2019 Headliners

[stuartbert two hats]

1 hour ago, Mr.Tease said:

Whether he headlines or not, all this talk of my arch nemesis Paul McCartney headlining has allowed me the time and incentive to go back through my half listened to Beatles albums (bought some 20 years ago and dismissed!) and appreciate them a lot more- never got through 'the White album' in it's entirety before, but now find it very enjoyable. Also hadn't really paid attention to this song before:

It's an efestival's thread success story!

Also newly like this one now too:

 

I'm not sure there's really such a thing as a Beatles "deep cut", but this is one of their more underappreciated songs:

Edit: I know that's a Lennon tune too. But John was better, wasn't he?

Edited November 23, 2018 by stuartbert two hats

[H.M.V]

So realistically what are the chances of Childish Gambino being on the farm? 

[eFestivals]

1 minute ago, H.M.V said:

So realistically what are the chances of Childish Gambino being on the farm? 

Slim, I think. Hasn't he finished touring for the mo?

[42hamlet]

Just now, eFestivals said:

Slim, I think. Hasn't he finished touring for the mo?

Had some UK shows this month that got postponed until March I think? Still not close enough to the festival to expect an extra Glastonbury show really

[jparx]

Wonder if Bon Iver would agree to that slot? They seem to be chasing headline slots at the mo, but I'd argue subbing Macca is a bigger deal than headlining the Other, or indeed headlining most other festivals in the UK.

Stormzy > Liam

The Cure > LDR

Macca > Bon Iver

[mufcok]

Any chance of Noel for that slot do you think @eFestivals or Friday morning or bust for him?

[H.M.V]

5 minutes ago, eFestivals said:

Slim, I think. Hasn't he finished touring for the mo?

Thought as much. Just still seeing his name get mentioned a lot and it's the hope that kills ya. 

[eFestivals]

Just now, mufcok said:

Any chance of Noel for that slot do you think @eFestivals or Friday morning or bust for him?

Noel could do just about anywhere. 

[ghostdancer1]

3 hours ago, JoeyT said:

Oh yes and it's bloody Friday.

 

definitely looks like a man who needs 3 days in bed resting after an 8-hour flight

[dentalplan]

9 minutes ago, ghostdancer1 said:

 

definitely looks like a man who needs 3 days in bed resting after an 8-hour flight

He needed to cryosleep for the rest of the day after filming that.

[Wooderson]

23 minutes ago, stuartbert two hats said:

But John was better, wasn't he?

Nah.

[Mr.Tease]

1 hour ago, TheNoise said:

Only Macca didn't write it, Lennon did and it was credited to Lennon and McCartney.

 

He didn't write that one either, it was an old Lennon song and Macca added one chorus, again it was jointly credited.

 

I'll probably see him, hubby would like to, and in his defence he's probably the best Beatles songwriter still alive and probably the best Beatles singer still alive. That last bit was a guess, I haven't heard Ringo sing since yellow submarine.

I know they're mainly Lennon songs, I said in an earlier post that I prefer Lennon's songs, and it inspired me to check that's still the case--it is indeed! but I discovered some more Lennon songs that had passed me by

[dentalplan]

14 minutes ago, H.M.V said:

Thought as much. Just still seeing his name get mentioned a lot and it's the hope that kills ya. 

Coachella should be the first to announce him, very early January. There won’t be long to wait after that to find out if he’s doing more shows. If he’s not retiring after Coachella then I think he’s not only fair game, but there being rumours despite this retirement talk would make me think he’s pretty likely.

[Mr.Tease]

25 minutes ago, stuartbert two hats said:

I'm not sure there's really such a thing as a Beatles "deep cut", but this is one of their more underappreciated songs:

Edit: I know that's a Lennon tune too. But John was better, wasn't he?

Correct! 

[stuartbert two hats]

2 minutes ago, Wooderson said:

Nah.

Nah nah nah nahnahnah nah.

[Quark]

31 minutes ago, stuartbert two hats said:

I'm not sure there's really such a thing as a Beatles "deep cut", but this is one of their more underappreciated songs:

Edit: I know that's a Lennon tune too. But John was better, wasn't he?

It is a damn fine tune.  Love it.

[stuartbert two hats]

I'll give Paul this - his contributions to the other Beatles songs were the most valuable. The way he would use the bass to fill in little gaps was brilliant. Hey Bulldog and Come Together most notably.

[Wooderson]

3 minutes ago, stuartbert two hats said:

I'll give Paul this - his contributions to the other Beatles songs were the most valuable. The way he would use the bass to fill in little gaps was brilliant. Hey Bulldog and Come Together most notably.

John a fearless figurehead of the 1960s but Paul ten times the musician/songwriter. John ran out of steam in 1966.

[Armourman]

3 hours ago, eFestivals said:

it's defo not echo chamber from here, but it might be old, or just wrong industry gossip.

However, this source is defo a better placed source than twitter woman is. That doesn't mean twitter woman is wrong and this source is right, but if I had to make a guess and go with one of them, I'd very definitely go with what my source is saying.

---

PS: twitter woman's unexpected solo act: Cliff Richard?

IF the announcement of Stormzy told us anything its that the drip feed and industry intel is most likely correct and that the Macca /Cure forecast is correct

[Mash011]

Tbh I dunno how much I buy Don Glover's talk of hanging up the Gambino thing quite so soon. Seems to me that was something he started saying before he broke through to super-zeitgeist relevance with This Is America but after that there's got to be a little more steam left in it. He's been going on about retiring at since like 2015, and there's at least another album to come, so I wouldn't be too concerned about him being done by June next year. Doesn't necessarily mean he'll play, mind.

[The Nal]

 

Macca a very underrated bass player which is odd. 

 

[gibble]

15 minutes ago, Mash011 said:

Tbh I dunno how much I buy Don Glover's talk of hanging up the Gambino thing quite so soon. Seems to me that was something he started saying before he broke through to super-zeitgeist relevance with This Is America but after that there's got to be a little more steam left in it. He's been going on about retiring at since like 2015, and there's at least another album to come, so I wouldn't be too concerned about him being done by June next year. Doesn't necessarily mean he'll play, mind.

I also think him retiring the moniker probably doesn't mean him retiring the songs/playing live.

[The Nal]

58 minutes ago, Wooderson said:

John ran out of steam in 1966.

Harsh enough. Johns work post 66 includes A Day in the Life, I Am The Walrus, Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds, All You Need is Love, Revolution, Happiness is a Warm Gun, Don't Let Me Down, Dear Prudence, Come Together, I Want You Shes So Heavy, Working Class Hero, Cold Turkey, Imagine, Jealous Guy, Instant Karma, Gimme Some Truth, How Do You Sleep, Love, God, Julia, Glass Onion....... Bungalow Bill.  

Most of his best work. He was on fire from A Hard Days Night through to Revolver though granted. Relentless stuff. 

[Hugh Jass]

1 hour ago, H.M.V said:

Thought as much. Just still seeing his name get mentioned a lot and it's the hope that kills ya. 

Best hope is that someone else shells out big money to bring him over during festival season and he decides to do a couple more while he's over here.

[Hugh Jass]

Re: The Cliff thing mentioned further up I wondered a few weeks ago if he could be the Avalon novelty act this year.