Headliners 2015

[JoeyT]

Bit of a kick in the balls for those hoping to get tickets in the resale if they're leaving the payment window open still.

Edited April 8, 2015 by JoeyT

[tomfestival_11]

Is it actually still open or is it just the page that is still open but when you put your details in it says oops sorry the payment window has now closed.

[eFestivals]

no idea what's happening with the ticket payment page, tho perhaps it's only open until the techies arrive at work this morning.

[Avalon_Fields]

Phew! I can't read fast enough to keep up with this thread. Woke up at 2am and had to fight the impulse to look on here....just in case!

It's the hardest drug to quit....

[JoeyT]

Neil, are you a bit surprised at the lack of a reminder tweet or anything last night regarding balance payments? I'm obviously not saying it has anything to do with the line up but thought there would be a communication of some sort.

[01seb]

From what I've read from various social media feeds, it seems like there will be a fair few tickets back in the pot...

Not sure if the strategy of not announcing the lineup before the balance payment has worked (if that was their strategy).

[FloorFiller]

From what I've read from various social media feeds, it seems like there will be a fair few tickets back in the pot...

Not sure if the strategy of not announcing the lineup before the balance payment has worked (if that was their strategy).

worked perfectly for us resale lot! now fingers crossed they don't announce it before the resale to put off more people from trying to get tickets and huzzah!

[CaledonianGonzo]

I'd guess that the number of tickets going back in the pot is way, way higher than the number of people talking about it on social media.

Though probably not much better or worse than on the average year.

[eFestivals]

Neil, are you a bit surprised at the lack of a reminder tweet or anything last night regarding balance payments? I'm obviously not saying it has anything to do with the line up but thought there would be a communication of some sort.

nope, not really.

As I said last week, I thought it was quite likely they'd want to get a measure of the Kanye effect, and that's best done by doing nothing and seeing what happens.

And while i've heard a few times in the last week that an announcement was imminent, I'd always thought it was more unlikely than it was likely.

[01seb]

Just had an email from 'Follow That Page'. Somebody has made a minor change to the line-up page. I can't personally see what's changed, but something must have. Are they tinkering? Could we be in for a morning announcement?

Could well be that they've made a change but hidden the changes until they want to release them?

[FloorFiller]

i hope when the lineup finally is released Emily tweets something ridiculously overconfident with it like 'shove that in your pipes and smoke it'

[amyrockslots]

Im not surprised that Emilys twiter is quiet...Some of the tweets people have sent her about Kanye & the lack of lineup are vile! I think Id choose to stay quiet too...

[greenArmy12]

When the lineup is eventually released us lot will be like Springfield when the Ogdenvillians left

[st dan]

I think they want to make mid-late April / early May the norm for releasing the line up from now on. It gives them longer to plan / negotiate with acts etc.

We've all become too greedy lately and want it earlier and earlier. It had to go back to how it used to be - and maybe this is just the year.

[ItsBadForYa]

Im not surprised that Emilys twiter is quiet...Some of the tweets people have sent her about Kanye & the lack of lineup are vile! I think Id choose to stay quiet too...

Agreed.

I'm sure Emily is made of stern stuff and wouldn't be unduly concerned by the nature of such vitriol, but she's human too, so she'd be forgiven for being a tad rattled. After all, Glastonbury isn't a place you'd associate too much with selfish, spolit narcissists, so tweets like those you've mentioned could be disheartening.

[briddj]

T-20 mins to the Joiners announcement anyway.

[Matt - Ed Banger Records]

It's definitely coming before the resale, that's official (in an Emily tweeted sense, not a Matt42 official sense)

[strummer77]

nope, not really.

As I said last week, I thought it was quite likely they'd want to get a measure of the Kanye effect, and that's best done by doing nothing and seeing what happens.

Also balance payments were apparently going well after the first few days so maybe didn't feel the need to push it particularly. Everybody got an email and knew the t&c's when they bought them - there's no need for them to work around the clock.

[Perks]

I think they want to make mid-late April / early May the norm for releasing the line up from now on. It gives them longer to plan / negotiate with acts etc.

We've all become too greedy lately and want it earlier and earlier. It had to go back to how it used to be - and maybe this is just the year.

Yeah totally agree, we have become greedy. I kinda like the way they've held off with the announcements this year and think April / May time is about right for them to announce.

Think they should hold off till after the resale too, whenever that is, do we know when that is?

[briddj]

no idea what's happening with the ticket payment page, tho perhaps it's only open until the techies arrive at work this morning.

Surely See Tickets would have a simple method of automatically changing a page at 23.59 though? Like they do to activate all their ticket sales at 9am exactly on a Friday - that is clearly automated on the clock. Even if not, someone should be charged with changing the page from home at that time.

[ImGonnaLive4eva]

Agreed.

After all, Glastonbury isn't a place you'd associate too much with selfish, spolit narcissists.

Hence the backlash over Kanye headlining!

[Wooderson]

Everyone got an email, right? Another case of the supposed primacy of social media over the usual agreed channels. "Oh we didn't get a tweet!" So what.

[ImGonnaLive4eva]

You get the impression this festival is still organised from a shed on the farm.

[FloorFiller]

Think they should hold off till after the resale too, whenever that is, do we know when that is?

no official announcement but we're assuming 26th April. i'm sure people will become incredibly frustrated but i'd love for them to hold off the lineup for as long as possible - dropping it right after the resale would be ideal (giving people unhappy with it time to cancel etc but ensuring that registered, say, Prince uber fans aren't jumping in to suddenly buy tickets)

[FloorFiller]

Everyone got an email, right? Another case of the supposed primacy of social media over the usual agreed channels. "Oh we didn't get a tweet!" So what.

somebody earlier in the thread claims to have not received an email