Grimshaw: One Direction will 'never play' Glastonbury

Nick Grimshaw has said that One Direction will "never play" at Glastonbury.

The Radio 1 DJ will be hosting some of the BBC coverage for this year's event.
He said only pop stars who were "incredible artists" should play there and that One Direction didn't fit the traditional sound of the festival.

I don't think One Direction's music sounds like the stuff that is historically supported by Glastonbury

Nick Grimshaw

Noel Gallagher criticised Beyonce for headlining Glastonbury in 2011 and also questioned husband Jay-Z's appearance three years before.
But Nick Grimshaw says Beyonce was the perfect headliner for Glastonbury.
He said: "People were a bit like, 'Should she be playing Glastonbury?' because she isn't a man with a guitar but she killed it.
"I think Rihanna could play it, I think Rihanna would be great to see, she did Hackney and she was incredible."
The Radio 1 Breakfast Show host also said he was looking forward to seeing Rita Ora play, adding: "I guess Rita's music sort of takes loads of stuff from music that would be like dub and reggae that would be played and house music that would played at Glastonbury.

 
One Direction won three prizes at last year's Radio 1 Teen Awards 
 
"I don't think One Direction's music sounds like the stuff that is historically supported by Glastonbury."
The BBC will cover 250 hours from the festival's six main stages.
Glastonbury began in 1970, the day after Jimmy Hendrix died.
Tickets cost £1 including free milk from the farm and the attendance went from 1,500 in 1970 to 135,000 revellers in 2011.

Gates open on the 26 June for this year's event after a gap in 2012 due to the Olympics and to give the farmland a chance to recover.