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For my own entertainment (I am an extremely sad man) I decided to have a look at the festival headliners over the past few years and see if any trends/ patterns emerge with the type of acts booked….ev

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6 minutes ago, The Martini Police said:

Really? If that's only taking into account personal taste then fair enough but in terms of reception, I'd say their careers have followed pretty similar patterns with massively successful debuts and tailing off since but maintaining festival headline status. Big difference regarding their suitably for Glastonbury now though (for me) with one having headlined around their peak and the other having never played. (Yes I know the Killers are bigger but I think the point still stands)

Difference being whilst you're probably right about The Killers tailing off as well, that didn't happen until after their third album. Hot Fuss was massive and their biggest album but Sam's Town and Day & Age are huge too. They usually play the most from Hot Fuss but a fair whack from the other two as well and don't just rely on the one album. I've also heard The Strokes are dead live, Killers put on a hell of a show at the JP apparently. For what it's worth I don't like The Killers and wouldn't see them but they're a stronger headliner than The Strokes.

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23 minutes ago, Superunknown said:

At least The Killers have more than one good album. If it's The Strokes that's a shocking booking and I like them. Out of the suggested names Gaga would be the best. LG x 

Even if you think The Strokes one have one good album, that's more than The Killers have.

Room On Fire is better than any Killers albums n all.

3 minutes ago, JoeyT said:

The Killers have more big songs to fill a headline set at a festival than The Strokes do.

Surely that's not in question?

Nah that's not in question. What's in question is whether any of them are any good.

 

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21 minutes ago, RyanS said:

How many good albums does GaGa have though?  I think you can take the best bits of each of them to make a good compilation but personally I don't think she's made a decent LP (although I know that probably doesn't matter much anymore.)

The Fame and Born This Way are absolutely massive albeit not to everyone's tastes. 

As you said, you can take the best bits from each, which would be her setlist. My argument is that if you took the best bits from The Strokes you'd end up with Is This It, with a few off the second.

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29 minutes ago, The Martini Police said:

Back to a topic from earlier then. The Killers are active. Not that I think it’ll happen, especially without a new album until 2020.

 

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27 minutes ago, RyanS said:

Kid Rock? Sting? Pitbull? Bush? 

Is this the worst festival lineup of all time?

Personally I don't think any American line-up is better 

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1 minute ago, dentalplan said:

It’s in Texas.

Texas in May. Glastonbury is at the end of June.

Seems unlikely that they would only play one US festival next summer, a few US dates in May before a jaunt around the European summer fests is hardly inconceivable.

I'm not saying they'll play, but they have to be considered.

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