Manchester rock heroes James to open Glastonbury FestMarch 22, 2016 - 14:55 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Manchester rock heroes James have been announced as the opening band for this year's Glastonbury Festival, NME reveals. The band - most famous for thier smash hit single 'Sit Down', will be the first band to open proceedings at this year’s festival on Worthy Farm, Somerset. They have been billed to open the second largest stage, The Other Stage, at 11am on Friday (the first official day of programming). The festival runs 22-26 June. Earlier on March 21, according to DIY, frontman Tim Booth announced the band's opening slot on BBC Radio 5 Live, claiming “We’re going to cut the ribbon and smash the champagne on the ship.” James join headliners Muse, Adele and Coldplay, as well as PJ Harvey, Jeff Lynne’s ELO and ZZ Top but a full line up is due to be released in April. Meanwhile, organiser Emily Eavis has called Adele's recent announcement as the final headline slot a 'great honour'. Top stories Ara Aivazian said Azerbaijan continues the traditions of Turkey after seizing territories and forced Armenians out. The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. Partner news | EU to provide budgetary support to Armenia The agreement is aimed at increasing the competitiveness of the educational system of Armenia. Aliyev: No peace treaty unless Armenia changes constitution Azerbaijan will not sign a peace treaty with Armenia unless the latter changes its constitution, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said. Azerbaijan proposes Armenia to jointly seek cancelation of Minak Group The Azerbaijani President maintained that the move will show “how sincere Armenia is.” Seven injured in massive gas station explosion in Armenia The Investigative Committee of Armenia has unveiled details about a massive explosion at a gas station on the Yerevan-Sevan highway. |