Headliners 2015

[Inconspicuous]

I reckon they will pull a massive crowd, not sure if it's gonna be Rolling Stones territory but should be pretty decent....it will be interesting who else is headlining Friday tbh

I can imagine the Foo's will draw a lot of 'they should be good craic, I'll go if there's nothing else I fancy' folks, like me. So it'll be interesting who is up against them.

[a_kelaz]

Neil has had his rest the last few days, I'm hoping he'll come back tomorrow with some insightful news.......

[ltfckimbo]

I can see Foo Fighters pulling a bang average crowd. Can also see Kanye West drawing a huge crowd, with a lot of folk going for the curiosity factor.

Nah, the Foos are about as big as it gets for a festival crowd, excluding heritage acts. Kanye is far too divisive to even get close to huge.

[gannster]

Mmm. I mean I don't think it's wholly likely but I wouldn't say it won't happen. They're MOR enough that a lot of casual music fans would be happy enough popping along to them for a pleasant jolly, especially if there's nothing especially spectacular elsewhere.

Bit silly predicting Pyramid crowd sizes until we at least know who's headlining the Other anyway though.

EDIT: as has been said.

fair play man, i take your point.

i don't think anyone has had numbers well above 100k to be honest. and i don't think the foos are gonna be the first

[Rose-Colored Boy]

Neil has had his rest the last few days, I'm hoping he'll come back tomorrow with some insightful news.......

The politics threads will need attending to first tho, some serious shit's gone down since he's been away

Edited April 6, 2015 by Zac Quinn

[Gnomicide]

Are you saying these predictions proved inaccurate

Not a fucker there....

https://youtu.be/1djpbgi2V5s

[mufcok]

The Rolling Stones can't have been far off? I remember sitting on my mates shoulders not long before they were due on and looking back at the field, I've never seen anything like it

[hjglasto]

The amount of times I've ran out of negative votes recently really proves how much the lineup needs to come.

[mr gumby]

fair play man, i take your point.

i don't think anyone has had numbers well above 100k to be honest. and i don't think the foos are gonna be the first

The Dalai Lama might, though.

[Inconspicuous]

The Rolling Stones can't have been far off? I remember sitting on my mates shoulders not long before they were due on and looking back at the field, I've never seen anything like it

Yeah I reckon the Stones are the only band I have seen at glastonbury to have cracked 100k

That year they increased the size of the field and it was still chock full

Edited April 6, 2015 by Inconspicuous

[gannster]

The Dalai Lama might, though.

only one person will be attending the dalai lama.

one, connected, inseparable consciousness

[Rose-Colored Boy]

Yeah I reckon the Stones are the only band I have seen at glastonbury to have cracked 100k

Did you see Dolly? (genuine question, i was never sure how her crowd compared to the Stones)

[Porcelina]

Yeah I reckon the Stones are the only band I have seen at glastonbury to have cracked 100k

Snoop, Dolly and Paul Simon.

[ltfckimbo]

The Rolling Stones can't have been far off? I remember sitting on my mates shoulders not long before they were due on and looking back at the field, I've never seen anything like it

They extended the field for the Stones and it seemed pretty full, front to back and they also had an extended break from the sub. The only comparable crowd i've seen was Stevie Wonder, which made me look like a dick because i insisted to all my lot that there was no need to get there early because it was so easy to get close at the start of Blur the previous year. We got there for the start of Faithless and ended up watching from what felt like the next county over.

Edited April 6, 2015 by ltfckimbo

[Woffy]

Fuck me, the Mick Fleetwood Lied Mac thread is still bumping.

[mandolin]

Again a genuine question - did they extend the pyramid field for Dolly and did they have to stop people from entering it (from the front anyway) as they did for the Stones?

[SteveTLizard]

Not a fucker there....

https://youtu.be/1djpbgi2V5s

and they all wished they weren't

[klipper]

oooooooooooh, they've had some blinders them Gallagher boys ....

I'll treat you like a queen,

I'll give you strawberries and cream,

Then your friends will all go green,

For my lasagne ,,,,

....... I think keats will rest easy

I'm sorry but I'm not even an oasis fan, i liked one song ("cigarettes and alcohol") until i heard the song it was ripping off, but if lyrical standards are supposed to be held on a similar level to most classic poetry (particularly someone like Keats) then every lyricist in history would be pretty shite other than Nick Drake.

I get you're kinda hyperbolising a bit, but c'mon, the Roses, whilst pretty classic and I loved their debut about a year or two ago, are not the most inspiring band lyrically, they've got some great tunes but neither the Roses nor Oasis were breaking particularly big ground in terms of their lyrics and I could easily point out some fairly uninspired/not exactly poetic Roses lyrics:

Have you seen her have you heard

The way she plays there are no words

To describe the way I feel

How could it ever come to pass

She'll be the first she'll be the last

To describe the way I feel

The way I feel

I mean, don't get me wrong or anything, great tune, one of my favourite Roses songs, but they were on a similar level to Oasis lyrically, nothing "profound" or "poetic", just fairly catchy and usually better (than Oasis) tunes.

Edited April 6, 2015 by klipper

[Spindles]

Snoop, Dolly and Paul Simon.

I was there for snoop, no way was it half as crowded as Paul Simon or the Stones, not even close.

[shoptildrop]

The Rolling Stones can't have been far off? I remember sitting on my mates shoulders not long before they were due on and looking back at the field, I've never seen anything like it

oh it was insane crowd for the Stones, scary level and to me the only one I've personally see anywhere close was Dolly but still think Stones pipped it

[Rose-Colored Boy]

Snoop, Dolly and Paul Simon.

no chance was Snoop 100k, look at the opening frame from the BBC highlights of his set.. field's half empty!

[Inconspicuous]

The stones were the only act they have ever extended the field for and it was still chock a block.

[Scotdy]

Yeah I reckon the Stones are the only band I have seen at glastonbury to have cracked 100k

That year they increased the size of the field and it was still chock full

The Stones defiantly pulled over 100k, I'm sure the Chemical Brothers done it one year too. The Roses would be within touching distance of 100k surely? Also Dolly pulled more people than a lot of headliners I have seen on the pyramid

[mandolin]

I was there for snoop, no way was it half as crowded as Paul Simon or the Stones, not even close.

I was there for Paul Simon and did't reckon it was that crowded. Stood in loads of space well in front of the tree for that one.

[shoptildrop]

Not a fucker there....

https://youtu.be/1djpbgi2V5s

I was a the back near the ice cream truck and considering people were writing them off they pulled a decent crowd and a lot seemed to know their songs too...

Me & the fella quite enjoyed them tbh