It's Florence

[Festival Liam]

what a load of absolute shite.....couldn't have been a safer less inspired boring booking if they tried......guess itll give everyone whos not a fan of mainstream crap to check out whats on the other stages friday and saturday night now. though

 

Yeah promote more niche indie bands like Foo Fighters. 

[budvar]

Did the bookies ever have her as a Friday option? & will they now have to pay out?

They did (as high as 3/1) and they will

[Rose-Colored Boy]

they are on the edge of the mainstream .

What

[The Nal]

they are on the edge of the mainstream and that also depends what album your talking about.......either way florance isnt fit to lace there boots let alone fill in for them. I dont care how many albums she sells to hipsters.

 

Foos are as mainstream as they come. More so actually. 

[Big Vern]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!

[FloorFiller]

they are on the edge of the mainstream and that also depends what album your talking about.......either way florance isnt fit to lace there boots let alone fill in for them. I dont care how many albums she sells to hipsters.

When you first started posting I assumed you were a 16 year old kid who knew no better, but aren't you like 30 years old!?

[ghostdancer1]

I reckon people are overegging this. Not many pyramid dweller foos fans will hotfoot to the Park. Foos more in common with Flo than Gruff et al.

yep, FATM will still have a massive crowd.

[Michaels denim shorts]

They did (as high as 3/1) and they will

Did they have foos? And would they have paid that out already? I don't really gamble just interested

[august1]

Seen Blur at Hyde park in 2009

 

Who'd have thought she'd be pyramid topping 6 years later.

 

Blur 
Vampire Weekend 
Amadou & Mariam 
Florence & The Machine 
Deerhoof 

Edited June 17, 2015 by august1

[Badlands]

they are on the edge of the mainstream and that also depends what album your talking about.......either way florance isnt fit to lace there boots let alone fill in for them. I dont care how many albums she sells to hipsters.

 

Hang on daft lad. Is it the hipsters or the mainstream that is her crowd?

 

Or are you just an angry rocker with a chip on your shoulder

[russycarps]

they are on the edge of the mainstream and that also depends what album your talking about.......either way florance isnt fit to lace there boots let alone fill in for them. I dont care how many albums she sells to hipsters.

 

 

crivens!

 

You're deranged.

[Vanderlyle]

I've got a friend at the BBC and have heard that the BBC have agreed to stream Today at Wimbledon onto the Pyramid Big Screen between 21:00 and 22:15. 

[ghostdancer1]

they are on the edge of the mainstream and that also depends what album your talking about.......either way florance isnt fit to lace there boots let alone fill in for them. I dont care how many albums she sells to hipsters.

 

LOL!!!

 

Foo Fighters are prime Q Magazine cover, Radio 1 A-list, BBC advert fodder.

 

they're one of the most mainstream rock bands on the planet.

[Cieran]

Boring

[paulmuchmore]

Foos are played almost every hour on Radio 1. I love them, but they're mainstream. Nothing wrong with that!

Florence is just as "alternative" as them really.

[st dan]

To be expected and there's little else the festival could have done at such short notice.

Just don't get why it wasn't announced simultaneously last night, when they tweeted Foo's were pulling out. Would have avoided all this talk .. Although the media attention is what I suppose they wanted!

[Festival Liam]

they are on the edge of the mainstream and that also depends what album your talking about.......either way florance isnt fit to lace there boots let alone fill in for them. I dont care how many albums she sells to hipsters.

 

You have long been on my list of posters that post the most bollocks on this forum, but I think you might now be the proud owner of the top spot. These days I wonder if you're going down the parody route. 

[ltfckimbo]

Appalling that this has happened, but obviously not much more they could do given the circumstances.

 

Still, its a real shot in the arm for wealthy, public school faux-eccentrics with minimal talent.

[GlastoSimon]

I've got a friend at the BBC and have heard that the BBC have agreed to stream Today at Wimbledon onto the Pyramid Big Screen between 21:00 and 22:15. 

 

 

Well, I wasn't seeing the Foos anyway, but good luck to Florence. Not her biggest fan but a good move for the festival and for her I think. It's a new act, I'm sure she'll put on a show and get a pretty big crowd actually. More interested to see who they fill the gap with, unless Vanderlyle is being deadly serious...

 

And, as expected, the cretinous Facebook commenters are out in force today. 

[jackarmy]

Could Beck sub or play third down? He's in the country tomorrow, and has a new single to plug...

[Andeeroo]

Just me who's happy then? I was slightly disappointed she wasn't booked as a headliner in the first place so I've got no qualms about her not being headline size.

Plus it reduces the Benjamin Booker/SvE vs RTJ vs Flo clash that was causing me to cry profusely.

Marvellous!

[paulmuchmore]

To be expected and there's little else the festival could have done at such short notice.

Just don't get why it wasn't announced simultaneously last night, when they tweeted Foo's were pulling out. Would have avoided all this talk .. Although the media attention is what I suppose they wanted!

 

 

The news might have come through quite quickly from the Foos to Glasto and they didn't have time to chat to Flo last night before they were making their announcement, which needed to be made because of Wembley and all that.

[Untz]

Seen Blur at Hyde park in 2009

 

Who'd have thought she'd be pyramid topping 6 years later.

 

Blur 

Vampire Weekend 

Amadou & Mariam 

Florence & The Machine 

Deerhoof 

 

If only Deerhoof would play below F&TM this time too.

[Vanderlyle]

I might stick with Hot Chip... reckon I'll be able to hear the wailing from Pyramid anyway. 

Edited June 17, 2015 by Vanderlyle

[**claire**]

Inevitable. Dull. But removes my clash and means I can definitely go and see Super Furries!!!

 

This exactly, but with Hot Chip.