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On Saturday night, Coldplay will go nan first enactment to header Glastonbury 5 times, breaking their necktie pinch The Cure.
Coldplay made their Glastonbury debut successful nan New Bands Tent successful 1999, earlier headlining successful 2002, 2005, 2011, and 2016.
But this news will travel arsenic nary astonishment to Coldplay frontman Chris Martin who predicted nan band's astronomical occurrence nan twelvemonth earlier they had moreover released their first album.
On June 26, 1998, a then-22-year-old Chris stood successful nan section of UCL's Wye Farming College during his end-of-year shot and declared what nan early of Coldplay, past conscionable a twelvemonth old, would be.
He said: 'Jon Buckland, Chris Martin, Will Champion and Guy Berryman Act of nan Coldplay. They're going to spell connected to beryllium specified a immense band. This will beryllium connected nationalist tv wrong 4 years. Four years.
On Saturday night, Coldplay (pictured) will go nan first enactment to header Glastonbury 5 times, breaking their necktie pinch The Cure
But this news will travel arsenic nary astonishment to Coldplay frontman Chris Martin (pictured) who predicted nan band's astronomical occurrence nan twelvemonth earlier they released their first album
On June 26, 1998, a then-22-year-old Chris stood successful nan section of UCL's Wye Farming College during his end-of-year shot and declared what nan early of Coldplay would be
'By 26 June, 2002, Coldplay, nan band, aliases immoderate they're called past will beryllium known, conscionable each complete man. We're going to beryllium truthful big.'
He finished: 'Guy, Will, John and Chris. Don't you forget. Massive, perfectly huge.'
The adjacent twelvemonth they performed astatine Glastonbury for nan first time. They headlined for nan first clip conscionable 3 years aft that.
Each of nan members Chris named stayed connected to spot nan band's success, and they added head Phil Harvey on nan way.
Coldplay will statesman their record-breaking group connected nan Pyramid Stage astatine 9.45 pm.
The Sun revealed up of Saturday that 1 of aggregate astonishment acts for this year's Glastonbury will beryllium British stone band Kasabian.
Ten years aft Serge Pizzorno and nan group past took to nan stages astatine Worthy Farm, insiders person confirmed that they are booked to play.
A root told nan publication: 'Glastonbury is ever a large woody but this twelvemonth Kasabian really can't wait, particularly arsenic it's a decade since they were past there.
He said: 'Jon Buckland, Chris Martin, Will Champion and Guy Berryman Act of nan Coldplay. They're going to spell connected to beryllium specified a immense band. This will beryllium connected nationalist tv wrong 4 years. Four years'
The group had formed conscionable nan twelvemonth earlier (pictured: Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion, and Chris successful 1999)
Coldplay headlined Glastonbury successful 2002, 2005, 2011, and 2016. Chris pinch (L-R) Will, 46, Guy, 45, and Johnny, 46 successful February
'They loved nan thought of being a concealed enactment and jumped astatine nan thought erstwhile it was suggested by Glasto leader Emily Eavis.
The group will beryllium an hr long.
In nan past astatine Glastonbury astonishment acts person included The Killers, Radiohead and nan Foo Fighters.
A 2nd astonishment performer for this year's Glastonbury was revealed to beryllium people singer-songwriter Beans On Toast.
Glastonbury began connected Wednesday and ends connected Sunday.
Headlining this year's show are Coldplay connected Saturday night, SZA connected Sunday night, and Dua Lipa who performed connected Friday night.
Shania Twain, 58, will play connected Sunday successful nan precocious afternoon, and she opened up astir really she is preparing.
Coldplay will return to nan famed Pyramid Stage astatine 9:45 pm. Glastonbury ends connected Sunday.
