2019 Headliners

[mufcok]

I'd love an announcement of some sort this week. Everything just seems to quiet at the moment

[Havors]

Just now, mufcok said:

I'd love an announcement of some sort this week. Everything just seems to quiet at the moment

I was half expecting something today.... I can definitely smell an announcement coming this week/weekend. 

[briddj]

3 hours ago, harderfaster said:

At some of their dates last year they actually opened with Mr Brightside, which is a fairly bold move. 

(For example: https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/the-killers/2018/sittertobel-st-gallen-switzerland-23ea04db.html ) 

They did this when I saw them in Vegas.

NB: I didn't go to Vegas specifically to see them, went for my mate's wedding. Then the Killers announced a date there the day after we arrived, and as him and his missus were big Killers fans it was a no-brainer.

NB NB: The Bravery were playing Hard Rock Cafe there then the night after. Didn't go and seem them. It was an honest mistake.

 

[stuartbert two hats]

2 hours ago, Fishman said:

He is bad and, yes, I know I'm not the target market and I have to listen to loads of it through a teenager's bedroom wall.

The Guardian (for once) got it spot on with this single review ....

Post Malone - Better Now

“Music (noun): Vocal or instrumental sounds combined to produce beauty of form, harmony, and expression of emotion”. Your chums and mine at the OED, there. By that definition, this four-minute aural prolapse doesn’t actually qualify as music. So what is it? Well, imagine if someone farted directly down your earhole and, as well as hearing the point-blank bumwaft, your ear could also smell it. That, Auto-Tuned, is exactly what this is.

I've not even heard Post Malone yet, but I'm fairly convinced that output that oldies don't even recognise as music is exactly what should be going on, rather than #wrongezra blandness.

[briddj]

QOTSA are one of those bands who are well respected in certain circles, but the vast majority of people will only know No-one Knows.

I know Glasto has had acts headline which most people won't know the discography of (Metallica, Kanye etc) but they seemed more of a left field choice for a specific reason.

I just can't see QOTSA ever being close to Glasto headliners.

[stuartbert two hats]

2 hours ago, henry bear said:

I suppose the appeal of doing a secret set for some artists is that it conveys an ambiguity as to where their actual pecking order is at the likes of Glasto. So Elbow doing a secret set at the Park May have felt like an event for their fans, and also hides the fact that Pyramid sub was as good as it gets for them.

That came across on the telly as if that was just a normal slot for them.

[thewayiam]

2 hours ago, The Martini Police said:

Radiohead were clearly headliner size when they played the Park though, they always were. But as said above, nobody is disputing that the Killers are headliner size either, are they? I think it's just that people feel it's stale. I think the opportunity to see elsewhere is important here because the Killers are a bit over-saturated. The set in 2017 just adds (albeit quite significantly) to that, rather than being the sole cause of it. 

What's what difference from Reading doing similar like they have previously?

[Hugh Jass]

8 minutes ago, briddj said:

QOTSA are one of those bands who are well respected in certain circles, but the vast majority of people will only know No-one Knows.

I know Glasto has had acts headline which most people won't know the discography of (Metallica, Kanye etc) but they seemed more of a left field choice for a specific reason.

I just can't see QOTSA ever being close to Glasto headliners.

I think they're still another killer album away from being ready, as I said above Villains was a letdown after Like Clockwork and seems to have set them back a little.

[zeppelin]

4 minutes ago, Hugh Jass said:

I think they're still another killer album away from being ready, as I said above Villains was a letdown after Like Clockwork and seems to have set them back a little.

I actually preferred Villains. Like Clockwork did nothing for me. 

Their show at Wembley arena in 2017 was the best I've seen them and nearly my gig of the year. Will agree the Mad Cool set didn't do a lot for me though. 

[morph100]

28 minutes ago, Havors said:

I was half expecting something today.... I can definitely smell an announcement coming this week/weekend. 

No announcement until we get to 1,000 pages

[Hugh Jass]

5 minutes ago, zeppelin said:

I actually preferred Villains. Like Clockwork did nothing for me. 

Their show at Wembley arena in 2017 was the best I've seen them and nearly my gig of the year. Will agree the Mad Cool set didn't do a lot for me though. 

I'm the exact opposite - Like Clockwork is my favourite album of theirs, but Villains left me cold.

[ghostdancer1]

5 hours ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

I disagree that the Killers will be of much interest to the armchair viewer.  I suspect that  someone who doesn't often play festivals or has a bit of mystique about them would appeal more to the casual viewer than an ubiquitous act that the average fest punter can barely move 10 yards without bumping into.  They're inextricably tied to their era without having the sort of storied career or discography that would see them gradually morph into a heritage act. They're a nostalgia act for people too young to be nostalgic.  They're as shallow as a puddle and so will be their set.

your average Glastonbury on the BBC viewer doesn't go to festivals, doesn't like camping, doesn't like mud, doesn't know what a longdrop is, doesn't want to go to the toilet in a portaloo after that smelly one at the outdoor P!nk gig they went to 8 years ago, doesn't give a fuck about stages in tents let alone anywhere else.

they flick around the BBC after Ant&Dec or Celebrity Jungle Dancing on Ice or whatever other shite is on on Saturday night, and want to see Ed Sheeran, Coldplay, The Killers, Adele, Dua Lipa, or some other mainstream stuff that they recognise from the radio.

they certainly don't give a shite about anyone with "mystique" or a rare festival booking. The have no clue how often The Killers play festivals. They've never heard of TRNSMT or Latitude or almost any festival that gets discussed on here.

I'd say 95% of armchair viewers want to see The Killers over Kate Bush ("what's this weird old woman shit?  flick over to Graeme Norton. pass me the Dominos" etc)

[CaledonianGonzo]

Need to agree to disagree on that one bud.  It's why the world and his dog seemed to watch Dolly Parton, but no one seemed to give a fiddlers about Kasabian playing a few hours later.

[Wooderson]

Lorra preachy misanthropes on 'ere.

[StevieGed]

Sadly I think the time has came and went for Queens to headline Glastonbury. 

Its harder to break into the first team when you’re 34 than it is at 17. I think Foals aren’t far off falling into this category too.

You're thinking to yourself ‘they’re one big album off headlining the thing’ next album and singles come and go and it just pushes them away further and further with each attempt to break the mould.

Like it or not but 1975 and Catfish are the young up and coming tricky wingers making a name for themselves in the premier league, there’s much more chance and reason to give them the boost whilst their upwards trajectory is still on the rise. 

[RarerThanDandyB]

5 minutes ago, StevieGed said:

Sadly I think the time has came and went for Queens to headline Glastonbury. 

Its harder to break into the first team when you’re 34 than it is at 17. I think Foals aren’t far off falling into this category too.

You're thinking to yourself ‘they’re one big album off headlining the thing’ next album and singles come and go and it just pushes them away further and further with each attempt to break the mould.

Like it or not but 1975 and Catfish are the young up and coming tricky wingers making a name for themselves in the premier league, there’s much more chance and reason to give them the boost whilst their upwards trajectory is still on the rise. 

Let’s hope they are like Gael Kakuta...

[CaledonianGonzo]

7 minutes ago, Wooderson said:

Lorra preachy misanthropes on 'ere.

If you can't be misanthropic after waiting 2 years for a festival only for it to wind up being headlined by a band fronted by a Cool Britannia version of Guy Smiley, then when, etc.

[Divein]

9 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

Need to agree to disagree on that one bud.  It's why the world and his dog seemed to watch Dolly Parton, but no one seemed to give a fiddlers about Kasabian playing a few hours later.

Dolly Parton got the biggest crowd I have ever seen at Glastonbury, it was close to, if not, more than The Stones got and I walked round the top of Kasabian and the crowd was pretty big I thought. As @ghostdancer1 said, The Killers headlining Glastonbury is exactly what you're average Glastonbury punter wants, as do those watching at home.

A lot of people on here seem to get caught up in the notion that they and people who post on this forum are your average Glastonbury punter and they judge everyone else by their own tastes, when unfortunately that is no longer the case when it comes to Glastonbury. 

Hence why The Killers are back headlining and not Nick Cave.

[zeppelin]

4 minutes ago, Divein said:

A lot of people on here seem to get caught up in the notion that they and people who post on this forum are your average Glastonbury punter and they judge everyone else by their own tastes, when unfortunately that is no longer the case when it comes to Glastonbury. 

People on a dedicated Internet forum misjudging what the average person thinks? Na, I'm not having that for a second! 

[CaledonianGonzo]

Fine. There's a huge audience sitting at home curious to see what The Killers will come up with.

[The Nal]

QOTSA shows are very loose and all depend what mood Homme is in. They don't have structured shows and big productions like most big bands. Hence why they're a risk. Have seen some great great QOTSA shows and some shite shite QOTSA shows over the years. 

You never know if Homme is going to be all positive and nail it or just roll out the "you work for me" security guard shtick and kick a photographer in the face. 

[Ayrshire Chris]

27 minutes ago, ghostdancer1 said:

your average Glastonbury on the BBC viewer doesn't go to festivals, doesn't like camping, doesn't like mud, doesn't know what a longdrop is, doesn't want to go to the toilet in a portaloo after that smelly one at the outdoor P!nk gig they went to 8 years ago, doesn't give a fuck about stages in tents let alone anywhere else.

they flick around the BBC after Ant&Dec or Celebrity Jungle Dancing on Ice or whatever other shite is on on Saturday night, and want to see Ed Sheeran, Coldplay, The Killers, Adele, Dua Lipa, or some other mainstream stuff that they recognise from the radio.

they certainly don't give a shite about anyone with "mystique" or a rare festival booking. The have no clue how often The Killers play festivals. They've never heard of TRNSMT or Latitude or almost any festival that gets discussed on here.

I'd say 95% of armchair viewers want to see The Killers over Kate Bush ("what's this weird old woman shit?  flick over to Graeme Norton. pass me the Dominos" etc)

Totally agree, I know loads of people who always say to me why do I go to glasto, with the mud, the queues, camping etc etc. They would rather just watch it on telly. I get fed up trying to explain the ethos of the festival, the sense of belonging and the euphoria we get, never mind the intense excitement of the build up. They just don’t get it. So the headliners are basically what the armchair viewers judge the festival by.  Good for them, all the better chance of tickets for the rest of us. 

[djdavejohnson]

3 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

Fine. There's a huge audience sitting at home curious to see what The Killers will come up with.

That's the point though, they don't (generally). They don't give a toss about what they come up with, whether it's rare or edgy or pushes the boundaries. Chances are they flicked through the Radio Times over their cornflakes and earmarked it for later viewing. They just want the 'hits'. 

I'm no advocate for either The Killers or The Cure's booking if that's what we get, but with the former I can at least understand it from a booking perspective. Generally popular to most attending, generally watchable to those at home. Safe booking and that's it. 

[priest17]

Think there's a few Rick And Morty fans in this thread.

[zeppelin]

8 minutes ago, priest17 said:

Think there's a few Rick And Morty fans in this thread.

To be fair, you have to have a very high IQ to understand Rick and Morty. 

So probably not ?