2019 Headliners

[Hugh Jass]

16 minutes ago, Doug85 said:

Aye could go either way that as Sheeran and the Foos etc (not to mention Adele) still played even though they had Wembley/stadium shows and others like ACDC or the Roses wouldn't do it cos they wanted the £££. Still leaves us with no clue. 

If true then at least we'll know she's active this summer, which means she's in contention.

[Doug85]

Just now, Hugh Jass said:

If true then at least we'll know she's active this summer, which means she's in contention.

Yeah certainly is enough to include her in the discussion, suppose it just depends if her asking price is too much. 

[Chef]

Whats the general feeling on Madge in terms of interest?

Personally I couldn't think of anyone worse but am I in the minority?  

[Hugh Jass]

1 minute ago, Chef said:

Whats the general feeling on Madge in terms of interest?

Personally I couldn't think of anyone worse but am I in the minority?  

I wouldn't pay the huge prices she charges for her own gigs but I would definitely see her at Glastonbury. She's the god damn queen of pop!

A trio of Stormzy - Madge - Cure suddenly looks much better.

Edited February 7, 2019 by Hugh Jass

[Wooderson]

7 minutes ago, Chef said:

Whats the general feeling on Madge in terms of interest?

Personally I couldn't think of anyone worse but am I in the minority?  

Only a handful of big artists remaining yet to appear on that stage. She’s near the top of that small list. If she fancies it, can rinse the field. 

Edited February 7, 2019 by Wooderson

[Birra Moretti]

33 minutes ago, Doug85 said:

Aye could go either way that as Sheeran and the Foos etc (not to mention Adele) still played even though they had Wembley/stadium shows and others like ACDC or the Roses wouldn't do it cos they wanted the £££. Still leaves us with no clue. 

I'd love to see Madge there but she may have priced herself out. Would assume she would do a hits based set rather than her usual new stuff she has been doing recently. 

[Doug85]

2 minutes ago, Birra Moretti said:

I'd love to see Madge there but she may have priced herself out. Would assume she would do a hits based set rather than her usual new stuff she has been doing recently. 

I seen her for free at Murrayfield in 2012(?) when the promoter cocked up by releasing a link for competition winners to everyone. I snapped up 3 free tickets and drove up to Edinburgh for a free gig. She was great to be fair to her but she did play a lot of new stuff (at that time) and a lot of her hits were all mashed up or little snippets. If she did a full hits based set she would go down a storm. 

[Hotchilidog]

20 minutes ago, Chef said:

Whats the general feeling on Madge in terms of interest?

Personally I couldn't think of anyone worse but am I in the minority?  

I'd be delighted. An absolute bucketful of great tunes and a nicely evolved career that never really stood still. A true pop icon for me.

[The Nal]

24 minutes ago, Chef said:

Whats the general feeling on Madge in terms of interest?

Personally I couldn't think of anyone worse but am I in the minority?  

Huge turnout. 

[Sasperella]

26 minutes ago, Chef said:

Whats the general feeling on Madge in terms of interest? 

My housemate declined my invitation to join our Glastonbury crew. He'll be crying into his cornflakes with Vogue on repeat if she gets announced

I wonder if Emily's "oh we've got a couple of lads" was phrased that way because a couple of the three headlines are male acts, but the other is female. It would only really make sense to phrase it like that if the female act was HUGE....like Madonna sized huge. But I can't keep up as to a) if we think whoever the third act is is replacing Maca or if he was near booked all along and b) when Emily made the "couple of lads comments". If it was way before she said Madonna wasn't booked then it doesn't make sense....does it? Fuck knows, my brain hurts.

Personally, although I have no great love for Madonna, I would 100% go and see her. Probably wouldn't see the Cure, and definitely wouldn't see the Strokes. Even writing it feels wrong though. Like she's too big or some shit (and ruled out by Emily, or not, I can't remember and like I said, my brain hurts)

[Yokel Again]

Would almost certainly be there at the start but how knows if I would be there still at the end. Career spanning hits set = yes, contrary playing of just new stuff = no.

[GMF]

Based on the fact that this thread now has a tendency to be dominated by a different specific artist each day, can I suggest that the first poster of the day start their post like Jesse from The Fast Show.by saying "Today I will mainly be speculating about "enter artist of choice"

[eFestivals]

1 minute ago, GMF said:

Based on the fact that this thread now has a tendency to be dominated by a different specific artist each day, can I suggest that the first poster of the day start their post like Jesse from The Fast Show.by saying "Today I will mainly be speculating about "enter artist of choice"

 

 

[Superunknown]

Hopefully it is Madonna, kinda wishing for a headliner I definitely won't see to make the potential Streets/Chems Saturday night clash easier.

[Supernintendo Chalmers]

15 minutes ago, The Nal said:

Huge turnout. 

Can't figure out if that's a criticism or an endorsement...

[djdavejohnson]

50 minutes ago, Gucci Piggy said:

Why are you so obsessed with The Cure not headlining? Bare weird.

Not meaning to sound weird, just personally not a big fan of them and IMO it's an uninspiring headline booking. The same with The Strokes (if it does end up being those). Of course the usual caveat applies that it doesn't matter too much regardless, as there's always other options to choose from. Incidently it's also my best mates Glasto debut this year, and it would have been great for him to see a Pyramid headline act for one of the nights (we have similar music tastes).

[incident]

59 minutes ago, Chef said:

Whats the general feeling on Madge in terms of interest?

Personally I couldn't think of anyone worse but am I in the minority?  

I couldn't think of a better booking.

Genuine legend, with a huge back catalogue, who I've never seen live and never will unless she plays the festival. For me that's the best type of headliner, if it's someone I'd actually pay to see then I'd rather go to their own show.

[djdavejohnson]

1 minute ago, incident said:

I couldn't think of a better booking.

Genuine legend, with a huge back catalogue, who I've never seen live and never will unless she plays the festival. For me that's the best type of headliner, if it's someone I'd actually pay to see then I'd rather go to their own show.

This! And a booking I can 100% get on board with - can't word that any better myself! 

[CaledonianGonzo]

Is there anything to base this on?

Nothing on the twitters, bar some random soil-taster.

[dentalplan]

She’s so unrealistic that it’s practically worthless speculating about her, imo. New Prince - in fact he may have been more likely because he was more about control than money, or something like that.

[gearbm95]

I've seen Madonna on the MDNA and Rebel Heart tour. Granted, she does do about 30% new songs on her headline tours, she curates the setlist in a way where you never feel bored. Her stage show/production is second to none and she almost always breaks out at least a couple rare tracks. Below is the setlist from her most recent (2015-2016) tour...

1. "Iconic"
2. "Bitch I'm Madonna"
3. "Burning Up"
4. "Holy Water" (contains excerpts from "Vogue")
5. "Devil Pray"
6. "Messiah" (video interlude)
7. "Body Shop"
8. "True Blue"
9. "Deeper and Deeper"
10. "HeartBreakCity" (contains excerpts from "Love Don't Live Here Anymore")
11. "Like a Virgin" (contains elements of "Heartbeat" and "Erotica")
12. "S.E.X." (video interlude) (contains elements of "Justify My Love")
13. "Living for Love"
14. "La Isla Bonita"
15. "Dress You Up" / "Into the Groove" / "Lucky Star" / "Dress You Up" (Reprise)
16. "Who's That Girl"
17. "Rebel Heart"
18. "Illuminati" (video interlude)
19. "Music" (contains elements of "Give It 2 Me")
20. "Candy Shop"
21. "Material Girl"
22. "La Vie en rose"
23. "Unapologetic Bitch"

Encore

25. "Holiday" (contains elements of "Take Me to the Mardi Gras")

show

 

[CaledonianGonzo]

And that's not a setlist to headline the G with.

[Superunknown]

Just now, CaledonianGonzo said:

And that's not a setlist to headline the G with.

Should have opened with Mr Writer agreed.

[jyoung]

That would go down like a lead balloon.

[Hugh Jass]

If she brings the hits then it could be one of the great Pyramid sets, if she doesn't she'll tank spectacularly.