2013 Headliners

[thesecretingredientiscrime]

I've just seen a picture on Twitter, and Kanye is currently standing on a CGI screen which looks like he's floating in the middle of the sky and wearing a mask made of diamonds.

[Vanderlyle]

This thread really is sending me stir crazy. I thought there for a second someone just compared Kanye West to David Bowie. I must be going mad.

[Guest]

I think GetoffMyLawn is just fishing. The Bowie comment was a giveaway.

Some others are genuine though....

[dan05delaney]

I've just seen a picture on Twitter, and Kanye is currently standing on a CGI screen which looks like he's floating in the middle of the sky and wearing a mask made of diamonds.

[Sparticus]

I think people either get Kanye, or they don't. Part of his appeal is that he is a character, his lyrics acknowledge that he can at times be a moron, but who is perfect?

As someone else has said, look at Coachella, he nailed it. If Kanye gets himself on the pyramid, he's going to put on a show, and he's going to smash it out of the park compared to beyonce's choreographed advert.

[Vanderlyle]

Nope genuine, listen to one of his albums, he's incredibly talented.

[Vanderlyle]

I'd be disappointed if he didn't have at least a little rant, imagine how it would go down if Kanye says something completely mad and offensive live on the BBC to a crowd full of middle class dorks, I'd love it.

[Guest]

Yeah, Kanye. Such a good lad. He'll really make all those idiotic festival goers realise how stupid they are.

[Vanderlyle]

You've missed my point, I think it'd be funny for him to go off on one of his batshit tangents towards a bunch of people who have no frame of reference of what he's on about and not so much interest.

[LittleHospitals]

I bet Kanye likes Fish Sticks...

And on that terrible joke/reference I bid you adieu

[Sketchead]

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy is an absolutely fantastic album. i think somebody else on here summed it up as the Sgt. Peppers of hip hop albums and that's a perfect description of it. i've wanted to see Kanye for so so long so if he's the third headliner i will be ecstatic

[dan05delaney]

watching Kanye at Coachella now... gotta say he makes one hell of an into and as others say he nails it... ( I didn't realise I knew that many of his songs tbh)

only thing is does he ever perform with a live band, it seems like its just a dude on some decks and then a couple of guys on keyboards

on another note watching the Coachella coverage makes me appreciate the work BBC do put into covering it, the camera work just seems sloppy

[Vanderlyle]

Heard the Coachella set was good... but then again over the past couple of years he almost single-handedly ruined The Big Chill and Bonaroo.

[FloorFiller]

the main problem with him as a performer at festivals is that he seems very demanding that his stage sets are as identical to those he would have at his own shows as possible (which seems to be the reason he was late at the Big Chill, and was why he was incredibly late at Bonnaroo because he was on his his Glow In The Dark tour and needed some ridiculous stage setup)

but looking at those shows, the theatrics behind it all are incredible. nobody puts that much effort into their live shows

[When Jokers Attack]

I wasn't really a Kanye fan but I listened to My Beautiful Dark Twisteed Fantasy when it came out and it was incredible. Still yet to check out his other albums properly.

[russycarps]

kanye west is shit

[Matt42]

kanye west is shit

[sisco]

And so is your diversity.

[Wooderson]

Think theres a few on here that will start to question the booking policies of the fest... Certainly one of the most polarising bookings in recent years, if true. Locals will be chuffed if he proves to be the Sunday headliner.

[Mardy]

Think theres a few on here that will start to question the booking policies of the fest... Certainly one of the most polarising bookings in recent years, if true. Locals will be chuffed if he proves to be the Sunday headliner.

[Guest]

People slating Kanye for being a bit of a dick. Yes, he is a bit of a knob, he's extravagant with his diamonds and whatnot, but he's a hip-hop artist.

[Guest]

I'd be disappointed if he didn't have at least a little rant, imagine how it would go down if Kanye says something completely mad and offensive live on the BBC to a crowd full of middle class dorks, I'd love it.

[russycarps]

he's not a hip hop artist, he's a pop act.

[russycarps]

who are the middle class dorks?

[Wooderson]

Hiphop is as diverse as any genre. You have the talented and the talentless, the socially conscious and the ignorant, the substantive and the vacuous. Sadly Kanye West lies more towards the latter end of each of these three aspects.

West is a true product of new media/blogosphere. He has been very skilled at appealling to the HypeMachine/P4K fraternity - I can't say I've seen a more w*nked-over record than his most recent effort by a certain cadre of online "journo". As a live performer he leaves me very cold though - the Pyramid headlining spot is a stadium sized gig - as a result I can't see him achieving much beyond further impressing those already convinced of his "genius".

It depresses me that the hiphop acts with genuine style and substance are lucky to get a 4pm spot on the JazzWorld but this jackass gets to headline with his pitchshifted vocals and mumbling imprecise delivery.