Bestival 2016 Headliners?

[smogo]

I'm excited about Lady Leshurr, DJ Yoda, Kano, My Nu Leng and of course the mighty Reggie n Bollie from that announcement.

[Musiclover99]

On 16 September 2015 at 3:37 PM, FloorFiller said:

The xx, Disclosure, Frank Ocean

 

that would do me nicely! although i guess it's lacking in an older/'big' act which Bestival seems to have had for the past few years

This would be amazing, Bestival has such a variety although it does always seem to have an older/big act you a right, you never know what the final line up could be! After all they announced missy elliot just weeks before last years!!

[Musiclover99]

On 16 March 2016 at 3:57 PM, gibble said:

Kendrick Lamar? Has there been anything further on the Will Smith rumour yet? 

Fingers seriously crossed (as seriously as you can cross fingers..) for Will smith!!

[gibble]

How much more do people think there is left to be announced? It wasn't a massive announcement on Thursday but the line up is fairly big now...can we expect much more other than the Sunday headliner?

[smogo]

There's fuckloads still to come. There's usually around 300 acts in total, I think, though a lot of the small acts on minor stages don't actually get a proper announcement.

[gibble]

I like the sound of fuckloads.

Cheers, Smogo.

[Fladog]

I think faithless could be a good shout for the sunday headliner

[dentalplan]

Starting to wonder if he's gone and got Tame Impala back. Absent from UK festivals thus far with no real place to slot in anywhere else, and they're headlining Bestival Toronto alongside The Cure. Would be weird with them doing last year's but I guess stuff like that happens sometimes - might be too big next time they tour after all.

[FloorFiller]

would be pretty weak if he's got an act to headline just a year after they played a lower slot again, but i guess between being booked for last year and this year they've taken off massively so it'd go down fairly well. their absence from any lineups is an odd one

[smogo]

I'd be surprised if there were two rock headliners.

[gibble]

Disclosure? (Though looking back at previous years I still think it's more likely to be a hip-hop act...)

[dentalplan]

Full Invaders of the Future announcement btw.

All This Noise / Asylums / Black Honey / Born Ina Barn / Clean Cut Kid / Coco / Creeper / Danny L Harle / Eska / Fatherson / Fickle Friends / GIRLI / The Greasy Slicks / HÆLOS / Hinds / The Japanese House / JP Cooper / K.Flay / L.A. Salami / Louis Berry / Milk Teeth / PC Music All Stars / Pinegrove / Pretty Vicious / PUP / Rationale / Royce Wood Junior / Spring King / Stompy’s Playground / Subgiant / Sunflower Bean / Will Varley / The Wytches / VANT / Xockha / Zibra

[smogo]

I'm chuffed about Coco, PC Music All-Stars and the already-announced Danny L Harle from that lot.

[Fladog]

Zibra are brilliant, I caught them at last years live at leeds festival and they were definitely a highlight of the day, well worth going to see

[gibble]

I have no idea about the vast majority of these...it would appear to be research time!

[CJTM]

Do Bestival & IOW festivals ever tend to share acts in the same summer?

[smogo]

Not at the upper end of the bill, no.

[smogo]

In fact, looking at last year's lineups I can't spot a single act at IoW that was also at Bestival.

[gibble]

So no Busted?!?

[benus80]

Great one Neil very funny about the story about the bridge from the mainland to isle just for the festival! I always look forward to your April's fools joke. 

[mhm]

How about Radiohead for the final Sunday headliner with Kendrick on before hand? 

I mean I know its a stab in the dark with a pretty puny knife but still... they have been very secretive about it.

[Tr234]

2 minutes ago, mhm said:

How about Radiohead for the final Sunday headliner with Kendrick on before hand? 

I mean I know its a stab in the dark with a pretty puny knife but still... they have been very secretive about it.

Lollapalooza I think

[smogo]

Yeah, Radiohead are in Berlin that night.

It's impossible to know if it's a big secret, or if the last headliner just hasn't been booked yet.

[Whittick]

Could Drake be the last headliner? He would be extremely expensive I imagine, but would certainly appeal to a lot of Bestival's crowd. Can't picture too many other rap artists who could fill the spot, although it would be hard to rule out Kendrick right now. 

Otherwise, I could see someone like Pendulum or even The xx stepping up. Both have officially 'reformed' this year, and both seem like solid bookings that RDB would look at. 

[stocky3000]

Maybe the delay is to announce kendrick after BST sells out / passes ??