2019 Headliners

[Johnnyseven]

2 hours ago, shuttlep said:

I'm wishing for Orbital to close Jazz world on Sunday night ..... fingers crossed, the new album is far better then i expected

 

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The new album is a blinder. I've seen them live 3 times in the last year, they would be awesome on Jazz World - I hope they don't clash with The Cure though!

[not worthy]

ooh, it really is happening isn't it.

We've had the ticket date confirmed and now some headline rumours and we're fully into full blown who is bigger and worse and better and deserving season...exciting times.

I've become increasingly comfortable knowing that maybe one or none of the pyramid headliners will be of my taste and am quite happy with that.

I do have to say though, with the names mentioned at present I can't see a repeat of a petition against them happening

[beau1]

5 minutes ago, Winslow Leach said:

Wow.

I'm not particularly impressed by the likes of Pale Waves either but for someone to say The Cure aren't culturally relevant is pretty blinded. 

They aren't big album sellers (never have been) but that isn't the only judgement to why bands headline festivals.

[eastynh]

9 hours ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

Not sure your timelines quite work here fella.  You Made Me Realise came out at pretty much the exact same time as the likes of Wrote for Luck, Elephant Stone and Voodoo Ray.

And maybe I'm misremembering but the weekly press were all over Madchester like a rash.  

They were talking about Loveless mate which came out in 1991 I think. The Roses and Mondays were 85/86ish. To be fair to the NME they did push the Mondays but the weeklies totally missed the Roses.  

The were all over the Madchester thing in response to the acid house scene which had passed them by. They were chucking in any old band that wore baggy jeans. Yet they could not wait to knock it down. The NME killed the Mondays (was it a Nick Kent interview that painted them as homophobic???), while the Roses killed themselves.

They then started hyping up the likes of MBV and the shoe gazing stuff. The music to me was proper naff and far too much up its own arse. Loveless gets raved about in music magazines but that's as far as it went. It was up its own arse.

[ye-ma]

5 minutes ago, beau1 said:

I'm not particularly impressed by the likes of Pale Waves either but for someone to say The Cure aren't culturally relevant is pretty blinded. 

They aren't big album sellers (never have been) but that isn't the only judgement to why bands headline festivals.

They'd be the least relevant headliner for a long time

[Supernintendo Chalmers]

7 hours ago, Quark said:

Pffft. Try picking Bloc Party over Neil Young, then come talk to me

I see your Bloc Party over Neil Young and raise you one Philip Glass over Adele. WTF was that?! Great lasers, mind

[StupidDream]

1 minute ago, ye-ma said:

They'd be the least relevant headliner for a long time

Kasabian 2014?

[Zoo Music Girl]

10 minutes ago, not worthy said:

ooh, it really is happening isn't it.

We've had the ticket date confirmed and now some headline rumours and we're fully into full blown who is bigger and worse and better and deserving season...exciting times.

I've become increasingly comfortable knowing that maybe one or none of the pyramid headliners will be of my taste and am quite happy with that.

I do have to say though, with the names mentioned at present I can't see a repeat of a petition against them happening

Yeah I was thinking similar! It's good to be back. Although will hold my horses on the excitement until T-Day is over...

[shuttlep]

11 minutes ago, Johnnyseven said:

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The new album is a blinder. I've seen them live 3 times in the last year, they would be awesome on Jazz World - I hope they don't clash with The Cure though!

I last saw them in 2004 when they closed the other stage, great night that was , more of that again would be awesome, 

[Zoo Music Girl]

1 minute ago, shuttlep said:

I last saw them in 2004 when they closed the other stage, great night that was , more of that again would be awesome, 

Their 2010 set was awesome too, closing Other. But they're always fantastic. Bring it on. 

[fatyeti24]

Orbital are just super, aren't they? I love them. 

[beau1]

7 minutes ago, ye-ma said:

They'd be the least relevant headliner for a long time

The Who headlined 3 years ago after also headlining in 2007. Massive band, much bigger than The Cure but not particularly culturally relevant in the modern day when they had done very little between their two headline slots. The Who however are big enough and old enough to fill up the Pyramid stage.

The Eavis' book bands who they think can fill up the Pyramid Field. If they think The Cure can then they would be booked.

[Yokel Again]

I'm just hoping for x1 pyramid headliner I really, really want to see, last year I went (16) was a struggle for headliners personally. 

 

[dentalplan]

6 minutes ago, beau1 said:

The Who headlined 3 years ago after also headlining in 2007. Massive band, much bigger than The Cure but not particularly culturally relevant in the modern day when they had done very little between their two headline slots. The Who however are big enough and old enough to fill up the Pyramid stage.

The Eavis' book bands who they think can fill up the Pyramid Field. If they think The Cure can then they would be booked.

I don't think that's the case. Crowd sizes are something we fixate on but as long as they sell all the tickets and balance out the acts so that there's more or less something for everyone, I don't think it matters all that much. Like everybody knew that The National would have a fairly selective crowd but it was an exciting prospect for sections of the attendance nonetheless.

[Quark]

21 minutes ago, Supernintendo Chalmers said:

I see your Bloc Party over Neil Young and raise you one Philip Glass over Adele. WTF was that?! Great lasers, mind

A strong hand, however was that through choice?  Mine wasn't even a conscious decision, just an ill-fated attempt to try and find people and ended up there by default.

[Supernintendo Chalmers]

There's a difference between being culturally relevant and relevant on a contemporary level. Some acts can be both, some can be either but they're both important factors. The festival seems to carefully strike a balance between both across all three headliners. For instance, The Cure, Stormzy and Paul McCartney would be a balanced trio. Not my choice but I would absolutely understand and accept their reasoning.

[K2SO]

17 minutes ago, StupidDream said:

Kasabian 2014?

Kasabian are one of the biggest bands in the UK, constantly selling out arenas, 5 consecutive number 1 albums and had just released an album a couple of weeks before. Harsh to say they weren't relevant.

 

TBH, I'd say it would be harsh to call any headliner that Glastonbury have ever booked "irrelevant" for the time they performed (Though I still question Travis. I was a bit young, so don't know what their popularity was at the time)... No matter how much I may like/dislike an artist.

[Mash011]

1 minute ago, dentalplan said:

I don't think that's the case. Crowd sizes are something we fixate on but as long as they sell all the tickets and balance out the acts so that there's more or less something for everyone, I don't think it matters all that much. Like everybody knew that The National would have a fairly selective crowd but it was an exciting prospect for sections of the attendance nonetheless.

Even most National fans agree that having them sub, and to the Foos, was a terrible booking tbf.

[Rose-Colored Boy]

Just now, Mash011 said:

Even most National fans agree that having them sub, and to the Foos, was a terrible booking tbf.

Especially considering Katy Perry and Liam Gallagher were also on the bill that day. Really weird one.

[Supernintendo Chalmers]

2 minutes ago, Quark said:

A strong hand, however was that through choice?  Mine wasn't even a conscious decision, just an ill-fated attempt to try and find people and ended up there by default.

Yep, through choice. Thought the "re-imagining" of the Heroes album would be interesting but seems like he re-imagined it beyond any kind of recognition. Beautiful music played by extremely talented musicians but "nah"

[Zoo Music Girl]

Just now, Rose-Colored Boy said:

Especially considering Katy Perry and Liam Gallagher were also on the bill that day. Really weird one.

Yep, it was shocking. I went along but kind of wish I hadn't as I really didn't enjoy the performance in that slot and not knowing most of the songs that well. 

[Little Andy]

3 minutes ago, K2SO said:

(Though I still question Travis. I was a bit young, so don't know what their popularity was at the time)

Dunno what others think, but Travis felt like one of the biggest current bands around in the year 2000.

[beau1]

3 minutes ago, dentalplan said:

I don't think that's the case. Crowd sizes are something we fixate on but as long as they sell all the tickets and balance out the acts so that there's more or less something for everyone, I don't think it matters all that much. Like everybody knew that The National would have a fairly selective crowd but it was an exciting prospect for sections of the attendance nonetheless.

I agree with you, but the pyramid headliner bookings over last 5-10 years have suggested that they want the Pyramid Stage to be rammed.

 

[dentalplan]

Just now, Mash011 said:

Even most National fans agree that having them sub, and to the Foos, was a terrible booking tbf.

Who cares what they think? They said that Sleep Well Beast was the best album - by any artist - of 2017. And the set went down better with non-fans.

1 minute ago, Rose-Colored Boy said:

Especially considering Katy Perry and Liam Gallagher were also on the bill that day. Really weird one.

This is exactly what I'm saying though. If they want to pack out the field all day to the same people then they can easily do it. Gazza could programme that lineup. But they don't, and we have a bit of variety where The National perform on the biggest stage in Britain.

[K2SO]

1 minute ago, Little Andy said:

Dunno what others think, but Travis felt like one of the biggest current bands around in the year 2000.

See, in the year 2000, I was only 6 haha