Whatever happened to the '4 headliners' ?

[eFestivals]

Is there an even remotely slight possibility that the "4th Headliner" might be playing one of the Special Guest slots?

it's a possibility I guess.

What about telling us who it was after the festival?

nope. It's really not my place to say.

[DaleM]

Was the 4th headlienr supposed to be on the Saturday before Bruce?

I could see Radiohead before Neil Young or The Libertines before Blur... nothing really "fits" with a slot before Bruce though...

[stuartbert two hats]

The fourth headliner was Radiohead, but they couldn't get out of the exclusivity deals with Leeds/Reading. I do have a source, but I can't reveal them.

[Zacko]

The fourth headliner was Radiohead, but they couldn't get out of the exclusivity deals with Leeds/Reading. I do have a source, but I can't reveal them.

[sjb310375]

It was Radiohead. Look at the timing - the 'No 4th headliner' news came on the same day as Reading/Leeds was announced.

[eFestivals]

The fourth headliner was Radiohead, but they couldn't get out of the exclusivity deals with Leeds/Reading. I do have a source, but I can't reveal them.

you're talking bull and you know it. Radiohead had already turned down Glastonbury to play Reading/Leeds.

[eFestivals]

It was Radiohead. Look at the timing - the 'No 4th headliner' news came on the same day as Reading/Leeds was announced.

the no 4th headliner news came the day after eFestivals had had a conversation with a certain senior Glasto staff member, who wanted the 4th headliner thing put to bed as it was no longer happening.

The only reason it coincided with the Reading/Leeds announcement was because the Glastonbury Emerging Talent finals - where we had that conversation - happened to take place the weekend before the Reading/Leeds announcement, and for no other reason. There was absolutely no link whatsoever with what was going on at Reading/Leeds.

[ivan]

Nice to see the Radiohead rumours never go away !

Will we still be at this in 3 weeks time !

Shall I still bring my Radiohead Quiz to Glasto just in case !

[pedmills]

It's blatantly Coldplay, tons and tons of people said they had heard rumours of them playing, I doubt we would have had so many rumours of one band if it was going to be someone completely different.

[howlin_pete]

I was under the impression it was Fleetwood Mac dunno where I got that from

[Zacko]

you're talking bull and you know it. Radiohead had already turned down Glastonbury to play Reading/Leeds.

[Crouchie]

stone roses... ha ha

[bombfrog]

I can tell Neil is just itching to tell us because he keeps bringing it up.

"Don't ask me who it is cause i wont tell."

"...we weren't going to.."

[eFestivals]

I can tell Neil is just itching to tell us because he keeps bringing it up.

"Don't ask me who it is cause i wont tell."

"...we weren't going to.."

If I don't say "don't ask me" then I spend ages fending off requests to be told. If I do say "don't ask me" I get this sort of shite.

[stuartbert two hats]

you're talking bull and you know it. Radiohead had already turned down Glastonbury to play Reading/Leeds.

[Chris12345]

Logistically, how would the 4th Headliner have worked?

Would it of been a Thursday main stage slot? Or would it just be that they play second, but are given the same press as the 3 'real' headliners? Or some sort of joint set?

[ashbowe]

Very simply, I don't feel it's my place to say.

The line-up being released doesn't make any difference to this - if I was going to say, there'd have been no reason not to say who it was at the time we revealed that it wasn't happening.

It's far better to look at the world by what does happen than by what doesn't. The line-up we've got is great, what more needs to be said?

[Chris12345]

To show that it was actually on the cards and not some sort of cheap marketing ploy i presume...?

[eFestivals]

Logistically, how would the 4th Headliner have worked?

Would it of been a Thursday main stage slot? Or would it just be that they play second, but are given the same press as the 3 'real' headliners? Or some sort of joint set?

the 4th headliner was planned to play before Springsteen.

There is of course a band playing before Springsteen - Kasabian - who were announced as "special guests". They are not the band that was to be the 4th headliner.

[eFestivals]

why did you bother mentioning that you knew then?

To show that it was actually on the cards and not some sort of cheap marketing ploy i presume...?

I mentioned it, as I said above, because if I don't say "don't ask me" then I spend ages fending off requests to be told. If I do say "don't ask me" I get this sort of shite. Why would or should I pretend not to know when I do?

But yes, also to verify that I know it to have been a genuine plan and not just fake marketing blurb.

[hombrederayo]

Personally I assumed that the 4th headliner was going to be on thursday when it was originally announced, especially when they said it was going to be a 5 day festival now (although it already is!).

How can someone be a headliner if there is another act on after them on that stage?!

Either way, its not happening now.

[joshwarrr]

Very true. I was trying to provoke a denial out of you The only sauce I have is tomato sauce!

[eFestivals]

What a very clever plan. Everyone come on and say that it was going to be someone (mske sure we all do different bands) say we have a source then see if Neil denies it.

*strokes chin*

Cunning.......cunning.

that was nothing I hadn't previously denied, so it got nowt out of me.

[joshwarrr]

that was nothing I hadn't previously denied, so it got nowt out of me.

[eFestivals]

There is still the offer of beer, cake and sexual favours that we made to you on another thread. Go on. You know you can't resists cake.

the sexual favours ain't doing it for me, sorry - you're just not my type.