Frankly Mr Shankly
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Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds / Rihanna / Sam Fender
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Perfect 10 is getting some unnecessary hate in my opinion, might not be his finest work but for a tongue in cheek sing a long tune it’s great.
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Well, that’s made not having tickets this year easier to swallow. Some gems dotted around, but on the whole one of the weaker lineups of recent years.
The other stage headliners in particular stand out as beige beige beige.
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57 minutes ago, mnightjamalan said:
Same here. Assuming legend slot isn't being considered a "headline" slot by Emily (sounds like that's Shania), and looking at other big female acts about, I guess some possibilities other than SZA could be:
Stevie Nicks (she's playing Cardiff with Billy Joel the week before, so maybe a co-headline set to top the bill?)
Kylie (doing BST but has did Legend slot in 2019 so doesn't seem that inspired)
Madge (somehow they've managed to agree something after the breakdown in negotiations)
Adele (her Munich shows don't appear to be an exclusive, just the venue they are creating is exclusively for her)
Rihanna (just played a wedding in India and was meant to headline last year)
Don't think any of the above are too farfetched, but there seems to be reliable rumblings on SZA so that's the best we got to go off until the big reveal later this week...
If we’re going down the route of it being a ‘surprise’, Ariana Grande has to be in the conversation. New album out & she’s the sort of artist that could drop last minute tour plans and still sell them out instantly.
(I think it’ll be SZA, just putting another name out there that is female & possible)
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Just now, glimmers_of_hope said:
for me they really were a one hit wonder. Saw them a few times in the 00's but wouldn't be interested now.
Music for Men was an absolute beast of an album, one of the best of the 00’s. I’m glad they seem to be getting some recognition for being more than just a one hit wonder.
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14 minutes ago, FloopFiller said:
but then LCD are at least a bit dancey so could perhaps get people on board..?
I’m not sure I’d consider LCD anymore ‘dancey’ than Beck to be honest…
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10 minutes ago, stuie said:
+ Tina + Queen with Freddie
I’ll agree on Tina.
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45 minutes ago, turkey twizzler said:
Don't understand why everyone is suddenly hot on Green Day playing when they've been confirmed an IOW exclusive?
Because when Glastonbury’s plans have fallen through in the past, ‘exclusives’ and other shows haven’t stopped them, e.g… Metallica in 2014 who were ‘exclusive to Sonisphere’ and The Who in 2015 who cancelled a gig in Paris to do Glastonbury.
I’m not saying I think Green Day are playing, but I wouldn’t write it off completely based on them being ‘exclusive’ elsewhere, as it’s happened before.
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5 minutes ago, Wooderson said:
1980s pop not something the fest has supported much, as noted previously. A shame. I can't think of George Michael without wistfully imagining what could have been.
I think of George Michael & Prince as the two stand out Glastonbury ‘moments’ that could have been, but sadly never will be.
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29 minutes ago, Jack.194 said:
Greenday chat is surely just pulled out of thin air, they’re exclusive at IOW
Metallica were ‘exclusive’ at Sonisphere in 2014 too.
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15 minutes ago, westholtschic said:
You are not alone
Michael Jackson confirmed.
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Just now, NorthernSoul52 said:
That seems absolutely insane.
It does, but it was the original plan. - could have gone down as possible the best top two pairing in history.
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9 minutes ago, Drinky said:
Prince didn’t confirm his shows until 12 weeks out, which required promoters to take it on trust that he’d sign and that they could shift the tickets in time. For years that was too high risk for Glastonbury, but they pushed hard in 2014/15.
From memory… In 2014 the story was that they had him lined up with Metallica (who were Sonisphere exclusives) in the back pocket for the Other so both be announced late, they lost Prince so could bump up Metallica (although some have since said they were always booked to headline so shrug)
In 2015 he took it right to the wire and again dropped out at that 12 week mark, and they didn’t have another big act they could push onto the top line hence favours were called in and The Who made it work - they were only announced on May 6 that year.
That Metallica info came from Neil & it wasn’t true. Metallica were never doing the other stage. They offered to headline & Glasto turned them down (thinking they had Prince), Metallica signed on with Sonisphere as an exclusive, then had to do some serious back tracking to get Sonisphere to agree to letting them do Glasto when Prince fell through. - I know this because a friend worked in the Sonisphere team at the time. - it was Glasto already being sold out and the huge publicity/tv coverage that caused them to agree to it.
Glasto also pushed hard for Prince in 2011, but he ultimately chose to do Hop Farm festival instead at the last moment. Beyoncé was originally booked to sub, as she did at T in the Park that year too.
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3 minutes ago, Hugh Jass II said:
Wasn't that the year they were heavily chasing Prince to the point they thought they had him locked in?
Yep, he gave them the run around in 2014, 15 & 16. They bent over backwards to try to make that happen, shame it never did.
edit: actually he’d been giving them the run around for years. In 2011 they thought they had him, then he went for Hop Farm festival instead, which resulted in Beyoncé being bumped up to headline.
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2 minutes ago, fraybentos1 said:
I remember The Who had to rearrange a gig in Paris or something to make that. They must have been very, very desperate.
What other names were thrown about in 2015 before The Who were announced does anyone know?
Prince. I seem to recall the Who outright saying they were replacing Prince after he walked away from talks. The same thing happened the year before when Metallica were booked when they were supposed to be exclusive to Sonisphere.
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12 hours ago, Suprefan said:
Yet Madonna is seemingly A better option when she has no voice and would do more of it. Dua isnt miming, but go on.
Madonna doesn’t mime either, she does exactly the same as what Dua was doing - backing track to cover the shortfalls/dancing moments.
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I don’t necessarily disagree, but Kylie headlining with a full production/fireworks would have also been great. Certainly preferable to the Killers, but each to their own.
Yes Janet was terrible, but on paper she could have been the ‘legend’.
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1 hour ago, Ben7amin_ said:
For most other legends I'd agree but Kylie is still a headliner sized act.
I think she deserved as an individual as opposed to just an act that played the legend slot.
Basically if they were looking for a replacement headliner and Kylie name came up. I do not think the fact she had played the legend slot would be in the convo.
I appreciate it's not something that has happened before but the data set it tiny so its dificult to call it a rule at this point.
Kylie should have headlined 2019. They didn’t need the Killers & they could have easily put Janet Jackson in the ‘legends’ slot.
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On 2/24/2024 at 11:36 AM, Carpyrob said:
Can someone settle this debate with my wife before one of us is sleeping on the sofa tonight.
heilung
have they ever played boomtown.
I have recollections of maybe a Thursday night many years ago. Stumbling into a tent. Everything was all very hazy. But it was very theatrical Lots of body paint. Naked bodies and stabbings on the stage with blood.
a quick YouTube search of heilung, it looks very similar. But can anyone confirm it was heilung I saw many years ago at boomtown. Maybe 2017 or before.
my misses is convinced it was Glastonbury we saw this act. But a quick search, I don’t think they’ve ever played glasto.
Their very first live dates were in late August 2017, and I’m fairly certain their first UK date was in London in 2018. So nope, it wasn’t them.
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2 minutes ago, al_coholic said:
I was referring to Taylor of course as one of the people. It just beggars belief that she schedules 3 gigs in Dublin over the weekened. I simply do not understand why when she had previously agreed to headline the cancelled festival.
Because when she agreed to do Glastonbury previously it was in the middle of a scheduled European festival tour, she wasn’t doing Glastonbury as a ‘one off’ or special event, it was just another date on the tour.
Since then she’s decided to do a stadium tour, that as it turns out happens to be the highest grossing tour in history. It’s not exactly hard to see why Glastonbury doesn’t factor into that…
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20 hours ago, 3Dimensions said:
Reckon Jake Shears could support? Playing IOW the following weekend and probably finished his stint in Cabaret by then.
He could, they are friends. But, IOW is in June, BST is in July…
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Is there an announcement expected today?
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3 hours ago, 49Lawson said:
I know it’s really easy to bash Mad Cool and their presence online (because let’s face it, they bring it on themselves most of the time) but to be fair to then I don’t think this is their fault.
There’s much better organised festivals that have had to delay announcements due to last minute details outside of their control and I think MC are no exception here
It’s entirely possible it isn’t their fault this time, but them posting a story that says ‘next story is not our fault’ like some sorry drama fuelled teenager isn’t professional either.
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To be fair that’s not exactly a fair comparison, it was Lana’s first UK date in 4 years & she rarely tours.
Sza is doing it off the back of a massive tour last year that included 4 sold out nights at the 02.