Headliners 2015

[Guest]

Speaking of cheese, anyone like Dick Cheese & Lounge Against the Machine?

I used to have a mate who was really into them, he was a strange individual, some might have gone as far as to say he was a w*nker, which wasn't a completely unfair statement. He was definitely not the sort of person you'd come across too often, was very good in small doses, but long periods of time in his company were quite trying.

[DeadAmos]

Bound to release more, surly it's only a matter of acquiring a bit more land or messing with the plots to. Make more room

This ain't gonna happen , it's like sayng we have sold all 135,000 tickets , lets print some more

[Woffy]

I used to have a mate who was really into them, he was a strange individual, some might have gone as far as to say he was a w*nker, which wasn't a completely unfair statement. He was definitely not the sort of person you'd come across too often, was very good in small doses, but long periods of time in his company were quite trying.

Your mate or Dick Cheese?

[Woffy]

How about some simply red Leicester?

Its an actual band, Penguin.

Youtube search 'em.

I think they do a few metal numbers...

[Woffy]

Its an actual band, Penguin.

Youtube search 'em.

I think they do a few metal numbers...

Checked...its Enter Sandman...just for you.

[VCK]

I remember a few years ago Green Day were briefly rumoured and a few people were certain that if they played they'd be Other Stage headliners. Green Day, one of the biggest bands in the world (at the time anyway).

Imagine thinking that The Stone Roses, one of the most seminal bands ever, would play any slot besides Pyramid headliner.

[Spindles]

I used to have a mate who was really into them, he was a strange individual, some might have gone as far as to say he was a w*nker, which wasn't a completely unfair statement. He was definitely not the sort of person you'd come across too often, was very good in small doses, but long periods of time in his company were quite trying.

That is word for word how anyone who knows me would describe me. I am fond of cheese.

[FirsG]

Not that I think The Stone Roses will play, but Metallica were supposedly in talks to play the Other rather than the Pyramid. Anything can happen.

[Callum_96]

Metallica is a completely different story to the Roses though, the Roses would headline the Pyramid and only the Pryamid

[Wooderson]

There's an awful lot of bollocks and negativity in these forums regarding the secrecy.

Just from a cadre of idiot on here with nothing better to do.

[Woffy]

Just from a cadre of idiot on here with nothing better to do.

Sorry.

[CJTM]

haven't read this thread for 48 hours, should I check up or is it nothingness

[kalifire]

Bracing myself for tomorrow onwards. After Easter, it's back to the madness.

Surely they have it already made and ready, and are just taking their sweet time now.

[Gnomicide]

Tomorrow evening it will be announced that 6 music will have a special announcement the following morning. All will then be revealed at 8am.

100%, nailed on, definitely, defiantly, etc.

[bennyhana22]

Yes, The Stone Roses, a band bigger than most headliners they've ever had, will play the Other Stage.

Will, that's just not true.

Christ, I think that the hype and 'declared popularity' for the Roses is bigger now than when they were around properly. They have managed, somehow, to develop a disproportionate level of nostalgic notoriety for reasons beyond me. Were they popular at their initial zenith...well, yes, a bit. But then Second Coming was such a trial for the band, and so universally panned, that they faded pretty quickly , if not not obscurity, certainly out of the common consciousness.

They hold a single, OK, album in their canon. They retain a fervent, mostly UK-based, fanbase amongst, in the main from a single demographic. The mystique surrounding the band has piqued the interest of indie kids of the subsequent generation to a point where they are often considered legends. But are they?

And, moreover, are they really a band bigger than most headliners GF has ever had. REALLY?

A very brief discussion with Dr Google, looking anti-chronologically for reference has created the following little list, just from the last few years. The Stone Roses...bigger than:

U2

Bruce Springsteen

Muse

The Rolling Stones

Metallica

The Who

Paul McCartney

Oasis

R.E.M.

Coldplay

Radiohead

Blur

I could go on.

I'm not denying the place the Roses hold in the hearts of many British music fans. I'm not saying they wouldn't be an enormously popular announcement for GF2015. But let's keep things in perspective...?

Ben

[dentalplan]

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Edited April 6, 2015 by dentalplan

[bennyhana22]

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Why did you edit, dp?

Was he?

If he was, then 1000 apologies from me for being a tit!

Ben

Edited April 6, 2015 by bennyhana22

[Icewulf]

I didn't read it as sarcastic either tbf

[bennyhana22]

Oh, I think I see - you thought I thought he was serious about the Other?!

Obv I was referring to the first half of the sentence!

Ben

[bennyhana22]

I didn't read it as sarcastic either tbf

No, I think that's whey dental edited...he realised the confusion with my interpretation...blah blah blah! How confusing.

Anyway - bottom line...Roses, biggish band, nowt more.

Ben

[bennyhana22]

Tomorrow evening it will be announced that 6 music will have a special announcement the following morning. All will then be revealed at 8am.

100%, nailed on, definitely, defiantly, etc.

Why do you keep doing this to me, Gnomicide?

Ben

[Glastonlocal]

Roses would headline the Pyramid. Mostly because they don't play much and they have a big loyal following. In terms of record sales and global fans they're not that big an act, certainly not in comparison to the names on Ben's list above.

[Gnomicide]

Why do you keep doing this to me, Gnomicide?

Ben

It gets me through the day.

[Mouseboy11]

Currently in work, anything new?

[bennyhana22]

It gets me through the day.

K. Fair do's...

Ben