Headliners 2015

[The Nal]

Anyway forget the Foos. What we really want to see is Trent Reznor, Josh Homme and Dave Grohl playing 3 hours in the Pell Tent!

Or the album release with vocals

Edited February 6, 2015 by The Nal

[mrtourette]

Must have missed it, got a short version?

Russy likes Flaming Lips, ex-drummer from Flaming Lips said Grohl is a complete tube sock, Russy thinks Grohl is complete tube sock.

[FloorFiller]

On the whole, In Your Honor is my least favourite of theirs (that's solely my opinion by the way), but Echoes isn't far off. I haven't listened to the new album yet, so I can't comment on that. Where would you say it ranks along with the others?

it's joint last for me with Echoes. thought Wasting Light was a massive return to form but this new one is very poor

[DomDom1984]

I'm actually a pretty big fan of Sonic Highways. It's probably my third favourite behind Nothing Left to Lose and Colour and the Shape. Wasting Light slots in right behind it and then there's a bit of a gap with the rest.

[FrancisH]

Sonic Highways has some ace tracks on it, but I find myself turning off or skipping in the second half of the album.

[FloorFiller]

i seriously hope they play far less / no covers when they headline Glastonbury. sad to see that there's a bigger collection of cover songs played in their current sets than there is from any of their own albums

[FloorFiller]

Sonic Highways has some ace tracks on it, but I find myself turning off or skipping in the second half of the album.

yeah it starts off well but then reaches tedium by the end (although i constantly and unwillingly find myself having the chorus to I Am The River stuck in my head)

[DomDom1984]

There's a reason for more covers than usual on this tour, so I imagine there'll still be a few on the Glastonbury sets.

[stuartbert two hats]

Peaks and troughs though. 2008's line-up was hardly world class. The value of your festival may go down as well as up.

Yeah, but 2008 had Battles subbing The Park. Not a lot of people know this, but that's the best performance the festival has ever seen.

[Mezhyp1]

I would say if you listen to Sonic Highways after watching the television shows it makes a lot more sense, it slows from episode to episode and there's definitely a story to the album, they don't seem to play much of it live though

[DomDom1984]

2008 looks like a quality lineup top to bottom to be fair. That Sunday Pyramid Stage. Oaft.

[Mezhyp1]

2008 looks like a quality lineup top to bottom to be fair. That Sunday Pyramid Stage. Oaft.

Spiritualized into The National In JP on the Sunday that year too, much the preference

[russycarps]

Playing with Gruff week after next when I see him at Brudenell in Leeds.

Still think he's a bigger trumpet than Grohl. Anyone who spells their name "Kliph" must be.

aye. I'm seeing them too, 11 feb. He's a good drummer, but yeh a cockish name I cannot deny it.

He lived the dream though, flaming lips were his favourite band and he got to play drums for them for a decade.

[FloorFiller]

There's a reason for more covers than usual on this tour, so I imagine there'll still be a few on the Glastonbury sets.

but at the expense of some great songs - the Foos setlists are starting to look more and more like a greatest hits set (which usually, i'd be all for, except that they now play barely any album tracks - all singles - which is incredibly boring if you've already seen them live before). need more album tracks in there to shake things up. i'd happily see the likes of Learn To Fly ditched in favour of an album track from the first three albums

[russycarps]

Russy likes Flaming Lips, ex-drummer from Flaming Lips said Grohl is a complete tube sock, Russy thinks Grohl is complete tube sock.

I think a few people have said he's a ballbag, not just that one dude.

[CaledonianGonzo]

Yeah, but 2008 had Battles subbing The Park. Not a lot of people know this, but that's the best performance the festival has ever seen.

And there'll be (hopefully more than) a few hidden gems scattered throughout the line-up this year too. If Burt Bacharach is on Sunday lunchtime that'll be me done for the day....

[russycarps]

2008 looks like a quality lineup top to bottom to be fair. That Sunday Pyramid Stage. Oaft.

the verve were brilliant in 2008!

[Mezhyp1]

Was it 2008 Jack White played with The Last Shadow Puppets on The Park?

[FloorFiller]

2008's lineup had some brilliant moments but, as a whole, it was the year that landfill indie took over (a continuation from 2007 where it had begun). i mean, The fucking Fratellis subbing the Pyramid. that lineup just reminds me how dire the music scene was at the time

[CaledonianGonzo]

the verve were brilliant in 2008!

The Verve are Coldplay's Dads.

(And Radiohead are their mum.)

[russycarps]

The Verve are Coldplay's Dads.

(And Radiohead are their mum.)

everyone who didnt see them says they were crap but everyone who did see them says they were ace! (no doubt some smart arse will prove me wrong now..)

something about it just clicked for me.

[Mouseboy11]

There's a reason for more covers than usual on this tour, so I imagine there'll still be a few on the Glastonbury sets.

What is the reason? Out of interest..

[ThomThomDrum]

There's also the "they do it for free (or very little) so more money goes to charity, but that (for me) justifies them returning, but not every 4 festivals. Maybe once a decade.

Once every 4 festivals sounds really bad...............

Do you know what sounds worse? Once every friggin 3!!

2015 will be their 4th time in the last 12 fests! Even the biggest Coldplay fan must recognize that that is fucked up!

[The Placid Casual]

I'm actually a pretty big fan of Sonic Highways. It's probably my third favourite behind Nothing Left to Lose and Colour and the Shape. Wasting Light slots in right behind it and then there's a bit of a gap with the rest.

I'd say their self titled is definitely up there too. Colour and the Shape is probably my favourite, then I'd probably rank the debut, Nothing Left to Lose and Wasting Light in the join second slot. After that, you're right, there's a biiiig gap between the rest

[mrtourette]

I think a few people have said he's a ballbag, not just that one dude.

Courtney Love doesn't count as a person.