2019 Headliners

[Hugh Jass]

Making us wait months for the lineup is just another part of the fabric of the festival. I’ve given up getting impatient over it, it’ll come when it comes.

[Quark]

1 minute ago, priest17 said:

But how can you 'get it' if you don't go? I went for the festival I watched on TV when I first went when I was 16 in '09 and I was climbing the walls wanting the line-up. I didn't even pay for my ticket that year and it's gone up roughly £100 since then, its a lot of money to potentially gamble (especially if anyone shouting is younger). Once there, people will either get it or they won't but probably won't be shouting next year.

We're just as bad on this forum for it, we just shout at each other about it and under the guise that we already have a connection with the festival. Everyone will be satisfied come March 27th when Childish Gambino's on the poster, don't worry.

#GambinoFridaySub

Yeah I get that, hence the certain amount of visibility bit.  Selfishly I guess I'd say that the "kind of people" (God I sound like my dad) I'd like to be coming to Glastonbury are the kind of people who'd be willing to give it a punt, as they're also the sorts of people that will wander away from the main stages to explore and make the wider festival come alive.  Don't know if that makes me sound douchey or not tbh

[incident]

24 minutes ago, Username taken said:

I think most festivals sell tickets prior to the lineup being released.  Its only seen as an issue with Glastonbury as it sells out immediately (I think its a similar case with Electric Picnic in Ireland).  Its not like they don't release the lineup in advance of the festival.  To look at it from another angle, if all the tickets are already sold, there's no real hurry to release the lineup, as its not gonna shift any tickets.

Exactly - and like most other major festivals, Electric Picnic has a much less friendly (ie. nonexistant) refund policy compared to Glastonbury.

[priest17]

1 minute ago, Quark said:

Yeah I get that, hence the certain amount of visibility bit.  Selfishly I guess I'd say that the "kind of people" (God I sound like my dad) I'd like to be coming to Glastonbury are the kind of people who'd be willing to give it a punt, as they're also the sorts of people that will wander away from the main stages to explore and make the wider festival come alive.  Don't know if that makes me sound douchey or not tbh

Think your 6565 other posts have proved you're not a douche so I wouldn't worry about that.

I don't really mind who's there as long as I am at the end of the day. I have this fairy-tale magical idea that the welcoming feeling, good vibes and exposure to positive politics gets people leaving feeling better and striving to be better, even if it only lasts a week or 2.

[nysmaw]

On 2/21/2019 at 11:30 AM, Hugh Jass said:

Venues mean very little though, if it was only on venues then BTS would be headlining to gawps of bewilderment from 99% of the crowd.

On 3/1/2019 at 4:16 PM, ManLj said:

Sold out Wembley in 90minutes. Wow.

And just sold out Wembley again, and again in a matter of hours. Just to rub it in that venue sizes really don't matter.

[Bradders]

I wonder if the lack of information about when we’ll get the information is an issue too? In a world of Brand Engagement people probably aren’t used to hearing so little from Glasto, and most probably don’t even know the lineup is likely to be out around balance time.

[rose123]

Not sure if this has been posted yet, but Rob Da Bank's new podcast has Emily on next week (pre-recorded) and he's said the below on Twitter. Not confident it will be headliner-related though ?

[The Nal]

That Glasto Thingy can't be trusted. Whoever runs it seems like a person of ill repute. 

[yosoyyoberdi]

Beyoncé confirmed? 

[Gnomicide]

9 minutes ago, The Nal said:

That Glasto Thingy can't be trusted. Whoever runs it seems like a person of ill repute. 

An absolute twat by all accounts. 

[OddRon]

Feels like we’ve not had a bullshit dumb rumour in yonks, someone tell me their mate’s uncle says snow patrol are headlining 

[jj200]

1 minute ago, OddRon said:

Feels like we’ve not had a bullshit dumb rumour in yonks, someone tell me their mate’s uncle says snow patrol are headlining 

Nope

[priest17]

3 minutes ago, OddRon said:

Feels like we’ve not had a bullshit dumb rumour in yonks, someone tell me their mate’s uncle says snow patrol are headlining 

I stand by Gorillaz are headlining, gonna be a ball-ache trying to find my post-macca post so I can quote it and rub it in everyones faces.

[OddRon]

Just now, priest17 said:

I stand by Gorillaz are headlining, gonna be a ball-ache trying to find my post-macca post so I can quote it and rub it in everyones faces.

That’s the stuff

[bombfrog]

6 hours ago, priest17 said:

The not releasing the line up before people pay argument to keep out people who don't get it is such a lame and elitist one, the festival requires new blood to stay fresh and coming across first timers in the process of 'getting it' at the fest is an absolute joy.

I agree that the festival needs new blood but I disagree that the line-up needs to be released for newbies to want to buy tickets. I think wanting people to come for the first time because they've heard about how brilliant Glastonbury is and seen it on the telly is much better than wanting people to come for the first time because of one particular act. Nobody wants to see the place full of just one band's fans.

[bombfrog]

4 minutes ago, priest17 said:

I stand by Gorillaz are headlining, gonna be a ball-ache trying to find my post-macca post so I can quote it and rub it in everyones faces.

If they are then they'd better do a lot better than last time. Massive disappointment.

[KeithRichardsWavedAtMe]

3 minutes ago, bombfrog said:

If they are then they'd better do a lot better than last time. Massive disappointment.

Saw them at another fest in Paris last year, they were actually worse - watching Albarn try to act like a woke millennial with swagger was too much

[Chef]

Just looked at a 'Hot' headliners thread to find discussion about Gorillaz.

Dark times. Dark times indeed. 

[priest17]

9 minutes ago, bombfrog said:

I agree that the festival needs new blood but I disagree that the line-up needs to be released for newbies to want to buy tickets. I think wanting people to come for the first time because they've heard about how brilliant Glastonbury is and seen it on the telly is much better than wanting people to come for the first time because of one particular act. Nobody wants to see the place full of just one band's fans.

It's not that they shouldn't release the line-up before tickets go on sale, I didn't know the line-up the first year I went, it's that I think people are entitled to be a little adjudicated when forking over £260 when they haven't been before. It sometimes comes across as a little snobbish (in my mind) when people almost look down on people who haven't been yet don't 'get it'. The smaller poster coming before the balance deadline seems like the fairest trade to me.

8 minutes ago, bombfrog said:

If they are then they'd better do a lot better than last time. Massive disappointment.

I'm in the minority that loved it, think they'll definitely do better this year when they headline on the Sunday night though.

[Hugh Jass]

37 minutes ago, The Nal said:

That Glasto Thingy can't be trusted. Whoever runs it seems like a person of ill repute. 

Would a reputable person create a Glasto Thingy to begin with?

[Sasperella]

27 minutes ago, bombfrog said:

I agree that the festival needs new blood but I disagree that the line-up needs to be released for newbies to want to buy tickets. I think wanting people to come for the first time because they've heard about how brilliant Glastonbury is and seen it on the telly is much better than wanting people to come for the first time because of one particular act. Nobody wants to see the place full of just one band's fans.

Yeh, this is pretty much how I feel. I first went in 2014 when I was 29. I knew all about Glastonbury by then and had been desperate to go for years, even though I knew there were plenty of other festivals where the headliners more closely matched my musical tastes. I wasn't too fussed about  any of the bands that had been announced by deadline day, but I couldn't care less. And obviously, when I finally got to the farm, I loved it and found so much more hidden in the lineup and at the smaller stages I wanted to see that I wasn't expecting. 

I confess the following year I went too much the other way, and didn't analyse the lineup nearly enough before arriving. But I sorted that out in 2017 with the help of EFestivals ?

[Superscally]

17 minutes ago, Hugh Jass said:

Would a reputable person create a Glasto Thingy to begin with?

I've heard the guy who runs it is naked 96% of the time and when he does wear clothes, they're fully day-glo.

[Armourman]

I think the line up should be announced in a 'transfer window slammed shut' format with various members of this site holed up outside recording studios interviewing recently confirmed 'signings'....

[Jake9502]

I’ve read some where Michael Eavis is singing tonight on the open mic at the Pilton stage at 8pm. Recon anything will ‘leak out’ tonight around then? Someone is bound to ask him!

[The Nal]

5 minutes ago, Jake9502 said:

I’ve read some where Michael Eavis is singing tonight on the open mic at the Pilton stage at 8pm. Recon anything will ‘leak out’ tonight around then? Someone is bound to ask him!

"This year will be the best festival ever"..... "headliners have been booked since 2017"......"best set of headliners we've ever had" etc.