Who's Touring Around Glastonbury 2017?

[Quark]

Erasure it is.  Notify the Eavii; we have spoken.

Not their biggest hit, but personally I would be going bananas for this 

 

[Quark]

Just now, Scruffylovemonster said:

Is this the most surprising post ever seen on efestivals?

Nah, the happiness wins out eventually.

Erasure vs Sheeran

 

[CaledonianGonzo]

Blue Savannah is indeed a belter.  Their run of singles up until Always is one of the strongest in pop.

[LeeGalvin]

Erasure at Glastonbury would be amazing. Hit after hit! Anyone not dancing would surely be dead... or a c**t.

[H.M.V]

I too would like to jump on the glittery erasure bandwagon.  I have some sparkly ruby slippers that will be perfect 

[Quark]

Or a dead c*nt.

Reckon erasure's one for the rum rather than gin @H.M.V

 

[Mardy]

Erasure get my vote too. Great singles band. Think the last time I saw them was very late 80s/possibly 90 or 91. But that first greatest hits collection? Pure gold.

[CaledonianGonzo]

Looks like they're not shy about bringing out the bangers:

http://www.setlist.fm/stats/average-setlist/erasure-73d6b2a1.html?year=2014

[ThomThomDrum]

46 minutes ago, Quark said:

Erasure it is.  Notify the Eavii; we have spoken.

Not their biggest hit, but personally I would be going bananas for this.

 

Banana for Savannah so to speak

[giantkatestacks]

I am in the Love to Hate You video. Pop fact.

[CaledonianGonzo]

MC Kinky to join them for Take A Chance On me.

[Mardy]

Hehehe. This is finally it. The act that unites all the right thinking efesters. No doubt some dreary long haired halfwit will be along in a minute to complain they don't make real music with guitars and that. But until then, I'm cranking up that greatest hits album and heading home with a grin on my face

[CaledonianGonzo]

We just need to convince Mr West Holts.

It's maybe not typical WH fayre, but then there's not an unlimited supply of legendary 70s funk bands to go around and there's certainly a case for 80s synthpop being on there, particularly stuff with its roots in early Mute Records.  The stuff that was on in discos after disco, so to speak.

[Quark]

6 minutes ago, Mardy said:

Hehehe. This is finally it. The act that unites all the right thinking efesters. No doubt some dreary long haired halfwit will be along in a minute to complain they don't make real music with guitars and that. But until then, I'm cranking up that greatest hits album and heading home with a grin on my face

After all this, who'd have thunk that Andy Bell was the chosen one who would unite the warring factions?

[Quark]

32 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

Looks like they're not shy about bringing out the bangers:

http://www.setlist.fm/stats/average-setlist/erasure-73d6b2a1.html?year=2014

Oh my.

[CaledonianGonzo]

1 minute ago, Quark said:

After all this, who'd have thunk that Andy Bell was the chosen one who would unite the warring factions?

 

Not that, etc.

[Quark]

On the greatest hits at the moment.  Even fogetting the rest of the catalogue, this sequence alone is outstanding

A Little Respect > Stop! > Drama! > Blue Savannah

If I can have these lads and D-Ro that'll be my entire year's dosage of vitamin boogie in a single weekend.

EDIT: f*ck me I'd forgotten about the bizarre 90s ragga vocals that dropped into the end of Take A Chance On Me.  WANT WANT WANT this to happen

Edited November 8, 2016 by Quark

[CaledonianGonzo]

Drama! has three hooks that most pop songwriters would kill to have written.

[The Nal]

Not a whole lot of genres I've no time at all for but "synth pop" or whatever its called is one of them. Erasure sound like Bros to me.......

[siweltrebor]

i can see major lazer headline the other against radiohead on the friday

[siweltrebor]

On 05/11/2016 at 1:19 PM, Callum_96 said:

I have it on good authority from a friend who's a promoter that there's a big money offer for Mike Skinner to do a major festival as The Streets. He wouldn't tell me what festival it was but I'd be very happy if it turned out to be true 

Bestival or Lovebox?

[Gnomicide]

A Little Respect is a tune (though Wheatus do it better ), Abbaesque or whatever it was called is an abomination, as is most of their other stuff including Blue Spanner Song.

Erashite, more like.

[CaledonianGonzo]

Uh oh.  The Wheatus fans are here to tell us what's what.

[bennyhana22]

Slightly tenuous for the thread since:

(a) they're doing dates in January, not spring and
(b) the dates are in Canada/USA...

...but Tokyo Police Club are active again. I've liked them since their debut (10 years old, anniversary vinyl re-issue, folks!) and had a brilliant time seeing them on the Sunrise stage at Latitude years ago.

Would love to see them on the Farm. Would be brilliant on William's Green, Hell etc.

Any other TPC admirers on the boards?

Ben

Edited November 8, 2016 by bennyhana22

[SwedgeAntilles]

I have seen Wheatus live, not a highlight of my gig watching life.