2019 Headliners

[CaledonianGonzo]

If Elbow play a surprise guest show at the Park and noone was there to see it, did it even happen?

[Superscally]

9 hours ago, Gnomicide said:

I mean, it was good, really good, but best in 10 years? Nah.

Anti-flag at Leftfied, The Hold Steady on The Other, Killers at John Peel, Elbow at The Park. All better.

Elbow? ELBOW??? You make some decent suggestions (I didn't see those) but then you ruin it all with that! Nope. ?

[Superscally]

8 hours ago, Johnkhutch said:

LCD Soundsystem, Other Stage 2016, 'nuff said.

You were one of the five people there?Significant author bias identified! ??

[Gnomicide]

4 minutes ago, Superscally said:

Elbow? ELBOW??? You make some decent suggestions (I didn't see those) but then you ruin it all with that! Nope. ?

It was superb. Glastonbury turned me into an Elbow fan and I'll be eternally grateful. 

[Superscally]

2 minutes ago, Gnomicide said:

It was superb. Glastonbury turned me into an Elbow fan and I'll be eternally grateful. 

I do love it when stuff like that happens. I just wish they'd turn the "elbow" dial down three notches and just let Guy Garvey run with it. 

[Keithy]

On 12/2/2018 at 8:46 AM, MetaKate said:

Justice was absolutely rammed!

One of my top 5 Glastonbury nights.

[dingbat2]

1 hour ago, stuartbert two hats said:

Battles, Park, 2008 just about qualifies and beats everything ever.

That was pretty ace wasn't it. If I remember correctly wasn't it really rammed for the new big things that year, MGMT. Then as they finished the Park started to thin out for the mighty Battles arrival

...Elbow at the Queens Head was also something special that year

[SwedgeAntilles]

Honourable mention for Hinds at The Park in 2016 but LCD on The Other is undoubtedly the correct answer.

[BambooShanks]

For me, my favourite non-pyramid headliners of the last 10 years are: Chic at WH in '13, Massive Attack at The other in '14, John Hopkins in '15,  LCD soundsystem in '16.

No doubt I will be adding to that list next year.

[Tuna]

ITT: people that didn't go see Portishead

[jparx]

+1 for LCD Soundsystem. 

You know it was a good set when, after waiting for Radiohead to triumphantly return to the Pyramid, the LCD set was still better. I also think battling with that dreadful mud all weekend helped the show. People were so up for it and determined to make it a great crowd.

[dentalplan]

I hear Macca’s gonna pull out again if peeps don’t stop talking about non-2019 non-headliners.

[Gucci Piggy]

5 hours ago, Gnomicide said:

Where you at either?

No, I consciously missed both because they're bad bands, which is why on the balance of probability I can confidently assume they probably weren't two of the best sets of the last ten years. I've seen footage of The Killers' set and, whilst it looked like a good atmosphere and a fun time, it's still a naff band playing naff songs, which is why I watched Chic instead. Elbow, I've seen a couple of times before and have no idea how they could possibly put on one of the best sets of the last ten years unless they were somehow a million times better than the times I saw them. As CalGon said, too, I've never even heard anyone mention that set until last night.

Anyway, it's just my opinion and wasn't meant to be too serious a reply.

Having been at the LCD Soundsystem set I can safely agree with that one. And having watched Portishead on TV in 2013 that's clearly up there as well.

[Amy Lawn]

It's LCD 2016. Hot Chip 2015 comes close.

The Killers show in 2017 was good, but not best of the decade material.

[Acid Loafers]

Only been to 2017, but The Killers was the best show that I saw that weekend. Definitely was a very special vibe inside that tent.

[henry bear]

40 minutes ago, Gucci Piggy said:

No, I consciously missed both because they're bad bands, which is why on the balance of probability I can confidently assume they probably weren't two of the best sets of the last ten years. I've seen footage of The Killers' set and, whilst it looked like a good atmosphere and a fun time, it's still a naff band playing naff songs

Can’t argue with this. I was there, great spot, fantastic atmosphere, good to see a stadium band in a tent etc, but ultimately was The Killers playing Killers songs, which has never done much for me.

[FloorFiller]

16 minutes ago, henry bear said:

Can’t argue with this. I was there, great spot, fantastic atmosphere, good to see a stadium band in a tent etc, but ultimately was The Killers playing Killers songs, which has never done much for me.

Yep I echo this. I’m sure being a Killers fan in that tent was an incredible experience, but I’m not, so for me it wasn’t, and I wish I’d done Gibb/Chic instead, but ah well.

[Hugh Jass]

I was at that Elbow set, which is something I had completely forgotten about until now.

[CaledonianGonzo]

It was a triumphant symphony of material by The Killers, played in the fashion of The Killers by an assortment of members of The Killers.  Only someone who didnt like The Killers could find fault with it, from a The Killers point of view.

[CaledonianGonzo]

1 minute ago, Hugh Jass said:

I was at that Elbow set, which is something I had completely forgotten about until now.

It was a forgettable trudge of material by Elbow including that one about a window, played in the fashion of Elbow by an assortment of members of Elbow presumavly featuring that one with the beard.  Only someone who didnt like Elbow could even remember it even happening, from an Elbow point of view.

[scaryclaireyfairy]

I just remembered I was at Elbow for about 20mins.

[CaledonianGonzo]

It's looking like a memorable day.

[Zacko]

Hot Chip as the sun set at the Other Stage in 2010. Worldie. 

[Gucci Piggy]

The idea of Elbow was so boring that I left after Angel Olsen to go and stand at the side of The xx for their whole set before Radiohead.

[Amy Lawn]

I bet Elbow would be the least fun band to hang out with of all time.