Mumford and Sons

[Bobs]

I know it's not the v festival but when Oasis pulled out of headlining they just moved the second act to headline ( luckily we saw then at last ever gig (Weston park). So start thinking about how the band feel not who will play.

[mrtourette]

they were still a big deal then, though probably not Wembley filling. they've been a big deal since that first gig at Reading in 1994. on that particular day at Glastonbury they were up against England v Colombia at France 98.

Edited June 14, 2013 by mrtourette

[airwaves]

Would have been a great opportunity to parachute in Sigur Ros who are touring in the country at the time.

However they are gigging at Eden Sessions on the Sunday night.

Bugger!!

[johnny-yen]

Give it to the chemical brothers

[tevaburger]

Give me Macca.... Stones and Macca in one weekend?

3 hours of beautiful macca would suffice!

[dan05delaney]

I know it's not the v festival but when Oasis pulled out of headlining they just moved the second act to headline ( luckily we saw then at last ever gig (Weston park). So start thinking about how the band feel not who will play.

[johnny-yen]

Will all this Mumford uncertainty put back the (rumoured) date for full stage time details release of Monday?

[FloorFiller]

Will all this Mumford uncertainty put back the (rumoured) date for full stage time details release of Monday?

[sinhala]

Give me Macca.... Stones and Macca in one weekend?

3 hours of beautiful macca would suffice!

[Bobs]

he would be a possibility and has been mentioned...is at Bonnaroo this weekend

but...i think we also need to think of the time slot, which was to be just 90 mins given Mumfords 2-album output. Getting a headliner is difficult enough on short notice, but moving the previous stage times around by another 45 mins or so would be even more of an issue i'd think... and Macca would request a full 50 mins or hr btw him and Cave too.

so, i'm thinking it has to be someone who would find a 90 minute set to be perfectly normal...rules out Neil Young and Crazy Horse, Macca, but still gives Stone Roses a possibility?

[siblin]

Not to be too harsh but isn't this stating the obvious? They will have clearly said to Glastonbury that they're keen to do it but they can't give them a yes or no for x amount of time. Therefore they would have intimated that they understand if Glastonbury want to start searching for a replacement in case they can't confirm by a certain date.

The one thing I'm sure of is that neither side is just sitting twiddling their thumbs hoping for the best.

Glasto will give them every chance to play but ultimately they are a business and will have told mumford that they'll need a yes or no by a certain time next week.

[siblin]

Oh and additionally. I hate to be cynical, but even if glastonbury line up a replacement and KNOW m&s cant make it, its in their interests to announce closer to the festival, so that when they don't have replacement t-shirts etc they can more convincingly state they had no time to re-print.

[Ratpat]

I cant see it effecting it. I'd imagine if mumford drop out then it will be a double announcement. 'Mumford and Sons have had to cancel but we are delighted to announce that x have volunteered to step in for them'.

I can't just see Glasto announcing a cancellation and leaving it up in the air.

[Pip742]

Don't the Stone Roses owe Glastonbury one as well????

[FloorFiller]

Glasto did that even for a "small" act like Tourmani Diabate a few days ago, so I don't think they'd risk a flood of people spamming their mail/twitter accounts, asking "Who is it going to be the replacement", IF Mumford pull (or maybe have already pulled out) they'll do a double announcement, saves them a lot of work!

[Jack Nottm]

I would love it to be the roses. Yop they sure owe them one for 1995?

[slats]

I seem to remember there being 2 announcements with U2 one saying they've pulled out and then the gorillas one...

I'm sure they were very very close together though ,,, were they not the same day?

[dan05delaney]

didn't do that with U2 did they? pretty sure U2's cancellation was announced first, the speculation began, and then Gorillaz were announced

i think that's how it went down, anyway...

[dan05delaney]

also they could get Stone Roses, all they have to do is wait until Monday to talk to them, they will of fulfilled all their contractual agreements then and have no more UK gigs lined up

[sean126]

only normally read on here and not read all 37 pages but Blur would be my guess to step in!

[Jack Nottm]

To be jumping about to adored in 16 days time would be amazing considering i didn't fancy much on that Sunday. *fingers crossed* *hope were not getting ahead of ourselves*

[Pip742]

To be jumping about to adored in 16 days time would be amazing considering i didn't fancy much on that Sunday. *fingers crossed* *hope were not getting ahead of ourselves*

[eoinca]

To be jumping about to adored in 16 days time would be amazing considering i didn't fancy much on that Sunday. *fingers crossed* *hope were not getting ahead of ourselves*

[Superscally]

7pm? But Nick Cave isn't on until 7.45pm...

[dan05delaney]

The more its talked about the more sense it makes. I've been a massive fan of them since they started in 2011, got their best of an everything.