<div id="subtitle">U2 to headline 2010 Glastonbury music festival; organizers promise 'more surprises' in lineup</div><div><p>Organizers say U2 will headline Glastonbury, Britain's leading summer music festival.</p><p>Festival boss Michael Eavis said Monday that the Irish rockers will play the festival's main stage on June 25.</p><p>It will be U2's first appearance at the event, and comes as Glastonbury celebrates its 40th anniversary.</p><p>Eavis said he was delighted to have "the biggest band in the world" in the lineup and promised "more surprises in the pipeline."</p><p>Glastonbury was founded in 1970 and is held on Eavis' farm in southwest England. It is famous for its eclectic lineup — and the mud that overwhelms the site in rainy years.</p><p>Tickets for this year's festival have sold out even though much of the lineup has yet to be announced. The festival runs June 23 to 27.</p><img src="http://admatch-syndication.mochila.com/images/ad.gif?aid=64066321&bid=informcom" /></div><div id="copyright"><div>

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