2019 Headliners

[Gingerfish79]

4 minutes ago, Gnomicide said:

Gaga - Vegas residency finishes on 15th June. No other tour dates, residency starts again in October.

Strokes - On tour, playing festival in Europe on 11/07. Defined indie.

Ariana Grande - In US on Glastonbury weekend.

Bon Jovi - UK tour finishes 23/06. Next dates in Europe start 03/07.

The 1975 - playing Reading & Leeds who never share headliners with Glastonbury.

Killers - not on tour.

Rihanna - not on tour.

Taylor Swift - not on tour.

Fleetwood Mac - Emily said not booked.

Madonna - Emily said not booked.

Led Zep - not a thing anymore plus Emily said not booked.

Awesome summary, thanks!

[RarerThanDandyB]

1 minute ago, Hugh Jass said:

A shiver just went down my very soul...

I felt that also Hugh. Very sharp shiver.

[Hugh Jass]

Just now, RarerThanDandyB said:

I felt that also Hugh. Very sharp shiver.

You stay out of my soul.

[Gucci Piggy]

5 minutes ago, basynthnd said:

By name I’d say so but not by his music.

Do you really think Tame Impala have songs as well known to casual music fans as Big For Your Boots and Shut Up?

[TheNoise]

2 minutes ago, Hugh Jass said:

A shiver just went down my very soul...

 

Just now, RarerThanDandyB said:

I felt that also Hugh. Very sharp shiver.

And mine, but probably for different reasons.

I've got tickets to see them the wednesday before Glasto.

[Matt42]

3 minutes ago, Superscally said:

Cheers fella, but is "not on tour" a rule out? Glasto is a bit different, innit?

The not on tour acts are American. Glastonbury means jack shit to Americans so an artist isn’t going to come out of their holidays/hiatus to do it unless they have touring plans already

also re Rihanna, her name has been thrown around a lot in previous years but I truly think she’s done with music / being a major pop star. She makes way more money with her make up line now!

Edited January 16, 2019 by Matt42

[Gnomicide]

1 minute ago, Superscally said:

Cheers fella, but is "not on tour" a rule out? Glasto is a bit different, innit?

Maybe but you'd expect them to do at least a few warm up shows, needed not just for the band but for sound, lights etc.

It's a risk to do a massive, probably televised show when not fully match fit.

[Gucci Piggy]

And regarding The Killers playing Latitude, they were clearly making an exception and playing a festival way below their level. They also headlined IOW the same year.

Whilst on the topic of The Killers, they're w*nk and I'd rather watch an empty stage whilst Is This It plays over the PA.

[RarerThanDandyB]

1 minute ago, Hugh Jass said:

You stay out of my soul.

But, but I thought we had a connection...

[Amy Lawn]

12 minutes ago, thrillhouse188 said:

Scrap the Pyramid, open a Twin Peaks Roadhouse stage curated by David Lynch, Beach House James Hurley to headline

 

[Supernintendo Chalmers]

Although I can't remember the last time they pulled a huge surprise out of nowhere, the Eavis' have never let us down before and I'm still of the opinion that they've got something closely guarded up their sleeve. 

#Beleavis

[The Red Telephone]

26 minutes ago, Gnomicide said:

Gaga - Vegas residency finishes on 15th June. No other tour dates, residency starts again in October.

Strokes - On tour, playing festival in Europe on 11/07. Defined indie.

Ariana Grande - In US on Glastonbury weekend.

Bon Jovi - UK tour finishes 23/06. Next dates in Europe start 03/07.

The 1975 - playing Reading & Leeds who never share headliners with Glastonbury.

Killers - not on tour.

Rihanna - not on tour.

Taylor Swift - not on tour.

Fleetwood Mac - Emily said not booked.

Madonna - Emily said not booked.

Led Zep - not a thing anymore plus Emily said not booked.

FWIW Emily never said that Madonna wasn’t booked. Only FM and LZ. Unless I’ve missed another quote somewhere?

http://stagedoor.fm/2018/11/10/glastonbury-2019-emily-eavis-teases-british-male-friday-night-headliner/

99% sure it won’t happen though because she’ll probably be too expensive and isn’t touring.

Edited January 16, 2019 by The Red Telephone
Forget this now - I’ve been corrected! Sorry Gnom! #ahtt

[basynthnd]

6 minutes ago, Gucci Piggy said:

Do you really think Tame Impala have songs as well known to casual music fans as Big For Your Boots and Shut Up?

Probably not Tame Impala no, you could only really argue ‘The Less I Know The Better’. Definitely Foals though 

Edited January 16, 2019 by basynthnd

[Superscally]

2 minutes ago, Matt42 said:

The not on tour acts are American. Glastonbury means jack shit to Americans so an artist isn’t going to come out of their holidays/hiatus to do it unless they have touring plans already

also re Rihanna, her name has been thrown around a lot in previous years but I truly think she’s done with music / being a major pop star. She makes way more money with her make up line now!

That's just not true. To say Taylor or at the very least, her management are not aware that it's the biggest festival on the planet in terms of importance would be naive at best. Springsteen played it because he learned of its importance. Jay-Z, Beyonce and Metallica were actively pushing to play. 

[Amy Lawn]

8 minutes ago, mufcok said:

There's still absolutely nothing to suggest Lady Gaga is there? Get a lot of people want her to play but there hasn't been anything.. at all.. to suggest it? Unless I've missed something 

Yes, you've missed something. But I'm not going over it again.

[TiZuff]

I had a dream it was tame impala headlining rather than the strokes.

 

dreams are fun 

[Crazyfool01]

Just now, The Red Telephone said:

FWIW Emily never said that Madonna wasn’t booked. Only FM and LZ. Unless I’ve missed another quote somewhere?

http://stagedoor.fm/2018/11/10/glastonbury-2019-emily-eavis-teases-british-male-friday-night-headliner/

99% sure it won’t happen though because she’ll probably be too expensive and isn’t touring.

no fleetwood mac , led zeppelin or madonna from her talk in Taunton ....... but things change 

[RarerThanDandyB]

1 minute ago, Supernintendo Chalmers said:

Although I can't remember the last time they pulled a huge surprise out of nowhere, the Eavis' have never let us down before and I'm still of the opinion that they've got something closely guarded up their sleeve. 

#Beleavis

#dontstopbeleavis

[Hugh Jass]

Again, with FM, Emily said they weren't booked last year when Macca was very much on the cards. There's nothing to say they haven't gone back to them since the Macca deal fell through.

[thrillhouse188]

2 minutes ago, GETOFFAMYLAWN said:

 

[Stokesy10]

2 hours ago, RarerThanDandyB said:

Strokes will headline Glastonbury and it’s boiling piss. Love this thread xx

Fingers crossed ? and there will be a packed crowd loving it.

Still, can't see it happening

[mufcok]

Just now, GETOFFAMYLAWN said:

Yes, you've missed something. But I'm not going over it again.

The film? 

Chose not to mention it

[Winslow Leach]

2 minutes ago, basynthnd said:

Probably not Tame Impala no, you could only really argue ‘The Less I Lnow The Better’. Definitely Foals though 

Foals do not have more well known songs to Joe Public than Stormzy, what planet have you flown in from?

[Gucci Piggy]

7 minutes ago, Matt42 said:

The strokes were great in 2011 but I think a part of that was I was with a big group of strokes fans who were up for it!

considering they haven’t had any sort of further commercial success since 2011 is a bit weird.

I was sold last night it was the strokes but now i’m seriously doubting it. I imagine there will be plenty of numbers in Glastos phone book before they take that big a leap.

if the two other headliners were stronger I’d probably get onboard with it - but I think this years Glastonbury could be the first festival where the undercard is technically “more popular” than the headliners.

I think this is a bit of an exaggeration. The Strokes are a safe headliner; they headline festivals all over the world that are as big as Glasto when they're active, they have the songs to do it, they've never done Glasto before and they're a rare enough live proposition to make it at least a slightly interesting booking. They'll also satisfy the "real music" mob who threw a fit over Stormzy headlining.

The fact they'll be replacing a rock act probably works in their favour, too. Glasto may accept booking a slightly weaker headliner if it means keeping the genre spread that they initially wanted (which may have partly been the reason they took a punt on Stormzy as the third headliner).

They may see it as "Yeah, we could go for Gaga or someone instead who's a bigger act, but we've already pissed off a lot of our core demographic with the Stormzy booking and can't afford to do it again". Plus whoever they don't book is then available to book in future years. Like with The Cure they may be a "book em while we can" element to it.

[Amy Lawn]

1 minute ago, mufcok said:

The film? 

Chose not to mention it

NO NOT THE FILM YOU GREAT OAF, A GREAT MULTITUDE OF SIGNS AND VISIONS HAVE BEEN SHOWN TO ME BY THE NATURAL FORCES OF THE SACRED EARTH!

Edited January 16, 2019 by GETOFFAMYLAWN