2019 Headliners

[Hugh Jass]

7 minutes ago, 1986 said:

Fair. I don't doubt how embiggened they have become since then, I just thought it was note worthy.

A perfectly cromulent observation.

[Supernintendo Chalmers]

Just now, bigcharlie65 said:

How quickly have tickets sold out in recent years??

You need the Thingy https://theglastonburythingy.weebly.com/

[Hugh Jass]

Just now, Supernintendo Chalmers said:

The 1975 are definitely a cromulent shout for headliner

Snap!

[Rose-Colored Boy]

12 minutes ago, 1986 said:

Fair. I don't doubt how embiggened they have become since then, I just thought it was note worthy.

Funny Chvrches were the band after them and no one is mentioning them in the same conversation any more when three years ago they probably thought they would be.

If the new Chvrches album hadn’t been a load of rubbish we might well be.

[Gucci Piggy]

We even had info about The 1975 headlining Other at some point in 2016 and no one batted an eyelid. They were definitely big enough to play higher than they did.

[1986]

33 minutes ago, Supernintendo Chalmers said:

The 1975 are definitely a cromulent shout for headliner

 

32 minutes ago, Hugh Jass said:

A perfectly cromulent observation.

I come to this thread for the long conversation about the same four bands.

I stay for The Simpsons references.

[dentalplan]

I would still put money on The 1975 headlining Reading and Leeds - something they were probably signed up for years ago - but wouldn't be all that shocked to see them pop up as 'special guests' on the John Peel or something.

[dentalplan]

Just thinking... I bet that, a couple of years ago, no one would have expected that 2019 would actually turn out to be the best year to book Lady Gaga.

edit: as a headliner, is what I'm saying.

Edited October 3, 2018 by dentalplan

[Homer]

Who does everyone on here find more attractive, Tom Cruise or Mel Gibson?

 

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You see, I feel so confident that Macca and The Cure are headlining, I can waste everyone here’s time by rating the superhunks

[Winslow Leach]

1 hour ago, Hugh Jass said:

Despite thinking that they're absolute toss I do feel the 1975 would be a better booking than either Arctic Monkeys or The Cure.

I agree on both counts, don't like them but they'd be a much better booking.

[1986]

10 minutes ago, Homer said:

Who does everyone on here find more attractive, Tom Cruise or Mel Gibson?

 

...

 

You see, I feel so confident that Macca and The Cure are headlining, I can waste everyone here’s time by rating the superhunks

Ooh he's gonna win.

[Rose-Colored Boy]

23 minutes ago, dentalplan said:

Just thinking... I bet that, a couple of years ago, no one would have expected that 2019 would actually turn out to be the best year to book Lady Gaga.

edit: as a headliner, is what I'm saying.

Still not convinced ASIB is going to have Greatest Showman-levels of ubiquity, at least on this side of the Atlantic. Would love to be proven wrong though.

[henry bear]

28 minutes ago, dentalplan said:

Just thinking... I bet that, a couple of years ago, no one would have expected that 2019 would actually turn out to be the best year to book Lady Gaga.

edit: as a headliner, is what I'm saying.

Was thinking this when watching her on Graham Norton. What with Bradley Cooper’s connection with the festival and the fact that she takes a break from her Las Vegas residency on June 14, it could happen.

[Doug85]

A Star Is Born was surprisingly very good and is already gaining momentum for the Oscars. Would be interesting to see if Gaga is booked on the back of that. Having an oscar nominee or even winner (such as . Adele) play the festival would be good for both sides surely. Plus 1 scene was filmed there in 17 so would be full circle. 

Cooper was on Graham Norton saying he goes to Glastonbury every year too

[dentalplan]

12 minutes ago, Rose-Colored Boy said:

Still not convinced ASIB is going to have Greatest Showman-levels of ubiquity, at least on this side of the Atlantic. Would love to be proven wrong though.

Yeah but it's probably better for her to be the star of a widely admired film with a modest soundtrack rather than be the star of a lousy film with a soundtrack that's flying off the shelves.

[stuartbert two hats]

1 hour ago, bigcharlie65 said:

How quickly have tickets sold out in recent years??

1 hour ago, Supernintendo Chalmers said:

You need the Thingy https://theglastonburythingy.weebly.com/

You're damn right:

 

 

 

[Supernintendo Chalmers]

1 minute ago, stuartbert two hats said:

You're damn right:

 

 

 

Ah, 2009: halcyon, relaxed, stress-free, index-finger saving days

[stuartbert two hats]

Just now, Supernintendo Chalmers said:

Ah, 2009: halcyon, relaxed, stress-free, index-finger saving days

I think 2010 was also fine - that 12 hours wasn't just servers messing up, was it?

[On The Blend]

What happened in 2009? Did the global financial crisis hit Glastonbury or was this just some whistful day of yore before touting bots bought everything in minutes? 

Edited October 3, 2018 by On The Blend

[Mash011]

1 hour ago, dentalplan said:

I would still put money on The 1975 headlining Reading and Leeds - something they were probably signed up for years ago - but wouldn't be all that shocked to see them pop up as 'special guests' on the John Peel or something.

Yeah tbf you're probably right there, yer man did literally tell the crowd at the end of their last show there 'we'll be back to headline in a few years'. I just want Glasto to happen cos it'd be good.

[Hugh Jass]

7 minutes ago, On The Blend said:

What happened in 2009? Did the global financial crisis hit Glastonbury or was this just some whistful day of yore before touting bots bought everything in minutes? 

I think the lack of money didn't help. The shit weather of 2007 and even worse lineup of 2008 would have been fresh in a lot of people's memories too.

[buffy394]

1 hour ago, dentalplan said:

I would still put money on The 1975 headlining Reading and Leeds - something they were probably signed up for years ago - but wouldn't be all that shocked to see them pop up as 'special guests' on the John Peel or something.

I think im inclined to agree. As much as I could see them headlining pyramid personally, I really feel they are quite a marmite band to the GP. Majority of my friends cannot stand them and would be horrified to see them headline the pyramid. Im still confused as to their fan base and im a fan, majority 16-17 year old girls who probably wont be attending glasto seems to be what people perceive, but really not sure anymore. 

[stuartbert two hats]

4 minutes ago, On The Blend said:

What happened in 2009? Did the global financial crisis hit Glastonbury or was this just some whistful day of yore before touting bots bought everything in minutes? 

A few things, including partly the financial crisis I think.  Also, the festival started to go out of fashion for a while, just after 2007 had the most unpleasant weather in living memory*.  2008 didn't sell out at all** and the delay in selling out in 2009 seemed to be a continuation of that year's woes.  Plus, 2009 was the first year of the deposit scheme, so that probably affected things too. I suspect the lack of selling out in 08 contributed to a lack of urgency on T Day.

2008 was a wonderful festival though in the end, which probably accounted for 09 ultimately selling out.

* I may be exaggerating, but I'm serious when I say we might be going back to 1985 for worse weather than 07, but I'm not sure if that was actually worse even though it was muddier.  I've been to 97, 98, 05 and 16.  It was worse than all of those.
** Officially speaking, it did sell out the week of the festival, but that involved shifting tickets through other channels (e.g. increased competitions), so I tend to consider it not a proper sell out.

 

[stuartbert two hats]

4 minutes ago, Hugh Jass said:

I think the lack of money didn't help. The shit weather of 2007 and even worse lineup of 2008 would have been fresh in a lot of people's memories too.

That's a point.  I had a good crowd , enjoyed the weather and saw a handful of really good sets, so 2008 was one of my favourite festivals of that decade, but the lineup was pretty weak on the whole.

[dentalplan]

1 minute ago, Mash011 said:

Yeah tbf you're probably right there, yer man did literally tell the crowd at the end of their last show there 'we'll be back to headline in a few years'. I just want Glasto to happen cos it'd be good.

I know it goes against the big 90’s reunion pipe dream but I think they could quite easily headline 2020. Particularly if they’re itching to dissolve the band and move onto another thing (lol).