2019 Headliners

[Woffy]

The Cure need to play the Superbowl before they headline again.

[Rose-Colored Boy]

8 minutes ago, Woffy said:

The Cure need to play the Superbowl before they headline again.

I for one loved Maroon 5’s Halftime Show, one of the all time greats.

[Amy Lawn]

9 minutes ago, Woffy said:

The Cure need to play the Superbowl before they headline again.

Huh, I don't know that one, which album is it from?

[RarerThanDandyB]

Just now, GETOFFAMYLAWN said:

Huh, I don't know that one, which album is it from?

Hahahahahahaha

[The Red Telephone]

1 hour ago, StupidDream said:

@The Red Telephone To keep you busy, may be interesting to look at the age of headliners or number of albums put out, as these are also parameters often discussed. Plus, The Thingy might be interested in statistics

I started to look at ages/ albums, but realised my son hadn’t been fed for a few days.

I think Ash and Coldplay are the only acts to headline after releasing one album. Strictly speaking though, Ash weren’t booked as headliners - they only did it because Steve Winwood’s gear got stuck in the mud and he couldn’t get there. Sure Ash played on the Friday somewhere, stuck around for the rest of the weekend and got asked to fill in as Pyramid headliners.

Also think 1997 was the youngest average age of headliners (Radiohead, The Prodigy, Ash) Would imagine The Who, The Stones and Stevie Wonder have made this decade one of the oldest averages.

[zak14]

Going back to the topic of artists at their creative and commercial peak, although he's more likely an other headliner or pyramid sub, I'd definitely put forward Childish Gambino

[OddRon]

I thought Depeche Mode were really good but I was so ill and worn out that I had to sit down for the songs I didn't know too well, but seeing Personal Jesus, World In My Eyes, Never Let Me Down Again, Just Can't Get Enough and Enjoy The Silence was great. I'd never listened to them other than Personal Jesus really until they got announced for Mad Cool so as an entry level fan I thought they did a good job

[CaledonianGonzo]

30 minutes ago, Gnomicide said:

The much maligned (on these boards at least) Noel Gallagher summed it up best when being interviewed on telly after playing T in The Park a few years back. "It's a festival. Play the hits and piss off".

Saw him a few weeks back and he could do with following his own advice.

[mufcok]

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/rem-glastonbury-festival-1999-bbc-boxset-its-the-end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it-a8578646.html 

[OddRon]

Just now, CaledonianGonzo said:

Saw him a few weeks back and he could do with following his own advice.

He could just do with the pissing off bit 

[Amy Lawn]

1 minute ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

Saw him a few weeks back and he could do with following his own advice.

I don't want to victim blame here, but if you will allow yourself to attend a Noel Gallagher set...

[CaledonianGonzo]

Just now, GETOFFAMYLAWN said:

I don't want to victim blame here, but if you will allow yourself to attend a Noel Gallagher set...

Didn't see the whole thing to be fair, but it was a warm-up for Young Fathers.

[Amy Lawn]

1 minute ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

Didn't see the whole thing to be fair, but it was a warm-up for Young Fathers.

I suppose that excuses things somewhat, seeing that Young Fathers are the very finest group that our humble planet is currently home to.

[thisisthesam]

REM have shared footage of their 1999 Pyramid performance.

https://www.glastofestfeed.com/latest/news/rem-share-rare-footage-glastonbury-1999-pyramid-stage-performance/

A sign perhaps?

[MichaelsBeard]

4 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

Didn't see the whole thing to be fair, but it was a warm-up for Young Fathers.

Yep. They were the try healdliner in Dumfries that night. 

May well headline the full thing next year if the next album goes down well. 

[Hugh Jass]

25 minutes ago, The Red Telephone said:

I started to look at ages/ albums, but realised my son hadn’t been fed for a few days.

I think Ash and Coldplay are the only acts to headline after releasing one album. Strictly speaking though, Ash weren’t booked as headliners - they only did it because Steve Winwood’s gear got stuck in the mud and he couldn’t get there. Sure Ash played on the Friday somewhere, stuck around for the rest of the weekend and got asked to fill in as Pyramid headliners.

Also think 1997 was the youngest average age of headliners (Radiohead, The Prodigy, Ash) Would imagine The Who, The Stones and Stevie Wonder have made this decade one of the oldest averages.

Young - Springsteen - Blur for oldest?

The Stones had AMs and Mumfords their year which would have brought the average age down significantly, likewise the Who with Kanye and Florence.

KOL - Jay-Z - The Verve must have been quite young too.

Edited October 11, 2018 by Hugh Jass

[The Red Telephone]

1 minute ago, Hugh Jass said:

Young - Springsteen - Blur for oldest?

Would imagine so - Blur must have been in their 40s by then

[Yokel Again]

9 minutes ago, thisisthesam said:

REM have shared footage of their 1999 Pyramid performance.

https://www.glastofestfeed.com/latest/news/rem-share-rare-footage-glastonbury-1999-pyramid-stage-performance/

A sign perhaps?

If only!!!!!

No chance of them getting back together by the sounds of it. 

[henry bear]

27 minutes ago, The Red Telephone said:

I think Ash and Coldplay are the only acts to headline after releasing one album. 

And Oasis, 1995

[Hugh Jass]

Just now, Yokel Again said:

If only!!!!!

No chance of them getting back together by the sounds of it. 

Nah, they seem to be split up for good. I wonder if it's because they (on the face of it) parted amicably and on their own terms, there's no sense of unfinished business or desire to give it one last go. They certainly don't seem the types to chase the reunion money either.

[henry bear]

R.E.M. have a new BBC box set out, with the 1999 Glastonbury set on it. Nothing to read into.

[The Red Telephone]

3 minutes ago, henry bear said:

And Oasis, 1995

True dat

[The Red Telephone]

Artisitc merits aside, and I don’t particularly like this song, has there ever been such a gaping difference in the quality of singing from one half of a song to the other? 

 

[CaledonianGonzo]

Still not as good as Cruel Summer.

[chemica]

Very odd looking at the latest bookies prices here. Stormzy and Fleetwood Mac at 1/3?????? Macca is 5/4.