MUMBAI: At the eleventh hour, Glastonbury Festival organisers announced that hip-hop star Azealia Banks has now axed her performance. The ‘212’ singer was scheduled to perform on The Other Stage at the iconic festival in England on Saturday, 27 Jun.

Glastonbury Festival made the announcement throught the festival’s official Twitter handle.

NEWS: Azealia Banks has had to pull out of her Saturday Other Stage performance. She will be replaced by The Strypes.

— Glastonbury Festival (@GlastoFest) June 26, 2015

No reason was given for the cancellation, but she will be replaced by Irish rock band The Strypes. The band is scheduled to release its second studio album ‘Little Victories’ on 24 July via Virgin EMI Records. Meanwhile, Banks will make her acting debut in the upcoming musical drama ‘It Doesn't Have to Rhyme’.

Glastonbury kicked off on Friday, 26 June with a surprise performance by British rockers The Charlatans. Another surprise act that was announced is Grammy Award nominated British indie group Bastille. The band took to Twitter to announce its participation in the coveted festival.

So happy to be back at Glastonbury! We play 13.30 at William's Green if anybody's about and fancies popping down. pic.twitter.com/lsxmPmuabl

— BASTILLE (@bastilledan) June 26, 2015

It was announced last week that Florence and The Machine will headline the iconic Pyramid Stage, replacing Foo Fighters on Friday, 26 June.