Headliners 2015

[brettredmayne]

We have no evidence of Madonna, this interview could be just coincidental

[kingcrawler]

ah well there goes my theory then

and there also goes my theory

ignore me folks. it's gonna be Madonna isn't it

Oh wait, I might be thinking of Arcade Fire and Zane Lowe as they did a session with him around the same time. When they were on Jo Whiley's show she asked something about UK festivals the following summer and Win said something along the lines of "get your wellies ready". The full bit about Glastonbury was revealed afterwards though.

[Bonehead> Clapton]

I want macca or The Roses, think radiohead are surely a cert for next year?

[Diva Sam]

MADONNA MADONNA MADONNA.

[Slugworth]

tbh if Madonna doesn't announce herself tomorrow in her interview that'll be the end of her chances as far as i'm concerned - would be weird for her to have an interview so close to the announcement and say nothing. then it'll just be the final battle between Prince and Flo (and the now outside bet of Swift)

also, i doubt her ticket sales could be factored in to it - she will've known the risks of booking a fest before her own tour, and i doubt she can say 'don't announce me until I've sold loads more tickets'. Glasto announce late enough as it is

Glasto is late enough but would they want a repeat of last year and losing a headliner last minute? If that is what happened of course.

[Winslow Leach]

I'm still hoping for radiohead as neil heard a couple of whispers

Did he? Don't raise my hopes like this!

[Rose-Colored Boy]

Neil literally already said that he'd heard from sources who claimed to be well-placed that it definitely isn't Madonna..yes he jumped the gun on Coldplay and appeared to be caught out by the Kanye announcement too, but nevertheless I still have full faith he'll be right on this occasion.

[Callum_96]

Well neil said it was people he knew in the music 'biz' were saying, but I'm pretty sure he said they were just saying it out of desperation. If my memory serves me well

[FloorFiller]

Neil literally already said that he'd heard from sources who claimed to be well-placed that it definitely isn't Madonna..yes he jumped the gun on Coldplay and appeared to be caught out by the Kanye announcement too, but nevertheless I still have full faith he'll be right on this occasion.

Madonna's people aren't gonna go leaking out this kind of info this late in the game though so it's a tough one to call. she probably isn't the headliner, but if she was, it wouldn't just be getting blabbed about

[Matt42]

I feel like there has to have been a greater emphasis of lying in the music biz if neil has heard from lots of people saying "it isn't someone" more than "it is someone".

Just from what he's posted it seems more people have been telling him who it isn't than who it is. Maybe in the past Glasto bookers / people who are connected have found that flat out denying a band probably quells the rumours of the secrets more than saying "it could be, or no comment" etc.

[Diva Sam]

Ah thank fuck.

[Mezhyp1]

Madonna's people aren't gonna go leaking out this kind of info this late in the game though so it's a tough one to call. she probably isn't the headliner, but if she was, it wouldn't just be getting blabbed about

Has Neil ever been wrong when he's said an act isn't playing? I'm sure he said he had heard it definitely isn't Madonna

I'm going to stick with it definitely isn't Madonna

[FloorFiller]

Has Neil ever been wrong when he's said an act isn't playing? I'm sure he said he had heard it definitely isn't Madonna

I'm going to stick with it definitely isn't Madonna

there seems to be a whole other level of secrecy going on this year though. i trust Neil, and hope he is right, but what with the Coldplay debacle and him saying he didn't think it was Kanye on the day Kanye was announced, it's clear they've tightened things up leak-wise

but yeah, here's hoping he's right and his best guess of Prince comes to fruition!

[jonodillieono]

Has Neil ever been wrong when he's said an act isn't playing? I'm sure he said he had heard it definitely isn't Madonna

I'm going to stick with it definitely isn't Madonna

I'm not sure what his wording was but an hour before Kanye West was announced he said he didn't think Kanye was playing.

Whether it was "I don't think Kanye will be there" or a "Kanye west is not there" I can't remember. I feel like it was the former though

[Mezhyp1]

I'm not sure what his wording was but an hour before Kanye West was announced he said he didn't think Kanye was playing.

Whether it was "I don't think Kanye will be there" or a "Kanye west is not there" I can't remember. I feel like it was the former though

I didn't think he had said anything until after he was announced, I'm sure he said after he was announced that he had heard that it wasn't going to be Kanye during the day but hadn't said anything, I'm probably wrong though

[Matt - Ed Banger Records]

It was more along the lines of 'I've not heard anything on Kanye'

[ghostdancer1]

We have no evidence of Madonna, this interview could be just coincidental

it's primarily to promote her (poorly selling) new album which has just been released and recently announced tour.

whether or not it's related to Glastonbury remains to be seen, but a big reason for her doing this interview is definitely PR for her own stuff.

Edited March 30, 2015 by ghostdancer1

[Guest]

Has the Taylor Swift + Madonna collaboration (IT'S A SIGN!) been discussed somewhere in the murky depths of today's posts?

[Fivefingerjohn]

Neil said he didn't think kanye would be there. It was a guess as much as we are all guessing. He may have said he heard it wasn't him from an unreliable source and that his guess/feeling wasn't a certain.im sure it's the exact same stance he took with madonna last week. (That stance may have changed now)

As neil always says, when he says something, it's not 100% certain, so if he says he thinks madonna isn't playing it doesn't neccesarily mean she isn't playing.

[dentalplan]

Oh wait, I might be thinking of Arcade Fire and Zane Lowe as they did a session with him around the same time. When they were on Jo Whiley's show she asked something about UK festivals the following summer and Win said something along the lines of "get your wellies ready". The full bit about Glastonbury was revealed afterwards though.

Yeah the 'do an Arcade Fire' thing is incorrect unless it means Jo Whiley is going to ask her a question about a festival she's heard she might be playing. And that definitely won't happen as Jo Whiley will be reading questions given her by Madge's people. Just grasping at straws init.

[FloorFiller]

Neil said he didn't think kanye would be there. It was a guess as much as we are all guessing. He may have said he heard it wasn't him from an unreliable source and that his guess/feeling wasn't a certain.im sure it's the exact same stance he took with madonna last week. (That stance may have changed now)

As neil always says, when he says something, it's not 100% certain, so if he says he thinks madonna isn't playing it doesn't neccesarily mean she isn't playing.

Kanye was Neil's best guess (i think?) - Madonna is info he's been given. slightly different

[ghostdancer1]

here is what Neil said, about 20mins before he was officially announced:

http://www.efestivals.co.uk/forums/topic/186474-headliners-2015/page-832#entry4594594

I'll just point out that while I've had a couple of weakish things to suggest Kanye (a while ago now and i've mentioned them before, they aren't new ones), I've also had something else - stronger - which suggests that it's not.

None of these things are really meaningful by themselves anyway - but I just wanted to put out there that everything is not in one direction.

Personally - from nothing but a hunch - I don't think it'll be Kanye. It's looking like we'll perhaps only get to find out when they announce.

[Wellyboot]

Is it just me that feels a bit sorry for Bonehead?

Unless of course he was to turn out to be baggy but I don't think he is. I could be wrong and I don't wanna end up of becoming the next 'your baggy' person

[FuzzyDunlop]

Has the Taylor Swift + Madonna collaboration (IT'S A SIGN!) been discussed somewhere in the murky depths of today's posts?

Yes... Early this morning.

I pretty sure Martin did!

[Rose-Colored Boy]

Has the Taylor Swift + Madonna collaboration (IT'S A SIGN!) been discussed somewhere in the murky depths of today's posts?

Yep there defo seems, from it, to be the respect levels there on behalf of TS that would be necessary for her to sub Madge..