2019 Headliners

[TheNoise]

23 minutes ago, nysmaw said:

Would anyone be so kind and explain what it means to be a gammon for those of us who are not native English speakers? I’m quite confused

 

21 minutes ago, dentalplan said:

It’s to do with having bigoted beliefs, normally impacted by patriotism, but it’s been hijacked by these losers who want to make people feel bad about the music they like.

It also appears to be used in place of Generation X, which btw is a cool as fuck name.

That's it ! We can't have a great name, let's take it away and replace it with something derogatory then use it to beat Gen X with when we don't agree with their choices/music.

[Zoo Music Girl]

Liam Gallagher headlining? Based on what? He did a shit set opening Other with Beady Eye and a surprise slot two years ago that was by all accounts well attended for people wanting to hear Oasis songs (and see Jeremy Corbyn?). Fuck has he done since? Absolute travesty.

[thrillhouse188]

6 minutes ago, zahidf said:

One particular question time led to the 'wall of gammon' meme online, when a bunch of old white guys were shouting until they were red in the face about how we needed to nuke Iran, to the confusion and disgust of a young female student.

 

[MetaKate]

Just now, Sasperella said:

I missed the Killers gig at Glastonbury for a bit of a closer-fuck of a reason....then me and two friends (who LOVE The Killers) got tickets to see them in Sheffield in December 2017. And OMG they were one of the most boring acts I've ever seen. Maybe I expected too much after hearing how amazing they'd been on the JP. At the end, my massive-Killer's-fan friend turned to me and said, "rather unbelievably, Blink 182 were WAY better".....

Daft Punk though I'm 100% down with. And as they are also a "couple of guys", we basically have info on them already ? 

 

I skipped the secret set because I gave 0 fucks if I saw the Killers. I had 0 regrets about that (and still do). 

So when I saw them in September they were headlining a fest in BC and I had 0 expectations and it tuned out to be a massive party. 

Daft Punk is the only possible thing that could take away the fresh sting of no Macca for me. Imagine if they pulled that off. 

[Anarion]

My ears are stilling ringing from how loud the crowd was during The Killers' secret set (especially Mr. Brightside).

I think if The Strokes were to be announced it would be like when Kasabian was announced in 2014. People here would shit their britches, but in the end they'd get the biggest and most liveliest crowd.

[JoeyT]

4 minutes ago, Anarion said:

My ears are stilling ringing from how loud the crowd was during The Killers' secret set (especially Mr. Brightside).

I think if The Strokes were to be announced it would be like when Kasabian was announced in 2014. People here would shit their britches, but in the end they'd get the biggest and most liveliest crowd.

I can guarantee The Strokes would not get the biggest or livelist crowd of the day let alone of the 3 headliners.

 

Edited January 18, 2019 by JoeyT

[GMF]

29 minutes ago, MetaKate said:

Had robes but weren't robots

So The Polyphonic Spree weren’t robots, makes me see them in a whole new light. Does that include St Vincent?

[JoBalls]

5 minutes ago, Anarion said:

My ears are stilling ringing from how loud the crowd was during The Killers' secret set (especially Mr. Brightside).

I think if The Strokes were to be announced it would be like when Kasabian was announced in 2014. People here would shit their britches, but in the end they'd get the biggest and most liveliest crowd.

But the difference is that Kasabian have quite a lot of big tunes. The Strokes would have to play Last Nite on repeat for two hours... ?

[MetaKate]

3 minutes ago, Anarion said:

My ears are stilling ringing from how loud the crowd was during The Killers' secret set (especially Mr. Brightside).

I think if The Strokes were to be announced it would be like when Kasabian was announced in 2014. People here would shit their britches, but in the end they'd get the biggest and most liveliest crowd.

Honestly out of the 3 I'll probably see the Strokes. It has nothing to do with them and but more so them being the final headliner without any "wow" headliner I'm dying to see. If there were no contenders for he 3rd spot I'd actually be happy about the strokes because I would still have Macca hope in my heart.

 

[MetaKate]

2 minutes ago, GMF said:

So The Polyphonic Spree weren’t robots, makes me see them in a whole new light. Does that include St Vincent?

Obviously not

[lobo]

4 minutes ago, JoBalls said:

But the difference is that Kasabian have quite a lot of big tunes. The Strokes would have to play Last Nite on repeat for two hours... ?

I dunno...I think these would go down pretty well

reptilia

juciebox

meet me in the bathroom 

under cover of darkness

hard to explain 

sometimes

You only live once

heart in a cage

[Ryan1984]

New York City Cops always goes down tremendously well at Strokes shows!

[lobo]

6 minutes ago, Ryan1984 said:

New York City Cops always goes down tremendously well at Strokes shows!

How could I have forgotten that. They’ve definitely got a strong back catalogue. And Albert Hammond jnr is an amazing guitarist. I’d be happy with all the strokes side projects also appearing. 

 

Fighting the strokes corner hard over hear.

[eFestivals]

10 minutes ago, Ryan1984 said:

New York City Cops always goes down tremendously well at Strokes shows!

but it wouldn't be "a strokes show". It would be a festival crowd, with plenty unfamiliar with their stuff.

[Anarion]

28 minutes ago, JoeyT said:

I can guarantee The Strokes would not get the biggest or livelist crowd of the day let alone of the 3 headliners.

 

Meh, people on here said the same thing about Kasabian, and they got, as The Guardian wrote, the "the most vociferous reaction of any of this year’s Pyramid stage headliners". A live show with The Strokes lets you go crazy to some of the best rock songs of the last 20 years. That's what most people want at a festival.

[FloorFiller]

If we’re going with The Strokes headlining then surely 2019 will be the emptiest the Pyramid field has been come headliner time across all three nights by quite a margin (by the end of each headliners set, at least). No big marquee name. Nothing much for the TV audience back home. Not a whole lot to get people talking outside of ‘is Stormzy really big enough for this?’.

[Homer]

I've seen the Strokes twice at festivals and I thought they were very good both times. Plus they've got plenty of bangers. Don't where this bad rep comes from personally.

[Doug85]

Mentioned The Strokes as a potential pyramid headliner to the mrs last night and she laughed at me. I then played her 5 or 6 songs on spotify and she knew them all and liked them but didn't realise that was them. However they were all from 2001 or 2003, anything after that she didn't know and thought it was a bit meh. Barring those "core" songs a lot of festival goers wouldn't know that much of their catalogue and i'd bet a lot of them would be the same as my mrs and don't even know that it was The Strokes who did those songs that they did recognise. 

So i'd think they would get a poor crowd, i'd say even Stormzy would get a better crowd. 

[Ayrshire Chris]

4 minutes ago, FloorFiller said:

If we’re going with The Strokes headlining then surely 2019 will be the emptiest the Pyramid field has been come headliner time across all three nights by quite a margin (by the end of each headliners set, at least). No big marquee name. Nothing much for the TV audience back home. Not a whole lot to get people talking outside of ‘is Stormzy really big enough for this?’.

Tend to agree with this. I reckon I will be looking elsewhere rather than the pyramid in the evenings 

[Homer]

Surely EVERYONE knows The Strokes' first album?

[Doug85]

1 minute ago, Ayrshire Chris said:

Tend to agree with this. I reckon I will be looking elsewhere rather than the pyramid in the evenings 

Chemical Brothers on the Other will be heaving 

[clarkete]

This thread is like an old and well loved piece of vinyl.  Every now and then it gets stuck in a groove and plays the same section again.

[chatty]

I think one big difference between Kasabian and The Strokes is that Kasabian were at least near their peak when they headlined. Third and fourth albums had been recieved well and the fifth had just come out and was doing well. Theyd been touring extensively and people are generally pleased with their live shows, they also get a lot of play time on stuff like Sky Sports and had featured heavily on the 2012 Olympics. 

In comparison The Strokes peak was probably fifteen years previous, there last two albums have mostly fell on deaf ears, they are noted for not playing great live shows nor really wanting to play together and have barely done anything of mainstream appeal from at least 2010ish.

Not that Im down on the Strokes but Kasabian went into theres on a much bigger wave of momentum than The Strokes would be. 

[Zoo Music Girl]

I actually think Stormzy might get the biggest crowd, for the curiosity factor.

[eFestivals]

4 minutes ago, Homer said:

Surely EVERYONE knows The Strokes' first album?

I'd say it's mostly within a limited age group.