Headliners 2016

[ClementsMike]

11 hours ago, Purple aki squat said:

If it makes you feel any better I think you're right.

Eavis wants them, shows the week before, looks likely to me.

we're in the minority thinking this it seems.

Im with you!

[EamerRed]

6 minutes ago, ClementsMike said:

Im with you!

I'm off to see them the week before but I hope you're both right too!

[Chris Lfc]

12 minutes ago, Honeybane said:

So...

Fri - Radiohead

Sat - Adele

Sun - Coldplay

Is this what is currently the most likely?

Id say muse are more favoured over radiohead according to rumours and so on.. 

[Acid_Haze]

13 minutes ago, Honeybane said:

So...

Fri - Radiohead

Sat - Adele

Sun - Coldplay

Is this what is currently the most likely?

most likely is probably

Fri - Muse

Sat - Radiohead

Sun - Coldplay

but that is totally not right

[thewayiam]

13 minutes ago, Honeybane said:

So...

Fri - Radiohead

Sat - Adele

Sun - Coldplay

Is this what is currently the most likely?

No

[jparx]

2 minutes ago, Acid_Haze said:

most likely is probably

Fri - Muse

Sat - Radiohead

Sun - Coldplay

but that is totally not right

I wouldn't be especially bothered about Muse and Coldplay, and they are three headliners that have very similar appeal and have all headlined at least twice before, but it would be pretty neat to have the three acts most synonymous with Glastonbury all headlining in the same year. Plus, it would blow open the headliner possibilities going forward!

Edited February 4, 2016 by jparx
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[Maurice Mecca]

10 hours ago, ghostdancer1 said:

Muse are playing arenas probably because stadiums aren't available during March/April/May.

all of Coldplay's european gigs are during the summer when the football season has ended.

AFAIK Muse have some big 360degree stage show too, which probably works a lot better indoors rather than outdoors in a big wet stadium in Spring, much like U2's recent tour in the Autumn was multiple nights indoors rather than chancing October weather in a stadium with their A/V setup.

 

so I wouldn't read a huge amount into them playing arenas. they're still blatantly big festival headliner status.

 

Maybe they'll be playing the bandstand in the market then.

[A Guy Called Matt]

It seems the verdict is 3 from 4 or 5.........

but does anyone have any thoughts or feelings we are going to get a surprise and if so, who?

[FloorFiller]

1 minute ago, jparx said:

I wouldn't be especially bothered about Muse and Coldplay, and they are three headliners that have very similar appeal and have all headlined at least twice before, but it would be pretty neat to have the three acts most synonymous with Glastonbury all headlining in the same year. Plus, it would blow open the headliner possibilities going forward!

Yeah to be fair as one-note as those three headliners are, getting them all out of the way in one year would definitely make future headliner bookings a little more interesting, at least for four or five years anyway

[jparx]

Just now, A Guy Called Matt said:

It seems the verdict is 3 from 4 or 5.........

but does anyone have any thoughts or feelings we are going to get a surprise and if so, who?

I guess FM, AC/DC and Stone Roses could be potential surprises but all three seem VERY unlikely at this point.

[FloorFiller]

1 minute ago, A Guy Called Matt said:

It seems the verdict is 3 from 4 or 5.........

but does anyone have any thoughts or feelings we are going to get a surprise and if so, who?

I can't really see any other options bar the ones we've been going over and over. I guess Kanye came out of nowhere and wasn't even touring at the time last year so something similar could happen, but who? Christ knows. Most other options seem to be booked up or have just finished touring so unlikely to restart again just for Glastonbury

[Chris Lfc]

1 minute ago, FloorFiller said:

I can't really see any other options bar the ones we've been going over and over. I guess Kanye came out of nowhere and wasn't even touring at the time last year so something similar could happen, but who? Christ knows. Most other options seem to be booked up or have just finished touring so unlikely to restart again just for Glastonbury

FLEETWOOD MAC

[bennyhana22]

8 minutes ago, Maurice Mecca said:

Maybe they'll be playing the bandstand in the market then.

And people would take the trouble to downvote this post because...?

Jeez, people, get some happiness in your lives!

Ben

Edit: pettiness duly reversed for you, Maurice!

Edited February 4, 2016 by bennyhana22

[Acid_Haze]

2 minutes ago, Chris Lfc said:

FLEETWOOD MAC

I think they could definitely come out of the blue as a headliner.

[jparx]

3 minutes ago, Chris Lfc said:

FLEETWOOD MAC

I think I'd implode if FM and Radiohead both headlined. 

[Timmus26mus]

11 hours ago, Purple aki squat said:

If it makes you feel any better I think you're right.

Eavis wants them, shows the week before, looks likely to me.

we're in the minority thinking this it seems.

Let's hope so. It looked like a great crowd pleaser to me. 

[Chris Lfc]

Just now, Acid_Haze said:

I think they could definitely come out of the blue as a headliner.

They have already been in talks at some point but no one knows if those talks were confirmed or not. They have been rumoured for years so if there's someone could just appear from nowhere then its them. I've been holding onto this for a long time now

[jparx]

1 minute ago, Chris Lfc said:

They have already been in talks at some point but no one knows if those talks were confirmed or not. They have been rumoured for years so if there's someone could just appear from nowhere then its them. I've been holding onto this for a long time now

If there's any chance in the world that Adele is playing but not headlining, supporting FM would be a pretty good option I reckon. 

Can't see it happening at all though 

[FloorFiller]

The Mac not having any dates this year makes me think they're done for now, and I definitely can't see them starting up again for Glastonbury, who they turned down last year for the big IOW paycheque 

[Festival Liam]

If Glastonbury use up their three bankers (Coldplay, Muse and Radiohead) in one go, who is going to headline for the next 4 years?!?!

[ghostdancer1]

10 minutes ago, Festival Liam said:

If Glastonbury use up their three bankers (Coldplay, Muse and Radiohead) in one go, who is going to headline for the next 4 years?!?!

Foo Fighters and Ed Sheeran next year anyway.

2018 off

2019 ???? could be all sorts of sub level acts in the mix by then....Foals, The xx, Ellie Goulding....who knows?

[bennyhana22]

5 minutes ago, ghostdancer1 said:

Foo Fighters and Ed Sheeran next year anyway.

2018 off

2019 ???? could be all sorts of sub level acts in the mix by then....Foals, The xx, Ellie Goulding....who knows?

Ellie Goulding. Headlining Glastonbury. Saints preserve us.

We'll have become V festival...

Ben

[efcfanwirral]

1 hour ago, Acid_Haze said:

most likely is probably

Fri - Muse

Sat - Radiohead

Sun - Coldplay

but that is totally not right

 

that would genuinely be my favourite lineup ever. Big fan of all 3

[roughbloke]

I think the biggest thing I've heard today is Joey from Friends is the new Top Gear presenter....

[maelzoid]

2019 is a long way off. It could easily be some band who are currently slogging their way round the toilet circuit waiting to get signed.

Didn't Oasis, Coldplay and Arctic Monkeys all headline within 2 years of their debut album?