2013 Headliners

[Guest]

Imagine if the Stones say no... (quite plausible). From Eavis's point of view this years festival really does rely on them playing IMO. A potential trio of Arctic Monkeys / Mumford and Sons / Kanye West etc would be the one of the poorest set of headliners the festival has had. I imagine they're pinning everything at the moment on the presumption they are playing.

But then, it's not about the acts Glastonbury right?

[russycarps]

I saw prodigy at bestival the other year.

some angry man shouting swearwords at me and calling me a warrior for 90mins

bloody awful

[eoinca]

They haven't done anything decent for years. I saw them supporting Oasis back in 1996 and they were great.

[Guest]

I saw prodigy at bestival the other year.

some angry man shouting swearwords at me and calling me a warrior for 90mins

bloody awful

[Ed209]

... I really like Invaders must Die

[The Naughty One]

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[mrtourette]

I saw prodigy at bestival the other year.

some angry man shouting swearwords at me and calling me a warrior for 90mins

bloody awful

[alframsey]

I'm going to get a lot of grief for this, but I'm quite pleased that the Prodigy won't be back this year. Frees up the Other headlining spot for someone new, maybe someone who's not played as a headliner before.

[Wooderson]

I'm glad they aren't playing this year! An absolutely average group imo, nothing special about them at all.

[random_man]

Back in the 90's the Prodigy were unrivalled for their energy on stage. Now as excellent as their music still is - they do come across live as a group of middle aged men shouting a lot.

I would still go and see them against most bands if they was on though

Edited February 27, 2013 by random_man

[The Nal]

The Prodigy are a force of nature. Defo one of those bands you "get" or don't get. I know it appears like men shouting over loud drums and stuff but its really not. Theres a much deeper connection with their audience believe it or not! Similar to the way great lyricists connect with people. the Prodigy have a sort of primal connection granted, but a connection nonetheless.

[mike46]

Id imagin neil will have some information after the nme awards tonight, all the big wigs and bands will be there drunk id imagine quite a bit of info will get spilled

[thesecretingredientiscrime]

The Prodigy are a force of nature. Defo one of those bands you "get" or don't get. I know it appears like men shouting over loud drums and stuff but its really not. Theres a much deeper connection with their audience believe it or not! Similar to the way great lyricists connect with people. the Prodigy have a sort of primal connection granted, but a connection nonetheless.

Edited February 27, 2013 by thesecretingredientiscrime

[alframsey]

"Absolutely average" in comparison to whom exactly?

[jimmyt]

Id imagin neil will have some information after the nme awards tonight, all the big wigs and bands will be there drunk id imagine quite a bit of info will get spilled

Edited February 27, 2013 by jimmyt

[The Nal]

I'm not entirely sure, perhaps a bit too hasty in my verdict, I certainly liked them when I was younger but now I just don't see the appeal. The music does nothing for me and I'm bored of them to be honest.

[tommyds]

The Prodigy are a force of nature. Defo one of those bands you "get" or don't get. I know it appears like men shouting over loud drums and stuff but its really not. Theres a much deeper connection with their audience believe it or not! Similar to the way great lyricists connect with people. the Prodigy have a sort of primal connection granted, but a connection nonetheless.

[The Nal]

I've seen the Prodigy at festivals a couple of times and enjoyed them greatly, however, I also realised that, aside from a few songs, Keith Flint is the Bez of the Prodigy, dancing around while everyone else makes music.

[tommyds]

Flint, Maxim and Leroy are all Bez apart from Liam. Nobody has ever written anything apart from him. He calls the shots for all those guys.

[Novoselic]

Arctic Monkeys, Rolling Stones, David Bowie.

Dizzee Rascal, Mumford and Sons, Noel Gallagher

[FloorFiller]

i've only seen The Prodigy once, at Leeds '09, and whilst the band were great (this was before i'd gotten sick to death of them / Invaders Must Die) the crowd was just awful. i regrettably got down front and got the shit knocked out of me and had to retreat to the back and felt like a cripple the entire rest of the weekend. that's probably got a lot to do with the Leeds crowd rather than the band itself, but it's soured my idea of going to see them again. that said, interested to see where they go with the new album

[The Nal]

Maybe I should start a new thread, Which band has the most Bezzes?

[Ed209]

FF - Not sure how many times I've seen them, well into the teens anyway, and I've seen two good festival shows from them out of 5-6 I think. Glasto and Rock Am Ring. Saw them headlining Oxegen a few years ago and Liam seems to get pissed off after about 50 minutes and they played Out of Space and fucked off. Hes a proper arse is Howlett.

[MEGABOWL]

The Prodigy are a force of nature. Defo one of those bands you "get" or don't get. I know it appears like men shouting over loud drums and stuff but its really not. Theres a much deeper connection with their audience believe it or not! Similar to the way great lyricists connect with people. the Prodigy have a sort of primal connection granted, but a connection nonetheless.

[Guest]

While we've not got so much to talk about, I hope this gives you all a good a laugh as it gave me

http://www.nme.com/news/jake-bugg/68854