2019 Headliners

[thewayiam]

21 minutes ago, RarerThanDandyB said:

So odd the Strokes odd. I really dont get it. Someone must know something...

They do....betting sites know they've made a shed load from all the payouts for Macca.

[HS94]

39 minutes ago, doogie said:

I'm keeping Springsteen, Billy Joel and Beyoncé as outside contenders

 

Heard on 6music last week that Bruce is taking a break from touring this year. Played an outrageously high (150+ , possibly even 200) number of shows on his broadway residency last year.

[thrillhouse188]

2 minutes ago, RarerThanDandyB said:

Very random bet though... and to be consistently low is weird. Especially for a band that aren’t within there prime. 

The other candidates seem very unlikely. I 100% think they are now. 

When did Grimmy first mention them, maybe people are just betting off the back of that? But it matters not, I agree, think they’ll play

[RarerThanDandyB]

Just now, thrillhouse188 said:

When did Grimmy first mention them, maybe people are just betting off the back of that? But it matters not, I agree, think they’ll play

Like last week. But the odds were low for The Strokes last year...

[dentalplan]

1 minute ago, thrillhouse188 said:

When did Grimmy first mention them, maybe people are just betting off the back of that? But it matters not, I agree, think they’ll play

The Strokes being short odds stretches back a long long way, to before they were even rumoured at all for Glastonbury by anyone.

Edited January 16, 2019 by dentalplan

[parsonjack]

43 minutes ago, doogie said:

I'm keeping Springsteen, Billy Joel and Beyoncé as outside contenders

 

Highly unlikely to be Springsteen....

Check out @springsteen’s Tweet: https://twitter.com/springsteen/status/1070128820622110720?s=09

[The Placid Casual]

4 minutes ago, ourkid1984 said:

Any reason why Led Zeppelin is so short in the betting?

Also I think Guns and Roses would be a good shout. They're are hinting more shows on their website.

 

Someone put a tenner on them and it shifted the odds.

[Hugh Jass]

5 minutes ago, ourkid1984 said:

Any reason why Led Zeppelin is so short in the betting?

Also I think Guns and Roses would be a good shout. They're are hinting more shows on their website.

 

There is no way Glastonbury could afford GnR.

[Gucci Piggy]

 

14 minutes ago, thrillhouse188 said:

Not discounting The Strokes likelihood, I think grimmy saying twice means something, but I’m always skeptical of betting odds, aren’t they basically just priced off of betting volume. So maybe people with insider info are betting on them, or maybe the general public are just taking a punt?

That's the point, isn't it? They've been at weirdly short odds for ages, before they'd even announced their first shows. Suggests there were probably people betting on them since a long time ago, or at least one big bet on them.

[woyski]

22 minutes ago, Superscally said:

They were always going to play, Someday. Is this it? 

Normally I would say I could Take It Or Leave It, even though I listen to them All The Time. It's Hard to Explain, but I absolutely have to see them and that's The Way It Is.

[Gacheezbo]

Just a thought - now would be a better time than ever for Queen + Adam Lambert (if it's ever going to happen), on the Bohemian Rhapsody hype train, have a North American Tour start mid July so not outside the realms of possibility.

I'm sure others and myself have reservations about Queen + Adam Lambert but apparently it's great fun and I can't dispute that.

[Superscally]

11 minutes ago, woyski said:

Normally I would say I could Take It Or Leave It, even though I listen to them All The Time. It's Hard to Explain, but I absolutely have to see them and that's The Way It Is.

Now we're cooking! The Games we play!! 

[Superscally]

4 minutes ago, Gacheezbo said:

Just a thought - now would be a better time than ever for Queen + Adam Lambert (if it's ever going to happen), on the Bohemian Rhapsody hype train, have a North American Tour start mid July so not outside the realms of possibility.

I'm sure others and myself have reservations about Queen + Adam Lambert but apparently it's great fun and I can't dispute that.

 Badgers. 

[Superunknown]

1 hour ago, dentalplan said:

So you like The Strokes and think they have one good album, yet don’t like The Killers and think they have more than one good album?

I can recognise that bands have more critically acclaimed albums despite my preference for one or the other, yes.

[polnico]

This sounds weird, but what about Green Day ? Weren't they supposed to have a Dookie anniversary tour ?

[RarerThanDandyB]

Just now, polnico said:

This sounds weird, but what about Green Day ? Weren't they supposed to have a Dookie anniversary tour ?

Punk ban still in action as far as we know...

[Armourman]

8 minutes ago, Gacheezbo said:

Just a thought - now would be a better time than ever for Queen + Adam Lambert (if it's ever going to happen), on the Bohemian Rhapsody hype train, have a North American Tour start mid July so not outside the realms of possibility.

I'm sure others and myself have reservations about Queen + Adam Lambert but apparently it's great fun and I can't dispute that.

Saw them at TRNSMT last year.  Good fun but bit of a novelty act tbh.  Maybe as sub to Stormzy would be fine....

[GMF]

7 minutes ago, Armourman said:

Saw them at TRNSMT last year.  Good fun but bit of a novelty act tbh.  Maybe as sub to Stormzy would be fine....

That really would be a massive audience changeover, throw in some mud and you would have pandemonium.

[dentalplan]

12 minutes ago, Superunknown said:

I can recognise that bands have more critically acclaimed albums despite my preference for one or the other, yes.

But The Killers don’t have more critical acclaim than The Strokes. That’s why it’s a confusing stance.

[ourkid1984]

33 minutes ago, The Placid Casual said:

Someone put a tenner on them and it shifted the odds.

Yeah but 3rd favourites is ridiculous.

[ourkid1984]

34 minutes ago, Hugh Jass said:

There is no way Glastonbury could afford GnR.

Same has been said for Fleetwood Mac and even the strokes but they're both apparently in the running. I don't think it will happen but stranger headliners have been booked.

[Superscally]

13 minutes ago, Armourman said:

Saw them at TRNSMT last year.  Good fun but bit of a novelty act tbh.  Maybe as sub to Stormzy would be fine....

Subbing Stormzy? Epic trolling, pure lolz, or mental. 

[The Martini Police]

37 minutes ago, Gucci Piggy said:

 

That's the point, isn't it? They've been at weirdly short odds for ages, before they'd even announced their first shows. Suggests there were probably people betting on them since a long time ago, or at least one big bet on them.

You can’t generally put big bets on things that people know the outcome of like this though. Was capped at like a tenner. 

It is interesting they were so short so early but that doesn’t fit in with the Macxit narrative.

[Gucci Piggy]

27 minutes ago, Superscally said:

Now we're cooking! The Games we play!! 

We're on about The Strokes not Pusha T.

[Gucci Piggy]

26 minutes ago, Superunknown said:

I can recognise that bands have more critically acclaimed albums despite my preference for one or the other, yes.

???

If we're going by critical acclaim then:

1. Is This It (Strokes)

2. Room On Fire (Strokes)

3. Hot Fuss (Killers)

4. Angles (Strokes)

Hot Fuss is only 2 points ahead of Angles ffs.