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49 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)

100% correct and the point I was trying to make earlier (although you made the point a million times better than I did)

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3 minutes ago, Hugh Jass said:

I'm slowly coming round to the idea of a Killers headline set, been at least a decade since I last saw them and with the right level of intoxication it could be fun.

It's certainly a solid backup option if nothing else floats my boat that night.

Couple man called them a backup option.

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4 minutes ago, T-Mouse said:

What makes you say that?

Maybe I'm reading it wrong but there's a smell of lame pretentiousness coming from some people.

I feel bad now though after seeing your picture ahah. I hope you get which Rick and Morty fans I was on about.

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9 minutes ago, Hugh Jass said:

I'm slowly coming round to the idea of a Killers headline set, been at least a decade since I last saw them and with the right level of intoxication it could be fun.

It's certainly a solid backup option if nothing else floats my boat that night.

I am of a similar opinon... but not because I havent seen them for a decade... somehow I have managed to see them about 5 times over the last decade without even trying or wanting to.

But as you say they are not awful and they are entertaining with big sing along songs. Great when your pissed. 

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59 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.

On what evidence are you coming up with such findings? I know loads of people who no longer, or just don’t, go to Glastonbury but do regularly attend other festivals. They know their music, and choose what to watch like anyone actually there.

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Just now, henry bear said:

On what evidence are you coming up with such findings? I know loads of people who no longer, or just don’t, go to Glastonbury but do regularly attend other festivals. They know their music, and choose what to watch like anyone actually there.

He is generalising obviously but I know tons of people who watch Glasto on BBC and have never been to a festival and cant stand camping. They get millions of viewers so its probably quite safe to say thats a shit ton of people who dont got to festivals..? Devils advocate here ha 

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2 hours ago, stuartbert two hats said:

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.

Yeah - totally agree. And I love the fact I walk past the teenager's rooms grumbling about the shite music coming out. It's part of what being a Dad is about. 

But do have a listen to PM though.

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33 minutes ago, priest17 said:

Maybe I'm reading it wrong but there's a smell of lame pretentiousness coming from some people.

I feel bad now though after seeing your picture ahah. I hope you get which Rick and Morty fans I was on about.

Hahaha no I was just joshing. I know exactly the kind you're talking about. 

The "If you don't like it it's because you're not intelligent enough to understand it" kind of pretension is something I'm familiar with being both a Radiohead and Rick and Morty fan. Comes with the territory it seems!

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45 minutes ago, Hugh Jass said:

I'm slowly coming round to the idea of a Killers headline set, been at least a decade since I last saw them and with the right level of intoxication it could be fun.

It's certainly a solid backup option if nothing else floats my boat that night.

I’d agree with that. Stormzy is the surprise/risky booking and the killers would be the solid mainstream booking, a wide appeal and unless there is a clash I will be there. As you say, a few bevvies and a party, what’s not to like? 

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1 minute ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

Doubt it would put her in the frame for this year.

Nah potentially not. But it was accepted she was inactive this year after touring rep. However it seems like a new album or new music is coming sooner than we think.

I wonder how this board would react if it was Stormzy, The Killers, Taylor Swift and the Cure was a dud

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1 minute ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

She'd need to stand up a pared-back touring show in short order.  Her touring show last year was too big for the Pymild.

Yeah that was part of the larger tour though. When she did Big Weekend etc she didn’t bring a big stage show at all.

I'm not for a second saying that she’s a serious contender. But after Ed’s 2017 show she has to know what Glastonbury is now... and the importance of doing it in the U.K. 

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Just now, Matt42 said:

Yeah that was part of the larger tour though. When she did Big Weekend etc she didn’t bring a big stage show at all.

I'm not for a second saying that she’s a serious contender. But after Ed’s 2017 show she has to know what Glastonbury is now... and the importance of doing it in the U.K. 

She will know what it is, but she doesn’t seem to want to do those type shows because it limits her own show. Even those R1BW and Jingle Ball shows are twenty minutes with, as you say, minimal stage show.

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17 minutes ago, Fishman said:

Yeah - totally agree. And I love the fact I walk past the teenager's rooms grumbling about the shite music coming out. It's part of what being a Dad is about. 

But do have a listen to PM though.

Just listened.  I don't like him much, which is as it should be.  Sounds like he'd be a decent Other headliner though., with that bass heavy sound.

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21 minutes ago, Matt42 said:

Yeah that was part of the larger tour though. When she did Big Weekend etc she didn’t bring a big stage show at all.

I'm not for a second saying that she’s a serious contender. But after Ed’s 2017 show she has to know what Glastonbury is now... and the importance of doing it in the U.K. 

She only played six songs at Big Weekend though plus you have to factor in that it was for BBC. I think some people also oversell 'the importance' of Glastonbury to many artists. Some will dig it and get the vibe, some will see no difference to any other festival. As for Ed, if you want to bring him into the mix, he's gone on record saying Tay Tay won't play Glastonbury.

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