2019 Headliners

[uscore]

The "One Hit Wonder" label is less effective when some people here can't seem to decide whether that hit is Mr Brightside or Somebody Told Me.

[KeithRichardsWavedAtMe]

7 minutes ago, uscore said:

The "One Hit Wonder" label is less effective when some people here can't seem to decide whether that hit is Mr Brightside or Somebody Told Me.

As someone who isn't a massive Killers fan, I'd throw in that Smile Like You Mean It is a banger

[Bradders]

13 minutes ago, uscore said:

The "One Hit Wonder" label is less effective when some people here can't seem to decide whether that hit is Mr Brightside or Somebody Told Me.

It would be if that was true

[ghostdancer1]

Human and When You Were Young both charted higher than Mr.Brightside (and equal/higher than Somebody Told Me)

[priest17]

8 minutes ago, ghostdancer1 said:

Human and When You Were Young both charted higher than Mr.Brightside (and equal/higher than Somebody Told Me)

yeah but isn't Mr Brightside basically still in the charts? I'm sure its one of the longest charting songs in British history.

 

'With a total of 206 weeks, the song with the most weeks in the top 100 is "Mr Brightside" by the Killers.'

Edited March 6, 2019 by priest17
facts yo

[The Martini Police]

8 minutes ago, ghostdancer1 said:

Human and When You Were Young both charted higher than Mr.Brightside (and equal/higher than Somebody Told Me)

But tbf, Mr Brightside has been in the charts for 15 years straight. I'd say that's more of an achievement. 

Edit - ah @priest17 snap.

Edited March 6, 2019 by The Martini Police

[jyoung]

45 minutes ago, Nudenut said:

And there's me attending for my 50th as a big Killers fan, who knew ha

You'll have a great time. Enjoy pal.

[incident]

48 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

They're not a one hit wonder but they do have one song that dominates their entire career and it's fair to say that they wouldn't be headlining G19 15 odd years later without it.

That is fair, but there's plenty of past headliners you can say similar about that didn't get the same level of abuse for it.

Hell, you could say it about Radiohead. Albeit they didn't actually play the song in question..

[SwedgeAntilles]

Tbf When You Were Young gets a pass from me for Guitar Hero III memories.

[FuzzyDunlop]

I like somebody told me.

That's about it.

[The Martini Police]

2 minutes ago, incident said:

That is fair, but there's plenty of past headliners you can say similar about that didn't get the same level of abuse for it.

Hell, you could say it about Radiohead. Albeit they didn't actually play the song in question..

They did - Creep was their penultimate song that night.

[priest17]

I stand by saying their cover of Shadowplay is amazing. Do they still do that live? 

[incident]

1 minute ago, The Martini Police said:

They did - Creep was their penultimate song that night.

Bloody hell, so they did. I must have dozed off by that point.

[jparx]

No chance are The Killers are a one hit wonder. I'd argue they have 5 tunes that are huge hits. (Brightside, Smile, Somebody Told me, Human, When You Were Young). Could also throw All These Things in there too.

They're a fine festival headliner. I just had higher hopes for Glastonbury this year than The Killers.

[Krazypinkminx]

3 hours ago, Gnomicide said:

That's the club in Pilton.

Yeah they do lots of these teaser posts for their band nights, Mr Eavis is there on Friday... I follow on Instagram

[The Nal]

19 minutes ago, jparx said:

No chance are The Killers are a one hit wonder. I'd argue they have 5 tunes that are huge hits. (Brightside, Smile, Somebody Told me, Human, When You Were Young). Could also throw All These Things in there too.

They're a fine festival headliner. I just had higher hopes for Glastonbury this year than The Killers.

Guarantee you they'll get the biggest crowd though. Good booking in that case. Democracy and all that.

Festivals in 2019 all look a bit meh at the top half of the card anyway. Whatever way touring cycles work its not a vintage year. As always though, the value is in the undercard.  

[Woffy]

8 hours ago, MetaKate said:

Being 5 is no excuse!

One of my many, many children is coming to the festival this year.

She is 3.

She dislikes Imagine Dragons and prefers The Greatest Showman, Jon Hopkins, Frozen, Moana and Confidence Man.

She knows nothing of the Killers. If by chance we end up seeing them (Mrs Woffy has stated that the Killers 'will do' for a singalong) then I will report back post-festival with a 3 year old's review. Expletives may or may not be mine.

[Brave Sir Robin]

I do thoroughly enjoy Mr Brightside but really struggle with anything else of theirs. The dreadful lyrics don't help:

 

[aidenlangan95]

Interesting fact about Mr Brightside. Its peak position in the uk charts is number 10.

[jparx]

6 minutes ago, The Nal said:

Guarantee you they'll get the biggest crowd though. Good booking in that case. Democracy and all that.

Festivals in 2019 all look a bit meh at the top half of the card anyway. Whatever way touring cycles work its not a vintage year. As always though, the value is in the undercard.  

Absolutely. Agree with all of that.

They don't seem to have really missed out on anyone, and it's not like the other big European festivals have anything Glastonbury doesn't (or hasn't had recently). Gaga is the one a lot of us are pointing too, but she doesn't seem to be doing anything in Europe this summer. I'm sure they approached her, but again it's just the way touring schedules have fallen. Perhaps you could argue they should have gone all out for Fleetwood, but I don't think the benefit outweighs on the cost on that one.

[The Martini Police]

1 minute ago, aidenlangan95 said:

Interesting fact about Mr Brightside. Its peak position in the uk charts is number 10.

Chances of it breaking its record come first week of July?

[stuartbert two hats]

4 minutes ago, Woffy said:

One of my many, many children is coming to the festival this year.

She is 3.

She dislikes Imagine Dragons and prefers The Greatest Showman, Jon Hopkins, Frozen, Moana and Confidence Man.

She knows nothing of the Killers. If by chance we end up seeing them (Mrs Woffy has stated that the Killers 'will do' for a singalong) then I will report back post-festival with a 3 year old's review. Expletives may or may not be mine.

She sounds like she'd get along famously with my (nearly) 6 year old.  She sings along, very earnestly with A Million Dreams when it's on.

[aidenlangan95]

7 minutes ago, The Martini Police said:

Chances of it breaking its record come first week of July?

Well anyone that could potentially listen to the song already owns it because it's been in the charts for such a long time. It seems nowadays someone would come out the womb knowing the words to Mr Brightside.

[nysmaw]

5 minutes ago, aidenlangan95 said:

Well anyone that could potentially listen to the song already owns it because it's been in the charts for such a long time. It seems nowadays someone would come out the womb knowing the words to Mr Brightside.

Coming out of the womb
And I've been doing just fine...

[BambooShanks]

5 minutes ago, aidenlangan95 said:

Well anyone that could potentially listen to the song already owns it because it's been in the charts for such a long time. It seems nowadays someone would come out the womb knowing the words to Mr Brightside.

"Coming out of the womb and I'm doing just fine, Gotta gotta get born because I want it all"