Headliners 2016

[Woffy]

10 minutes ago, mrf said:

With car doors and windows shut, and the volume on very low.

And the CD case out of sight.

[Badlands]

Sometimes the most dangerous place to be is the middle of the road.

(I must have quoted that about half a dozen times on these boards this year)

[Amy Lawn]

2 hours ago, mrf said:

With car doors and windows shut, and the volume on very low.

The window open just a crack, with a tube connected to the exhaust poking in through the window. Engine on, weeping about how she consciously uncoupled you.

[Woffy]

18 minutes ago, GETOFFAMYLAWN said:

The window open just a crack, with a tube connected to the exhaust poking in through the window. Engine on, weeping about how you consciously uncoupled him and pushed him into the arms of Jennifer Lawrence.

 

[Amy Lawn]

Chris' soul cries out for Gwyneth every time Jennifer says "kale for tea again? But we've already had it twice this week".

[Woffy]

3 hours ago, GETOFFAMYLAWN said:

Chris' soul cries out for Gwyneth every time Jennifer says "kale for tea again? But we've already had it twice this week".

It's nothing some emergency pilates and an adolescent rhyming couplet won't solve.

[Winslow Leach]

21 minutes ago, Woffy said:

It's nothing some emergency pilates and an adolescent rhyming couplet won't solve.

Every time I hear that line in Lost about there always being a bigger fish, I imagine Chris Martin laying down his lyric writing pen in amazement at his own poetic prowess and letting out a Keanu in Bill & Ted style 'woah...'

[Badlands]

3 hours ago, Winslow Leach said:

Every time I hear that line in Lost about there always being a bigger fish, I imagine Chris Martin laying down his lyric writing pen in amazement at his own poetic prowess and letting out a Keanu in Bill & Ted style 'woah...'

Probably the last decent verse from Jay is on that

[Mash011]

Re: the new Coldplay album, just listen to 'Up&Up' and give the rest of it a miss. That track is decent but there's little worth paying attention to on the rest of it.

[kingbadger]

Hot Chip

[rzwodezwo]

Accidentally stumbled on page 1 of this thread. What happened to the Biffy Clyro rumours? 

[justperfect]

Deemed not big enough to headline  (or that's the rumour)

[ben2782]

I'm going to rant now.

A lot of time dedicated to Coldplay here, rightly so as it appears they will be headlining. At this stage thought I can't see me spending a lot of time at the Pyramid this year which is a shame as it is the iconic place to be. At least one headliner should be seen each year.

However with Muse, Adele and Coldplay seemingly being the acts to fulfil these slots I'm left with a disappointed taste in my mouth.

Muse = An overblown rock opera which has got way out of hand. They used to be good don't get me wrong but I'm tired of the worble.

Adele = Teary Saturday night in/out. Great songs, great albums but on such a big stage she'll be lost and that voice won't carry. Not enough stage presence and it'll be more disappointing than good.

Coldplay = God what do you say to this? Agree with everything said about Parachutes and Rush of Blood to the Head but after that? New song is utter rubbish and it doesn't matter what people say they're just not very good.

It's a laddy thing to say but I had my hopes on Stone Roses. Biffy would have been interesting as would have Foals been. I'm sure there'll be much better and more interesting bands on the other stages which is just as well as I sense (no matter what the haters say) that most people are a little deflated at the idea of this being the three big headliners for what in part has been a magical 5 or so years with experiment (Jay-Z, Kanye, Metallica etc) and big acts (Stones, U2 (even thought they weren't great).

I have everything crossed these rumours are just that and there'll be something better.

[russycarps]

2 hours ago, ben2782 said:

I'm going to rant now.

A lot of time dedicated to Coldplay here, rightly so as it appears they will be headlining. At this stage thought I can't see me spending a lot of time at the Pyramid this year which is a shame as it is the iconic place to be. At least one headliner should be seen each year.

However with Muse, Adele and Coldplay seemingly being the acts to fulfil these slots I'm left with a disappointed taste in my mouth.

Muse = An overblown rock opera which has got way out of hand. They used to be good don't get me wrong but I'm tired of the worble.

Adele = Teary Saturday night in/out. Great songs, great albums but on such a big stage she'll be lost and that voice won't carry. Not enough stage presence and it'll be more disappointing than good.

Coldplay = God what do you say to this? Agree with everything said about Parachutes and Rush of Blood to the Head but after that? New song is utter rubbish and it doesn't matter what people say they're just not very good.

It's a laddy thing to say but I had my hopes on Stone Roses. Biffy would have been interesting as would have Foals been. I'm sure there'll be much better and more interesting bands on the other stages which is just as well as I sense (no matter what the haters say) that most people are a little deflated at the idea of this being the three big headliners for what in part has been a magical 5 or so years with experiment (Jay-Z, Kanye, Metallica etc) and big acts (Stones, U2 (even thought they weren't great).

I have everything crossed these rumours are just that and there'll be something better.

The only hope we have is that it's not muse. Coldplay and Adele are happening. We must accept the bitter disappointment and move on.

These 3 headliners will appeal to the people who 'do glasto' just once to tick it off their bucket list. And it's these people the organisers seem to want to cater to

Depressing times

[tevaburger]

figures coming out today that Adele's '25' has sold 3.38 million albums in week one in the US, and just in that first week it's easily become biggest selling album of the year, passing something called '1989' (not sure whose that is, but I'm guessing it's a Van Halen album??? where they've done what Adele has obviously copied and just added 4 years to one of their previous album titles)

this line pretty much sums up a lot of the most popular artists these days.... in a NY Times article a few days ago on Adele...

“There are people out there for whom this may be the only record they’ve bought in five years,” said David Bakula, a senior analyst at Nielsen. “The last one may have been ‘21,’ and now they’re coming back in force.”

[Amy Lawn]

3 hours ago, ben2782 said:

I'm going to rant now.

A lot of time dedicated to Coldplay here, rightly so as it appears they will be headlining. At this stage thought I can't see me spending a lot of time at the Pyramid this year which is a shame as it is the iconic place to be. At least one headliner should be seen each year.

However with Muse, Adele and Coldplay seemingly being the acts to fulfil these slots I'm left with a disappointed taste in my mouth.

Muse = An overblown rock opera which has got way out of hand. They used to be good don't get me wrong but I'm tired of the worble.

Adele = Teary Saturday night in/out. Great songs, great albums but on such a big stage she'll be lost and that voice won't carry. Not enough stage presence and it'll be more disappointing than good.

Coldplay = God what do you say to this? Agree with everything said about Parachutes and Rush of Blood to the Head but after that? New song is utter rubbish and it doesn't matter what people say they're just not very good.

It's a laddy thing to say but I had my hopes on Stone Roses. Biffy would have been interesting as would have Foals been. I'm sure there'll be much better and more interesting bands on the other stages which is just as well as I sense (no matter what the haters say) that most people are a little deflated at the idea of this being the three big headliners for what in part has been a magical 5 or so years with experiment (Jay-Z, Kanye, Metallica etc) and big acts (Stones, U2 (even thought they weren't great).

I have everything crossed these rumours are just that and there'll be something better.

I like this guy.

[Hugh Jass]

BST are announcing another headliner tomorrow morning. Be interesting to see who they've got.

[FloorFiller]

3 minutes ago, Hugh Jass said:

BST are announcing another headliner tomorrow morning. Be interesting to see who they've got.

Florence apparently (somebody on the BST board called Take That, Mumfords and Flo alongside them, plus Flo tweeted that she has a big UK announcement also)

[FuzzyDunlop]

4 minutes ago, FloorFiller said:

Florence apparently (somebody on the BST board called Take That, Mumfords and Flo alongside them, plus Flo tweeted that she has a big UK announcement also)

My god. Florence, Take That and the Mumford's - the most mumsy set of headliners of all time

[dentalplan]

6 minutes ago, FuzzyDunlop said:

My god. Florence, Take That and the Mumford's - the most mumsy set of headliners of all time

Nah Glastonbury has that in the bag.

[guypjfreak]

i dont really like THIS video cos of the cliffs but i LOVE the song

would sound great ANYWHERE at glastonbury

[CaledonianGonzo]

Official Longdrops Theme

[teaconsumer]

Yep, Florence named tomorrow with Kendrick Lamar in support.

Also worth noting BST are currently in negotiations with Beyonce. 

[dentalplan]

1 minute ago, guypjfreak said:

would sound great ANYWHERE at glastonbury

Good because you'll have to settle for playing it in your camper stereo.

[Amy Lawn]

Just now, teaconsumer said:

Yep, Florence named tomorrow with Kendrick Lamar in support.

Also worth noting BST are currently in negotiations with Beyonce. 

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