Glastonbury line-up 2016: Ellie Goulding, The 1975 and Skepta join Adele, Muse and Coldplay

An eclectic mix of old and new artists have joined the line-up
Confirmed: Ellie Goulding joins the line-up
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Emma Powell29 March 2016
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Skepta, ZZ Top and Ellie Goulding have been added to the Glastonbury Festival line-up.

The musicians make up the first batch of acts confirmed to play the iconic event at Worthy Farm in June.

The official Twitter account for the festival announced the news on Tuesday morning when they tweeted a poster featuring a list of acts.

The image was captioned: “We’re pleased to reveal our first Glastonbury Festival 2016 line-up poster (by Stanley Donwood)…”

The line-up features an eclectic mix of old and new artists with the likes of Disclosure and Wolf Alice playing alongside Fat Boy Slim and Madness.

Other names include Cyndi Lauper, LCD Soundsystem, New Order, Earth, Wind & Fire, Grimes, Stormzy, Bring Me the Horizon, Chvrches and The 1975.

The acts join previously announced headliners Muse, Adele and Coldplay as well as Jeff Lynne’s Electric Light Orchestra who will occupy the Sunday afternoon 'Legends' slot.

James, Jess Glynne and PJ Harvey have also been confirmed.

Glastonbury 2016 will take place at Worthy Farm over the weeked of June 22-26.

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