Why?

[Ross78]

Tickets go on sale in 12 weeks (or so), and we haven't got a concrete(ish) headliner rumour.....pour quoi?

[Dannny]

Tickets go on sale in 12 weeks (or so), and we haven't got a concrete(ish) headliner rumour.....pour quoi?

[Ross78]

Yes we have..

Kasabian..

[thetime]

who do you want ross

[johnty]

I love kasabian but dont see them as headliners if this years glasto performance was anything to go by

[theampersanddevil]

I know that Kasabien haven't exactly got a great back catalouge, but then did the killers not headline last year? Not exactly a massive back catalouge either.

Mind you I can remember when it took more than 3 albums to have a greatest hits.

[Dannny]

Sorry, I meant decent headliner....hardly a festival headliner!! haven't got a great back catalogue...

[thetime]

Seen them once, supporting Oasis, and they put all the other bands there to shame..

[brfcstar]

and here is the problem, they are basically an oasis support band.

Edited December 14, 2009 by brfcstar

[thetime]

Yawn Yawn Yawn

That was last summer since then thay have become one of the biggest bands in the UK

[brfcstar]

so in about 20 weeks they have become one of the biggest bands, my they are mighty.

because theres an awful lot of big uk bands out there at the moment arnt there?

supported oasis in july and headliner material by christmas...hmmm

[thetime]

Kasabian have had a great year they must be one or if not the Band of 2009 so why cant they headline? Name another uk band that has had a better year and could headline i think youll struggle to find one.

This is V remember who else would they book these days its a safe bet i for one will be watching them.

[brfcstar]

radiohead

or are we just counting album sales? or are we counting supporting a band whos heyday was in the mid 90s?

[thetime]

If you read what i said youll see i said name a uk band that has had a better year then Kasabian this year. Apart from headling Reading/Leeds last what else have they done this year. We all know what they have done in the past

Edited December 14, 2009 by thetime

[jonnyx]

Kasabian have had a great year they must be one or if not the Band of 2009 so why cant they headline? Name another uk band that has had a better year and could headline i think youll struggle to find one.

This is V remember who else would they book these days its a safe bet i for one will be watching them.

[thetime]

Didn’t the Cure also arguably have a better 2009 too?

Headlining Americas biggest festival, and a huge world tour too.

[Flaminglippy]

Kasabian have had a great year they must be one or if not the Band of 2009 so why cant they headline? Name another uk band that has had a better year and could headline i think youll struggle to find one.

This is V remember who else would they book these days its a safe bet i for one will be watching them.

Edited December 14, 2009 by Flaminglippy

[luckysalt]

Hmmm gotta say based on who is doing all the European festivals there doesn't seem to be a lot of options out there for V just yet

Theres just

Rammstein - NO

Iron Maiden - NO

The Strokes - MAYBE - But probs playing Reading

Green Day - MAYBE

Pearl Jam - NO

Muse - MAYBE but doubt it

Jay Z - MAYBE

Kiss - NO

Kasabian - Looking likely

Edited December 14, 2009 by luckysalt

[jonnyx]

Hmmm gotta say based on who is doing all the European festivals there doesn't seem to be a lot of options out there for V just yet

Theres just

Rammstein - NO

Iron Maiden - NO

The Strokes - MAYBE - But probs playing Reading

Green Day - MAYBE

Pearl Jam - NO

Muse - MAYBE but doubt it

Jay Z - MAYBE

Kiss - NO

Kasabian - Looking likely

[Flaminglippy]

f**k me!, here’s a new idea! Let’s not copy other festivals, and go for somebody else.

Last week you were bizarrely arguing that V Festival had enough money to reunite the Smiths. Now your saying they haven’t got enough money to get Pearl Jam back over the ocean in August?, or lure the Cure out of their houses, or any of the other suggestions?.

[jonnyx]

I think he was suggesting that Pearl Jam aren't a band that would 'fit' V rather than it being down to money...

[thetime]

But then, I’m not entirely convinced that’s true either.

If the RHCP, Pixies, Foo Fighters, etc, etc fit, then Pearl Jam surly fit as well don’t they?.

[brfcstar]

I think we can guarantee pj will not play v.

[luckysalt]

f**k me!, here’s a new idea! Let’s not copy other festivals, and go for somebody else.

Last week you were bizarrely arguing that V Festival had enough money to reunite the Smiths. Now your saying they haven’t got enough money to get Pearl Jam back over the ocean in August?, or lure the Cure out of their houses, or any of the other suggestions?.

[jonnyx]

But V don't ever book someone original, just get whoever is on the festival circuit, sad but true. In fact nearly ALL festivals work this way