Muse ‘sign deal’ to headline Glastonbury 2016 alongside Coldplay and Foo Fighters | London Evening Standard

Muse ‘sign deal’ to headline Glastonbury 2016 alongside Coldplay and Foo FightersHeadliners? Matt Bellamy and Muse could be headlining Glastonbury 2016 Kevin Winter/Getty Images for Coachella

Muse are reportedly set to headline next year’s Glastonbury Festival.

The British rockers are thought to have signed a deal to join Coldplay and Foo Fighters as headliners across the 2016 weekend.

A source has told The Sun: “Muse are a Glastonbury no-brainer for a headline booking. They know what it takes to put on a huge show and there’s no bigger stage than the Pyramid.

“Matt and the boys have a huge back catalogue that will be brilliant for a Saturday night set.”

Back for more: Coldplay are thought to be headlining the festival Kevin Winter/Getty

Although the names are yet to be confirmed, organiser Emily Eavis is thought to be keen on putting together a more ‘traditional’ Glasto line-up following Kanye West’s headline slot last year.

“This year’s line-up is as rock and roll as the Eavises could have hoped for. They were keen to book the headliners early and they’ve done exactly that,” the insider added.

“All three of this year’s acts are the sort of big-name rock bands that traditional Glasto-goers will expect to be paying for.”

Eavis recently admitted that the 2016 line-up had already decided and contracts were in the process of being signed.

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Talking to the BBC, she said: “We are about 80% of the way there already. We are so lucky at the moment to have so many huge bands touring and wanting to play.

“That's one of the reasons we are doing a festival in 2017 - we already have the headliners pencilled in for that too, which is unusual."