Glastonbury 2016: Internet rages over Coldplay's headliner slot

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Kelly Rissman

US News Reporter

Coldplay is the first of Glastonbury 2016's headliners to be announced; news which now marks them as the first act to ever headline the festival four times.

The band previously headlined in 2002, 2005, and 2011. Though this year's slot marks the band's only major festival appearance outside of Radio 1's Big Weekend, the group will also be undertaking a worldwide stadium tour in promotion of their new album A Head Full of Dreams in the coming months. The news also follows hot on the heels of their appearance at this year's Super Bowl halftime show.

Yet, People are not pleased the famously divisive band have once more nabbed the top spot. Truly, Coldplay has managed to produce a brand of music so offensively inoffensive that they can somehow sustain a pool of haters as equally expansive as their hordes of fans.

Indeed, the news Coldplay will have graced the top spot at the festival more times than any other act has either been met with appreciative awe or a horror at the perceived dulling of Glastonbury's history of promoting subversive, exciting music.

However, one brave man took a stand against the hate.
 

Elsewhere, the band are set to be awarded a Godlike Genius award at this year's NME awards; alongside a performance slot at next week's Brit Awards, taking place 24 February, in which they've been nominated both for Best British album and Best British Group.

The other headliners have yet to be announced; though possible candidates are Foo Fighters, Muse, Adele, and The Stone Roses.

Glastonbury takes place from Thursday 23 June to Sunday 26 June.