2019 Headliners

[basynthnd]

6 minutes ago, Gucci Piggy said:

Do you really think Tame Impala have songs as well known to casual music fans as Big For Your Boots and Shut Up?

Probably not Tame Impala no, you could only really argue ‘The Less I Know The Better’. Definitely Foals though 

Edited January 16, 2019 by basynthnd

[Superscally]

2 minutes ago, Matt42 said:

The not on tour acts are American. Glastonbury means jack shit to Americans so an artist isn’t going to come out of their holidays/hiatus to do it unless they have touring plans already

also re Rihanna, her name has been thrown around a lot in previous years but I truly think she’s done with music / being a major pop star. She makes way more money with her make up line now!

That's just not true. To say Taylor or at the very least, her management are not aware that it's the biggest festival on the planet in terms of importance would be naive at best. Springsteen played it because he learned of its importance. Jay-Z, Beyonce and Metallica were actively pushing to play. 

[Guest]

8 minutes ago, mufcok said:

There's still absolutely nothing to suggest Lady Gaga is there? Get a lot of people want her to play but there hasn't been anything.. at all.. to suggest it? Unless I've missed something 

Yes, you've missed something. But I'm not going over it again.

[TiZuff]

I had a dream it was tame impala headlining rather than the strokes.

 

dreams are fun 

[Crazyfool01]

Just now, The Red Telephone said:

FWIW Emily never said that Madonna wasn’t booked. Only FM and LZ. Unless I’ve missed another quote somewhere?

http://stagedoor.fm/2018/11/10/glastonbury-2019-emily-eavis-teases-british-male-friday-night-headliner/

99% sure it won’t happen though because she’ll probably be too expensive and isn’t touring.

no fleetwood mac , led zeppelin or madonna from her talk in Taunton ....... but things change 

[RarerThanDandyB]

1 minute ago, Supernintendo Chalmers said:

Although I can't remember the last time they pulled a huge surprise out of nowhere, the Eavis' have never let us down before and I'm still of the opinion that they've got something closely guarded up their sleeve. 

#Beleavis

#dontstopbeleavis

[Hugh Jass]

Again, with FM, Emily said they weren't booked last year when Macca was very much on the cards. There's nothing to say they haven't gone back to them since the Macca deal fell through.

[thrillhouse188]

2 minutes ago, GETOFFAMYLAWN said:

 

[Stokesy10]

2 hours ago, RarerThanDandyB said:

Strokes will headline Glastonbury and it’s boiling piss. Love this thread xx

Fingers crossed ? and there will be a packed crowd loving it.

Still, can't see it happening

[mufcok]

Just now, GETOFFAMYLAWN said:

Yes, you've missed something. But I'm not going over it again.

The film? 

Chose not to mention it

[Winslow Leach]

2 minutes ago, basynthnd said:

Probably not Tame Impala no, you could only really argue ‘The Less I Lnow The Better’. Definitely Foals though 

Foals do not have more well known songs to Joe Public than Stormzy, what planet have you flown in from?

[Gucci Piggy]

7 minutes ago, Matt42 said:

The strokes were great in 2011 but I think a part of that was I was with a big group of strokes fans who were up for it!

considering they haven’t had any sort of further commercial success since 2011 is a bit weird.

I was sold last night it was the strokes but now i’m seriously doubting it. I imagine there will be plenty of numbers in Glastos phone book before they take that big a leap.

if the two other headliners were stronger I’d probably get onboard with it - but I think this years Glastonbury could be the first festival where the undercard is technically “more popular” than the headliners.

I think this is a bit of an exaggeration. The Strokes are a safe headliner; they headline festivals all over the world that are as big as Glasto when they're active, they have the songs to do it, they've never done Glasto before and they're a rare enough live proposition to make it at least a slightly interesting booking. They'll also satisfy the "real music" mob who threw a fit over Stormzy headlining.

The fact they'll be replacing a rock act probably works in their favour, too. Glasto may accept booking a slightly weaker headliner if it means keeping the genre spread that they initially wanted (which may have partly been the reason they took a punt on Stormzy as the third headliner).

They may see it as "Yeah, we could go for Gaga or someone instead who's a bigger act, but we've already pissed off a lot of our core demographic with the Stormzy booking and can't afford to do it again". Plus whoever they don't book is then available to book in future years. Like with The Cure they may be a "book em while we can" element to it.

[Guest]

1 minute ago, mufcok said:

The film? 

Chose not to mention it

NO NOT THE FILM YOU GREAT OAF, A GREAT MULTITUDE OF SIGNS AND VISIONS HAVE BEEN SHOWN TO ME BY THE NATURAL FORCES OF THE SACRED EARTH!

Edited January 16, 2019 by GETOFFAMYLAWN

[OddRon]

If they're not going for someone like The Strokes or Lady Gaga I'd rather they take a risk on another smaller act like Stormzy and use the money saved from not booking someone greedy/ big to improve the undercard, saying that though Emily said 90% of lineup is sorted

[Stokesy10]

NME journalism at its best again.

"Stereophonics Now Rumoured for 2019"

You mean Kelly Jones has said in passing that they'd love to be asked as it's been so long? Nailed on Strong Rumour that guys!

For the record, I'd be ecstatic, but yeh, not happening.

Keep The Gaga Dream Alive.

[Gucci Piggy]

11 minutes ago, Matt42 said:

The not on tour acts are American. Glastonbury means jack shit to Americans so an artist isn’t going to come out of their holidays/hiatus to do it unless they have touring plans already

also re Rihanna, her name has been thrown around a lot in previous years but I truly think she’s done with music / being a major pop star. She makes way more money with her make up line now!

She's releasing an album this year, isn't she?

7 minutes ago, basynthnd said:

Probably not Tame Impala no, you could only really argue ‘The Less I Know The Better’. Definitely Foals though 

No chance on The Less I Know the Better, and I bet half the people who've heard it don't even know who it's by.

And definitely Foals? Nah.

And I'm saying this as someone who prefers both bands to Stormzy (although I'm not sure on Foals anymore).

Edited January 16, 2019 by Gucci Piggy

[dentalplan]

39 minutes ago, Gucci Piggy said:

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

They get good reports nowadays. Probably cos they don’t have to be around each other for longer than a week at a time.

[basynthnd]

3 minutes ago, Winslow Leach said:

Foals do not have more well known songs to Joe Public than Stormzy, what planet have you flown in from?

Id say it’s pretty even. Outside of Shut Up/Blinded by your grace & Big for your boots I don’t think The average listener would recognise much else.

Probably a similar story with Foals - My Number/Mountain at my gates/What Went Down

[Gucci Piggy]

1 minute ago, dentalplan said:

They get good reports nowadays. Probably cos they don’t have to be around each other for longer than a week at a time.

Do they actually? One of my mates who went to BST said it was good but he's obsessed with them and I knew he'd think it was amazing regardless. Have read from other people that it wasn't good.

[Gucci Piggy]

Just now, basynthnd said:

Id say it’s pretty even. Outside of Shut Up/Blinded by your grace & Big for your boots I don’t think The average listener would recognise much else.

Probably a similar story with Foals - My Number/Mountain at my gates/What Went Down

But those Stormzy songs have a way wider reach than those Foals songs. The whole Capital FM demographic will know those Stormzy songs but not the Foals songs, and I'd wager most people who knows the Foals songs know rhe Stormzy songs, too, because everywhere that covers Foals will also cover Stormzy.

Stormzy also has the celebrity aspect, which Foals don't. You're not gonna catch them on prime time chat shows talking about their political views or charity work.

[basynthnd]

4 minutes ago, Gucci Piggy said:

She's releasing an album this year, isn't she?

No chance on The Less I Know the Better, and I bet half the people who've heard it don't even know who it's by.

And definitely Foals? Nah.

And I'm saying this as someone who prefers both bands to Stormzy (although I'm not sure on Foals anymore).

Fair enough, maybe it was a stretch to say definitely but you can make a strong case for Foals. 

[Guest]

Spinning the ASIB soundtrack rn and getting shivers down my spine at how good this is going to be. Show staring off with the lights slowly coming up, we can hear Gaga singing Somewhere Over The Rainbow from offstage before she bursts on and shit goes down. Mid way through the main set, we're getting a reprieve from the bangers with a ballad section, she on the piano belting out Always Remember Us This Way. Hold your lighters in the air if you want lads, adds to the atmosphere. Beginning of the encore, she busts out Shallows and the entire Pyramid field is joining in with the chorus. Gonna be a killer.

[The Red Telephone]

13 minutes ago, crazyfool1 said:

no fleetwood mac , led zeppelin or madonna from her talk in Taunton ....... but things change 

Ah ok, thanks! Must have missed that

[Supernintendo Chalmers]

I wonder how much gravitas Glastonbury carries with artists these days in such a saturated market? There are some huge commercial festivals worldwide.

We're running out of acts the size of Rolling Stones, David Bowie, Stevie Wonder, etc. They're either dead or have played what is highly likely to be their only show. Those left have either split up or aren't active. They can't book someone who isn't available.

The next tier of suitable acts (outside of the British bands who appreciate the significance of the festival over here) appear to be in it for the money. Maybe that's always been the case? Maybe as regular attendees we gaze too romantically towards the festival based upon its historical headliners and expect too much?

[dentalplan]

1 minute ago, Gucci Piggy said:

Do they actually? One of my mates who went to BST said it was good but he's obsessed with them and I knew he'd think it was amazing regardless. Have read from other people that it wasn't good.

Most people I’ve seen on here say it was good, including people who had seen them shit the bed before. I thought it was good. The papers said it was good.

Also reviews of other festivals around the world seem to come back pretty decent too. No guarantee they’d be any cop this year but the bad live stuff seems a bit further in the past nowadays.