Acts with planned activity on or around June 2013

[gibbin82]

Without trying to start another guess the headliners thread and leaving the Stones aside, what acts have already announced plans for a tour or an album release on or close to June next year that may make them a Glastonbury possibility. For a couple of starters Roger Waters will be touring Europe with The Wall again (Glastonbury possibility very unlikely due to the size of the show) and Steve Hackett is also doing a tour of his Genesis Revisited II album that was released this week (IMO Glastonbury possibility very likely)

[mr gumby]

Elvis Costello's tour finishes in Canterbury on 23rd June. Oh pleease, oh pleeease!

[5co77ie]

nice thread:

Bonnie Raitt's tour finishes on the 27th June.

George Thorogood's tour finishes on the 24th June

[Gnomicide]

All sounding good to me so far.

[Sketchead]

Good idea for a thread I think. Not that I can contribute off the top of my head.

[BA4 4BY]

Green Day are playing Emirates Stadium on 1st June, and I got all excited until I checked the rest of their tour dates for next year, which include:

June 23rd - St Petersburg, Russia

June 28th - Bravalla Festival, Sweden

June 30th - Oslo, Norway.

Bugger.

[Andy0808 v3.0]

Here's the big one!

Maroon 5 UK tour ends 27th June. They play Dublin on the 29th... and are then playing France July 2nd. Makes them free for either the Friday or the Sunday

[Brave Sir Robin]

Good idea for a thread!

A quick Google throws up several candidates for the legends slot:

Eric Clapton and Mark Knopfler both have dates lined up around Europe in June '13

The Moody Blues have a UK tour ending on 23 June

Also:

Depeche Mode playing around Europe, but in Kiev on the Saturday night

Iron Maiden at Download on 15 June

[al_coholic]

Michael Buble.

[5co77ie]

Joe Satriani's tour ends in mid-June

[gazza_20]

Here's the big one!

Maroon 5 UK tour ends 27th June. They play Dublin on the 29th... and are then playing France July 2nd. Makes them free for either the Friday or the Sunday

[dirty_dog]

Bon Jovi now has some uk dates in June

[MrZigster]

Great thread.

Joe Satriani!!! Bring it on.

Elvis Costello's doing Canterbury? I'm getting old to have missed that.

[mr gumby]

Great thread.

Joe Satriani!!! Bring it on.

Elvis Costello's doing Canterbury? I'm getting old to have missed that.

[Neville Street]

EC got all grumpy after his last Glasto appearance, which is a real shame as I would love to see him again. I saw him in 89/90(?), and in a tape box somewhere I have a bootleg of that gig. A job for this weekend...

if only I had a ticket

[mandolin]

Joe Satriani's tour ends in mid-June

[drewsstrat]

Stereophonics have some low key dates soon o guess bigger dates next year

[TheParkAfterDark]

I know that Emily ruled them out but The Stone Roses have 2 gigs in London and 1 in Glasgow early to mid June.

[eFestivals]

Bon Jovi now has some uk dates in June

defo not lined up to play as things stand right now.

[eFestivals]

I know that Emily ruled them out but The Stone Roses have 2 gigs in London and 1 in Glasgow early to mid June.

that's exactly why they're ruled out of Glasto.

[oneeye]

Kings of Leon are in Europe towards the end of June onwards;

27/6 - Berlin, Germany

14/7 - Portugal, Optimus Live

New album promised; potential headliners?

[1waveydavey]

that's exactly why they're ruled out of Glasto.

Edited October 31, 2012 by 1waveydavey

[eFestivals]

Still not sure I believe Emily was telling the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth.

The Eavi do have form with economies of truth and headliners. Stevie Wonder being a classic example.... I think he was back up for The Stones? But Im sure he would have had conversations even at the point he was ruled out by Emily.

I have zero information on this but cant help thinking there is something in it.

Emily assured me that at the time she said Stevie Wonder wasn't playing he'd not been approached by Glasto; while I can't be sure that's the truth, I'm inclined to believe her. It might even be the case that the tweet about Stevie that she replied to to say he wasn't playing was what caused Glasto to go off and book him.

Long before Emily said that Glasto didn't have the Roses for next year, Melvin Benn (who runs Reading/Leeds) had said that R/L didn't have them and that Glasto wouldn't either. It's a very reasonable presuumption that he said that because he knew they were tied into other shows that made Glasto impossible.

There's a history of Michael making over-statements about bands being booked as headliners when they're not 100% booked, but that's as far as any 'untruths' go from the Eavii as far as I'm aware.

And given that Michael has quite happily been dropping the stones name as a possible headliner, why would they do the exact opposite over another band?

I of course can't be 100% sure about whether Emily was being truthful about the Roses - I'll only know for sure when the headliners are announced. But I'll be surprised like I've never been surprised over everything festival since i've been running efestivals it it turns out that the Roses are a headliner after all.

It might be the case that they end up popping up at the fest for a 'secret' show, but if that happens that'll be something which is sorted out at a later date, and whuich wouldn't make Emily's statement from a few weeks back untruthful. It's off-the-scale unlikely that they'd agree to a secret show now before their just-announced shows have even gone on sale; the promoter of those shows wouldn't allow it to happen until he's sure of having sold all of the tickets.

It's exceedingly clear that everything the Roses have done since reforming has been about maximising the money. Playing Glastonbury next summer is something which would subtract from maximising the money to a massive extent.

[Pilgrim S]

Why would it subtract from them making money? Glasto may not pay as much, but you get much more coverage than other festivals. The Roses will sell these dates out on Friday, and I'd assume that they would then be free do what they want. I've not heard anywhere that these dates are exclsive and I'm assuming there will be more dates next year. They can't headline the festivals that they did last year, which kind of leaves Glastonbury.

I'm 50/50 that they might do it. Especailly now that we know they are playing big shows around that time, so will have crew, merchandise, stage set, all planned and ready.

I think they're more likely than the Rolling Stones to be honest. I just don't think Mick gives a rats arse about Glastonbury, and they don't pay enough for them.

[Sketchead]

Is the Stone Roses not letting people show them on TV a regular thing, or was it just for the reunion shows this summer?