Bestival 2012 Headliners

[lufcwls]

He's just said no the Chems on twitter too... altho as previously mentioned this could just be a ploy!

[rhubarb]

So Sunday night headliner to be announced in a few weeks with the Friday night headliner being announced in May

with def no chems, depeche mode, radiohead, daft punk, dolly, kate bush, thin lizzy, kylie or Beethoven (although i still remain hopeful on the last one)

florence and jack white?

florence and ???????????

[hazzamid11]

Jack White, Beck, Smashing Pumpkins, Janes Addiction, Bloc Party, Moby, The Black Keys, Charlatans, Editors, QOTSA, Yeah Yeah Yeahs. Chances of any of these taking up one of the headline spots?

[smogo]

All very unlikely I would think. Jack White possibly the least unlikely, followed by Yeah Yeah Yeahs, followed by Queens.

[Joe-]

Charlatans are on 3rd stage at IOW. Editors would be good, need another huge album tho.

[jackarmy]

What about Morrissey? I reckon that he'll have a record deal and new album out by the time Bestival comes around.

[kaosmark2]

What about Morrissey? I reckon that he'll have a record deal and new album out by the time Bestival comes around.

[Jamie_tc]

I'll hopefully be attending Bestival for the first time this year. From what I read it seems like the sort of festival where someone like Paul Simon would go down a treat?

That aside people are predicting Florence and the possibility of jack white, but for the sunday night surely it's more likely to be someone in a similar genre to Sigur Ros?

[LondonTom]

Yep, I've suggested him twice now. Both times I think in this thread.

Edited February 28, 2012 by LondonTom

[Joe-]

Florence has been put as a rumour. Please, no.

[eFestivals]

Florence has been put as a rumour. Please, no.

I've had something which suggests she could be a headliner after all - as many were presuming she would be quite a while back, till I killed that off with the idea that she'd be at V.

[Joe-]

I've had something which suggests she could be a headliner after all - as many were presuming she would be quite a while back, till I killed that off with the idea that she'd be at V.

[Homer]

The Yeah Yeah Yeahs on an exclusive would be awesome and very 'Bestival'. Are they actually active at the moment though?

[jump]

The Yeah Yeah Yeahs on an exclusive would be awesome and very 'Bestival'. Are they actually active at the moment though?

[dacbo]

please not florence, please not florence, please not florence

[Supernintendo Chalmers]

I've not seen many positive posts regarding FATM (and I've scoured most of the forums of the festivals she's been linked with). Who's buying her music and where's the demand for her to be at these festivals? Certainly no one on here by the looks of it!

[Joe-]

Who's buying her music and where's the demand for her to be at these festivals? Certainly no one on here by the looks of it!

[Supernintendo Chalmers]

15 year old girls.

[Homer]

15 year old girls.

[Dave The Hedgehog]

I've not seen many positive posts regarding FATM (and I've scoured most of the forums of the festivals she's been linked with). Who's buying her music and where's the demand for her to be at these festivals? Certainly no one on here by the looks of it!

[eFestivals]

for someone who no one likes she's done well to sell all 120,000 tickets for her March tour.

[paulomas]

I've been trying to work out the demographic for Florence + The Machine fans since about May 2010 and I've come to the conclusion that nobody actually likes her, more they like the fact her music is on ITV or is dramatic for advertising a preview of everything that is to come on the BBC schedule. So, in essence, when people go to her shows, they don't give a shit about what her music sounds like or what she's actually saying/shouting; they're just thinking about when the new series of Doctor Who starts. Then, when those 30 seconds of familiar music are over, several thousand people suddenly find themselves waking up confused from their trancelike state saying, "shit... I have no idea where I am! Where's that shouting coming from? Why am I in an arena? Why is £40 missing from my pocket? Who am I?"

Then it suddenly dawns on them that they're in the middle of a Florence + The Machine concert. "Shit, I'm at a Florence + The Machine concert". Several worrying minutes later, they hear some more familar music and go back into a trance. Overwhelmed with anxiety, they realise they forgot to set the Sky+ box to record that new, edgy Caroline Quentin drama on ITV; that is after all why they are all there. Then the music stops and again, they are utterly lost, facing the reality that they'll hear some music that wasn't on an advert. "Shit, I'm at a Florence + The Machine concert."

[Paul ™]

Plenty people like her music, and if she does headline she will have a huge crowd

[Dave The Hedgehog]

for someone who no one likes she's done well to sell all 120,000 tickets for her March tour.

[rexclark]

Didn't particiularly mind her music. That was until her Glastonbury performance, the less said about that the better really.