Arcade Fire

[Redwinevino]

It is going to be a all time great slot.

Best band in the world

[Osama Jim Laden]

Confirmed.. Excellent..

[zero000]

Fantastic news!

So many stupid comments on the facebook post though :

"Who?"

" I'll be at a very busy other stage then. Hopefully this was to save on the budget for 2 top drawer headliners."



Hopefully that will leave more room for the rest of us to enjoy their set on the pyramid.

[nowyouregideon]

Guess I should probably find out who they actually are then...

Hey past self, they are pretty damn good.

Edited December 19, 2013 by mf_2005

[stardustjunkie]

Fantastic news!

So many stupid comments on the facebook post though :

"Who?"

" I'll be at a very busy other stage then. Hopefully this was to save on the budget for 2 top drawer headliners."

Hopefully that will leave more room for the rest of us to enjoy their set on the pyramid.

Someone did say something about how this means will be having someone "BIG" on Saturday or Sunday then.

I think they have a point, not that Arcade Fire aren't big, but I think by "BIG" they meant someone like Bowie, Led Zep and so on. Bit like how they had the Rolling Stones, Arctics and Mumford. One massive name amongst modern day, easier to get bands.

Edited December 19, 2013 by stardustjunkie

[cwaite123]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01nq3dt

Must have been sorted for a while then, before that Jo Whiley comment.

The Jo Whiley session was the same week they were in session for Zane Lowe, so they obviously wanted to tell people but couldn't.

[stokelad84]

Bland and over hyped.

[kaytee...]

Can't get much better than this for me., My favourite band playing my first Glastonbury, the night before my birthday. Proper stupidly happy that I managed to get tickets.

[adjwholovesmusic]

For any people who are in any doubt how good Arcade Fire are just watch this clip taken from The Graham Norton show at the end of November. They will be brilliant on the Pyramid. The new album is amazing. It's all set up nicely for Arcade Fire to cement themselves as one of the best bands in the world.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWMjjvfuGPo

Going to be amazing!!

[cdm22]

Its not Kasabian / Killers / Kings of Leon so it could be a lot worse!

[zero000]

Someone did say something about how this means will be having someone "BIG" on Saturday or Sunday then.

I think they have a point, not that Arcade Fire aren't big, but I think by "BIG" they meant someone like Bowie, Led Zep and so on. Bit like how they had the Rolling Stones, Arctics and Mumford. One massive name amongst modern day, easier to get bands.

I'm not sure about that really. I mean there is a limited pool of artists of that caliber who could headline Glastonbury or indeed would want to headline Glastonbury. Bowie and Led Zeppelin are just not realistic sadly, if they were touring it would be a different matter, but they both look a million miles from that point at the moment.

I think it might be something like Arcade Fire, Prince and maybe another "modern" band. Not two superstars after Arcade Fire.

[TomViolence]

I think the doubters will be pleasantly surprised. The same negative comments were said when they were announced for reading and then they absolutely smashed it, crowd got bigger and bigger with each song

[stardustjunkie]

I'm not sure about that really. I mean there is a limited pool of artists of that caliber who could headline Glastonbury or indeed would want to headline Glastonbury. Bowie and Led Zeppelin are just not realistic sadly, if they were touring it would be a different matter, but they both look a million miles from that point at the moment.

I think it might be something like Arcade Fire, Prince and maybe another "modern" band. Not two superstars after Arcade Fire.

I think Prince is considered "BIG"

[budvar]

Having watched them on their last visit to the farm in 2007 I think it's about time they made a return. I just hope they don't bring the rain back with them... (shudder)

[zero000]

I think Prince is considered "BIG"

Not in the same league as Zeppelin or Bowie though. Most people could name maybe three songs of his? I certainly would be pushed.

[Redwinevino]

I think Prince is considered "BIG"

I dunno, could non fans name 5 songs?

[John_P]

Awesome news

[rjb94]

Yeah, has the potential to be a special one

[GlastoSimon]

It won't always be the case that there is a 'BIG' act headlining year after year.

We've been lucky since 2009, and I wouldn't mind having a year or two without the massive acts.

[Tuna]

Yeah, always nice to see a few newer bands given the push to headliner status. Could do with infiltrating the recurrent circle of rubbish we constantly get. (kings of leon, killers, kasabian and that)

Edited December 19, 2013 by Tuna

[LondonTom]

Before I get slated for that, I will be somewhere else because that's the beauty of Glastonbury and I understand that. So I'm happy for those that wanted it, but disappointed that it's not someone to go "Wow I get to see...".

Good for you, glad you you took the time to inform of this....now if you don't mind...

Who the fuck is Arcade Fire?

Great news! That's one headliner for me

[dirty_dog]

this is gonna be special, could happily never go back to glasto after seeing this.

[Funkyfairy!]

Never really listened to them and not sure I could name one song, let alone 5

OK Arcade Fire fans- where should I start please ?

Thanks

[Tuna]

Never really listened to them and not sure I could name one song, let alone 5

OK Arcade Fire fans- where should I start please ?

Thanks

set an hour aside, and listen to funeral. top to bottom.

[zero000]

set an hour aside, and listen to funeral. top to bottom.

This^