2013 Headliners

[Justiceforcedave]

Yeah let's not get too carried away here with pop acts headlining the Pyramid. Every now and again sure, if it's someone that can pull it of, after all the festival represents a very wide range of music. Do we need a pop act headling every year? No thanks. Go to V festival ; )

[LondonTom]

Yeah i agree, I don't mind RiRi's songs as much as some pop acts...but the bits i watched from Hackney her live voice wasn't great that said it proves she didn't mime like some another act we had on the Pyramid recently (Lol at Beyonce having more credibility)

[AcademicPistol]

There really should be one chart for pop music (sponsored by McDonalds).

And another for pure untainted music.

[The Nal]

Fuck me, Rihanna is awful. Music is terrible and she can hardly sing.

[gazza_20]

Did you go last night? I thought she sounded really, really good, and the whole set was great, although I admit that the party atmosphere we were in probably contributed quite a bit to that. Personally I'd much rather have her over Gaga, but its all down to personal preference at the end of the day, and it appears I'm in the minority

[dingbat2]

Still give her one though.

[the wonderwhy]

If anything V Festival has TOO MUCH pop Plus its full of Chino w*nkers...

Edited June 26, 2012 by MattDavies__

[AcademicPistol]

If anything V Festival has TOO much pop Plus its full of Chino w*nkers...

[MEGABOWL]

Still give her one though.

[JamesT977]

Don't care how unlikely it is, how it will never happen because they are rock or even because they were meant to headline Sonisphere and it got cancelled. KISS would be Phenomenal at Glastonbury for one it would attract a similar crowd that Bruce Springsteen would attract.

[Vieuphoria]

I honestly don't see similarities between a Springsteen audience, and a KISS audience

[WillyVWade]

Don't know if anyone has said this already, but... Watch The Throne?

It'll be 5 years after Jay-Z and there's not been a Hip-Hop-Headliner since but there's been plenty on the bill (Dizzee, Snoop and Wu-Tang). Just a thought.

[thesecretingredientiscrime]

I honestly don't see similarities between a Springsteen audience, and a KISS audience

[BlackHole2006]

For me Rihanna is as commerical as it gets... nothing more than saturated, well marketed radio friendly pap designed to appeal to a certain target market. No doubt her management team will tell her to have a fake pyramid stage or something Glastonbury related if she plays so that her crowd can see that she "gets it". If she played Glasto then I would be more than peeved but there's nothing that you can do really and at the end of the day it's Glasto and I would still go because I know there will be other great alternatives.

I thought the same thing about Beyonce headlining last year and managed to dodge her easily by watching Kool & The Gang who were amazing.

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

I've never even heard Rihanna and couldn't tell you what she looks like. I shall now look up a photo of her to see if she is indeed bangable.

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

Right I'm back. I lied to you as I now know that I have heard her before without knowing it (the track is We found love in a hopeless place). While I'm here I can confirm that she's attractive but I wouldn't have said she was the most beautiful woman in the world as Esquire seem to have claimed.

Also while searching for her I found this rather marvellous piece of work;

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

Apologies - sound doesn't appear to be working.

[Justiceforcedave]

For me Rihanna is as commerical as it gets... nothing more than saturated, well marketed radio friendly pap designed to appeal to a certain target market. No doubt her management team will tell her to have a fake pyramid stage or something Glastonbury related if she plays so that her crowd can see that she "gets it". If she played Glasto then I would be more than peeved but there's nothing that you can do really and at the end of the day it's Glasto and I would still go because I know there will be other great alternatives.

I thought the same thing about Beyonce headlining last year and managed to dodge her easily by watching Kool & The Gang who were amazing.

[WillyVWade]

it would be a bit like Download booking the Kings of Leon because they're a "Rock" band.

[LondonTom]

Or like Download booking Leathal Bizzle or Chase and Status...

[Justiceforcedave]

Or like Download booking Leathal Bizzle or Chase and Status...

[eFestivals]

I'd prefer pop acts to be an every now and again thing, not every year.

I've been going to Glastonbury since 1986, and every year there's been loads of pop acts all over the bill.

Despite the words that Michael has said which can safely be ignored, why would anyone think it's going to change?

[Justiceforcedave]

I've been going to Glastonbury since 1986, and every year there's been loads of pop acts all over the bill.

Despite the words that Michael has said which can safely be ignored, why would anyone think it's going to change?

[thesecretingredientiscrime]

Or like Download booking Leathal Bizzle or Chase and Status...

Edited June 27, 2012 by thesecretingredientiscrime

[eFestivals]

OK... maybe I should have clarified what I meant by pop act. I'm not talking about Arctic Monkeys, Coldplay etc etc etc pretty much every single act to ever headliner the mainstage could be considered popular music in that sense. I'm talkng about manufactured pop, I'm talking about the kind of acts that release an album written by other people every single year, that end up on teenage girls mobile phones as ring tones.

and yet some of the greatest vocal harmony groups that have ever existed fit into that category, aside from the teenage girls and ringtones.

I think a lot of what's said about this is snobbery and not a lot else. What counts that is meaningful is song quality - and as far as it goes, the likes of Rhianna is a long way from the very poor quality of the likes of (say) Cher Lloyd.

I would prefer not to have Rihanna or Gaga headling next year. I hope that Beyonce was a one off and not a new precedent being set.

a look back at previous line-ups gets to tell you that it cannot be a one off or any new precedent.