Glastonbury will be headlined by a traditional act next year after festival bosses admitted the event lost money.
Organiser Michael Eavis said the presence of hip hop star Jay Z had helped to convince traditional bands the festival was worthwhile and they wopuld be topping the bill in 2009.
Eavis said: "We'll probably be going for the more traditional headliner next year because there are more of them around and after this year everyone wants to come onboard because it was such a good do."
He also revealed fans wanting to attend next year's Glastonbury Festival will be able to reserve their tickets six months in advance for the first time via an innovative deposit system.
From October, 100,000 tickets will be made available for a £50 deposit with fans paying the full amount on April 1.
If fans decide not to go ahead with the purchase they will charged a £10 fee.
Eavis said they were changing the ticketing system because of the confusion surrounding the sale of this year's tickets and to beat other major music festivals.
He also announced the ticket price will increase to cover costs including an unbudgeted £160,000 on fuel which arose because of the increase in the price of oil.
Despite the price increase Eavis said he expected there to be a high demand for next year's festival.
He said: "Everybody wants to come - everywhere I go people say 'oh we should've been there and we're so fed up about it' because it was so good."
He also revealed he will continue to organise the festival despite the stress it causes him.
He said: ""I've never enjoyed it so much although I've had a lot of worries this year with the tickets not selling - I lost half a stone in weight at one point.
"I was so scared but it came through. So when you get so scared like that and then when it comes right in the end it's fantastic."
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