2019 Headliners

[eFestivals]

1 minute ago, thrillhouse188 said:

What exactly is an act "for them"? ?

tends to be one that is more pop-py, that they're likely to be familiar with without having to be a music nerd.

[Supernintendo Chalmers]

1 hour ago, BigMacD said:

"a couple of blokes" ?

That's Chas & Dave out then...

[clarkete]

[Guest]

You'd have to be really desperate to book The Strokes in 2019, knowing what a car crash they are now.

Stormzy, Lady Gaga, The Cure is a very balanced trio. It gives us one hip-hop, one pop, one rock. One up and coming new artist, one established current artist, one legend. One man, one woman, one ghoul.

 

[Superscally]

21 minutes ago, basynthnd said:

They may not be the biggest mainstream act in the world but they’re definitely not polar opposites. They’d never be headlining Coachella if they weren’t mainstream.

 

Id be very surprised if they’re at Glasto this year but the Stormzy booking means you can’t discount these types of acts in the future.

Listen, I love Tame Impala and would love it if they headline, but they are NOT mainstream enough to headline a UK festival. Maybe so in the US and Australia. Are Die Toten Hosen mainstream enough to headline a UK festival? Nope. They are however headling Hurrine and Southside alongside the Foos, M*m*rd and the Cure, showing that "mainstream" is completely market dependent. 

[RarerThanDandyB]

1 minute ago, GETOFFAMYLAWN said:

You'd have to be really desperate to book The Strokes in 2019, knowing what a car crash they are now.

Stormzy, Lady Gaga, The Cure is a very balanced trio. It gives us one hip-hop, one pop, one rock. One up and coming new artist, one established current artist, one legend. One man, one woman, one ghoul.

 

I reckon it would be a brilliant set and cannot wait. I love these opinions, The Strokes defined indie and will smash it. Looks like they are headlining and people need to enjoy them.

[JoBalls]

Killers headlined Latitude last year, is it not a bit of a leap from that to headlining the Pyramid? 

[Rubber Soldier]

1 hour ago, ParkRanger14 said:

Also 1975 are doing reading so that’s a no 

Also they’re fucking dreck. 

[Gucci Piggy]

17 minutes ago, thrillhouse188 said:

What exactly is an act "for them"? ?

A big act with timeless hits such as Friday I'm In Love, Boys Don't Cry and The Lovecats probs.

2 minutes ago, RarerThanDandyB said:

I reckon it would be a brilliant set and cannot wait. I love these opinions, The Strokes defined indie and will smash it. Looks like they are headlining and people need to enjoy them.

I mean, I love The Strokes, but they're w*nk live.

[RarerThanDandyB]

Just now, Gucci Piggy said:

A big act with timeless hits such as Friday I'm In Love, Boys Don't Cry and The Lovecats probs.

I mean, I love The Strokes, but they're w*nk live.

I reckon they could smash it. I didn't realise the bad set in Leeds since I thought it was class. Few drinks with my best mates seeing the Strokes would be great and the best time. Cannot wait for them to be announced.

[Superscally]

3 minutes ago, JoBalls said:

Killers headlined Latitude last year, is it not a bit of a leap from that to headlining the Pyramid? 

Less of a leap than for the Strokes, Killers have headlined before so they know the ropes and arguably would go down better with the majority of the crowd. They're like Coldplay, in that people will moan and groan at their repeated appearances but when they're ten pints in walk away saying it was the greatest set of the weekend after Mr Brightside. The Strokes can be VERY variable live.

[thrillhouse188]

3 minutes ago, Gucci Piggy said:

A big act with timeless hits such as Friday I'm In Love, Boys Don't Cry and The Lovecats probs.

So they have impeccable taste!

[Gucci Piggy]

Just now, RarerThanDandyB said:

I reckon they could smash it. I didn't realise the bad set in Leeds since I thought it was class. Few drinks with my best mates seeing the Strokes would be great and the best time. Cannot wait for them to be announced.

Tbh unless there's something I really wanna see opposite them I'll probably just get smashed and go along. I was entirely sober when I saw them at Leeds so that didn't help.

[thrillhouse188]

I seem to remember really enjoying The Strokes at Reading 11

[Zoo Music Girl]

10 minutes ago, RarerThanDandyB said:

The Strokes defined indie 

Fuck me now I've heard everything

[incident]

8 minutes ago, JoBalls said:

Killers headlined Latitude last year, is it not a bit of a leap from that to headlining the Pyramid? 

Latitude is a couple steps below, for sure, but if we were to start ruling out acts based on them having also done smaller festivals, we'd have virtually no options left.

Killers would be a valid headliner by any standard.

[The Nal]

Stormzy, The Cure and The Strokes is probably the weakest set of headliners in a while. 2017 was fairly awful too but we're at the stage now where the gig is bigger than any act who can play it outside of 3 or 4 - Madge, T-Swizzle et al. 

Glasto value is all in the subs and other stages. 

[Mezhyp1]

12 minutes ago, RarerThanDandyB said:

I reckon it would be a brilliant set and cannot wait. I love these opinions, The Strokes defined indie and will smash it. Looks like they are headlining and people need to enjoy them.

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[Guest]

11 minutes ago, RarerThanDandyB said:

I reckon it would be a brilliant set and cannot wait. I love these opinions, The Strokes defined indie and will smash it. Looks like they are headlining and people need to enjoy them.

"We are leaving the EU and it will be great. Remain lost, GET OVER IT"

[CJTM]

The guy is just having his say, no need shining a light on it 

Edited January 16, 2019 by CJTM

[Superscally]

1 minute ago, The Nal said:

Stormzy, The Cure and The Strokes is probably the weakest set of headliners in a while. 2017 was fairly awful too but we're at the stage now where the gig is bigger than any act who can play it outside of 3 or 4 - Madge, T-Swizzle et al. 

Glasto value is all in the subs and other stages. 

Spot on. A mate of mine said he was worried about the undercard if headliners were those three (I'm happy with all three BTW). No relation was my reply. 

Elaborating on another of your points. Why has Swifty been ruled out? Just because she's inactive? She's hardly in carbon freeze... 

[eFestivals]

4 minutes ago, thrillhouse188 said:

I seem to remember really enjoying The Strokes at Reading 11

i remember being bored bored bored with them at TitP.

Nowt special, except in their own heads (that part is VERY clear )

[basynthnd]

6 minutes ago, Superscally said:

Listen, I love Tame Impala and would love it if they headline, but they are NOT mainstream enough to headline a UK festival. Maybe so in the US and Australia. Are Die Toten Hosen mainstream enough to headline a UK festival? Nope. They are however headling Hurrine and Southside alongside the Foos, M*m*rd and the Cure, showing that "mainstream" is completely market dependent. 

I don’t think they are at the moment either, but the Stormzy booking shows there’s no agreed upon formula for a headline act nowadays. 

[giantkatestacks]

I would take Killers over Strokes any day of the week. Bumped up Kylie over either of them. As Charli would say, it's all about the bangers.

[thrillhouse188]

Scrap the Pyramid, open a Twin Peaks Roadhouse stage curated by David Lynch, Beach House to headline