2019 Headliners

[SCG95]

Plenty of discussion about Stormzy...

Is all the hype because of his insta post a while back or do people genuinely think he’s ready to headline the pyramid? 

[Gucci Piggy]

1 minute ago, SCG95 said:

Plenty of discussion about Stormzy...

Is all the hype because of his insta post a while back or do people genuinely think he’s ready to headline the pyramid? 

Well, both. He was already being discussed before he posted that and him posting that obviously led to more people thinking he may be playing.

Obviously no one thinks he's currently a Pyramid headliner but those predicting him to do so are obviously assuming he'll have a second album out that's as successful as his first one was, warranting the bump up.

[Gnomicide]

5 minutes ago, chatty said:

 https://www.glastofestfeed.com/latest/news/emily-eavis-reveals-3-big-name-acts-not-headlining-glastonbury-2019/

 

Madonna, Led Zeppelin and Fleetwood Mac ruled out according to this. No idea how realisable the site is, just popped up on my page. These were all pretty long shots imo anyway with Zeppelin just not gonna happen and Mac not much more likely. 

Get a bit more of a realistic rumourmill killing the usual suspects wlthat never happen off early.

Follow the yellow brick road, it all leads back to here.

[priest17]

Man I used to read every post in the headliners thread religiously and just now skipped forward from page 279. Part timer these days. 

I've had a couple and I'm beatles album hopping to fruitlessly work out my favourite one again. (Its revolver).  (Nah it's Abbey road). I know Paul McCartney isn't the Beatles but he was in them, I'd really really love it if he did it, more so than any other headliner announced since 2009. I know some of you are bare old and were at the last one but I really really hope there's something to him being there.

Seems like the cure are nailed on, hope that's wrong and gaga and stormzy do the other slots.

Hope arctic monkeys come back after their next album, hopefully with 10 years between their last set.

Hope coldplay and muse headline the same year again for the #bantz on here.

Sound.

[Gnomicide]

55 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

Apparently he's back recording with them at the moment

http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/brian-johnson-and-phil-rudd-appear-to-be-back-in-studio-with-ac-dc-photographic-proof/

[CaledonianGonzo]

Seems like a Tough

A Tough too much

[Honeybane]

Neil what info did u have on the streets? Are they nailed on? This is a big thing for me seeing weak become heroes live!

[CaledonianGonzo]

6 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

Seems like a Tough

A Tough too much

 

[Mash011]

48 minutes ago, Gucci Piggy said:

I dunno if this is sarcasm or not but Biffy Clyro surely have more songs that your average Ed Sheeran crowd will know? Many of Horror, Mountains, Bubbles, The Captain, Biblical, etc.

Ehhh not really. Many of Horror is the only one you'd think of as having much crossover with the Sheeran fans, and they're certainly not a 'pop' act in the same way The xx are. I mean even I couldn't tell you how Mountains, Bubbles or The Captain go, and I was at that set.

[Gucci Piggy]

Just now, Mash011 said:

Ehhh not really. Many of Horror is the only one you'd think of as having much crossover with the Sheeran fans, and they're certainly not a 'pop' act in the same way The xx are. I mean even I couldn't tell you how Mountains, Bubbles or The Captain go, and I was at that set.

Meh agree to disagree. I reckon your random person on the street could name you mode Biffy Clyro songs than The xx songs. 

[Mash011]

1 minute ago, Gucci Piggy said:

Meh agree to disagree. I reckon your random person on the street could name you mode Biffy Clyro songs than The xx songs. 

Well even if that's true you're you're just going off which act's more popular in that case rather than which one's more 'pop'. We were talking about matching up acts which have more in common stylistically, not just saying the most well known subs should go under the the biggest headliner or whatever.

[forjustoneday]

Might be a tough one to answer but how accurate have you guys been over the years? Do you normally arrive at the 3 headliners in some way or is there normally 1 or 2 that completely surprise you?

[Mash011]

Just now, forjustoneday said:

Might be a tough one to answer but how accurate have you guys been over the years? Do you normally arrive at the 3 headliners in some way or is there normally 1 or 2 that completely surprise you?

Don't trust anything you hear on this dumbass forum tbh.

[Honeybane]

Just now, forjustoneday said:

Might be a tough one to answer but how accurate have you guys been over the years? Do you normally arrive at the 3 headliners in some way or is there normally 1 or 2 that completely surprise you?

I think the last one that got everyone by surprise was the who (I weren't going nor a member that year) since then Neil and the community have been bang on 

[Gucci Piggy]

1 minute ago, Mash011 said:

Well even if that's true you're you're just going off which act's more popular in that case rather than which one's more 'pop'. We were talking about matching up acts which have more in common stylistically, not just saying the most well known subs should go under the the biggest headliner or whatever.

Fair, maybe I shouldn't have used the word "pop" in my original post, as my point was about them fitting under Ed Sheeran better in terms of having more tunes that his crowd will know. I guess using the word "mainstream" would have made more sense.

And it wasn't just that he was the biggest headliner. If instead of Foos we had Led Zeppelin I'd be saying the same. The point was, with Ed Sheeran being a mainstream pop artist whose crowd will largely be casual music fans who know what they know via listening to Radio One or whatever, a band with a decent amount of mainstream hits would be more likely to hold the attention of that crowd.

I still don't see any evidence that they actively try to have a contrast. Even accepting that last year would have made more sense the way dental laid it out, in my experience the subs have mostly been placed below the most suitable headliner.

[deadpheasant]

More pop than the XX...
 

 

[Xeph1995]

9 minutes ago, deadpheasant said:

More pop than the XX...
 

 

While im not saying your wrong you kinda have chery picked a moment. I could find a soft poppy bit i wanted too.

[Gucci Piggy]

7 minutes ago, deadpheasant said:

More pop than the XX...
 

 

I mean, I've already clarified that I was talking in terms of their audience and how many well known songs they have rather than their genre, and that I probably should have used the word "mainstream" rather than "pop".

I'm talking about how that setlist contained the likes of Many of Horror, Mountains, Biblical, etc. that most people know, whilst The xx don't have that.

But yeah, I used the wrong term. I get that stylistically The xx are more of a pop act than Biffy Clyro.

[thewayiam]

1 hour ago, Hugh Jass said:

Yeah I only really noticed after I posted. Slight revision...

1975 - Vampire Weekend - Dua Lipa - Ashcroft

The Cure - Stormzy - LDR

Macca - LG - Ezra - Kylie - Crowe

If you swap Friday 2nd and 3rd it's possible. VW above DL. ..no chance.

12 minutes ago, deadpheasant said:

More pop than the XX...
 

 

Such a good set that.

[Gucci Piggy]

Didn't even realise he'd picked one moment to back up the point. I could easily link that video whilst they're playing Re-Arrange or Many of Horror.

[Hugh Jass]

2 minutes ago, thewayiam said:

If you swap Friday 2nd and 3rd it's possible. VW above DL. ..no chance.

Most would have said there was no chance of Katy Perry playing below the National.

[Respectfatfrog]

19 minutes ago, deadpheasant said:

More pop than the XX...
 

 

Become a biffy fan after this set. Knew a couple of thier songs before but this was one of perfect settings set sun, freinds good music. Will hold biffy up there since then 

[Xeph1995]

Biffy are a band I really wan't to like, there music always sounds good, just can't deal with their voices. can't fault them for that though.

Edited October 12, 2018 by Xeph1995

[ghostdancer1]

1 hour ago, Gucci Piggy said:

I mean, I've already clarified that I was talking in terms of their audience and how many well known songs they have rather than their genre, and that I probably should have used the word "mainstream" rather than "pop".

I'm talking about how that setlist contained the likes of Many of Horror, Mountains, Biblical, etc. that most people know, whilst The xx don't have that.

But yeah, I used the wrong term. I get that stylistically The xx are more of a pop act than Biffy Clyro.

this is a joke, right?

Biblical got to no.70 in the charts. I've just put it on youtube and I'm pretty sure i've literally never heard it in my life.

most people don't know a single Biffy Clyro song. some people would recognise Many Of Horror from being covered by an X-Factor winner. that's it.

[Gucci Piggy]

16 minutes ago, ghostdancer1 said:

this is a joke, right?

Biblical got to no.70 in the charts. I've just put it on youtube and I'm pretty sure i've literally never heard it in my life.

most people don't know a single Biffy Clyro song. some people would recognise Many Of Horror from being covered by an X-Factor winner. that's it.

Fair enough, I thought that song was bigger. Doesn't really change my point, though - The xx's highest charting singles were Islands and On Hold which reached number 34. Biffy Clyro have 15 singles that charted at number 34 or higher. In fact, from Glitter and Trauma in 2004 until Black Chandelier in 2013, the only single they released which charted lower than those two The xx singles was God and Satan, which reached number 36.