tempted to resell my ticket.”
Last week The Sun told how festival bosses were dealt a huge blow as negotiations with Stevie Wonder collapsed – leaving a big gap in the line-up.
Madonna was close to signing last October but was said to have been heavy-handed with her demands, causing talks to fail.
Chiefs then made a beeline for Fleetwood Mac legend Stevie Nicks but she was poached for the BST festival in London's Hyde Park.
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