Muse

[Matt - Ed Banger Records]

I was at a party for a family friend a few weeks back and got chatting to a guy there, he knows this friend because he runs a toy shop on the Island (family friend is a toy distributor) he basically said that Rob is always in there buying toys and had told him it was Muse (the guys daughter works at Robin Hill park so gets free tickets) he told me that without me mentioning Bestival at all, just chatting about festivals in general because I told him I had been to Glastonbury - I can't see any reason to think he wouldn't have been telling the truth.

[smogo]

I wonder if they're going to be announced before the festival. Only 29 days to go...!

[Homer]

It looks like a return to the old days when you used to get an unannounced special guest or two on the line-up each year.

 

In 2008 they managed to keep The Specials reforming followed by Grace Jones under wraps. I didn't know who either would be before they walked out (I'd guessed the Specials but wasn't sure).

Edited August 12, 2015 by Homer

[smogo]

Lethal Bizzle and The Kooks were unannounced last year, as was Wiley I think the year before.  Though their appearances have always been announced a few hours in advance, which I think is necessary when there are so many other things that people could be doing other than waiting for a mystery guest they might not like.

[Bisque]

Lethal Bizzle and The Kooks were unannounced last year, as was Wiley I think the year before.

I can't remember if they were ever anounced on the L.E.D. boards around the site. All I can remember was Dan Le Sac Vs. Scroobius Pip announced as their last ever set.

[smogo]

I can't remember if they were ever anounced on the L.E.D. boards around the site. All I can remember was Dan Le Sac Vs. Scroobius Pip announced as their last ever set.

 

Not sure if the Kooks were on the LED boards, but Bizzle and Wiley definitely were.

[hoils]

Madness were unannounced Main Stage special guests in 2007. Bloody marvellous they were too.

 

I can't see any reason why it's not going to be Muse this year, the responses RdB has given on Twitter is a bit of a giveaway. 

[Bisque]

I can't see any reason why it's not going to be Muse this year, the responses RdB has given on Twitter is a bit of a giveaway. 

Neither can I but... they are such a huge massive act!

 

I'm guessing it will be around sunset when they come on? How long do we think they will play for?

[Ed209]

If it is Muse then Matt Bellamy is a big fat lier. I'd love it to be them but I'm thinking it might have fallen through.

[FloorFiller]

If it is Muse then Matt Bellamy is a big fat lier. I'd love it to be them but I'm thinking it might have fallen through.

 

yeah i'm sure getting an act who is undoubtedly bigger than all of your headline acts to play in a non-headline spot isn't a walk in the park and is riddled with complications. wouldn't surprise me at all if it went to pot somewhere down the line

[dentalplan]

It will be Kaiser Chiefs now I bet.

 

But seriously, if Bellamy didn't let this slip and people weren't expecting Muse and were prepared for something disappointing like The Kooks last year, and Muse came onstage there would have been some incredible scenes.

[Staff_Sav]

Not sure if the Kooks were on the LED boards, but Bizzle and Wiley definitely were.

Im sure the kooks were announced on the boards. As I chose to go somewhere else after I realised who it was. (they were rude to me when I met them and I've never forgiven them)

[kaytee...]

Someone asked Matt on Twitter when they'll be back in the UK and he replied:

"We're not doing Bestival. Soon though I hope."

Now he's saying that but they never even mentioned bestival

Edited August 14, 2015 by kaytee...

[Ed209]

With Twitter you don't even have to reply, unlike when some idiot approaches you outside a train station, so the fact he's volunteering that says quite a lot

[smogo]

Check RdB's reply to @lickle_pickle ... Muse are no longer playing

[FloorFiller]

Check RdB's reply to @lickle_pickle ... Muse are no longer playing

 

ah well that;'s a shame, although it now opens up the 'who's the special guest?' guessing game

[Staff_Sav]

ah well that;'s a shame, although it now opens up the 'who's the special guest?' guessing game

Will Smith is back in contention! Yesssss

Yesssss

[smogo]

The latest newspaper ads have changed "very special guests" to "very special guest" (though it's still in plural on the website), but I hope it won't be that dick.

[smogo]

The latest newspaper ads have changed "very special guests" to "very special guest" (though it's still in plural on the website), but I hope it won't be that dick.

[dentalplan]

Woahh did you just call Big Willy a dick?

[smogo]

Way back in the day, before anyone had heard the phrase "internet troll", I had a website that massively slagged off Will Smith, and also Robbie Williams. I intended to add more pages, but I couldn't actually think of any other acts that I thought were even in the same league of shit as those two.

Edited August 14, 2015 by smogo

[Zacko]

The whole Muse scenario has been bizarre from start to finish, would love to know what's been happening behind closed doors

 

Maybe it's a Matt Bellamy solo set... (how w*nk would that be)

[Bisque]

I hope they don't just play Drones stuff, would be such a waste.

 

Edit: must have skipped a page.

Edited August 15, 2015 by Couchy

[dentalplan]

Way back in the day, before anyone had heard the phrase "internet troll", I had a website that massively slagged off Will Smith, and also Robbie Williams. I intended to add more pages, but I couldn't actually think of any other acts that I thought were even in the same league of shit as those two.

 

Robbie as well? You're an extra type of evil.

 

The whole Muse scenario has been bizarre from start to finish, would love to know what's been happening behind closed doors

 

Maybe it's a Matt Bellamy solo set... (how w*nk would that be)

 

Maybe it's Matt Bellamy & Kanye West - Watch the Drone.

[Staff_Sav]

Na na na na na nana, na na na na nana,

gettin jiggy wit it