Tillman has released three singles from the album so far: ‘Mr. Tillman’, ‘Disappointing Diamonds Are The Rarest of Them All’ and ‘Just Dumb Enough to Try’. He also released a music video for ‘Mr. Tillman’ last week.

Pure Comedy was released last year to huge critical acclaim, with 5 star reviews from NME, The Guardian, and Mojo, as well as receiving a Grammy nomination for Best Alternative Music Album. It was also my personal pick for the best album of the year.

Tillman last played in the UK last year, and played Glastonbury Festival, and headlined End Of The Road – his first festival headlining show.

There will be two separate sections to Tillman’s tour of the UK and Ireland, with him originally arriving in May, but then coming back in October. Tickets go on sale at 10am on the 11th of May, and are available here.

May 

25 – Belfast, Ireland – BBC Music The Biggest Weekend
26 – Halifax, England – The Piece Hall
27 – London, England – All Points East Festival
28 – Dublin, Ireland – Vicar Street
29 – Dublin, Ireland – Vicar Street
30 – Dublin, Ireland – Vicar Street

October 

26 – Gateshead, England – Sage Gateshead
27 – Liverpool, England – Olympia
28 – Portsmouth, England – Portsmouth Guildhall
29 – Leicester, England – De Montfort Hall
30 – Bath, England – The Forum Bath

The full #Glastonbury2017 line-up – with set times – is here!
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— Glastonbury Festival (@GlastoFest) May 30, 2017

This announcement means that Glastonbury-goers can now plan their trip to Somerset accordingly. The line-up and set times for the Pyramid Stage are below:

Friday 23rd June:

Hacienda Classical: 10:45-11:30

Paul Carrack: 12:15-13:00

Blossoms: 13:30-14:15

First Aid Kit: 14:45-15:45

Kris Kristofferson: 16:15-17:15

Royal Blood: 17:45-18:45

The XX: 19:30-20:30

Radiohead: 21:30-23:45

Saturday 24th June:

The Bootleg Beetles With The Pepperland Sinfonia: 10:45-11:30

Vieux Farka Touré: 11:55-12:45

Jools Holland & His Rhythm & Blues Orchestra: 13:15-14:15

Craig David: 14:45-15:45

Run The Jewels: 16:15-17:15

Katy Perry: 18:00-19:00

The National: 19:45-20:45

Foo Fighters: 21:45-23:45

Sunday 25th June:

The Black Dyke Band: 10:30-11:10

Orchestra Baobab: 11:35-12:15

Jamie Cullum: 12:45-13:45

Laura Marling: 14:15-15:15

Barry Gibb: 16:00-17:15

Chic: 17:45-18:45

Biffy Clyro: 19:30-20:45

Ed Sheeran: 21:45-23:15

Glastonbury festival takes place over five days, starting on Wednesday the 21st of June, with tickets being sold out. However, the BBC usually broadcast the majority of the event meaning you don’t have to miss out on all the fun.

You can find the full line-up and set times for each stage here.

Speaking to the BBC Eavis explained the decision, ‘I am arranging for one year off, say every fifth year or so, to try and move the show to a site that’s more suitable, I have to say. But it would be a huge loss to Somerset if it went there forever, would it not? We’ve got a wonderful product, what we do, and we can do it almost anywhere. I love my own farm … I might have to move it eventually. Most people are on side now and it’s a wonderful, wonderful boost for the whole of Somerset and beyond as well.’ That ability to do it ‘almost anywhere’, apparently included Longleat Estate, with whom Eavis had ultimately unsuccessful discussions earlier in the year. Eavis does ultimately want to keep the festival based in Somerset though, insisting, ‘I don’t want to lose it for ever, no way.’ It seems something will have to be done though, according to the Oxford Union twitter account, Eavis told an audience that, ‘it’s nothing short of a miracle that we’re still going’, given the fact that, ‘Glastonbury is now so big we need to rent land from 22 other farmers.’

However, the solution may not be as simple as it at first appears, Eavis’ daughter Emily spoke to the BBC when Longleat was being considered as a possible site, and insisted that any change if site would also mean a change of name. She said, ‘It’s going to be the whole team behind the Glastonbury festival but it’s not going to be called Glastonbury. The main thing to set straight is that Glastonbury festival itself will always be at Worthy Farm.’

The festival already takes a regular ‘fallow year’ to ensure that the ground has time to recover. With the next fallow year scheduled to fall in 2018, it means that the 2017 edition of the festival could be the last at Worthy Farm for three years, making it even more highly anticipated than usual. The festival will take place between 21^st and 26^th June next year, with the main stages providing music between the 23^rd and 25^th. Radiohead are the only act officially confirmed to headline the festival while rumours continue to swirl about which other acts will appear on the bill. The Sun reported last month that Ed Sheeran had been confirmed as a headliner but there is no official word on this as yet. Foo Fighters were also rumoured to be on the bill at the same time, but again, Radiohead remain the only act written in pen on the bill. Also among the favourites to be the next acts confirmed are Daft Punk, Lady Gaga, Guns N’ Roses, Kasabian and The Stone Roses.

Festivals website eFestivals has released a statement with “well-sourced information”, suggesting that these will be the three acts to top the Pyramid Stage in 2017. Tickets for the festival sold out within an hour, despite the line-up having not been revealed.

Radiohead’s guitarist Ed O’Brien was on 6Music yesterday, interviewed by Matt Everitt. When asked about performing at the famous festival, he replied: “I would love to, I mean I go to Glastonbury every year, it’s my carnival, to be asked to play at Glastonbury again would be magic.

“And I also think that Glastonbury for us is kind of like our spiritual home. It is the mother of all festivals, we’ve been very lucky we’ve been asked to play festivals all over the world, and there’s some many great ones, but there’s nothing like that one.

“Everyone who leaves that Festival you’re with our tribe and that’s what I feel like. Being in Shangri-La at 3 o’clock in the morning, it doesn’t get better than this.  When we leave our faith is restored in humanity. You leave, and it’s like ‘people can be great can’t they, people can be absolutely amazing.’ So, yeah it will be great to play there.”

Along with Radiohead, rumours for The Stone Roses to perform are in talks. The band headlined T in the Park earlier this year at Strathallan Castle. The official statement from eFestivals states: “We also strongly believe The Stone Roses are the front runners to top the bill on Sunday, and while we are less certain on the third headlining act, we have had what should be well-sourced information several months ago, that it’s supposedly Daft Punk topping the bill on the Friday.”

Notably, the website has been correct in predicting the Glastonbury headliners in the past, reporting early that Metallica and Kasabian would headline in 2014.

Glastonbury Festival will run from 21-25 June next year.