2019 Headliners

[Gucci Piggy]

13 minutes ago, chatty said:

Probably a better fit for Leeds where they would headline, can't see them headlining Glasto and would they take a slot down the bill. 

If they play Glasto they 100% headline. But yeah I don't think they'd book em.

[VCK]

Arctic Monkeys
Stormzy

Paul McCartney
Liam Gallagher

The Cure
The Strokes

[Sasperella]

3 hours ago, uscore said:

yeah you had your day

Not that I'm a huge fan of TRHCP but you don't think Maca and the Cure have also had their day?

To clarify, I'm happy whoever headlines. If I like it I'll be there, if I don't I won't....but I just thought it was a weird criticism given the other names floating around

[zico martin]

A 40 minute mid afternoon rhcp greatest hits set would be great. Anything else - nah!

[H.M.V]

Just now, zico martin said:

A 40 minute mid afternoon rhcp greatest hits set would be great. Anything else - nah!

Mothers Milk or go home

[zico martin]

Oh i could sing along to under the bridge or scar tissue easy enough as well

[Gucci Piggy]

17 minutes ago, Sasperella said:

Not that I'm a huge fan of TRHCP but you don't think Maca and the Cure have also had their day?

To clarify, I'm happy whoever headlines. If I like it I'll be there, if I don't I won't....but I just thought it was a weird criticism given the other names floating around

Bit different, though. RHCP don't have the influence or legacy status that either The Cure or Macca do. They're in a similar position to Green Day who I also don't think will ever headline Glasto now, though I know others disagree on that.

[dentalplan]

4 minutes ago, Gucci Piggy said:

They're in a similar position to Green Day who I also don't think will ever headline Glasto now, though I know others disagree on that.

There must be about four bands you think will headline Glastonbury in the future.

Edited October 27, 2018 by dentalplan

[Gucci Piggy]

Just now, dentalplan said:

There must be about four bands you think will headline Glastonbury in future.

Is it any different to someone a decade ago saying they don't think Pearl Jam will ever headline Glasto now? Genuine Q cos I have no idea how Pearl Jam were viewed back then.

[Harmonic Prospector]

I think if the Chillis were ever going to headline Glasto their time would have been 1998-2004. That ship has well and truly sailed aa they don't have the same pull any more, particularly without Frusciante. Athough if they put them as  headliners on the Other Stage I'm sure they would go down a storm and draw a big crowd. 

[dentalplan]

37 minutes ago, Gucci Piggy said:

Is it any different to someone a decade ago saying they don't think Pearl Jam will ever headline Glasto now? Genuine Q cos I have no idea how Pearl Jam were viewed back then.

Eh I dunno either. From what I gather - much unlike RHCP or Green Day - Pearl Jam have never been a massive band in the mainstream here and wouldn't have headlined UK festivals twenty years ago anyway so saying "nah not anymore" ten years ago woulda been weird as they'd only just made it there.

For a few reasons I don't personally think Chilis will ever play Glastonbury either - just posted that thing up the page for goofs - but all I meant was that these still-huge rock bands are most certainly in line with the safe choices that Glastonbury chooses to make with its headline bookings now.

[incident]

1 hour ago, Harmonic Prospector said:

I think if the Chillis were ever going to headline Glasto their time would have been 1998-2004.

Or the time in 2005 that they offered to play for free, and were turned down flat.

Ok, so it was because the spot was filled rather than anything else, but it still amuses me.

[beau1]

Weren't the chilli's meant to headline in 1993 but pulled out for some reason? Their name is on the poster from that year but Lenny Kravitz replaced them as headliner. 

Maybe there was bad feeling after that.

Edited October 28, 2018 by beau1
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[kalifire]

How many headliners have RW got left to announce now? Just the one, isn’t it? 

The Kendrick rumour will probably live or die by that announcement. 

[John the Moth]

2 hours ago, kalifire said:

How many headliners have RW got left to announce now? Just the one, isn’t it? 

The Kendrick rumour will probably live or die by that announcement. 

I’m betting die

[Divein]

1 hour ago, kalifire said:

How many headliners have RW got left to announce now? Just the one, isn’t it? 

The Kendrick rumour will probably live or die by that announcement. 

So far they have announced:

Thursday: Pink

Friday: The Cure and Tool

Satruday: Mumford and Florence

Sunday: Muse

Surely they have all headliners sorted from that lot? Although maybe Pink isn’t the Thursday headliner.

[e2p2]

1 hour ago, Divein said:

So far they have announced:

Thursday: Pink

Friday: The Cure and Tool

Satruday: Mumford and Florence

Sunday: Muse

Surely they have all headliners sorted from that lot? Although maybe Pink isn’t the Thursday headliner.

Thursday will get another co-headliner for sure. It's traditionally the hardest day to sell. Last year QOTSA and Gorillaz headlined and the year before Kings Of Leon and Arcade Fire. 

[Zoo Music Girl]

I see people talking about RHCP so time to bust out the obligatory Nick Cave quote:

Two years ago, when asked about current music, Nick Cave focused his ire on one band in particular. "I'm forever near a stereo saying, 'What the fuck is this GARBAGE?'" he fumed. "And the answer is always the Red Hot Chili Peppers."

[jparx]

RHCP will never headline Glastonbury. Their T in the Park 2016 set was sad to watch. They were past it 10 years ago and they werent booked then, so there's no chance now. 

The real answer is Faith No More to headline the Other.

[slash's hat]

33 minutes ago, jparx said:

 

The real answer is Faith No More to headline the Other.

That would be epic! 

[stuartbert two hats]

36 minutes ago, jparx said:

RHCP will never headline Glastonbury. Their T in the Park 2016 set was sad to watch. They were past it 10 years ago and they werent booked then, so there's no chance now. 

The real answer is Faith No More to headline the Other.

Stick Mr Bungle on The Park and we can talk.

[jparx]

11 minutes ago, stuartbert two hats said:

Stick Mr Bungle on The Park and we can talk.

Get Fantomas on the Hell Stage and we're on.

[Mash011]

I dunno if they really are digging The Cure back up to headline I wouldn't completely rule out something daft like the Chillis happening in future. Obviously different cases but we all agreed The Cure were past their days as a relevant G headliner until Neil came in with info saying it was happening, right? 

[DownboundTrain52]

Just now, Mash011 said:

I dunno if they really are digging The Cure back up to headline I wouldn't completely rule out something daft like the Chillis happening in future. Obviously different cases but we all agreed The Cure were past their days as a relevant G headliner until Neil came in with info saying it was happening, right? 

Difficult to say. Ten years ago, I'd have said so - but those R+L slots were raptuously received back in 2012 and their reputation for mammoth performances through the Hammersmith Christmas Shows, the RAH Teenage Cancer gigs and the 2016 World Tour get them ticking over in terms of public... notoriety? (If that's the right word.)

Then, when the BST gig sold out with a snap of the fingers, it kind of capped off their return to the limelight. Folk will have looked at the demand for that show and gone "Yes, I'd fancy a little bit of that".

So I'd have had them as a prospective headline option since 2012 at the very least. But I do get why folk are a little nonplussed by them being touted as a lock.

[Stokesy10]

3 hours ago, Zoo Music Girl said:

I see people talking about RHCP so time to bust out the obligatory Nick Cave quote:

Two years ago, when asked about current music, Nick Cave focused his ire on one band in particular. "I'm forever near a stereo saying, 'What the fuck is this GARBAGE?'" he fumed. "And the answer is always the Red Hot Chili Peppers."

Amazing really coming from the most overrated, insufferable, dog shit artist in the history of music.