2019 Headliners

[Havors]

10 minutes ago, Gucci Piggy said:

Well with the quote about 2 or 3 acts who've have played before, it's something he always says and I think I remember that it wasn't even specifically about headliners, just the bigger acts on the lineup, in which case you've already got Kylie, and he could even have potentially been including subs or whatever in that.

And on the "couple of blokes" thing it definitely sounded to me like she was saying all the headliners were male, otherwise it doesn't really make any sense to specify the male acts. So I think the remaining headliners will both be males.

That would would imply 3 solo male headliners? I cant see that personally. I'm taking it as 2 blokes being Stormzy + another solo bloke... they a band or group or female for 3rd act.

[mufcok]

The Michael quote can't be true, assuming The Cure are nailed on. Could apply to the third headliner potentially (The Strokes?..) but not the other 2. Also IF Macca was on the cards for third slot, that quote couldn't be any further from the truth.

I don't think the blokes thing can be taken literally as 3 solo performers, she probably just meant it's a male trio; be that a combination of bands or bands & a solo act

[dentalplan]

10 minutes ago, eFestivals said:

ignore that, its likely to be rubbish. Michael makes stuff up when it's a quote like that.

Is Michael involved at all with that stuff still? Seems more about the logistics nowadays.

I recall reading that Nick does a lot of the heavy lifting as far as booking acts and pulling in major headliners, but people only beg Emily or ‘The Eavii’ (hate that term) to book their faves.

[Gucci Piggy]

3 minutes ago, Havors said:

That would would imply 3 solo male headliners? I cant see that personally. I'm taking it as 2 blokes being Stormzy + another solo bloke... they a band or group or female for 3rd act.

Maybe, I just thought she means they've just got blokes as headliners.

Like, if it was Stormzy/Macca/The Cure, that's 7 blokes (I know it can't be Macca now but ignore that).

If it's Stormzy/The Strokes/The Cure, that's 11 blokes.

Same thing tbh.

Obviously the word "couple" isn't entirely accurate if this is what she means, but it's what I took it as.

 

Like, if she meant 2 solo males and the third headliner was a male band it'd be a weird way to say it.

"We've got a couple of blokes headlining."

"Oh, who's the third headliner then? A female?"

"No, just some more blokes."

[Gucci Piggy]

Just now, dentalplan said:

Is Michael involved at all with that stuff still? Seems more about the logistics nowadays.

I recall reading that Nick does a lot of the heavy lifting as far as booking acts and pulling in major headliners, but people only beg Emily or ‘The Eavii’ (hate that term) to book their faves.

*Makes mental note to use the term 'The Eavii' more often*

[strummer77]

57 minutes ago, Hugh Jass said:

I could easily be way off, but I do think it's strange they're seemingly going back to ground so soon after releasing the album.

It's basically a year isn't it of fairly constant touring? It's probably not a lot less than their previous efforts.

Didn't they also do a string of Sheffield homecoming gigs in Autumn? Wouldn't necessarily return on the same album after that

Edited January 23, 2019 by strummer77

[Havors]

Just now, Gucci Piggy said:

 

Like, if she meant 2 solo males and the third headliner was a male band it'd be a weird way to say it.

"We've got a couple of blokes headlining."

"Oh, who's the third headliner then? A female?"

"No, just some more blokes."

Well a group/band would not be another bloke  You could change the "just some more blokes" in your sentence to "a band" and it make more sense. I think "couple" was the operative word. 

I personally think she had/has Macca lined up but it may have now fell through. 

[RarerThanDandyB]

3 minutes ago, Gucci Piggy said:

Maybe, I just thought she means they've just got blokes as headliners.

Like, if it was Stormzy/Macca/The Cure, that's 7 blokes (I know it can't be Macca now but ignore that).

If it's Stormzy/The Strokes/The Cure, that's 11 blokes.

Same thing tbh.

Obviously the word "couple" isn't entirely accurate if this is what she means, but it's what I took it as.

 

Like, if she meant 2 solo males and the third headliner was a male band it'd be a weird way to say it.

"We've got a couple of blokes headlining."

"Oh, who's the third headliner then? A female?"

"No, just some more blokes."

Do you think she means bands are included then?

[Guest]

"We've got a couple of blokes" makes it sound like they've asked on facebook if anybody knows somebody in the local area who can do headlining, are cheap and won't take the mickey, then somebody's put her in touch with their brother and his apprentice Joe. Steve and Joe, rocking up in the white van at half 8, job done by 10, good couple of blokes.

[eFestivals]

7 minutes ago, dentalplan said:

Is Michael involved at all with that stuff still? Seems more about the logistics nowadays.

I recall reading that Nick does a lot of the heavy lifting as far as booking acts and pulling in major headliners, but people only beg Emily or ‘The Eavii’ (hate that term) to book their faves.

I'm not sure how involved he is, but I think he's very likely to know who they're going for &/or have booked as headliners. 

Edited January 23, 2019 by eFestivals

[strummer77]

I think we're maybe all falling into the trap of listening to the Eavis clan too much.

They often say things that turn out to be false either because circumstances change or because it was always bollocks (in Michael's case). Michael has said specific things personally to me and people I know which have turned out to be completely wrong.

[RarerThanDandyB]

Was this prior or post Stormzy announcement.

[Havors]

Just now, RarerThanDandyB said:

Was this prior or post Stormzy announcement.

Yes I believe it was. dont quote me though ha 

Edited January 23, 2019 by Havors

[eFestivals]

Just now, strummer77 said:

I think we're maybe all falling into the trap of listening to the Eavis clan too much.

They often say things that turn out to be false either because circumstances change or because it was always bollocks (in Michael's case). Michael has said specific things personally to me and people I know which have turned out to be completely wrong.

I'm pretty damned sure that Emily plays it straight.

I'm only aware of one occasion something she's said was different to what happened (she she ruled out Stevie Wonder then he headlined that year), and she assured me he wasn't in the frame at the time she said that.

[RarerThanDandyB]

Just now, Havors said:

Yes I believe it was. 

Prior or post?

[Havors]

1 minute ago, RarerThanDandyB said:

Prior or post?

Sorry prior. 10th Nov and Stormzy announced 15th i think? 

[strummer77]

Just now, eFestivals said:

I'm pretty damned sure that Emily plays it straight.

I'm only aware of one occasion something she's said was different to what happened (she she ruled out Stevie Wonder then he headlined that year), and she assured me he wasn't in the frame at the time she said that.

Oh I agree generally - that's actually what I was thinking about when I mentioned circumstances changing. But with Macca aren't we assuming that could have happened again?

[sisco]

Emily said the other day on her Lauren laverne interview that we’re lucky to have the bands we have playing.  Could be a general comment about the whole lineup but could be about the other headliners.  

[The Other Steve]

2 minutes ago, eFestivals said:

(she she ruled out Stevie Wonder then he headlined that year)

So it could be Fleetwood Mac then ??

[eFestivals]

1 minute ago, sisco said:

Emily said the other day on her Lauren laverne interview that we’re lucky to have the bands we have playing.  Could be a general comment about the whole lineup but could be about the other headliners.  

that sounded to me like a "lower your expectations" comment, because it was said alongside some stuff about how they can't/don't pay full-whack.

[RarerThanDandyB]

1 minute ago, eFestivals said:

that sounded to me like a "lower your expectations" comment, because it was said alongside some stuff about how they can't/don't pay full-whack.

That sounds like Stormzy, Cure and Strokes to a tee

[eFestivals]

2 minutes ago, strummer77 said:

Oh I agree generally - that's actually what I was thinking about when I mentioned circumstances changing. But with Macca aren't we assuming that could have happened again?

If Macca was in the frame, then yep, things have changed. If Macca was never in the frame then who knows?

My take is that the Macca info i had was right at the time, but I'm well aware it could have been wildly wrong.

[incident]

10 minutes ago, dentalplan said:

Is Michael involved at all with that stuff still? Seems more about the logistics nowadays.

I recall reading that Nick does a lot of the heavy lifting as far as booking acts and pulling in major headliners, but people only beg Emily or ‘The Eavii’ (hate that term) to book their faves.

I think that's right that in terms of the 3 main organisers, Nick is the most involved in the booking side - as far as I'm aware it's still Martin Elbourne who's primarily responsible for most of what happens on the biggest stages and probably would be the best person to ask (if he was actually listening that is).

Neither Martin or Nick have anywhere near the public profile of Emily (or Michael) so they don't get name-checked that often.

[Gucci Piggy]

7 minutes ago, RarerThanDandyB said:

Was this prior or post Stormzy announcement.

Prior. It was the same time as when she basically confirmed Stormzy by saying they've got a UK solo artist at the top of his game (or something along those lines) headlining the Friday.

[eFestivals]

Just now, incident said:

as far as I'm aware it's still Martin Elbourne who's primarily responsible for most of what happens on the biggest stages

last time I asked Martin - was probably about two years ago (tho might have been longer) - he said he was mostly involved with booking the JP stage.