U2 will be headlining the 40th Glastonbury music festival in England next summer, reports CBC. The Irish band will take a break from its North American tour to appear at the festival for the first time on June 25.

“At last the biggest band in the world is going to do the best festival in the world,” said Michael Eavis, head of the festival. “Nothing could be better for our 40-year party, and there are even more surprises in the pipeline.”

The first batch of tickets for the festival went on sale in early October and all 180,000 sold out within 24 hours. Eavis says at least 13,000 more tickets will be put on sale in 2010 for the event, which will run June 23-27.

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