Headliners 2016

[The Nal]

2 minutes ago, Festival Liam said:

Glastonbury is getting increasingly better value music wise as the years ago on  

Indeed, yeah great point! And people moan about the ticket price.

[jparx]

4 minutes ago, tonyblair said:

any Hyde Park shows are gonna be shit. The noise levels are preposterous, half the crowd are on corporate jollys, then there's the curfew

What time is the curfew? I love festivals where the main acts play late at night. I wish Glastonbury headliners started at 11pm. Probably the one thing I'd change.

[eFestivals]

28 minutes ago, Festival Liam said:

Glastonbury is getting increasingly better value music wise as the years ago on  

against the price of gigs, perhaps.

Against the price of itself in the past? defo not.

[FloorFiller]

2 minutes ago, eFestivals said:

against the price of gigs, perhaps.

Against the price of itself in the past? defo not.

like everything else in the world of any cost then

[eFestivals]

3 minutes ago, FloorFiller said:

like everything else in the world of any cost then

Nope.

The rise in price in Glasto tickets over the years (and every other festival ticket) has hugely out-stripped inflation.

 

[Yokel Again]

10 minutes ago, eFestivals said:

against the price of gigs, perhaps.

Against the price of itself in the past? defo not.

Agreed with this. It's a massive investment these days. 

[slash's hat]

2 minutes ago, eFestivals said:

Nope.

The rise in price in Glasto tickets over the years (and every other festival ticket) has hugely out-stripped inflation.

 

Some of that's got to be down to increasing outside intervention - health and safety etc, and expansion.

[Festival Liam]

Are artists being paid more? They must be from gigs, or at least the labels/management must be (presumably to compensate for the drop in revenue from record sales). So is the Glastonbury ticket price rise to deal with this? Or does the price increase just deal with costs of the festival and the artists are still paid roughly the same, with inflation presumably?  

[A Guy Called Matt]

26 minutes ago, jparx said:

What time is the curfew?

Last time I went to Hyde Park it was 10.15pm

[Honeybane]

Guys

I haven't been on this forum in a little while..

Who do we think the 3 are now? Is it still Snuse, Adele and Coldplay? zzzzzzzzzz

[justperfect]

I'm on the coach again this year so it won't affect me but the price of carparking ......wow

Edited February 10, 2016 by justperfect

[SwedgeAntilles]

Just now, Honeybane said:

Guys

I haven't been on this forum in a little while..

Who do we think the 3 are now? Is it still Snuse, Adele and Coldplay? zzzzzzzzzz

Or Radiohead. Any three from those four. 

[Yokel Again]

25 minutes ago, Festival Liam said:

Are artists being paid more? They must be from gigs, or at least the labels/management must be (presumably to compensate for the drop in revenue from record sales). So is the Glastonbury ticket price rise to deal with this? Or does the price increase just deal with costs of the festival and the artists are still paid roughly the same, with inflation presumably?  

Possibly just supply and demand?

[eFestivals]

24 minutes ago, slash's hat said:

Some of that's got to be down to increasing outside intervention - health and safety etc, and expansion.

Yep, from the regulation stuff.

The expansion less-so I'd say, because the numbers have expanded too. If you look at Reading Fest which hasn't really expanded the entertainment it serves up (tho the numbers have increased), that's seen its ticket price go up by around the same.

[eFestivals]

25 minutes ago, Festival Liam said:

Are artists being paid more? 

Yep.

I'm not sure how it might have gone for acts further down the bill, but Glasto are seemingly paying their headliners far more nowadays than can be accounted for by standard inflation.

[Glastobuddy]

Springsteen's microphone was turned off at 10:30pm a few years back at Hyde Park. Its a terible venue with possibly the worst accoustics ever.

Edited February 10, 2016 by Glastobuddy

[shoptildrop]

57 minutes ago, tonyblair said:

any Hyde Park shows are gonna be shit. The noise levels are preposterous, half the crowd are on corporate jollys, then there's the curfew

I've been once to BST in 2014, never again!! for all the reasons above plus the sheer cost too

Edited February 10, 2016 by shoptildrop

[Lubic]

2 hours ago, Harmonic Prospector said:

As a live act Coldplay are far from dull. The can work a crowd very well and their music does translate a lot better in the live environment. Viva La Vida I thought was a very inventive and experimental album (by Coldplay standards) and they haven't matched it since,but as I said,  as a live act they are far from dull. 

Like you Penguin,  me and the friends I attend Glasto with are all rockers at heart and have attended Download, etc many times over the years,  but we all throughly enjoyed them last time they played. If there is something on elsewhere that takes our fancy then we will skip them but in terms of a great communal Glasto atmosphere on a Sunday night to close out the festival there are a lot worse options than Coldplay. 

Agreed - Coldplay are far from dull live. Their 05 set was one of those gigs (file alongside Radiohead 03, Muse 04) that I watched on TV and knew I had to get Glastonbury tickets one day.

Their 2011 set didn't disappoint, and they were even better at the Etihad a year later. Probably the best stadium show I've seen.

[FloorFiller]

i'd have probably contemplated giving Coldplay a go in 2011, but their last three albums have been so shite that i wouldn't waste my time these days. they'll undoubtedly put on a hell of a show, but i'll have far better things to do than hear A Sky Full Of Stars live whilst at Glastonbury. wonder how much of those first four albums they'll even play these days

[SwedgeAntilles]

5 minutes ago, FloorFiller said:

i'd have probably contemplated giving Coldplay a go in 2011, but their last three albums have been so shite that i wouldn't waste my time these days. they'll undoubtedly put on a hell of a show, but i'll have far better things to do than hear A Sky Full Of Stars live whilst at Glastonbury. wonder how much of those first four albums they'll even play these days

This is pretty much where I am. I actually thought Viva La Vida was better and far more interesting than X&Y but everything since then has completed killed my interest in them. Utter MOR,  pop-with-guitars shite. 

[FloorFiller]

Just now, SwedgeAntilles said:

This is pretty much where I am. I actually thought Viva La Vida was better and far more interesting than X&Y but everything since then has completed killed my interest in them. Utter MOR,  pop-with-guitars shite. 

yeah X&Y was a bit shit and clearly just an attempt to replicate what they'd done on AROBTTH, but Viva La Vida was a great album. such a shame they now only play the title track - probably the worst song from it - live these days

everything since has been bollocks. having Avicii produce one of your songs? fuck off

[sisco]

All about opinions hey!! 

To think some people were genuinely looking forward to Kanye Bloody West!!

[PiratePete]

57 minutes ago, Yokel Again said:

Agreed with this. It's a massive investment these days. 

'Massive investment'? You make it sound like you're buying a house, not going to a music festival. 

[russycarps]

1 minute ago, PiratePete said:

'Massive investment'? You make it sound like you're buying a house, not going to a music festival. 

some people havent got much money, pete.

 

[jimmyt]

1 hour ago, Festival Liam said:

Are artists being paid more? They must be from gigs, or at least the labels/management must be (presumably to compensate for the drop in revenue from record sales). So is the Glastonbury ticket price rise to deal with this? Or does the price increase just deal with costs of the festival and the artists are still paid roughly the same, with inflation presumably?  

Yep, and no matter how much we love them, lots of these artists are rich and if there's one truism these days, it's that the rich are getting richer by making the poor get poorer. Sorry times.