Posted 26 February 2012 - 05:39 PM
The Stone Roses
New Order
The Happy Mondays
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds
Kanye West
Rihanna
Dizzee Rascal
The Rolling Stones
Pixies
The Black Keys
Roxy Music
Sort of a stab in the dark really, The Stone Roses would seem likely if they can stay together and The Rolling Stones are about to tour according to Ron Wood. the trajectory of Glastonbury seems to be heading towards Kanye playing, he went down a storm at Cochella last year (not so much at Big Chill though). All 3 acts are amongst my favourite ever acts, so there's personal bias in there as well. New Order, Happy Mondays and Noel seem like natural subs for Stone Roses, all 3 are sound acts (I've not seen Noel's own show yet, but the album was reasonably decent experience). I'm less enthusiastic about Rihanna and Dizzee, but I've seen both of them live and I was rather impressed by both even though pop isn't my cup of tea these days, and they're both big pop names that would fit Kanye and the festival's recent direction. I love Pixies and I have never seen them live, so that's why they're under The Stones, surely they've earned the right to play there, they're legends in their own right. Black Keys, up and coming act, a good solid act, they look like they'll be bona-fide rock stars by 2013. Roxy Music are a classic, I've no idea what their live performance is like these days, but the name alone earns them a spot in my eyes. Probably very inaccurate, I'd probably say Blur would play before Kanye or The Stones, but there we go. It would be a near-enough dream line-up for me anyway.