Headliners 2015

[Jakkkkobz]

I've always thought of the Sunday headliner as the one where all of our group get together and see out the festival at the same place. One big singalong. In recent years it's been Blur, The Verve, Kasabian, Stevie Wonder, McCartney, etc. We all go in different directions over the course of the five days but it's tradition to assemble in the same place (usually the Pyramid) on a Sunday evening, light a couple candles and enjoy each other's company before we return to our homes across the country and real life the next day. Can't see that happening if Florence plays, which would be a shame. I guess it could still work with Fleetwood Mac

You're already making me sad for the end of the festival now!

[Bobinup]

Agreed. Really hope it's not Swift, with her and Kanye it would sound more like a V Festival line-up

Swift and Kanye have each played V as many times as Blur and the Stone Roses have, don't talk crap.

[Bobinup]

I've always thought of the Sunday headliner as the one where all of our group get together and see out the festival at the same place. One big singalong. In recent years it's been Blur, The Verve, Kasabian, Stevie Wonder, McCartney, etc. We all go in different directions over the course of the five days but it's tradition to assemble in the same place (usually the Pyramid) on a Sunday evening, light a couple candles and enjoy each other's company before we return to our homes across the country and real life the next day. Can't see that happening if Florence plays, which would be a shame. I guess it could still work with Fleetwood Mac

McCartney wasn't on Sunday.

[kalifire]

Agreed. Really hope it's not Swift, with her and Kanye it would sound more like a V Festival line-up

Or a Festival that more accurately reflects diversity of taste. Neither Swift or Kanye could be described as average by any means - they're both not only popular but acclaimed. They definitely have a home at Glastonbury.

[hamishrankin]

When's the announcement going to be made?

[kalifire]

When's the announcement going to be made?

It's already been made. It was up for about five minutes then taken down again. We all saw it but we've been sworn to secrecy.

Soz.

[Supernintendo Chalmers]

McCartney wasn't on Sunday.

Ha! Wasn't he?! Happy to be corrected, but hopefully I made my point :-)

[camera_obscura]

Swift and Kanye have each played V as many times as Blur and the Stone Roses have, don't talk crap.

I just meant the way that V has changed in recent years with it's introduction of more pop / r&b acts. Hence why I stopped going.

[Bobinup]

Ha! Wasn't he?! Happy to be corrected, but hopefully I made my point :-)

He played the Saturday, Muse Sunday.

[Bobinup]

if we`re going by populairty why not have justin beiber? you know damn well why populairty isnt all that matters.

Kalifire literally said in the post you quoted that Kanye and Swift are "both not only popular but acclaimed", please learn to read.

Edited April 13, 2015 by Bobinup

[Mr November]

It's already been made. It was up for about five minutes then taken down again. We all saw it but we've been sworn to secrecy.

Soz.

Can confirm, Hamish. You've got to be more attentive. You're in for a long wait now.

[Supernintendo Chalmers]

I think my biggest problem with Florence headlining is that arguably her most successful song is a cover. I think she's at least one (successful) album away from Glasto headline status

[fatyeti24]

You're already making me sad for the end of the festival now!

but this kind of thing is a long way off right now!

[ThomThomDrum]

I think my biggest problem with Florence headlining is that arguably her most successful song is a cover. I think she's at least one (successful) album away from Glasto headline status

Na I think the "say my name" one is now the biggest/most successful one she has had now

The biggest problem is it would be a shit headliner

Edited April 13, 2015 by ThomThomDrum

[JoeyT]

When's the announcement going to be made?

That's the golden question. We may know in the next 48 hours we may not.

[Rose-Colored Boy]

The biggest problem is it would be a shit headliner

This (and am a fan)

[Winslow Leach]

if we`re going by populairty why not have justin beiber? you know damn well why populairty isnt all that matters.

He literally just said the opposite of that, you moron.

[Sketchead]

Na I think the "say my name" one is now the biggest/most successful one she has had now

The biggest problem is it would be a shit headliner

Never heard of it.

As somebody who doesn't listen to Florence but doesn't mind the tracks I stumble across on the radio, I'd say her biggest songs are THAT cover and Dog Days are over?

[Rose-Colored Boy]

Never heard of it.

Remember the Olympics? Spectrum/Say My Name was the track the BBC didn't stop playing during their coverage, transformed it from an album track into a massive hit. Edited April 13, 2015 by Zac Quinn

[ThomThomDrum]

Never heard of it.

As somebody who doesn't listen to Florence but doesn't mind the tracks I stumble across on the radio, I'd say her biggest songs are THAT cover and Dog Days are over?

Everytime I switched on the radio for a while I heard Flo squawking at me to "say my name". It was bloody everywhere!

[Winslow Leach]

Never heard of it.

As somebody who doesn't listen to Florence but doesn't mind the tracks I stumble across on the radio, I'd say her biggest songs are THAT cover and Dog Days are over?

Yeah, Spectrum (the "say my name" one) was pretty big, certainly bigger than Dog Days are Over.

[kingcrawler]

Spectrum's her only number one, although I can't remember if that was her version or the Calvin Harris remix.

[The Nal]

Somehow managed to shield myself from the Flo machine. Couldn't name one tune of hers and having just youtubed that Spectrum tune, it sounds vaguely familiar.

Spectrum's her only number one, although I can't remember if that was her version or the Calvin Harris remix.

Aha! Just listened to that. More familiar. Reminds me of shit nightclubs at 2am.

Edited April 13, 2015 by The Nal

[Space Shanty]

Spectrum's her only number one, although I can't remember if that was her version or the Calvin Harris remix.

The fact she has a Calvin Harris remix of anything should ban her from ever playing

[pedmills]

Spectrum's her only number one, although I can't remember if that was her version or the Calvin Harris remix.

Florence was also featured on Sweet Nothings, a no.1-charting Calvin Harris single that Florence & The Machine sometimes play at their gigs