2013 Headliners

[brettredmayne]

the exact words in the press release are:-

"Music megastar Jay Z has confirmed his only European performance of 2013 at Wireless Festival"

Nothing about 'solo' there.

[hez]

I just went off what a well known festival site said

http://www.efestivals.co.uk/news/13/130218h.shtml

[The Nal]

The Stones often seem oddly unpopular for such a big-selling band. Maybe it's because they don't have one obvious 'go to' album a la Sgt. Pepper or Back in Black or what have you.

[Matt42]

I think its time for another of MrIdioteque's hunches....

[eFestivals]

I just went off what a well known festival site said

http://www.efestivals.co.uk/news/13/130218h.shtml

that was written before we'd seen the press release.

I'll get it removed tho.

[Thearg]

Yep. I'm genuinely quite a big fan of hip-hop, or at least I was a few years ago, but I think a studio album gives rappers a rest between takes, it lets them put out a perfect, clear rap, and to make sure the balance is right.

Live for bigger stages especially, I think the words get lost (Bob Dylan style). It's also quite a big ask for one person to rap for an hour without a break - I would guess it takes more out of you than most singers (Florence excluded ). In any event, smaller venues with good hip-hop I can deal with. Larger venues with good or bad hip-hop doesn't really do it for me.

[brettredmayne]

that was written before we'd seen the press release.

I'll get it removed tho.

[Mud Dweller]

If Mick and Keef both died of smack overdoses in 1972 they'd be up there with Hendrix on the respect scale.

[sisco]

I come to give you not a hunch but a comment..

If it is (if rumours are true) and this speculation is true.

Arctics

Noel

Rolling Stones

Mumford

Kanye

Strokes

Jesus that's a strong lineup! (Some might disagree) but that is STRONG.

[Matt42]

But yesterday our headliners were Arctics, Stones and Mumfords???

Last week KOL were a sure thing!!

Now this, your good at this aren't u!

[fightoffyour]

I'm looking forward to 2014 headliners.

[tylerdurden]

Much better live band than the Beatles too.

[eFestivals]

I come to give you not a hunch but a comment..

If it is (if rumours are true) and this speculation is true.

Arctics

Noel

Rolling Stones

Mumford

Kanye

Strokes

Jesus that's a strong lineup! (Some might disagree) but that is STRONG.

If the rumours you're making up are true, you mean.

This is the headliners thread. What I posted was stuff I've been sent that says a person is headlining.

That gets to mean (from those rumours) that if The Strokes are playing, they'll be headlining. So the line-up cannot be anything like you've suggested from those rumours.

I'm almost certain that Noel G won't be playing before Arctics either. It's exceedingly rare to put two such similar acts at the top of the bill for the pyramid.

[zahidf]

I'd have Noel under Kanye. Just to annoy him:-)

Strokes as a pyramid headliner would be a bit of a disaster ( and i'm a fan!) I'd say second stage only nowadays...

[fatyeti24]

Check out Sound of Rum then,she"s quite good and does a lot of festivals,she might be playing

[Mardy]

I have a theory about the stones, about longeivity (sp) and the reassessment after their death.

Beatles tunes are ludicrously popular, there's something about them, and I don't even like the Beatles) that means they are almost universal, Let it Be, Yellow Submarine, i dunno, whatever, they're something that means they exist outside their recorded versions, that means they almost (and eventually will) move into the folk domain.

Now, i love the Stones, but it's about them, as personalities, it's tied up in the Glimmer twins, it's the myths, the legends. The music, one or two songs aside (Satisfaction, Gimme shelter, maybe) hasn't, I would say, reached over. So, yeah, you're left with the recorded material, which is great and might (although I;m not sure) remain popular. But my feeling is, in 20 years time, the Stones currency will be fairly low. Once peoplewho saw them peg it, once those who remember them in their heyday go, what will be left of the stones?

All speculation, of course, without a shred of evidence to back it up, but that's my feeling

[CaledonianGonzo]

I think their body of recorded work will still hold up. Their run of 60s singles and the albums from 1968 - 1972 are unimpeachable, so after the personalities are gone people returning to the music will still find that it more than passes muster.

[Tuna]

Arctic Monkeys

Dizzee Rascal

NGHFB/Bjork (ignore this one)

Rolling Stones

Mumford & Sons

Kraftwerk/Bjork

Kanye West

The XX

Smashing Pumpkins

I see it hard placing anyone on other opposite Arctic Monkeys; must be a dancey/hip-hop/not-guitary act surely?

Edited February 20, 2013 by Tuna

[Guest]

The Stones legacy is, and wil be, as long lasting and 'important' as just about anyone I can think of. As gonzo says, that run of singles and the albums is amazing.

[ghandi]

I think as a group they will be remembered for the 60's any that headie period along with the Beatles and the Who in defining British music ( albiet borrowed from the USA ) As for the songs, i see what you mean. Really , "i can't get know satisfaction", Brown Sugar are the standards the Stones will be remembered for. As people they will be remembered as the bad side of pop to the Beatles good boy image of the 60's.

[ghandi]

Also they will be remembered for that legendary headline performance at Glasto that rounded off a glittering career in 2014

[fatyeti24]

Also they will be remembered for that legendary headline performance at Glasto that rounded off a glittering career in 2014

[The Nal]

The Stones came from blues. A lot of what they id had been done already really. And its a limited genre in fairness. The Beatles were obviously far far far more innovative.

But St Pepper has sounded dated for years now. Same cant really be said about the Stones big 4 albums.

Ok ok , Their Satanic Majesty's Requests is a disaster of arse clenching cringing proportions, but that aside like. Nothing grows as old as quick as a new sound as they say.

Edited February 20, 2013 by The Nal

[CaledonianGonzo]

While it has its weaknesses, Satanic Majesties is a fantastic album. I'd definitely take it over something like Piper At the Gates Of Dawn or SF Sorrow.

[sisco]

Where did I say that I predicted that? That

Was just the findings of all your conversations. I'm still standing with my prediction arctics/stones/mumfords. I don't think kanye will play.