2019 Headliners

[MetaKate]

9 minutes ago, eFestivals said:

Let me tell you a story....

There was a band that was up-and-coming, that was an obvious act for Glastonbury to try for. So they did.

Meanwhile said band were announced during Glasto weekend as support for their own musical hero at the biggest show they'd have played to that time, on a different continent. They posted online their excitement about it a few times over several months.

In April that year one of the Glasto bookers told me he was desperate to get them and would be getting them. I told him he didn't have a chance.

They didn't play.

The way the bit about Liam and Childish is written says to me that Childish isn't booked yet (or wasn't at the time of that info) but they're trying to get him. It doesn't mean shit towards whether he'll play or not, it merely says that Glasto wants him.

This was a super confusing story, but I got the point. 

I really hope they get him.

[Winslow Leach]

16 minutes ago, eFestivals said:

Let me tell you a story....

There was a band that was up-and-coming, that was an obvious act for Glastonbury to try for. So they did.

Meanwhile said band were announced during Glasto weekend as support for their own musical hero at the biggest show they'd have played to that time, on a different continent. They posted online their excitement about it a few times over several months.

In April that year one of the Glasto bookers told me he was desperate to get them and would be getting them. I told him he didn't have a chance.

They didn't play.

The way the bit about Liam and Childish is written says to me that Childish isn't booked yet (or wasn't at the time of that info) but they're trying to get him. It doesn't mean shit towards whether he'll play or not, it merely says that Glasto wants him.

There is a band,

a certain band,

and to support their heroes you may be sure they'll do all they can!

[MetaKate]

58 minutes ago, Quark said:

On  amore general note, it just feels too early to have all three headliners pinned down. Sure @eFestivalshas good reason to believe his sources and all the rest, but something just doesn't sit right with me. Dunno.

I already called plot twist Quark. Don't steal my thunder! 

Storm!

Stormzy. 

Storm. 

Xmen ...

SUPER POWERS. 

My super power is sensing plot twists*. 

I'm not sure where I was going there but its 340am in the part of Canada I live.

 

*Daft punk confirmed

[Bradders]

My Grandma’s 88 and she knows Stormzy. Your Mums are all well lame.

She doesn’t know who The Cure are though.

Edited November 9, 2018 by Bradders

[BlueDaze]

8 minutes ago, Bradders said:

My Grandma’s 88 and she knows Stormzy. Your Mums are all well lame.

She doesn’t know who The Cure are though.

Get her to ask him if he is headlining Glastonbury...

[Kashkin]

4 hours ago, Keithy said:

I reached peak dumb mum last night. My mum is convinced, absolutely convinced, that Bon Jovi are coming to Torquay to play our 1,500 seater theatre. She saw 'him' on Good Morning Britain advertising 'his' new tour, The Bon Jovi Experience and that 'he' is playing dates all over the UK.

I've tried to let her down gently that it's a tribute act but she's having none of it. Has purchased tickets already.... It's not sold out instantly which I've hinted might be odd for a global rock band playing Torquay...

I love this story! Could be like the placebo effect though - she'll enjoy it just as much as the real thing because she believes it is?

[Doug85]

3 hours ago, MetaKate said:

its 340am in the part of Canada I live.

 

That's dedication to Inception right there. 

[thesecretingredientiscrime]

I think it’s important to note the detail of what Glover said which was “this is the last Gambino album” not that he was retiring from making music. 

[OddRon]

4 hours ago, Winslow Leach said:

There is a band,

a certain band,

and to support their heroes you may be sure they'll do all they can!

JACK WHITE CONFIRMED

[BlueDaze]

1 hour ago, thesecretingredientiscrime said:

I think it’s important to note the detail of what Glover said which was “this is the last Gambino album” not that he was retiring from making music. 

childish

[crocodiles]

6 hours ago, Phoenix Girl said:

Just whatsapped my Mum (she’s 80) and she’s head of him. Yessss! I have a cool mum.

You have if she uses what's app . My mum's got it but no matter how many times we explain she can't figure how to use it ?

[Winslow Leach]

1 hour ago, OddRon said:

JACK WHITE CONFIRMED

Wait what?

[zero000]

Played Boys Don't Cry and Friday I'm in Love to my girlfriend yesterday and she'd never heard either of them. Baffling. 

Bet my mum knows who Stormzy is though.

[DJL]

20 hours ago, ourkid1984 said:

The Cure have probably got more popular for their live performances since the last time they played Glastonbury so deserve another go.

 

Is that the consensus? I saw them twice in about 2008 and really didn't enjoy it - I enjoy their hits but not beyond that and these seemed occasional in their setlist mixed in with slower songs I personally found a bit boring (though I'm sure fans loved). I ended up watching them again in 2013 because others wanted to and enjoyed it a bit more. Not so much I would see them as a Glastonbury headliner though, unless they've become a bit more festival friendly..?

[ourkid1984]

1 hour ago, DJL said:

Is that the consensus? I saw them twice in about 2008 and really didn't enjoy it - I enjoy their hits but not beyond that and these seemed occasional in their setlist mixed in with slower songs I personally found a bit boring (though I'm sure fans loved). I ended up watching them again in 2013 because others wanted to and enjoyed it a bit more. Not so much I would see them as a Glastonbury headliner though, unless they've become a bit more festival friendly..?

I'm not really sure to be honest. My comment is based on how many festivals and large concerts they do and when it comes to concerts how often they sell out. I went to a new bands gig the other week, one band were teenagers and all of them loved the Cure. I kind of see them as like bands of the late 70's that my dad loved that I and all my friends then went onto love. Every 10 years or so a wave of older bands get a boost in popularity and I suppose it's the cures time.

[beau1]

3 hours ago, DJL said:

Is that the consensus? I saw them twice in about 2008 and really didn't enjoy it - I enjoy their hits but not beyond that and these seemed occasional in their setlist mixed in with slower songs I personally found a bit boring (though I'm sure fans loved). I ended up watching them again in 2013 because others wanted to and enjoyed it a bit more. Not so much I would see them as a Glastonbury headliner though, unless they've become a bit more festival friendly..?

To be fair, they headlined R+L in 2012 so I don't really see why The Cure would need to be more festival friendly to headline Glastonbury?

[DJL]

9 hours ago, beau1 said:

To be fair, they headlined R+L in 2012 so I don't really see why The Cure would need to be more festival friendly to headline Glastonbury?

I'm not saying they need to be more festival friendly to headline Glastonbury, just for me to be more likely to enjoy them. It's not a criticism of them - the first half of Radiohead's set last year was arguably not particularly accessible to a casual fan I just happen to really like Radiohead. If The Cure were to play an equivalent set (which they are perfectly entitled to do) I'd probably not be fussed on the first half. I'm open to seeing them but lots of other stages to go to etc. etc.

[kalifire]

I maintain that The Cure are not current enough to warrant a headline slot and I’d still be surprised to hear them announced. That said, I’m also surprised they’re headlining so many festivals next year so there’s obviously a huge following. I just don’t think they resonate with the mainstream to the extent that putting them on the Pyramid on Saturday night following a fallow year feels like a stretch. It’s not like they’re even a contemporary risk like Kanye. 

[SwedgeAntilles]

So is Danny Glover playing or not? 

[Phoenix Girl]

I think that Emily interview is now isn’t it? Potential announcement maybe or not.

[FloorFiller]

1 hour ago, kalifire said:

I maintain that The Cure are not current enough to warrant a headline slot and I’d still be surprised to hear them announced. That said, I’m also surprised they’re headlining so many festivals next year so there’s obviously a huge following. I just don’t think they resonate with the mainstream to the extent that putting them on the Pyramid on Saturday night following a fallow year feels like a stretch. It’s not like they’re even a contemporary risk like Kanye. 

Yeah I'm quite looking forward to seeing the general reaction to them being announced because I'm guessing it's gonna be a pretty nonplussed and even outraged one from a hell of a lot of people expecting a Coldplay/Beyonce/Sheeran/Adele/Foos mega headliner, especially when paired with Stormzy, who though popular is debatable as a headliner at all at this point and McCartney who isn't exactly one for a lot of the younger generation.

I think the fact that The Cure have just been quietly touring away for ten years without any new material doesn't help things as there hasn't been much to put them in the limelight/media/ears of casual listeners unlike a lot of the other smaller headliners who release an album every few years putting them back in the public eye. Not that a new Cure album is gonna blow the world away, but it'd at least get them a bit of coverage.

Although all that said, their booking could be another move away from the certainty of mega headliners each year that people have come to expect, which would open the door for a lot of acts who aren't quite relevant enough to headline anymore by Glastonbury's usual standards. The list of mega headliners is dwindling away year by year so it's a step they'll have to take sooner or later.

[slash's hat]

1 hour ago, SwedgeAntilles said:

So is Danny Glover playing or not? 

 

[dentalplan]

30 minutes ago, FloorFiller said:

Yeah I'm quite looking forward to seeing the general reaction to them being announced because I'm guessing it's gonna be a pretty nonplussed and even outraged one from a hell of a lot of people expecting a Coldplay/Beyonce/Sheeran/Adele/Foos mega headliner, especially when paired with Stormzy, who though popular is debatable as a headliner at all at this point and McCartney who isn't exactly one for a lot of the younger generation.

I think the fact that The Cure have just been quietly touring away for ten years without any new material doesn't help things as there hasn't been much to put them in the limelight/media/ears of casual listeners unlike a lot of the other smaller headliners who release an album every few years putting them back in the public eye. Not that a new Cure album is gonna blow the world away, but it'd at least get them a bit of coverage.

Although all that said, their booking could be another move away from the certainty of mega headliners each year that people have come to expect, which would open the door for a lot of acts who aren't quite relevant enough to headline anymore by Glastonbury's usual standards. The list of mega headliners is dwindling away year by year so it's a step they'll have to take sooner or later.

I’ve seen their long stream of festival announcements get a lot of coverage though so their name is definitely out there again. Maybe not where people with a completely limited grasp of music may spot them, but I don’t see why Glastonbury should pander to that audience. Plus those people don’t pick up on Glastonbury announcements anyway.

If not the songs, I think most people on site will know the name and I can’t see much outrage on the horizon. Doesn’t strike me as much different from Radiohead if I’m honest.

[Mash011]

Oh it's not gonna get any outrage. Just a very quiet shrug. 'Alright then.'

[BlueDaze]

2 hours ago, SwedgeAntilles said:

So is Danny Glover playing or not? 

Don’t be childish