The Libertines - why did they not announce it, ridiculous

[Collide]

One of my fave bands and I didnt get to see them because someone thought it was a good idea not to announce the fact they were playing... on the bloody Pyramid stage!

 

Love glasto, had another amazing year (as always!) love the secret sets, they add even more magic to the festival and completely understand why they need to be secret sets at the Park with the capacity up there... but on the Pyramid?!

 

Even the stewards on our family camp site didn't have a clue who it was going to be on Friday morning, ended up hearing them play 'Don't look Back into the Sun' moving towards the pyramid stage and seeing them leave the stage, unbelievable gutted!!! Felt quite cheated.

 

Don't own a smart phone and was in the Kidz Field all day with the little one, my mates missed it too.

 

Why did they do that? Bizarre. 

[stuartbert two hats]

Did you follow @SecretGlasto and use the SMS Notifications?  Not saying you should have, just curious if you did and it didn't get you the info in time.

[Badlands]

Did you follow @SecretGlasto and use the SMS Notifications? Not saying you should have, just curious if you did and it didn't get you the info in time.

I was on sms and it worked a treat for me. Cheers fella!!

[nu-marc88]

I loved the suspense of it all right up to an hour before it then everyone seemed to know.

I was hearing rumours of pulp as well as the libs but then I bumped into a mate who is friends with the drummer Gary who confirmed they were all on site.

It was blooming amazing! Made my weekend!

[Stretlow]

To be honest you knew there was a gap to be filled, I couldn't get on my internet on my phone but a quick sms to my dad at home in the middle of the day resulted in him finding it on a few places on the net taking about it.

There was a lot of confidence in the rumour so I changed my plans.

The result of not announcing it was the crowed going nuts when the banner was unfurled and the band walked on.

A real moment.

[cdm22]

I can understand the frustration but it had been known for the best part of a week there was another band TBA so you could have gone down there just to see who it was just in case (plus it was known from lunchtime onwards it was the Libertines)

Edited June 29, 2015 by cdm22

[st dan]

Wasn't it to do with contractual issues as they're already headlining R&L?

[young_bairn]

Come on that's not a real gripe. Everybody knew somebody was lined up. I couldn't get on 3 g to check but a text to my mate at home an hour and a half before the set all but confirmed the libs had arrived.

[young_bairn]

The unknown factor made it even better. Sorry.

[sprigpod]

first world problems

[FloorFiller]

The unknown factor made it even better. Sorry.

Yep definitely. I know who was coming on but seeing some peoples faces in the crowd light up when that banner dropped was a great sight

[SloopJohnB]

I didn't know it was the Libertines until the banner dropped....I just took a chance.

Come on.... It's not that far from the Kids Field to nip out it it?

[sheffieldlady]

I also knew it was the Libs. Lots of people around me had no idea, the banner lifted and a grown man squealed next to me. I would love this to happen annually! Brilliant.

[Bobs]

One of my fave bands and I didnt get to see them because someone thought it was a good idea not to announce the fact they were playing... on the bloody Pyramid stage!

 

Love glasto, had another amazing year (as always!) love the secret sets, they add even more magic to the festival and completely understand why they need to be secret sets at the Park with the capacity up there... but on the Pyramid?!

 

Even the stewards on our family camp site didn't have a clue who it was going to be on Friday morning, ended up hearing them play 'Don't look Back into the Sun' moving towards the pyramid stage and seeing them leave the stage, unbelievable gutted!!! Felt quite cheated.

 

Don't own a smart phone and was in the Kidz Field all day with the little one, my mates missed it too.

 

Why did they do that? Bizarre. 

 

 

Well, i'm obviously different to others, as I knew, BUT, having said that, i heard several people talking about it, and all the people at the info tent at the Pyramid, were distributing the news like wildfire, 

 

Also the fact that they are an 'exclusive' to Reading and Leeds festival, in England, may suggest they weren't allowed to name them for contractual reasons!

[stuartbert two hats]

I didn't know it was the Libertines until the banner dropped....I just took a chance.

Come on.... It's not that far from the Kids Field to nip out it it?

Children are not known for leaving places quickly at short notice.  Nor are they particularly fast to walk/carry.

[thewayiam]

It was great, I knew ages before and took the tweet as probably to mean it would be as we already had a so many rumors.

[A Guy Called Matt]

I am glad they did not announce it before - in this day with all the technology I thought it was great that they kept it secret for so long.

 

I found out mid morning............. so was able to be there stood at the barrier.

 

Amazing.

[Osama Jim Laden]

Glastonbury have done ever so well in keeping secrets secret this year..

Had no interest in te libs so watched the slings instead but you shouldn't feel cheated.. Gutted maybe for yourself but no cheated

[SloopJohnB]

Children are not known for leaving places quickly at short notice. Nor are they particularly fast to walk/carry.

You knew the start time though right?

I accept what you say to an extent. I've been taking my daughter to festivals since she was 4....you need to decide whether it's worth a chance and plan around it

[stuartbert two hats]

You knew the start time though right?

I accept what you say to an extent. I've been taking my daughter to festivals since she was 4....you need to decide whether it's worth a chance and plan around it

I wasn't there.  I was responding on behalf of Collide, who was presumably not going to trawl his kid around the site on the off-chance that he might like the band.  I do take your point though, but if Collide had no idea it was the Libs, then I can imagine how it would be annoying.  I can see why he wouldn't have considered it - I was running the @SecretGlasto account and I didn't know until a few hours before.  I'd heard a LOT of different rumours, about a lot of bands, but it was very late on that the Libertines became the front runner (and eventually confirmed).  I certainly didn't think it was them when I woke up on Friday morning.

[fatyeti24]

i didn't find out they played until saturday.  and i got spun a wonderful yarn about who it was, by a girl who, with hindsight, had believed what she had been told too.

 

turns out it wasn't an unknown punk band (explosive badge?), championed by Marc Riley, who had been given a friendly leg up.  despite what their alleged singer had told her the day before.

 

anyway, i don't care for the Libs, so i feel, if nowt else, i have come out of it all with a half decent anecdote.

[Jackmypie]

I agree they really should have announced it. The atmosphere was pretty flat at the front, it seemed like most people just turned up to see who it would be or were just waiting for Florence to come on. 

[little_jim]

I knew quite early, a friend of ours was receiving txts that a band going under "The Albion" were playing (a name the liberties have used before). But as everyone else has said, we all knew the slot was left as TBA some of us used our heads went round at the time and found out. Well done to Glastonbury to keeping it quite.  

[SloopJohnB]

I wasn't there. I was responding on behalf of Collide, who was presumably not going to trawl his kid around the site on the off-chance that he might like the band. I do take your point though, but if Collide had no idea it was the Libs, then I can imagine how it would be annoying. I can see why he wouldn't have considered it - I was running the @SecretGlasto account and I didn't know until a few hours before. I'd heard a LOT of different rumours, about a lot of bands, but it was very late on that the Libertines became the front runner (and eventually confirmed). I certainly didn't think it was them when I woke up on Friday morning.

I didn't know until they came on....just took a chance....and yes....dragged my daughter along too who didn't like them at all haha

[RossTC]

Moment of the weekend by an absolute mile, i couldn't of been more pleased to see them. They smashed it and it being secret made it so much more exciting!