"Really big secret"

[MilkyJoe]

Just caught up with the latest 10 pages of this and unsurprisingly we still have absolutely no idea do we!

Come on people sort it out! Somerset live have a headline on hold for 2 weeks.

[Ashl]

How about Maccabees for Sunday JP 5pm, last festival gig as a surprise? Not a big surprise though...

[sisco]

Are we sure the 5pm John Peel thing is the same thing Emily was talking about?

If it is, I'm sure it'll be bigger than The Maccabees, if not..... yeah then and Liam Gallagher are fair shouts

[CaledonianGonzo]

4 hours ago, MilkyJoe said:

Just caught up with the latest 10 pages of this and unsurprisingly we still have absolutely no idea do we!

Looks like we're still in the position that it'll be someone like The Gorillaz, L-Gizzle or Elbow.

[eFestivals]

57 minutes ago, sisco said:

Are we sure the 5pm John Peel thing is the same thing Emily was talking about?

If it is, I'm sure it'll be bigger than The Maccabees, if not..... yeah then and Liam Gallagher are fair shouts

I'm not entirely sure that Maccabees or Liam twat-head would be regarded as a big surprise, especially as Liam wasn't regarded as a big surprise when he played with beady eye.

[Franky]

8 hours ago, shoptildrop said:

I love your persistence lol did you actually experience KLF in the 90s out of curiosity?

Well not live but they did influence me as to the type of music I love. 

[Franky]

5 hours ago, Sasperella said:

I'm starting to think you're not a real person...no one can be that into the KLF! You're clearly doing a parody...of what I don't know, but it's very good and highly entertaining 

Or maybe, I am the KLF and I know what the big secret is

[Hotchilidog]

11 minutes ago, Franky said:

Or maybe, I am the KLF and I know what the big secret is

KLF it is then!

[CaledonianGonzo]

35 minutes ago, eFestivals said:

I'm not entirely sure that Maccabees or Liam twat-head would be regarded as a big surprise, especially as Liam wasn't regarded as a big surprise when he played with beady eye.

They were a secret special guest though - even if the surprise element wasn't really there as the info leaked out beforehand.  Although this was when folk still had hopes of genuinely big / exciting acts opening the Other Stage.

I'd say he still qualifies, particularly as it's more or less the launch of his solo career.  He's still a big star, even if at this point its just by repuation alone.

[eFestivals]

2 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

They were a secret special guest though - even if the surprise element wasn't really there as the info leaked out beforehand.  Although this was when folk still had hopes of genuinely big / exciting acts opening the Other Stage.

I'd say he still qualifies, particularly as it's more or less the launch of his solo career.  He's still a big star, even if at this point its just by repuation alone.

but just-another-band isn't the sort of "big secret" I think Emily is likely to mention, particularly after most of the bigger names have already been announced.

To me, her words indicated a special band (if it's a band) rather than just-another-band.

[Hotchilidog]

1 minute ago, eFestivals said:

but just-another-band isn't the sort of "big secret" I think Emily is likely to mention, particularly after most of the bigger names have already been announced.

To me, her words indicated a special band (if it's a band) rather than just-another-band.

Exactly. I'm not sure the names that have been discussed on this thread the most really constitute a big secret. Also Emily alluded to the secret, actually being just that a well kept secret which should surely rule out the likes Lady G, Gorillaz, Elbow who have all been bandied about for ages.

[mjsell]

4 minutes ago, eFestivals said:

To me, her words indicated a special band (if it's a band) rather than just-another-band.

Sounds like we are coming back around to the legend slot supergroup to me.

[guypjfreak]

1 minute ago, mjsell said:

Sounds like we are coming back around to the legend slot supergroup to me.

Hang on 

Now you know where and time.. If that is indeed right........ They could have put that out as fake news......... Just a thought.. But now you know where and what time how the hell do you think some super group is gonna play JP stage..... Plus only super group around is PJ.. Lol

[42hamlet]

5 minutes ago, guypjfreak said:

Hang on 

Now you know where and time.. If that is indeed right........ They could have put that out as fake news......... Just a thought.. But now you know where and what time how the hell do you think some super group is gonna play JP stage..... Plus only super group around is PJ.. Lol

Whilst I don't doubt that your info is correct and there is something on the JP, I just can't believe that's what the "big secret" Emily's referring to is. The way she spoke about it makes me think that it can't be something on "just" the John Peel. That stage would be rammed with thousands of people all turning up expecting something huge now.

To be honest, I wouldn't be surprised if that's what she's told Michael as a decoy secret to stop him blabbing about the "big" one

[Nobody Interesting]

1 minute ago, 42hamlet said:

Whilst I don't doubt that your info is correct and there is something on the JP, I just can't believe that's what the "big secret" Emily's referring to is. The way she spoke about it makes me think that it can't be something on "just" the John Peel. That stage would be rammed with thousands of people all turning up expecting something huge now.

To be honest, I wouldn't be surprised if that's what she's told Michael as a decoy secret to stop him blabbing about the "big" one

To quote Emily

"We've managed to keep some big secrets recently and there's a couple more this year that haven't gone out yet as well.

"There's a really big one. I haven't even hinted or told anyone it's coming and we've managed to keep it completely quiet for the first time ever."

 

So that is more than one secret - I would guess that what @guypjfreak seems to have info on is one of the 'other' secrets.

 

[Junglist1981]

This thread is utterly insane lol

[CaledonianGonzo]

One 'normal' sized secret - Elbow or Richard Ashcroft opening up the Other Stage

One 'Sunday Legend disco collaboration' secret - Celine Dion coming on to do Immortality with RightBaz

One 'big' secret - Gorillaz or Liam Gallagher playing JPT 5pm Sunday

 

 

[payneruk]

7 minutes ago, Nobody Interesting said:

To quote Emily

"We've managed to keep some big secrets recently and there's a couple more this year that haven't gone out yet as well.

"There's a really big one. I haven't even hinted or told anyone it's coming and we've managed to keep it completely quiet for the first time ever."

 

She says it's rather than they're or he/she. So my guess is a flyover. Red Arrows maybe.

[giantkatestacks]

Whatever the JP thing is though doesnt it have to be something that ME would want to see if he is dragging a mate along which would rule out a lot.

[Nobody Interesting]

Just now, payneruk said:

She says it's rather than they're or he/she. So my guess is a flyover. Red Arrows maybe.

She does - but that is after she then refers to just the big secret. In the line above she refers, twice, to multiples.

[Losing my hair]

5 minutes ago, payneruk said:

She says it's rather than they're or he/she. So my guess is a flyover. Red Arrows maybe.

Not on their calendar. 

[Heather90]

oooo I love the red arrows. Used to fly over my school regularly when I was a kid in the mid 90s. If we are getting a fly over it's more likely to be that big blimp

Hoping for a huge band too...in fitting with the blimp would be great

[payneruk]

This guy?

[CaledonianGonzo]

6 minutes ago, giantkatestacks said:

Whatever the JP thing is though doesnt it have to be something that ME would want to see if he is dragging a mate along which would rule out a lot.

The one band he can be relied on to namedrop is Primal Scream, if that sounds any more exciting.

[Heather90]

Just now, Losing my hair said:

Not on their calendar. 

Hope we get an announcement this week. Googling the red arrows availability is proof we are all going a bit mad. Scarborough on the 24th then Goodwood the week after so they are free