30 replies to this topic

[guypjfreak]

so as you can see all the other festis are revealing there line ups but which would you prefer?

A to know whos playing now or
B to have it like it is now and to be surprised nearer the time  

me personally like being surprised and going wow at the line up and trying to guess whos going to play  

[jimmyt]

I'd like to know some of the line up and for there to be some fairly significant gaps so that there remains an element of speculation.  I would really like to know some of the acts (including headliners on the pyramid, other, west holts and JP) NOW!!!

[dirty_dog]

right now its pissing me off not knowing but hopefully it'll be worth the wait. I don't think we'll hear much till the new year now.

[mr flow]

I prefer to find out as late as possible

I remember going to Glasto in 1998 for the first time and I didn't find out who was playing until I got to the site. Was a great way of doing it but near on impossible to do now a days

[thelizardking]

Id like to know now because then I can give all the bands a listen that I haven't heard of and avoid missing them at the fest

[grumpyhack]

I'm glad Glasto doesn't announced the line up until after the ticket sales, including the resale, are over.  It puts off those who might otherwise go for just one band.  A week before the fest is early enough for me or even finding out when we get there.
I can get enough excitement just thinking about going to Glasto.  I don't need the extra of what bands I'll be seeing.

[LEDZEP66]

I would think the bands who get booked would like to be announced as soon as possible. That way they can get some album sales in before the festival.

[5co77ie]

I would like it like the old days where I didn't know who was playing until I opened the programme and looked through it over a pint or two of burrow Hill.

[ivan]

mr flow, on 17 December 2010 - 12:16 PM, said:

I prefer to find out as late as possible

I remember going to Glasto in 1998 for the first time and I didn't find out who was playing until I got to the site. Was a great way of doing it but near on impossible to do now a days

My friend is a single parent , works full time , spends lots of times running the kids around and
in 2008 ( I think it was ) she had no idea of the full line up until the day before we set off for
G ! ,

"JUST TOO BUSY !!!"

    

[nufc1978]

well this year im gonna try to get to the festival without knowing whos playing  (gonna be hard) and if i find primal scream the strokes or iggy and the stooges on the line up im gonna go to eavis's farmhouse and rip down all his drainpipes!!!

[grumpyhack]

LEDZEP66, on 17 December 2010 - 01:30 PM, said:

I would think the bands who get booked would like to be announced as soon as possible. That way they can get some album sales in before the festival.

Not necessarily.  They may be doing other gigs or tours in the lead up to Glasto and the knowledge that people can see them at the fest may hit their general tour sales.

[thelizardking]

nufc1978, on 17 December 2010 - 03:43 PM, said:

well this year im gonna try to get to the festival without knowing whos playing  (gonna be hard) and if i find primal scream the strokes or iggy and the stooges on the line up im gonna go to eavis's farmhouse and rip down all his drainpipes!!!

i dont michael eavis wears drainpipes, but why would you want to pull them down anyway :S

[eFestivals]

grumpyhack, on 17 December 2010 - 04:28 PM, said:

Not necessarily.  They may be doing other gigs or tours in the lead up to Glasto and the knowledge that people can see them at the fest may hit their general tour sales.

Yep - that's the case with all festivals, not just Glastonbury.

Tho to be correct, the bands themselves might not care much about the delay in announcing, but the promoters who are promoting those other shows definitely do. I'm aware from bits and pieces I hear that certainly the bigger bands are aware that they need to be keeping those promoters happy by not undermining other shows they're doing.

In the case of Glastonbury, the announcements are (nowadays) later than they might otherwise be precisely because the bands are playing on the cheap, so that the good causes can benefit. The payback that Glastonbury are able to give those bands is to announce them later than they could do, so that they're able to better financially exploit other opportunities.

If we got the announcements early, we wouldn't get the bands that we get playing at Glastonbury.

[guypjfreak]

nufc1978, on 17 December 2010 - 03:43 PM, said:

well this year im gonna try to get to the festival without knowing whos playing  (gonna be hard)

if not impossible old son but good luck trying itll mean ..no watching on tv or magazines no papers and def no radio oh nearly forgot no popping on here       
so good luck  

[Ricochet]

Life wouldnt be the same if went straight from Rev A to Rev R of Halvin's Clashfinder.
Its all part of the annual unfolding drama of Glastonbury, waiting for the lineup to be finally confirmed.
Definitely option B for me.

[irons]

Glastonbury has sold out, I doubt they're worrying to much.
For me T In The park is shaping up nicely, bought an early bird as it's 5 mins up the road and always has something for me. But Glasto is the king and will pull throu.

[MilkyJoe]

I like the little snippets of information about who is playing that you get in the months leading up, it keeps the glastobation ticking along! Wouldn't be the same if we knew the line up in September.

[grumpyhack]

MilkyJoe, on 18 December 2010 - 05:50 PM, said:

I like the little snippets of information about who is playing that you get in the months leading up, it keeps the glastobation ticking along! Wouldn't be the same if we knew the line up in September.

Except it's an opportunity for people to whinge.  I hate the negatives, people who moan about U2/Take That or whoever.  No line up will ever satisfy everyone but I wish people would glastobate in a positive way about the bands they're pleased to see or would recommend rather than spending a lot of time complaining about a handful they don't like.

[Bradders]

I don't want them to announce the lineup before tickets are on sale. Definitely not. But once it's sold out I'd like them to just be announced as and when they're booked. Purely to curb my impatience.

[**claire**]

Bradders, on 18 December 2010 - 10:20 PM, said:

I don't want them to announce the lineup before tickets are on sale. Definitely not. But once it's sold out I'd like them to just be announced as and when they're booked. Purely to curb my impatience.

This!