Headliners 2016

[T-Mouse]

13 minutes ago, Mezhyp1 said:

Neil and Co must have had word that's she's looking good for the Saturday headline slot 

I'm almost tempted to have the 9/2 on offer with Betfair Sportsbook for Adele to headline the Saturday night, I can only see that price getting a lot shorter 

Ive just put 50 big ones on her for the saturday.

Way i see it. If its her. Brilliant. Shes paid for my ticket. If it isnt her? Great. Theres a chance shes not headlining

[fatyeti24]

5 minutes ago, tonyblair said:

There's a teat-time slot? What is the significance of that?

one has to know the appropriate time to suckle.

[krisskross]

Aretha Franklin or something for the curveball legends / tea-time slot.

[thewayiam]

2 minutes ago, T-Mouse said:

Ive just put 50 big ones on her for the saturday.

Way i see it. If its her. Brilliant. Shes paid for my ticket. If it isnt her? Great. Theres a chance shes not headlining

What site? Betfair isn't coming up an option.

[cdm22]

1 hour ago, Gnomicide said:

Did he quote a time? Thought he said one but I didn't quite catch it.

Weird! I was following up to the Coldplay comment rather than your one. Yours wasn't on here when i posted!

[russycarps]

8 minutes ago, tonyblair said:

There's a teat-time slot? What is the significance of that?

the mind boggles..

 

[Brave Sir Robin]

4 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

Swizz sold out Hyde Park. She's a headliner.

In terms of popularity, sure - and I note Emily labelled the Sunday slot "a fourth headline slot in a way" in her chat with the Beeb.

[across97]

9 minutes ago, Gnomicide said:

Of course they were talking about it, as big as a headliner, Dolly, Lionel all mentioned in the same part of the conversation. How people are thinking the two are different things is beyond me.

Is there a chance of something this week? When do we usually hear the first announcement or is there no real pattern?

[Gnomicide]

Lionel was announced 30th November last year.

[fatyeti24]

1 minute ago, across97 said:

Is there a chance of something this week? When do we usually hear the first announcement or is there no real pattern?

you need the thingy

 

http://theglastonburythingy.weebly.com/

[Razza_bezza]

Just now, Gnomicide said:

Lionel was announced 30th November last year.

My bad I thought it was the 23rd anyway the glasto activity has heightened this last week ME & EE both doing interviews, professing to have a lot of the lineup sorted maybe we should expect an early Crimbo pressie..... Please

[across97]

2 minutes ago, fatyeti24 said:

you need the thingy

 

http://theglastonburythingy.weebly.com/

Thats quite handy, though I couldnt spot any pattern, I can see that its fairly likely that we could hear something before xmas

[thewayiam]

2 minutes ago, Razza_bezza said:

My bad I thought it was the 23rd anyway the glasto activity has heightened this last week ME & EE both doing interviews, professing to have a lot of the lineup sorted maybe we should expect an early Crimbo pressie..... Please

Let's have the Legend slot announcd this Sunday.

[Mezhyp1]

1 minute ago, thewayiam said:

Let's have the Legend slot announcd this Sunday.

Gazza there's the betfair link 

https://www.betfair.com/sport/event/in_en?id=27563010&sportId=10

Adele is 5/2 now, 9/2 certainly didn't last long as expected 

[T-Mouse]

4 minutes ago, Mezhyp1 said:

Gazza there's the betfair link 

https://www.betfair.com/sport/event/in_en?id=27563010&sportId=10

Adele is 5/2 now, 9/2 certainly didn't last long as expected 

My bad!

[Deaf Nobby Burton]

The legend slot has never been official though has it? I mean, it is the legend slot now, as a legend has performed in that slot for a number of years now, but at some point they will run out of suitable legends, so it makes sense not to pigeonhole themselves too much. Essentially the sing-along slot would be a good name for it, meaning it doesn't have to be a legend.

[thewayiam]

4 minutes ago, Mezhyp1 said:

Gazza there's the betfair link 

https://www.betfair.com/sport/event/in_en?id=27563010&sportId=10

Adele is 5/2 now, 9/2 certainly didn't last long as expected 

Cheers, I couldn't find it anywhere. £10 on with £35 isn't great mind, not aure I trust it more so.

[JoeyT]

Just think in 4 months time the chances are we'll be no closer to knowing the headliners than we are today.

4 more months of guessing.

[eFestivals]

9 minutes ago, Razza_bezza said:

My bad I thought it was the 23rd anyway the glasto activity has heightened this last week ME & EE both doing interviews, professing to have a lot of the lineup sorted maybe we should expect an early Crimbo pressie..... Please

Michael was giving a talk at a time of the organisers choosing, and Emily has given an interview at the time of the interviewer's choosing - it's nothing more than that.

Emily's always been amenable to interviews at any time we've asked her, so there's probably nothing more to it than that.

[Brave Sir Robin]

If GFL were about to make a big announcement then I'd have thought that would mean they wouldn't be doing interviews - save that for a quiet time/closer to ticket balance week.

[CaledonianGonzo]

Emily referred to the Sunday Legend slot as the "Teatime Slot" just last year:



http://www.glastonburyfestivals.co.uk/lionel-richie-to-play-glastonbury-2015/

We’ve had some amazing performances in the Sunday teatime slot over the years, from Neil Diamond, Shirley Bassey, Paul Simon and many others.

[eFestivals]

12 minutes ago, Brave Sir Robin said:

If GFL were about to make a big announcement then I'd have thought that would mean they wouldn't be doing interviews - save that for a quiet time/closer to ticket balance week.

while that's maybe true, they wouldn't necessarily know that they'll be making (if they were) an announcement in a week's time.

 

[eFestivals]

8 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

Emily referred to the Sunday Legend slot as the "Teatime Slot" just last year:



http://www.glastonburyfestivals.co.uk/lionel-richie-to-play-glastonbury-2015/

In the position of promoter, she's probably not too comfortable labelling acts as 'oldies' or 'legends' because it implies has-beens and that'#s not necessarily how an act might see itself, and take offence. 'Teatime Slot' might just be the performer-friendly terminology to use.

[stuartbert two hats]

3 minutes ago, eFestivals said:

In the position of promoter, she's probably not too comfortable labelling acts as 'oldies' or 'legends' because it implies has-beens and that'#s not necessarily how an act might see itself, and take offence. 'Teatime Slot' might just be the performer-friendly terminology to use.

And helps when the bookings are somewhat less than 'legendary'.

[eFestivals]

Just now, stuartbert two hats said:

And helps when the bookings are somewhat less than 'legendary'.

yeah, that too.

Back in the very first year they had this slot ('94, was it?) it was Tom Jones (before he became 'cool' again), and there were some people waiting on the barrier all day convinced it was going to be .... Prince.