COLDPLAY are in advanced talks to headline Glastonbury.
The band — who last topped the bill at the iconic event in 2016 and first played there 25 years ago — have left a gap in their schedule to make them available for a set at Worthy Farm next year.
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They yesterday announced another European leg of their Music Of The Spheres world tour for next summer.
But there is a break from June 26 to 30, when the festival will take place.
The bookies had Coldplay on odds of 6/4 to headline and frontman Chris Martin is a major fan of the event.
Although it’s been a few years since the band’s last proper performance there, Chris went as a punter in 2017 and also joined Kylie Minogue and Stormzy on stage during their sets in 2019.
In 2021 the group did a set as part of Glastonbury’s Live At Worthy Farm livestream after the festival was cancelled due to Covid lockdown curbs.
They will have a new album, Moon Music, out by the time the massive event next rolls around. Chris this week teased that it is due “early next year”.
On the upcoming record, and comparisons to their most recent LP, he said: “I wouldn’t say it’s a sequel but it’s related. It’s its own thing but it will be part of this same tour. It’s like a cousin.
“We take a studio with us on tour.
“That’s the amazing thing about making records now. You can make them everywhere.
“I always go to the studio on days off. That’s my hobby.”
Asked if the album would feature collaborations, he added: “I don’t know. That’s still to be decided.
“We’re approaching collaborations slightly differently this time. But I’m really enjoying working on it.”
‘Feels really right’
Chris has also doubled down on the claim that the group will only ever release three more collections to add to their nine studio albums.
Speaking in Italy, he added: “I just have a strong feeling in my heart that we are supposed to do 12 projects and that feels really right.
“But after that we’d still like to do shows and tours. I think 12 albums is a lot.”
New music or not, their back catalogue will have them topping festival bills for years to come.
Haz is flying high
HARRY STYLES dodges death in his latest music video as he is shot out of a cannon, has knives thrown at him and walks a tightrope.
He filmed the visuals for Daylight in May last year and I told at the time how he had spent a month at a circus school in Kent to learn the ropes ahead of the shoot.
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The video has only now been released, following months of work making it perfect.
It had more than four million views within 24 hours of its release and comes ahead of the final night of Harry’s Love On Tour live shows.
He has been on the global jaunt since September 2021, but tomorrow night’s show in Reggio Emilia, northern Italy, is the final stop.
During the run of the tour, he shot several videos, including this new one, and released his most successful album yet, Harry’s House.
With some time off on the horizon, perhaps he can finally make use of his circus skills.
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HAILEY and Justin Bieber looked like they were going on different nights out in these contrasting outfits.
The model got all dressed up in a white minidress but pop star Justin looked like he was off to take the bins out in his baggy hoodie, jeans and a tank top.
They were on their way out for a meal in New York.
Depending on the quality of the restaurant, one of them will have looked very out of place.
Ari’s Wicked fun with Ethan
ARIANA GRANDE has wasted no time moving on from her husband Dalton Gomez – she is now dating her Wicked co-star Ethan Slater.
US sources last night claimed she started dating the Broadway actor while shooting the upcoming movie musical, following her recent split.
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Ethan plays Boq – who gets pied off by Ariana’s character Glinda.
He married singer Lilly Jay in 2018 and they had a son last year, although they are said to have separated before he started seeing Ari.
It sounds like there has been just as much drama off-screen as there will be on it.
IS IT A WILL.AI.SHAM?
WHEN I heard Britney Spears and WILL.I.AM had teamed up for a new song, I was hopeful they’d return with a clever summer anthem to bring them both back to the forefront of pop.
But unfortunately, their collaboration Mind Your Business, which is out today, is one of the most soulless and forgettable tracks I’ve ever heard.
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I’m still not convinced this hasn’t just been made entirely by AI.
To say this is Britney “singing” is a gross exaggeration, with a robotic voice muttering vague words about being followed by the paparazzi.
Given she released a far superior tune about the same topic in 2007’s Piece Of Me, I doubt anyone else will be too impressed. In the track, Britney says: “Uptown, downtown, everywhere, I turn around. Hollywood, London, snap snap is the sound.
“Paparazzi shot me, I’m the economy. Follow me, follow me, follow me.”
And in the incomprehensible second verse, she continues: “If they don’t get up out my face, I’ll send the dogs out. Five seconds and then the dogs come out.
“You know what happens when the dogs come out. None of your business.”
There’s plenty of scope for Britney to make a musical comeback given she has released so many incredible pop records in the past.
But vacuous nonsense like this isn’t going to help her one bit.
WEDDING WAIT FOR GEMMA
GEMMA COLLINS has put her wedding to Rami Hawash on ice – citing Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck as her inspiration.
In an exclusive chat, The GC, 42, said: “I’ll do a J-Lo and I’ll get married at 50. There is no rush.
“Me and Rami are both free spirits. We have known each other for so long.
“We have agreed that if we are both still together at 50 then we will do it.”
I am sure J-Lo will be thrilled.
Gemma is part of Plusnet’s It’s A Plus campaign, where she tackles the nation’s problems in Gemma’s Dilemmas, and revealed why she thinks she’s the right woman for the job.
She explained: “I think everyone is so scared to say anything. The world has gone crazy.
“I used to be so much more fun but now I am more censored – people are scared I will say something controversial but I am not scared to say it as it is. That is why I am the right person for these dilemmas.
“People love straight-talking advice and I will give it to them.
“Everyone these days wants a million pounds but doesn’t want to work for it. It’s madness.”
Finally, I think this is something we can agree on, Gemma.
Trio Scott their eye on chart hit
TRAVIS SCOTT leads the list of new releases today after linking up with The Weeknd and Bad Bunny for their single Kpop.
It will feature on Travis’ upcoming album Utopia, which he is expected to release on July 28 following a landmark concert next to Egypt’s Pyramids of Giza.
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Other songs out now include Zayn Malik’s first new tune in two years, Love Like This, as well as History Books by American rockers The Gaslight Anthem, who have enlisted Bruce Springsteen for the song.
And in good news for Blur fans, their first album in eight years, The Ballad of Darren is also out.
No disco for Dua
MARK RONSON says Dua Lipa will ditch the disco sound of 2020’s Future Nostalgia on her next LP
The producer, above, worked with her on the track Dance The Night Away for the Barbie movie soundtrack and says a disco ball smashing in the video may be a hint of what’s to come.
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He told Vulture mag: “I’ve heard some of it and it’s incredible.”
On the change of direction, Mark continued: “I think that’s why there’s the disco ball that smashes in the video, right?
“This feels like her triumphant stomp on that era of her music into whatever she does next.”
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