Jump to content

Don't Miss a Beat

Join the UK's most passionate festival community. Keep up with the latest conversations, line-up rumours, and music news.

250,000+ Members

Connect with a massive network of fellow festival-goers.

Lively Discussions

Thousands of active topics on music, campsites, and tips.

Hot Rumours & News

Hear about secret sets and lineup drops before anyone else.

Create Free Account
OR
  • Sign Up!

    Join our friendly community of music lovers and be part of the fun 😎

announcement


eFestivals

Recommended Posts

If Blur aren't a big enough draw to sell tickets for BST then are they still good enough to headline Glastonbury? I think it they don't announce them until June it will be a bit of an anti climax.

BST is a strange beast though. A lot of people have turned their backs on it because Hyde park is such a terrible venue with shite sound.

That's without considering that blur have played Hyde park 3 times already in 6 years, and the tickets are £80 . It's no surprise it's not selling well, the market is saturated.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Replies 6.7k
  • Created
  • Last Reply

Top Posters In This Topic

The Fall and James?! Mental whoever suggested they could headline.

Blur methinks, with Flo subbing

As I said " a couple of outsiders". Beats talking about Blur and BST payment plans for the next 8 weeks. Just thinking (very) outside the the box as GF are clearly scrabbling around at the 11th hour to sort a 3rd headliner so it might be a bit leftfield and not particularly strong.

It probably is going to be Blur however in the last 2 months it's 'probably going to be Madonna', 'probably going to be Prince', 'probably going to be FM', etc so all bets are off IMO.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

If Blur aren't a big enough draw to sell tickets for BST then are they still good enough to headline Glastonbury? I think it they don't announce them until June it will be a bit of an anti climax.

I'm fairly sure it's not just Blur who have tickets left for their date at BST. To my knowledge, Taylor Swift and The Rolling Stones are the only two acts to fully sell it out. I don't think it's so much an indication of the headliner's size and more that an increasing number of people may be realising just how awful a proposition any sort of live music event in Hyde Park is these days.

Edit: Beaten to by basically everyone else!

Edited by Lord Rooster
Link to comment
Share on other sites

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).

given that you had info that the headliners were all booked quite a while ago, do you think that info wasn't correct now?

or do you think someone has cancelled within the last few months?

at least GFL would probably be covered on contract/insurance by a cancellation.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

In convinced we will get to the bottom of who's headlining quite soon, whether it comes from other info IE someone currently not touring announcing something, or revelations of someone who is touring doing more, currently though I have nothing to give to the argument

Link to comment
Share on other sites

I'm not *too* bothered with who the 3rd headliner is anymore, I'm more excited to get an overall announcement as I'm sure I'll find something exciting to do on the Sunday night.

yea, complete agreement a hundred or so acts to get me dreaming on wednesday is more than enough for me.

It does amaze me on these threads how much chat does go into the headliners where by the sounds of it most of the posters will be somewhere else anyway

Link to comment
Share on other sites

I think it's all still up in the air. Neil's info contained a lot of 'apparently', 'couldn't hear for the noise', 'someone said' etc., and all the acts we're talking ourselves into thinking won't be there are still rumoured. Nobody has been elevated to a strong rumour yet.

It could well be Prince. It could well be Fleetwood Mac ('Michael sad it wasn't' hardly holds much weight). It could be Blur. It could be Madonna. It could be Swift. It could be Bowie. It could be Ainsley Harriott on a fucking pogo stick. Everything is in play.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

I think it's all still up in the air. Neil's info contained a lot of 'apparently', 'couldn't hear for the noise', 'someone said' etc., and all the acts we're talking ourselves into thinking won't be there are still rumoured. Nobody has been elevated to a strong rumour yet.

was just thinking that myself. Surprised to see Blur aren't 'SR'.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Unfortunately, your content contains terms that we do not allow. Please edit your content to remove the highlighted words below.
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

Loading...
  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.

  • Latest Activity

    • They don't strike me as a band that'd even enter the conversation for Trees
    • Alkaline Trio 90 Barrington Levy 95 Basement Jaxx 120 Billy Bragg 100 Billy Ocean 100 The Black Keys 90 Carl Cox 100 Chase & Status 120 Chelsea Wolfe 80  CMAT 105 Confidence Man 150 MAX Dave 25 David Byrne 150  Disclosure 65  Everything Everything 105 Faithless 80  Fatboy Slim 100 Four Tet 130 (+5) Funeral for a Friend 40 (-5) Garbage 100 GOAT 105  Greentea Peng 120 Happy Mondays 80 Hollie Cook 90 Jorja Smith 100 José González 100 Joy Crookes 120  Judas Priest 90 Kasabian 80  Kneecap 110  The Last Dinner Party 15 Levellers 85  Limp Bizkit 35  Linkin Park 90 Lorde 120 Madness 75  The Maccabees 100 Neck Deep 135  Nile Rodgers & Chic 100 Overmono 100 Pixies 55 The Prodigy 140 Pulp 150 MAX RAYE 100 Ren 85 Richard Ashcroft 95  Say She She 85 Scissor Sisters 120 Self Esteem 120 Skunk Anansie 100 Stereolab 120  The Streets 110 Super Furry Animals 110 Tems 50  Thundercat 90 Tom Jones 70  Two Door Cinema Club 15 Tyler, the Creator 75 Underworld 115 Wet Leg 90  Wilco 85  The Wombats 90 Wolf Alice 135
    • Another note, if I didn't mention the food in the arena for main stage is right at the back. Bands wise they do very well for but as a festival so far they pros are outweighed quite heavily currently for me.
    • On another note for RIP as an event, there is some good things but there are so many things people going to UK festivals would hate and how far behind they are.  Consistent network and water, beer and pretzel like food is brought around to buy in the crowds. Topping up on the wristband is good. The camping and food arrangement is not good, you really need cooking kit. Water points inside the arena are bonkers, water points in camping are a faff unless you are close enough in general camp. Merch stands are crazy. You MASSIVELY need to think about your lidl shop for camping and try and do it so you've one stop. It's definitely worth it getting to a camping shop here, picking up a rolley between your mates and stacking it for the walk back....lidl is cheap though, not hard getting in but Thursday queues getting in and into the camping is mad. You have to register first for a wristband as well leaving any bigger bags behind so pull to a side if only two and do it separately. I was joining a WhatsApp group for solo camp so went with the flow but I've learnt. Had it been me or just two my tent would have been down much quicker.  Big final note, I got a fresh and black 3 man from decathlon before coming and put in bigger suitcase with my airbed and sleeping bag...do this. Take a smaller option for your clothes. If you go to Munich first, book your train to Nuremberg as far in advance as you can....very important!....it hikes crazy. Probably bettee overall for baggage sizes to do BA both ways but you do then need to go back to Munich after too. Use the B&B hotel hbf the night before....its very nice, comfortable, cheap and within 10 minutes of the station which also serves as a transport stop 15 minutes from the registration.  Get up literally like 5am with everything back the night before, shower and go. Transport is free anyway for festival ticket holders during the duration.  Would I just choose to travel in each day and back to a hotel?, on the basis of sleep and getting accommodation cheap enough for 3 nights i might just do especially if I picked the ticket up early enough. It doesn't feel like a festival in a normal sense....unless you are in general yoi have to exit on the paths outside the camping to walk down and in which also applies for getting water so have a stock up. Toilets are in the camping.
  • Featured Products

  • Hot Topics

  • Latest Tourdates

×
×
  • Create New...