Billie Eilish announced as Glastonbury 2022 headliner

04 October 2021, 10:02 | Written by Cerys Kenneally

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Billie Eilish has been announced as a headliner for Glastonbury Festival 2022, making her the youngest solo headliner ever.

This morning Glastonbury Festival has confirmed its Friday headliner for 2022 - Billie Eilish.

News of Eilish's headliner slot comes after the star teased on socials last night (3 October) that she would be playing next year's festival. She shared an image of her wearing a Glastonbury Festival hoodie and wrote "2022" next to it.

We are very excited to confirm that @billieeilish will headline the Pyramid Stage on the Friday night at Glastonbury 2022, to become the Festival's youngest ever solo headliner. This will be her first UK festival headline performance. pic.twitter.com/k307gNKyAU
— Glastonbury Festival (@glastonbury) October 4, 2021

ooohh so she’s playing glastonbury in 2022 pic.twitter.com/4OFcPnbnLx
— clarisse ’s billie bossa nova (@bilslonely) October 3, 2021

Eilish will be the Festival’s youngest solo headliner ever, and it'll also mark her first UK festival headline performance.

Emily Eavis said, "We couldn’t be happier to announce that the wondrous Billie Eilish is headlining the Pyramid on the Friday at next year’s Glastonbury Festival, becoming the youngest solo headliner in our history. This feels like the perfect way for us to return and I cannot wait!"

Glastonbury Festival will return to Worthy Farm from 22-26 June 2022. Visit glastonburyfestivals.co.uk for more information.