Glastonbury headliner Bono has emergency surgery

Bono, frontman of Glastonbury Festival headliners U2, has hurt his back and has undergone emergency surgery in Germany leading to the first dates of the tour being cancelled.

While preparing for the North American leg of the band's '360 Degree' world tour, the singer sustained an injury that required an immediate operation in a Munich hospital, where he'll now be recuperating for the next few days.

The 50-year-old musician was treated at a specialist neurosurgery and is expected return to his home in Ireland to recuperate further according to news reports.

The tour promoter Live Nation have confirmed that the start of the tour previously scheduled for 3rd June in Salt Lake City has been postponed. The band's manager, Paul McGuinness, announced on the band's website, "We will make plans to reinstate the dates as soon as possible."

There's been no news yet on how this will effect the rest of the tour, how many dates will be re-scheduled or if this puts in doubt the headlining Glastonbury appearance of the Irish rock group.

U2 are due to headline Glastonbury Festival alongside Muse, and Stevie Wonder on a bill which also includes Dizzee Rascal, Vampire Weekend, Snoop Dogg, Willie Nelson, Orbital, Shakira, Pet Shop Boys, Scissor Sisters, Seasick Steve, Jackson Browne, Faithless, Jack Johnson, Ray Davies, Slash, The Flaming Lips, Hot Chip, Florence And The Machine, 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 SOLD OUT 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.

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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