Bestival 2014

[Matt42]

Chase and status would be a really good bestival headliner.

[Frankly Mr Shankly]

Announcement coming early Feb.

Major Lazer, Chase & Status, OutKast, Kylie

That's my guess.

Edited January 14, 2014 by Frankly Mr Shankly

[dentalplan]

Major Lazer as headliner?

Chase + Status, Foals and... Kylie, I guess.

[Frankly Mr Shankly]

Major Lazer as headliner?

Chase + Status, Foals and... Kylie, I guess.

Agh, bloody phone. I missed out Chase & Status... Major Lazer was meant to be the Thursday headliner.

[the wonderwhy]

Chase & Status and Foals are definitely good shots, although knowing Rob perhaps too obvious?

OutKast could be on, might be out of the running for T (and potentially Wireless) if they are doing this US festival the week after T that has hinted at having them. Perhaps they'll be over later, rather than June/July as we first thought?

[Tobieski]

OutKast, Foals, Lionel Richie.

Do we think this joint Royksopp and Robyn tour will appear at Bestival, or is that a UK exclusive at Latitude?

[Gucci Piggy]

UK exclusive I think.

Chase and Status, OutKast and something older.

[the wonderwhy]

UK exclusive I think.

Chase and Status, OutKast and something older.

Yup, from the press release:

"Latitude will be the only opportunity in the UK to catch these grand masters of electro-pop performing hits

from their illustrious careers."

[Frankly Mr Shankly]

So it looks like the Strokes will be touring after all. They could make a decent Bestival headliner...

[Tobieski]

Interpol possibly? Supposed to be recording their fifth album this year.

[Festiboi69]

What is desert island disco?

[smogo]

The fancy dress theme for the Saturday, essentially.

[Tuna]

Outkast headlining

[LondonTom]

O_o Bestival didn't want to announce it themselves?

Makes sense! Not a bad booking at all!

[Tuna]

I assume it'll be formally announced tomorrow what with it being out in the open now.

[GeoHall]

@BestivalBiscuit tweeted they would let a headliner slip before the end of the week yesterday... seems it happened a lot sooner than expected! great booking

[roughbloke]

to be clear Outkast are our biggest headliner @bestival 2014 and no, Prince, Daft Punk, David Bowie and The Beatles aren't playing this year

From Rob Da Bank

[Tuna]

Anybody reckon Sigur Ros would be in with a shot at headlining after their 2012 set they were upset with?

[mrtourette]

No

[Frankly Mr Shankly]

I can live with that.

Foals, Jack White, Vampire Weekend, Chase & Status, Morrissey, Portishead, Pixies, Major Lazer... There are plenty of other potential headliners that are 'smaller' than OutKast.

Edited January 28, 2014 by Frankly Mr Shankly

[mrtourette]

I can live with that.

Foals, Jack White, Vampire Weekend, Chase & Status, Morrissey, Portishead, Pixies, Major Lazer... There are plenty of other potential headliners that are 'smaller' than OutKast.

True, Outkast being the 'biggest' isn't a particulalrly impressive claim by other standards but the Bestival haven't shied away form 'smaller' headliners (Snoop, New Order, Fatboy Slim/Flaming Lips). Pixies and Jack White would fit pretty well.

[Tuna]

Portishead - Outkast - Morrissey. Anything less and it's you I blame, Shankly.

[dentalplan]

I can't remember the exact details of it but I seem to think Neil said something about Morrissey touring again this year.

I feel that Foals and Chase and Status will be the other headliners though, unless there's a necessity to have a more 'legendary' headliner.

[Frankly Mr Shankly]

Portishead - Outkast - Morrissey. Anything less and it's you I blame, Shankly.

That would be perfect, with Major Lazer headlining the Thursday...Just the right balance of moody/seriousness & energetic/fun.

[dan8k]

Outkast are a massive selling band across the world, speakerboxx/love below is 11x Platinum. So in those terms, they probably would be the biggest headliner if you look at that way, and plenty of other excellent headliner options.