2019 Headliners

[The Martini Police]

11 minutes 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.

It seems to me that there's at least a chance that this is just another of many acts (generally modern rock bands) whose live reputation has fallen victim to the efests echo chamber. I don't doubt there have been performances some may have not enjoyed, but that's turned into "they're a shit live band and that's final". 

Edited January 16, 2019 by The Martini Police

[dentalplan]

1 minute ago, Supernintendo Chalmers said:

Maybe as regular attendees we gaze too romantically towards the festival based upon its historical headliners and expect too much?

Hmmmm...

...

no it’s gotta be Madonna on Sunday with The Cure on the Other Stage

[Havors]

1 hour ago, Superunknown said:

Na but they do. Come back when the Strokes write anything as good as From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea.

Again subjective opinions presented as facts... haha I dont like either of them so im trying to be objective ha 

[Gucci Piggy]

6 minutes ago, GETOFFAMYLAWN said:

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.

See you down in the pit when Stroke blast out Juicey Juice.

5 minutes ago, dentalplan said:

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.

Fair enough then, that makes me a little more hopeful, didn't realise you were at that gig. In fact it may just have been @Mash011 who said they were shit at BST so I probably shouldn't have put any stock in that.

[priest17]

AHJ was decent at club academy a couple of months back, not sure if he was ever the problem with The Strokes.

[Superunknown]

1 minute ago, Havors said:

Again subjective opinions presented as facts... haha I dont like either of them so im trying to be objective ha 

I'm just joking. I just don't see the need to preface everything with 'in my opinion', on a music forum it's generally implied.

[Havors]

Just now, Superunknown said:

I'm just joking. I just don't see the need to preface everything with 'in my opinion', on a music forum it's generally implied.

Just busting your balls  

[Guest]

3 minutes ago, Gucci Piggy said:

See you down in the pit when Stroke blast out Juicey Juice.

Take your cheap sexual innuendos somewhere else you rotten young ne'erdowell.

[Harry49]

Could Childish Gambino headline in UK? His name has been mentioned in dispatches as possible sub.... could he be bumped up like Florence. I tend to think no particularly as Stormzy is headlining already and that might be too similar! Personally though I think he would be a more interesting headliner than Liam G  or the Strokes for example. 

[Guest]

Fair play to the organisers. It is a brave move bumping up Hot Chip to Saturday night pyramid headliner. Is anyone in any doubt about it working out though? They would own that slot and it will be a party without a doubt.

[Hugh Jass]

20 minutes 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.

I enjoyed them at BST.

[Gucci Piggy]

4 minutes ago, GETOFFAMYLAWN said:

Take your cheap sexual innuendos somewhere else you rotten young ne'erdowell.

I can't wait for you to message me during it saying it's good then come back and claim it was rubbish on here like you did with Radiohead.

[Woffy]

14 hours ago, StupidDream said:

I remember someone deeply hating Phil Collins who was it, was it two hats or Woffy...?

Me.

Him and Williams can both FRO.

[Acid Loafers]

Just chucking in some Spotify monthly listeners data  

Stormzy: 2,888,621

The Cure: 6,702,511

Lady Gaga: 29,472,678

The Killers: 12,174,205

The Strokes: 5,304,493

Tame Impala: 5,712,972

Foals: 2,782,600

1975: 10,423,314

[RarerThanDandyB]

7 minutes ago, GETOFFAMYLAWN said:

Take your cheap sexual innuendos somewhere else you rotten young ne'erdowell.

Was only a joke mate...

[Hugh Jass]

Picture the scene:

Mann's Chinese Theatre, Oscar Night. Gaga approaches the stage having just heard her name called for Best Actress, she takes the golden trophy from Morgan Freeman, gives Bradley Cooper a kiss and yells into the microphone "Glastonbury! Saturday night motherfuckers!" drops the Oscar on the floor and walks off stage....

[Matt42]

26 minutes ago, Gucci Piggy said:

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

My argument is that her fans have been saying that since 2014. She pops up for the occasional feature but there’s no indication she’s releasing an album anytime soon. Also I’m guessing you don’t really follow her (I don’t really either) but from what I’ve seen and heard, releasing music and touring isn’t high on her priority list. I’m pretty sure she didn’t do a major tour for Anti right?

Shes remained very popular for a while now but mainly because she has been providing an output which is separate from her music.

what I really mean is that if Glasto ever get her it’l be after she’s come back and done other things. If an offer to headline Coachella, The Super Bowl etc didn’t get her back into releasing solo material and touring I doubt Glastonbury will.

[OddRon]

25 minutes ago, Supernintendo Chalmers said:

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?

By the sounds of Macca the original big acts are also in it for the money now let alone the next tier

[dentalplan]

Tame Impala got a tiny crowd last time they played the Pyramid. People mentioning them as a potential headliner don’t live in the real world. They’d be on the blower to Stereophonics before them.

[Guest]

11 minutes ago, Gucci Piggy said:

I can't wait for you to message me during it saying it's good then come back and claim it was rubbish on here like you did with Radiohead.

You are fake news! I messaged you saying that it was a nice surprise that they played Let Down, didn't comment on the quality of the wider set.

Besides that, I'd never be at Strokes anyway, Radiohead have at least 3 good CDs, Strokes have 0. Radiohead's Leeds set was great, Strokes' was a shitshow.

Edited January 16, 2019 by GETOFFAMYLAWN

[OddRon]

4 minutes ago, dentalplan said:

Tame Impala got a tiny crowd last time they played the Pyramid. People mentioning them as a potential headliner don’t live in the real world. They’d be on the blower to Stereophonics before them.

After the slaughtering The National got in that slot I think I'd avoid any band just before  a big headliner, though they did bring it on themselves with 5(?) new songs, I love both bands greatly but that slot is a death sentence for them

Edited January 16, 2019 by OddRon

[jackarmy]

Pretty sure Michael had The Strokes booked to play the Pilton Party in 2001 with a view to headlining the Pyramid in 2002, but they had to cancel, and Coldplay stepped in to "save the day"

Not really sure what this proves though, other than that they were in the running to headline back in the day, and they still headline pretty much every festival they play nowadays.

[ghostdancer1]

43 minutes ago, Superscally said:

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.  

Coachella is the biggest festival on the planet in terms of importance (whatever that means).

Springsteen played Glastonbury because it fitted with his tour (Hyde Park the next night) and there was a business case for it. do you really think it took him/his band/his management/his touring agents until 2009 to "learn of" Glastonbury's importance (again, whatever that means)?

most bands, especially foreign, will fly in that day, get picked up from the airport in people carriers, brought on-site, fuck around for a few hours, play their gig, and leave straight away, to a hotel, or back onto a plane/ferry on their way to the next gig, probably another festival in a field in Europe. the vast majority probably don't give a flying fuck about Glastonbury, or know much about it, apart from being the biggest in the UK (and then wonder why they're not getting paid correspondingly).

 

[Gucci Piggy]

6 minutes ago, GETOFFAMYLAWN said:

You are fake news! I messaged you saying that it was a nice surprise that they played Let Down, didn't comment on the quality of the wider set.

Besides that, I'd never be at Strokes anyway, Radiohead have at least 3 good CDs, Strokes have 0. Radiohead's Leeds set was great, Strokes' was a shitshow.

I remember the Let Down thing but I'm sure you also said it was good. I'd check but it's on my old phone.

[priest17]

11 minutes ago, dentalplan said:

Tame Impala got a tiny crowd last time they played the Pyramid. People mentioning them as a potential headliner don’t live in the real world. They’d be on the blower to Stereophonics before them.

Yeah but only coz Stereophonics are subbing them.