West Holts 2017

[CaledonianGonzo]

Time to cue up Spotify: This is Major Lazer again smdh

[CaledonianGonzo]

And hire a ladder

[ConorC]

Been spending my last few days worrying about Frank Ocean potentially pulling out of parklife. Had banked on tribe at least being there ffs.

[FrancisH]

5 minutes ago, dentalplan said:

I hope it's Dave Grohl and Taylor Hawkins doing that reggae bit from Cheese & Grain for two hours.

Neil will be down the front for that one then. Big fan as I recall.

[OffshoreToon]

3 minutes ago, ConorC said:

Been spending my last few days worrying about Frank Ocean potentially pulling out of parklife. Had banked on tribe at least being there ffs.

Frank would make a mighty fine replacement at Glastonbury, though.

[CaledonianGonzo]

It's a shame Gorillaz are a bit too big, as they're actually a decent fit vibe-wise and seem to be free.

[Gucci Piggy]

14 minutes ago, OffshoreToon said:

Frank would make a mighty fine replacement at Glastonbury, though.

Too big for WH.

[GrumpyRaver]

2 minutes ago, Will-2609 said:

Too big for WH.

No way - He's totally fine for WH headline.  Perfect almost.

Edited May 19, 2017 by GrumpyRaver

[Gucci Piggy]

4 minutes ago, GrumpyRaver said:

No way - He's totally fine for WH headline.  Perfect almost.

Imo he'd sub Pyramid or headline Other if he played. Definitely too big for WH in my mind.

[merago]

The Orbital shout is a good one - active again and free that weekend - that would bring the Friday night clash headache back...

[mjsell]

43 minutes ago, Will-2609 said:

Imo he'd sub Pyramid or headline Other if he played. Definitely too big for WH in my mind.

Agreed.

[Gucci Piggy]

I've decided RTJ is the worst possible outcome for me and therefore concocted a bunch of reasoning as to why it'll be them.

Same genre as Tribe, right size and fit for WH headliner, fit well above .Paak, already on the lineup so no scurrying around for a replacement, good alternative to the other stages that night. Only thing is they'd then need replacing, but if they're mid-high Other it'll be easy to get in a random replacement for them such as The Kooks. If they're a JP headliner it'd be easy to bump up one of the big acts we already think are on JP (Crystal Fighters, DJ Shadow, Goldfrapp).

Tbh I hope now that Ice Cube has become such an easy replacement for them than there's no need to bother moving RTJ, even if it'd be annoying for me to miss Ice Cube.

Someone reassure me that they're not gonna move RTJ there.

Edit: I see Ice Cube is currently coming over purely for Roskilde. Guess it would make more sense for him to do the rest of Tribe's slots as opposed to coming over for just one show (not Parklife though as I think he did it last year?).

Edited May 19, 2017 by Will-2609

[Gucci Piggy]

Has @GETOFFAMYLAWN seen this yet? Feel bad for the man.

[dentalplan]

1 minute ago, Will-2609 said:

I've decided RTJ is the worst possible outcome for me and therefore concocted a bunch of reasoning as to why it'll be them.

Same genre as Tribe, right size and fit for WH headliner, fit well above .Paak, already on the lineup so no scurrying around for a replacement, good alternative to the other stages that night. Only thing is they'd then need replacing, but if they're mid-high Other it'll be easy to get in a random replacement for them such as The Kooks. If they're a JP headliner it'd be easy to bump up one of the big acts we already think are on JP (Crystal Fighters, DJ Shadow, Goldfrapp).

Tbh I hope now that Ice Cube has become such an easy replacement for them than there's no need to bother moving RTJ, even if it'd be annoying for me to miss Ice Cube.

Someone reassure me that they're not gonna move RTJ there.

It's much more difficult in real life to swap acts about the line up than it is in your predictions. I think they're more likely to look outside the existing bill for an act. Or if they do get an act from the line up they'll perhaps get double duty going.

Ice Cube is maybe more likely but Roskilde are throwing headliner money at him so the relative pittance he'd receive for headlining a smaller stage at Glasto probs won't do - I bet it didn't last year.

It doesn't necessarily have to be like-for-like anyway. Bobby Womack in for The Weeknd is the most recent example of a WH replacement that we're completely aware of.

[eFestivals]

Lost another one now too - United Vibrations.

They've cancelled their tour.

[Davet84]

I would loose my shit if its ice cube

 

exactly what this years line up needs

[CaledonianGonzo]

Hmmm....this statement - which lists the shows being cancelled - doesn't make it sound like the G was on the roster.

So Ice Cube's a no no as well.

 

Edit:  And it's also bad news for the folk going to Parklife.

Edited May 19, 2017 by CaledonianGonzo

[CaledonianGonzo]

From the festival's point of view, sure - but I dunno if a US act would be so precise with regards to which embargos were in place and which weren't.

[FloorFiller]

3 minutes ago, Scruffylovemonster said:

But as they'd never been announced, why would you announce they were cancelling? Just sort the replacement out and pretend that was the plan all along. 

Well you'd assume they've been in contact with the festival over the cancellation so maybe they were told to not mention Glastonbury in the cancellation list? Gonna be fun trying to guess if the Friday WH headliner is a late replacement or were always in place.

[CaledonianGonzo]

If Ice Cube shows up then it'll be pretty certain.

[The Nal]

Either way, Ice Cube is in Europe Glasto weekend ish. And free.

Somebody get him on the phone immediately. 

[strummer77]

4 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

From the festival's point of view, sure - but I dunno if a US act would be so precise with regards to which embargos were in place and which weren't.

Pretty sure they have agents and/or press officers who would check.

Edited May 19, 2017 by strummer77

[CaledonianGonzo]

4 minutes ago, strummer77 said:

Pretty sure they have agents and/or press officers who would check.

Maybe, maybe.  I know it's nothing certain, but it's a detail that might have been missed.

5 minutes ago, The Nal said:

Either way, Ice Cube is in Europe Glasto weekend ish. And free.

Somebody get him on the phone immediately. 

2 seconds of googling suggests that this is his "basketball tour":

https://big3.com/league-philosophy/schedule

There's a game on the 25th.....dunno what that means, if anything.

[The Nal]

7 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

Maybe, maybe.  I know it's nothing certain, but it's a detail that might have been missed.

2 seconds of googling suggests that this is his "basketball tour":

https://big3.com/league-philosophy/schedule

There's a game on the 25th.....dunno what that means, if anything.

I dont know what that means either but theres a game on the 2nd July too which is the day after Roskilde. 

So now I'm more confused. 

What the fuck is a basketball tour? Does he rap at half time or something?

[GrumpyRaver]

29 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

From the festival's point of view, sure - but I dunno if a US act would be so precise with regards to which embargos were in place and which weren't.

Q Tip obviously didn't write it himself.  That's why artists employ management...