announcement

[FloorFiller]

if it's not Fleetwood Mac, and not Prince, then surely it HAS to be Blur. can't think of any other realistic possibilities that would fit in to all the criteria given - announce after both IOW (and possibly even BST) to ensure their ticket sales aren't affected

[ColdSideofthePillow]

Was madonna seriously a possibility?

With all that scaffolding and potential mud around etc.. She was due a fall...

Edited April 12, 2015 by ColdSideofthePillow

[ColdSideofthePillow]

I've never seen Blur but I wouldn't be unhappy if they were the third headliner.

Songs like the universal and tender are timeless.

[Woffy]

Right, this is what I heard last night....

I'm pretty sure that there'll be an announcement this week (said by more than one person, tho press said "we know nothing"), and someone who should know told me Wednesday. I don't know what time it might be.

An announcement this week won't include the 3rd headliner, so I was told.

The 3rd headliner won't be announced until June, I was told. I was told this was because the act was "doing other shows".

By the sounds of things - tho I'm not sure (I did ask Emily, but I'm uncertain of what she said back due to noise) - it seems that the 3rd headliner is something that been put together in the last week(ish).

I heard (that i believe was really said) that Michael has said within the last week that the 3rd headliner is not Fleetwood Mac. I also heard similar saying 'not Prince'.

So make your guesses about that act.

(one of the guesses we made last night was The Who, which you lot quickly killed by pointing out they were in Paris that night)

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So we heard, Hot Chip will headline West Holts on Friday, with WH Saturday headlined by George Clinton playing the 'Sly' role with the Family Stone as a special one-off. ...which today, sober, sounds like it might be a tall story, but perhaps it's not.

We also heard some other bits and pieces, which are listed on the line-ups page (which |'m just going to check over and perhaps tweak one or two).

Cheers Neil. Appreciated as always.

[ColdSideofthePillow]

Thanks Neil

This is so exciting - the speculation the rumour!

[giantkatestacks]

Maybe we will ge half a Blur set and half a Gorillaz, we all know how popular that would be on here. Blurillaz.

[justperfect]

Imagine the pressure and stress it puts on the organisers when/if that purple tit pulled out to find a sizable headliner to replace him.

Just makes the thousands of "give us the lineup" tweets they have received the past few weeks even more cringe worthy

[toto]

if it's not Fleetwood Mac, and not Prince, then surely it HAS to be Blur. can't think of any other realistic possibilities that would fit in to all the criteria given - announce after both IOW (and possibly even BST) to ensure their ticket sales aren't affected

Taylor...Macca...The Libs...Madonna?!

All have other shows this summer and could probably headline...

[Frankly Mr Shankly]

if it's not Fleetwood Mac, and not Prince, then surely it HAS to be Blur. can't think of any other realistic possibilities that would fit in to all the criteria given - announce after both IOW (and possibly even BST) to ensure their ticket sales aren't affected

Madonna still has UK tour tickets to sell

Kylie still has BST tickets to sell

Noel Gallagher still has London Calling tickets to sell

The Libertines have R&L tickets to shift

I'm not saying it's any of them & Blur certainly seem the most likely but they're not the only ones that fit the 'criteria'.

[Funkyfairy!]

Dancing a funkyfairy happy Sunday morning dance ..... Blur fits the bill of everything above and they'd step up at the last moment

But who should the headliner have been, unless it really was Taylor swift and due to her mums diagnosis she is honouring existing commitments but no more.

[Thelips]

Right, this is what I heard last night....

I'm pretty sure that there'll be an announcement this week (said by more than one person, tho press said "we know nothing"), and someone who should know told me Wednesday. I don't know what time it might be.

An announcement this week won't include the 3rd headliner, so I was told.

The 3rd headliner won't be announced until June, I was told. I was told this was because the act was "doing other shows".

By the sounds of things - tho I'm not sure (I did ask Emily, but I'm uncertain of what she said back due to noise) - it seems that the 3rd headliner is something that been put together in the last week(ish).

I heard (that i believe was really said) that Michael has said within the last week that the 3rd headliner is not Fleetwood Mac. I also heard similar saying 'not Prince'.

So make your guesses about that act.

(one of the guesses we made last night was The Who, which you lot quickly killed by pointing out they were in Paris that night)

----

So we heard, Hot Chip will headline West Holts on Friday, with WH Saturday headlined by George Clinton playing the 'Sly' role with the Family Stone as a special one-off. ...which today, sober, sounds like it might be a tall story, but perhaps it's not.

We also heard some other bits and pieces, which are listed on the line-ups page (which |'m just going to check over and perhaps tweak one or two).

Great work

RE Grace Jones, I assume you've heard she's in as now SR for West Holts. Would she headline do you think ? And if so that would mean the Sunday due to Hot chip Friday and Glinto sat night?

Would love to see her. Cheers.

[Krazypinkminx]

Anyone gonna summarise for the alcoholics?

this :-D:-D:-D

[PhoenixNights2014]

The 3rd headliner won't be announced until June, I was told. I was told this was because the act was "doing other shows".

So does this rule out prince..whilst strengthening the blur/ fleetwood Mac rumours Neil......also ACDC rumours seems to be dying out, can we rule them out now ?

[stocky3000]

.also ACDC rumours seems to be dying out, can we rule them out now ?

playing scotland on sunday night

[PhoenixNights2014]

playing scotland on sunday night

Oooops never realised, thanks stocky3000, looking more like blur at the moment to me

[eFestivals]

Great work

RE Grace Jones, I assume you've heard she's in as now SR for West Holts. Would she headline do you think ? And if so that would mean the Sunday due to Hot chip Friday and Glinto sat night?

Would love to see her. Cheers.

The Grace Jones info is a bit weirder in how it came about than other bits of info, and I might have made an assumption too far from what was said, so it's possible it's wrong and she's not playing .... tho I think she probably is playing.

I don't think she'd be the headliner, but you never know. I've no idea on days.

[eFestivals]

The 3rd headliner won't be announced until June, I was told. I was told this was because the act was "doing other shows".

So does this rule out prince..whilst strengthening the blur/ fleetwood Mac rumours Neil......also ACDC rumours seems to be dying out, can we rule them out now ?

read everything that I posted.

[Thelips]

The 3rd headliner won't be announced until June, I was told. I was told this was because the act was "doing other shows".

So does this rule out prince..whilst strengthening the blur/ fleetwood Mac rumours Neil......also ACDC rumours seems to be dying out, can we rule them out now ?[/quote

Playing glasgow on the Sunday

[Thelips]

The Grace Jones info is a bit weirder in how it came about than other bits of info, and I might have made an assumption too far from what was said, so it's possible it's wrong and she's not playing .... tho I think she probably is playing.

I don't think she'd be the headliner, but you never know. I've no idea on days.

Ok cheers, I was hopefully due to her hyde park appearance in June. Fingers crossed

[A13]

What have I missed?

[Gnomicide]

What have I missed?

Nothing really. Quiet night.

[The Placid Casual]

What have I missed?

Some newbie claiming they know when the announcement is, as per.

[CaledonianGonzo]

Have heard a few folk bigging up Slave To The Rhythm in recent times. Gives me the excuse to finally check it out again after all these years:

[tezshields]

Apologies first off...

I'm very impressed with the day card lineup rumours. Some cool eclectic acts on the potential list.

BUT

Re: Final Headliner...

I'll honestly be gutted if it's Blur. With all the anticipation over the elusive final 3rd headliner I'd prefer somebody fresh instead of a band that played just a few years back. They won't top that performance so why even try to recreate something better with a hanful of unfamiliar mediocre songs. Smells of 'desperate Gorrillaz booking' all over again.

I hope the majority of people's guesses are wrong and it's some other act.

Here's hoping that the Eavii have a little more imagination and they save the Sunday.

[sjseabass]

Barring IoW and BST somehow managing to sell out (which seems unlikely) it would have to be a really quite spectacularly late announcement for Blur to avoid any impact on tickets. If they kept them under wraps until the Sunday before the festival, the day after they do Hyde Park, well fair play, that is some secrecy and a half!