Next Announcement thread

[big__phil]

Off to Ireland on Thursday evening for a few days, so before then would be nice. Although the first announcement was whilst I was out of the country...

[brettredmayne]

16 minutes ago, Lubic87 said:

I reckon stage by stage announcements will start this week. Big poster in a couple of weeks when they're done.

Then again, I said the same thing last week!

That does go against what Emily said though

[sime]

I'm going for this Wednesday. Seems like a good day to do it to me for some reason.

[The Nal]

21 minutes ago, big__phil said:

Off to Ireland on Thursday evening for a few days, so before then would be nice. Although the first announcement was whilst I was out of the country...

Its ok mate we have the internet here now.

[SwedgeAntilles]

I don't think we'll get a individual stage announcements this time. While I enjoyed it last time around I think it was more a symptom of the rather hectic planning last year, this year with things being sorted much earlier I think we'll get a big stage by stage poster, timings and such in late May/June.

Edited April 25, 2016 by SwedgeAntilles

[big__phil]

Just now, The Nal said:

Its ok mate we have the internet here now.

Phew! Do I have to bring my own modem?

I was more worried about not being able to stare at the names for hours on end, as I would do at home.

[SwedgeAntilles]

3 minutes ago, thatcrazypenguin said:

to be honest its just getting irritating now, theyve reached that point where excitement starts to give way to frustration, I can totally understand delaying the announcement until all tickets have gone.....but after that what further reasoning is there to justify the delay? people would like to be able to plow into the lineup in full, listen to new acts, plan clashfinders etc....so just hurry the hell on with it eavis!

To be fair they may very well have been planning to drop the poster on Thursday until Prince died, then it's unlikely that it would be posted over the weekend. I can't lie if it's not posted this week I'll be disappointed but even so we've had stuff early this year. Just relax guy.

[Henrik]

Right, I've had enough of this; I'm going on a hunger strike. No food will pass my lips until an announcement is made.

You listening, Eavis?  

[jparx]

1 minute ago, thatcrazypenguin said:

Its just the being in constant limbo that I find irritating, and early or not the festival is 2 months away now, theyve delayed enough.

If you look at the announcements from past years, they are actually well ahead of the average schedule. How have they delayed it?

[Bradders]

This happens every year. The full lineup doesn't come out til May most years but still people get angry in April when they don't have it. It's like getting angry at them for not pushing the festival forward to May because we're too excited. This is just how it works.

[Hugh Jass]

31 minutes ago, thatcrazypenguin said:

to be honest its just getting irritating now, theyve reached that point where excitement starts to give way to frustration, I can totally understand delaying the announcement until all tickets have gone.....but after that what further reasoning is there to justify the delay? people would like to be able to plow into the lineup in full, listen to new acts, plan clashfinders etc....so just hurry the hell on with it eavis!

They said by the end of April. April hasn't ended yet so put your toys back in the pram.

Edited April 25, 2016 by Hugh Jass

[ashtaylor1]

1 hour ago, JoeyT said:

The announcement isn't the kind of thing you can wait for. It'll sneak up on you, put it's hand on your shoulder then whisper in to your ear "it's time"

 

This sounds like an unfortunate prison cell relationship. 

Edited April 25, 2016 by ashtaylor1

[jparx]

5 minutes ago, Hugh Jass said:

They said by the end of April. April hasn't ended yet so put your toys back in the pram.

Here here. 

[Lubic]

2 hours ago, brettredmayne said:

That does go against what Emily said though

Not necessarily. Emily's quote (someone reposted it last week) suggested that they would be doing stage by stage announcements in April to showcase the depth of the lineup. Which is why I think they"ll start coming this week. They are leaving it late though!

[ourkid1984]

I've gave up guessing what day they will next announce but I will be suing Emily for giving us false information

Seriously though I now think it will be towards the end of the week to give us all the bank holiday to study the line up.

[Rose-Colored Boy]

1 hour ago, thatcrazypenguin said:

 I mean they clearly have the info by now but they are choosing not to release it

Where is the evidence for this?

Em is about to have another sprog so it's totally understandable if they've put announcing the smaller acts for their festival which requires no promotion whatsoever to the back of their minds tbh

[Hotchilidog]

Resigned to hearing anything significant before the end of the month. It's just coming on here everyday and only having the same bands to read about does increase the frustration. I seem to be really psyched for the festival even earlier this year.

Anyway, we've got the new map to pore over at the mo, so I shall content myself with that.

[sloseph]

I've just listened to the Emily interview with the BBC (found here if anyone wants it http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03pgdzj )

the exact wording was

"we're going to announce stage by stage in April so people can really see the kind of depth of the line up"

later she says

"you have to be careful with who you put the first announce and just to reassure everything is come out next, the next step is going to be a vast number of bands"

to me that sounds like when they do start going stage by stage there going to go big and give us the lot, all stages with all the bands

[jparx]

Definitely think the big poster is coming tomorrow.

Either Emily is outright lying, or we're getting a big poster this week. 

[zeppelin]

Sorry if this already got posted, but this could give an idea to how much of the lineup we can expect:

 

 

[ghostdancer1]

13 minutes ago, zeppelin said:

Sorry if this already got posted, but this could give an idea to how much of the lineup we can expect:

 

 

That would seem to suggest that we'll have the 2nd poster in April, rather separate state-by-stage announcements.

Arcadia lineup isn't usually on the 2nd poster, and if GFL were announcing each stage/area separately, you'd expect Arcadia to be among them.....

[Memory Man]

Arcadia has traditionally always been a bit of a last minute announcement anyway. and yes it would always come with the "full" lineup which will be late may ish as it always is.

2nd poster end of this month full lineup end of may, bit of area drip feeding in between. pretty standard procedure

[SwedgeAntilles]

Yeah if that Arcadia info is correct I'd say it makes a second poster more likely this week with the final line up poster (including times) late May/June.

[Supernintendo Chalmers]

1 hour ago, jparx said:

Definitely think the big poster is coming tomorrow.

Either Emily is outright lying, or we're getting a big poster this week. 

I think "outright lying" is a little harsh :-) With an operation the size of Glastonbury I'm sure there are unforeseen circumstances that prevent everything from going to plan, including the timing of announcements. Given their track record I think Michael and Emily would be better off not committing to any kind of promise regarding lineup as even the most throwaway statements get over analysed and they're subsequently criticised for not fulfilling their promises

[shuttlep]

they make it up as they go along, just to keep us wittering about anything,.

 

it will happen when it happens and they have it in the bag