{"id":302444,"date":"2017-03-17T05:38:57","date_gmt":"2017-03-17T05:38:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=302444"},"modified":"2017-03-17T05:38:57","modified_gmt":"2017-03-17T05:38:57","slug":"ed-sheeran-is-final-glastonbury-headliner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=302444","title":{"rendered":"Ed Sheeran is final Glastonbury headliner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"story-body__introduction\">Ed Sheeran is to headline the Pyramid Stage at this year&#8217;s Glastonbury Festival, topping the bill alongside Radiohead and Foo Fighters.<\/p>\n<p>The chart-dominating pop star will close the event on Sunday, 25 June, in his only festival appearance this year.<\/p>\n<p>On a short Instagram film, he described the news as &#8220;awesome&#8221;, ending speculation about 2017&#8217;s headliners.<\/p>\n<p>The full line-up will be announced at a later date. Tickets for the festival, in Somerset, have already sold out.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media-landscape no-caption full-width\"><span class=\"image-and-copyright-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image__img js-image-replace\" src=\"http:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/624\/cpsprodpb\/A18E\/production\/_95185314_6797a11a-841b-4c27-9a9a-a40451472f2d.jpg\" alt=\"Ed Sheeran at Glastonbury 2011\" width=\"976\" height=\"549\" data-highest-encountered-width=\"624\" \/><\/span><\/figure>\n<p>Sheeran first played Glastonbury in 2011, appearing on the BBC Introducing stage before his debut album &#8211; +, or Plus &#8211; had ever been released.<\/p>\n<p>He returned for a slot on the Pyramid Stage in 2014, memorably leading the audience in a mass sing-along to his smash hit Sing.<\/p>\n<p>He returns to Worthy Farm as one of the world&#8217;s biggest pop stars, having sold four million copies of his third album, Divide, in the last 10 days.<\/p>\n<p>The star also dominates the singles chart, with all 16 of the tracks on his album residing in the Top 20.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media-landscape no-caption full-width\"><span class=\"image-and-copyright-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image__img js-image-replace\" src=\"http:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/624\/cpsprodpb\/EFAE\/production\/_95185316_3878b16d-37b7-4827-a3d7-58d586a24c4a.jpg\" alt=\"Ed Sheeran at Glastonbury 2014\" width=\"976\" height=\"549\" data-highest-encountered-width=\"624\" \/><\/span><\/figure>\n<p>Radiohead are the Friday night headliners, making their first UK festival appearance since 2011.<\/p>\n<p>Foo Fighters take the Saturday night slot, making up for 2015 when they were forced to cancel.<\/p>\n<p>A handful of other acts have confirmed themselves for the festival &#8211; including Laura Marling and London Grammar.<\/p>\n<p>Lady Gaga is also rumoured to be playing, after being spotted backstage last year.<\/p>\n<p>The festival bill is usually announced in early April, once fans have paid the remaining balance on their tickets.<\/p>\n<p>Organiser recently revealed that &#8220;twice as many bands&#8221; had been booked for this year&#8217;s event, which runs from 21 to 25 June at Worthy Farm in Somerset.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ed Sheeran is to headline the Pyramid Stage at this year&#8217;s Glastonbury Festival, topping the bill alongside Radiohead and Foo Fighters. 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On a short Instagram film, he described the news as &#8220;awesome&#8221;, ending speculation about 2017&#8217;s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[137],"tags":[1084,5173,5174,5175],"class_list":["post-302444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-showbiz","tag-ed-sheeran","tag-foo-fighters","tag-glastonbury","tag-radiohead"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302444","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=302444"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302444\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=302444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=302444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=302444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}