Sunday Park secret headliner?

[fatyeti24]

yeah AFP seem like the obvious choice / most likely to be fair. big enough to seem worthy of the slot, not too big that it'd cause mayhem, Thom Yorke has hinted that he'll be there, tour starts right after Glastonbury. i'd probably go if it was them

[FloorFiller]

is Flea in the touring band for AFP?

[olive123]

Has anyone said Florence and the Machine....?

Not sure of she is busy elsewhere but.....been guesting with the Stones so could do an early appearance on there then be whisked over to the other end of the site. Massive act regardless of people's tastes/preferences on here and loves the festival. Would be big old news in the media afterwards plus she doesn't have anything to promote so a traditional headline set on any stage wouldn't be appropriate. Also would follow Cat Power nicely.

Don't shoot me down in flames, not saying that's what I want but just that it may make sense.

All these claims of Radiohead, Stone Roses etc are all wishful thinking and are only coming up because everyone loves them on these forums and not because of any thought process behind it.

Cue someone saying she is out the country and bang goes my theory.

I think we should be looking at someone down these lines if we want to be realistic

[Matt87]

yeah AFP seem like the obvious choice / most likely to be fair. big enough to seem worthy of the slot, not too big that it'd cause mayhem, Thom Yorke has hinted that he'll be there, tour starts right after Glastonbury. i'd probably go if it was them

[FloorFiller]

Last week everyone was speculating that AFP were the TBC band opening The Other Stage on Friday.

[Matt87]

to be fair, the moment there's a secret slot / time gap, AFP are gonna be what people speculate as a lot of things add up to them being there in some form (along with the thread somebody just posted about hearing that Thom will be there)

[Homer]

I don't have a Sunday headliner so this sounds like good news. Goldfrapp would be awesome, less fussed about My Ruddy Valentine as saw them at Porto Ruddy Primavera last week and they were 'alright' (more of an 'experience' than a gig and as I've experienced it once recently wouldn't be that bothered to see them again). They were comfortably the worst (and leat attended) headliner after Blur and Nick Cave (who were both v good).

[Zoo Music Girl]

If I could choose I'd pick Grinderman. There's no way they could do the Nick Cave slot and then scoot over to The Park for another full set as Grinderman though, surely?

AFP are the obvious favourite IMO.

[Purple aki squat]

I might be wrong but doesn't the park finish early every year. I went to see Gruff last time on the Sunday night and I think he finished at just gone 10pm.

[Vieuphoria]

Nah it normally goes later than the rest

[IanM]

Empire of the Sun?

[Zoo Music Girl]

Nah it normally goes later than the rest

[Justiceforcedave]

Empire of the Sun?

[MEGABOWL]

i really doubt it'd be Travis. they're far too low on everybody's radars these days for many people to give a fuck. imagine standing, waiting for a band to walk on, and then on comes Travis. it'll be somebody more substantial - maybe even a Pyramid headliner sized band (i know they've said there won't be any secret acts of that size anymore, but i think that because they'll be up against other headliners, the safety risk is a lot less)

[FloorFiller]

Yeah, and maybe the stage backdrop will just be a sign saying "fuck you Mendip Council, we're Glastonbury and we do what we want!" ;-)

[rexclark]

I know it's near impossible but i'd love it to be a complete surprise to everyone. If it does happen and they're on the same time as a headliner, i can't see a huge crowd turning up when they don't know who it is.

[keeno]

Has anyone said Florence and the Machine....?Not sure of she is busy elsewhere but.....been guesting with the Stones so could do an early appearance on there then be whisked over to the other end of the site. Massive act regardless of people's tastes/preferences on here and loves the festival. Would be big old news in the media afterwards plus she doesn't have anything to promote so a traditional headline set on any stage wouldn't be appropriate. Also would follow Cat Power nicely.Don't shoot me down in flames, not saying that's what I want but just that it may make sense.All these claims of Radiohead, Stone Roses etc are all wishful thinking and are only coming up because everyone loves them on these forums and not because of any thought process behind it.Cue someone saying she is out the country and bang goes my theory.I think we should be looking at someone down these lines if we want to be realistic

[jimmyt]

Dehaan

[Pilgrim S]

I think whoever has done the line-up on the Park for Sunday has just listed the bands in order, without putting in the gap for a secret slot. I think there will be a surprise band during the day, but not as headliner. That's my guess.

There's mistakes on the clashfinder list anyway. Billy Bragg can't be in two places at once. So I'm not taking it as gospel just yet.

[sanyo]

I really hope this is true as none of the current headliners float my boat although would have gone with Cat Power. My heart and my head both say Beck, it makes perfect sense with his tour itinerary and would be a great way to finish the festival for me

[sinhala]

There are no secret gigs (due to H&S concerns) - Emily has already confirmed this on several occasions.

[thesecretingredientiscrime]

There are no secret gigs (due to H&S concerns) - Emily has already confirmed this on several occasions.

Edited June 12, 2013 by thesecretingredientiscrime

[arcade fireman]

I wouldn't worry about it too much - Radiohead and Pulp secret sets in 2011 were both leaked well in advance on the day on the interwebs. I don't see why this year would be any different.

(However, if the secret headliner is Goldfrapp, that's the end of my festival nicely planned right there - Cat Power and Goldfrapp would do very nicely thank you)

[sadimmock]

Indeed we only found out about Radiohead that morning when Summer Camp mentioned that the press had announced it. We were going to be in the park around about then anyway so it was worth a punt.

[arcade fireman]

Yep, I post on ateaseweb (the Radiohead board) and no one really knew before the day.