2014 Headliner predictions

[thewayiam]

I'm quite surprised by Depeche Mode but quite happy about it. I'm seeing them in November so it frees me up for something else if I fancy it. Equally would be really happy to see them on Pyramid too.

Fleetwood Mac too I'd give a bash. Need to bone up on my back catalogue though.

I think Prodigy are a good shout for Other. I'm a huge fan and have never seen them at Glastonbury. Hopefully they'll be up against Elbow so I don't miss anything

Edited July 5, 2013 by thewayiam

[Roonwilldo]

Good interesting of headliners. Although, just from a purely selfish point of view, it would mean another year without getting to see Arcade Fire do it.

[TheNewUnion]

Elbow, Depeche Mode and Fleetwood Mac. Have to say, if that happens I might see all 3 Pyramid headliners. I was very much in favour of the festival going for something a bit different, this works for me. Just hope that the deals can be done.

[Mud Dweller]

Kasabian have headlined every big festival going in the UK,

[milly16]

I'm off to worthy farm now to hide in a bush,i've dream't every year that DM headline,this would be the one time that i end up not getting a ticket.......PANIC STATION.

[fatyeti24]

It's just gotta be kasabian... one of them has to fall through. I'm not even a kasabian fan but they need a band of that catagory!

[thewayiam]

actually, I think R/L might do (tho perhaps not quite as early as next year).

Elbow and Festival Republic seem to have a pretty cosy relationship from where I'm sat (I don't know how it really is), and an offer from R/L is the thing I see as most likely to stop Elbow happening (*if* anything is going to stop it happening).

[Zoo Music Girl]

I'm inclined to think different, I reckon they may be one more year away. I think they are stick on's pretty much for T and not once in the last 3 times they've played T have they done Glasto the same year. You have to go back to 1996 for them to play T and Reading in the same year and 1997 for them to play Glasto and V in the same year I think. But if it happened, it's be ace

[thewayiam]

history shows (from Wireless) that DM would probably not sell enough at IoW for John to want to risk them headlining. Glasto is lucky enough to be able to work on a completely different basis.

There's actually a precedent for this too, with Muse. The first time they were announced as Glasto headliners to resounding sounds of "not big enough", the same year they were announced as sub-headliners to Dido for V festival.

(off the back of their Glasto success they actually ended up playing last at V ... with Dido's name still top of the posters).

[thewayiam]

I think

Arcade Fire

Fleetwood Mac/Depeche Mode

Kanye West/Kasabian

Would appeal far more to the masses

[Trotter Fist]

Really poor set of headliners. Was hoping for something like - Arcade Fire, Kanye West and Stone Roses. Good chance to have a wander about, I suppose.

[Role Model]

Would only care for Fleetwood Mac out of those three.

Elbow does nothing for me, and I've never really got into Depeche Mode.

Good thing there's so much else going on that having headliners not to my fancy doesn't really bother me at all.

[TheNewUnion]

I think

Arcade Fire

Fleetwood Mac/Depeche Mode

Kanye West/Kasabian

Would appeal far more to the masses

[thesecretingredientiscrime]

I think

Arcade Fire

Fleetwood Mac/Depeche Mode

Kanye West/Kasabian

Would appeal far more to the masses

[Role Model]

Kasabian are so played out, the thought of them headlining yet ANOTHER festival bores me greatly.

It's weird that Mac/Elbow/Mode seems so predictable in a way, but thats purely due to the fact the rumours about those being around for so long. I can't say they wow me at all, but it's all personal preferences.

[eFestivals]

This is the thing, that I don't think would be an issue at the Bestival

it would be if they headlined Glasto.

[Role Model]

I'm loving the fact other festivals have stopped selling out from a purely selfish point of view, it means it's July now and I can still decide what other ones if any I want to attend this year.

[CaledonianGonzo]

The Mac are a bigger deal than a few folk here are giving them credit for. Most folk in the UK grew up with a copy of Rumours somewhere in the house, but aren't sufficiently motivated fans to want to pay through the nose to see them live. Think they'll pull a big crowd. Not Stones big, but not far from it.

[Role Model]

Mac would would get a more than respectable crowd, Depeche Mode on the other hand? I don't really see it myself.

[fightoffyour]

It's just gotta be kasabian... one of them has to fall through. I'm not even a kasabian fan but they need a band of that catagory!

[knivesout]

It's just gotta be kasabian... one of them has to fall through. I'm not even a kasabian fan but they need a band of that catagory!

[Role Model]

If Kasabian don't play who else will the drugged up neanderthal posse flock to see? Think of them please.

[fatyeti24]

If Kasabian don't play who else will the drugged up neanderthal posse flock to see? Think of them please.

[Bradders]

People saying there is something for everyone in those three. I make the average age to be 52. There's not really anything for young people*.

*yes lots of young people like older music too you know what I mean

[dentalplan]

If Kasabian don't play who else will the drugged up neanderthal posse flock to see? Think of them please.

Edited July 5, 2013 by dentalplan