Sunday Park secret headliner?

[jimmyt]

ha that would be absolutely manic trying to decide which secret set to go to (if you caught wind of it from the gaps in the lineup etc). imagine running to the Park only for it to be Kaiser Chiefs and then finding out Prince was on the Pyramid

[LondonTom]

then again neither can i remember when The Fratellis did

[Zoo Music Girl]

Thought Hot Chip were exclusive to somewhere (Latitude?). Would love to be proved wrong though!

[FloorFiller]

Thought Hot Chip were exclusive to somewhere (Latitude?). Would love to be proved wrong though!

[zero000]

think they are but i (for some reason that i can't remember) was under the impression that if a band plays a secret set it has a kind of loophole around the 'exclusivity' deals. i could be totally wrong about that, though. Hot Chip would be great but i don't reckon it'll be them

Edited June 14, 2013 by zero000

[Zoo Music Girl]

Makes sense. This exclusivity trend is a loads of bollocks IMO.

[Christophales]

The Park is aimed more towards the Pitchfork crowd, so it wouldn't be anything like the Fratellis, Stereophonics or the Kaiser Chiefs. Aphex Twin would be incredible, but I won't get my hopes up!

[FloorFiller]

I think this might be true. If I remember correctly Metallica did a secret set in a tent at Download one year whilst they were due to headline R&L later on in the summer, and we all know how R&L jizz themselves over exclusivity.

[FloorFiller]

Do we think it could be Maccabees? Is there any reason why they would not be allowed to announce glasto?

[BlackHole2006]

Thought Hot Chip were exclusive to somewhere (Latitude?). Would love to be proved wrong though!

[Homer]

Was surprised Belle and Sebastian weren't on the line-up, and they are back and haven't played since 04 (!). Right kind of/size of band too. Having said that, I'm not convinced this slot actually exists but there you go!

[Mud Dweller]

Travis?

[megique]

How official is this secret slot? I mean, will it be officialy printed in line-up that there will be "someone" playing at the particular hour? Or do I need to stand all day if I want to see it?

Also, a little bit of offtop but what about all of the TBAs on the official site? Will they be announced before festival?

[dan05delaney]

How official is this secret slot? I mean, will it be officialy printed in line-up that there will be "someone" playing at the particular hour? Or do I need to stand all day if I want to see it?

Also, a little bit of offtop but what about all of the TBAs on the official site? Will they be announced before festival?

[fatyeti24]

How official is this secret slot? I mean, will it be officialy printed in line-up that there will be "someone" playing at the particular hour? Or do I need to stand all day if I want to see it?

Also, a little bit of offtop but what about all of the TBAs on the official site? Will they be announced before festival?

[Bradders]

I'm sure I remember a similar thing to this happening two years ago when Gruff Rhys on Sunday was down to finish well before the other days. Nothing came of it in the end the stage just finished early.

[FloorFiller]

surely when the official set times are announced, if Cat Power is listed as early as she is as on these leaked set times then SOMETHING secretive must be going on. they have no real reason to just close the Park off so early. i'm sure all of the secret sets / gaps in the lineup will be scoped out on this forum once the times are out

Was surprised Belle and Sebastian weren't on the line-up, and they are back and haven't played since 04 (!). Right kind of/size of band too. Having said that, I'm not convinced this slot actually exists but there you go!

[Bobs]

The Sole way i found out about Pulp and Radiohead was by literally asking the lady in the info centre of the park

'Who's the special guests?'

'Pulp and Radiohead - oh wait, thats meant to be a secret, dont tell anyone' - The hilarity of this was, she said this to everyone , So i guess, it would have been known very well.

In 2010 i had no idea about Thom Yorke, but Biffy had flags everywhere around Oxylers at least, i assume if a band of Biffy's size then do something this year, they'll do something similar!

[FloorFiller]

I'm sure I remember a similar thing to this happening two years ago when Gruff Rhys on Sunday was down to finish well before the other days. Nothing came of it in the end the stage just finished early.

[Bradders]

He finished at 10:45 as opposed to the others finishing at 00:15, so a good hour and a half earlier. Admittedly it looks like Cat Power will be finishing closer to 9:30-9:45 compared to the others at the usual 00:15ish, so yeah that is much much earlier.

[FloorFiller]

bollocks i read the other two finishing times as 11.15 and 11.00 rather than 12.15. considering the early finish for the Sunday (and given that Cat Power finishes at 9.30sh) there'd have to be a half hour gap between acts, meaning the 'special headliner' would come on at 10 and probably only get an hour set, which itself seems weird

tbh, after all of this, the leaked set times are probably wrong. none of it seems to add up, really

[neil999]

my hunch(guess) is still for special guests on the pyramid, i think its something they like doing but its too dangerous at the park and it adds up with 7 acts on sat and sun(i know stones having a longer set, but still...)

[jimmyt]

James. That'd be perfect. Or Kate Bush.

Edited June 14, 2013 by jimmyt

[pedmills]

If the times are correct and Cat Power gets 1 hour she will finish at 21:30 or if she gets 1 hour 15 minutes then 21:45.

Last year Gruff Rhys finished at 22:45.

If for some reason the Park has to finish at 22:45 (not the case in 2010) there would be 1 hour to 1 hour 15 minutes free - possibly enough time for a quick secret set.

If the closing time for the Park is 23:15 like the other stages then there would be 1 hour 30 minutes to 1 hour 45 minutes free - enough time for a secret headline set.

If the closing time for the Park is 23:45 as in 2010 then there would be 2 hours to 2 hours 15 minutes free - plenty of time for a secret headline set.

If they were going to have an actually secret Park stage set then this is the way to go about it. Pretend Cat Power is the last act on and don't write 'Special Guest' or anything like that after it.

[rexclark]

Of the acts mentioned, I'd love to see Hot Chip make an appearance.