The Waterboys - Are they?

[AbuHamster]

Am sure i saw them on a list somewhere but not now was I imagining it and getting excited over nothing?

[Neville Street]

Yes they are don't ask where or when yet, but not Sunday as they are in Dublin then.

[H.M.V]

On the main poster, yes you saw them. Not sure what stage yet.

[AbuHamster]

Ta

[Zoo Music Girl]

Acoustic headliner? Or Pyramid?

[ItsBadForYa]

Really looking forward to seeing these guys.

I have met Mike Scott before and he's an arrogant knobhead (Mark Chadwick from The Levellers has said similar), but he's an incredible musician which is why I'll go and enjoy what promises to be an excellent set.

[Hugh Jass]

Acoustic headliner? Or Pyramid?

Or both?

[The 38 year old virgin]

Properly excited about these guys. Could well be my highlight of the weekend

[Zoo Music Girl]

Or both?

That would be ideal!

[matt2007]

Acoustic headliner on Saturday please..........

[Futurism]

Acoustic headliner would be ideal. I saw them at Moseley Folk Festival last year and I have to say they were Brilliant.

[AbuHamster]

Accoustic is small is it not. I met Mike he was hammered and hilarious.

[eFestivals]

Accoustic is small is it not.

nope, it's cavenous.

[Homer]

Off topic but literally just remembered that this exists. (Actually I remember walking past the Pyramid in, I think, 94, just as they started playing this.) Enjoy!

[Pinhead]

Karl Wallinger was once in the band in the early days wasn't he?

Would really like to see them again (I was at that gig at Pyramid in '94), however didn't Karl's voice go or something, though I think he's begun to get it back?

[jeffie]

Karl had a brain hemorrhage and was out of action for years.

He's back now, saw them at Holmfirth Picturedrome last year, they were excellent.

Check out https://www.facebook.com/WorldPartyOfficial?fref=ts

[Mardy]

Not even just the early days, was with them for quite a while, 2 or 3 albums. Think he was around for this is the sea, then left before Fisherman's Blues. Hence the song World Party' on that album.

[Brave Sir Robin]

Had a joyous moment at Latitude a few years back when they played 'Put the Message in the Box' over the PA. Would love to see Wallinger live.

[jeffie]

Had a joyous moment at Latitude a few years back when they played 'Put the Message in the Box' over the PA. Would love to see Wallinger live.

Touring the US at the moment, I so wanted them at Glastonbury this year.

[The 38 year old virgin]

Pure brilliance

[Mardy]

He made an absolute mint from writing one of robbie william's big hits. Angel? She's the one?

I don't want to get all Russy on your arse but i have an irrational dislike of him for that and his ludicrously posh name.

[jeffie]

He made an absolute mint from writing one of robbie william's big hits. Angel? She's the one?

I don't want to get all Russy on your arse but i have an irrational dislike of him for that and his ludicrously posh name.

Mardy,

The truth was a bit different, the proceeds kept him going while he was recovering from his brain injury, as well as you dfo anyway.

"The success of She’s the One tested his relationship with another former bandmate, Guy Chambers, part of World Party before becoming Robbie William’s songwriting partner. While helping out on 1997’s Egyptology, Chambers heard She’s the One and later arranged for Williams to record it.

“It was very strange,” says Wallinger. “Nobody phoned me to say they were doing it, and they used the band I’d just been on the road with to record it. It also annoyed me that Robbie didn’t sing the right words. It was a weird one: you lose your friends but you make loads of money.”

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/rockandpopfeatures/9478275/Karl-Wallinger-The-song-that-saved-my-bacon.html

Edited June 12, 2015 by jeffie

[The Nal]

Its really the song Noel Gallagher has been trying to write for all his career

[Mardy]

Ah, that's intersting. I didnt know that. I rescind my earlier accusation entirely. Thanks, and i apologise.

However, the article goes on to mention he was involved in the Rocky Horror Show for 5 years, which, in my mind, is an even more henious crime, if there's one thing in the world i hate, it's the Rocky Horror Show.

[The Nal]

Ah, that's intersting. I didnt know that. I rescind my earlier accusation entirely. Thanks, and i apologise.

However, the article goes on to mention he was involved in the Rocky Horror Show for 5 years, which, in my mind, is an even more henious crime, if there's one thing in the world i hate, it's the Rocky Horror Show.

The proceeds from the Rocky Horror Show paid for breast implants for his pet hamster.