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I am not sure if they will ever tour again, but I really would not be surprised if they did another one off gig like Live8. There are too many personalities there to survive a full tour imo. Live 8 gave them a massive boost to sales and profile, but that would be nothing to a full headlining set at Glasto. Sales of their records would go through the roof (not that they ever need a boost) , and all they would need to do is put up with each other for one set. If anyone can convince them to do it it would be Michael Eavis (look at U2 as an example of how much influence he and the festival has these days), and I am sure he could pay the guilt trip by saying it was his last Glastonbury (which I suspect it might be)
One Glasto headline performance, everyone wins. Pink Floyd get massive sales of their albums (partly to a new generation of fans) and a live set on BBC, Eavis can retire happy, and we will get the ultimate Glasto perfomance ever. Bar none!
It just makes sense!
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The thing with the National is, like Arcade Fire and Elbow, is that we all know how good they are but they are not really that well known in the main stream. They would be a great headliner, but I am not sure if the BBC would be that happy with them as a headliner, as I suspect it will hit their viewing figures
Would the Eavii take such a gamble, I am not sure. They seem to play it fairly safe with headliners in booking acts which everyone has heard of
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Had a dream last night Pink Floyd headlined in 2013. Started with Shine on You Crazy Diamond. The stage was all black apart from the Floyd prism on the screen at the back of the stage. Gilmours guitar ringing out across the Pyramid Field….. “Remember when you were young, you shone like the sun”.
Shivers even thinking about the possibility.
3 mins 59 in.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQYaVb4px7U
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There are not really that many areas which get overcrowded, the ones I can think of are the Pyramid stage, Shangri La and Arcadia, and the Park when Pulp or Radiohead are on! The rest of the site (including the other stage) are rarely overcrowded. There is also plenty of spare campning space around if you avoid Pennards, etc. We have camped in the Pylon ground the last two years and there has been plenty of space to camp throughot the festival, and its one of the closest camping areas to the Dance Village/JP, I think having more people there will not detract at all from the festival, provided they take a look at the areas which get overcrowded and try to redistibute the crowds somehow. There isnt a great deal they can do with making the Pyramind area bigger, but what they can do is consider who will draw the biggest criowds and put someone bigger on the other stages to compete against them (Elbow v Pulp this year for example). I have nbever seen the Pyramid so (dangerously imo) over crowded as it was for Paul Simon this year (at the sides and back of the stage anyway). I think the reason was not necessairy that people wanted dessparately to see Paul Simon, but there was not a lot happening on the other stages at that time. This was aso not helped by all of the locals (mainly) plonking their chairs down for the entire Sunday afternoon
I do know that if I do not manage to get a ticket in 2013, I will be wishing they had increased the capacity by 20,000!
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errr what, and err what again?
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I am sure moving the camping back in front of the Pyramid won't work, I have camped there before and you cannot actually see the pyramid from these areas due to the way the slope inclines then flattens out
The overcrowdinng this year was really mainly around the prramid stage, it really was quite bad. The only solution is to encourage peope away from the pyramid to other stages, so I wonder if they did want to increase capacity then anothe main stage might work. One area which coud work would be to the west of the dance village, where they showed the footie last year, I heard they had nearly 100000 there during the england debacle - luckily I went to see holy fuck on the JP stage who were awesome. Having dual headliners could really work and move people away from the pyramid stage. I think there is room and ther will still be loads of room for more camping around the site - some of the car parks an be moved further to the west, across the main road
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The Walkmen
The vaccines
The national
Too many thes, oh go on The The as well
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It's good coverage too, I can't remember the Birds being shown on any of the live coverage, and it's the best song on the new album (not their best performance of if it IMO, it needs a smaller venue, indoors or a tent and it sounds immense)
It's a definite "keep" on my Sky+
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I thought it was a great set, there are few bands who could hold a large crowds attention with slow tempo songs sub headlining the Pyramid. Magnificent. Garvey drunk? I didn't think so, well not any more than usual, he just loves Glasto and shows it on the stage, a real frontman, shame there aren't more like him out there.
The also have such a great catalogue now, that they can get away with playing songs only from the the last two albums, but I agree it would be nice to have 2 or 3 from the earlier albums
In 2008 SSK was relatively new so the songs blew a lot of people away, the album is a masterpiece, and is proven by the fact that they rightly still play a lot of songs from that album live now
Saying that if you mean the queens head set in 2008, rather than the other stage set, well that's different. The queens head set was the greatest gig I have ever been to, people got very emotional watching them in such an intimate venue, helped by them playing lots of old stuff. I cannot see that set ever being beaten. Tear jerking stuff
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You can give me a quote but I doubt you will be able to beat these guys.
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Not necessarily, these things are what you, and your mates, make of it. The best thing you can do whilst you are there is never compare it it Glastonbury. V is a music festival and thats it. Its basically a few stages, a few bars and greasy spoons, and a place to camp. Nothing else. Nothing really else to do, so as long as you appreciate that you are there with your mates to down loads of beer, have a few laughs, and see few bands (shocking line-up this year by the way imo!) and then go back to your campe site, then you will enjoy yourself. If you want anything more then forget it!
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Thanks, I don't know the new lady very well yet but she seems very nice, I think she is a bit shy.
Amanda had the nerve to dump me, she said I had no imagination I said "well you've got no imagination either" that showed her. She obviously wants me back but I've said no.
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Ha ha, nice one. Do you really think someone as nice as Amanda would be interested in you?
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Amanda certainly has no problems in that department. She has even been known to orgasm when I've entered the room.
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I love the Walkmen but they'll never be big enough to sub headline the Other Stage, let alone anything else.
If they were ever going to take off it was going to be after The Rat but they never did. Shame because Lisbon is a lovely album.
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Again Arctics had two records at number one at the time of headlining. I'd be perfectly happy with any band that had two number one records headlining.
I really think it takes time for a Pyramid slot, and you have to build on success. There are bands out there they could do this with, i.e K.O.L in '08.
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But that's not really a stir is it? Unless something like System Of A Down, Eminem
They were massive in 2007, they were the one of the biggest bands in the world. Their first two records sold over 7m and both went number one in the UK. A long way to go for The Vaccines.
I can't think of any "new" band big enough.
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Indeed. Though perhaps it's a damning assessment of the bands that are coming through that none of them are deemed worthy of such a promotion.
The Vaccines for 2013 headliner? I dont know much about their music and it is probably gash but I'd almost rather see a band like them headline 2013 than radiohead. At least a new band like that would be hungry and grateful for the slot.
(a bad example I know but they are the only new and hyped band I can think of! a band like them anyway)
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Thats another thing, you will have a very high level of nobs at Pendulum pretending to 'mosh', especially at V. Make sure you where a reaincost because it will have the highest cup of piss to song ratio in the entire weekend
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The thing with Pendulum is you know exactly what you are going to get, they are very good and polished at what they do. check the Glasto set on line, if you like the look of that then go to Pendulum because thats exactly what you are going to get at V! A lot of noise and loads of people jumping around. As the above poster says, Pendulum do the rounds so they will certainly play again soon
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I am confident it will be
Kasabian
Radiohead
Pink Floyd
Maybe Arcade Fire
You heard it here first....
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Careful, Big Brother might be watching....
Remember the weather thread...
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I didn't take a pedometer but I did manage to lose 3/4 of a stone in weight at this years festival!
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Actually, just read that Portishead are going to be touring US soon and will be releasing an album next year. More than worthy headliners, but again just wonder if they are not mainstream enough. They would be awesome headliners for the Other Stage headliners though, just not on the same day as Pink Floyd please! Lady Gaga on Pyramid, Portishead on the other and I will be one happy man watching Portishead!