Taylor Swift confirmed as second Glastonbury 2020 headliner

Posted on: 16 Dec 2019

The American singer-songwriter becomes only the sixth female solo headliner in the festival's history.

 

With just a select few acts confirmed so far to be playing next year's 50th Anniversary festival, Taylor Swift has been chosen to headline the Glastonbury Pyramid Stage with a Sunday night set.

Swift, who has evolved over the years into one of the world's most popular musicians, has been writing and performing since she was 14. Her self-titled debut album, released in 2006, catapulted her to the forefront of American pop music.

 

Since then, she's released six critically-acclaimed and commercially successful albums, with Lover recently becoming this year's only album to surpass 1 million 'pure' copies sold, i.e. physical and digital sales.

 

Taylor Swift's headline set will be the first from a solo female artist at Glastonbury since Adele's in 2016, and only the sixth in the festival's 50-year history.

 

   

Confirmed for the revered Sunday night Pyramid Stage closing slot, Swift joins fellow headliner Paul McCartney, Diana Ross in the legends slot and self-confirmed acts Aerosmith and Wolf Alice on the Glastonbury 2020 programme so far.

 

Revealing the news on Twitter, Swift said: "I’m ecstatic to tell you that I’ll be headlining Glastonbury on its 50th anniversary – See you there!"

 

With only one headliner left to confirm, Pulitzer Prize-winning artist Kendrick Lamar is the bookies' favourite to be confirmed for Friday night on the Pyramid Stage.

 

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