2019 Headliners

[lobo]

25 minutes ago, Hugh Jass said:

AKA the one from the Thomas Cook advert...

Haha. My mistake. Well spotted 

[Zoo Music Girl]

Christ that Juicebox song is annoying.

[Havors]

7 minutes ago, Honeybane said:

the strokes with foals subbing

It would be more likely to be Foals with Strokes subbing.... 

[FuzzyDunlop]

I loved is this it, Room on Fire was ok & I stopped bothering after that - so much so that I don't think I've heard Juicebox til it was posted on here.

Im shocked they are even under consideration as Pyramid headliners tbh. Other stage, yes... but Pyramid? 

[dentalplan]

8 minutes ago, Hugh Jass said:

I have long maintained on these pages that Juicebox is an absolute banger and their best effort by a mile. I like The Strokes, always have done, I just don't think they should be headlining Glastonbury in 2019.

Really I don’t think bands that peaked so long ago should be headlining Glastonbury either. Its forte used to be holding up a mirror to what’s current... but it isn’t anymore and the alternative is the fucking Red Hot Chili Peppers so getting The Strokes is a good result in my book.

Even Lady Gaga was yesterday’s news a few months ago. Now we’re looking for her to come over during her Vegas residency (think about that; a Vegas residency...) to play.

[Homer]

6 minutes ago, dentalplan said:

Really I don’t think bands that peaked so long ago should be headlining Glastonbury either. Its forte used to be holding up a mirror to what’s current... but it isn’t anymore and the alternative is the fucking Red Hot Chili Peppers so getting The Strokes is a good result in my book.

Even Lady Gaga was yesterday’s news a few months ago. Now we’re looking for her to come over during her Vegas residency (think about that; a Vegas residency...) to play.

Not sure current bands have really headlined the Pyramid that often - it's not really what it's for. Coldplay and Momford and Sons maybe? In that they did it after v few albums. Hardly the cutting edge though. Oasis the first time too.

Even when I started in the mid-90s it was stuff like Peter Gabriel.

[Homer]

9 minutes ago, FuzzyDunlop said:

Im shocked they are even under consideration as Pyramid headliners tbh. 

 

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[FuzzyDunlop]

12 minutes ago, dentalplan said:

Really I don’t think bands that peaked so long ago should be headlining Glastonbury either. Its forte used to be holding up a mirror to what’s current... but it isn’t anymore and the alternative is the fucking Red Hot Chili Peppers so getting The Strokes is a good result in my book.

Even Lady Gaga was yesterday’s news a few months ago. Now we’re looking for her to come over during her Vegas residency (think about that; a Vegas residency...) to play.

Whilst I'm not comparing the Stokes to the Stones, did you feel that way in 2013? Or is it just that this years are not that good?

 

[Homer]

2 minutes ago, FuzzyDunlop said:

Whilst I'm not comparing the Stokes to the Stones, did you feel that way in 2013? Or is it just that this years are not that good?

 

The stupid thing is that I actually like The Strokes and The Cure - and I haven't got a f@cking ticket!!!

[GMF]

There is only one way to solve The Strokes debate, is to have a second referendum, now everyone just needs to phone their mum and ask “do you know who The Strokes are”

[Mash011]

liam gallagher bump up

also i just came here to post that but i also had a scroll through and saw neil posting some dumb ass take about owen jones. im logging off again bye.

[fatyeti24]

39 minutes ago, Homer said:

If people want to wilfully ignore this kind of stuff then it's their loss I guess!
 

 

 

37 minutes ago, Hugh Jass said:

I have long maintained on these pages that Juicebox is an absolute banger and their best effort by a mile. I like The Strokes, always have done, I just don't think they should be headlining Glastonbury in 2019.

 

28 minutes ago, Zoo Music Girl said:

Christ that Juicebox song is annoying.

I prefer the original

 

[RarerThanDandyB]

1 minute ago, Mash011 said:

liam gallagher bump up

also i just came here to post that but i also had a scroll through and saw neil posting some dumb ass take about owen jones. im logging off again bye.

Liam will not be bumped up. That would be awful.

[Gnomicide]

55 minutes ago, Sasperella said:

For reasons that I now can't quite remember (although, I suspect it's because at the time I was an obnoxious 16/17 year old metaller), I have it in my head that I hate The Strokes. I know the name of the album and that stupid/iconic album cover which was literally everywhere for years, obviously, but couldn't name any of their tunes....

Mentioned this to my Glastonbury chum the other day, who said "what, not even "Last Night"?". 

"Oh yeh, I really like that song!" Probably always did on the sly as well tbh...

Big up to the teenage metalheads pretending to hate everything else.

Happy days.

 

[mufcok]

If The Strokes could be booked for the headliner budget, or less, I think they'd opt for that over bumping Liam up.

Did we not have info that Liam is on before Stormzy (I know that could have changed since). Also, if Noel is playing this year there's no way one is headlining with the other further down.

[dentalplan]

2 minutes ago, FuzzyDunlop said:

Whilst I'm not comparing the Stokes to the Stones, did you feel that way in 2013? Or is it just that this years are not that good?

 

I would have done, yeah.

Some people really like the idea of Glastonbury being able to fill in their ‘bucket list’ of artists but I really like the idea of the early 00’s and the 90’s where who was playing was a reflection of the culture at the time - though as Homer says that’s not necessarily a correct take on that era. But yeah even if it meant The 1975, Post Malone and a YouTuber dabbing and flossing for three hours.

[fatyeti24]

The only bump Liam Gallagher is having is one up each nostril before he steps out onto the early evening stage. 

[SwedgeAntilles]

I feel like two points are being conflated here;

1. In 2019 The Strokes would be a weird and weak headliner for Glastonbury.

2. The Strokes in their pomp were fucking excellent and Is This It remains one of the best, if not *the* best record of the 00s.

These points are not mutually exclusive and are, actually, both correct. 

[Hugh Jass]

6 minutes ago, SwedgeAntilles said:

I feel like two points are being conflated here;

1. In 2019 The Strokes would be a weird and weak headliner for Glastonbury.

2. The Strokes in their pomp were fucking excellent and Is This It remains one of the best, if not *the* best record of the 00s.

These points are not mutually exclusive and are, actually, both correct. 

I'd agree with both points, dunno if I'd call Is This It THE best record of the 00's (Funeral, in case you were wondering) but it's darn good.

[giantkatestacks]

Can I just scroll back a few posts and take issue with the fact that Gaga couldn't headline because she is doing a Vegas residency - what like Prince or Elvis or some such? 

[thrillhouse188]

1 minute ago, Hugh Jass said:

I'd agree with both points, dunno if I'd call Is This It THE best record of the 00's (Funeral, in case you were wondering) but it's darn good.

Madvillainy* 

[Brave Sir Robin]

I've seen a Sheffield chap say, on an unrelated private forum, that he has a "good" source that it's Arctics. No idea how much weight to place on it, and I know the "iconic June festival" was said not to be G, but since then we've had Neil hearing they've been approached, and this: 

Would be 5 years since they last headlined. 

[dentalplan]

12 minutes ago, mufcok said:

Did we not have info that Liam is on before Stormzy (I know that could have changed since). Also, if Noel is playing this year there's no way one is headlining with the other further down.

Yeah and that info came with news  of Paul McCartney headlining. If he’s headlining its since that fell thru.

[jparx]

3 minutes ago, dentalplan said:

I would have done, yeah.

Some people really like the idea of Glastonbury being able to fill in their ‘bucket list’ of artists but I really like the idea of the early 00’s and the 90’s where who was playing was a reflection of the culture at the time - though as Homer says that’s not necessarily a correct take on that era. But yeah even if it meant The 1975, Post Malone and a YouTuber dabbing and flossing for three hours.

But in the early 00s and 90s they didn't book the equivalent of what you're talking about there. If Glastonbury reflected the culture of the time, surely in, say, 2000, they would would have booked Spice Girls, Eminem and Linkin Park, not The Chems, Travis and David Bowie?

Glastonbury has always reflected a certain culture of the times, but that's usually alternative/counter culture. The lineups from the 90s/early 00s did not pander to the masses in the same way booking a YouTuber to floss would. 

Doesn't change the fact The Strokes aren't headlining though.

[RarerThanDandyB]

With the news we have, who do you think the final headliner would be @eFestivals?