2013 Headliners

[Andy0808 v3.0]

A brainwashed crowd await their god like leaders.........sounds like Radiohead fans

[Ed209]

I wonder how much its worth it for the band? How much more than normal going rates are festivals paying these bands for signing an exclusive? Twice? Three times? OK, I can maybe understand it for the headliners, but would not some of the lower billed bands be better off not taking the exclusives and just hitting the festival circuit hard. They'd surely make more money, get more publicity, and be able to show their art to a wider audience (although this third point now seems to be increasingly meaningless in modern music).

[fatyeti24]

I wonder how much its worth it for the band? How much more than normal going rates are festivals paying these bands for signing an exclusive? Twice? Three times? OK, I can maybe understand it for the headliners, but would not some of the lower billed bands be better off not taking the exclusives and just hitting the festival circuit hard. They'd surely make more money, get more publicity, and be able to show their art to a wider audience (although this third point now seems to be increasingly meaningless in modern music).

[sjseabass]

i've yet to see an 'European Exclusive', so they maybe go abroad for the summer.

[thesecretingredientiscrime]

From what I know, several of the smaller festivals were basically being ruined by bigger festivals doing exclusives on them, so in more recent years they've been getting their own back.

[mrtourette]

eFestivals, on 21 Mar 2013 - 13:29, said:

A scenario which is played out continually within capitalism - the best example being TV.

Capitalist competition is something which carries it's own hidden costs, which has ignorant (or selfish) people screaming "COMMUNIST" if it's ever pointed out too strongly.

Edited March 21, 2013 by mrtourette

[jimmyt]

Ok, given we've got at least 12 hours or so of rampant speculation, what if Morrissey decides to play one last time headlining at Glastonbury as The Smiths before retiring as he appears to have to do?

[FloorFiller]

Ok, given we've got at least 12 hours or so of rampant speculation, what if Morrissey decides to play one last time headlining at Glastonbury as The Smiths before retiring as he appears to have to do?

[jimmyt]

you think this is it for Mozza then? i'd both love and hate for The Smiths to reform. love because i'd get the chance to see one of my favourite bands perform live. hate because Morrissey so clearly wants nothing to do with it and i don't think he'd hide that very well on stage. it won't ever happen

[FloorFiller]

just read the NME article in which he says he was cautioned to retire. christ. i knew he'd had some medical issues but the way he describes it there it sounds like he was inches away from dying which is a horrifying thought

[Anderson19]

New The National album in May hopefully this means they will be there and with a pretty good slot i would guess.

[neilloggie]

Has anyone stopped to think that all these 'uk festival exclusive' deals are making it impossible for anyone to put on a decent festival?

[august1]

someone with more skill,should make of these with the pope to headline glastonbury and whack it on twitter

[Vanderlyle]

New The National album in May hopefully this means they will be there and with a pretty good slot i would guess.

[Dog Burger]

There's already quite a long thread on them - and they're down as a strong rumour.

Only thing making it less likely is that they only have the Saturday free - and are playing Friday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday elsewhere. So Glastonbury would make it five on the spin.

Subbing Other or 3rd down on Pyramid would make sense. Would love them to be there.

[zeppelin]

The National are in my top 3 bands at the moment, and have been for a while. Really hope they play. Won't let a SR get me too excited though haha.

[LondonTom]

2013 Headliners Thread....The National being discussed

Edited March 22, 2013 by LondonTom

[ICGenie]

From what I know, several of the smaller festivals were basically being ruined by bigger festivals doing exclusives on them, so in more recent years they've been getting their own back.

[Matt42]

So is arctic monkeys, the stones, macca possible? Is macca a cheap booking?

[sisco]

So is arctic monkeys, the stones, macca possible? Is macca a cheap booking?

[BigMarv]

I just can't see Macca, KOL, The Who headlining. Granted Arctics seem nailed on and Coldplay have done it twice. But in both cases they have released more and seem to have hit a higher plain. KOL have not, as much as I despised it, come close to topping Sex on Fire. Maybe one recent, repeat headliner, but not two.

[BigMarv]

Although I've just realised Macca was 9 years ago, fudge I feel old.

[Matt42]

His tour looks likely, plus those are a very strong set.

However (people will disagree) the stones and macca are both the same sort of act right?

[klb]

Not sure if this has been discussed but what about Blur for sundays headliner? There doing a few festivals in the summer and are free Glastonbury weekend

[brettredmayne]

Not sure if this has been discussed but what about Blur for sundays headliner? There doing a few festivals in the summer and are free Glastonbury weekend