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[Memory Man]

Theres nothing to say they've even spoken a word to the purple one or his people tbf thats a conclusion some people are jumping to.

Some acts understand they have to accept less, some wont.

Edited April 12, 2015 by Memory Man

[Wooderson]

Roskilde was in the region of 2million.

[FloorFiller]

Does anyone know how much Hop Farm paid?

they must've pissed away a LOT of money that year - The Eagles and Prince! no wonder they had to downscale significantly the following year

Theres nothing to say they've even spoken a word to the purple one or his people tbf thats a conclusion some people are jumping to.

Some acts understand they have to accept less, some wont.

aye it's all assumptions, but it definitely seems to point to it being him (unless they were after somebody like Madonna who's also fucked them around)

[Memory Man]

As an aside its a shame this thread has been mostly about headliners even though we know we arent getting it this week. I for one am happy to be (finally?) getting that first line up and the headliner is of little relevance to me, as someone who saw blur in 09 only the mac would appeal or i'll be elsewhere

[Andy0808 v5]

Take that, avicii and guetta were all mentioned while I caught up today... I need to lay down.

I'm gonna take the suggestions to be subtle hints.... ludacris is headlining!

[The Placid Casual]

Genuinely shocked that Prince charges that much and that festivals pay it! Ludicrous.

[ghostdancer1]

I still can't believe that the people in charge of the festival leave it this late to finalise the headliners. So it seems there has been a pull out within the past week or so (likely to be Prince). Why don't they have a deadline of Christmas for example. If it's not all signed on the dotted line the move on to the next act.

It's the biggest and most famous festival in the world and any band/artist should be knocking on Eavis' door wanting to play. The festival shouldn't play second final to any ego maniacs and their demands.

Neil said that he had info that the headliners were already booked quite a while ago. either that was wrong (in which case last night's info could also be wrong?), or someone pulled out after signing up, which given that there'd be legal and financial implications for them doing so, would be unlikely without a good reason.

[thewayiam]

I am - and as I said, I find it hard to believe that artists can't play a one off Glastonbury gig for a reduced fee. If it's down to money with Prince (as I assume it must be) then they will never be able to pay him what he wants. In that case - thank you and move on.

Indeed, if they are ever going to pay over the odds for a headliner to do it, then pay The Eagles, not bloody Prince.

[FloorFiller]

Indeed, if they are ever going to pay over the odds for a headliner to do it, then pay The Eagles, not bloody Prince.

why on earth would they want to do that?

[neil999]

rolling stones was the big one, glasto doesn't 'NEED' anyone..

[Zero_Newnab]

Unless they're going to reform the Beatles or bring back Elvis using ancient voodoo rituals, they shouldn't pay over the odds for anyone.

[incident]

I am - and as I said, I find it hard to believe that artists can't play a one off Glastonbury gig for a reduced fee. If it's down to money with Prince (as I assume it must be) then they will never be able to pay him what he wants. In that case - thank you and move on.

Why the assumption that any stumbling block with Prince would be all about money?

The man has spent years doing whatever he wants, regardless of money - in some cases such as the cancelled gig in Dublin it's cost him a huge amount.

[st dan]

Why the assumption that any stumbling block with Prince would be all about money?

The man has spent years doing whatever he wants, regardless of money - in some cases such as the cancelled gig in Dublin it's cost him a huge amount.

Well if he plays at festivals which pay him large amounts of money .. But will not agree to play at a festival which will not give him a large amount of money - there is only one real assumption that can be made. I'm sure if Glastonbury offered him £2-3m to play, as other festivals have done in the past, he'd sign on the dotted line in a heartbeat. Edited April 12, 2015 by st dan

[incident]

My point is..

The man came over here and played shows to 100 odd people making virtually no money, because he felt like it.

He cancelled a 80,000 capacity stadium show, costing himself about 2 million quid, because he felt like it.

If he wants to play somewhere, he will regardless of money. If he doesn't want to play somewhere, he won't regardless of money. Of course there'll be points in betweeen those 2 extremes, so money could be a factor in the case of him appearing at Glastonbury, but it could be one of a million other things such as whether it was raining when he woke up on a particular morning.

[monkey1989]

I'd rather they just paid for prince and didn't bother with giving all this money to charity ! my hard earned ticket money

messin of course ! I'd be happy if Florence or the XX headlined haha

[st dan]

My point is..

The man came over here and played shows to 100 odd people making virtually no money, because he felt like it.

He cancelled a 80,000 capacity stadium show, costing himself about 2 million quid, because he felt like it.

If he wants to play somewhere, he will regardless of money. If he doesn't want to play somewhere, he won't regardless of money. Of course there'll be points in betweeen those 2 extremes, so money could be a factor in the case of him appearing at Glastonbury, but it could be one of a million other things such as whether it was raining when he woke up on a particular morning.

If that is the then, then assuming that they try for him every year (they must at least send the feelers out to his people) why do they persist in trying to book him? And risk leaving themselves in a situation like this.

If they pin their hopes on him playing and he might or he might not depending how he feels then it's time to move on. As mentioned, they managed to get The Rolling Stones to play, which is much more of a coup than Prince would ever be.

[mike46]

they managed to get The Rolling Stones to play, which is much more of a coup than Prince would ever be.

Having watched their full set for the umpteenth time earlier today, let's never forget this point. I doubt I'll ever see a night better than the Stones at Glastonbury.

[Bisque]

My Dad was so annoyed I saw The Rolling Stones twice that year.

Glastonbury was very special that night, unfortunately I was stood next to Nick Grimshaw & Pixie Geldoff yapping away. Missus needed a piss so relocated.

[ghostdancer1]

If that is the then, then assuming that they try for him every year (they must at least send the feelers out to his people) why do they persist in trying to book him? And risk leaving themselves in a situation like this.

If they pin their hopes on him playing and he might or he might not depending how he feels then it's time to move on. As mentioned, they managed to get The Rolling Stones to play, which is much more of a coup than Prince would ever be.

yes, if it was the case, then i'm sure they would have stopped bothering quite a while ago.

it probably isn't the case though, and it's all a load of speculative bollocks on here that people are just making up, as seems to be the usual for talking abut Prince and what he allegedly does/has done.

[donthaveacoolname]

Having watched their full set for the umpteenth time earlier today, let's never forget this point. I doubt I'll ever see a night better than the Stones at Glastonbury.

could not agree more, that was the night of nights

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[Gnomicide]

Having watched their full set for the umpteenth time earlier today, let's never forget this point. I doubt I'll ever see a night better than the Stones at Glastonbury.

It was incredible.

[incident]

If that is the then, then assuming that they try for him every year (they must at least send the feelers out to his people) why do they persist in trying to book him? And risk leaving themselves in a situation like this.

If they pin their hopes on him playing and he might or he might not depending how he feels then it's time to move on. As mentioned, they managed to get The Rolling Stones to play, which is much more of a coup than Prince would ever be.

Well firstly, we don't actually know that they do try to book him every year. Or even any year.

But in the event that your presumptions are correct - you ask why keep trying?

Surely the asnwer is pretty obvious - you mention the Stones, well reportedly (depending on what version you believe) GFL tried for years to book them, and one year it came off - and even then it wasn't certain until about 3 months before the festival. That decision could have gone another way and ended up with the Festival looking for a late replacement. But GFL kept asking, and eventually it came off.

U2 is another good example - I'm pretty confident (from a converaation I had with someone who worked closely with the band) that at one point U2 had agreed to headline the 2005 Festival, but pulled out. The festival kept asking, eventually it came off.

So why would they persist in trying to book Prince? Because maybe one day they'll succeed.

[dingbat2]

Having watched their full set for the umpteenth time earlier today, let's never forget this point. I doubt I'll ever see a night better than the Stones at Glastonbury.

Did you not get there until Saturday then? You must have missed the emotionally charged masterpiece that was on the other stage the night before!

[klipper]

Did you not get there until Saturday then? You must have missed the emotionally charged masterpiece that was on the other stage the night before!

Efests isn't efests without some portishead love.

[klipper]

Speaking of, latitude tickets being bought tomoz. the undercard is superb (along with portishead obviously) and should make a few glasto clashes easier if i know im gonna see an act at latitude - and vice-versa.