Minogue invited to headline ’07 Glastonbury

2 years after battling breast cancer, festival’s founder asks her to perform

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updated 7:38 p.m. ET April 11, 2006

LONDON - Kylie Minogue has been asked to headline the Glastonbury music festival in 2007, two years after she canceled her performance when she was diagnosed with breast cancer.

Michael Eavis, a working farmer who stages the event — the highlight of the British summer music calendar — in his own fields, said he has asked the 37-year-old Australian pop star to perform next summer.

The festival will not be held this year, to allow his cows to graze uninterrupted through the summer.

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"Kylie is coming back hopefully. Her people are quite confident, she wants to do it," Eavis told reporters Tuesday at the London premiere of "Glastonbury," a movie documenting the festival's 35-year history.

"Her shows are so theatrical they are almost like a circus in a way, which really fits in with Glastonbury," he said.

Minogue, who underwent surgery last year, pulled out of a headline slot at the 2005 festival and canceled parts of an international tour following her diagnosis.