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  1. Not sure how you worked it out, but I would expect a couple more from the recent albums, like Space Invader and Smoke Detector.
  2. Considering their secret set in 2017, headlining in 2019,and Brandon appearance last year, I'd be amazed if they do a secret set this year.
  3. Not true, most, if not all, have a tow/transport mode, which releases the gear/electric handbrake, and is run from the 12V battery. Not much different to a modern ICE car with electric handbrake that runs out of petrol/diesel.
  4. Agreed. This was how it was for The National from friends who didn't know them before hand. Awesome might be a stretch, but they enjoyed it, whereas I (and people on here) weren't that impressed by it, given that we know what they're capable of. I imagine it will be the same here. A 1hr set in the daylight with fans saying "it was fine, could have been better", and people that don't know them thinking it was pretty good and maybe checking them out further. LCD/their agent probably specifically wanted to play the Pyramid too, to reach a wider audience. Placements are agreed in advance, especially with acts this size, so it's not as if they've realised they're subbing the PYramid, and not headlining Other again/Woddsies, and thought "oh sh*t, what a disaster placement"......
  5. A Maxi Jazz-less Faithless isn't playing the Pyramid on Thursday. Even if he was still a) alive, and b) in the band, they still wouldn't be playing the Pyramid on Thursday.
  6. Zero chance they're playing the Pyramid on Thursday. They may be headlining a stage on Thursday. They can try spin tht as headlining the festival on Thursday if they want. And Maxi Jazz left the band in 2016, they've been performing without him for several years....
  7. Should really just have them headlining Other again. Although at least it frees up a headliner slot to see someone else after them.....
  8. LCD headlining Other on Friday, Idles playing before them (and not clashing with Fontaines DC) would have made a lot more sense. Or even Jamie XX headlining Other, if LCD really want a Pyramid appearance....
  9. Worst clashes for me. The National / Justice / James Blake / London Grammar The National would 100% get the nod, but James Blakes new album is excellent and back to his electronic/post-dubstep stuff. Justice at WH last time was excellent, and London Grammar do a good show, albeit not enough to put above the others.
  10. I think you'll have far more going from LCD to Jamie XX or Jungle, tbh.
  11. Coldplay actually looking like a viable option, given the other choices.
  12. With those sort of streaming numbers, surely they're actually headlining the Pyramid. Maybe Coldplay could do the sunset slot on the Pyramid, eh?!
  13. Anyway, not many "wow" names, but loads of quality and acts I'd see throughout the lineup. Solid, if not spectacular.
  14. Yep, up until 3 weeks ago SZA was heavily rumoured for Other, and there's no way Idles were first choice for Other headliner. I like them but that will be a tiny crowd. Jamie xx will probably pull a much bigger crowd at the same time on Woodsies.
  15. Have you never seen a Pyramid stage lineup before? Keane are exactly the type of inoffensive rubbish that will be all over it, and has been for 20+ years.....
  16. Would agree with most of what you say, but at this point, she's one of the only possibilities left. Three weeks ago most people were predicting her for Other headliner. Now lots of people have decided that she's actually big enough to headline. Nothing about SZA has changed, just the possibilities of who could headline has changed, so there's some mental gymnastics going on to justify it. She's certainly big in the US which accounts for her massive streaming numbers, and has a large fanbase in the UK, but neither are well represented at Glastonbury. I'd say it's quite possible that she was originally penciled in as Other stage headliner, and after Madonna and Stevie Wonder fell through, they're bumping her up to headliner. It's a weak headliner, and unless the demographics of Glastonbury have significantly changed this year, it's going to be a very small Pyramid headliner crowd, but at this stage, it's most likely that she's headlining. I'm sure there'll be criticism from a huge amount of people given that she isn't a big name, but Emily can point towards giving a new act (especially a female POC) a leg up to headliner status, and get good PR.
  17. I did think about Grande last week, but there's a few interviews where she doesn't seem to want to tour at the moment. You'd think if there were tour dates lined up, she'd give some positive inclination towards performing live, even without giving specifics. Two others in the same vein that could drop in from nowhere: Lady Gaga - no tour dates, but has plenty of hits and would probably put on a good show. Have a vague recollection she posted something in a studio a few months back, but pretty unlikely. Katy Perry - has a random gig in Brazil in September, but nothing else for the year. Plenty of mainstream hits, and would probably do a good headline show, but played 3rd down in 2017 and hasn't done anything to get bumped up. Another long-shot that is touring: Pink - playing Liverpool on Friday and Saturday, but has no 3-night runs whatsoever on her tour, so pretty unlikely too.
  18. Flux was a single, so of course it got way more radio play than album track Price of Gasoline. That said, I do get your point. I'd much rather a setlist with 7 or 8 tracks from Silent Alarm and a few other* singles like Flux/The Prayer/Hunting For Witches/One More Chance/One Month Off, than the full 13 Silent Alarm tracks. They've toured Silent Alarm in full twice now. Just play the bangers at a festival. *no singles from the last 3 albums plz E: I thought people were talking about opening Other. A standard Woodsies set billed as SA in full is fine I guess. Would still prefer a mix for a secret set/Other opener.
  19. Yes, but that seemed like a bit of a reluctant announcement, possibly rushed due to covid rapidly taking hold.
  20. 2019, 2022 and 2023 were all announced early on a Friday morning, so I'd say Friday most likely.
  21. Gossip playing a bizarrely large outdoor gig here in Dublin. Whoever their booking agent is clearly doing a good job at getting them the biggest gigs possible. Might not be so good when they play to piss-poor crowds, but they'll already have their money at that point I guess.....
  22. ghostdancer1

    SZA

    Not really. The demographic that go to a SZA concert are much smaller contingent at Glastonbury, in my experience of both.
  23. ghostdancer1

    SZA

    I think SZA is a weak headliner and Glastonbury audience isn't remotely her usual fanbase (based on audience at her gig that I went to), but she's still multiples bigger than Raye.
  24. More monthly Spotify listeners than The Cure and Stormzy, so obviously he's headliner material........
  25. Thanks. Hopefully we don't have a year of "Emily said there'll be 3 female headliners next year" posts on here.....
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