radio 2 says u2 replacements could be.......

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perhaps it will be the new faces?

[llcoolphil]

what they need to consider is next year. cos this years lineup is complete gash then they will struggle big time next year to sell tickets.

[Langdale Wolf]

I think with Mick Hucknall involved New Faeces is more appropriate.

[fowls]

but yeah some of them are pretty stupid and are never going to happen so i don't even get why they have them on there other than to fill the list out

Edited May 26, 2010 by fowls

[ThomThomDrum]

I know youre a huge fan - but it just makes sense, right?

Edited May 26, 2010 by ThomThomDrum

[ampersand]

Or they will sell out with ease. I know where my money goes. That the vast majority of tickets are sold before an announcement is even made suggests people aren't that arsed.

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I don't think you should be bored saying this at all. If this opinion is being voiced elsewhere on the site I don't see it, chief.

Much as I admire and appreciate M Eavis for the truly amazing culture he has developed around his festival, the man is as tight as two coats of paint & it will be far too easy for him to blame the lack of notice in getting someone else to play in U2's stead. He's got enough contacts and enough experience to shake things up a bit. A mere shift upwards of the lineup just won't cut it. There must be some kind of risk management provisions for cancellations. They have a big enough organisation.

Ive kept my counsel thusfar but I have to make the point similar to you that its a little too cosy for him to do nothing. The "TBC" on the official site will be proven to be another one of those things that only a fool would trust. Ive been that fool in the past and won't be again.

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U2 was Glasto 2010 for me. Nothing else came close on the lineup. Those of you who say (a.) Glasto's not about the music or (b.) U2/Bono are shite are just gonna have to take me at my word on this. I fully believed that U2 would have at least equalled the Bowie's, Radioheads and Blur's of this world next month.

Them playing the festival had everything. Scale, uniqueness, intimacy, controversy, glamour...

Now we get a rapper who played last year, a melodramatic Queen tribute band and, granted, a giant of music but someone who can't sell out 12K venues in Dublin and who is playing in London that same weekend.

The gloss has been rubbed off their illustrious 40th Anniversary. I realise through no fault of their own - but to sit on their hands with the money for U2 in their laps would be shameful. I don't care who they need to get on the phone to but if they want to salvage something special then the clock is ticking.

For my two cents I'd say give Daft Punk a call. The Pyramid within the Pyramid schtick just works for me on the 40th Birthday. They'd be cheaper than U2, require little or no warm up time and contrast nicely with The Flaming Lips on the Fri and of course Muse and Stevland on the Saturday & Sunday.

/my two cents.

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The Zep of course is totally incredulous. A bit like Chris Evan's career.

[dirty_dog]

Or they will sell out with ease. I know where my money goes. That the vast majority of tickets are sold before an announcement is even made suggests people aren't that arsed.

[lord stradmor]

Coldplay 6/4

Led Zeppelin 14/1

Florence and the Machine 20/1

Dizzee Rascal 13/8

Chemical Brothers 16/1

Pixies 25/1

Gorillaz 3/1

David Bowie 18/1

Scissor Sisters 25/1

Paul McCartney 10/1

Kings of Leon 20/1

Groove Armada 25/1

Kylie 12/1

Faithless 20/1

Keane 25/1

[Steve P]

what they need to consider is next year. cos this years lineup is complete gash then they will struggle big time next year to sell tickets.

[BangOnTheEar]

Zep would be epic but i really can't see it happening somehow.

[Langdale Wolf]

this year yes but the last couple of years only just

[Langdale Wolf]

One mans (or womans ) gash, is anothers best line-up in the 6 Glastonburys I've been to, even without U2.

[Tugger2k]

You mustn't forget the effect the weather has on the following year's sales.

If we get a nice, sunny year this year, 2011 tickets will sell out quickly.

I'm certain that was a major reason why 2008 didn't sell out as quickly - 2007 was bloody horrible.

Edited May 26, 2010 by Tugger2k

[Steve P]

were not going to tho, its going to rain like its never rained before, whole fields will be under water while the west holts stage is washed away completely

[Tugger2k]

More comments like that and you'll drop in my estimations to Joan Lapotra levels

[fowls]

I agree with everything Langdale's said in this thread.

[Langdale Wolf]

until he takes that keane comment back the only thing im packing is scuba gear

[Tugger2k]

Okay then you worthless piece of foul-smelling pond life, I take it back.

I can't believe you played the 'R' card.

[Langdale Wolf]

nowhere near as dirty or underhanded as the 'K' card

[Tugger2k]

Grief makes you do funny things. I'm still in shock after yesterday's announcement.

[eFestivals]

It's defo NOT the Chems so I'm hearing.

Industry gossip is firmly fixed on it being Kylie, tho whether there's any actual substance behind that isn't clear.

[ivan]

Yes please for Led Zep. Believe it when I see it mind...

[ThomThomDrum]

It's defo NOT the Chems so I'm hearing.

[eFestivals]

There is no way they could prepare in time , with stage set and crew etc !

Everything I'm getting says it's a complete non-starter.