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Jean-Michael Jarre


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Really hoping this comes to pass, the collaborators he has on the new albums are popular enough territory that he'd find new fans.

 

Of course he could do something really epic and at the scale he hasn't been able to do for a while.  Imagine even just for 1 track, just 10 minutes, synchronising all the stages, all the lighting, Arcadia, Block 9 lasers, projections and screens across the entire site with fireworks bringing everyone on the site together for the same musical experience.

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So it clearly is my ignorance! What is it? Ambient?

 

in his early days he'd have been regarded as right at the cutting edge of electronic music.

 

There were only about three genres back then tho, so feck knows what ridiculous one of the millions of genres it would be labelled as today. :P

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in his early days he'd have been regarded as right at the cutting edge of electronic music.

 

There were only about three genres back then tho, so feck knows what ridiculous one of the millions of genres it would be labelled as today. :P

 

I see. It would be a bold move though to headline though, wouldn't it? Anyone know where/when/how big his last UK show was?

 

EDIT: I take it all back...https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Michel_Jarre#Large_concerts

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that's the thing - he's known for his big extravagant shows so it would be headliner or nothing, I reckon.

 

I expect you're right looking at those numbers (3.5 million in Moscow!!), but I just can't see it.

 

I know it makes sense, and he's clearly a big enough artist to do it, but would it 'fit' a Glastonbury headlne profile? After all, they have been getting more and more mainstream over recent years.

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I expect you're right looking at those numbers (3.5 million in Moscow!!), but I just can't see it.

 

I know it makes sense, and he's clearly a big enough artist to do it, but would it 'fit' a Glastonbury headlne profile? After all, they have been getting more and more mainstream over recent years.

 

Well, they talk about suitable headliners being hard to get, and he does (in many ways, tho not all) fit as being a suitable headliner.

 

As I said, I could see it happening, tho I also think it's unlikely.

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Really hoping this comes to pass, the collaborators he has on the new albums are popular enough territory that he'd find new fans.

 

Of course he could do something really epic and at the scale he hasn't been able to do for a while.  Imagine even just for 1 track, just 10 minutes, synchronising all the stages, all the lighting, Arcadia, Block 9 lasers, projections and screens across the entire site with fireworks bringing everyone on the site together for the same musical experience.

 

Epic, but would be pushing it I guess!

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At the very start of electronic music.

JMJ, Kraftwerk and Vangelis pretty much influenced every electronic artist thereafter.

. And don't forget about Tangerine Dream. A huge influence on electronic music.
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I was just about in my mum's stomach for his Docklands gig!

 

I'd be all over this, I'd imagine Glasto would allow him to pull out all the stops if they did book him?

 

Maybe they could get away with a short but spectacular show after the "headliner"? Having a smaller than usual headliner on early or something to please the masses?

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Maybe they could get away with a short but spectacular show after the "headliner"? Having a smaller than usual headliner on early or something to please the masses?

Doesn't even need to be especially short to be honest - having an act play after the headliner has been done before, it could happen again.

First festival I ever went to was headlined by the Stereophonics (back when they were at their peak), then Faithless came on afterwards to close the show.

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Are people actually serious??! Even thinking that he could be a headliner of the biggest music festival in the world!!

No chance.

 

shouldn't the biggest festival be having the biggest acts in the world as headliners?  If Prince is relevant today as a headliner, then why not JMJ?

 

And also, shouldn't the biggest festival in the world be having the act known for the biggest and most extravagant shows?

 

I'm not sat here thinking they should be booking him, but at the same time I don't see why they shouldn't if they want him. There's plenty of acts that have headlined whose 'big' time was decades before they headlined, and JMJ ticks pretty much all of the same boxes.

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To put on the type of spectacular show he did at Docklands, Paris and Egypt, wouldn't his team need several days to set everything up? That would be difficult to do when the festival itself is being created around them. It would be great if it happens but I doubt it will somehow.

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shouldn't the biggest festival be having the biggest acts in the world as headliners?  If Prince is relevant today as a headliner, then why not JMJ?

 

And also, shouldn't the biggest festival in the world be having the act known for the biggest and most extravagant shows?

 

I'm not sat here thinking they should be booking him, but at the same time I don't see why they shouldn't if they want him. There's plenty of acts that have headlined whose 'big' time was decades before they headlined, and JMJ ticks pretty much all of the same boxes.

 

 

Yeah, this is more or less what I'm thinking. Part of Glastonbury's remit, I reckon is to be different, to take a risk, to do the unexpected. This would be met by a certain degree of bewilderment by many, but equally a huge number of people would regard this booking as a proper coup.

 

(personally, I can't stand him, but that's neither here nor there)

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