Did Michael Eavis get Desperate?

[abu hamster]

[salvador wali]

Not a Metallica fan?

[bamber]

Metallica Pah Heah. Best party in the World, Bar None. Who Cares?

[cobaltstargazer]

Aye

[Meatball]

Go straight to the "handy advice for metalica haters" thread

Do not pass the Goan fish curry stall do not collect 200 cans

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[Trebor]

He booked the Desperate Soundsystem.

[Gnomicide]

[Zoo Music Girl]

No. He got even more genius.

[Sawdusty surfer]

The problem is that ME has pretty much run out of 'megabands'

The future line up will not be as headline grabbing as the last decade's has been .

[monkey1989]

it's gonna be great at least they really want to do it unlike the whiney purple.one . I hope they play fuel

Edited May 31, 2014 by monkey1989

[Dan R]

I don't see how booking a band thats sold 100million+ records can really be classed as a desperate booking. Desperate would be if Elbow were headlining instead.

[DL50]

The problem is that ME has pretty much run out of 'megabands'

The future line up will not be as headline grabbing as the last decade's has been .

[Horror85]

Yeah. Pretty desperate to book a band thats been going for 30+ years ( and never wavered in size they've reached ). How is that part of music history to be a headliner?

[justperfect]

Can definitely see future headliners having more of a pop music background., im thinking in particular acts such as take that and the like

[monkey1989]

someone poppy like Madonna , Lady Gaga , Rhianna , Kylie

p.s

Metallicas black album has become the first in SoundScan history to surpass 16 million records sold.

[jonodillieono]

Getting daft punk as their first uk gig in at least 8 years would be hugeeeeeeee

Edited May 31, 2014 by jonodillieono

[Frankly Mr Shankly]

In terms of 'new' headliners the ones that instantly jump out at me would be: Madonna, Prince, Fleetwood Mac, Elton John, Foo Fighters & Kanye West. (Madonna headlining with a one off greatest hits set would be bloody brilliant!)

& in terms of returning headliners, I'd kind of expect Radiohead, The Cure, Kings of Leon, Paul McCartney, Muse, Arctic Monkeys & Bruce Springsteen to all reappear at some point over the next 5-10 years.

On the topic of the actual thread: yes & no. Metallica aren't a poor choice, they stand firmly in the top tier of best selling artists/bands ever. However do I think they were Eavis' first choice? No.

Edited May 31, 2014 by Frankly Mr Shankly

[Sawdusty surfer]

& in terms of returning headliners, I'd kind of expect Radiohead, The Cure, Kings of Leon, Paul McCartney, Muse, Arctic Monkeys & Bruce Springsteen to all reappear at some point over the next 5-10 years.

[Wanderlei]

Metallica are a huge band. It's getting to the point where the organisers are looking down the list of biggest acts, filtering out the ones who have already played recently and the ones who aren't interested, then choosing one. Metallica is easily the biggest band at Glasto this year.

[frostypaw]

I don't see how booking a band thats sold 100million+ records can really be classed as a desperate booking. Desperate would be if Elbow were headlining instead.

[DL50]

On the topic of the actual thread: yes & no. Metallica aren't a poor choice, they stand firmly in the top tier of best selling artists/bands ever. However do I think they were Eavis' first choice? No.

[siblin]

As much as I have zero interest in them and I think metallica are a poor choice, I do see how the lack of good acts to book these days makes it tough to get someone of the high calibre we've come to expect.

Am I blown away by the headliners? no.

Am I jealous of any other festivals headliners? absolutely not.

Plus I think that the overall lineup is impressive this year, theres lots on and I don't think many of us are gonna be bored (I mean come on - Blondie are on before i've even had breakfast!).

So do I think the Eavii were desperate? no not really, though as music fans I suspect that they like the rest of us want some new, decent breakthrough acts for the future.

[Boopickledaddy]

I think there are other rock acts that could headline. Black Sabbath and ACDC would be interesting.

I'm often more excited about bands further down the line up. This year there are lots of bands I want to see and personally I would have been happy for Jack White to have headlined one of the nights, as it is I will miss him as I really want to see the Pixies.

I think one option for the future would be having two smaller headliners on the same night or getting a smaller headliner to do something special - a one off collaboratation for example.

[Wanderlei]

ACDC could headline if Glastonbury was in Australia.

[Sawdusty surfer]

ACDC could headline if Glastonbury was in Australia.