NME's top 10 headliners of the century...

[LeeGalvin]

Top 10

Muse over Bowie? I think not.

Pleased to see Arcade Fire in there though!

[dentalplan]

That Dom Howard thing is so sad. Poor bugger.

[russycarps]

What did I just read....

 

[dentalplan]

6 minutes ago, russycarps said:

What did I just read....

Avril Lavigne's autobiography?

[fatyeti24]

9 minutes ago, russycarps said:

What did I just read....

 

apparently it's called the 'NME'

 

no, me neither.

[Amy Lawn]

36 minutes ago, russycarps said:

What did I just read....

Ladrock Buzzfeed. Oi oi!

[BlackHole2006]

16 minutes ago, GETOFFAMYLAWN said:

Ladrock Buzzfeed. Oi oi!

 Just seeing the name of my number one most hated website on the internet makes me want to bash myself around the head repeatedly with a sick.

[LondonTom]

Christ Arctic Monkeys above Arcade Fire?!

Beyonce 3rd and higher than the Stones?!

And surely in 40 year old festival, there should be at least one band from before 2000 that makes the top 10?! (Obvious stand out to me Pulp)

[Smeble]

I only caught a few of the arctic monkeys songs in 2007 but I thought they were awful, confirmed when I watched the beebs coverage, rabbits caught in headlights.

 

as for Beyoncé, not there in person but she was terrible in what was shown on the tv, the backing singers did most of the singing as she was too busy dancing like an epileptic and yelling hello Glaston-berry!

 

[jonodillieono]

16 minutes ago, LondonTom said:

Christ Arctic Monkeys above Arcade Fire?!

Beyonce 3rd and higher than the Stones?!

And surely in 40 year old festival, there should be at least one band from before 2000 that makes the top 10?! (Obvious stand out to me Pulp)

It was headline acts of this century not all time

No complaints with Muse being number 1 over here, I mean how can you? They closed with the greatest riff off of the greatest album of the century 

Spoiler

Drones

 

Edited November 24, 2015 by jonodillieono

[Gucci Piggy]

5 hours ago, dentalplan said:

That Dom Howard thing is so sad. Poor bugger.

Have you not heard that before? Apparently they played Guiding Light in tribute to him in 2010. I thought it was shit when they played it, but knowing the reason behind it I understood it.

It's such a horrible thing to think about, though. Regardless of what you think of Muse, that 04 set was probably the most career-defining set they've ever played, and to come away from that and find your dad had died during it; I don't even know what I'd be thinking.

[Hugh Jass]

You guys do realise it's an opinion piece right? Each of you would probably name a different top 10, it's just one person's opinion.

FWIW my top three would be:

Blur 09

Muse 04

Stones 13

[Hugh Jass]

6 hours ago, LondonTom said:

Christ Arctic Monkeys above Arcade Fire?!

Beyonce 3rd and higher than the Stones?!

And surely in 40 year old festival, there should be at least one band from before 2000 that makes the top 10?! (Obvious stand out to me Pulp)

They do state 21st century in the title...

[Ben Holland]

1. Stevie Wonder

2. Rolling Stones

3. Muse (04)

[willutalk]

They seem to be pretty spot on there. Definitely glad by some of their inclusions. But hey it's ranked by NME. I won't get too wound up by it. What's true to me is the way I saw it. Why do we need an external figure to rank it for us? 

[russycarps]

Imagine having a brain that thinks muse would ever rank above david bowie in anything, let alone pyramid headline sets. Amazing really.

Beyonce better than radiohead!

Jay Z included, Stevie Wonder excluded!

The only saving grace is no mention of any of coldplays 3 sets And the best thing is I bet they have read that list and are absolutely fuming about it. "B-b-b-but we really get the festival!"

 

 

 

[mungo57]

I don't agree with their list really..... 

If they are talking Pyramid only my favourite I have seen would be the Stones, followed by Muse in 2010 and Stevie Wonder the same year.

Overall headliners on any stage Chic clearly number one by a mile for me, followed by Stones, then SFA last year.

Thanks to all on here that suggested SFA songs to listen to and got me into them, I would have been stuck with not a lot to do on the Friday night last year were it not for them!

[dentalplan]

4 hours ago, Will-2609 said:

Have you not heard that before? Apparently they played Guiding Light in tribute to him in 2010. I thought it was shit when they played it, but knowing the reason behind it I understood it.

It's such a horrible thing to think about, though. Regardless of what you think of Muse, that 04 set was probably the most career-defining set they've ever played, and to come away from that and find your dad had died during it; I don't even know what I'd be thinking.

Yeah I had heard it before but for the reasons you said it's just crushingly sad every time I re-read it. Ecstasy to agony in minutes.

[maelzoid]

Well its all subjective, and I certainly didn't even see many of those on the list, but I did see Beyoncé and would rate her as the least impressive of all the headliners I have seen - I found her show far too slick and overproduced, it could have been in Vegas. #3...?!!

Personally, I loved U2. I'm a big Springsteen fan and although it was not his greatest night, it was still very special for me. Neil Young and Metallica were also excellent.

[CaledonianGonzo]

I watched the Beyonce set a few weeks back, and the first half hour is sensational.

It does peter out a bit in the mid-stretch due to an influx of ballads and covers of atrocious originals, but rallies round again by the time she get's to the Destiny's Child section.

But that opening stretch is world-beating stuff. So I glad I was there for that bit.

[fatyeti24]

29 minutes ago, Scruffylovemonster said:

You missed a trick there yeti. (I'm not gonna let grammar get in the way of a shit pun).

 

No, Me Either

er, yeah, i'll let you have that one..

[FuzzyDunlop]

1 hour ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

I watched the Beyonce set a few weeks back, and the first half hour is sensational.

It does peter out a bit in the mid-stretch due to an influx of ballads and covers of atrocious originals, but rallies round again by the time she get's to the Destiny's Child section.

But that opening stretch is world-beating stuff. So I glad I was there for that bit.

What was good about Sunday 2011 was; there was a genuine mix of stuff to find for the headliners.

I was at QOTSA, but:

Beyonce, The Streets, Kool and The Gang, Gruff Rhys and Pete Tong were headlining around the site.

A proper quality mix. I want sunday 2016 to be as good as that, something for everyone there really.

[blue6field]

Loved the Sunday in 2011

i was driving back on the Monday so took it easy

watched the start of Beyoncé walked round to other for a bit of QOTSA, then west Holts for Kool and the gang and finished with Suzanne Vega on the acoustic

 

great finish to the festival

[maelzoid]

My friends wanted to catch Beyoncé, and I was too exhausted for a solo mission, yet I will forever regret not catching QOTSA or Kool & the Gang. What was I thinking?

[DGrant261]

Seems a pretty good/accurate list. Surprised they haven't put Kasabian in there given how much they love them