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Paul McCartney is the latest act to be chalked off as being a potential Glastonbury Festival 2019 headliner, after the former Beatle recently announced tour dates in late June.

McCartney has revealed he will be in Arizona on the Wednesday of the festival and Las Vegas on the Saturday.

The pop legend was a hot favourite to take one of the two remaining top spots at the Pilton festival alongside Stormzy, who will headline the main stage in the Friday night.

However, many fans have now given up hope of Hey Jude ringing out at Worthy Farm.

So, who else could take on the remaining headliner slots?

Here's the rest of the main candidates...

Foals

Foals stormed the Pyramid Stage in 2016 when they sub-headlined for Muse, and many music fans think they could make the step up to the big slot in 2019.

The indie band are priced at 6/1 to top the bill on the main stage, and have recently announced a world tour including UK dates around the time of Glastonbury.

The band were recently asked by Annie Mac live on Radio 1 if they have any plans to play Glastonbury Festival.

In response, frontman Yannis Philippakis said: "We genuinely don't know.

"If Emily Eavis is on the line, then ask her...

"We would love to go back."

The Killers

The Killers surprised everyone by turning up unannounced to Glastonbury for a secret set in 2017.

The band played to a raucous John Peel tent on the Sunday of the festival, and the Las Vegas rockers were so popular amongst festival-goers that the entire field had to be shut off by staff for health and safety reasons.

A short hour-long set meant they played hit after hit, including favourites such as When You Were Young , and Mr Brightside , and afterwards the band described the gig as a “rumpus”, and "the craziest it's ever been".

The band has recently been slashed to odds-on favourites - 4/6 - to headline the Pyramid Stage in 2019.

After being so well-received last time around, we think they may well be back again in 2019 for a billed set.

The Cure

A lot of people reckon The Cure will be bringing their alternative rock to the Pyramid Stage in 2019.

The band, that rose to prominence in the eighties, has been described as a "sure bet" by bookies, after they revealed they’ll be headlining "around 20 festivals" in 2019.

In September, lead singer Robert Smith wrote on Twitter: "We will be headlining around 20 festivals next summer, mostly in Europe."

The band are the top favourites to take one of the remaining Glastonbury headliner slots according to bookmakers, priced at just 1/3.

The Strokes

The Strokes are rumoured to appear at Glastonbury 2019 after Nick Grimshaw made the claim twice on his BBC Radio 1 drive-time show.

The radio DJ said on January 10 that he had been told “a vicious rumour that The Strokes are playing Glastonbury this year”.

He had already told listeners that the band were rumoured for the festival on the show the day before.

The Strokes are third favourites for a Glastonbury headliner slot, priced at 5/6 with bookies.

The indie band are set to play their first show in over two years at Spanish festival Bilbao BBK Live between July 12 and 14, two weeks after Glastonbury.

Lady Gaga

Lady Gaga could be bringing her Poker Face to the Pyramid Stage in 2019.

Tour dates for the worldwide pop sensation show that she will finish a long stint in Las Vegas on June 15, two weeks before Glastonbury.

Film star Bradley Cooper, who she starred with in A Star Is Born, has spoken out about his love for Glastonbury Festival, and has also revealed he is in talks to perform at the 2019 event.

After stepping onto the Pyramid Stage in 2017 to record a scene for the film, Cooper has opened up on how he travels to Somerset every year for the Pilton event, and how once he is there he "never wants to leave".

The star of the big screen claimed in October that he was talking with festival organiser Emily Eavis regarding a musical set on the Park Stage next year.

It's possible he could join up once again with Lady Gaga to perform some songs from the smash hit film on the Pyramid Stage.

Lady Gaga is priced at 9/2 to grace the Pyramid Stage as a headliner in 2019.

Spice Girls

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It was widely reported in December that the Spice Girls were in talks with Glastonbury Festival over a headline slot at the 2019 event.

It has been reported that Scary Spice confirmed the group were in talks with Glastonbury Festival organisers during a recent podcast, with the "scoop" first broken by Simon Boyle in his Bizarre column for The Sun.

On the Table Manners with Jessie Ware podcast, Spice Girl Mel B said: "I think that's [Glastonbury's] been talked about.

"But that's so pop and so cool and indie. That's funny, that would be funny to me.

"That would be great. No, I think Mel C would really appreciate something like that, for us to do. She's the cool indie chick."

The Spice Girls are priced at 11/2 to top the bill on the Pyramid Stage.

Stereophonics

Stereophonics could be an outside bet, after the band's lead singer said they are "due" another Glastonbury appearence.

The Handbags and Gladrags rock band, who headlined the Pyramid Stage in 2002, will play at Westonbrit Arboretum in Gloucestershire on Thursday, June 13, and then at Thetford Forest in Suffolk on Sunday, June 23.

Their next gig after that is at Lytham Festival in early July, meaning there is plenty of scope for a Worthy Farm appearance at the end of June in between the announced dates.

In November 2017, lead singer Kelly Jones told NME : "We haven't had any offers for the Glastonbury thing for a while. Up until the last few years I didn't think people were allowed to it more than once, but then Coldplay did a couple of times and then Muse, and all of a sudden it's like 'so that is possible'.

"So we are waiting for the offer. I'd like to do Glastonbury again, defintely. It's due. I'd like to do it again because I can't f***ing remember the first time we headlined it."

Still Paul McCartney?

Despite it looking extremely unlikely, some fans haven't given up hope of Paul McCartney gracing the Pyramid Stage.

Las Vegas is eight hours behind the UK, so with McCartney performing in Sin City on Saturday June 29, there's no way he can play Glastonbury on the Saturday evening.

But if Macca finishes at around 11pm in Vegas, 7am on Sunday June 30 on this side of the pond, there could be time for a quick plane ride over the sea.

If we assume that a McCartney set on Sunday night would start at 9pm (BST), then he has approximately 14 hours of travelling time to get from stage to stage.

Could the 70-year-old pull the unthinkable?

All odds quotes in this article were taken from SkyBet on Friday January 25

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