The Wombles of Wimbledon Common have hit back at Glastonbury Festival organiser Michael Eavis saying booking them for the event was "a bit of a mistake".
The band, created by Mike Batt, is set to play the Avalon stage on the final day of the Somerset festival, June 26, but Mr Eavis said he wasn't happy about them performing on the bill, alongside the likes of U2 and Coldplay.
He said: "I've got about 25 stages and managers and bookers for each of the stages. I can't control every single one of them but I do get cross about that kind of thing."
But Mr Batt said the band, who scored hits in the 70s with the likes of 'Remember You're a Womble', would prove him wrong.
"He probably doesn't realise what a fantastic live act the Wombles are," he said.
"Uncle Bulgaria told me he thinks Mr Eavis is probably perfectly aware that festivals like his are so popular because they offer an eclectic mix for everybody.
"It isn't very nice to think that you have been booked at a festival where you aren't welcome, but we hope Mr Eavis will pop along to the Avalon stage on Sunday to check out the reaction for himself.
"We might even give him a glass of Madame Cholet's special dandelion cordial.
"Contrary to what he says, the Avalon is a substantial stage and there is huge excitement about the Wombles' appearance."
The original Womble characters were created by Elisabeth Beresford in 1968.
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