Who's Touring Around Glastonbury 2017?

[Gucci Piggy]

Was struggling to decide who, out of The xx, Gaga, Royal Blood and Elbow, to not have subbing the Pyramid in my prediction, so I'm happy to use this as a reason to bin Elbow off.

[JoeyT]

32 minutes ago, Brave Sir Robin said:

That was @maelzoid's work - one coming this year?

I think their definitely should be.

I quite enjoyed the fall out from it last year!

[nikkic]

The demise of Elbow on here has been astonishing? Has the star of another band ever fallen so much?! 

[jackarmy]

I suppose Elbow could open up the Other Stage on the Friday?

[Fingerbobs]

Elbow are 67% playing. Sellotaped on. We'll all be doing that reverse wave on Friday afternoon don't you worry. 

[CaledonianGonzo]

Or a reverse thrust away from them.

[dentalplan]

35 minutes ago, Will-2609 said:

Was struggling to decide who, out of The xx, Gaga, Royal Blood and Elbow, to not have subbing the Pyramid in my prediction, so I'm happy to use this as a reason to bin Elbow off.

Who are you gonna bin off for the Kaiser Chiefs?

I agree with Neil in that it looks like it's Pyramid sub or nowt but I'm still expecting them to be there more than not. And if everyone's right about nobody liking Elbow anymore then it should be easy for us all to turn up towards the end and filter in as Guy closes the curtains again.

[Gucci Piggy]

Just now, dentalplan said:

Who are you gonna bin off for the Kaiser Chiefs?

I agree with Neil in that it looks like it's Pyramid sub or nowt but I'm still expecting them to be there more than not. And if everyone's right about nobody liking Elbow anymore then it should be easy for us all to turn up towards the end and filter in as Guy closes the curtains again.

I can't believe so many people readily believed the Kaiser Chiefs thing was happening.

[dentalplan]

6 minutes ago, Will-2609 said:

I can't believe so many people readily believed the Kaiser Chiefs thing was happening.

See no reason why not, really, if it is genuinely something wilem heard from someone connected to the band.

If you look at the Radiohead sub thread there are loads of acts being thrown about that might sub because they'll appeal to the same fans or be chosen by the band, despite not being big enough. Kaisers have supported Foos loads and are probably bigger to the shitmunchers than Tame Tame or Beck.

[Gucci Piggy]

41 minutes ago, dentalplan said:

See no reason why not, really, if it is genuinely something wilem heard from someone connected to the band.

If you look at the Radiohead sub thread there are loads of acts being thrown about that might sub because they'll appeal to the same fans or be chosen by the band, despite not being big enough. Kaisers have supported Foos loads and are probably bigger to the shitmunchers than Tame Tame or Beck.

Yeah to be fair I also don't think any of those small acts in the Radiohead thread will do it, although with Radiohead apparently having had am input on their sub in the past (I think) and being sort of friends of the festival I can see where people are coming from. I don't see why Foo Fighters would be given any special preference and even if they did I'd expect it to be Royal Blood who have also supported Foos, are active in 2017 and are actually a sub-sized act. If Foos did request Kaiser Chiefs I'd expect them to put them third or fourth down the Pyramid on the same day.

Kaiser Chiefs probably would garner more interest from the Glastonbury crowd than Beck or Tame (Impala) but I doubt they'd be placed above either of them at any festival.

[thewayiam]

1 hour ago, jackarmy said:

I suppose Elbow could open up the Other Stage on the Friday?

Don't put that notion forward, at least when it was Beady Eye I could wander over and hear a couple of Oasis songs.

[dentalplan]

4 minutes ago, Will-2609 said:

Yeah to be fair I also don't think any of those small acts in the Radiohead thread will do it, although with Radiohead apparently having had am input on their sub in the past (I think) and being sort of friends of the festival I can see where people are coming from. I don't see why Foo Fighters would be given any special preference and even if they did I'd expect it to be Royal Blood who have also supported Foos, are active in 2017 and are actually a sub-sized act. If Foos did request Kaiser Chiefs I'd expect them to put them third or fourth down the Pyramid on the same day.

Kaiser Chiefs probably would garner more interest from the Glastonbury crowd than Beck or Tame (Impala) but I doubt they'd be placed above either of them at any festival.

But who's to say Royal Blood are available, on that date if at all?

The chosen sub thing is mostly conjecture on our side so I don't really know how often it's allocated or who it'd be allocated to but I would think it's fair to say that Pyramid subs don't generally reflect the booking of other major festival subs. So the 'big enough' thing being that they'd play a slot lower - same goes for Elbow here - doesn't really mean a lot. Plus, I don't think anyone ever talks about an act being booked third or fourth down at the request of the headliner.

[Supernintendo Chalmers]

I can't see Elbow playing again this year, surely they'll not do the Pyramid "sunset-slot" again, it's getting a bit cliche now. I reckon they'll headline Latitude or another mid-sized festival. 

[FuzzyDunlop]

2 hours ago, jackarmy said:

I suppose Elbow could open up the Other Stage on the Friday?

People need waking up on that Friday - not sending to sleep.

 

[SwedgeAntilles]

25 minutes ago, FuzzyDunlop said:

People need waking up on that Friday - not sending to sleep.

 

Joking aside though, given it's a bit of a graveyard slot a more lowkey act might actually work out better than the more "up beat" acts they've tried previously. 

[DDave]

3 hours ago, nikkic said:

The demise of Elbow on here has been astonishing? Has the star of another band ever fallen so much?! 

The Darkness.

[thewayiam]

Just now, DiscothequeDave said:

The Darkness.

Agreed but they were at least quite good fun/god the crowd going etc

[FuzzyDunlop]

12 minutes ago, DiscothequeDave said:

The Darkness.

They would be my choice for other openers actually

[Hugh Jass]

3 hours ago, nikkic said:

The demise of Elbow on here has been astonishing? Has the star of another band ever fallen so much?!

Razorlight headlined reading/Leeds before buggering off into obscurity.

Snow Patrol were on the verge of being massive at one point.

[Gnomicide]

I'm a bit worried about Radiohead following Elbow. The sound of 15 blokes of the eFestivals Radiohead thread all practicing their beard stroking during Elbow could ruin it.

[Hugh Jass]

Just now, Gnomicide said:

I'm a bit worried about Radiohead following Elbow. The sound of 15 blokes of the eFestivals Radiohead thread all practicing their beard stroking during Elbow could ruin it.

I'm already growing my Radiohead beard. It'll be mighty by late June.

[SwedgeAntilles]

Guy Garvey's dulcet tones drowned out by the noise of the Efests Radiohead lads still arguing about what song they'll open the set with. 

[CaledonianGonzo]

Elbow's rhythm section is just two of them stroking their own beards in front of a microphone.

[Woffy]

5 minutes ago, SwedgeAntilles said:

Guy Garvey's dulcet tones drowned out by the noise of the Efests Radiohead lads still arguing about what song they'll open the set with. 

Nope. 

The din will be caused by the chant about how Daydreaming must NOT be played second. 

[SwedgeAntilles]

16 minutes ago, Woffy said:

Nope. 

The din will be caused by the chant about how Daydreaming must NOT be played second. 

"What do we want?!

"Daydreaming to be played later on in the set!"

"When do we want it?! 

"Later in the set...."

Needs work.