Glastonbury Press Release due at 1pm

[Brave Sir Robin]

Sounds like it's a very bad April Fools:

1. Andrzej Lukowski ‏@MrLukowski 2h

   Really weird embargoed April Fools from the Glastonbury press office

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2. Mike Diver ‏@MikeDiver 2h

   @MrLukowski Pretty awful effort.

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3. Andrzej Lukowski ‏@MrLukowski 2h

   @MikeDiver it just feels bizarre more than anything else, the embargo is weird, the content feels a bit patronising to homeless people

1. Martyn Jenkin ‏@martynjenkin 2h

   @MrLukowski i guess you can't say but is it bad?

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2. Andrzej Lukowski ‏@MrLukowski 2h

   @martynjenkin it's just a bit odd, ridiculous in a slightly tumbleweed way, slapping on an embargo til 1pm is definitely overegging it

   1. Wynona Grant ‏@WynonaGrant 16m

      I don’t know if the press release I got at 1am from Glastonbury is an April Fools or not. Stop fecking with my mind! #WhoIsLongy

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   2. Adam Lowerson ‏@AdamL93 12m

      @WynonaGrant haha glad I'm not the only one who fell for it

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   3. Wynona Grant ‏@WynonaGrant 11m

      @AdamL93 I stayed up till 2.30 and wrote a news piece, ARE YOU SERIOUS? UGGGGGHHHHHH.

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   4. Adam Lowerson ‏@AdamL93 5m

      @WynonaGrant haha oh god... Got to admit, I did read over it about 4 times before it clicked haha

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[Riggins]

Maybe the press release doesn't exist and these people are making up an embargo as an April Fools.

[Brave Sir Robin]

Maybe the press release doesn't exist and these people are making up an embargo as an April Fools.

[dan05delaney]

I'm just gonna ignore this until 1 and then if something is announced then it;ll be a nice surprise if not no biggie

[Helephantelope]

Think it must be this? One of the tweets has #WhoIsLongy so just googled 'Longy' and 'Glastonbury'...

http://www.music-news.com/shownews.asp?H=Ex-homeless-busker-to-headline-Glastonbury-Pyramid-stage&nItemID=77908

[Trebor]

Neil has said this is a load of tosh.

[Riggins]

No idea what the point of that was, as you were.

[Helephantelope]

It's a bit weird isn't it? Not very funny for an April Fool's.

[Homer]

It's a bit weird isn't it? Not very funny for an April Fool's.

[zero000]

Seems to be in quite bad taste given the homeless reference. I can't imagine Glastonbury HQ being that stupid.

Edited April 1, 2014 by zero000

[Mr.Tease]

I hate April fools- just a series of tedious 'hilarious' jokes

[Trebor]

Just read it. What an awful load of crap!

[BeddyDriver]

well it was blatantly a load of shit for those that read it properly.

It starts by saying he will headline Sunday 29th June , but then goes onto say they have held the Saturday night slot open for him...!!

Obviously a shocker of an April fools attempt !

[efcfanwirral]

I hate april fools - its ridiculous.

[eFestivals]

Nah there's too many people talking about it on Twitter for that, some of them predating these people by hours.

it's complete bullshit. There is no press release embargod or otherwise.

[dentalplan]

So I tore up my Kasabian betting slip too soon?

[willsnewman]

Well that didn't happen.

[Brave Sir Robin]

it's complete bullshit. There is no press release embargod or otherwise.

Well all of these people claim to have received something, they all sound like the same thing, and it seems to be the article purplehelen44 linked to above (maybe made up by this Longy bloke?):

Songlines Magazine ‏@SonglinesMag 8m

Daft Punk, David Bowie, Prince? Nope, it’s @whoislongy. @GlastoFest #whoislongy

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[Brave Sir Robin]

FACT mag reckon the Longy thing is all linked to Kasabian: http://www.factmag.com/2014/04/01/glastonbury-announce-spoof-headliner-longy-but-who-is-it-really/

GLASTONBURY ANNOUNCE SPOOF HEADLINER ‘LONGY’ – BUT WHO IS IT REALLY?

The festival announce an anonymous busker for the Pyramid Stage – but is it an April Fool?

Earlier this morning, Glastonbury organisers sent out an email announcing that Longy, an “unknown act from Essex” who entered the festival’s Emerging Talent competition earlier this year, had been picked to close the festival on Sunday, June 29.

The suspicious email linked to the website of the mysterious busker, where you can pre-order his EP, browse his Instagram and watch him in a handful of YouTube videos, all of which show him performing with his face obscured.

Donning our Sherlock caps for moment, FACT staffers took a close listen to his single ‘Love Schizophrenia’ and reflected on the fact that British bookies previously stopped taking bets on one band to headline the festival – Kasabian.

If Longy turns out to be a proxy for the Brit rock quartet, the website also suggests that a selection of the busker’s forthcoming gigs, all at tiny venues like Hoxton Square Bar and Kitchen, will actually be performed by Kasabian.

The other acts confirmed for Glastonbury so far are headliners Arcade Fire plus The Black Keys, Blondie, Dolly Parton, Disclosure, Lana Del Rey, Lily Allen and Warpaint.

[matt2007]

they didnt put their clocks forward so it must be out at 2pm then, simples!

[Miss Jane Marple]

I gather the delay is due to finalising details with Kate Bush prior to the announcement.

[addicted2noise]

If it does turn out to be Kasabian, its quite a creative way to promote a new album. Promise to my People on one of the youtube videos does sound like a Kasabian song and its pretty good too.

[LondonTom]

Intresting ..reckon its just his agent or someone trying be clever and get everyone talking about him though.

[A13]

Where is it then?

[Riggins]

It looks like he's already played shows though.