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8 minutes ago, brettredmayne said:

Neil has this changed your view about the headliners?

Only to the extent that it's another idea I need to keep in the mix of my thoughts about them. I'm not thinking it's true, and yet I'd be foolish to dismiss it and forget about it. It's not impossible, after all.

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The only way they could play Other is if it was against Adele I think. Who else is big enough to take away a huge percentage of the crowd who could realistically headline the Pyramid at the same time? I can't see it being the Legends slot either. If they start booking the likes of Muse for that slot then it is literally going to turn into just a normal 4th headliner slot, rather than a bit of fun on the Sunday afternoon.

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4 minutes ago, arcade fireman said:

Pyramid Special Guests? They sort of trialled it with the Libertines and it worked brilliantly, no health and safety concerns either. Just an idea to throw into the mix - though their sort of show would really require darkness. 

They didn't trial it though, it was just the circumstances that made that happen, and it was a secret who was playing until the day (some people didn't even find out who it was until after the gig).

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7 minutes ago, Alan_C said:

They didn't trial it though, it was just the circumstances that made that happen, and it was a secret who was playing until the day (some people didn't even find out who it was until after the gig).

"Sort of" trialled it - it was the circumstances that made it happen but they'd never kept it a surprise for anyone else. I think it would be logical for them to use that as a safe way to bring in special guests in future. 

That said, I don't think Muse would be candidates for this because of the nature of their show. 

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10 minutes ago, Alan_C said:

The only way they could play Other is if it was against Adele I think. Who else is big enough to take away a huge percentage of the crowd who could realistically headline the Pyramid at the same time? I can't see it being the Legends slot either. If they start booking the likes of Muse for that slot then it is literally going to turn into just a normal 4th headliner slot, rather than a bit of fun on the Sunday afternoon.

Most people I speak to who are going are utterly unimpressed about the idea of Adele headlining. Sure she'd get a big crowd as she's sold a lot of records and just by virtue of being headliner, but it won't be anything like the Rolling Stones. 

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4 minutes ago, arcade fireman said:

Most people I speak to who are going are utterly unimpressed about the idea of Adele headlining. Sure she'd get a big crowd as she's sold a lot of records and just by virtue of being headliner, but it won't be anything like the Rolling Stones. 

I think I only know a handful of people who like her, but she's the biggest artist on earth at the minute (somehow).

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6 minutes ago, arcade fireman said:

Most people I speak to who are going are utterly unimpressed about the idea of Adele headlining. Sure she'd get a big crowd as she's sold a lot of records and just by virtue of being headliner, but it won't be anything like the Rolling Stones. 

Literally EVERYONE I know tried for Adele tickets apart from mine and my girlfriends families..... I was actually quite surprised the amount of people I know who are going to see her. Madness in my eyes but for some (insert random reason here) reason she seems to be decidedly massive currently.

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