West Holts 2017

[The Nal]

Has no one got Ice Cubes number?!

[slash's hat]

4 minutes ago, The Nal said:

Has no one got Ice Cubes number?!

Here you go.

[CaledonianGonzo]

13 minutes ago, Wooderson said:

Funny-haha or funny-peculiar?

 

10 minutes ago, Hugh Jass said:

Beats Sheeran...

Probably be a giggle....but hardly the strongest set of headliners I've had in my days.  Status Quo acoustic minus Rick Parfitt is hardly essential.

Dunno, really.  More than any year the top of the bill isn't packing in the must sees and it's probably gonna be more about going with the flow and peer pressure than it is about anything being unmissable.

 

[Hugh Jass]

1 minute ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

 

Probably be a giggle....but hardly the strongest set of headliners I've had in my days.  Status Quo acoustic minus Rick Parfitt is hardly essential.

Dunno, really.  More than any year the top of the bill isn't packing in the must sees and it's probably gonna be more about going with the flow and peer pressure than it is about anything being unmissable.

 

Sunday night is looking especially barren (what is it with Glasto and Sunday nights?). Mrs Jass admitted last night that she really wants to see Sheeran, As it stands there is no viable alternative for me.

[nikkic]

Dizzee Rascal headlining any stage in 2017 is mega lols innit? 

Very poor booking if true. 

[Wooderson]

3 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

 

Probably be a giggle....but hardly the strongest set of headliners I've had in my days.  Status Quo acoustic minus Rick Parfitt is hardly essential.

Dunno, really.  More than any year the top of the bill isn't packing in the must sees and it's probably gonna be more about going with the flow and peer pressure than it is about anything being unmissable.

 

Discussed it with the usual bunch Calgon, line up is a bit of a turkeysub.

[mjsell]

I'm still on for the trio of RH, Jacksons, Justice. For me that is a cracking set of headliners. Bit of everything, in a great order as well.

My one worry is that if there is no good alternative to RH the majority of my group will make an early beeline to block 9 or something and I'll be lagging behind.

[FuzzyDunlop]

I'm currently

Radiohead or Flaming Lips

Sasha and Digweed

Shaggy

I am happy with my headliners if it is those 3. Good variety anyway.

[CaledonianGonzo]

1 minute ago, Hugh Jass said:

Sunday night is looking especially barren (what is it with Glasto and Sunday nights?). Mrs Jass admitted last night that she really wants to see Sheeran, As it stands there is no viable alternative for me.

Jain then Shaggy in Silver Hayes would be fun, as will Justice, so happy enough with either of those.  But none of it is stuff I've been waiting half my life to see.

2 minutes ago, Wooderson said:

Discussed it with the usual bunch Calgon, line up is a bit of a turkeysub.

Lots of good stuff, but maybe a clashfest around teatime and then tumbleweeds later on.

[The Nal]

8 minutes ago, Wooderson said:

Discussed it with the usual bunch Calgon, line up is a bit of a turkeysub.

I still maintain theres some depth in the daytime and evening but there isn't one headliner I  want to see over the 3 nights on any stage so far. Dizzy (if true) is a shocker for Friday night WH.

Although I was always in the Flaming Lips camp there I suppose. 

Edited May 25, 2017 by The Nal

[Gucci Piggy]

Radiohead on the Pyramid stage, finally seeing Justice for the first time, and hopefully RTJ headlining a tent.

Don't think I could really have asked for any more than that of my three headliners.

The Saturday one obviously isn't confirmed but it's looking more likely by the second.

[Wooderson]

Just now, The Nal said:

I still maintain theres some depth in the daytime and evening but there isn't one headliner I  want to see over the 3 nights on any stage so far. Dizzy (if true) is a shocker for Friday night WH.

I thought they'd up the ante after a mixed bag in '15 and '16. I was dead wrong.

[CaledonianGonzo]

18 minutes ago, The Nal said:

Has no one got Ice Cubes number?!

Or Bananarama's.

[The Nal]

2 minutes ago, Wooderson said:

I thought they'd up the ante after a mixed bag in '15 and '16. I was dead wrong.

Dizzy is a "Coldplay.... again" type announcement. 

[SwedgeAntilles]

2 minutes ago, Will-2609 said:

Radiohead on the Pyramid stage, finally seeing Justice for the first time, and hopefully RTJ headlining a tent.

Don't think I could really have asked for any more than that of my three headliners.

The Saturday one obviously isn't confirmed but it's looking more likely by the second.

Same for me (although I have seen Justice once before). If it ends up being those three it'll be the strongest set of headliners I've had in the three years I've been going. 

[FuzzyDunlop]

Just now, The Nal said:

Dizzy is a "Coldplay.... again" type announcement. 

It is, but if it's because of a pull out - with only a month to go, it isn't the festivals fault.

[CaledonianGonzo]

Other way round for me.  15 and 16 were jam packed with stuff, so I was hoping for maybe a bit more breathing room this year.  Careful what you wish for, I guess.

[giantkatestacks]

This sort of thing is why we often end up watching the big Circus headlining show on a Sunday night. 

[Wooderson]

Just now, The Nal said:

Dizzy is a "Coldplay.... again" type announcement. 

Yes. Shows the undercard is pish, basically.

[The Nal]

4 minutes ago, FuzzyDunlop said:

It is, but if it's because of a pull out - with only a month to go, it isn't the festivals fault.

Roskilde get Ice Cube as a replacement and we get Dizzy. Its like getting picked last for the football team in school.

[mjsell]

 

4 minutes ago, FuzzyDunlop said:

It is, but if it's because of a pull out - with only a month to go, it isn't the festivals fault.

 

Just now, The Nal said:

Roskilde get Ice Cube as a replacement and we get Dizzy. Its like getting picked last for the football team in school.

The fact ATCQ hadnt been announced allows the fest to reshuffle instead of replace in this situation. Roskilde had to replace.

[FloorFiller]

Hard to be too critical of Dizzee's booking considering they had ATCQ in place before him which was an incredible booking. They needed a Friday headliner, he obviously stepped up meaning they didn't have to search elsewhere with what little budget they have for these things (i.e. not Ice Cube money). Far easier to replace Dizzee's mid-Other (I'm assuming) placing than a prominent headliner position at such short notice.

[CaledonianGonzo]

Plus their hands are a little tied from a genre perspective - there are a number of fairly big fish further down the line-up on the Friday - Lorde, First Aid Kit, Flaming Lips, etc - but none of them really fit the bill at WH.

[mjsell]

Lorde could have pulled it off.

Edited May 25, 2017 by mjsell

[mike86]

1 hour ago, FloorFiller said:

Don't think we had any info on him but guessing high John Peel/Other/somewhere so insignificant that they were able to just bump him up like they have.

Well that makes more sense. With Future Islands now confirmed for the Friday I'm expecting them to take the headline slot.

Has future islands new album been good enough to bump them from Sunday afternoon on the other to headlining JP?