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Just two weeks after Radiohead became the first headline act confirmed for Glastonbury 2017, Ladbrokes has confirmed that they have stopped taking bets on Ed Sheeran also topping the bill at next year’s festival. The 25-year-old English singer-songwriter, famous for hits such as ‘Thinking out loud’ and ‘The A Team’, attracted a flurry of bets which saw his odds drop from …

Opening its ‘Glastonbury Headlining Act’ market, UK bookmaker Ladbrokes has placed Radiohead as its 4/6 favourite to ‘headline’ a festival night in 2017. The bookmaker places the indie rock band as market favourite, following their May release of ‘A Moon Shaped Pool’ the band’s first studio album since 2011’s ‘The King of Limbs’. Thom Yorke’s band is placed as favourite …

David Bowie is the bookmaker’s favourite to posthumously be awarded the 2016 Mercury Prize for his album ‘Blackstar’. Ladbrokes has made ‘Blackstar’ the early favourite with odds of 2/1 though both Radiohead and Anohni are close contenders for the coveted prize. Both Radiohead’s ‘Moon Shaped Pool’ and Anohni’s ‘Hopelessness’ are priced at 5/1. Bowie’s Blackstar was released a mere two days …

This year saw Muse, Adele and Coldplay grace the Pyramid Stage in the three headline slots but just as soon as it’s over the bookies are looking ahead to next year.  As far back as last year Michael Eavis suggested he already has two of the three headliners for 2017 lined up which has led to bookmakers and music fans …