Headliners 2015

[ThomThomDrum]

The Sunday headliner will be made public when Prince is good and ready. The guy is a fucking nut job so it could be anytime...............or he could refuse again like last year, for any reason like his eggs were too cold, or his bed sheet was wrinkled or because today is Thursday and he would like it to be a Saturday.........who knows? Not even Prince knows yet

Edited April 2, 2015 by ThomThomDrum

[st dan]

If Prince is acting like this .. I don't understand why they want him to play. Who's calling the shots here?!

Prince benefits from a Glastonbury performance more than Glastonbury benefits from a Prince performance.

[ghostdancer1]

I dont reckon it'll be till May dudes. I saw a band a few weeks back who are playing the Bimble Inn, they said they cant announce they're playing till May. I thought we'd hear something before, but it doesn't look likely does it. I am in the camp of I'm not bothered about the headliner, just wanna know the smaller bands, but not fussed when they announce it really...I quite like all the suspense...

the full lineup (with stages like the Bimble Inn) usually isn't until May anyway.

usually there's an announcement with acts on the main stages several weeks before that.

[Badlands]

I'll quite happily wait until May for a lineup if it’s Prince.

[Wooderson]

I'll quite happily wait until May for a lineup if its Prince.

Id wait till he walks out on that Pyramid with the only thing bigger than his sunglasses being his grin.

[Wellyboot]

I cant wait until May

I cant take this much longer

Is it possible it could be this evening? Or is it just not happening today?

[eFestivals]

If Prince is acting like this ..

who says Prince is acting like anything at all?

It's perfectly possible that the announcement timings will be made on a basis that GFL decide, uninfluenced by any divas.

[Fivefingerjohn]

If Prince is acting like this .. I don't understand why they want him to play. Who's calling the shots here?!

Prince benefits from a Glastonbury performance more than Glastonbury benefits from a Prince performance.

Really? I'd say other way round

[eFestivals]

Is it possible it could be this evening? Or is it just not happening today?

I've no idea if it's happening today or not, but if nothing has happened by 3pm today than I think it's hugely unlikely that they'll be anything today, and very unlikely they'll be anything before Tuesday.

[Fivefingerjohn]

I didn't bother to read it, and I'm not hunting back for that link.But if it's claiming that Prince pulled out, it's 100% made up.

Sure I read michael eavis quotes confirming they had him

[CaledonianGonzo]

I'd rather have the line-up right now with someone terrible at the top of it than wait another second longer solely to satisfy Prince's over-inflated ego.

Then come the Sunday evening I'll be able to bask in the warm, satisfied glow of knowing that I got to open my Christmas stocking early and found a lump of coal in it.

[Lubic]

it's rare for any festival to announce over a normal weekend. In 15 years of being sat here I can't remember any festival announcing anything over easter (tho I guess it might have happened).

Weekends are simply less effective at disseminating information, because people are doing 'fun' things and so are engaging with media less.

It's not impossible that they'll announce over Easter weekend, but don't go expecting it.

I seem to remember Leeds/Reading having their lineup reveal/ticket sale on easter monday in the past? Not 100% on that though

[Boopickledaddy]

Is there anyway of knowing how quickly the ticket balances are being paid off?

I think most people on here will have paid off their balances quickly (as clearly the festival is a big deal to us), but what is happening outside of efests?

I wondering if the Eavis's are waiting to see if the balances are paid off despite the Kanye West petition.

Edited April 2, 2015 by Boopickledaddy

[Homer]

I cant wait until May

I cant take this much longer

Is it possible it could be this evening? Or is it just not happening today?

I'd be surprised if it was tonight. It's effectively a Friday night and also a bank holiday. Most people will be in a car/pub, etc. Not online/giving much of a sh1t (present company excepted!).

[Mezhyp1]

No mention of Glastonbury from Mark Knopfler, and that was with Shaun Keaveny bringing up a story from G

Not looking a 'certainty' now

[st dan]

who says Prince is acting like anything at all?

It's perfectly possible that the announcement timings will be made on a basis that GFL decide, uninfluenced by any divas.

It is possible that it is a GFL decision .. But Prince is well known for his diva antics (e.g. taking all the sound off his songs on YouTube) and there seems to be something that have stopped discussions in the past.

If he was 'easy' to book, knowing how much Michael wants him to play, he would have been booked years ago surely?

[Mouseboy11]

I seem to remember Leeds/Reading having their lineup reveal/ticket sale on easter monday in the past? Not 100% on that though

I don't think it's entirely out of the question it'll happen on one of the bank holidays...

[Hugh Jass]

Said this before, but isn't the most likely cause of delay down the sheer number of negotiations that need to take place and getting contracts signed? If someone has agreed but not signed on the dotted line yet then they can't really announce them.

My guess is that the poster is ready to go but they're waiting for go ahead from the legal bods.

[hurdy]

Sure I read michael eavis quotes confirming they had him

No the quotes were that they were talking to his people. The NME wrote the pulled out bit in the headline, but it wasn't a quote

[Boopickledaddy]

No mention of Glastonbury from Mark Knopfler, and that was with Shaun Keaveny bringing up a story from G

Not looking a 'certainty' now

I was thinking the same

[st dan]

Really? I'd say other way round

How would a sold out festival benefit from him playing?

He is a big draw, but we've had The Rolling Stones in the past few years .. Who are on another level than Prince. That level of hype will never be topped.

[hurdy]

I didn't bother to read it, and I'm not hunting back for that link.

But if it's claiming that Prince pulled out, it's 100% made up.

Sorry, I meant the hypothesis around the secrecy being an attempt to secure his booking?

[Untz]

I don't think it's entirely out of the question it'll happen on one of the bank holidays...

Could happen on Monday. People will be bored of eating chocolate by then and it's ready for the printed press on Tuesday.

I'm still in the "barren wasteland 'til May" camp though.

[Wooderson]

I'd rather have the line-up right now with someone terrible at the top of it than wait another second longer solely to satisfy Prince's over-inflated ego.

Then come the Sunday evening I'll be able to bask in the warm, satisfied glow of knowing that I got to open my Christmas stocking early and found a lump of coal in it.

Brilliant as ever.

[Filthy]

How would a sold out festival benefit from him playing?

He is a big draw, but we've had The Rolling Stones in the past few years .. Who are on another level than Prince. That level of hype will never be topped.

Publicity both for the festival and for securing big names in the future. It would be mutually beneficial