2019 Headliners

[FatAmmy]

51 minutes ago, thewayiam said:

Gambino only subbing Bonnaroo...surprised by that gives a sub at Glastonbury a bit more scope but I just reckon he'll be picked up exclusive for Wireless. 

He'll play after it gets dark during traditional headliner time, and phish will close the stage but won't start till after 11PM

[MetaKate]

2 hours ago, thewayiam said:

Gambino only subbing Bonnaroo...surprised by that gives a sub at Glastonbury a bit more scope but I just reckon he'll be picked up exclusive for Wireless. 

I think hes headlining.... the way they laid out the poster I think its gambino post malone the lumineers? No way its phish post malone phish?

[thewayiam]

13 minutes ago, MetaKate said:

I think hes headlining.... the way they laid out the poster I think its gambino post malone the lumineers? No way its phish post malone phish?

I don't think that makes it any better phish are still playing 3 sets on two different days and Lumineers is an utterly awful headliner, I did like then when they came out but my god they aren't that level.

[Hugh Jass]

9 minutes ago, thewayiam said:

I don't think that makes it any better phish are still playing 3 sets on two different days and Lumineers is an utterly awful headliner, I did like then when they came out but my god they aren't that level.

The Americans said the same about Kasabian.

[thewayiam]

Just now, Hugh Jass said:

The Americans said the same about Kasabian.

Well to be honest in America they were correct, the difference here is that The Lumineers played lower down lineups in both places and are now suddenly a headliner over there, Kasabian did actually get to headliner level at a major festival here a long time ago.

In fairness as well, indie rock if you like has never really been seen as that big in America. I'm sure they also referred to Biffy Clyro for a while as a shit Foo Fighters until they eventually were still playing that far down over there that it wasn't worth them doing it and there is almost no chance bar Coachella I'd say they been seen as an option to book and Coachella wouldn't try now I doubt.

[FatAmmy]

Lumineers aren't headlining though?

[MetaKate]

The Lumineers headlined Okechobee 2 yrs ago. They subbed a bunch of fests in north America the year before also (osheaga, bottlerock) . 

They're releasing a new album this year... I dont find it surprising at all that they're headlining bonnaroo, a fest that has phish playing 3 sets. 

Also indie rock is alive and well in north America... just because one specific very Scottish rock band doesn't do well I don't think that speaks to all of America?

[thewayiam]

7 minutes ago, MetaKate said:

The Lumineers headlined Okechobee 2 yrs ago. They subbed a bunch of fests in north America the year before also (osheaga, bottlerock) . 

They're releasing a new album this year... I dont find it surprising at all that they're headlining bonnaroo, a fest that has phish playing 3 sets. 

Also indie rock is alive and well in north America... just because one specific very Scottish rock band doesn't do well I don't think that speaks to all of America?

Well, bloody hell!

I don't think it really matters about the Scottish band, look at the American Festivals this year, indie rock isn't that resent, it's dying in the UK so I'd expect America to be shot.

[Hugh Jass]

1 hour ago, thewayiam said:

Well to be honest in America they were correct, the difference here is that The Lumineers played lower down lineups in both places and are now suddenly a headliner over there, Kasabian did actually get to headliner level at a major festival here a long time ago.

In fairness as well, indie rock if you like has never really been seen as that big in America. I'm sure they also referred to Biffy Clyro for a while as a shit Foo Fighters until they eventually were still playing that far down over there that it wasn't worth them doing it and there is almost no chance bar Coachella I'd say they been seen as an option to book and Coachella wouldn't try now I doubt.

Lumineers are much bigger over there than over here. I’m going to take the word of our resident Canuck* on this.

*Really hope that word isn’t offensive to Canadians, don’t think it is.

[FatAmmy]

I repeat: The Lumineers are not headlining Bonnaroo

Phish is playing "Late Night" on the main stage on friday, and doing a normal headlining show (2 sets) Sunday

The lumineers will have wrapped up their set by 7:30PM

[Endors Toi]

6 hours ago, MetaKate said:

The Lumineers headlined Okechobee 2 yrs ago. They subbed a bunch of fests in north America the year before also (osheaga, bottlerock) . 

They're releasing a new album this year... I dont find it surprising at all that they're headlining bonnaroo, a fest that has phish playing 3 sets. 

Also indie rock is alive and well in north America... just because one specific very Scottish rock band doesn't do well I don't think that speaks to all of America?

Is there a source for this? Can't find anything! 

[MetaKate]

5 hours ago, Hugh Jass said:

Lumineers are much bigger over there than over here. I’m going to take the word of our resident Canuck* on this.

*Really hope that word isn’t offensive to Canadians, don’t think it is.

The only thing people call us that offends us is "American" ?

5 hours ago, FatAmmy said:

I repeat: The Lumineers are not headlining Bonnaroo

Phish is playing "Late Night" on the main stage on friday, and doing a normal headlining show (2 sets) Sunday

The lumineers will have wrapped up their set by 7:30PM

I was going off the fact that the stages go late... last year on the Saturday Bon Iver did 2 DJ sets... one at 10pm and one at 12am, with Eminem headlining from 11-12. I thought it would be a similar set up seeing as Phish's DJ sets are the Sunday. That's just how it looks to me

14 minutes ago, Endors Toi said:

Is there a source for this? Can't find anything! 

They released a single in Dec, and they were apparently working on a new album during the Cleo tour. I read something somewhere but no idea where. 

[CaledonianGonzo]

1 hour ago, MetaKate said:

The only thing people call us that offends us is "American" ?

 

Tell that to Jerry Sadowitz.

[JoeyT]

Talking of the Lumineers does anybody remember this?

The way the crowd reacted whenever she sang during this song was lovely. Definitely one of those "moments" for me that year.

[clarkete]

I stumbled across this.  I was at a couple of these which myself and the rest of the crowd seemed to disagree somewhat with their conclusions, also am I alone in having a traditional definition of headliner (which some of these clearly weren't)?

https://www.radiox.co.uk/festivals/glastonbury/the-worst-glastonbury-headliners-of-all-time/ 

[Hugh Jass]

21 minutes ago, clarkete said:

I stumbled across this.  I was at a couple of these which myself and the rest of the crowd seemed to disagree somewhat with their conclusions, also am I alone in having a traditional definition of headliner (which some of these clearly weren't)?

https://www.radiox.co.uk/festivals/glastonbury/the-worst-glastonbury-headliners-of-all-time/ 

In fairness Oasis deserve to be top. They were bloody awful! Comfortably the worst headline set I've seen at any festival.

[Hugh Jass]

25 minutes ago, clarkete said:

I stumbled across this.  I was at a couple of these which myself and the rest of the crowd seemed to disagree somewhat with their conclusions, also am I alone in having a traditional definition of headliner (which some of these clearly weren't)?

https://www.radiox.co.uk/festivals/glastonbury/the-worst-glastonbury-headliners-of-all-time/ 

Too many entries on that list are just having a pop at the acts rather than whether their performance was any good.

[Supernintendo Chalmers]

42 minutes ago, clarkete said:

I stumbled across this.  I was at a couple of these which myself and the rest of the crowd seemed to disagree somewhat with their conclusions, also am I alone in having a traditional definition of headliner (which some of these clearly weren't)?

https://www.radiox.co.uk/festivals/glastonbury/the-worst-glastonbury-headliners-of-all-time/ 

Skrillex headlining the Other Stage in 2014 was a fucking triumph as far as I'm concerned

[The Red Telephone]

Jesus. Imagine Oasis putting on a shit performance?! And that the amazing Ocean Colour Scene were below Per Shop Boys, with their non-real instruments and decade of pop bangers, on a bill?!

 

[The Martini Police]

23 minutes ago, Hugh Jass said:

Too many entries on that list are just having a pop at the acts rather than whether their performance was any good.

To be fair, if you asked most of Efests who the worst headliners of recent times are, most of the answers would be nothing to do with performances on the night and everything to do with how naff the acts are e.g. Mumford & Sons, Coldplay

[Crazyfool01]

My description of Skrillex that night was ... shit music .. great lightshow  but my 3 other friends all seemed to enjoy the set 

[Supernintendo Chalmers]

1 minute ago, crazyfool1 said:

My description of Skrillex that night was ... shit music .. great lightshow  but my 3 other friends all seemed to enjoy the set 

There was nothing sophisticated about the music or the technical skill in the transitioning of tunes, it was a mix of EDM and dubstep (accompanied by Sonny's screechy shouting) which some would argue is lowest common denominator electronica. It made me dance, the atmosphere was fantastic and the production was good so I thought it was great fun. Everyone around me seemed to agree

[Hugh Jass]

11 minutes ago, The Martini Police said:

To be fair, if you asked most of Efests who the worst headliners of recent times are, most of the answers would be nothing to do with performances on the night and everything to do with how naff the acts are e.g. Mumford & Sons, Coldplay

Mumfords were shite though. I enjoyed Coldplay's sets more than I thought I would (although not enough to make me feel better about missing LCD).

[clarkete]

1 hour ago, Hugh Jass said:

In fairness Oasis deserve to be top. They were bloody awful! Comfortably the worst headline set I've seen at any festival.

Certainly it's what I think of when people refer excitedly on here and elsewhere to whether they could reform and play this year, but I've defo seen worse than that, although in some cases acts I just got bored of and others have raved about here.  (eg. Springsteen and Kanye).

 

 

1 hour ago, Hugh Jass said:

Too many entries on that list are just having a pop at the acts rather than whether their performance was any good.

Yes, agree very much, for example myself and everyone in my vicinity loved that White Stripes set.  Having read since of Meg's anxiety I feel lucky to have seen her before that became too much.

 

 

1 hour ago, Hugh Jass said:

I enjoyed Coldplay's sets more than I thought I would (although not enough to make me feel better about missing LCD).

As I recall, that's very high up on their best performances list, which as @The Martini Police said would not go down well here  

[FatAmmy]

7 hours ago, MetaKate said:

 

I was going off the fact that the stages go late... last year on the Saturday Bon Iver did 2 DJ sets... one at 10pm and one at 12am, with Eminem headlining from 11-12. I thought it would be a similar set up seeing as Phish's DJ sets are the Sunday. That's just how it looks to me

Yeah, Bonnaroo does a lot of unique things with scheduling. In this case, Sunday is excluded from the going late thing because it's the last day of the fest. 

 

Also, just for the record, Phish doesn't do DJ sets...2 sets just means they will play for about 75 minutes, take a break, then come back and play for another 90