B.B. King Glastonbury

03/04/2011
. (Gibson) The 85-year-old blues guitarist and bona fide pop music legend B.B. King will perform at Glastonbury this year.

King, one of the few blues greats still alive and performing, told the Daily Telegraph why he continues to play shows well into his 80s: "If I stop I don't get paid."

Brit Awards Best Album winners, Mumford & Sons, have also been confirmed for the U.K.'s legendary music and arts festival and will play on Friday evening, before Primal Scream. more on this story

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