GLASTONBURY has shut down one of its loudest rumour mills: Madonna won’t be playing the festival in June 2027.

Festival organiser Emily Eavis confirmed the news on BBC Radio 4’s PM, saying the Queen of Pop isn’t among next year’s top-billed acts. “No, it’s definitely not Madonna, I’ll tell you that,” Eavis said, adding that three other headliners are already booked and that plans are “all coming together really well”.

Madonna has never played Britain’s biggest festival, despite holding the record for the most UK top 10 singles by any female artist. The chatter about a possible Somerset debut picked up in June after she told Graham Norton she was planning “something bigger” in the UK next summer.

Eavis also took a swing at the annual Glasto gossip cycle, claiming “pretty much 95%” of stories people read about the festival aren’t true and that rumours are “pretty much always wrong”.

And yes, Taylor Swift’s name was raised. Eavis laughed when asked if Swift could be involved, but refused to go any further on the lineup.

While Glasto fans wait, Madonna’s UK chart run is still rolling. Her collaboration with Kylie Minogue, Love Sensation, has debuted at No 8 — her highest-charting UK single in 17 years — and it’s the second single from her latest album, Confessions II. A remixed version of the track features Minogue.

The new top 10 also marks Madonna’s 65th UK top 10 single, across four decades since the 1980s. Only Elvis Presley (76) and Cliff Richard (68) have more. Last month, she also performed during the half-time show at the Fifa men’s World Cup final in New York between Spain and Argentina.