Glastonbury Festival changes opening Pyramid stage act

Glastonbury Festival 2013

Wednesday 26th to Sunday 30th June 2013
Worthy Farm, Pilton, Shepton Mallet, Somerset, BA4 4AZ, England MAP
£205 (secured with a £50 deposit) - SOLD OUT

Daily capacity: 177,500

In a change of line-up Jupiter Bokondji and Okwess International, has replaced Toumani Diabate who has been forced to withdraw due to illness. The kora player is suffering from a serious - but non-life threatening - bout of malaria and has been advised by doctors to cancel all of his European and US summer dates.

Toumani's opening slot on the Pyramid Stage on Friday 28th June, will be taken by the Congolese act fronted by one-time Damon Albarn collaborator Jupiter Bokondji.

With just 2 weeks to go until Glastonbury Festival organisers have revealed it's extensive line-up across more than 50 stages and the day splits, theatre, circus, speakers, special guests, films, acts, and DJs that will be keeping Festival goers entertained over the five full days from Wednesday 26th June until Monday 1st July 2013 across a 1000 hectares (2470 acres) of beautiful countryside at Worthy Farm, Somerset.

Tickets were priced at £205, and have sold out.

The Rolling Stones, Mumford & Sons, and Arctic Monkeys headline with Bobby Womack, Dizzee Rascal, Primal Scream, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Vampire Weekend, Elvis Costello, 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, Chic Ft. Nile Rodgers, Public Enemy, The Weeknd, Seasick Steve, Major Lazer, Tom Tom Club, Maverick Sabre, Lianne La Havas, Crystal Castles, Hurts, Phoenix, Bruce Forsyth, Bastille, Everything Everything, James Blake, Johnny Marr, The Courteeners, Jessie Ware, Cat Power, The Horrors, Fuck Buttons, Django Django, Rodriguez, Dinosaur Jr, Calexico, Steve Mason, Palma Violets, Devandra Banhat, Michael Kiwanuka, Steve Winwood, Sinead O' Connor, Lucinda Williams, Glen Hansard, Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings, Gabrielle Aplin, The Proclaimers, Martha Wainwright, Seth Lakeman, KT Tunstall, Ben Caplan, Beverley Knight, Crowns, Evan Dando, Gary Clark Jr, and many, many more.

There are still a few more to be confirmed for the Festival including BBC Introducing, Arcadia, The Croissant-Neuf Bandstand, Greenpeace, Shangri-La: Heaven, Strummerville, and The Arctic Dome.

To take a look at the music line-up see our Glastonbury 2013 line-up here.

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