Glastonbury Festival confirms Blur

Glastonbury Festival has confirmed that Blur will be headlining at this year's Festival.

The recently reformed band had announced themselves as playing, and now Festival organisers have confirmed they will be making a headline appearance. It will be Blur's first appearance at the Festival since 1998. "We're absolutely over the moon to have them back," organiser Emily Eavis is quoted as saying.

Tickets for Glastonbury Festival held for five full days from Wednesday 24th until Sunday 28th June 2009 at Worthy Farm, Pilton, Somerset have already sold out months before the event.

Although the full line-up for this year's Festival has not yet been announced, To see who has been confirmed, and who might be playing take a look at the eFestivals' Glastonbury 2009 rumours >>.

A further release of a limited number of cancelled tickets will go on sale from 9am on Sunday 5th April 2009, although in order to do so you must have registered beforehand to be eligible to buy a ticket. However, it's unlikely that they'll be a huge number of tickets available on that day. They will be priced at £175 (plus a booking fee of £5).

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