2019 Headliners

[ghostdancer1]

1 minute ago, dentalplan said:

JC + The Voidz came to Europe for one festival last summer, and I’m sure they weren’t being paid as much as The Strokes would be either. 

Loads of major bands just fly in and out, particularly ones - like The Strokes - where they have nothing to promote and no need to try and fill all the gaps with anything they can get. 

well then no reason to discount APE as was being done by some a few pages ago...

[Hugh Jass]

5 minutes ago, ghostdancer1 said:

are there any festivals on the first weekend of July that The Strokes could be announced to headline?

because they're hardly going to haul themselves to Europe to play Glastonbury, then sit around for 2 weeks doing nothing until their Spain gigs (and then France the following weekend)...

Worst comes to it they can probably knock out a few one off gigs.

[dentalplan]

Just now, ghostdancer1 said:

well then no reason to discount APE as was being done by some a few pages ago...

Oh ya I’m not discounting APE either personally, although the lateness of their announcement would be odd. But they could do both if Glasto were hard up for headliners.

[cdm22]

18 minutes ago, Honeybane said:

They are going to clash the strokes and chemical brothers aren't they

I hope not as I don't want to see either 

[zico martin]

11 minutes ago, Hugh Jass said:

Worst comes to it they can probably knock out a few one off gigs.

Nice Oxymoronic behaviour there

[Hugh Jass]

2 minutes ago, zico martin said:

Nice Oxymoronic behaviour there

You know what I meant.

[fatyeti24]

54 minutes ago, yosoyyoberdi said:

LDR was one of the main reasons my gf agreed to go this year. If bad news keep coming I guess we might be returning tickets after all... 

mental

33 minutes ago, Honeybane said:

They are going to clash the strokes and chemical brothers aren't they

liberal use of the word 'clash' there

[Gucci Piggy]

56 minutes ago, Henrik said:

IOW line-up is rubbish. It always is. It's to be expected.

I honestly think this years Glasto headliners are just as bad. Imagine if IOW announced Stormzy, The Cure and The Strokes  for their 2019 headliners lol

It's only cos it's Glastonbury they will get away with it. And that's fair enough. 

I highly doubt that. In fact I'd say it's the opposite.

Lots of people on here wish for The Strokes to come to Europe each year and would probably go to APE or BST or whatever to catch them but there are a lot of people in here who see them as not big/relevant enough to headline Glastonbury. I'm sure they'd be viewed as a decent get by IOW.

The Cure are similar, loved by lots of people on here but also seen by lots as not big/relevant enough to headline Glasto, but still a good headliner for most festivals, especially IOW who seemingly have an older clientele.

Stormzy; well he's probably no bigger than those IOW headliners but he's a fresh booking being given a chance to headline his first major festival and it's an exciting event, even to some who aren't into his music. George Ezra is also headlining his first major festival there, sure, but I doubt many people are excited to see what he pulls out of the bag. Stormzy being announced caused loads of talking points amongst everyone I know going to Glasto and even people I know who aren't going have spoken to me about it several times. If George Ezra had been announced to headline I doubt there'd have been anything other than laughter and bemusement about it.

The worst thing about those IOW headliners is that they're everywhere all the time. I could have probably seen each one of them like 20 times over the last few years if I wanted to. I wouldn't have been able to see The Strokes or The Cure even once over the last few years if I'd tried.

[mufcok]

Stormzy, The Strokes and The Cure is stronger than NGHFB, George Ezra and Biffy Clyro, without question.

[fatyeti24]

10 minutes ago, mufcok said:

Stormzy, The Strokes and The Cure is stronger than NGHFB, George Ezra and Biffy Clyro, without question.

In the kingdom of the blind..

[Henrik]

9 minutes ago, Gucci Piggy said:

I highly doubt that. In fact I'd say it's the opposite.

Lots of people on here wish for The Strokes to come to Europe each year and would probably go to APE or BST or whatever to catch them but there are a lot of people in here who see them as not big/relevant enough to headline Glastonbury. I'm sure they'd be viewed as a decent get by IOW.

The Cure are similar, loved by lots of people on here but also seen by lots as not big/relevant enough to headline Glasto, but still a good headliner for most festivals, especially IOW who seemingly have an older clientele.

Stormzy; well he's probably no bigger than those IOW headliners but he's a fresh booking being given a chance to headline his first major festival and it's an exciting event, even to some who aren't into his music. George Ezra is also headlining his first major festival there, sure, but I doubt many people are excited to see what he pulls out of the bag. Stormzy being announced caused loads of talking points amongst everyone I know going to Glasto and even people I know who aren't going have spoken to me about it several times. If George Ezra had been announced to headline I doubt there'd have been anything other than laughter and bemusement about it.

The worst thing about those IOW headliners is that they're everywhere all the time. I could have probably seen each one of them like 20 times over the last few years if I wanted to. I wouldn't have been able to see The Strokes or The Cure even once over the last few years if I'd tried.

Fair play. Some good points. 

6 minutes ago, mufcok said:

Stormzy, The Strokes and The Cure is stronger than NGHFB, George Ezra and Biffy Clyro, without question.

Yeah, honestly, I'm not in any way suggesting those IOW headliners are good. It's middle of the road at best. It's what we expect. My point was the Glastonbury headliners, for me, don't look much better. They wouldn't look out of place at the top of the IOW line-up.

[thisisthesam]

Saved the big guns for 2020.

[dentalplan]

1 minute ago, thisisthesam said:

Saved the big guns for 2020.

Noel Gallagher headlining

[fatyeti24]

1 minute ago, dentalplan said:

Noel Gallagher headlining

Well he is a massive weapon.

[dentalplan]

1 minute ago, fatyeti24 said:

Well he is a massive weapon.

(no offence)

[kalifire]

4 minutes ago, thisisthesam said:

Saved the big guns for 2020.

I’d say:

Friday: The 1975 

Saturday: The Carters

Sunday: Macca

Source: my arse

[mcshed]

2 minutes ago, kalifire said:

I’d say:

Friday: The 1975 

Saturday: The Carters

Sunday: Macca

Source: my arse

Your arse forgot about Chris Martin.

[Woffy]

2 minutes ago, dentalplan said:

(no offence)

Excellent work.

The original reference point for that has easily been my favourite efests non-music related high point so far in this current Glastonbury run-up.

We haven't had BRITS night yet, mind.

[Phoenix Girl]

4 minutes ago, dentalplan said:

(no offence)

Not an offensive term under any circumstances 

[Gucci Piggy]

For 2020 I'd currently say Macca, Elton, Arctic Monkeys, The 1975, Kendrick and Ariana Grande all seem like they could be in with a shout at the moment. Obviously will depend on tours and albums, etc. but it feels like the opposite of 2019 where there never seemed to be many likely looking acts.

[Bisque]

1 minute ago, Gucci Piggy said:

Ariana Grande

Forgot about her.

[kalifire]

3 minutes ago, mcshed said:

Your arse forgot about Chris Martin.

He’s indirectly mentioned, but not as a headliner.

[kalifire]

7 minutes ago, Gucci Piggy said:

For 2020 I'd currently say Macca, Elton, Arctic Monkeys, The 1975, Kendrick and Ariana Grande all seem like they could be in with a shout at the moment.

With you on Grande, but isn’t there a reason Elton is out of the running? I can’t recall why. I seem to have something in the back of my mind about it.

Kendrick wont be playing without a new album, which is probable by that point. Booking him earlier in the album release cycle would be a power move. Much better than “check this guy out, he did DAMN a few years back. No? Ok also that one with “drink” in it over and over again.”

Edited January 24, 2019 by kalifire

[Gucci Piggy]

2 minutes ago, kalifire said:

With you on Grande, but isn’t there a reason Elton is out of the running? I can’t recall why. I seem to have something in the back of my mind about it.

Kendrick wont be playing without a new album, which is probable by that point. Booking him earlier in the album release cycle would be a power move. Much better than “check this guy out, he did DAMN a few years back. No? Ok also that one with “drink” in it over and over again.”

Nah Elton was ruled out of 2019 but not 2020 I'm pretty sure. And yeah Kendrick is supposed to be releasing this year. Think his record label leaked a list of their artists releasing this year or something along those lines?

[Hugh Jass]

For 2020:

The 1975 - Arctic Monkeys - Macca

Legend: Elton