Headliners 2015

[FloorFiller]

If Madonna plays it's a one off experience that you'd never have the chance to see either before or after.

If it's any of the other likely alternatives it'll be someone you can see any time at any festival, year on year, till the end of time, like an indie landfill boot stamping on a human face forever.

yeah to be fair i can't think of many acts that would keep me away. sure i'd be disappointed to miss some, but even if Madonna did turn out to be a disaster, it'd be great fun all the same

[Chewie]

That's kingcrawler's stage prediction.

Thats some top notch dectective work before even hitting 9am!

[FloorFiller]

I'm calling bullshit on that line-up prediction, personally.

already been proven to be bullshit - it's from the Stage Predictions thread

[Hugh Jass]

If Madonna plays it's a one off experience that you'd never have the chance to see either before or after.

If it's any of the other likely alternatives it'll be someone you can see any time at any festival, year on year, till the end of time, like an indie landfill boot stamping on a human face forever.

That's exactly how I'd feel about Madonna (and Kanye). Never going to see them again, so why not this year?

[Superscally]

I was just going to say that First Aid Kit can't play as they're already booked that day, but then I saw that they're not and now I don't give a shit about the trueness of that lineup as I'm excited about them playing, especially if it's before the Maccabees...

[Tdiz]

Got excited for a moment then...

[Untz]

yeah to be fair i can't think of many acts that would keep me away. sure i'd be disappointed to miss some, but even if Madonna did turn out to be a disaster, it'd be great fun all the same

I think the worst performance she could do would be an on form set full of mostly recent songs. If she's going to do her recent stuff she could at least have the decency to be terrible so I can be entertained by that.

Edited March 31, 2015 by Untz

[TheWineguy]

If Madonna plays it's a one off experience that you'd never have the chance to see either before or after.

If it's any of the other likely alternatives it'll be someone you can see any time at any festival, year on year, till the end of time, like an indie landfill boot stamping on a human face forever.

I wouldn't think it would be that easy to see someone like Prince again?

[CaledonianGonzo]

Very Orwellian.

When they finally drag me into Room 101 it'll be Kasabian that are in there waiting for me.

[CaledonianGonzo]

I wouldn't think it would be that easy to see someone like Prince again?

Aye - the same goes for Prince as well. Just that the conversation was around Madonna at the minute.

[TheWineguy]

Aye - the same goes for Prince as well. Just that the conversation was around Madonna at the minute.

I see, and agree that it would probably be one of the only chances you'd get to see her. Still wouldn't sway me though - can't stand the woman.

[CaledonianGonzo]

I see, and agree that it would probably be one of the only chances you'd get to see her. Still wouldn't sway me though - can't stand the woman.

If it was a choice between Prince or Madge I'd vote Purple as well. But the drop off after those two to the other possible contenders is pretty steep, to say the least.

[kalifire]

If it was a choice between Prince or Madge I'd vote Purple as well. But the drop off after those two to the other possible contenders is pretty steep, to say the least.

Even if Taylor subs? She'd an incredible strong second-bill, I'd say. She could headline herself, really.

[CaledonianGonzo]

If a teletubbies came on stage to play the hits of Justin bieber it'd be a one off experience.......I still wouldn't go to see it because it'd be ......and the same applies to madonna....some things I'd rather not see....even once

Well, I was broad-minded enough to give Metallica a fair crack of the whip last year. It wasn't very good, but I knew it'd be the only time I'd ever see them, so I was up for an experience I couldn't possibly get at any other point.

[CaledonianGonzo]

Even if Taylor subs? She'd an incredible strong second-bill, I'd say. She could headline herself, really.

I think we can agree that T-Swizz subbring P-Rinse is the ideal dream team.

[dentalplan]

We've only just had the Stones and Dolly though. Imagine that sort of booking every year. Does nobody else find it a little sad to think that 'true Glastonbury experiences' or whatever mean 100k+ crammed in front of the big stage to see something they know about yet don't particularly care about while some poor sods play to bar staff at the other hundred stages?

[CaledonianGonzo]

You don't think a band like the roses would go down a storm? The pyramid would be as packed as it was for the rolling stones.....very few bands have such a cult status and it'd certsinly outdo the potential crowd for madonna etc

It seems that they're not a possibility, so I'm not really even considering them

They'd go down well - but anyone who's wanted to see them in the last few years has seen them...

[Chewie]

Off the Madonna/P***** front runners, what happened to Neil's feelings about Emeli Sande headlining?

Did it get debunked somehow?

[CaledonianGonzo]

We've only just had the Stones and Dolly though. Imagine that sort of booking every year. Does nobody else find it a little sad to think that 'true Glastonbury experiences' or whatever mean 100k+ crammed in front of the big stage to see something they know about yet don't particularly care about while some poor sods play to bar staff at the other hundred stages?

I'll be watching something like that while Foof Iters attract a no doubt enormo-crowd on the Friday night.

[TheWineguy]

If it was a choice between Prince or Madge I'd vote Purple as well. But the drop off after those two to the other possible contenders is pretty steep, to say the least.

Sadly, you're not wrong there. Unless there is someone, anyone, that hasn't been mentioned that Emily has up her sleeve. Doubtful.

Starting to worry about Headliners elsewhere even more so now assuming I'm not going to be at the pyramid Sunday which is annoying. I think it will always be the best place to finish the festival. Then go and get lost somewhere for a few hours and end up at a wine bar where they're giving out the remainder of their red wine for free.

[Untz]

it'd certsinly outdo the potential crowd for madonna etc

Now you're just being silly.

[CaledonianGonzo]

To be fair it's not just madonna I wouldn't see most pop acts live.......I don't see how that kind of music with all its fakery and lack of passion would translate well to a live setting.......I imagine it'd be like watching a choreography show p....which is great but I'd rather see live music

You should have been at Janelle Monae on West Holts a few years back....

[FloorFiller]

Off the Madonna/P***** front runners, what happened to Neil's feelings about Emeli Sande headlining?

Did it get debunked somehow?

i don't think anybody but Neil believed that was a possibility

[Untz]

end up at a wine bar where they're giving out the remainder of their red wine for free.

Wait, is this a thing? This could certainly liven up a Sunday night.

[eFestivals]

what happened to Neil's feelings about Emeli Sande headlining?

Did it get debunked somehow?

It was simply an idea of a possibility, of an act that could perhaps headline who no one was suggesting. It was a name I came up with from trying to think outside of the box.

I didn't say it would happen or that it might even happen. It was simply another name that does fit (tho only just) the headliner possibilities.

Personally, I'm currently with the idea that Sunday will be a huge act, as that would make a story I was told fit - tho I don't know if that sory is actually true. If it's not true, then i'm with the idea that the Sunday headliner will cause another outcry of "not good enough".

I'm guessing much like you lot, tho I am guessing with slightly more info to my thinking.