2013 Headliners

[thesecretingredientiscrime]

Are you suggesting metal is one genre?

Not trying to start an argument, genrefication is one massive circlejerk that probably hurts more than it helps. Maybe stages aren't genre specific, but, outside of maybe the top few stages, they all cater to a specific demographic of the festival.

[jimmyt]

If you're saying dance music is one genre, you might as well say guitar music is.

[willutalk]

Well I just think with the popularity and success of the QOTSA booking and show that there could and should (in my opinion) be more acts of that genre. Definitely not as heavy as bands from Waken and Graspop (as that'd go against the whole message of the fest (OXFAM)) but more towards Download/Reading.

The Smashing Pumpkins

Soundgarden

Deftones

Mastodon

Enter Shikari are definitely bands that could be considered.

[dip]

Lawyered!

[thesecretingredientiscrime]

To be fair there have definitely been genre specific days on dance stages. Last festival there was definitely a day that was pretty much all grime on one of the bigger dance stages. And I'm sure I remember drum and bass days in the past.

[jimmyt]

Yeah, I'll give you that, but I think there's a difference between booking one day, and booking whole festivals of the same genre on that stage.

[wolfamongwolves]

Wolves in the throne room followed by four tet sounds mighty fine to me. Music is just a noise. More diverse the better. All genres welcome.

[jimmyt]

Well I just think with the popularity and success of the QOTSA booking and show that there could and should (in my opinion) be more acts of that genre.

Edited February 5, 2013 by jimmyt

[thesecretingredientiscrime]

Well I just think with the popularity and success of the QOTSA booking and show that there could and should (in my opinion) be more acts of that genre. Definitely not as heavy as bands from Waken and Graspop (as that'd go against the whole message of the fest (OXFAM)) but more towards Download/Reading.

The Smashing Pumpkins

Soundgarden

Deftones

Mastodon

Enter Shikari are definitely bands that could be considered.

[thesecretingredientiscrime]

I'm not in favour of it at all! I think it's best when the genres are totally mixed up - it either forces you to try something new or forces you to see more of Glasto as you hunt the genres you like; both positive outcomes.

[FloorFiller]

QOTSA worked so well because they WERE one of the few 'heavier' acts and people weren't at all expecting to have them at Glasto. if the stage had been full of similar acts then QOTSA would've been just another act amongst many and wouldn't have been seen as so spectacular

[Mardy]

hands up for a stage catering solely for 1970's dad-rock?

[jimmyt]

Hands up

[willutalk]

QOTSA worked so well because they WERE one of the few 'heavier' acts and people weren't at all expecting to have them at Glasto. if the stage had been full of similar acts then QOTSA would've been just another act amongst many and wouldn't have been seen as so spectacular

[FloorFiller]

i'm all for heavy acts at Glasto, but i think the organisers have pretty much nailed it concerning WHICH heavy acts should play and in what capacity. i look forward to which heavier acts they'll have this year (i imagine Smashing Pumpkins to be one of them and some smaller ones)

[thesecretingredientiscrime]

Mumfords Gentlemen Of The Road thing is mid July for shits sake.

I'd become happy on the festival front cause Sasquatch has a decent line up and that's in May, but I'm not sure what this announcement means for Glastonbury now.

[fatyeti24]

Wolves in the throne room followed by four tet sounds mighty fine to me. Music is just a noise. More diverse the better. All genres welcome.

[willutalk]

Mumfords Gentlemen Of The Road thing is mid July for shits sake.

[Bisque]

Modestep & Subgiant. They're heavy?

[thewayiam]

Mumfords Gentlemen Of The Road thing is mid July for shits sake.

I'd become happy on the festival front cause Sasquatch has a decent line up and that's in May, but I'm not sure what this announcement means for Glastonbury now.

Edited February 5, 2013 by thewayiam

[Ed209]

If you're saying dance music is one genre, you might as well say guitar music is.

[thesecretingredientiscrime]

Genre arguments are fairly retarded, but in 1995 when the first dance stage was brought in, it was a stage solely geared to one genre, electronic dance music, which was just as much of a genre then as metal music is now. So, I think glastonbury does have a history of a stage intentionally geared towards one genre.

Anyway, metal heads would have a fit with metal being regarded as a well defined genre considering their even more anal about their subgenres than dance heads. Post screamcore death viking blah blah blah

Edited February 5, 2013 by thesecretingredientiscrime

[Ed209]

But electronic dance music isn't one genre, that's the point. I have a feeling i'm massively missing the point, which i apologise if i am, but there's such a variation in the line-ups over the weekend in those venues, and that's why it works.

[badleg08]

Surely Mumford are out of the question now with that daft Gentleman of the Road gig announced?

Edited February 5, 2013 by PDA

[willutalk]

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