2019 Headliners

[dentalplan]

I think the attitudes have changed on The Cure a little, simply because we’ve known for so long that they’re gonna be headlining.

[CaledonianGonzo]

I like eight hour songs and Be Here Now is still honking.

[didinowanttohearthat]

4 hours ago, mufcok said:

Did we establish that AM aren't performing at the Brits?

Don't even think they're gonna be there, Australian tour starts a couple days after and they've been told they're not winning anything so not going.

[SighMo]

11 hours ago, duke88 said:

Just checked mine, averaged 20 miles a day! Did 23 on the Friday. Should aim to get in at least one full marathon this year.

Do you know that clapping adds loads and loads of steps to your totals. My job has me opening big valves and this adds hundereds of steps. The only way to get an accurate distance would be to have a Garmin with the GPS on all day long.

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[Purple aki squat]

59 minutes ago, lighthouse said:

2019 is actually The Cure's big year. Anniversary, finally a new album, a huge Euro tour (including Glasto), Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame induction. They're also more popular than ever. Or at least since the late 80's/early 90's.

If there's any fitting year for booking The Cure, it's this year.

Completely agree.

The one headliner I’m looking forward to seeing. Does seem odd for the Sunday though, seems out of what has been booked for last few years.

[chatty]

Im not hugely excited by The Cure but I like then enough Ill prob go see then and enjoy it (bar some unexpected mega clash). Only headliner Ill prob bother with if the current projections are correct. 

No idea what ill do Friday night, Wu Tang Saturday and The Cure Sunday, ill take that, might just end up in the South East corner Fri. 

[duke88]

22 minutes ago, SighMo said:

Do you know that clapping adds loads and loads of steps to your totals. My job has me opening big valves and this adds hundereds of steps. The only way to get an accurate distance would be to have a Garmin with the GPS on all day long.

It was off my phone’s distance tracker, not from something on my wrist though. If you think about it we’re all walking (and if not, dancing!) for 16-plus hours a day, it’s going to be a fair amount of distance.

[SighMo]

Just now, duke88 said:

It was off my phone’s distance tracker, not from something on my wrist though. If you think about it we’re all walking (and if not, dancing!) for 16-plus hours a day, it’s going to be a fair amount of distance.

I'm just not getting how people are coming up with this high mileage. I've run an average of over 3,000 miles/year for the last 4 years and regularly do between 70 and 100 miles per week and just can't see how you'd get anywhere near this just walking around inbetween gigs for 4 or 5 days; dancing and waving your arms does add up to lots of false steps but if you're using a distance tracker (not sure how this works with an iPhone if GPS isn't on) dancing wouldn't add any distance. Amazing if accurate. I'll try setting my Garmin to walk mode and leave the GPS on all day this year just to test.

[Superscally]

45 minutes ago, SighMo said:

Do you know that clapping adds loads and loads of steps to your totals. My job has me opening big valves and this adds hundereds of steps. The only way to get an accurate distance would be to have a Garmin with the GPS on all day long.

And have it on your leg.

[Superscally]

11 minutes ago, SighMo said:

I'm just not getting how people are coming up with this high mileage. I've run an average of over 3,000 miles/year for the last 4 years and regularly do between 70 and 100 miles per week and just can't see how you'd get anywhere near this just walking around inbetween gigs for 4 or 5 days; dancing and waving your arms does add up to lots of false steps but if you're using a distance tracker (not sure how this works with an iPhone if GPS isn't on) dancing wouldn't add any distance. Amazing if accurate. I'll try setting my Garmin to walk mode and leave the GPS on all day this year just to test.

Agreed. I ran 6 miles a day at Glasto, walked more than most and no way would I approach 15 miles. That's five full length trips of the site and my run. Nope.

[Bradders]

Yeah I’m thinking the distance is calculated from the pedometer, which could be affected by stuff like clapping. It says I did 42 miles over the weekend and I saw loads of acts at many stages, but am quite a lazy clapper.

[MetaKate]

I just looked at mine for 2017 and from weds-sunday I did slightly over 100km... which is about 60 miles... and in 2016 I did 45km on one day alone. 

Idk it feels reasonable because we literally never stop moving from stage to stage. In 2016 I came home weighing 15lbs less than i started!

[Fred Zepplin]

3 hours ago, MetaKate said:

I just looked at mine for 2017 and from weds-sunday I did slightly over 100km... which is about 60 miles... and in 2016 I did 45km on one day alone. 

Idk it feels reasonable because we literally never stop moving from stage to stage. In 2016 I came home weighing 15lbs less than i started!

The average walking speed is 5km an hour and you would be walking slower at Glastonbury so 45km in a day is basically 9-10 non stop walking which doesn’t seem right. Not saying you didn’t stop walking but you must have watched some bands and stood still. Maybe dancing and shuffling or tapping you feet whilst watching bands adds on mileage 

[sime]

Just want to give The Cure some love. They are the one Pyramid headliner I would really look forward to ❤️

[MetaKate]

6 minutes ago, Fred Zepplin said:

The average walking speed is 5km an hour and you would be walking slower at Glastonbury so 45km in a day is basically 9-10 non stop walking which doesn’t seem right. Not saying you didn’t stop walking but you must have watched some bands and stood still. Maybe dancing and shuffling or tapping you feet whilst watching bands adds on mileage 

Honestly it kinda makes sense... on the Saturday that year we went non stop from 11am to 7am... it was my first year and we got lost tons and walked the entire site a couple times... I dont think we sat down once because of the mud...and we really didnt see many bands that day either... dancing is probably included in that.... but the mud made shuffling/tapping your feet nearly impossible ... I'd be surprised if even fully attempting to dance didnt register as steps.

[CaledonianGonzo]

I'm planning on achieving a Glastonbury steps record in 2019 by skedaddling in the opposite direction of the The Killers.

[Anarion]

Mobile phones are probably counting steps when people are dancing, clapping and jumping up and down.

Your average person couldn't walk 45 km in a day without their legs being completely destroyed for several days after.

[Hugh Jass]

So are we now thinking Noel G is out of the equation altogether? Tempted to go see him at the London Palladium in May.

[CaledonianGonzo]

Dunno if we can rule him out, given the nick of things so far.

[RarerThanDandyB]

Apparently, according to Festival Info, Gorillaz and a few others have leaked. Gorillaz would headline wouldn’t they? @eFestivals have you had any runnings with these before?

[Ted89]

51 minutes ago, sime said:

Just want to give The Cure some love. They are the one Pyramid headliner I would really look forward to ❤️

I would have been the same if i didnt see them last year. Will still probably go along for a look if there's no clashes

[CaledonianGonzo]

The first names have already been announced by the festival itself.

[Hugh Jass]

You don’t want to waggle with impatience. You’ll do yourself a mischief.

[eFestivals]

23 minutes ago, RarerThanDandyB said:

Apparently, according to Festival Info, Gorillaz and a few others have leaked. Gorillaz would headline wouldn’t they? @eFestivals have you had any runnings with these before?

Albarn is touring The Good The Bad And The Queen this summer, and not Gorillaz as far as anyone is aware.

I can't really see how that can right.

[RarerThanDandyB]

3 minutes ago, eFestivals said:

Albarn is touring The Good The Bad And The Queen this summer, and not Gorillaz as far as anyone is aware.

I can't really see how that can right.

I found that odd, but thought to bring it to your attention.