3rd Headliner just confirmed

[rachbon]

I love Placebo so would be happy if it was them, but I think they'd be a pretty weak headliner.

Is it the Friday or Sunday headliner being announced on Wednesday?

[PunkyKillick]

garbage? havnt been announced for any uk fests yet as far as im aware

[kaosmark2]

garbage? havnt been announced for any uk fests yet as far as im aware

[bexj]

No way would Garbage be big enough to headline, it would be proper scraping the bottom of the barrel.

[Paul ™]

Is it the Friday or Sunday headliner being announced on Wednesday?

[glasto_mongrel_2008]

Not Arcade Fire it would seem

RDB on Twitter: "And no arcade fire are not playin @Bestival but soulwax are..and bringin their 2manydjs alter egos! Happy days "

Edited March 19, 2012 by glasto_mongrel_2008

[Joe-]

Arcade Fire for 2013, I hope. If Glastonbury don't mind (presuming they're pretty likely for there).

Wednesday is such a mystery, it's unbelievable how little we know haha.

I'm going to keep thinking it's a crappy act, that way I wont moan if it isn't that great. Not that I should moan, plenty more to see. Sunday big top is looking mighty fine.

[chilirocker]

Gonna throw some names in, that look like they haven't been considered:

MGMT

Belle and Sebastian

Blur

Air

Chemical Brothers

Aphex Twin

Sufjan Stevens

Gorillaz

Again just guesses, but a couple could be viable candidates or headline material, perhaps.

[Joe-]

Chemicals have headlined before. I'd bloody love for them to play again though.

Aphex Twin would be good, not sure about finishing the weekend main stage though. Gorillaz would probably fit Sunday pretty well. Blur would be incredible. MGMT probably aren't big enough.

[Frankly Mr Shankly]

Sigur Ros followed by Antony & the Johnsons? That would be pretty amazing... & I don't recall it being ruled out? But I maybe wrong.

[LondonTom]

Gonna throw some names in, that look like they haven't been considered:

MGMT

[Zacko]

I wrote a big paragraph speculating on certain acts who could do it like Aphex Twin (who could nail it I think, but perhaps unlikely) then deleted it all because I realised I have absolutely no idea who it could be.

Wednesday cannot come soon enough.

[When Jokers Attack]

Neil Young and Crazy Horse album is out on June 5th.

Tour to follow? Bestival?

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/neil-young-and-crazy-horse-to-release-new-album-americana-on-june-5th-20120319

Edited March 20, 2012 by When Jokers Attack

[kaosmark2]

Neil Young and Crazy Horse album is out on June 5th.

Tour to follow? Bestival?

[paulomas]

fuck RDB and his arcade fire tweet. i wanted it to be them so bad

[rhubarb]

Are the Stone ROses any kind of exclusive at V?

Only because a while ago when they announced the heaton park gigs rob said he would absolutly love them to play bestival but wouls be priced out/ too big, maybe they are the big one that he has sPent all the money on as this was last year

No one has really mentioned them in any of the threads and cant

remember them being fully discounted, obviously i could and am most likely wrong like everyone else

[smogo]

Rob has said it's not the Stone Roses.

[Paul ™]

Placebo

Tomorrow at 9am (UK Time) meet us here for the first of this weeks announcements...

[paulomas]

NOOOOOOOOO

[Frankly Mr Shankly]

Damn it, that's not looking good... I like Placebo, but they don't have that wow factor that Bestival headliners usually provide, unless they're playing one of their older albums in full or something? But even so it's a bit meh.

If it is them, I'd expect the last headliner to be amazing: like Prince, Kate Bush, Talking Heads kind of amazing... because Placebo & New Order can't have cost very much, especially compared to last years headliners.

[LondonTom]

YAY...its still might not be though...

They could be doing the big top like Primal Scream did? (I'd say Placebo were smaller than them doing Screamdelica?)

[zeppelin]

I'm sorry guys but Placebo would make this festival even better for me!!!

Please be them!

[Paul ™]

I'm sorry guys but Placebo would make this festival even better for me!!!

Please be them!

[Joe-]

Damn it, that's not looking good... I like Placebo, but they don't have that wow factor that Bestival headliners usually provide, unless they're playing one of their older albums in full or something? But even so it's a bit meh.

If it is them, I'd expect the last headliner to be amazing: like Prince, Kate Bush, Talking Heads kind of amazing... because Placebo & New Order can't have cost very much, especially compared to last years headliners.

[Matt - Ed Banger Records]

Having seen Placebo at Reading in 2009 I was hugely underwhelmed by their performance, it was very dull and I can't help thinking that they are absolutely nowhere near big enough to headline a festival of Bestivals size - to be fair though I'm not hugely bothered by who headlines because the last 2 years I have been to Bestival I have always found myself wandering around somewhere else when the headliners are on stage.

If it was Portishead being announced though I would be very excited.....it won't be though.