when will get an announcement?

[Brave Sir Robin]

Tomorrow, according to this:

Crossways North Wootton

1 hr · Edited ·

@MichaelEavis1 & his delightful wife are having a discussion about headlining acts @thecrossways over lunch, all should be revealed 2morrow‪#‎Glastonburyfestival‬

https://www.facebook.com/thecrossways/posts/902848856444930

Could "his delightful wife" be Emily? Or has he taken up with someone new??

Also this tweet by someone who seems to work there:

Emmm @emilyyambrosini · 2h2 hours ago

Michael Eavis and his wife are discussing the other acts for Glastonbury Festival at work today

Edited March 31, 2015 by Brave Sir Robin

[JoeyT]

That's a lovely pub by the way.

Do a lovely Sunday carvery.

[Funkyfairy!]

As someone who has, for years, spent endless hours doing homework so as to become as familiar as possible with artists on a festival line-up, I'm in two minds here. I know that I enjoy live music best when I know it well. Yes, I love to discover stuff I've never heard before, but that's a different, and not quite as emotional an experience as hearing live stuff you've grown to adore on record. So, getting the line-up is veruy important to me, in allowing me that preparation, and therefore an even greater enjoyment of the music at the festival.

But, this is my first Glastonbury...

And there's quite a lot of me that is enjoying, albeit frustratingly, the unique approach that the Eavii take to the line-up. I in no way see this model as arrogant, presumptuous, nor in anyway taking their customers for granted. S2H articulated it very nicely in suggesting that they are not looking for band/artist/genre-specific fans. They are looking for Glastonbury fans. And, even though I am a newbie, my featival history, and those things that are most significant/important to me in life have already made me a Glastonbuy fan, before I get through the gates.

So, it'll come when it comes. But please leave me some homework time, Michael/Emily...!

Ben

Ben

Your approach and attitude is awesome for a Glastonbury newbie. Please be at the e festivals meet as I'd love to hear what you have to say when you really see the site and feel its presence. There is nothing quite like it

I am like you, I love to listen to bands and hear the same music live, but at Glastonbury it does not matter - it truely doesn't. Some of the best moments are when you just absorb the atmosphere around you, its magical

have fun and I can;t wait to hear what you opinion is post festival !

[kalifire]

Tomorrow, according to this:

Thanks for that, for some reason I actually attribute some weight to random comments like that. I can imagine him casually mentioning it'll be coming out tomorrow as he orders his desert.

[klipper]

Tomorrow, according to this:

Crossways North Wootton

1 hr · Edited ·

@MichaelEavis1 & his delightful wife are having a discussion about headlining acts @thecrossways over lunch, all should be revealed 2morrow‪#‎Glastonburyfestival‬

https://www.facebook.com/thecrossways/posts/902848856444930

Could "his delightful wife" be Emily? Or has he taken up with someone new??

Also this tweet by someone who seems to work there:

Emmm @emilyyambrosini · 2h2 hours ago

Michael Eavis and his wife are discussing the other acts for Glastonbury Festival at work today

Seems odd, what do we think, will all be revealed tomorrow?

Really keen to see park/west holts line-ups!

[klipper]

Also great find BSR

[Matt42]

Think it's coming tonight and they are chatting it tomorrow

surely looks that way gah (imo)

[JoeyT]

Whilst you can only take what's written online with a massive pinch of salt.

That is a pub/restaurant very close to the festival site and I have heard it's one of Michael's favourites so it's very plausible that he was there.

As far as discussing that subject who knows? but I'd have much more faith in believing that than anything Roses4baggy ever said.

[Matt42]

Whilst you can only take what's written online with a massive pinch of salt.

That is a pub/restaurant very close to the festival site and I have heard it's one of Michael's favourites so it's very plausible that he was there.

As far as discussing that subject who knows? but I'd have much more faith in believing that than anything Roses4baggy ever said.

Yup I'm aware of that pub, been there before myself.

I think it's time for the forum to get ready!!!

[stuartbert two hats]

Could "his delightful wife" be Emily? Or has he taken up with someone new??

I know he remarried a few years ago, apparently to someone called Liz.http://www.westerndailypress.co.uk/Glastonbury-Festival-guru-Michael-Eavis-reveals/story-19831743-detail/story.html

Are you saying she's not delightful?

[Thelips]

that might be precisely why they don't announce until after.

How many people pay the tickets up without an announcement would show either way whether the fuss over Kanye was meaningful or not.

As a general idea, I go with the idea that they're likely to want to try to get some sort of measurement of whether there's a Kanye impact or not. If they announce something before the tickets need to be paid up then they don't get to make a decent measure of the impact.

Could they not gauge a reaction on say first 3 days sales. I presume a lot of people like myself pay when window opens. If by weekend and sales are down on same period last year could that sway them into releasing something to drive sales ?

I don't know at all how much they stick to original plan or how much they change plans to react quickly to sales, press etc

[yellowsnow]

When the tickets sold out in October, didn't they say that line up would be announced 1st April? They soon changed it to 'in the Spring'. Can anyone else remember seeing that?

[JBarbour]

When the tickets sold out in October, didn't they say that line up would be announced 1st April? They soon changed it to 'in the Spring'. Can anyone else remember seeing that?

1st April was a quote from ME

Spring is the official line from the festival most/every year

[Hugh Jass]

There's more weight to that story than the usual guff we get around here, someone who is local to the festival, identifies themselves as staff in a local restaurant so it's not like him/her wouldn't be easy to track down, doesn't seem to be an attention seeker (ie no outlandish headliner statements)

I'm cautiously optimistic.

[Brave Sir Robin]

I know he remarried a few years ago, apparently to someone called Liz.http://www.westerndailypress.co.uk/Glastonbury-Festival-guru-Michael-Eavis-reveals/story-19831743-detail/story.html

Are you saying she's not delightful?

Er, no, hadn't appreciated that! I'm sure she is the epitome of delight.

[Avalon_Fields]

Well they certainly don't do their research as @michaeleavis1 is a (very funny) parody Twitter account?!?!

Edited March 31, 2015 by dangerous1957

[Bobs]

When the tickets sold out in October, didn't they say that line up would be announced 1st April? They soon changed it to 'in the Spring'. Can anyone else remember seeing that?

Don't remember, but Michael did say the 1st.

I also didn't know he'd remarried! Good for him!

[ghostdancer1]

someone should tweet that girl and ask (nicely) what names they were discussing

[Matt42]

someone should tweet that girl and ask (nicely) what names they were discussing

I've followed her. If she follows back i'l give her a nice DM

[Brave Sir Robin]

Well they certainly don't do their research as @michaeleavis1 is a (very funny) parody Twitter account?!?!

The mention of @michaeleavis1 was on Facebook, where it's a page about the real ME.

[eFestivals]

Seems odd, what do we think, will all be revealed tomorrow?

I suspect that all Michael will reveal to them will be his drinks order at the bar.

They're probably working off the long-ago-said "1st April". I still don't think it'll come tomorrow, but you never know.

[Bobs]

However, i am sceptical of their spelling of 'revealed'....

[LondonTom]

Does seem a bit of a random claim for them to be lying, I guess if they was just overhearing things then it could have been misheard/put together with something else they know.

We know Shangri La are annoucing things soon (today?).

Basically I have doubts, but who knows =p

[Matt42]

shangrila gave the the game away in 2013, like two days before the announcment they started dropping hints.

[DeanoL]

They're probably announce Taylor Swift or Flo as the third headliner tomorrow just to cackle as people kid themselves that it's an April fool.

I mean, after putting up with the Kanye shit, that's exactly what I'd do.