2019 Headliners

[fatyeti24]

8 minutes ago, briddj said:

People are going to lose their shit when it's CATB.

Which will be much more fun than actually watching them.

[Abbathehorse]

So, I must admit I have struggled to regularly keep up with 700+ pages of posts on this subject, but just to check I am right, we are now pretty clear that the headliners are:

1. Stormzy
2. Any 2 of: The Cure, Paul McCartney, Fleetwood Mac, Stevie Wonder, Madonna, Foals, Janet Jackson, the Strokes, Lady Gaga, the Killers, Arctic Monkeys, the Spice Girls, Mumford & Sons, Kings of Leon, Bon Jovi, the 1975, Daft Punk, Drake, Oasis, the Who, the Sugababes, Abba, Oxide & Neutrino, the Macc Lads, Howard off the Halifax commercials, Orville & Cuddles, Fur-Q, Rolf Harris, Peppa Pig, Robert Mugabe, that woman that put a cat in a wheelie bin that time, or Coldplay.

Getting excited now!

[mufcok]

Madonna back out to 5/1 on skybet, they don't have a clue.

Think they need an announcement more than we do ?

[Superunknown]

1 minute ago, Abbathehorse said:

So, I must admit I have struggled to regularly keep up with 700+ pages of posts on this subject, but just to check I am right, we are now pretty clear that the headliners are:

1. Stormzy
2. Any 2 of: The Cure, Paul McCartney, Fleetwood Mac, Stevie Wonder, Madonna, Foals, Janet Jackson, the Strokes, Lady Gaga, the Killers, Arctic Monkeys, the Spice Girls, Mumford & Sons, Kings of Leon, Bon Jovi, the 1975, Daft Punk, Drake, Oasis, the Who, the Sugababes, Abba, Oxide & Neutrino, the Macc Lads, Howard off the Halifax commercials, Orville & Cuddles, Fur-Q, Rolf Harris, Peppa Pig, Robert Mugabe, that woman that put a cat in a wheelie bin that time, or Coldplay.

Getting excited now!

Well it's definitely not gonna be McCartney as he's in the US and it definitely is gonna be The Cure and The Strokes.

[eFestivals]

26 minutes ago, Abbathehorse said:

So, I must admit I have struggled to regularly keep up with 700+ pages of posts on this subject, but just to check I am right, we are now pretty clear that the headliners are:

1. Stormzy
2. Any 2 of: The Cure, Paul McCartney, Fleetwood Mac, Stevie Wonder, Madonna, Foals, Janet Jackson, the Strokes, Lady Gaga, the Killers, Arctic Monkeys, the Spice Girls, Mumford & Sons, Kings of Leon, Bon Jovi, the 1975, Daft Punk, Drake, Oasis, the Who, the Sugababes, Abba, Oxide & Neutrino, the Macc Lads, Howard off the Halifax commercials, Orville & Cuddles, Fur-Q, Rolf Harris, Peppa Pig, Robert Mugabe, that woman that put a cat in a wheelie bin that time, or Coldplay.

Getting excited now!

I think Rolf still has a booking elsewhere doesn't he?

Other than that, all good.  

[The-Heartbreak-Kid]

23 hours ago, Kinkyinuit said:

I heard he was booked but then pulled out because of the reception that Jay-Z got when he was booked OR it had gotten out that he was playing before it was official so didn't want to do it.  Either way, it was a great loss.

 

As for The Rolling Stones, I don't know why other than it's The Rolling bloody Stones and can command a higher price (despite not needing it)

Cheers for that man. 

Not a fan of the stones at all but that's a shame about Prince, he would have been good.

[Phoenix Girl]

After a quick 5 page catch up, I see nothing has happened. Love this thread.

Does anyone think the fact we’re not hearing solid rumours mean they’ve not actually concluded contracts with the last 2 yet?

[FuzzyDunlop]

Just now, Phoenix Girl said:

After a quick 5 page catch up, I see nothing has happened. Love this thread.

Does anyone think the fact we’re not hearing solid rumours mean they’ve not actually concluded contracts with the last 2 yet?

The Cure are a solid rumour

[Phoenix Girl]

2 minutes ago, FuzzyDunlop said:

The Cure are a solid rumour

I can’t remember where the Cure came from tbh so I take your word for it 

[BambooShanks]

3 minutes ago, Phoenix Girl said:

I can’t remember where the Cure came from tbh so I take your word for it 

 I think there were a couple of sources, one being the daughter of the bassist and other 'insiders'?  

 

[eFestivals]

34 minutes ago, Phoenix Girl said:

Does anyone think the fact we’re not hearing solid rumours mean they’ve not actually concluded contracts with the last 2 yet?

definitely not impossible, from what has happened in other years.

[dentalplan]

More for the 2020 thread (for which there used to be two and now there’s none, btw) but I’m reading on another board about Mad Cool bookers talking (nothing conclusive ofc) about a potential future R.E.M reunion. There was a Lollapalooza chief talking about that a year or two ago also. cmonnn

[FuzzyDunlop]

Somewhere I heard Emily say that they were hoping to release the line up earlier than usual this year...

I assumed thats cos the big 3 must have been signed

[SwedgeAntilles]

Personally I think The Cure are in the bag but it's a decent shout that they might still be working on the third act after Macca becoming unavailable (who'd I imagine was first choice). 

 

Edited February 5, 2019 by SwedgeAntilles

[Bradders]

1 minute ago, FuzzyDunlop said:

Somewhere I heard Emily say that they were hoping to release the line up earlier than usual this year...

I assumed thats cos the big 3 must have been signed

That was a misunderstanding based on something she said in the interview with Lauren Laverne wasn’t it?

Remember some people thinking she’d said it’d be early but listening back she hadn’t?

[beau1]

Cure Info summary:

Initial rumour came from someone who had talked to their bassist's daughter. The daughter had claimed the band were headlining/playing Glastonbury.

Neil then chased this up and one of his reliable sources said that The Cure were headlining Glastonbury.

The Cure then announced 20 European Headlining festivals/shows for 2019.

Cure's dates also suggest they will be playing/headlining Glastonbury as they have a gap in their tour on the Saturday and Sunday. They currently have no 'proper' UK festival show, they are playing glasgow summer sessions but that is more a one-off gig, like BST.

 

 

[mufcok]

3 minutes ago, SwedgeAntilles said:

Personally I think The Cure are in the bag but it's a decent shout that they might still be working on the third act after Macca becoming unavailable (who'd I imagine was first choice). 

 

Also my thinking

[eFestivals]

14 minutes ago, beau1 said:

Cure Info summary:

Neil then chased this up and one of his reliable sources said that The Cure were headlining Glastonbury.

Nicely done.

Tho I didn't chase anything up, a call came from a regular contact who has contacts, with the info that they were playing. He followed that up with a further call about 2 months later re-confirming that it was definitely happening (he'd been told it again from the same contact).

His contact is reputed to be someone 'close the band' (I know who). It should be right, but sometimes this stuff isn't.

Edited February 5, 2019 by eFestivals

[Doug85]

5 minutes ago, eFestivals said:

It should be right, but sometimes this stuff isn't.

Is it this part that stops them from being "TBC" then? How far away are we from that stage. I only ask as I'm hoping it's not them though however I don't want a clash with the chemical brothers. 

[eFestivals]

Just now, Doug85 said:

Is it this part that stops them from being "TBC" then? How far away are we from that stage. I only ask as I'm hoping it's not them though however I don't want a clash with the chemical brothers. 

I'm lacking corroboration from another trusty source.

[Hugh Jass]

37 minutes ago, dentalplan said:

More for the 2020 thread (for which there used to be two and now there’s none, btw) but I’m reading on another board about Mad Cool bookers talking (nothing conclusive ofc) about a potential future R.E.M reunion. There was a Lollapalooza chief talking about that a year or two ago also. cmonnn

Let's not start raising people's hopes with talk of REM reunions, they've always struck me as a band who wouldn't do one. Stipe and co don't seem to be motivated by the money and they parted amicably so there's no real "unfinished business".

Don't get me wrong, if they did come back I'd be there with bells on.

[henry bear]

1 minute ago, Hugh Jass said:

Let's not start raising people's hopes with talk of REM reunions, they've always struck me as a band who wouldn't do one. Stipe and co don't seem to be motivated by the money and they parted amicably so there's no real "unfinished business".

Don't get me wrong, if they did come back I'd be there with bells on.

There was the odd rumour last year but then I read an interview with Peter Buck who made it perfectly clear it would never happen. Still....

[CJTM]

Probably one for Stage Predictions but oh well, still going for this (Pyramid vs Other)

Stormzy / Elbow

Gaga / Chem Bros

The Cure / The Streets

Still trust info on Wolf Alice turning it down is still accurate due to them having a break, but at the time I was told they might do a few random to test new stuff, like they did with Euro last year (Benicassim springs to mind)… think they will wait for LP3 for Glastonbury 2020.

[Hugh Jass]

2 minutes ago, henry bear said:

There was the odd rumour last year but then I read an interview with Peter Buck who made it perfectly clear it would never happen. Still....

Yeah they've always been pretty adamant that they would never do it, but I suppose things change, bills pile up, etc...

Be interesting to see what sort of reaction they get if they reformed, they were looking very much a spent force by the end (although I maintain Collapse Into Now was great) - gigs not selling out, venues being downgraded...  If they came back now the reunion hype could probably land them a headline slot at BST. 

[JoeyT]

3 minutes ago, CJTM said:

Probably one for Stage Predictions but oh well, still going for this (Pyramid vs Other)

Stormzy / Elbow

Gaga / Chem Bros

The Cure / The Streets

Still trust info on Wolf Alice turning it down is still accurate due to them having a break, but at the time I was told they might do a few random to test new stuff, like they did with Euro last year (Benicassim springs to mind)… think they will wait for LP3 for Glastonbury 2020.

I could get on board with this.