2019 Headliners

[eFestivals]

13 minutes ago, GETOFFAMYLAWN said:

Who's mam on here has heard of The Strokes then?

far fewer than have heard of stormzy, I bet.

[gigpusher]

Won't bother me at all but I was genuinely kind of shocked to hear The Strokes being talked about as a headliner.

I'm a fairly big music listener (albeit slightly above the age bracket of the demographic for The Strokes and just never realised they were that big. I was amazed that they had as many albums as I have now discovered they have. I thought 'Is This It' was it, and until yesterday Last Nite was the only track I would have remembered. I'd have thought Other Stage Headliner or even sub headliner. 

Not that that means anything I don't pretend to know how big most acts that I do like are. It does feel like they would want to announce something bigger than them. 

 

[Hugh Jass]

33 minutes ago, GETOFFAMYLAWN said:

Who's mam on here has heard of The Strokes then?

Mine has, although she did say "They were the ones you listened to loads 20 years ago, right? Haven't heard you talk about them for a while."

[Callum_96]

Both my mum and dad have heard of the strokes and all they listen to is Dolly Parton, Rod Steward and Elton John, my old man went through a period of just randomly signing Last Nite. They have no clue who Stormzy is though...

Edited January 17, 2019 by Callum_96

[SwedgeAntilles]

My mum just asked if that was 'the nice boy who's married to Amanda de Cadenet?' 

[Guest]

Result from the mum test is in "No, but Diane says she does". Get lost, Diane, no one asked you.

[TheNoise]

37 minutes ago, eFestivals said:

far fewer than have heard of stormzy, I bet.

I beg to differ, The Strokes are more 'mams' era than Stormzy.

I used to have the first album and I'm a mam's mam.

[gigpusher]

17 minutes ago, Callum_96 said:

Both my mum and dad have heard of the strokes and all they listen to is Dolly Parton, Rod Steward and Elton John, my old man went through a period of just randomly signing Last Nite. They have no clue who Stormy is though...

Surely everyone knows about her. It's been all over the news about her and Donald Trump

[ConorC]

1 hour ago, dentalplan said:

They were booked because Justin Timberlake sacked it off. And he’s well washed up.

 Yeah that's why I said for Glasto to follow Coachella in giving them the 'bump up'.

The Strokes are a bit of a nonentity in 2019.

Edited January 17, 2019 by ConorC

[Guest]

I still think it will be Liam headlining. 

[Woffy]

Peggy Gallagher has heard of the Strokes but couldn't for the life of her recall who Paul Gallagher was.

[Guest]

Just now, Woffy said:

Peggy Gallagher has heard of the Strokes but couldn't for the life of her recall who Paul Gallagher was.

He's the Stereo Mc's DJ

[Woffy]

1 minute ago, eastynh said:

He's the Stereo Mc's DJ

That's like one tier below being the DJ in TopShop.

[djdavejohnson]

2 minutes ago, eastynh said:

I still think it will be Liam headlining. 

Because Glasto want Oasis but they won't reform, or offered to Liam based on his own credentials? And with Noel playing elsewhere on the line up too?

[dentalplan]

2 minutes ago, ConorC said:

 Yeah that's why I said for Glasto to follow Coachella in giving them the 'bump up'.

The Strokes are a bit of a non-entity in 2019.

They’re a stale booking (although less so on their maiden Glasto visit) but not a non-entity by any stretch. We’re not talking about the Von Bondies headlining.

[Phoenix Girl]

5 minutes ago, ConorC said:

 

The Strokes are a bit of a nonentity in 2019.

But didn’t you read - they’re apparently plotting their “Global Comeback” in 2019.

Tbf, I’m a bit surprised all the grief they’re getting on here. They seem every bit big enough to headline to me. What makes a band/artist big enough anyway? You only need one album and a few mil listeners. 

[lobo]

12 minutes ago, Phoenix Girl said:

But didn’t you read - they’re apparently plotting their “Global Comeback” in 2019.

Tbf, I’m a bit surprised all the grief they’re getting on here. They seem every bit big enough to headline to me. What makes a band/artist big enough anyway? You only need one album and a few mil listeners. 

Yeah im surprised they’re getting such a hard time. Maybe if macca and Gaga has already been announced people would feel different. Stormzy seems to be a weird first announcement. 

Ive definitely read they’re making a big global comeback. Like you said, first time at Glastonbury and hopefully another decent new album and people will warm to the idea.

[Blisterpack]

Could someone just remind me why Fleetwood Mac are ruled out? Other than Emily saying they hadn’t booked them about 3 months ago. 

Edited January 17, 2019 by Blisterpack

[Hugh Jass]

Worth noting that the "global comeback" is currently slated to start in July.

[strummer77]

4 minutes ago, Blisterpack said:

Could someone just remind me why Fleetwood Mac are ruled out? Other than Emily saying they hadn’t booked them about 3 months ago. 

Answered your own question there.

[Guest]

23 minutes ago, Woffy said:

That's like one tier below being the DJ in TopShop.

I bet he's Connected though.

23 minutes ago, djdavejohnson said:

Because Glasto want Oasis but they won't reform, or offered to Liam based on his own credentials? And with Noel playing elsewhere on the line up too?

I just look at what this forum presumes are the most likely candidates at present in Stormzy,  The Cure and The Strokes and I think in a head to head with any of them, Liam would draw a bigger crowd. 

The Noel situation is a strange one. It really does seem mad as hell having both of them on at the same festival. Lets be honest, what ever crowd they draw will predominantly be there for the Oasis tunes. It is difficult to place either of them.

I am not advocating Liam headlining, it is not something I would be interested in seeing myself. Yet it just seems a bit mad talking about the Strokes headlining and not Liam.

[Guest]

Some regular cat off here with 0 history of bullshitting said a while back he knew that Strokes were headlining Latitude. I forgot who it was, but I buy it.

[ConorC]

I may have expressed some negativity towards The Strokes as headliners in the last hour or so but they'd be a miles stronger booking than Oasis karaoke.

[Mr. Snrub]

Is there any actual intel of the strokes headlining or is it just speculation as they’re available?

[Hugh Jass]

1 minute ago, eastynh said:

I bet he's Connected though.

I just look at what this forum presumes are the most likely candidates at present in Stormzy,  The Cure and The Strokes and I think in a head to head with any of them, Liam would draw a bigger crowd. 

I'm not sure he would. There was a huge amount of buzz around his comeback in 2017 but he has been gigging pretty regularly since and I wonder if some of that buzz has worn off. He'd still get decent numbers, but I don't think he'd get massively different to the others if he headlined, sub feels right for him.