Headliners 2015

[Spindles]

Sorry to go for a follow on question, but BonScott, have you attended festivals before, or would this be your first?

[Djb.com]

One Direction aren't ever going to headline anyway so you can stop worrying about that.

I'm sure some people will have said the same about Kanye

[Krazypinkminx]

Oh come on!! I'm seriously bored waiting now. just a few names would be better than none!

[BonScott]

Many of the folk here will tell you it's not all about the headliners and I agree. Yeah it's great when a band you like are headlining but also great to explore the site.

As for them holding off to get the money in, I don't think that's right, they work all year round and spend a sh*t tonne for us to be there every June so I think it's fair we can give them a bit of leeway with the lineup. Yeah we want it, but let's not slate their work eh?

True, but to have a really good time i would want to see at least 10 acts

I just really need to see who is going to be there

[Mouseboy11]

why don't you just go an see AC/DC at their own gig? surly it would be a lot cheaper and easier

I believe he is..

[BonScott]

why don't you just go an see AC/DC at their own gig? surly it would be a lot cheaper and easier

Already am, booked for 3 gigs on this tour, but there is no such thing as too much AC/DC

[Djb.com]

It does make me wonder that unless it's appease the "almighty" prince or that they were testing the kanye factor why on earth they didn't put the lineup out with a TBA/Special Guests for the 3rd Headliner

[JoeyT]

Who is going to be the first person to full on snap about the lack of line up? Seems there are a few near to it.

[BonScott]

Sorry to go for a follow on question, but BonScott, have you attended festivals before, or would this be your first?

Monsters of Rock a few times

Reading back in the day when it was classic rock orientated

Download twice

[ThomThomDrum]

True but that was 97 nowadays they're not quite there

If the likes of Kasabian, the Arctics, Kings of Leon, The Verve etc etc are acceptable headliners in recent times I dont see why anyone would bat an eye lid if the Prodigy were announced to do the same.............not that Im saying this is happening mind you, but I dont think it could be classed as a "WTF? moment" if it did happen

[Rose-Colored Boy]

I'm sure some people will have said the same about Kanye

No

Kanye is a genre-shaping 21st Century icon, One Direction are alumni from a talent show whose graduates never ever get booked for Glastonbury.

[the wonderwhy]

I'm sure some people will have said the same about Kanye

That's because they were in denial.

Whilst I always though Kayne was incredibly unlikely he was still a contender.

One Direction just aren't. Their fans are almost exclusively not old enough to go to a festival on their own.

[Homer]

True, but to have a really good time i would want to see at least 10 acts

I just really need to see who is going to be there

Look at last year's - I'd be surprised if you can't find 10 on there. You'll be fine.

Edited April 9, 2015 by Homer

[tombertb]

Forgive me if this has been mentioned already, but what about Clapton?

Fits the profile outlined, new album, last tour...

[ericlered]

Nope, first timer

Even if i dont like the line up this year i will apply again next year as am pretty sure AC/DC will do it, tour nearly over by then so more time

Wouldn't it just be easier / cheaper to go to a regular AC/DC show?

[BonScott]

Forgive me if this has been mentioned already, but what about Clapton?

Fits the profile outlined, new album, last tour...

A racist bigot, not sure he fits in with the image Glasto try and project

[Djb.com]

If the likes of Kasabian, the Arctics, Kings of Leon, The Verve etc etc are acceptable headliners in recent times I dont see why anyone would bat an eye lid if the Prodigy were announced to do the same.............not that Im saying this is happening mind you, but I dont think it could be classed as a "WTF? moment" if it did happen

It's about sales though I totally agree with what your saying though, the prodigy are much bigger than the verve, that one still baffles me to this day

[Djb.com]

Forgive me if this has been mentioned already, but what about Clapton?

Fits the profile outlined, new album, last tour...

To headline? Really?

[Rose-Colored Boy]

Wouldn't it just be easier / cheaper to go to a regular AC/DC show?

He is... but wants to spend £250+ to also see them at a week-long festival where he's confident he couldn't find much other entertainment... madness if you ask me (but that's Tories for you). Edited April 9, 2015 by Zac Quinn

[ericlered]

He is... but wants to spend £250+ to also see them at a week-long festival where he's confident he couldn't find much other entertainment... madness if you ask me (but that's Tories for you).

Madness indeed. One of the more bizarre things to crop up in this thread, much like his fear of 1D headlining....

[BonScott]

Look at last year's - I'd be surprised if you can't find 10 on there. You'll be fine.

Looking at last year i would have seen

Jack White

Caro Emerald

Fatboy Slim

Dolly Parton

Maxi Priest

Alison Moyet

Dexys Midnight Runners

The Wailers

Blondie

Robert Plant

Black Keys

So would have been value for money

[bennyhana22]

True, but to have a really good time i would want to see at least 10 acts

I just really need to see who is going to be there

And in the most diverse line-up that you are likely to encounter anywhere in World Festival Land^TM, are you really unlikely to find 10 acts you want to see over the course of 5 days?!

I know already that I will unlikely watch more than 1 or 2 Pyramid acts. I know this based on the farily consistent profile of the Pyramid line-up aver the last 5-8 years. It's not my stuff. I feel quite similarly about the likely Other Stage line-up. But to suggest that I won't find oodles of stuff on WH, Park, JPT, Avalon, Acoustic, Glade...(I could go on), would be crazy.

I can understand that if you were (sad enough to want) to go to V Festival, you would want to know that the line-up was to your liking. Well, except that you may, like so many, just wanna get on it..but that's another matter. Because V is f*cking horrible, is two days of shite music and they kick you out of the (ha!) 'arena' early on, to go back to your decimated, revolting campsite.

To me, 'proper' festivals (and there are, arguably, increasingly few...) are not like that. They're about being part of something 'bigger', something communal, something apart from the real world. Don't get me wrong, I am a music obsessive (43 bands seen at Green Man last year), but it's about so much more than a succession of band sets that you could pay to see in a venue in a town/city.

To rest one's willingness to go, or moreover one's likelihood of having a really good time, on who Emily finally reveals as headliner No.3 is anathema to me...

Just my tuppence, obviously...

Ben

[Djb.com]

Madness indeed. One of the more bizarre things to crop up in this thread, much like his fear of 1D headlining....

There is always fear. But it will never come to anything.

[tombertb]

To headline? Really?

Lesser names have headlined previously (albeit they were more 'current')

I don't think it will be him, just continuing the process of elimination.

Edited April 9, 2015 by tombertb

[Djb.com]

Lesser names have headlined previously (albeit they were more 'current')

I don't think it will be him, just continuing the process of elimination.

He could still play (3rd down maybe seems to be where they stick the older acts that aren't quite headliner status)