2019 Headliners

[henry bear]

11 minutes ago, crazyfool1 said:

I would agree .. but think that for me it was down to sound issues 

The problem being people could hear them.

[Crazyfool01]

1 minute ago, henry bear said:

The problem being people could hear them.

I will receive my judgement as I couldn't .... maybe fortunately  

[danbailey80]

22 minutes ago, priest17 said:

The Jacksons were awful. Worst headliner I've seen at Glastonbury.

Utter waste of time. 

[CaledonianGonzo]

Two chances of Janet playing WH and one of them is buckley's.

In 'funny coincidence' news, the bloke who did The Jackson's sound is a friend of someone I used to work with.

[kalifire]

18 minutes ago, thesecretingredientiscrime said:

If they were to get Janet, it would be a massive deal.

Really? I'm not doubting her success, but her booking would be more 'here's someone for you to swat up on' than 'here's someone we'll know you'll enjoy'.

Edited March 3, 2019 by kalifire

[incident]

6 minutes ago, crazyfool1 said:

I will receive my judgement as I couldn't .... maybe fortunately  

There was 2 different sound problems.

Firstly, that anyone in the back half of the field could barely hear anything.

Secondly though, even if you made it to the front part and could hear it, the vocals were mixed so low that they might as well have not been there.

Hugely disappointing.

[thewayiam]

8 minutes ago, thesecretingredientiscrime said:

If they were to get Janet, it would be a massive deal. She’s played in the UK three times in the past 20 years, and obviously never done a UK festival. By the time The Jacksons were playing, they were playing anywhere and everywhere. She would have to go on Pyramid, for publicity reasons for one.

But no one would see it as massive I doubt?, she did however tour here back when she was something big enough to be at least 3rd Pyramid and being American may well push her to sub. Many others I'd rather have mind as unless you're old enough to really know her it's not a big deal.

[tumbles]

1 hour ago, westholtschic said:

Me to was fantastic 

Sun out after couple of shite wet days, Elbow, Chems, Orbital in Arcadia and Sunrise on stone circle. Hoping for some sort of Orbital and Chems sat night this time around.

[thesecretingredientiscrime]

11 minutes ago, kalifire said:

Really? I'm not doubting her success, but her booking would be more 'here's someone for you to swat up on' than 'here's someone we'll know you'll enjoy'.

That may be right, it’ll still be a massive deal though. The attention it’s got already shows it. It’s already been in national press several times and not even be confirmed yet. Regardless of how good her performance is, I suspect her name on the poster will get the most reaction to it, especially if the other two headliners are as rumoured.

[westholtschic]

37 minutes ago, incident said:

There was 2 different sound problems.

Firstly, that anyone in the back half of the field could barely hear anything.

Secondly though, even if you made it to the front part and could hear it, the vocals were mixed so low that they might as well have not been there.

Hugely disappointing.

I was on the front barrier and the sound was dreadful there. So looking forward to see some of my idols from my childhood. Wish I was at the Foos now.

[priest17]

Just read page 1, you lot were way off lol

[vintagelaureate]

4 hours ago, tumbles said:

Sun out after couple of shite wet days, Elbow, Chems, Orbital in Arcadia and Sunrise on stone circle. Hoping for some sort of Orbital and Chems sat night this time around.

I hope the Chems are Friday or Saturday, as I tend to leave on the Sunday night and that isn't a gig I want to be sober for! Didn't someone on here have info that Orbital were Friday headliners?

Edited March 3, 2019 by vintagelaureate

[henry bear]

1 hour ago, priest17 said:

Just read page 1, you lot were way off lol

Not all of us...?

[Purple aki squat]

4 hours ago, priest17 said:

The Jacksons were awful. Worst headliner I've seen at Glastonbury.

I must have been absolutely fucked because I loved it. Was it Alt J on the other stage that night?  Whoever it was, even to my easy going pissed up ears was much worse than the Jacksons.

i couldn’t get through the pyramid masses but foos did sound ok

[stuartbert two hats]

20 minutes ago, Purple aki squat said:

I must have been absolutely fucked because I loved it. Was it Alt J on the other stage that night?  Whoever it was, even to my easy going pissed up ears was much worse than the Jacksons.

i couldn’t get through the pyramid masses but foos did sound ok

Hang on, did you see three headliners that night?

[Purple aki squat]

5 minutes ago, stuartbert two hats said:

Hang on, did you see three headliners that night?

Watched father John Misty in JP then got a bit lost and ended up walking down a field of tents by the pyramid. Walked across an empty other stage field and ended up at west holts when initially aiming for the park.

heard some foos, saw whoever was on other as I went past and ended up at Jackson’s.

Good night all round 

[ticketboy69]

1 hour ago, Purple aki squat said:

I must have been absolutely fucked because I loved it. Was it Alt J on the other stage that night?  Whoever it was, even to my easy going pissed up ears was much worse than the Jacksons.

i couldn’t get through the pyramid masses but foos did sound ok

It was Alt-J, playing to an almost empty field. We watched the Jackson for a bit then wandered up to Arcadia and back down to the Other Stage where we pretty much strolled up to the edge of the stage! We had a great night but were absolutely exhausted! Didn’t see any of the Foos, which was exactly as planned. 

[tumbles]

10 hours ago, vintagelaureate said:

I hope the Chems are Friday or Saturday, as I tend to leave on the Sunday night and that isn't a gig I want to be sober for! Didn't someone on here have info that Orbital were Friday headliners?

I tend to leave Sunday too. Friday night would be awesome. I still think they’d smash West Holts 

[crocodiles]

4 minutes ago, tumbles said:

I tend to leave Sunday too. Friday night would be awesome. I still think they’d smash West Holts 

I am always surprised how many people go Sunday daytime etc . I never really understand why as look forward to it all year why would you cut it short . Even that long drive home tired and in need of a shower feels part of the experience to me 

[sime]

3 minutes ago, crocodiles said:

I am always surprised how many people go Sunday daytime etc . I never really understand why as look forward to it all year why would you cut it short . Even that long drive home tired and in need of a shower feels part of the experience to me 

Some people have no choice due to work and family commitments etc. For me, I always leave very early Monday morning, just out of choice, around 6am (I'm home in bed by 9am which I love!).

[mufcok]

2 hours ago, crocodiles said:

I am always surprised how many people go Sunday daytime etc . I never really understand why as look forward to it all year why would you cut it short . Even that long drive home tired and in need of a shower feels part of the experience to me 

Same.

Everyone's situation is different I guess but I look forward to it that much, I wanna be there for the maximum time possible and make sure have the annual leave off in advance etc

I have a friend wanting to go Wednesday night this time, absolutely no chance. I haven't been sat waiting for 2 years to miss a day of the festival!

[JoBalls]

1 hour ago, sime said:

Some people have no choice due to work and family commitments etc. For me, I always leave very early Monday morning, just out of choice, around 6am (I'm home in bed by 9am which I love!).

Yes we always leave very early Monday morning too which means a fairly sensible Sunday night (we normally sit and have a drink by the cider bus after the Sunday headliner and then take a slow wander back to our tent). We normally end up getting home around 2pm on the Monday, then we shower and make ourselves vaguely presentable and head back out in the car to collect the dog (and from this year also the baby!) from my parents house and back home in time for dinner. Then it’s bedtime ready for back to work on the Tuesday. 

The first year we went we drank hard on the Sunday and then ended up not leaving site until later on the Monday, and ended up being stuck in traffic getting out of the car park and then it was slow going all the way to the motorway and ended up not getting home until 8pm. It’s just not worth it, I always feel happy with an early finish Sunday as long as I know I’ve made the most of Wednesday - Saturday!!

[BlueDaze]

2 hours ago, sime said:

Some people have no choice due to work and family commitments etc. For me, I always leave very early Monday morning, just out of choice, around 6am (I'm home in bed by 9am which I love!).

We stay in East CV (arrive tuesday afternoon) and look to leave by 7am monday... (with a stop it is probably 6 hours till home). Tried leaving after Sundays headliner once but the drive was a killer...

Having Jonelle Monae as a headliner may make my 'sober sunday' a little more difficult this year.

[Hugh Jass]

We leave reasonably early on the Monday (7/8ish) just to try and get as far down the A303 as we can before the inevitable traffic scrum starts.

[Bovla]

If we get nothing this week then it's looking likely we'll get the latest two headliners with the poster, they must be embarrassed about the cure and killers!