Radiohead have been confirmed to headline Glastonbury 2017.

The iconic British band, who released their first album in six years a few months ago, have revealed that they will be headlining the Pyramid stage on the Friday night.

Announced on the festival’s official Twitter account, and then retweeted by Radiohead, the tweet simply read: “Friday 23 June 2017 @radiohead.”

The announcement comes after months of rumours that the band were set to return to Worthy Farm in their first UK festival appearance since 2011.

The rumours stepped up a notch on Thursday morning after a fans spotted the ‘angry bear’ symbol being painted into the grass near the site.

This will be the band’s third time headlining the Pyramid Stage following previous headline appearances in 1997 and 2003.

Radiohead’s Ed O’Brien recently admitted that he’d be keen to perform at the festival.

“I would love to. I go to Glastonbury every year, it’s my carnival,” he said.

“To be asked to play at Glastonbury again would be magic. I also think Glastonbury is like our spiritual home. It is the mother of all festivals… there’s nothing like that one… It would be great to play there."

Daft Punk and The Stone Roses are rumoured to be the other headliners for 2017.