Most Unpopular Headliners in Recent Years

[Rose-Colored Boy]

Bullshit.

It was easier to get tickets for this year, after Metallica. They're a band that have managed to take Glasto headliner expectations back down to earth.

Ideally I'd like to agree with you but, yeah, as others have said, if the sale was over quicker and less of the efests sample were succesful then that doesn't scream "easier to get tickets" to me

Edited March 17, 2015 by Zac Quinn

[russycarps]

For the record, Rod was shite! a total let down of a headline performance after a spine tingling set fro Mr Pink Floyd.

Stay with me was good surely...

[Boopickledaddy]

Stay with me was good surely...

I'm sure if he had played with the Faces it would have been good, but he seemed to be playing with a pub band that night and all the songs suffered for it :-(

[grumpyhack]

One man's fish is another man's poisson. There were five of us last year and all turned up to see what Metallica would be like. Two stayed and loved it. The others, me included, quit after two numbers and went walkabout.

As a result I chanced on a superb Bryan Ferry set that I might otherwise have overlooked.

The joy of Glasto is if you don't like someone there are usually several alternatives. KW isn't for me but I'm pretty sure I'll find something that I will enjoy. And I hope he'll do the business for those who want to see him.

[Ringo_Spar]

For the record, Rod was shite! a total let down of a headline performance after a spine tingling set fro Mr Pink Floyd.

That was absolutely magic. Quadrophonic sound. I was stoned immaculate at the time. The barking dogs proper freaked me out.

[Wooderson]

Nal. NAL? NAAAL??? Are you awake?!?!

He's full of some fancy bourbon I reckon.

[H.M.V]

Reckon Nal might be inebriated somewhere considering its Paddies day and all. Quite surprised Woodie is capable of posting to be honest.

[Wooderson]

Reckon Nal might be inebriated somewhere considering its Paddies day and all. Quite surprised Woodie is capable of posting to be honest.

I'm feeling particularly beligerant.

[H.M.V]

I'm feeling particularly beligerant.

Not like you at all Woodie??? On the whiskey?

[Wooderson]

Not like you at all Woodie??? On the whiskey?

Hehe never touch the stuff.

[H.M.V]

Hehe never touch the stuff.

When i was a young 'un before alcopops were even evented I used to drink a wee Jameson straight up. Now I'm old I have it in hot chocolate. I'm pretty sure it was supposed to work the other way round

[Wooderson]

When i was a young 'un before alcopops were even evented I used to drink a wee Jameson straight up. Now I'm old I have it in hot chocolate. I'm pretty sure it was supposed to work the other way round

Bar in Trash City about 5 years ago. 4am.

"What can I get ye?"

"WHISSKKKKAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!" from a stoned and silly Nal.

"Kind of whiskey?" was the battle hardened bartender's instant cold retort.

"Jamm-esson." in perfect middle class Dublin was the response to a kindred spirit from Nal.

[Thearg]

I was there for the ferry, thought it was an outstanding performance, really heavy on the guitars etc,certainly a high light of my weekend.

[H.M.V]

Bar in Trash City about 5 years ago. 4am.

"What can I get ye?"

"WHISSKKKKAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!" from a stoned and silly Nal.

"Kind of whiskey?" was the battle hardened bartender's instant cold retort.

"Jamm-esson." in perfect middle class Dublin was the response to a kindred spirit from Nal.

Fucking brilliant! Hope you two are at the eFests meet!! WHISHKAAAAY!

[Wooderson]

I was there for the ferry, thought it was an outstanding performance, really heavy on the guitars etc,certainly a high light of my weekend.

May God have mercy on your soul.

[Thearg]

Bloody phone, bears no relevance at all anymore.

[midnight]

Ideally I'd like to agree with you but, yeah, as others have said, if the sale was over quicker and less of the efests sample were succesful then that doesn't scream "easier to get tickets" to me

I haven't seen the booking page in years, tbh. Not until the sold out message comes up, anyway. If I didn't have help from people with better luck (or skill, who knows?), 2010 probably would have been my last year of attendance.

As for headliners, Kylie was the one that really baffled me - I had an "is-this-a-serious-proposal?" moment after that announcement. But I guess that doesn't count, as she got ill and did not play in the end.

[eFestivals]

Ideally I'd like to agree with you but, yeah, as others have said, if the sale was over quicker and less of the efests sample were succesful then that doesn't scream "easier to get tickets" to me

the sale speed is all about the throttling that's put on the sale by See, so that's nothing of anything.

And there's much less screaming about "no ticket" here this year, so the people here were more successful and not less.

[Swine_Glasto2014]

the final sound check before they came on stage was unbelievably loud. They were hitting a drum over and over and it was the loudest thing I've ever heard at the festival. And I was absolutely smashed at the time so would normally be immune to such things!

Funny you should say that, I too noticed how loud the sound check was. And then thought the actual performance was nowhere near as loud as the sound check :/!