On Saturday evening, Coldplay will grow to be the primary act to headline Glastonbury 5 occasions, breaking their tie with The Treatment.
Coldplay made their Glastonbury debut within the New Bands Tent in 1999, adopted by headlining performances in 2002, 2005, 2011 and 2016.
However the information will come as no shock to Coldplay frontman Chris Martin, who predicted the band's astronomical success a 12 months earlier than the discharge of their debut album.
On 26 June 1998, Chris, then 22, stood within the grounds of UCL's Wye Farming School throughout an end-of-year ball and introduced what could be the way forward for Coldplay, which was only a 12 months outdated on the time.
He mentioned: 'Jon Buckland, Chris Martin, Will Champion and Man Berryman shall be taking part in Coldplay. They're going to be an enormous band. It'll be on nationwide tv inside 4 years. 4 years.
On Saturday evening Coldplay (pictured) will grow to be the primary artist to headline Glastonbury 5 occasions, breaking their affiliation with The Treatment.
However the information will come as no shock to Coldplay frontman Chris Martin (pictured), who predicted the astronomical success of the band's debut album a 12 months earlier than it was launched.
On 26 June 1998, Chris, then 22, stood within the grounds of UCL's Wye Farming School throughout their end-of-year live performance and introduced what the way forward for Coldplay could be.
'By June 26, 2002, Coldplay, the band or no matter they have been referred to as then, could be in every single place. We might be large.'
He completed: 'Man, Will, John and Chris. Don't neglect. Big, completely large.'
The next 12 months he carried out at Glastonbury for the primary time. Simply three years later, he headlined his first ever present.
Every of the members named by Criss stayed on to see the band succeed, they usually additionally added supervisor Phil Harvey throughout this time.
Coldplay will start their record-breaking set on the Pyramid Stage at 9.45pm.
Sun It was revealed earlier on Saturday that one in every of a number of shock acts for this 12 months’s Glastonbury could be British rock band Kasabian.
Ten years after Serge Pizzorno and his group final carried out on the Worthy Farm stage, insiders have confirmed they’ve been booked to carry out.
A supply instructed the publication: 'Glastonbury is at all times an enormous deal however this 12 months Kasabian actually can't wait, particularly as they've been there for over a decade.
He mentioned: 'Jon Buckland, Chris Martin, Will Champion and Man Berryman shall be taking part in Coldplay. They're going to be an enormous band. It'll be on nationwide tv inside 4 years. 4 years.'
The group was fashioned only a 12 months in the past (Pictured: Man Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion and Chris in 1999)
Coldplay headlined Glastonbury in 2002, 2005, 2011 and 2016. Chris (L-R) with Will, 46, Man, 45, and Jonny, 46, in February
'She liked the thought of ​​a secret present and when Glasto chief Emily Eavis prompt it she immediately embraced the thought.
Shock appearances at Glastonbury previously have included The Killers, Radiohead and Foo Fighters.
The opposite shock efficiency for this 12 months’s Glastonbury got here within the type of folks singer-songwriter Beans On Toast.
Glastonbury started on Wednesday and can finish on Sunday.
Highlights of this 12 months’s pageant have been performances by Coldplay on Saturday evening, SZA on Sunday evening, and Dua Lipa on Friday evening.
Shania Twain, 58, will play Sunday afternoon, and he or she revealed how she's getting ready.
Coldplay will carry out on the well-known Pyramid Stage at 9.45pm. Glastonbury ends on Sunday.
