2019 Headliners

[westholtschic]

6 hours ago, thewayiam said:

Fair play. I did well too. The fundraising was harder than the run.

Thank you and your not wrong there!

[strummer77]

2 hours ago, Ayrshire Chris said:

It was quite an exodus from KW but I don’t think all that many left Radiohead. I actually joined Radiohead half an hour into their set. If the pyramid has an act like KW or Stormzy then their should be a strong rock act on the other stage and decent alternative styles elsewhere. My mate was so blitzed he went to see status quo acoustic set when Radiohead was on. To this day he claims they were top notch! 

Loads left Radiohead early doors. Daydreaming was hard to hear in places and because the screens weren't on people just got fed up. 

[CaledonianGonzo]

Radiohexit (Music For A Film) was evident up in The Park by the way Wayne Lip and the lads filled up as the night wore on.

[incident]

Just now, CaledonianGonzo said:

Radiohexit (Music For A Film) was evident up in The Park by the way Wayne Lip and the lads filled up as the night wore on.

Yeah, I actually did go to Radiohead, albeit arriving part way through the set.

I should have been tipped off by the never-ending stream of people going past me in the opposite direction.

[Guest]

4 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

Radiohexit (Music For A Film) was evident up in The Park by the way Wayne Lip and the lads filled up as the night wore on.

We came into the Radiohead crowd and there was quite a few there, but by the time we left about 45 mins later the crowd had shrunk dramatically. Past the relay speakers you could've driven a jeep around and avoided what little crowd was left there.

We left and went to Dizzee, I don't know if WH is prone to getting crowds which go so far back that they jam up the track at the back of the field, but that's the situation we found. There was loads at Major Lazer as well when we walked past Other.

[strummer77]

1 hour ago, Wooderson said:

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."

A fair amount did go. People muttering and leaving ruined the first part of their set but as I said earlier I think it was a lot to do with the screens and the fact a lot barely noticed they started. After that initial exodus around song 5/6 though the crowd weren't moving anywhere and after Everything In Their Right Place the crowd was as glued as anything I have ever been at.

[Supernintendo Chalmers]

1 hour ago, Gnomicide said:

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. 

Definitely the barometer to which the popularity of all acts should be measured

[Gucci Piggy]

1 hour ago, Gnomicide said:

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. 

Put one up saying it's The Strokes so we can prove that everyone is happy with the news.

[CaledonianGonzo]

Anyway, now to take a sip of coffee and own the Strokes doubters with a carefully created setlist of songs from Is This It and assorted later songs that sound like Is This It b-sides.

[Wooderson]

39 minutes ago, strummer77 said:

After that initial exodus around song 5/6 though the crowd weren't moving anywhere and after Everything In Their Right Place the crowd was as glued as anything I have ever been at.

I burst out laughing at how perfect the start of that track sounded. Weird involuntary reaction. Had to be there.

[jparx]

There's a mass exodus for most Pyramid headliners, that's the nature of the festival. People go to check out what the big deal is and invariably a chunk of people get bored and move on.

The difference between Kanye and Radiohead is one was a complete let down, and the other played Let Down.

[Gucci Piggy]

Yep, if it was Macca opposite Wu-Tang on the Saturday this year I'd have probably gone to see the start of Macca and left part way through. That doesn't mean it was bad if I left. I bet loads of people planned to see the start of Radiohead then head off, especially to Flaming Lips.

[Gnomicide]

44 minutes ago, Supernintendo Chalmers said:

Definitely the barometer to which the popularity of all acts should be measured

Thingy followers are the zeitgeist. 

[sjseabass]

Went to Thekla last night and Danny Nedelko got a better reception than Reptilia, so I have concluded IDLES should headline above The Strokes.

[Gucci Piggy]

2 minutes ago, theevilfridge said:

Went to Thekla last night and Danny Nedelko got a better reception than Reptilia, so I have concluded IDLES should headline above The Strokes.

Just put the Thekla playlist on instead of booking someone.

[Zacko]

12 minutes ago, theevilfridge said:

Went to Thekla last night and Danny Nedelko got a better reception than Reptilia, so I have concluded IDLES should headline above The Strokes.

Good lord that would be pure fucking class.

[fuzzy_logic]

18 minutes ago, theevilfridge said:

Went to Thekla last night and Danny Nedelko got a better reception than Reptilia, so I have concluded IDLES should headline above The Strokes

Oh yes now you're talking ?

[woyski]

Ah piss, I keep missing so much on this forum. Can I be that dickhead who asks for a brief synposis? Strokes looking more and more likely or nah?

[FuzzyDunlop]

3 hours ago, GETOFFAMYLAWN said:

We came into the Radiohead crowd and there was quite a few there, but by the time we left about 45 mins later the crowd had shrunk dramatically. Past the relay speakers you could've driven a jeep around and avoided what little crowd was left there.

We left and went to Dizzee, I don't know if WH is prone to getting crowds which go so far back that they jam up the track at the back of the field, but that's the situation we found. There was loads at Major Lazer as well when we walked past Other.

10 mins before the Flaming Lips, the crowd was pretty sparse, which filled up quickly. Someone I know vaguely started at Radiohead and went to the Park. He said it was a real wave of people. doing the same.

[Jake9502]

To be fair did Eavis say that 2/3 headliners had not headlined before? Would that fit stormzy/strokes (would prefer strokes as a sub to anyone else tbf) but either way there’s more acts to see than just headliners I suppose, if true. 

[ParkRanger14]

Change of Instagram and FB profile picture of any relevance do we think? Some ransom person commented on the Instagram post that there would be an announcement on Tuesday.

[CJTM]

If The Strokes get announced for APE, can they really go onto headline? or is it firmly one or the other?

They would do well to sell it out at £70(approx), and I can't see the Glastonbury lineup being any later than late March this year, so that affects them being able to shift tix, which APE would not sign up for… surely.

Nick Cave, Catfish, Christine, The National, The XX… all sub-headline level acts for Pyramid really

[gherkin8r]

It's clearly pink Floyd lads

[Hacky]

Not again surely

 

 

[dentalplan]

19 minutes ago, CJTM said:

If The Strokes get announced for APE, can they really go onto headline? or is it firmly one or the other?

They would do well to sell it out at £70(approx), and I can't see the Glastonbury lineup being any later than late March this year, so that affects them being able to shift tix, which APE would not sign up for… surely.

Nick Cave, Catfish, Christine, The National, The XX… all sub-headline level acts for Pyramid really

Which festivals only have headliners that would also headline Glastonbury?