You certainly can't accuse Glastonbury chief Michael Eavis of resting on his laurels. This year's bash wasn't even concluded by the time he made the announcement that the 2015 headliners are already booked.

Of course, he's keeping tight-lipped on precisely who they are but we do know that, sadly, Prince will not be among them. Speaking at the festival's annual press conference yesterday morning, Eavis dropped a playful hint or two.

"We've got three headliners already – and that's without Prince," he said. "We've got some good headliners. We had an agent [for a band] yesterday on the platform by the stage watching Metallica with me, saying, 'My band want to do it next year'. I can't tell you who it was but that was done on the platform watching Metallica. Is it a British artist? He's definitely British, but the band are not British any more.

"We're always having a go at Prince, but it's up to him whether he wants to do it or not. Most of the people in the world want him to play here. I did ask him to hop on the train and come down so I can show him around the farm sometime. It hasn't been taken up yet."