3rd Headliner just confirmed

[Paul ™]

Rob da Bank

Oh shit........like literally oh shit I've just confirmed 3rd headliner... @Bestival

[Zacko]

Brilliant news, the wording seems to suggest to me it's potentially an act that's quite big?

[Paul ™]

Hopefully... I wonder if he will now shut up and not deny or confirm any acts thrown at him by everyone

[dacbo]

...and we'll be waiting a few months to find out I guess.

like the sound of it!

[Joe-]

Hopefully he thought it was someone he'd never get who said yes. You can't have that reaction to Florence and the machine..

[LondonTom]

Interesting!

[Vanderlyle]

Well it sounds like he's really upset by it.

Dido?

[hazzamid11]

Cannot wait, hopefully he doesnt decide to wait for ages until he announces who it is.

Also... Beck, please be Beck, i want this more than anything, BeckBeckBeckBeckBeck.

Edited March 14, 2012 by hazzamid11

[Dave The Hedgehog]

Can I just ask, which day is this for? Friday or Sunday?

[Joe-]

Good question haha.

I'm thinking the Friday headliner because Rob said he'd be announcing the Sunday headliner mid-March, which probably meant he had sorted it out. But would someone like Florence take so much time to book for Friday? And someone like Florence can't headline the Sunday of all days.

Who knows, hopefully Rob will tell us soon otherwise this festival would have to change it's name to slowstival.

[Dave The Hedgehog]

I'm thinking the Friday headliner because Rob said he'd be announcing the Sunday headliner mid-March, which probably meant he had sorted it out. But would someone like Florence take so much time to book for Friday? And someone like Florence can't headline the Sunday of all days.

[dingbat2]

Portishead, I am going to keep mentioning it until they get announced

[smogo]

That's what I'm wondering. I mean, 3rd headliner - does that mean headliner for the 3rd day or just 'the headliner I booked last'?

He said somewhere he's already got the Sunday headliner so I'm assuming this means he's got Friday's now. So if it IS Friday's... I mean, we can read into how he said all we want but to me he's surprised by it, and would Florence + The Machine make anybody that surprised?

Taking into account the lack of surprise of it being Florence, the fact Sunday's headliner has been booked for a while, and the fact no sane man in the world would put her after Sigur Ros, I think all of this points towards it being somebody else more surprising than Florence + The Machine for Friday. Is my logic sound or am I just as confused as everybody else?

Edited March 14, 2012 by smogo

[Joe-]

Rob tweeted me back saying next week he hopes!

[spikytom]

Portishead, I am going to keep mentioning it until they get announced

[smogo]

Well, he did confirm the 3rd headliner on the same evening that Portishead announced their next shows....

[dacbo]

Well, he did confirm the 3rd headliner on the same evening that Portishead announced their next shows....

[Aphex's twin]

Portishead would be amazing for me.

[spikytom]

I've convinced myself that it must be Portishead... everything crossed, I've wanted to see them pretty much since I've liked music!

[Supernintendo Chalmers]

I know Rob's recently denied it, but maybe at that time it wasn't looking good. Maybe now after years of trying he's finally got them? Fuck it, I'm calling it. Sunday night, the calm before the storm, Sigur Ros as the sun goes down, followed by Daft Punk to close the weekend. Let us dream people...

[eFestivals]

there's loads of people now seemingly completely convinced that the headliner is Radiohead, or Portishead, or Daft Punk, or <insert another band name here>.

Which just about makes it certain that it'll be some band those people think is rubbish.

Edited March 14, 2012 by eFestivals

[Supernintendo Chalmers]

there's loads of people now seemingly completely convinced that the headliner is Radiohead, or Portishead, or Daft Punk, or <insert another band name here>.

Which just about makes it certain that it'll be some band those people think is rubbish.

[smogo]

Rob has again confirmed this morning that it's not Daft Punk (or Animal Collective).

[kaosmark2]

there's loads of people now seemingly completely convinced that the headliner is Radiohead, or Portishead, or Daft Punk, or <insert another band name here>.

Which just about makes it certain that it'll be some band those people think is rubbish.

[RaymondM]

I was thinking yesterday that Portishead would be a reasonable shout since a) they've not headlined before and Clive Deamer would be free from Radiohead duties at that point. Plus they are one of the very few bands that I can think of that could realistically follow Sigur Ros.

Could be wrong though.

Edited March 14, 2012 by RaymondM