The Park Special Guests: Rumour Round up

[Jackmypie]

Are busy on the dates. Unlucky son.

[mrtourette]

I don't mean to be negative, but a lot of these seem remarkably over-ambitious. If the previous slots have been filled by the likes of Biffy, the Klaxons and half of Radiohead are the likes of the Arctics, Arcade Fire, REM, Foo Fighters, Kasabian, The Strokes, etc. very realistic? I can understand Pulp due to their connection with the festival but it seems to me that if it's going to be anyone attached to a big band then it's more likely to be some members (ie Serge and Tom from Kasabian, Dave Grohl) doing stripped down or acoustic sets, certainly not a proper set from the full band unless it's a band with a lower profile.

[The Roses]

I was standing next to Jarvis Cocker during the Thom Yorke set, so maybe he was mooching to see how the crowds would react to a big glastonbury band on the Park slot.

Would rather have been standing next to David Gilmour though haha

[twirlygirl]

Would last shadow puppets seem more 'realistic'?

I love them and Arctic Monkeys. Actually I just love Alex turner and Miles Kane and anything they do.

Edited May 19, 2011 by twirlygirl

[philly_eds]

Would last shadow puppets seem more 'realistic'?

I love them and Arctic Monkeys. Actually I just love Alex turner and Miles Kane and anything they do.

[harderfaster]

I don't mean to be negative, but a lot of these seem remarkably over-ambitious. If the previous slots have been filled by the likes of Biffy, the Klaxons and half of Radiohead are the likes of the Arctics, Arcade Fire, REM, Foo Fighters, Kasabian, The Strokes, etc. very realistic?

[Jackmypie]

Death From Above 1979!

[Homer]

I was standing next to Jarvis Cocker during the Thom Yorke set, so maybe he was mooching to see how the crowds would react to a big glastonbury band on the Park slot.

Would rather have been standing next to David Gilmour though haha

[mrtourette]

Or maybe he was watching the gig?

[Bobs]

I think there's a chance Frank turner could do the friday, he's certainly growing in Popularity, and his new album is out 2 weeks before glastonbury, The Eavis' seemed keen on him before, i think in terms of a band which isn't yet booked, it'd be a very good one to divert attention from a potentially huge saturday night slot!

[Vieuphoria]

My only realist ones are

Arctic Monkeys

Odd Future (hopefull not)

Pulp

to me those are the only really viable ones?

[devonhammer]

The The are free, but I guess I'll be disappointed again :-(

[talktoplayer]

PLease be The Strokes!!!! or Arctic Monkeys!

so, should i just go to security around the park stage each morning to find out who it is?

can someone list all the options we have of finding out whilst at Glastonbury! was gutted to miss Yorke last year!

[Dan R]

I want to be Pulp! At the minute I'm set for a horrible clash between them and Mighty Mighty Bosstones at Leeds, if they played Glasto it'd definitely make life a lot easier. And plus, it's Pulp at Glastonbury!

Edited May 19, 2011 by Dan R

[nat2006]

I think there's a chance Frank turner could do the friday, he's certainly growing in Popularity, and his new album is out 2 weeks before glastonbury, The Eavis' seemed keen on him before, i think in terms of a band which isn't yet booked, it'd be a very good one to divert attention from a potentially huge saturday night slot!

[tylerdurden]

I think realistically, it's going to be either: Pulp, Arctic Monkeys or The Strokes. But I'd put my money on Arctics.

[davidd]

The The are free, but I guess I'll be disappointed again :-(

[thesecretingredientiscrime]

Can't see it being Odd Future at all unfortunately.

Think it'll be from:

Pulp

The Strokes

Arctic Monkeys/Alex Turner

Hard Fi

Feeder

[jamseyboy]

Not sure if any are available but I have wonderings about The Undertones, Pulp, Suede and Blondie.

[tevaburger]

Not Snow Patrol but... Logistically it would be easy enough for the support band for the 2 U2 US shows that sandwich Glastonbury to hitch a lift on 360air

[tevaburger]

the Snow Patrol suggestion is a good shout. hadn't thought of that. Ran into them in a bar after a gig in Wash, DC where they were hanging with the most dreadful-looking groupies and told them i enjoyed their Glasto set (although i still kick myself for missing Groove Armada for them) which they said was their greatest experience to that point. Was surprised they weren't back soon but I tend to think that the way they turned from a half-decent rock band into a ballad-singing made-for-US-television-shows type of band may have turned Glasto off them, and the only route back was a 'quiet' special guest slot. Sort of what happened to Keane who were always dreadful (oh...shouldn't have said that per the rules of the OP) but were being talked up as a high-up-the-bill act every year it seems since '04 and had to settle for being 'snuck' in as a late avalon special guest in 09 or 10 (can't remember)

surely, it's Pulp though.

[rexclark]

Can't see it being Odd Future at all unfortunately.

Think it'll be from:

Pulp

The Strokes

Arctic Monkeys/Alex Turner

Hard Fi

Feeder

Edited May 19, 2011 by rexclark

[thesecretingredientiscrime]

I like it, slide a really stupid one in and see if anyone notices.

Hard Fi.

[LondonTom]

If Borrell did an appearence with Hard Fi, at least they could name it something like Hard-Shite, quite reflective of them.

May god have mercy on us.

[p.pete]

I don't think she has unless she played some very small obscure stage before she broke through.

As I mentioned earlier she definately isn't one of the special guests.