Who's Touring Around Glastonbury 2017?

[mjsell]

8 minutes ago, PorkSoda said:

Would he do acoustic and headline bestival on the same tour ? Seems a big difference to me 

If you mean Wilson then he's not headlining Bestival. He's at Camp bestival.

[ClementsMike]

46 minutes ago, Scruffylovemonster said:

That's 3 choices. 

The 1st choice is small stage or hired hands.

2nd is or fall on arse.

The 3rd is your favourite.

1. Smaller stage

2. Fail on main stage

3. Recruit backing singers

4. Not do it and let DiRo have the glory.

4th is my fave.

[tevaburger]

surprised that Ray Davies hasn't garnered at least an "R" with that 'phone' bit then. i have a hunch ("hope" more accurate) that we'll be getting The Pretenders this year (a few France dates near the weekend) and also have a long shot hunch (and a leftover guilty pleasure from the 80's) that Simple Minds might be playing since they finish up into the first week of June and they've been doing some acoustic shows with their last record. i reckon all 3 could be acoustic top of bill fodder....now that would be an interesting meeting of the past....

[incident]

29 minutes ago, tevaburger said:

when Ray Davies did the acoustic in '09 who was he up against, was it the Springsteen night or the Shakey night? did he manage a big crowd still? did i miss something about Davies "on the phone" and him being a possibility for this year?

It was on the Friday night against Neil Young, and it was a decent sized crowd - I was about 3 quarters of the way back and it was still fairly busy but not dangerously so.

[thewayiam]

21 minutes ago, FloorFiller said:

If they're gonna have Gaga and Sheeran top one of the other days then I think we should be allowed to have a more alternative day  no more 'alternative' than Plant > Jack White > Metallica, anyway, especially with the now hugely successful The xx in there.

I don't think they will have that myself though. Plant, Jack and Metallica benefit hugely from it being better

[CaledonianGonzo]

8 minutes ago, ClementsMike said:

1. Smaller stage

2. Fail on main stage

3. Recruit backing singers

4. Not do it and let DiRo have the glory.

4th is my fave.

Option 5:

D-Ro and Baz both play; both smash it because a couple of ropey instances of Baz not hitting the high notes don't guarantee that he's not a whole heap of fun live.

[CaledonianGonzo]

....was a surprisingly good looking younger man, but hasn't weathered especially well.

[Hugh Jass]

1 hour ago, Avalon_Fields said:

I'm still desperately trying to forget the poetry!

If it was a choice between hearing 'The Boxer' or some of Art's poetry, it would be a difficult call to make...

 

The poetry was a small price to pay.

[Gnomicide]

The combined age of the three singers added to the rumours page today is 218.

[thewayiam]

Imagine Dragons have now turned more to dance themselves with a bit of rap in there, fits the Other stage very well to be fair although with the amount of options I won't be surprised by a high Sunday Pyramid slot.

[FloorFiller]

2 minutes ago, Scruffylovemonster said:

And?

2 1 8

1+1 = 2

18 ÷ 2 = 9

or 1+ 8 = 9

=

9/11 was an inside job, or something.

[kingcrawler]

Primal Scream and Steve Mason are supporting The Stone Roses on the Saturday of Glastonbury, I'm sure Primal Scream are playing in Ireland on Friday too so it's Sunday or nothing for them, more likely to be nothing imo.

[FloorFiller]

Just now, kingcrawler said:

Primal Scream and Steve Mason are supporting The Stone Roses on the Saturday of Glastonbury, I'm sure Primal Scream are playing in Ireland on Friday too so it's Sunday or nothing for them, more likely to be nothing imo.

Yeah what with them already having some high profile slots at the festival quite recently (well, twice in the last seven years) I'd say that's them more or less out. Flaming Lips for the oldie JP headliner then (not that there can only be one - I just expected only one of those two).

[dentalplan]

Is Steve Mason supporting as odd as it seems or are the people of Scotland sufficiently familiar with The Beta lad?

Edited February 15, 2017 by dentalplan

[CaledonianGonzo]

The stadium will be empty at that point.

[kingcrawler]

No, it's definitely an odd one. Last time they played up here as well as Primal Scream again they had The View and Buggy which is much more in line with their fanbase, and even then Bugg went down pretty poorly. I can't see Steve Mason faring any better.

[bennyhana22]

18 minutes ago, kingcrawler said:

No, it's definitely an odd one. Last time they played up here as well as Primal Scream again they had The View and Buggy which is much more in line with their fanbase, and even then Bugg went down pretty poorly. I can't see Steve Mason faring any better.

Shame, as he will, by some margin, be the best on the bill.

Ben

[CaledonianGonzo]

40 minutes ago, dentalplan said:

The Beta lad?

The Beta Male, pls.

[FuzzyDunlop]

Glastonbury weekend....

[Supernintendo Chalmers]

2 hours ago, tevaburger said:

when Ray Davies did the acoustic in '09 who was he up against, was it the Springsteen night or the Shakey night? did he manage a big crowd still? did i miss something about Davies "on the phone" and him being a possibility for this year?

Brian Wilson in the acoustic would be amazing but he (or rather the Beach Boys tunes themselves perhaps) has that sort of 'mass appeal' as well that would see way too many wanting to get in there, whereas Art Garfunkel had more of that 'refined' appeal and still overbooked the place.

 

It was busy. And also my favourite Glastonbury set ever

[Brave Sir Robin]

Wtf are The Coronas??

[rubenz]

7 minutes ago, Brave Sir Robin said:

Wtf are The Coronas??

A popular Irish beat combo

[eastynh]

Cut Copy playing in Oregan the week before Glastonbury. Can I start dreaming of them appearing??

[FloorFiller]

13 minutes ago, eastynh said:

 

Man I'm either too old or too young because I recognise like two of the names from that poster.

[nikkic]

2 minutes ago, FloorFiller said:

Man I'm either too old or too young because I recognise like two of the names from that poster.

One more than me. Only recognise Cut Copy. Haven't a clue on the rest!