announcement

[incident]

Its not late at all. If anything we have more acts than previous years.

30th May 2013: Full lineup (barring BBC Introducing & Arcadia which came in June)

22 May 2014 - Full Line Up (64 stages)

4 June 2014 - Running times

1st June 2007: Initial announcement, containing 17 stages. Some of the rest were quietly added over the next few days, some didn't get announced until you picked up the programme on site. And that was considered normal practice at the time.

[st dan]

Do the number of acts playing across the whole festival tend to increase year on year?

For example .. How many more bands played in 2000 compared to 2014? I would guess there must be hundreds more?

[actionstations]

I can give you the last 2 years...

2014 had 2405 performances (includes all performances from bands that played twice or more)

2013 had 2123... so it went up 13% last year, crazy.

[st dan]

Wow thanks for that. That's gone up far more than I expected! So theoretically the lineup announcement is going to be later if there are that many more acts to book and announce each year?

The planning behind it all is mind blowing!

[incident]

I can give you the last 2 years...

2014 had 2405 performances (includes all performances from bands that played twice or more)

2013 had 2123... so it went up 13% last year, crazy.

I don't entirely trust raw numbers like that, because I'm not convinced it'll ever be realistic to compare like for like.

Here's an example - If you widened the gap to 10 years and ran the numbers of 2004 vs 2014, I suspect the number of artists listed would be (considerably) more than double, but that only tells part of the story. The number of Stages listed would also more than double - part of this is down to new stages, but there's a large number of stages that get listed today that didn't (or wouldn't have) 10 years ago.

Here's another example - one area where there's genuinely been a huge increase in the number of stages over that 10 year period is in the Theatre + Circus fields. When you add in all the Risers etc, they've probably got about triple what they used to. However the net increase in the number of artists won't be anywhere near as high - people often reference the fact that Mik Artistik plays about 15 times every festival, but he's far from the only one.

Take someone like Herbie Treehead for example - plays every year in T+C, 10 years ago he'd have done 1 or 2 sets a day on the Outdoor Circus Stage (total 3-6), in 2015 my guess is it'll be more like 4 sets a day in various different incarnations for a total of 12+. He's not the only one. So the number of stages has massively increased for sure, and there's been extra artists added to play on them, but I don't believe that you can directly correlate the numbers.

So to answer the original question. I don't know, and I don't think anyone can accurately say.

[srb]

Two class albums lad.

Second one is made to be played live.

Mate who saw them in Belfast 4 weeks ago said it was something special

Had tickets for that gig but ended up was away so gave them to mates who were blown away. Defo on my hit list.

[Woffy]

Don't even know what to make of this...or what thread to use. More of a pronouncement than an announcement

http://www.nme.com/news/the-vaccines/85717

[Anderson19]

I think The Vaccines are just secretly annoyed at there tumble down festival line ups this summer.

Saying that they aren't wrong really if ever Florence was going to headline this was her year.

[zero000]

Where's Mardy when you need him?

[billum]

I don't entirely trust raw numbers like that, because I'm not convinced it'll ever be realistic to compare like for like.

Isn't it also true that the performances start earlier each year? By which I mean that more areas each year seem to have bands playing on the Wednesday and Thursday before the proper Friday 11AM kick-off, so that could account for an increase of several percent I would guess (in pure speculation mode on my part of course - actionstations's numbers were very interesting to see).

[kingcrawler]

I posted it in the headliners thread as well but I agree with almost all of what The Vaccines are saying there.

[dingbat2]

I think The Vaccines are just secretly annoyed at there tumble down festival line ups this summer.

Saying that they aren't wrong really if ever Florence was going to headline this was her year.

Saw vaccines at the Big Weekend, they were utter turd

Flo on the other utterly nailed it, and I I am not a fan by any means. But fair play to her she was brill, and really engaged with the crowd. I might even go as far to say I will go and see her at glasto. And I never thought I would say that

[Andy0808 v5]

I needed a vaccine after seeing them on television at big weekend.

[Andy0808 v5]

Also if it turns out to be the Who's last ever UK show it's not really a safe booking is it?

[Gucci Piggy]

If a stage announces tomorrow I reckon it'll be between 2pm and 3pm

[Gucci Piggy]

Also if it turns out to be the Who's last ever UK show it's not really a safe booking is it?

How does that work?

[Guest]

Ugh, I agree with the Vaccines, I feel dirty.

[Andy0808 v5]

How does that work?

It doesn't really. What is happening to me? Meant it more as its more of a coup if its their last UK show.

[math125]

It doesn't really. What is happening to me? Meant it more as its more of a coup if its their last UK show.

They've already said they are still planning to play gigs but no longer part of a massive tour

[Superscally]

Flo sounded rank awful on telly.

[Woffy]

Ugh, I agree with the Vaccines, I feel dirty.

I'm watching Festival, Sex and Suspicious Parents and it's put everything into an awful new perspective.

Good lord.

[ghostdancer1]

Vaccines fella has it spot on.

[shoptildrop]

I've liked them for a good while on record, having not seen them live, yet.

Seeing some of their set on telly at the 6Music festival confirmed for me that they have the live chops too.

WILL. BE. AWESOME.

Ben

PSB are really good live, seen them a few years ago supporting New Order at Jodrell Bank - what an amazing gig that was!! Clashes pending will be seeing these

[Comfy Bean]

psb have got an extra member for this year so bigger sound. Seen them in Glasgow and will catch them at Kendal calling so one less clash for me to worry about :-)

Fancy seeing alabama 3 again and have never been to the glade.

[GlastoSimon]

I'm watching Festival, Sex and Suspicious Parents and it's put everything into an awful new perspective.

Good lord.

I always worry for the day that they have one of those from Glastonbury. Just info'd the latest episode and turns out its from Frequency Festival in Austria apparently.

'Bloody foreigners', the Austrians will say, 'coming over here and ruining our festivals'.