Emily Eavis rules out Fleetwood Mac and Led Zeppelin for Glastonbury's 50th anniversary

Glastonbury organiser Emily Eavis has shut down speculation that Fleetwood Mac and Led Zeppelin could perform at next year’s 50th anniversary festival.

Eavis, who is the daughter of festival co-founder Michael, said that fans would have to wait at least another year to see the music legends performing on the Pyramid stage due to the lengthy negotiations required to secure a band for the line-up.

Led Zeppelin have never played at Worthy Farm and have not performed together for more than a decade.

Fleetwood Mac’s Mick Fleetwood hinted earlier this year that the band could appear at the iconic festival in 2020, but Eavis confirmed that this would not be the case - despite her being “hopeful” that they will perform at the event “one day.”

“They are a band I’d love to have at Glastonbury,” she told Hugo Rifkind at the Cheltenham Literature Festival.

“I’ve always been quite open about the fact that we would really love to have them. I’m so hopeful that one day they will do it.

“But it’s not going to happen for 2020, forget it. I’m sorry. The other one is Led Zeppelin. People keep coming up to me again and saying ‘Is it true?’

“Let’s clear that up now. I do not think that is going to happen.”

Eavis assured the audience that the festival has “got a really good line-up coming together,” with “two out of three headliners” confirmed.

“We are still negotiating, and all summer on the last one, to a point where every day the kids go ‘any news?’” she added.

The special 50th anniversary Glastonbury Festival will take place from June 24 to June 28.

Diana Ross is the only act confirmed so far, with the Supremes star set to perform in the Sunday night ‘legends’ slot.

Additional reporting by Press Association