Headliners 2016

[theouterlimits]

Just seen this on Twitter. Amusing.

(and I quite like Coldplay, for what it's worth)

https://www.change.org/p/glastonbury-festival-cancel-coldplay-s-headline-slot-and-get-a-rock-band

[Chris Lfc]

" Coldplay are an insult to music fans all over the world. We spend hundreds of pounds to attend glasto, and by doing so, expect a certain level of entertainment. "

 

Coldplay provide entertainment tho? And just because people who have been to glastonbury 5+ times don't like them doesn't mean the people who have never seen them won't. I'm personally looking forward to it and i doubt that petition will get far anyway. More people would of signed the one for Kanye last year.

Edited February 16, 2016 by Chris Lfc

[maelzoid]

^Ha! I've just seen that - look at the name of who started it... his sister???

[eFestivals]

1 minute ago, maelzoid said:

This may be a bit out there, but is it possible there are 4 headliners?

The festival officially starts on the Wednesday, so is it ridiculous to think that there could be a down-sized line-up on the Thursday, starting in the late afternoon? Rock Werchter does it.

It would solve the Muse / Radiohead / Adele conundrum.

Unless there's been a secret major change to the licence, there won't be bands on the big stages on the Thursday.

[thesecretingredientiscrime]

16 minutes ago, eFestivals said:

that's in 2004. They'd been two festivals granted a licence since the problems in 2000.

Plus of course someone saying "I like it" or "I don't like it" has absolutely fuck all relevance to the licencing process.

The festival got a licence *ONLY* on the basis that it was suitable to have a licence, and that's absolutely fuck all to do with anything to do with Chris Martin.

I said nothing about 2000 in particular. I said early 2000's. 

As you mention in efestivals report of the 2003 licence hearing, the council specifically refer to the impact of the letters received.

 

The point that I made was that Chris Martin took action to involve himself ensuring the festival carried on, at a time when it had been cancelled and looked set to not happen again.

[Keithy]

Glad to see clashfinder has been updated - http:///s/g2016/

[stuartbert two hats]

2 minutes ago, thesecretingredientiscrime said:

I said nothing about 2000 in particular. I said early 2000's. 

As you mention in efestivals report of the 2003 licence hearing, the council specifically refer to the impact of the letters received.

 

The point that I made was that Chris Martin took action to involve himself ensuring the festival carried on, at a time when it had been cancelled and looked set to not happen again.

And you have no idea whatsoever how much of an impact Chris Martin's letters made.  I expect letters from local businesspeople would have made much more of a difference.  

[Keithy]

13 minutes ago, SwedgeAntilles said:

Chris Martin:

• Made poverty history
• Saved Glastonbury
• Made everything Yellow

Legend.

• Saved Gywneth Paltrow

http://www.hngn.com/articles/56152/20141231/gywneth-paltrow-coldplay-s-chris-martin-saved-my-life-calls-their-split-painful.htm

[fatyeti24]

8 minutes ago, Chris Lfc said:

" Coldplay are an insult to music fans all over the world. We spend hundreds of pounds to attend glasto, and by doing so, expect a certain level of entertainment. "

 

Coldplay provide entertainment tho? And just because people who have been to glastonbury 5+ times don't like them doesn't mean the people who have never seen them won't. I'm personally looking forward to it and i doubt that petition will get far anyway. More people would of signed the one for Kanye last year.

Woooosh! 

[thesecretingredientiscrime]

12 minutes ago, Wooderson said:

Huh?

I worry about the festival if this is a prevailing mood amongst regular festival goers.

Why? I think we should support acts who support the festival. If it comes between supporting acts who ensure the longevity of the festival/message of the festival reaches a wider audience and me having to see someone else once every four or five years, or seeing someone who I'm a fan of but couldn't give a fuck whether the festival is there next year or not, I'd pick the first one every time.

[Redwinevino]

50 minutes ago, eFestivals said:

I reckon, tho I can't say that with certainty.

However, Radiohead could well be in the mix somehow too, which seems to either suggest Adele isn't doing it, or, from some info that came my way (which sounds like it's wrong but is also a weird thing for someone to have said if it's not) Muse might not be headlining.

Of those two I'd say Adele not doing it is the most likely, and yet I'm finding it very hard to go with the idea that she's not given a few bits of background info I've had plus some other bits and pieces.

Interesting, cheers.

[eFestivals]

15 minutes ago, thesecretingredientiscrime said:

The point that I made was that Chris Martin took action to involve himself ensuring the festival carried on, at a time when it had been cancelled and looked set to not happen again.

Then you could claim the same, but more-so, of efestivals.

I wouldn't make that claim of efestivals.

[brettredmayne]

8 minutes ago, eFestivals said:

Then you could claim the same, but more-so, of efestivals.

I wouldn't make that claim of efestivals.

Neil will you have your spy gear on for Wednesday night to try and get some info

[ericlered]

1 hour ago, stuartbert two hats said:

I was a huge Cure fan in 1995.  That was the festival that started my lifelong obsession with the place - when all my mates came back glowing, telling me I really should have come along.  I did at the next opportunity, but it took a while before I got my suntan...

1995 was my first Glasto, came back with sunburn and watched The Cure, they were brilliant and I was converted to both the festival & the band. Shame they haven't been back for a 4th appearance in all these years.

The Saturday was my 21st as well, got to see Portishead, PJ Harvey, Boo Radleys, Jeff Buckley amongst others.

Edited February 16, 2016 by ericlered

[thesecretingredientiscrime]

 

15 minutes ago, eFestivals said:

Then you could claim the same, but more-so, of efestivals.

I wouldn't make that claim of efestivals.

Efestivals is correctly praised for the work its done for and with the festival over the years but if it ever came to the point where the legitimacy of efestivals being involved in the festival was questioned, there'd be every reason to make that claim of efestivals, to ensure the contribution is remembered and recognised. Not comparing the two BTW, efestivals obviously makes an immesnse impact across festivals nationwide and beyond.

Edited February 16, 2016 by thesecretingredientiscrime

[Hugh Jass]

26 minutes ago, stuartbert two hats said:

And you have no idea whatsoever how much of an impact Chris Martin's letters made.  I expect letters from local businesspeople would have made much more of a difference.  

So the bloke who owns the Growler van saved Glastonbury?

[bigfurbdogg]

18 minutes ago, eFestivals said:

Then you could claim the same, but more-so, of efestivals.

I wouldn't make that claim of efestivals.

Excuse my ignorance, but what has Efest's done for the festival?

[Untz]

1 minute ago, Hugh Jass said:

So the bloke who owns the Growler van saved Glastonbury?

I'm sure if he had then he would have created a greasy abomination in a baguette to commemorate it.

[Hugh Jass]

6 minutes ago, Untz said:

I'm sure if he had then he would have created a greasy abomination in a baguette to commemorate it.

Abomination?!?

I don't like saying this to strangers on the Internet, but you sir, are mistaken.

[sloseph]

12 minutes ago, Hugh Jass said:

So the bloke who owns the Growler van saved Glastonbury?

I think we knew that already, it's a fair bet the Growler has brought many lost souls back from the brink

[Hugh Jass]

13 minutes ago, bigfurbdogg said:

Excuse my ignorance, but what has Efest's done for the festival?

It gave birth to the Thingy. What more do you need?

[thewayiam]

53 minutes ago, theouterlimits said:

Just seen this on Twitter. Amusing.

(and I quite like Coldplay, for what it's worth)

https://www.change.org/p/glastonbury-festival-cancel-coldplay-s-headline-slot-and-get-a-rock-band

Haha 28, weren't Kanye the same but with 3 000s after it by this time lol.

[beaker]

Don't know if it means anything but The music reporter on 6 music reckons that the headliners are

muse

radiohead

coldplay

although she did say that it's what she thinks rather than what she knows

[thesecretingredientiscrime]

18 minutes ago, bigfurbdogg said:

Excuse my ignorance, but what has Efest's done for the festival?

You can look back at the involvement and work from efests during the early 2000's dicey years as discussed, but as well as supporting and helping to ensure the festival has continued, it has massively backed charity work from the festival and initiated its own over the years that I'm sure has made a large contribution to the charities in question. That's just stuff that I'm aware of, there's a lot more I'm sure and probably even more by people under the efests banner, but its not really fair to get efests themselves to list their own achievements. Fairly sure just small things such as talking about water aid and oxfam in each glastonbury article help a great deal.

[russycarps]

4 minutes ago, beaker said:

Don't know if it means anything but The music reporter on 6 music reckons that the headliners are

muse

radiohead

coldplay

although she did say that it's what she thinks rather than what she knows

it just feels so unlikely. Not an inclusive set of headliners at all.