Sonic Youth - Glasto?

Alt rock legends put their names forward for a slot at Glastonbury festival 2009

26 January 2009 - As Glastonbury line-up rumours begin to gather pace, singer and guitarist Thurston Moore from Sonic Youth has told 6 Music he'd love to play Michael Eavis’ event.

Their 21^st album, The Eternal, is currently being mixed and is scheduled for release in June. (Read more on album).

Moore revealed their itinerary has not been finalised yet but said: “We’re actually going to be getting on that fairly soon...I’m almost positive we’ll definitely be doing one or two festivals in the UK.”

When asked which UK music festivals were on the band’s hit list, Moore replied: “I wanna play Glastonbury because it’s such a disaster camp and I really enjoy that.

“The general consensus amongst musicians I know is that it’s like walking into the pit of hell, and in some way it really feels like that.”

He recalled his bitter-sweet memories of playing there in the past: “The only times I’ve ever been there it’s been so incredibly messed up, where you can’t really get onto the site because there’s a huge lorry stuck in the mud.

“People are traipsing through water damaged tents and then you finally get on stage and you’re so wrecked from the experience.

“You’re lucky to get through any perceptible, decent set at all and then there are these huge roving cameras on stage that are spinning around documenting the disaster. There’s something about that I find really charming.”

"I wanna play Glastonbury because it’s such a disaster camp and I really enjoy that."
Thurston Moore

Last year’s festival saw a decent spell of sunshine following the torrential rain of previous years.

Moore said it’s a special festival come rain or shine: “Every once in a while I’d like to be there when it’s sunny, but in a way I sort of like it when it’s drenched.”

In recent weeks, rumours surfaced that Blur, Bruce Springsteen and Neil Young will perform at the festival, but the Glastonbury office denied any line-up additions.

Michael Eavis did confirm to the BBC that there will be two UK and two US headliners this year.

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Georgie Rogers