Prince

[jimmyt]

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This is absolutely disgraceful! If ME can prove he HAS tried to speak to him he should sue him for defamation of character (and give the profits to the charities missing out thanks to MyHab) because this just shows what a massive (albeit tiny) tool Prince is.

Glastonbury? Apparently it only sells out because people think Prince might play!

[Stalemate]

Haha what an idiot. Everyone knows Glasto sells out despite the line-up so why would they bother.

[tevaburger]

hmm...so, the likelihood that he is one of the 3 headliners ME indicates he has sorted for 2013 is...

I enjoy his gigs, but if/when he says things like this, and when he invites onto stage every celebrity in NYC who is in the Madison Square Garden at the Dec gig I saw him play, just to prance around for the final 10 mins of gig to a backing riff played by his band, as if to say "look who i know...look who came to see me tonight" he truly shows what a twat he is.

[angelesque]

What a tool. What a massively arrogant arsehole. Ooh, that has made me angry. So he's not the secret special guest on Sunday eve then?!

[zahidf]

The actual interview is much worse

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/jun/23/prince-islamic-countries-fun

Reading that makes me want to illegally download his music and listen to it digitally while reading a Richard Dawkins book.

Makes the choice of those tax dodgers U2 and playing for Gaddafi Beyonce more palatable.

Edited June 23, 2011 by zahidf

[Guest Flip]

haha, Prince is so, like, 1999..

[hedgepeg]

Don't think I've heard heard Michael Eavis mention Prince in regards to playing Glasto ever at all. #hugeegofail

[WillyVWade]

It turns out he's a total b*ll*nd

[Dark Star]

Sounds to me like his Hop Farm tickets aren't moving as fast as they'd like so he's stirring up some controversy (pun intentional) to get publicity...

[bamber]

I find it hard to believe that Prince has never been approached to play at the festival given the persistent rumours over many years, and if he hasn't, then why the hell not? Even if it is true, Prince is clearly wrong to suggest that the rumours are started by GFL deliberately to sell tickets as invariably the rumours start after the tickets are all sold.

That said, he sold out 21 nights at the O2 in 2007 which equates to 400,000 odd people, so in fairness he knows he is popular here, and I guess he lives in a wealth induced, paranoid, strange, delusional world.

I still want him to play one day though

[ukslim]

Prince is a dick? Who would ever have known?

[robith]

Prince is a dick? Who would ever have known?

[evergreenh]

At the Q&A session Michael Eavis confirmed that he HAD approached Prince's people on numerous occasions about him doing 2011. However Prince's management and people kept changing and so in the end he decided to give up and approached Beyonce instead.

ME noted however that Glastonbury had sold out in three hours whereas the Hop Farm (where Prince is this Sunday) was still selling tickets for the event.

[Spindles]

Prince is a dick? Who would ever have known?

[bamber]

At the Q&A session Michael Eavis confirmed that he HAD approached Prince's people on numerous occasions about him doing 2011. However Prince's management and people kept changing and so in the end he decided to give up and approached Beyonce instead.

ME noted however that Glastonbury had sold out in three hours whereas the Hop Farm (where Prince is this Sunday) was still selling tickets for the event.

[ukslim]

On a related note - tomorrow is the day of Bestival's Big Announcement. I wonder whether Neil's guess will turn out to be right?

[crimsonking]

I like Prince a lot, even though he is a complete dick, though lets face it a lot of his songs are recycled versions of Raspberry Beret.

TBH if he was booked as a headliner I'd be worried whether he'd turn up or whether he'd do an Elton style strop and cancel at the last minute because the wind directon wasnt favourable to the treble cleft in Alphabet Street or something.

[let's 'ave it!!!]

On a related note - tomorrow is the day of Bestival's Big Announcement. I wonder whether Neil's guess will turn out to be right?

[ukslim]

What was Neil's guess??? have i missed something?!

[BlackHole2006]

On a related note - tomorrow is the day of Bestival's Big Announcement. I wonder whether Neil's guess will turn out to be right?

[1mills]

On the same day that Hop Farm announced Prince, Bestival announced that they'd have a "big announcement on July 1st". July 1st being the date of Hop Farm.

I think there may have been some other coincidence. Not sure.