2019 Headliners

[Hawros]

1 hour ago, thewayiam said:

If they are headlining APE, that's accepting their status here isn't strictly headlining major UK Festivals anymore.

Completely premature - this is APE's second year, and the headliners last year could headline the majority of UK zests (Bjork, Nick Cave, National, LCD), which was said for last year was roughly the equivalent of Other head / Pyramid Sub.

Admittedly, the lineup this year might be said to be a little softer, with 2 to still announce, but we'll see how it matures over the next few editions.

[SwedgeAntilles]

Tbf someone posted prior to Maccs's Las Vegas date being announced that they'd heard the 3 headliners were Stormzy, The Cure and The Strokes. It's was dismissed back then cause Macca was seemingly nailed on but now with him being out of the picture, plus The Strokes activity in Europe, make them the most likely option at the moment. 

Edit: this was meant to be a reply to @Little Andy

Edited January 25, 2019 by SwedgeAntilles

[lobo]

18 minutes ago, thrillhouse188 said:

This annoys me so much, why waste energy doing that, you aren't getting any enjoyment AND you're ruining it for others

Totally. Makes zero sense to stay and suffer when you could find something else to do or go grab a delicious pint in one of the many bars and have a good bitching session there. People are weird.

[Padjeq]

3 minutes ago, Gnomicide said:

I find it very weird that anyone would go and watch a set at Glastonbury (or any festival for that matter) that they know they're not going to enjoy. Unfathomable behavior.  

2 people in Panic at the Disco shirts stood arms folded, grimacing through a Front Bottoms set at Reading last year, only to turn and hit me with a look that could and probably was designed to stop a heart, because I was singing along. The hate watch is a real thing, definitely at festivals where sad sacks who came for a couple of bands are left with hours of time and nothing to do.

Funny thing is they're nowhere near as bad as the gig talkers.

1 hour ago, StevieGed said:

Caught the 1975 in Manchester last night and I thought they were great again. Stage set up and visuals were one of the best I’ve seen, and they threw a good party.

Going to see how they go down at Leeds in the summer headlining but I think they’d do a pretty good job topping the pyramid one night in the years to come. 

Love it if we made it is a tune.

Saw them in brum wednesday and they were excellent. Performance, songs, stage, crowd - everything was great. Just crying out for a Pyramid headline slot.

[Little Andy]

14 minutes ago, mufcok said:

Pretty much, The Strokes are on the rumour page.

Whoops, I'm clearly blind.

[Wooderson]

44 minutes ago, The Nal said:

Gorillaz exodus was dangerous. Everyone seemed to leave at the same time. 4 or 5 songs in. 

We left Oasis in 04 after Stop Crying Your Heart Out followed by Little by Little. Was quite a caravan of people making their round to the Chemical Brothers. 

Depends where you're stood I suppose!

They're the only 4 I can think of where a lot of people left. Any others?

Im sure people have left most shows. Where its less than utterly jammed round the periphery (Kanye) even moreso.

I think the Guardian article is the only place i recall seing ref to the Radiohead show "thinning out". It was one of the most miraculous shows ive ever seen and I was rooted to the spot. This sense of occasion was shared with everyone round me before and to this day. If peeps left it, as Jerry Garcia would say "Bummerrrrr."

I reckon a fucktonne of people get fed up and fark off whenever it sheds it down with rain come to think of it.

[nikkic]

35 minutes ago, lobo said:

For Kanye I was left of the stage back at the second speaker. I was surrounded by mainly groups on a witch hunt. Horrible crowd just waiting for him to fail and chatting the entire way through. Despite enjoying Kanyes setlist the crowd killed it for me.

Pretty much where I was stood as well. Echo your thoughts, I was having a great time but the crowd around us wanted him to fall flat. 

Tried to move but ended up leaving after 40 mins because the vibe was so shit. 

[Little Andy]

For some reason, Radiohead's headline spot is the one that has lived with me the most since I started going to Glastonbury in 2014. Was so good, and if anything I've been listening to Radiohead and Thom Yorke more than ever since.

Edit : For the record, Kanye was easily the most dull headliner I saw.

Edited January 25, 2019 by Little Andy

[Chef]

Am I the only person that thinks The 1975 are toss?

[jparx]

I've seen Kanye at his own show and it was infinitely better than his Pyramid set. Been a big fan of his music for over a decade and went to the Pyramid that night incredibly excited to see him nail it, knowing how good he was the first time I saw him. So many people left that I could do that old school PE move where you spin around with your arms at full length to check you've got enough space. I was devastated. I was completely expecting him to put on one of the greatest Glastonbury shows ever.

I wasn't even stood that far back (just behind the second barrier) and there was a real buzz of excitement before the show, so it's not like the part of the crowd I was in wanted him to fail. They wanted a good show and they didn't get it.

Gave up on it after an hour and caught the end of PSB in the Glade, which was stunning.

[Hawros]

1 minute ago, Chef said:

Am I the only person that thinks The 1975 are toss?

No

[Gnomicide]

16 minutes ago, Chef said:

Am I the only person that thinks The 1975 are toss?

I put on The Thingy Twitter that they were now ruled out, about 20 responses from people very happy at that news, about 2 who were disappointed. 

Edited January 25, 2019 by Gnomicide

[SwedgeAntilles]

8 minutes ago, Chef said:

Am I the only person that thinks The 1975 are toss?

Absolutely not. 

[jparx]

8 minutes ago, Chef said:

Am I the only person that thinks The 1975 are toss?

I don't know if I'd call them toss. I'm certainly not the target audience for their music. I'll probably watch them at Mad Cool and I'm interested to see what their deal is live. 

[deadpheasant]

10 minutes ago, Chef said:

Am I the only person that thinks The 1975 are toss?

What gave you that impression? They're very much disliked by a large share of users on here.

[thewayiam]

39 minutes ago, Hawros said:

Completely premature - this is APE's second year, and the headliners last year could headline the majority of UK zests (Bjork, Nick Cave, National, LCD), which was said for last year was roughly the equivalent of Other head / Pyramid Sub.

Admittedly, the lineup this year might be said to be a little softer, with 2 to still announce, but we'll see how it matures over the next few editions.

You have contradicted yourself, none of Bjork, Nick Cave, The National or LCD would headline a major UK Festival, sub 2nd stage headliners yes.

[Gucci Piggy]

Kanye was sick. I was behind the barrier but everyone near me was loving it.

Watched some of it back again not long ago and it didn't look as good as I remembered but on the night I had an amazing time. Glasto 2015 easily the best 5 days of my life still.

[didinowanttohearthat]

5 minutes ago, thewayiam said:

You have contradicted yourself, none of Bjork, Nick Cave, The National or LCD would headline a major UK Festival, sub 2nd stage headliners yes.

Completely depends on how people define 'major'.

[Bisque]

7 minutes ago, thewayiam said:

You have contradicted yourself, none of Bjork, Nick Cave, The National or LCD would headline a major UK Festival, sub 2nd stage headliners yes.

Bjork did Bestival when it was 65k odd. Tiny by Glasto standards mind.

[thrillhouse188]

11 minutes ago, thewayiam said:

You have contradicted yourself, none of Bjork, Nick Cave, The National or LCD would headline a major UK Festival, sub 2nd stage headliners yes.

Was LCD headlining the Other a one off then cause of the return? Assumed they'd be there or there about if (or hopefully when) they played again in future

[discgoesmic]

27 minutes ago, jparx said:

I've seen Kanye at his own show and it was infinitely better than his Pyramid set. Been a big fan of his music for over a decade and went to the Pyramid that night incredibly excited to see him nail it, knowing how good he was the first time I saw him. So many people left that I could do that old school PE move where you spin around with your arms at full length to check you've got enough space. I was devastated. I was completely expecting him to put on one of the greatest Glastonbury shows ever.

I wasn't even stood that far back (just behind the second barrier) and there was a real buzz of excitement before the show, so it's not like the part of the crowd I was in wanted him to fail. They wanted a good show and they didn't get it.

Gave up on it after an hour and caught the end of PSB in the Glade, which was stunning.

Totally agree with this. I’ve seen him on his Glow in the Dark tour and Watch The Throne. GITD was one of the best live gigs I’ve ever attended.

The issue with the Glasto set was it was a hardcore fan set. If you appreciate Justin Vernon and Mike Dean it was fantastic, but most attendees have probably never heard of them (or certainly Mike Dean).

He could’ve won the crowd through bringing on GOOD Music guests like Pusha T or Kid Cudi, but it was a self indulgent, clunky set. I thought the extended version of Lost in the World was amazing but many had left by that point.

Judging by his album sales, critical reviews and Grammys, he deserved that slot - it just wasn’t commercial or slick enough.

[thewayiam]

1 minute ago, Bisque said:

Bjork did Bestival when it was 65k odd. Tiny by Glasto standards mind.

The year Bjork did it, it was 50k. It did not increase capacity until 2013 and let's be clear that although Bestival did reach 'major festival' capacities, there a couple at best that would be booked to headline a major UK Festival. Long story short...it's a pretty bad example.

[thewayiam]

4 minutes ago, thrillhouse188 said:

Was LCD headlining the Other a one off then cause of the return? Assumed they'd be there or there about if (or hopefully when) they played again in future

It's not the main stage is it?, take The Chemical Brothers for eg..the only festival that would book them to top their main stage that is considered a major UK Fest Creamfields.

[Hawros]

40 minutes ago, jparx said:

I don't know if I'd call them toss. I'm certainly not the target audience for their music. I'll probably watch them at Mad Cool and I'm interested to see what their deal is live. 

Probably the perfect place to see them as a neutral, I'd suggest. With the non-competing 2 main stages, and the staging there.

[dentalplan]

38 minutes ago, thewayiam said:

You have contradicted yourself, none of Bjork, Nick Cave, The National or LCD would headline a major UK Festival