2013 Headliners

[SNUBBLE]

Pioneers of Fila too!

[chestwig]

If Wham were to actually headline I may just get down to 'naughty corner' for once!

[Mardy]

I think people have nostalgia for nostalgia's sake really.

[Big Vern]

I really find the way that people on these boards refer to it as 'naughty corner' highly irritating. What is so naughty about it exactly?

That you stay up late, dance, drink, take drugs... All pretty standard at a festival to be honest!

[Guest]

You're right. Unfortunately that's the dominant force in the music industry at the moment. Whether it's The Wonderstuff, Take That or Bowie, the only thing making money for the record companies these days is nostalgia.

[Guitargeek]

whilst i don't condone his long rants, anybody who goes to a Kanye show and is surprised when he starts ranting has obviously been under a rock up until that show. looking at his setlists, though, he isn't cutting any songs in favour of the rants - the rants are just spliced in between songs. i guess some people would find that irritating, but there's probably an equal amount that find it hilarious

Edited February 26, 2013 by Guitargeek

[Guitargeek]

P.S. that longish rant is by no means directed at Floorfiller, despite the quote. Only the first paragraph or so was really related.

[rexclark]

Joke as I may, I really don't see Wham headlining but if they do it certainly won't bother me and I don't think it'll do the festival any harm at all.

[dingbat2]

I really find the way that people on these boards refer to it as 'naughty corner' highly irritating. What is so naughty about it exactly?

That you stay up late, dance, drink, take drugs...

[Badlands]

I honestly had no idea he went on long rants at his shows until he was mentioned in this thread. I think "living under a rock" is a bit strong. Some people, like myself, choose to ignore T.V., Radio etc because of a difference in taste to popular culture.

From what I do know of Kanye, he's clearly a bell end. So I avoid information about him when I can.

I think he'd be a poor booking for the fest. I basically agree with Wooderson's long post a few pages back about glasto getting on the hip-hop train too late and only booking the modern shit. That being said, Wham! would be an even worse booking.

Just because something is popular, doesn't mean it is good, which is why record sales can't be used to quantify the "quality" of music.

E.g. Coke is not a good drink. It's a great product, but as a drink it doesn't quench thirst, it's bad for your teeth, gums, throat, stomach, blood vessels, liver, kidneys, heart, brain and skin, to name a few. Plus, no doubt the millions or billions (trillions?) of can's and bottles produced are clearly bad for the environment.

BUT EVERYONE LAPS IT UP BECAUSE EVERYONE ELSE IS DOING IT BECAUSE ADVERTS AND MARKETING GOT THIS GENERATIONS PARENTS AND GRANDPARENTS HOOKED.

The same is true for McDonalds, cigarettes and (some, but not all) pop music. They are designed for the consumer to consume without thinking, benefiting a small, select population, whilst, directly or indirectly, having a negative effect on the consumer.

[Jackson1990]

I honestly had no idea he went on long rants at his shows until he was mentioned in this thread. I think "living under a rock" is a bit strong. Some people, like myself, choose to ignore T.V., Radio etc because of a difference in taste to popular culture.

From what I do know of Kanye, he's clearly a bell end. So I avoid information about him when I can.

I think he'd be a poor booking for the fest. I basically agree with Wooderson's long post a few pages back about glasto getting on the hip-hop train too late and only booking the modern shit. That being said, Wham! would be an even worse booking.

Just because something is popular, doesn't mean it is good, which is why record sales can't be used to quantify the "quality" of music.

E.g. Coke is not a good drink. It's a great product, but as a drink it doesn't quench thirst, it's bad for your teeth, gums, throat, stomach, blood vessels, liver, kidneys, heart, brain and skin, to name a few. Plus, no doubt the millions or billions (trillions?) of can's and bottles produced are clearly bad for the environment.

BUT EVERYONE LAPS IT UP BECAUSE EVERYONE ELSE IS DOING IT BECAUSE ADVERTS AND MARKETING GOT THIS GENERATIONS PARENTS AND GRANDPARENTS HOOKED.

The same is true for McDonalds, cigarettes and (some, but not all) pop music. They are designed for the consumer to consume without thinking, benefiting a small, select population, whilst, directly or indirectly, having a negative effect on the consumer.

[Ed209]

Would mumford be the first band to headline glastonbury without a drummer?

[thesecretingredientiscrime]

Would mumford be the first band to headline glastonbury without a drummer?

Edited February 26, 2013 by thesecretingredientiscrime

[Ed209]

Nah, Chemical Brothers have done.

Edit: Ed just makes my life redundant.

I mean Ed who posted above me.

Not Ed from Chemical Brothers.

I'm not some angry jobless drummer who was promised a live gig with Chems and cancelled my holiday only to be let down.

Really.

Edited February 26, 2013 by Ed209

[hoils]

sorry bout that. I'm not actually sure that there was anyone else though. Had a look down the headliners on Wiki and I think all the others probably did have a drummer. (so just to take you out of your redundancy), do you concur?

(fairly sure basement jaxx had a drummer live, as does Moby)

[Ed209]

Carter.

[Big Vern]

Erm i drink coke because it tastes nice and hits the spot whenim really thirsty! I couldnt give a shit if coke would like to teach the world to sing, i drink it because it tastes nice!

[Wooderson]

Much as it pains me, I agree with Nal.

[eoinca]

Erm i drink coke because it tastes nice and hits the spot whenim really thirsty! I couldnt give a shit if coke would like to teach the world to sing, i drink it because it tastes nice!

[Com Truise]

Does Kanye actually stay on stage for all of his set? Or does he do what the rest of the rapper/hip hop community do, like Eminem and 50 Cent, and do 20% of the gig themselves and leave the rest to 4 or 5 other tossers shouting "THROW YOUR HANDS UP - NOW SCREAM".

[Guest]

If Wham headline I'll make the best of it, cover my body in fluorescent paint and get off my nut drunk, there will most certainly be shapes thrown out.

[The Nal]

He puts on an incredible performance whether you like his music or not

[Vanderlyle]

Wham won't headline.

I don't have anything in particular against pop, or nostalgia, it's just that (as I keep saying) nobody under 40 was ever round at the time to dislike them at the time and get nostalgic about now.

Basically they are irrelevant to most of the festival going public. If you had asked me this yesterday, i would have been surprised if they were considered big enough for sub-headliner.

[LittleHospitals]

Would mumford be the first band to headline glastonbury without a drummer?

[neilloggie]

Is this a George Michael gig then with the odd Wham tune? I like the odd George Michael tune. Great singer in fairness.

But theres no "fun" about Wham. Its tacky shit. Mindless tacky shit. Time is supposed to whittle away the shit. Not turn what is clearly shit into some sort of ironic nostalgia. If I want to listen to Wham and dance around like a lemon in a vacuum of culture I'll go to Benidorm.

Wham in the Glastonbury headliners thread. And the Cliff Richard thread was deleted.

For fucks sake.