Jump to content

Don't Miss a Beat

Join the UK's most passionate festival community. Keep up with the latest conversations, line-up rumours, and music news.

250,000+ Members

Connect with a massive network of fellow festival-goers.

Lively Discussions

Thousands of active topics on music, campsites, and tips.

Hot Rumours & News

Hear about secret sets and lineup drops before anyone else.

Create Free Account
OR
  • Sign Up!

    Join our friendly community of music lovers and be part of the fun 😎

2019 Headliners


rzwodezwo

Recommended Posts

3 minutes ago, Gucci Piggy said:

Huh? Who?

Dolly and Kasabian.. I know the Dollster played fourth from top but she'd have had a headlining fee, and she was all anyone including the organisers and the media talked about all weekend apart from Jack White.

Edited by Rose-Colored Boy
Link to comment
Share on other sites

1 minute ago, Gucci Piggy said:

Nah cos The Cure are playing European festivals over a large range of dates, including the usual Werchter weekend. If the date change is to be able to book a certain act, it'll be someone who isn't in Europe for long.

When was the last time that GF had 2 of the same headliners as RW? 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

9 minutes ago, Doug85 said:

I understand the thought process behind the buzz around Kendrick but the point about RW being moved in the past to share a headliner with GF, if that has happened this time is it not for The Cure? Not inconceivable that they could share 2 headliners but how often does that actually happen?

From the notes I had about line-ups of GF and RW I would (quickly) say:

2017: Radiohead and Foo Fighters
2016: None
2015: "Florence"
2014: Metallica
2013: None
2012: None

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

2 minutes ago, RarerThanDandyB said:

Arcade Fire and Elbow?

Why were Elbow any different to any other sub?

1 minute ago, Rose-Colored Boy said:

Dolly and Kasabian.. I know the Dollster played fourth from top but she'd have had a headlining fee, and she was all anyone including the organisers and the media talked about all weekend apart from Jack White.

Fair enough, but it's clearly not a "co-headline", it just so happened that the legend slot was a massive deal that year.

Just now, Doug85 said:

When was the last time that GF had 2 of the same headliners as RW? 

I think 2003, when all three Glasto headliners played RW. But I'd imagine that is purely down to circumstance, due to the amount of other festivals acts can play, and the different approaches in booking headliners between the two festivals (e.g. you won't see Glasto booking the likes of Rammstein/Pearl Jam every other year like RW do, and you're less likely to see mammoth pop stars like Adele/Sheeran at RW). I don't see why anything would stop two festivals in different countries sharing headliners, and why either of them would care.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

23 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

Though no-one will be there to hear her new material

Sadly, the same can be said for most acts a certain way into their career but more people bought Kylie's new album than Paul McCartney's.  "Dancing" and "Stop Me From Falling" will both get a reasonably good reception.   They both had good radio play and were performed on a few big TV shows so have probably wormed their way into the sub-conscious of most causal listeners.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

21 minutes ago, Rose-Colored Boy said:

Yep. Dolly got this spot on: self-knowingly referenced the fact she wouldn't be there without something to promote by way of introduction to one 'new' song early in the set, then got straight back to the bangers from thereon out.

A different beast though.   When Dolly did the legend slot, she hadn't had a top 40 hit for 31 years!   Kylie really isn't trading on former glories to the extent of those usually in that slot.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

To extend the list:

Both headliners RW and GF:
2017: Radiohead and Foo Fighters

2016: -
2015: "Florence"
2014: Metallica
2013: -
2011: Coldplay
2010: Muse
2009: -
2008: -
2007: AM
2005: -
2004: Muse
2003: REM, Radiohead and Moby
2002: Coldplay
2000: -

So yeah... Two shared headliners would be some kind of a rarity. At least for RW you can be assured: you'll get repeat headliners.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

53 minutes ago, Rose-Colored Boy said:

Meh. Still wants to promote her new material rather than embrace her legacy status when she hasn't put out anything interesting in a decade, and it's been far too easy to catch her in the last few years if you wanted to. The hits will go down well and it's a nice narrative that she's finally coming to the Farm after 2005 but it can't have been hard to snare her.

Yeah, these damn artists tying to continue releasing music instead of just cashing in on what they did 20 years ago. Almost as bad as those artists that keep cynically cashing in by just touring the crap they released 20 years ago instead of getting in the studio and putting some new music out there.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

22 minutes ago, Gucci Piggy said:

I don't see why anything would stop two festivals in different countries sharing headliners, and why either of them would care.

I wasn't suggesting that they would care merely asking if it was a rare thing for those two festivals to share headliners. Exclusivity sometimes comes into it but less so when they are in different countries. GF did make a big deal about having Adele's only festival appearance though but it was Adele to be fair. 

Interesting that it seems to be rare that they share headliners though until 2017 with Radiohead and Foos. With the limited amount of viable headliners supposedly around now we may see this happening more and more?

Link to comment
Share on other sites

4 minutes ago, StupidDream said:

To extend the list:

Both headliners RW and GF:
2017: Radiohead and Foo Fighters

2016: -
2015: "Florence"
2014: Metallica
2013: -
2011: Coldplay
2010: Muse
2009: -
2008: -
2007: AM
2005: -
2004: Muse
2003: REM, Radiohead and Moby
2002: Coldplay
2000: -

So yeah... Two shared headliners would be some kind of a rarity. At least for RW you can be assured: you'll get repeat headliners.

Smashing work.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

2 minutes ago, Username taken said:

I think everyone is agreed that The Cure are likely.  Haven't read through the entire thread, but has anyone suggested Eminem?  Huge name with a reasonable amount of crossover appeal, and a new album that he will surely be touring next year?

Yes, I think the general consensus is that he must cost too much for them to afford, otherwise he would have already done it! 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

3 minutes ago, Username taken said:

I think everyone is agreed that The Cure are likely.  Haven't read through the entire thread, but has anyone suggested Eminem?  Huge name with a reasonable amount of crossover appeal, and a new album that he will surely be touring next year?

Yeah he has been discussed, he would need to lower his price. 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Unfortunately, your content contains terms that we do not allow. Please edit your content to remove the highlighted words below.
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

Loading...
  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.

  • Latest Activity

    • Hush cancelled with a similar event now taking place at EartH and Cate Le Bon doing her own show, maybe others have rearranged gigs?
    • Yeah I find it strange, if they were just a silly act then they wouldn't be headlining the 3rd stage. The likes of vengaboys yes but they aren't doing their own sizeable arena dates.  That looks very weak for what they could actually get, but GC aren't playing 3rd main stage with The 02 and the Coop arena and in a same slot that KSE are. MIW aren't carrying those two dates either, neither are Turnstile and Parkway Drive tickets didn't play out. You gotta do better than Ghost, Blink and Deftones though.    I think you are a bit even if that is not the intention. I'm genuinely shocked they booked them for the avalanche and I think it'll be rammed out of the tent. While ADTR will obviously get a lot too, many Download attendees will had the chance to see them at Slam Dunk. I think 90s fest getting Scooter was class and while there would have been some Download crossover, the Slam Dunk crossover given acts you get on the avalanche will be a different level.
    • Alkaline Trio 90 Barrington Levy 80 Basement Jaxx 120 Billy Bragg 100 Billy Ocean 100 The Black Keys 90 Carl Cox 100 Chase & Status 120 Chelsea Wolfe 80  CMAT 125  Confidence Man 150 MAX David Byrne 150  Disclosure 60 Everything Everything 110  Faithless 70  Fatboy Slim 100 Four Tet 130  Garbage 100 GOAT 105  Greentea Peng 120 Happy Mondays 80 Hollie Cook 90 Jorja Smith 100 José González 100 Joy Crookes 120  Judas Priest 80  Kasabian 80  Kneecap 115  Levellers 85  Limp Bizkit 20 (-10) Linkin Park 90 Lorde 120 Madness 75  The Maccabees 100 Neck Deep 135  Nile Rodgers & Chic 100 Overmono 100 Pixies 35 The Prodigy 140 Pulp 150 MAX RAYE 100 Ren 50  Richard Ashcroft 95  Say She She 75  Scissor Sisters 120 Self Esteem 120 Skunk Anansie 100 Stereolab 120  The Streets 110 Super Furry Animals 110 Tems 20 Thundercat 90 Tom Jones 50  Tyler, the Creator 65 Underworld 115 Wet Leg 90  Wilco 75  The Wombats 80  Wolf Alice 140
    • Alkaline Trio 90 Barrington Levy 80 Basement Jaxx 120 Billy Bragg 100 Billy Ocean 100 The Black Keys 90 Carl Cox 100 Chase & Status 120 Chelsea Wolfe 80  CMAT 125  Confidence Man 150 MAX David Byrne 150  Disclosure 60 Everything Everything 110  Faithless 70  Fatboy Slim 100 Four Tet 130  Garbage 100 GOAT 105  Greentea Peng 120 Happy Mondays 80 Hollie Cook 90 Jorja Smith 100 José González 100 Joy Crookes 120  Judas Priest 80  Kasabian 80  Kneecap 115  Levellers 85  Limp Bizkit 30  Linkin Park 90 Lorde 120 Madness 75  The Maccabees 100 Neck Deep 135  Nile Rodgers & Chic 100 Overmono 100 Pixies 35 The Prodigy 140 Pulp 150 MAX RAYE 100 Ren 50  Richard Ashcroft 95  Say She She 75  Scissor Sisters 120 Self Esteem 120 Skunk Anansie 100 Stereolab 120  The Streets 110 Super Furry Animals 110 Tems 20 Thundercat 90 Tom Jones 50 (-10) Tyler, the Creator 65 Underworld 115 Wet Leg 90  Wilco 75  The Wombats 80  Wolf Alice 140
  • Featured Products

  • Hot Topics

  • Latest Tourdates

×
×
  • Create New...