Wakey321 Posted April 4, 2017 Report Share Posted April 4, 2017 http://www.nme.com/news/music/emily-eavis-discusses-secret-sets-glastonbury-2017-2032332 Will be interesting to see who might play the Park without being billed to? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CALAK94 Posted April 4, 2017 Report Share Posted April 4, 2017 that's the beauty of it- could be anyone! Exciting that she has admitted that there will be a secret act on the Park this year though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
she bangs the drums Posted April 4, 2017 Report Share Posted April 4, 2017 I reckon the XX will be one of the 'surprise acts' on the Park Stage. Possibly headliners one night (in addition to second from the top on Pyramid) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackarmy Posted April 4, 2017 Report Share Posted April 4, 2017 To me that article doesn't specifically suggest that acts will be playing secret sets on The Park Stage. I would expect it's more likely you will see quite a few secret sets in places such as: The Stonebridge Bar, The Rabbit Hole, The Crows Nest, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wozwebs Posted April 4, 2017 Report Share Posted April 4, 2017 (edited) Wasn't there a rumour that Dave Grohl was set to play an acoustic at Strummerville in 2015? Wouldn't rule that out somewhere on site. Edited April 4, 2017 by wozwebs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Titters Posted April 4, 2017 Report Share Posted April 4, 2017 Damon's Africa Express launched the Park in 2007, with half the line up getting involved: Africa Express 2007 Based on nothing but this and the fact that Albarn remains close to the festival, I suggest either a return of Africa Express or possible Gorrillaz with their new stuff out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Havors Posted April 4, 2017 Report Share Posted April 4, 2017 Elbow secret afternoon set on the friday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaledonianGonzo Posted April 4, 2017 Report Share Posted April 4, 2017 15 minutes ago, Titters said: Damon's Africa Express launched the Park in 2007, with half the line up getting involved: Africa Express 2007 Based on nothing but this and the fact that Albarn remains close to the festival, I suggest either a return of Africa Express or possible Gorrillaz with their new stuff out. Gorillaz would be the more likely of the two. Africa Express played the Pyramid last year, and I don't think they have anything else on the go at the minute. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bovla Posted April 4, 2017 Report Share Posted April 4, 2017 Gaga could be a secret set somewhere Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewayiam Posted April 4, 2017 Report Share Posted April 4, 2017 54 minutes ago, Bovla said: Gaga could be a secret set somewhere I'm thinking a secret set a Pyramid appearance with someone. The XX on the park is nailed though I think Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plumb111 Posted April 4, 2017 Report Share Posted April 4, 2017 Coldplay secret set on the Pyramid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grayfitz Posted April 4, 2017 Report Share Posted April 4, 2017 This Arcade Fire fan account seems to think they may be a possibility.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Havors Posted April 4, 2017 Report Share Posted April 4, 2017 10 minutes ago, grayfitz said: This Arcade Fire fan account seems to think they may be a possibility.. They are just quoting what she said... and living in dream land. Think there's more chance of Prince playing unfortunately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liamium Posted April 4, 2017 Report Share Posted April 4, 2017 (edited) i hate a secret set and always get the fear that somewhere, someone i admire greatly is playing to a crowd less deserving than i. the thought of a flurry of them this year is stressing me out. and with already this much fanfare about the Park stuff, won't there be the same rush of traffic up there in any potential window that a big act could play as there was in 2011? down with secret sets imo Edited April 4, 2017 by liamium Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richi1988 Posted April 4, 2017 Report Share Posted April 4, 2017 Genuine question, (not been to Glasto before) how do you hear about these secret sets when you're there? In an ideal world I'd like to think it becomes a bit more widespread info than just having a fortunate bit of patter with someone in the long drops. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ConorC Posted April 4, 2017 Report Share Posted April 4, 2017 6 minutes ago, Richi1988 said: Genuine question, (not been to Glasto before) how do you hear about these secret sets when you're there? In an ideal world I'd like to think it becomes a bit more widespread info than just having a fortunate bit of patter with someone in the long drops. From what I remember last year there was a twitter account (@secretglasto?) which would tweet out the sets shortly before. My internet connection was non-existent all week so I barely caught any of them but that's what I remember people using. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muppetmark Posted April 4, 2017 Report Share Posted April 4, 2017 12 minutes ago, ConorC said: From what I remember last year there was a twitter account (@secretglasto?) which would tweet out the sets shortly before. My internet connection was non-existent all week so I barely caught any of them but that's what I remember people using. It is secretglasto. Most people use tweet to text and we do a couple of test tweets in the lead up to let people try and get that up and running. There's usually a delay between info and tweet so we don't cause health and safety issues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ConorC Posted April 4, 2017 Report Share Posted April 4, 2017 1 minute ago, Muppetmark said: It is secretglasto. Most people use tweet to text and we do a couple of test tweets in the lead up to let people try and get that up and running. There's usually a delay between info and tweet so we don't cause health and safety issues. Ah ok. wasn't aware of the tweet to text thing last year. Will keep more of an eye on it this time. How does the info actually come about? Do people on site find out the DM the twitter account? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
not worthy Posted April 4, 2017 Report Share Posted April 4, 2017 1 minute ago, Muppetmark said: It is secretglasto. Most people use tweet to text and we do a couple of test tweets in the lead up to let people try and get that up and running. There's usually a delay between info and tweet so we don't cause health and safety issues. Looks like secretglasto is likely to be a must have this year. If they do run several secret sets it can really really piss you off when you find out who you've missed. We've paid for the acts via tickets and then stand to miss someone you would like to see just by calling it a fricking secret set ...bollox Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richi1988 Posted April 4, 2017 Report Share Posted April 4, 2017 16 minutes ago, ConorC said: From what I remember last year there was a twitter account (@secretglasto?) which would tweet out the sets shortly before. My internet connection was non-existent all week so I barely caught any of them but that's what I remember people using. Well that's me fucked then, I'm on an Isle of Man network so only wifi in England will do without running up a huge bill. Looks like I'll have to hope for some idle patter in the long drops after all! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rumblestripe Posted April 4, 2017 Report Share Posted April 4, 2017 27 minutes ago, Richi1988 said: Well that's me fucked then, I'm on an Isle of Man network so only wifi in England will do without running up a huge bill. Looks like I'll have to hope for some idle patter in the long drops after all! You could get yourself a cheap "burner" for the festival, I believe the "new" Nokia 3310 has Twitter functionality and costs about £40 with a battery that will last you all week? Last year I got to the Michael Kiwanuka set at the Crow's Nest by following @crowsnestcrew previous year I saw Gruff Rhys solo acoustic up there after being similarly alerted. I think you need to look at getting some Twitter into your festival experience. (If you want to catch these sets) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verrymerry Posted April 4, 2017 Report Share Posted April 4, 2017 47 minutes ago, Richi1988 said: Well that's me fucked then, I'm on an Isle of Man network so only wifi in England will do without running up a huge bill. Looks like I'll have to hope for some idle patter in the long drops after all! Sign up to If This Then That (ITTT), you can get it to text you tweets from named accounts. I don't use my data at Glastonbury, I don't even use a phone that could! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonodillieono Posted April 4, 2017 Report Share Posted April 4, 2017 47 minutes ago, Richi1988 said: Well that's me fucked then, I'm on an Isle of Man network so only wifi in England will do without running up a huge bill. Looks like I'll have to hope for some idle patter in the long drops after all! You can set up tweets from a certain account to be texted to your phone. That's what I've done and it works great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verrymerry Posted April 4, 2017 Report Share Posted April 4, 2017 5 minutes ago, Rumblestripe said: You could get yourself a cheap "burner" for the festival, I believe the "new" Nokia 3310 has Twitter functionality and costs about £40 with a battery that will last you all week? Last year I got to the Michael Kiwanuka set at the Crow's Nest by following @crowsnestcrew previous year I saw Gruff Rhys solo acoustic up there after being similarly alerted. I think you need to look at getting some Twitter into your festival experience. (If you want to catch these sets) @Crowsnestcrew was really annoying cos they kept retweeting things, which is absolutely fine but my phone was going off every 5 minutes. I do like that @Secretglasto kept it to a minimum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
not worthy Posted April 4, 2017 Report Share Posted April 4, 2017 2 minutes ago, jonodillieono said: You can set up tweets from a certain account to be texted to your phone. That's what I've done and it works great. How do you set them up to send texts please, I take a old nokia to the festival...so, no twitter available on it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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