2019 Headliners

[zahidf]

I think swap Madonna for Kendrick Lamar and that feels right 

[CaledonianGonzo]

Yeah...it's diverse enough. Adding a newer act like the Arctic Momus in place of Madonna makes it far more homogenous.

[stuartbert two hats]

More variety in that trio than 2009s.

[CaledonianGonzo]

Though it's easy enough to believe that Madge would be a Prince-style white whale.

[slash's hat]

Not been following this thread long, so can someone tell me why macca seems an almost certainty? 

That trio would suit me. The cure for me, macca for my daughter (who is having a Beatle phase so no getting away from him for me unfortunately), and Madonna for all of us (which saves me shelling out for an arena as I've promised daughter's would take them to experience her live show).

[CaledonianGonzo]

Unless...

https://www.nme.com/news/music/kiss-announce-end-of-the-road-farewell-tour-2381535

[Homer]

7 minutes ago, slash's hat said:

Not been following this thread long, so can someone tell me why macca seems an almost certainty? 

That trio would suit me. The cure for me, macca for my daughter (who is having a Beatle phase so no getting away from him for me unfortunately), and Madonna for all of us (which saves me shelling out for an arena as I've promised daughter's would take them to experience her live show).

 

EFests have had info it’s Macca, pretty reliable, the cure, fairly reliable, Madonna is a bit more of an outsider 

[Guest]

14 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

Unless...

https://www.nme.com/news/music/kiss-announce-end-of-the-road-farewell-tour-2381535

Crikey, would've thought they're more of a Download band than EotR

[CaledonianGonzo]

They're on in the cabaret tent.

[eFestivals]

34 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

Unless...

https://www.nme.com/news/music/kiss-announce-end-of-the-road-farewell-tour-2381535

they're the new Frank Sinatra.

[JoeyT]

58 minutes ago, eFestivals said:

I had a mail yesterday from a random who said the headliners are Macca, The Cure, and Madonna. I've no idea where that's been sourced from (have asked for some details, not heard back).

However, I think that's unlikely to be right, because if my sources have Madonna not playing wrong, there's no reason to think the other parts would be right.

 

 

Out of those I'd definitely see Macca, maybe see Madge, certainly not be at The Cure.

I do think there will be someone more contemporary in there instead of one of those though. 

Emily was at one of the Kendrick gigs in Feb so I could see him being in there. 

[jparx]

Strong trio if true. I don’t think the lack of a “younger” act is much of an issue when you’ve got three huge acts, and Madonna would be the really special, one off booking they seem to have gone for in recent years. 

[Hugh Jass]

An hour of KISS third down the Pyramid ala ZZ Top would be all kinds of fun.

Sadly I doubt they'd take anything below headliner and a whopping great fee.

[kalifire]

I've no doubt they'd go all out to try and get Madge. Her name's been on their lips for many a year. I guess it'll be up to her if she's willing to take a cut in fees for the kind of exposure Glastonbury could give her. She's a savvy business person - I'm sure it doesn't entirely come down to how much she'd pocket.

It might reignite the old Kylie/Madonna competition. Even as Saturday headliner (where else would she go?), I'd be surprised if she could beat the crowd Kylie would get on a Sunday afternoon.

[Doug85]

10 minutes ago, kalifire said:

I've no doubt they'd go all out to try and get Madge. Her name's been on their lips for many a year. I guess it'll be up to her if she's willing to take a cut in fees for the kind of exposure Glastonbury could give her. She's a savvy business person - I'm sure it doesn't entirely come down to how much she'd pocket.

It might reignite the old Kylie/Madonna competition. Even as Saturday headliner (where else would she go?), I'd be surprised if she could beat the crowd Kylie would get on a Sunday afternoon.

Even if they went all out to get her would they still be able to get her without ruining the budget for the rest of the lineup? I've seen her play before and she wouldn't be worth that. Kylie would beat her crowd with the tea time slot too. I struggle to see Madge's ego allow her to do it at cut price even at this stage of her career. 

[slash's hat]

Princess of pop v's queen of pop, celebrity deathmatch! I would be shocked if they have booked both in one year. I think Madge would have a huge crowd, love her or hate her she's going to be on a lot of people's bucket lists of artists and guaranteed sing along, party headliner. Kylie will draw a big crowd no doubt, but don't think her announcement would be as big a deal as Madge.

Admittedly my own personal preference may be blinkering me somewhat.

Edited September 20, 2018 by slash's hat
Bloody autocorrect

[stuartbert two hats]

2 minutes ago, slash's hat said:

Princess of pop v's queen of pop, celebrity deathmatch! I would be shocked if they have booked both in one year. I think Madge would have a huge crowd, love her or hate her she's going to be on a lot of people's bucket lists of artists and guaranteed sing along, party headliner. Kylie will draw a big crowd no doubt, but don't think her announcement would be as big a deal as Madge.

Admittedly my own personal preference may be blinkering me somewhat.

I reckon that's about right.  Madonna would be a bigger deal, but Kylie would get the bigger crowd on Sunday.

[Winslow Leach]

Is playing the dance tent at Coachella in 2006 the only festival slot Madonna has played? I can't find any others.

[incident]

1 minute ago, Winslow Leach said:

Is playing the dance tent at Coachella in 2006 the only festival slot Madonna has played? I can't find any others.

Unless you count things like Live 8, it appears to be yeah

[kalifire]

She would certainly be one hell of a signing for little old Worthy Farm. Still sceptical about it happening, but who really knows?

Edited September 20, 2018 by kalifire

[BlueDaze]

I dont know why GF would need to splash out on mega expensive heritage headliners this year..

A year after the fallow and the tickets are going to be gone in record time as people are gagging for it.. Lots of the good folk on here have talked about getting additional tickets (we have gone from 15 to possibly 21 this time round).

2020s birthday bash is when they will want to spend the money and have the biggest names all across the festival. ME passing the baton with a bang so to speak.

[thewayiam]

1 hour ago, jparx said:

Strong trio if true. I don’t think the lack of a “younger” act is much of an issue when you’ve got three huge acts, and Madonna would be the really special, one off booking they seem to have gone for in recent years. 

That's massive if true.

[Gucci Piggy]

14 hours ago, Hugh Jass said:

Not enough Pink Rabbits in there.

Very true. Was just going for their biggest hits but I guess there's room in there for their best song.

[Superunknown]

2 minutes ago, Gucci Piggy said:

Very true. Was just going for their biggest hits but I guess there's room in there for their best song.

Still struggle to believe there's people who exist that don't agree Pink Rabbits is the definitive National song. Freaks.

[DownboundTrain52]

Still maintain that booking Madonna would have to be a hits job, given her rep for eschewing them. Surely she knows that?

As for The Cure, if they do crop up, I'd expect Disintegration in full, but not strictly in order or sequence. When I saw them in Hammersmith in 2014, they trotted out all of The Top, albeit scattered across the set, for its 30th anniversary; I'd think that celebrating another milestone of arguably their biggest record isn't out of the blue.

Disintegration - the track that is - probably in my five fave Cure songs, and it's the only one of that handful I've not caught live. Hopefully will do someday.