2019 Headliners

[dentalplan]

2 minutes ago, Gucci Piggy said:

Aye I can appreciate that, but surely it'd be no worse than people trying to cram into the JP last year for The Killers? Is Noel Gallagher these days that much of a bigger draw than Beady Eye/Kaisers were when they did it?

Could also just do it on the Pyramid instead if he specifically did wanna play at that time.

Anyway, from comments they've both made recently I don't think either of them would actually care about playing the same festival, but it would seem a bit weird to have two of the subs being Gallagher brothers.

Of course he is. And they closed off the area around the tent for The Killers so that's kinda moot - they're not gonna close off the area around the Other Stage. He was probably joking, to some degree, about getting it out of the way by playing Friday morning - he also said he'd never play Sunday but I bet he would. And that he'd play fifth down, which I bet he wouldn't.

 

[dentalplan]

5 minutes ago, Badlands said:

Liam, Stormzy and CB weren’t referred to in the same manner.

[jparx]

46 minutes ago, Gucci Piggy said:

What on earth is Stormzy if not a contemporary mainstream act lol?

Yeah hold on a sec I'll go ask my mum her favourite Stormzy song. She's always blasting him in-between Adele records.

[dentalplan]

1 minute ago, jparx said:

Yeah hold on a sec I'll go ask my mum her favourite Stormzy song. She's always blasting him in-between Adele records.

Are you being sarcastic? Because he is actually massively mainstream to the point where your mum might actually listen to him.

Edited November 8, 2018 by dentalplan

[Ayrshire Chris]

I had thought we might get a female headliner this year.  After all there was complaints over the years that male acts always dominate the headliner slot. I had an idea that Florence might have made an appearance this year. 

[Gucci Piggy]

8 minutes ago, dentalplan said:

Of course he is. And they closed off the area around the tent for The Killers so that's kinda moot - they're not gonna close off the area around the Other Stage. He was probably joking, to some degree, about getting it out of the way by playing Friday morning - he also said he'd never play Sunday but I bet he would. And that he'd play fifth down, which I bet he wouldn't.

 

By that I meant he'd probably only play one or two slots higher than they would in the years they did it. If I had to place Noel Gallagher now he seems like a third down act to me, based on the slots he plays elsewhere (but I could see him subbing, too). If Beady Eye/Kaisers played the Pyramid in 2013/14 they'd surely have been like 4th/5th down? His last festival run was headlining shit like YNOT alongside Madness, weren't it?

Of course he'd draw more people than they did, but to a dangerous degree? Especially if it's a secret set which is what I was thinking it'd be if it happened.

But yeah I'm not gonna be predicting it to happen or owt, just throwing it out there.

[jparx]

8 minutes ago, dentalplan said:

Are you being sarcastic? Because he is actually massively mainstream to the point where your mum might actually listen to him.

She hasn't heard of him.

He's not mainstram in the same manner as Adele, Coldplay and Ed, which is what I was referring to with my initial comment.

[Gucci Piggy]

11 minutes ago, jparx said:

Yeah hold on a sec I'll go ask my mum her favourite Stormzy song. She's always blasting him in-between Adele records.

You can be mainstream and contemporary without being liked by mums who listen to Adele.

[ourkid1984]

IF and it's a big IF the headliners are Stormzy, The Cure and McCartney then I think that's pretty decent. 

I've seen on here loads of times people asking for a risky headliner and also to give a younger act a step up so Stormzy covers that.

The Cure have probably got more popular for their live performances since the last time they played Glastonbury so deserve another go.

And well how many more times are we going to get to see the living legend Paul McCartney live.

 

[stuartbert two hats]

1 hour ago, Gucci Piggy said:

What on earth is Stormzy if not a contemporary mainstream act lol?

Quite. If @jparx had said "too many oldies", or "lacking many contemporary mainstream acts", then he might have been onto something, but Stormzy would be the most contemporary headliner since the Arctic Monkeys in 2007, and before that maybe Coldplay in 2002, then you're back in Oasis/Pulp territory. It's not often they stick their neck out like this and good on them!

Unless he was after some massive current chart act, like Ed Sheeran or Adele?

Edited November 8, 2018 by stuartbert two hats

[kevbizarre]

Is there a summary of who is now likely to be pyramid and other stage headliners across the 3 days +/- subs?

A bit lost across all the threads! 

 

[yosoyyoberdi]

Stormzy is not a massive contemporary mainstream act, maybe big in the UK. I'm 26 and I've never heard of him before, no need to ask my mum. 

[dentalplan]

3 minutes ago, yosoyyoberdi said:

Stormzy is not a massive contemporary mainstream act, maybe big in the UK. I'm 26 and I've never heard of him before, no need to ask my mum. 

Who have you heard of?

[Gucci Piggy]

12 minutes ago, yosoyyoberdi said:

Stormzy is not a massive contemporary mainstream act, maybe big in the UK. I'm 26 and I've never heard of him before, no need to ask my mum. 

How tf has a 26 year old on a music/Glastonbury forum not heard of Stormzy? He subbed the Other Stage last year, two slots higher than Liam Gallagher. He won the BRIT awards for Male Solo Artist and Album of the Year this year, ahead of Ed Sheeran, Liam Gallagher, Rag'n'Bone Man and Dua Lipa.

My dad probably knows who Stormzy is and all he likes is Meatloaf, Elton John and Queen.

Edit: Just seen you weren't born or raised in the UK. Fair enough. But how big he is worldwide doesn't matter; he's massive in the UK right now.

Edited November 8, 2018 by Gucci Piggy

[Gucci Piggy]

Stormzy not being a contemporary mainstream act makes "Could The Cure headline the Other Stage" look like a Sané thing to say.

[Gucci Piggy]

Oh fuck off Leroy.

[stuartbert two hats]

12 minutes ago, yosoyyoberdi said:

Stormzy is not a massive contemporary mainstream act, maybe big in the UK. I'm 26 and I've never heard of him before, no need to ask my mum. 

In the UK he is well known, if not massive. Take my word for it.

Edited November 8, 2018 by stuartbert two hats

[Mash011]

Utter fucking twats pretending to have never heard of Stormzy. I don't believe that for a second. 

[CJTM]

Lady Gaga tour dates - Vegas shows end on 15th June, don't start again until October.

How are you not seeing this 

https://seatgeek.com/lady-gaga-tickets

[Gucci Piggy]

5 minutes ago, CJTM said:

Lady Gaga tour dates - Vegas shows end on 15th June, don't start again until October.

How are you not seeing this 

https://seatgeek.com/lady-gaga-tickets

That's one of the main reasons she was being discussed as a possibility.

[slash's hat]

I'm a 43 year old mum and know who Stormzy is and what type of music he does, couldn't actually name anything. I don't listen to adele but have no aversion to her music, just not my cuppa. I have no idea what or who a childish gambino is though, that has passed me by completely. 

[chatty]

Aint been able to get into Stormzy or Kendrick Lamar or a lot of the modern hip hop adaptions to music tbh despite liking a lot of the older hip hop stuff (could be an age thing).

Tried getting into them and nothing jumps out at me though, just one of those things. I'd be quite happy for him to headline though, I feel like festivals should take a risk on newer acts breaking the top slot. Some will work, some won't but its good for new artists to get that chance to break through as a bona fide mainstream artist at the peaks of their career (possibly). 

For me personally, there's loads of other stages and I'll find something that I like but I did rewatch his 2017 set on catch up when I got home last year and it seemed like he put on a good show and people really enjoyed it. That's all good by me. 

[Stokesy10]

43 minutes ago, chatty said:

Aint been able to get into Stormzy or Kendrick Lamar or a lot of the modern hip hop adaptions to music tbh despite liking a lot of the older hip hop stuff (could be an age thing).

Tried getting into them and nothing jumps out at me though, just one of those things. I'd be quite happy for him to headline though, I feel like festivals should take a risk on newer acts breaking the top slot. Some will work, some won't but its good for new artists to get that chance to break through as a bona fide mainstream artist at the peaks of their career (possibly). 

For me personally, there's loads of other stages and I'll find something that I like but I did rewatch his 2017 set on catch up when I got home last year and it seemed like he put on a good show and people really enjoyed it. That's all good by me. 

Sums up exactly how I feel too.

[MetaKate]

I only know of Stormzy because of glasto/ travelling to the UK. I got a sense of how big/popular he was by spending only 2.5 weeks total in the UK over the last 3 yearz. If I mentioned him to anyone I know im Canada, they would have never heard the name.  I could see someone having no idea who he was if they were travelling over from north america and had never been to the UK. 

[kalifire]

I can see:

Stormzy / Gaga or Swift / Macca

That feels right to me. Stormzy is the breakthrough elevation to headliner, Saturday night we get the superstar act, Macca is legendary and pleases the locals.