2019 Headliners

[Gucci Piggy]

1 minute ago, the wonderwhy said:

The idea that Paul McCartney needs to spend three whole days in bed before he can headline Glastonbury is pretty hilarious tbh. 

Whats he gonna spend the flight home doing? Listening to The Cure? 

He's going to watch half of one of their live sets.

[The Red Telephone]

I was in Belgium a few months ago - took me three hours to be back on British soil, via buying 20 bottles of Bordeuax and some outrageous cheeses in an Auchan. I’m sure the Cure can afford to do this in Waitrose, therefore reducing the commute.

[thewayiam]

42 minutes ago, henry bear said:

U2 played Baltimore on June 22 2011, Glastonbury on 24th, then back stateside for another gig on 26th, which is some going 

They aren't 74

[suzie sue]

They might bother for a stadium gig but not for glasto pennies 

[dentalplan]

26 minutes ago, Gucci Piggy said:

Jetlag needn't be a problem, he can just carry on living as though he's in the same time zone and he'll be on stage at Glasto at what should be like 3pm in Phoenix.

 

Also - travelling from southwestern USA - you're not gonna overcome jet lag in three days or four days. That shit will take a week.

[henry bear]

7 minutes ago, thewayiam said:

They aren't 74

Doesn't matter, it's still some feat like them or not. I work at an airport and, as it happens, met U2 when they got off the plane from Baltimore. They'd flown here as soon as the show had finished and they looked completely knackered. Just over 24 hours later they'd be onstage at Glastonbury, and soon after that back on their 767 to continue their US tour. Macca obviously won't be doing that (if he is doing Glastonbury) but he'll still have jet lag to contend with, unlike The Cure.

[thewayiam]

1 hour ago, henry bear said:

Doesn't matter, it's still some feat like them or not. I work at an airport and, as it happens, met U2 when they got off the plane from Baltimore. They'd flown here as soon as the show had finished and they looked completely knackered. Just over 24 hours later they'd be onstage at Glastonbury, and soon after that back on their 767 to continue their US tour. Macca obviously won't be doing that (if he is doing Glastonbury) but he'll still have jet lag to contend with, unlike The Cure.

Remember though that U2 only happened due to cancellation the previous year. The band can't not have any future plans because of other things happening.

[Supernintendo Chalmers]

U2 played like they had jetlag in 2011... 

[henry bear]

11 minutes ago, thewayiam said:

Remember though that U2 only happened due to cancellation the previous year. The band can't not have any future plans because of other things happening.

Not denying this. Someone asked if any act had played in the US closer to the proposed G date than Macca, and that’s my answer 

[Ayrshire Chris]

The cure playing Glasgow sessions in August, the day before the Foo Fighters 

[Tuna]

4 hours ago, Doug85 said:

Sorry but I read this as him rupturing his cruciate and thought no wonder he's dropping out 

Send him to Cugat, he'll be fine by Christmas 

[MetaKate]

4 hours ago, dentalplan said:

Definitely out then. For the season!

 

4 hours ago, Doug85 said:

Sorry but I read this as him rupturing his cruciate and thought no wonder he's dropping out 

Austin City Limits guys! ?

[eFestivals]

11 hours ago, StupidDream said:

Neil haven't had any confirmation on this Macca pull out.

got a mail back overnight from someone - someone who has *never* sent me wrong info over many years. He doesn't send much my way, but sends stuff every year, works somewhere in the music biz and while I've no idea how/where he gets his info he's very obviously well-placed.

He says he's heard nothing.

[eFestivals]

11 hours ago, Matt42 said:

The who? Or is that a cheeky exception 

(and don’t say that you considered the who because that’s cheating  )

From what I can remember the who is the only headliner that has genuinely shocked me by coming out of nowhere

The Who were considered that year - and ruled out cos of their Paris gig.

[Gnomicide]

28 minutes ago, eFestivals said:

got a mail back overnight from someone - someone who has *never* sent me wrong info over many years. He doesn't send much my way, but sends stuff every year, works somewhere in the music biz and while I've no idea how/where he gets his info he's very obviously well-placed.

He says he's heard nothing.

 

[jparx]

42 minutes ago, eFestivals said:

got a mail back overnight from someone - someone who has *never* sent me wrong info over many years. He doesn't send much my way, but sends stuff every year, works somewhere in the music biz and while I've no idea how/where he gets his info he's very obviously well-placed.

He says he's heard nothing.

Was that someone who previously told you Macca was headlining?

Thanks for sharing Neil!

[MetaKate]

45 minutes ago, eFestivals said:

got a mail back overnight from someone - someone who has *never* sent me wrong info over many years. He doesn't send much my way, but sends stuff every year, works somewhere in the music biz and while I've no idea how/where he gets his info he's very obviously well-placed.

He says he's heard nothing.

Meaning it's still Macca?

[Honeybane]

11 hours ago, Gucci Piggy said:

The other person who posted in here saying they'd heard the same thing. And also someone on here who'd PM'd me stuff they've heard but doesn't want to post it publicly (I'm not gonna say who because obviously they don't want it posting everywhere).

That's two people in different places who've heard Macca has dropped out (one of them being in a band so obviously having some music industry connections, even if she hasn't got correct info through them), a poster from this site with proven decent info who'd heard someone else was headlining Saturday night, and Neil hearing Arctic Monkeys were approached to headline two weeks ago.

It's hardly mental to think that there could be something to all of that.

Sorry but not buying all this at all mate

more evidence/ people etc leaning torwards him playing than him not

 

[Gucci Piggy]

4 minutes ago, Honeybane said:

Sorry but not buying all this at all mate

more evidence/ people etc leaning torwards him playing than him not

 

Fair enough, I'm not saying you should buy it, I'm just not discounting it personally. I'm probably 50/50 on it atm.

Fwiw I hope he isn't out. I don't really care myself but obviously a lot of people want him to be there, so I hope he is (unless his replacement is Kendrick).

[eFestivals]

20 minutes ago, jparx said:

Was that someone who previously told you Macca was headlining?

Thanks for sharing Neil!

Nope, he's said nothing about Glasto this year, apart from replying to my "have you heard anything about Macca pulling out?" question.

I guess he only hears what he hears. 

[eFestivals]

23 minutes ago, MetaKate said:

Meaning it's still Macca?

Doesn't necessarily mean that. The only thing I can be certain of from what he's said is that he's not heard anything.

 

 

[Hugh Jass]

I knew we’d get something good once we reached 500 pages.

[jparx]

I suppose that's a better reply than "Macca was never booked, it's always been Kasabian!"

[MetaKate]

18 minutes ago, eFestivals said:

Doesn't necessarily mean that. The only thing I can be certain of from what he's said is that he's not heard anything.

 

 

 

[JoeyT]

As a staunch non-believer in the Macca out rumour, i was never saddened by it.

To those who were:

Edited November 22, 2018 by JoeyT