2019 Headliners

[crocodiles]

1 hour ago, SwedgeAntilles said:

Bollocks. 

I'm with you on that 

[jparx]

To be fair I also prefer GnR's version, mainly because Inna guitarist and Slash nails that cover, but equally can't wait to see Macca smash it on the farm. 

If Slash gets booked maybe he can come out and join in? ?

[Mattymooz]

46 minutes ago, thewayiam said:

Yes.....don't take my word for the them....check stats...that don't lie!

Joanne sold less and considerably enough so that the bombed Artpop....even in America! Compared them to earlier and it's crazy! 

To put a little context into it...that awful M&S output of Wilder Wind only got beat by 10k coppies with Gaga's Joanne. And that was the album for them that people said are they relevant....didn't even know they released an album. Now I knew about Joanne ....but mostly due to the bold art on the album case but it very much came and went to a point Artpop was talked about for longer...not for good reasons but no publicly is bad publicity and all that.

What about a side on headshot if the lead artist counts as bold album art?

And it's not really a suprise that a big electro-pop acts country and jazz albums did more poorly than their normal stuff is it...

[slash's hat]

1 hour ago, StupidDream said:

Haha, great daughter you have, especially as I am a huge Beatles fan myself. Started around age of 14 and more than a decade later I still am. My old man is a fan too, but doesn't know as much as I do and I often have to 'educate' him Had few young friends to share it with, sadly. 

What triggered their sudden interest in them? 

I'm not sure to be honest. At Glasto 2017 we went to the bootleg Beatles and kids sat in the doorway reading the Glastonbury press, so it's turned around pretty quickly! Maybe she received subliminal messages...did they play any tracks backwards I wonder?.

 

[henry bear]

In June I was talking to this guy who was a production manager for the Carters then current stadium tour. He was saying he also looks after the Foos and Gaga, and what a talent the latter is. She did the album with Tony Bennett because she’s a huge fan and it was a thrill for her. I don’t think album sales was a consideration - it was always going to be playing to more of a niche market. ASIB will more than make up for that, and shows an ambition, like those last few albums, to stretch herself creatively, rather than just churning out pop albums. I don’t think she’ll be at GF, but I hope so (even though I’m not a huge fan myself, just think it would be a great booking), and if she is I really can’t see her anything other than headlining.

[slash's hat]

42 minutes ago, jparx said:

To be fair I also prefer GnR's version, mainly because Inna guitarist and Slash nails that cover, but equally can't wait to see Macca smash it on the farm. 

If Slash gets booked maybe he can come out and join in? ?

Now that would make it worthwhile.

[giantkatestacks]

@slash's hat I asked my 15 year old about the 1975 as well and he didnt have a clue. Him and his mates mostly listen to whatever we are calling grime/drill/etc now plus a lot of US Drake type stuff, I had a look at his playlist and hadnt heard of any of them. He does know who Bastille and Kasabian are though as I have been dragged to see them before. 

[Gucci Piggy]

The 1975 are one of those bands you get laughed at for listening to. They're like the pop version of My Chemical Romance.

I don't hate them, but if I was listening to The 1975 at uni and someone asked who I was listening to I'd probably say someone else.

[henry bear]

I know they’re big with the yoof, and sell out arenas and stuff, but honestly don’t think they’ve got enough appeal outside of that age bracket to make them classic headliner material yet.

[Gucci Piggy]

5 minutes ago, henry bear said:

I know they’re big with the yoof, and sell out arenas and stuff, but honestly don’t think they’ve got enough appeal outside of that age bracket to make them classic headliner material yet.

Yep people on here are saying they'd get a massive crowd but I don't think they would. They're huge but I'd guess that most of their fanbase aren't Glasto attendees. I think they'd be pretty poorly received as a headliner.

[CaledonianGonzo]

Would be nice otherwise, but not every headliner is a classic.

[Rose-Colored Boy]

51 minutes ago, Gucci Piggy said:

The 1975 are one of those bands you get laughed at for listening to. They're like the pop version of My Chemical Romance.

I don't hate them, but if I was listening to The 1975 at uni and someone asked who I was listening to I'd probably say someone else.

Totally different experience to mine, although everyone I know who likes them also listens to Ed Sheeran and that so I’m probably just not very cool

[dentalplan]

52 minutes ago, Gucci Piggy said:

The 1975 are one of those bands you get laughed at for listening to. They're like the pop version of My Chemical Romance.

I don't hate them, but if I was listening to The 1975 at uni and someone asked who I was listening to I'd probably say someone else.

*Somebody Else

[dentalplan]

I should have read up and seen that nobody knows any 1975 songs before punning on 1975 songs.

[SwedgeAntilles]

Someone else! Someone else! Someone else! 

[Gucci Piggy]

7 minutes ago, dentalplan said:

*Somebody Else

I was actually gonna say something about that being a 1975 song but I didn't even realise it was Somebody instead of Someone.

Oh well, back to telling everyone in the library now good this Swans album I'm listening to is.

[Rose-Colored Boy]

1 hour ago, henry bear said:

I know they’re big with the yoof, and sell out arenas and stuff, but honestly don’t think they’ve got enough appeal outside of that age bracket to make them classic headliner material yet.

the crowds that packed out various tents for them at R+L in 2013, 2014 and 2016 should in theory now have ‘graduated’ to going to Glastonbury. And according to reports on here they got a bigger crowd on the Other Stage in 2016 than basically anyone else including the headliners anyway. Obviously it doesn’t necessarily work like that and some of them may have moved on to shite like drill but they’d definitely get a respectable crowd. 

Edited October 13, 2018 by Rose-Colored Boy

[Little Andy]

3 hours ago, Stokesy10 said:

I've been meaning to ask summat about his performance which didn't warrant a new thread:

I watched one of those "vids to show newbies" the other day, and there was some clips of Sheeran, snippets of about 8 tracks - Was it LITERALLY him and the acoustic for the entire set? The odd bit of percussion? It sounded like the most boring sack of cack ever. I know a video on a mobile isn't a great example of what a gig sounds like.

Mostly. Some tracks he adds layers with a loop pedal, he used a different instrument on Shape Of You, and for one Irish sounding song he had an Irish band with him. But it's mostly him and his guitar. 

[thewayiam]

2 hours ago, Mattymooz said:

What about a side on headshot if the lead artist counts as bold album art?

And it's not really a suprise that a big electro-pop acts country and jazz albums did more poorly than their normal stuff is it...

No.....but I don't think that really helps make it a different story.

Regardless of the material release...if it bombs and unnoticed then it is.

[Guest]

Edit-double post.

Edited October 13, 2018 by Guest

[Guest]

I saw the 1975 at Lolapolooza in Berlin a few years ago. They were nowhere as boring as Radiohead, who I had to escape as far away as possible from.

Never thought they would end up Glastonbury headliners though, from their performance in Berlin.

[Guest]

I saw the 1975 at Lolapolooza in Berlin a few years ago. They were nowhere as boring as Radiohead, who I had to escape as far away as possible from.

Never thought they would end up Glastonbury headliners though, from their performance in Berlin.

[henry bear]

Just now, eastynh said:

Never thought they would end up Glastonbury headliners though, from their performance in Berlin.

I’m fairly confident they won’t be Pyramid headliners next year 

[Phoenix Girl]

5 hours ago, briddj said:

Does Macca do the Frog Chorus? Interested if so.

Oh I love this song. I just rewatched the video for the first time since I was a child. The memories...

[tomainley]

53 minutes ago, eastynh said:

They were nowhere as boring as Radiohead, who I had to escape as far away as possible from.

 

Cor.. 

To each their own but I personally think Radiohead rank as one of the best if not the best live act i've ever seen.