The Rolling Stones, and more for Glastonbury Festival

The wait is over the line-up has been announced for this summer's Glastonbury Festival which runs for five full days from Wednesday 26th June until Monday 1st July 2013 across over a 1,000 hectares (2,470 acres) of beautiful countryside at Worthy Farm, Somerset.

After months of speculation the The Rolling Stones will be making a headlining appearance at this summer's Festival, with Arctic Monkeys topping the bill on Friday, and Mumford & Sons
closing the main Pyramid Stage on Sunday.

Rumours have been rife since June last year, (here), that the Rolling Stones would make their appearance this summer after they returned to the stage late last year to celebrate 50 years in business.

The band have only ever performed at a few festivals over their 50 years, and the last UK festivals they have performed at were The Isle Of Wight in 2007 and Knebworth Fair in 1976.

Pyramid Stage
The Rolling Stones, Mumford & Sons, Arctic Monkeys, Dizzee Rascal, Primal Scream, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Vampire Weekend, Elvis Costello, The Vaccines, Kenny Rogers, Ben Howard, Rita Ora, Rufus Wainwright, Jake Bugg, Professor Green, Laura Mvual, Billy Bragg, Rokia Traore, First Aid Kit, and Haim.

Other Stage
Portishead, Chase & Status, The xx, Foals, Example, The Smashing Pumpkins, Alt-J, Two Door Cinema Club, Public Image Ltd. (PiL), Tame Impala, Alabama Shakes, Editors, Azealia Banks, Of Monsters & Men, The Lumineers, Enter Shikari, I Am Kloot, The Hives, and Amanda Palmer.

West Holts Stage
Chic Ft. Nile Rodgers, Public Enemy, The Weeknd, Seasick Steve, Major Lazer, Tom Tom Club, Maverick Sabre, Lianne La Havas, Toro Y Moi, Ondatropica, Sergio Mendes, Dub Colossus, The Orb & Indigenous People (The Orb & Kakasitsi Master Drummers of Ghana), The Child Of Lov, Alice Russell, Goat, BadBadNotGood, The Bombay Royale, Matthew E. White, and Riot Jazz.

John Peel Stage
Loads of acts including Crystal Castles, Hurts, Phoenix, Bastille, Everything Everything, James Blake, Johnny Marr, The Courteeners, Jessie Ware, Tyler, The Creator, Frightened Rabbit, Miles Kane, Local Natives, The Strypes, Savages, Tim Odell, Peace, Villagers, Toy, and Jagwar Ma.

Silver Hayes Dance Area
The new area with Sonic, the Wow Stage, the Gully & more with Nas, Hot Natured, Disclosure, Rudimental, The Family Stone, Skream & Benga, Sub Focus,Charles Bradley, SBTRKT, Netsky, Dog Blood, The Congos, The 2 Bears, AlunaGeorge, Eats Everything, Julio Bashmore, Wiley, Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs, Gold Panda, and David Rodigan, are just a few of the top names to be confirmed.

The Park Stage
Cat Power, The Horrors, Fuck Buttons, Django Django, Rodriguez, Dinosaur Jr, Calexico, Steve Mason, Palma Violets, Devandra Banhat, Michael Kiwanuka, Solange, King Krule, Stealing Sheep, Tim Burgess, Melodys Echo Chamber, Ed Harcourt, Half Moon Run, Jospehine, and Teleman.

Acoustic Stage
A host of classic acoustic acts including Steve Winwood, Sinead O' Connor, Lucinda Williams, Glen Hansard, Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings, Gabrielle Aplin, The Proclaimers, Martha Wainwright, Seth Lakeman, KT Tunstall, Gretchen Peters, Martin Stephenson & The Daintees.

Avalon Stage
Ben Caplan, Beverley Knight, Crowns, Evan Dando, Gary Clark Jr, JJ Grey & Mofro, Josh Doyle, Lucy Rose, Mad Dog Mcrea, Molotov Jukebox, Newton Faulkner, Oysterband, Penguin Cafe, Shooglenifty, Stornoway, The Destroyers, The Staves, The Urban Voodoo Machine, Vintage Trouble, Xavier Rudd, and many others.

Theatre & Circus
The Infinite Monkey Cage, Lost Locos, Roy Hutchins, The Monsters of Schlock, Chrisa Bull, Pirates of The Carabina, Marcus Brigstocke, Abandoman, Josie Long, The Demon Barbers, Maia, Oliver Gossdetete, Twister, and loads more.

Block 9
Gene Hunt, Tyree Cooper, Maurice Faulton, Greg Wilson, Mosca, Bill Brewster, Grant Nelson, Youngsta, Digital & Spirit, MC Chickaboo, Randall, Flight, Kerri Chandler, Horse Meat Disco, Brawther, Robert Owens, Underground Paris, and more.

Spirit Of '71 Stage
The stage returns to host Robyn Hitchcock and the Venus 3, Slim Chance, Simian Mobile Disco, Terakaft, System 7 vs Eat Static, Don Letts, DJ James Monrpo, Gypsy Hill, Electric Swing Circus, DJ Tristan, and Mixhell.

And loads more to be announced across over 100 stages.

To see the line-up in full, along with the latest rumours for some of the other stages, click here >>.


Resales of unwanted tickets will take place on Sunday 21st April 2013, for those who have registered beforehand so that they are eligible to buy a ticket.

UK ticket balances will be payable next week, following the Easter Weekend, from 09:00 Tuesday 2nd April until 23:59 Monday 8th April, when there will also be options to book everything else needed (tipis, campervan tickets, parking, cancellation protection).

The balance due is £155 (plus a £5 booking fee) per person; plus a £6 transaction fee per order. Whilst paying balances there's the option of booking ticket cancellation cover, car park tickets, campervan tickets and tipis, as well as the option to book coach travel from a number of UK cities, and pre-erected offsite accommodation at Worthy View.

Those balances not paid by Monday 8th April 8th will be cancelled and a £40 refund per ticket returned to the card that was used during the booking. A £10 admin fee will be retained.

To pay off balances next week, (click here).

Registration will be temporarily suspended before and during the main ticket selling period, so you must register before tickets go on sale.

Everyone aged over 12 on Wednesday 26th June 2013 (when the Festival starts) who plans to the come the Festival, must register. Children aged 12 and under do not require tickets and do not need to register.

Registration requires providing basic contact details and uploading a passport-standard photo. Once the photo has been approved, registers are sent a unique registration number that will need to be quoted to book a ticket.

To register click here.

Registration does not reserve or guarantee you a ticket when they go on sale, but if you don't register you will not be able to buy a weekend ticket for Glastonbury Festival 2013.

For more detailed registration and ticket information click here.

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