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1 minute ago, dentalplan said:
Oh right I thought you meant the number of ‘guitar music only’ people were on the small side. My bad.
Was a point worth making though; Stormzy, The Cure (who will have their spotlight taken by Kylie) and another pop singer seems like it’d be a very odd set of names for Glasto.
Ah I see, was confused when you started talking about the genres of headliners but I just thought you were having a random rabble moment.
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I don't reckon they'd put Chems on opposite Stormzy because of the aforementioned crowd issues. Chems must draw more people than almost anyone else they could put in that slot so I doubt they'd stitch big Stormz up like that.
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8 minutes ago, briddj said:
There has always been a general stuffiness towards Foals on here. They appear to be considered just above CATB derision I feel. Screw you all and bring on that Other headline set!
Huh? Most people on here seem to like Foals and look forward to any new release of theirs. I remember a lot of people being excited about seeing them in 2016 and 2013, too.
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2 minutes ago, dentalplan said:
It’s not even on the small side though, it’s really what people should come to expect.
Every year has two or three guitar bands headlining, without considering the legends slot that has grown over the past few into the ‘fourth headline slot’. Now this year we’ve got a major pop star in the legend slot, a rapper headlining, two TBA rock bands as the others isn’t gammony or Peak Lonsdale or whatever; it’s what people have been attending all along.
Well yeah I just mean they're pretty small compared to the mega headliners Glasto have been booking for the last few years and some people have seemingly come to expect every year.
They're certainly big enough to headline and as big as lots of other acts who've headlined in the past (and are headlining in 2019, too).
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2 minutes ago, thrillhouse188 said:
I'm in my office on Highfield, fancy a scrap? I joke..
I do agree they haven't evolved their sound much since Holy Fire, but that's the price one pays for them finding a sound which propels them to more mainstream success. I doubt they'll make an album with much critical success again, but worst case they'll have some more upbeat tracks to add to the live show and some filler, which I can deal with. Although I did enjoy the last two and am a big fan so as I said before, I'm biased,
I'm in Hartley so yeah sure.
Yeah true, tbh I liked the last two albums but it's not really something I wanna hear more of. After WWD I was already kinda bored of it and it sounds like this album is just gonna be more of the same. It's what I expected tbf so can't complain too much, just don't think I'm gonna be very interested in any of the 2019 Foals stuff.
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2 minutes ago, Ollie 1995 said:
Yeah true - makes sense as a safe option to replace Macca.
Would be interesting to see what kind of crowd they pull if something a bit more "in" is on the Other stage - what do you reckon?
Pray that this Julien turns up:
Edit: To be fair his voice sounds spot on here
Based on the stuff we'd heard before I reckon it'll be Chems or The Streets up against them (unless it's Chems against Stormzy and they were trying to book someone more recent to go up against Macca - they'd offered Wolf Alice one of the nights). Against Chems I guess they may draw a small-ish crowd, but I doubt they'll get a notably tiny one regardless of who they're up against.
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37 minutes ago, Havors said:
Their glasto set 2016 was brilliant as attested to by a lot of the music writers and contrary to people who stand a mile away and then say there was no atmosphere.
Waa stood in the front pit and thought it was naff. And I went into it with them being one of the acts I was most excited for, having loved them at Newcastle Academy and Leeds Arena on the WWD tours.
28 minutes ago, Hawros said:He also said that it 'forms the centre-piece of album 1', but it's track 2....
Lol I thought the same.
9 minutes ago, Havors said:Thats a bit of stretch to jump to that conclusion
You are implying that unless songs are bangers they are shit??
True, they could be bops instead.
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2 minutes ago, thrillhouse188 said:
Only on my second listen, so I'll give it more time, but people slating the new Foals track for being forgettable but hyping the new James Blake album? Music is a funny old thing...
New Foals song just sounds like 10 other Foals songs from their last two albums tho.
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2 minutes ago, Ollie 1995 said:
Bet that was a great show. I saw them in 2011 after they'd released Angles (which i wasn't really a fan of aside from 2 or 3 tunes). Still played a lot of the early stuff though which I was happy about.
I think there's arguments for both sides in regards to them headlining. I'm personally quite surprised they'd get a headline slot after being "away" for a while and not being in great form the last few years (my opinion). To me they don't seem like the BBC broadcast "show" that a glasto headliner usually is i.e. foo's, ed sheeran, adele, coldplay etc etc
Fwiw I agree on a lot of the points raised against them headlining (as I did with The Cure). But if those points put Glasto off booking them to headline, I think that means they end up not being booked, not that they end up being booked in a lower slot.
In normal circumstances I certainly wouldn't be expecting them to be booked, but as a replacement for Macca after he's pulled out? Seems entirely plausible to me. As I've said before, they're a safe option with enough well known tunes who'll satisfy the "guitar music only" brigade, even if they're on the small side.
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4 minutes ago, Username taken said:
Last time I saw them live was at Oxegen 2006, when they were a much bigger deal than they are now, and they didn't even headline the main stage then (subbed The Who IIRC). Can't get my head around them being Pyramid headliners in 2019
Thing is, back then they were promoting new material so had reason to play festivals. Now they have no reason to play festivals other than for a quick payday (which is why none of us expected them to even play Glasto). They have no reason to accept anything but headline now, whereas in 2006 they needed to play festivals to promote their new stuff.
Also back in 2006 I assume they weren't a rare live proposition. Nowadays they are, they appear every few Summers to do a couple of shows, and Glasto will probably be the only chance to catch The Strokes in the UK for a few years, so they can probably score higher festival slots because of that. If you add on the 4 years it's been since their last show here (BST 2015) that's like an 8 year period where the only UK Strokes show is Glasto 19.
Finally, having barely been around since like 2006 there's a built up demand of people who have never got to see them. Even since their last show here in 2015 there'll be 4 years' worth of teenagers who've got into them and not yet had the chance to see them live.
It's like LCD Soundsystem disappearing as an average sized band then returning a few years later as Coachella headliners and Other Stage headliners at Glasto.
If they are also at Latitude this year as has been rumoured then that slightly alters some of my points, but it mostly still stands.
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1 minute ago, LeCecil said:
Pyramid: Stormzy, Liam Gallagher,
Other: Wolf Alice,
West Holts: Hot Chip,
John Peel: Interpol, Nothing But Thieves,
Park: Thom Yorke
Saturday:
Pyramid: The Strokes, Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds, Cardi B
Other: The Streets,
West Holts: Wu Tang Clan
Sunday:
Pyramid: The Cure, Catfish and the Bottlemen, George Ezra, Kylie Minogue,
Other: The Chemical Brothers, Weezer,
West Holts: Janelle Monáe
John Peel: Bloc Party
After some recent announcements I can see it being something like this.
Hoping for Converge to do the Napalm Death slot too....
Apparently Wolf Alice have turned down the offer to headline Other.
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2 minutes ago, Ollie 1995 said:
So what's the latest? Are people thinking pyramid sub instead of headlining?
For some reason the idea of them even playing on the pyramid stage just doesn't seem right to me - I don't know why I just can't imagine it
Only the people with unrealistic expectations of Glastonbury lineups.
The Strokes are a headline act. They'll either headline the Pyramid or not play.
Plus half the info we have on them specifically says they're headlining.
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Those Bloc Party dates being the other way around would make it look more likely imo.
Stick em on WG on the Thursday for a laugh.
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Best Strokes song?
What Ever Happened
Cheers
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Blimey it's 2007!
Someone see what The Strokes are up to.
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7 minutes ago, the wonderwhy said:
You listen to music on the loo?
At least you weren't pooing on a plate this time.
If I'm already listening to music then I do.
But this time I was waiting for the 7:30 radio premiere of the song and it reached 7:30 when I was sat on the toilet so I put my headphones on and listened.
I don't think me listening to the new Foals song on the toilet needs this much discussion.
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1 hour ago, dentalplan said:
Why are you always listening to new albums and songs on the shitter?
Well I needed a poo and was revising listening tho the Twilight Sad album so I held off on my poop until that had finished and then it got to half 7 whilst I was sat on the toilet so I listened to the Foals song whilst I was sat there.
1 hour ago, Mash011 said:Honestly never underestimate the amount of his life Will spends having a poo
Don't post my name on a public forum please.
But this is true I had like 3 or 4 today during my 12 hour library stint.
1 hour ago, dentalplan said:poogaze
Now we're gonna get this from Mash every time we discuss a shoegaze band. Cheers.
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1 minute ago, CJTM said:
Yeah, but when does Adele go on?
Before the punters arrive so she doesn't poo herself.
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4 minutes ago, dentalplan said:
I've just thought on that Dizzee Rascal subbed in 2010 and 2013 with only the one festival in between so not too crazy that they might do that. @The Martini Police says they were asked about it on radio and claimed not to know anything about it yet. Maybe it's just one of those things like The Maccabees' farewell tour that was scheduled for after Glastonbury for no reason at all.
Yeah I don't think the timing means anything tbh. They're already doing European festivals at the time so that's reason enough for the tour to be at that time, without them doing Glasto.
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4 minutes ago, Mash011 said:
can't wait for two whole albums of filler songs off the last 2 records with the choruses removed
First agreeable thing you've posted since your 75 thread.
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Foals to open Other whilst Noel opens pymild to split the crowd.
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1 minute ago, Mash011 said:
that foals is 'alright' but like, it's so 'alright' that it tips over into being just fucking boring. most boring thing since shoegaze. total filler and absolute piss as a lead single.
Yep I've already forgotten it. Someone tried to open the cubicle door whilst I was having a dump in the library listening to it and I remember that more vividly than the song.
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She was already announced for that. The reason the was potentially out of the frame is that she said she has to cancel some dates. The only other dates she has except for Beni weekend are ones directly around Glasto (plus a one off American date), so could easily still be the ones around Glasto that have been pulled).