Shakira announced for Glastonbury Festival

Shakira has been announced as making a Pyramid Stage appearance at this summer's 40th Anniversary Glastonbury Festival.

Colombian pop superstar Shakira will appear on the Pyramid Stage on Saturday 26th June.

Shakira who recently had a UK chart topping hit with her last single 'She Wolf' taken from her third album of the same name has also been announced as the singer of the Official Anthem of the 2010 FIFA World Cup. She joins African group Freshlyground to sing 'Time For Africa'.

Festival organiser Emily Eavis said, "Shakira is not only an amazing pop star but also socially and politically forward thinking; she's working incredibly hard for good causes around the world. We feel honoured to have the she wolf herself come to Worthy Farm!"

Shakira said, "I'm really looking forward to playing Glastonbury this year and being a part of their 40th anniversary. Glastonbury is famous for being one of the best festival crowds, so I'm sure I'll have a great time."

The internationally acclaimed recording artist is also a humanitarian and created The Barefoot Foundation, an American non-profit, non-governmental organization. To find out more about the work of her charity - which runs schools for underpriviledged children in Colombia - go to barefootfoundation.com.

Shakira has joined fellow Colombian star Juanes to record a special charity single for victims of the Chilean earthquake. 'Gracias a la Vida' will benefit reconstruction projects in the South American country organized by Habitat For Humanity. Organized by Chilean musician Beto Cuevas, the single will also feature Michael Buble, Miguel Bose and many others.

Shakira joins headliners U2, Muse, and Stevie Wonder on a bill which also includes Dizzee Rascal, Vampire Weekend, Snoop Dogg, Willie Nelson, Orbital, Pet Shop Boys, Scissor Sisters, Seasick Steve, Jackson Browne, Faithless, Jack Johnson, Ray Davies, Slash, The Flaming Lips, Hot Chip, Florence And The Machine, LCD Soundsystem, MGMT, Groove Armada, Jamie T, Ash, The xx, Midlake, Empire Of The Sun, New Model Army, Lightning Seeds, Gomez, Sasha, Fatboy Slim, N-Dubz, Levellers, Boys Noize, Simian Mobile Disco, Delphic, Curved Air, Kelis, The King Blues, Mos Def, George Clinton And Funkadelic/Parliament, and many, many more.

To see the line-up in full, along with the latest rumours for some of the other stages, click here >> or to view it on as a list click here.

The event will mark the 40th anniversary of the Music and Arts Festival at Worthy Farm, Somerset, where Michael Eavis first opened his gates for business in September 1970. Glastonbury Festival runs for five full days from Wednesday 23rd until Sunday 27th June 2010 across over a 1,000 acres of beautiful countryside. Festival tickets were priced at £185 and have all SOLD OUT.

eFestivals' Glastonbury World Cup 2010 in support of WaterAid

Once again this summer players, mainly members of the eFestivals forums, are coming together to be part of the England vs The Rest Of The World football match, which will be raising funds for WaterAid on Thursday 24th June at the Festival.

Festival organiser Michael Eavis has challenged the event to raise £6000 for WaterAid and thus provide enough money to provide the cost of building three water wells. Water is something that we all take for granted but other people aren't so lucky.

The event begins at 1pm at the Pyramid Stage field with prematch entertainment from Hobo Jones & the Junkyard Dogs who will be doing a 40 minute set with the World Cup match will start after that.

WaterAid will again be on hand with collection buckets at the game, and people who can't make it to the event can make an online donation at http://www.justgiving.com/glastoworldcup2010.

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