2013 Headliners

[badleg08]

So i'm right in saying Fleetwood Mac are nailed on for Sunday then?

[fatyeti24]

The Page before the 400th page!!

[ICGenie]

I don't think there's any anti metal sentiment, hence why people don't complain when heavy acts do play, as they do throughout the lineup every year. .

[WillyVWade]

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

[thesecretingredientiscrime]

Marillion were turned down for the festival because they were "too heavy"

Thing is, if you're not into a genre it does all sound the same. I'll happily admit that the sub-genres of dance music don't mean a lot to me. But the weighting of the amount of dance music at Glastonbury does seem quite surprising, especially when you take into account all of the SE corner. "Dance music" might be a large umbrella but it must encompass nearly 50% of the festival now. I'd love for a bit more rock and a bit more variety of rock as well.

Edited February 5, 2013 by thesecretingredientiscrime

[Guitargeek]

I see where you guys are coming from now.

It's a hard one.

[LondonTom]

Enter Shikari are definitely bands that could be considered.

[neilloggie]

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

[Ed209]

I'm still stuck in the Heavy Rock/Heavy Metal term era, although a youth at work told me that he is more in to Postmetalcore or Shoegazing bands nowadays. Where do they dream the names up from?

[eoinca]

The Page before the 400th page!!

[ICGenie]

Marillion have played the festival.

I also think you've got things a bit confused. There isn't a "no heavy" policy, it's to do with crowds.

[Mud Dweller]

The magic 400.....and still none the wiser.

I'm enjoying it though, it's funny to see how many names have been put forward so far.

[eoinca]

I'm still stuck in the Heavy Rock/Heavy Metal term era, although a youth at work told me that he is more in to Postmetalcore or Shoegazing bands nowadays. Where do they dream the names up from?

[eFestivals]

Now a mid eighties to mid nineties indie stage. That is a brilliant idea.

I thought there were already two dedicated stages of that...?

[Wooderson]

*Worst thread in the long and storied history of the good ship eFestivals*

[Vanderlyle]

400 Pages

[sisco]

So im guessing with Mumford and Sons tour clashing with R&L it makes them more likely for a Glasto slot.

[thewayiam]

just to point out, there is nothing that says its an exclusive English date. Only that its a single uk stopover date. Wether that means anything but with v fest ruled out, reading and leeds ruled out, close enough to London you'd think that it'd rule out any wireless date, but far enough away for a headline slot at a sold out Glastonbury thou

[thewayiam]

So im guessing with Mumford and Sons tour clashing with R&L it makes them more likely for a Glasto slot.

[eFestivals]

Eavis'll have a backup option happy to do it.

except that's wrong.

[Guest]

so... I'm guessing that a lot of people will be doing a lot of guessing for a little while longer

just a hunch

[Role Model]

What's the likelihood on Gaga then, any real signs pointing that way?

[Ed209]

Yup, you'd say so and with Neil saying while he can't say for defo Gaga has been signed, he doesn't think its right, at the minute I'm with arctics, the stones and mumford. They are defo the cheaper headliner the fest would need if its taking what it is to maybe secure the stones. If they say no, Eavis'll have a backup option happy to do it.

[Mud Dweller]

I think Neil not saying Gaga has been signed is hidden meanings - you know? Gaga - GaGaGoGo - Baby - mummy - family - family holiday - always rains - purple rain

Its Prince for sure

[jimmyt]

A lot of fuss got made over the 6000th or 7000th post before but I think the 400 page barrier is much more impressive. It's a collective team-effort, not an individual piece of luck.

Well done, everyone. Now, let's just have a little think about what we've learned over the last 400 pages...

...erm...

...well...

...so...

...right, well approximately nothing then. Excellent work all round.