"Really big secret"

[ShakeyCrash]

I think it's been under our noses all along; Emily said they've booked twice as many acts and they were working on pushing female headliners.  6 day festival here we come, with a focus on female headliners.  I'll reinvigerate the 2017 headliners thread but my guesses are:

wednesday: lady gaga

thursday: Kate bush

Tuesday: aretha franklin

Edited May 11, 2017 by ShakeyCrash

[Martin Ashford]

15 hours ago, dingbat2 said:

I have always wondered/feared that Take That might make an appearance on the Sunday afternoon

New album out, UK tour ends the week before, and they could do with a free PR boost to help with album sales, what better way than a Glastonbury slot, could even be the 'legends' slot maybe?

 

Good call - very good call.

[Martin Ashford]

Join the dots before yer friggin eyes - HAIM - Lorde - Ed Sheeran

[billum]

15 minutes ago, ShakeyCrash said:

I think it's been under our noses all along; Emily said they've booked twice as many acts and they were working on pushing female headliners.  6 day festival here we come, with a focus on female headliners.  I'll reinvigerate the 2017 headliners thread but my guesses are:

wednesday: lady gaga

thursday: Kate bush

Tuesday: aretha franklin

Yep, I could take that in a heartbeat - but.... TUESDAY?? A lot of people will be begging their bosses for a couple days more leave at little notice if that's the case!

[billum]

57 minutes ago, Colonel74 said:

Depeche Mode - sing Ed Sheeran, just in case you've missed him

Actually I was talking about The Big Secret in the pub with a mate, and someone walked past and hissed "It's Depeche Mode, trust me." but was then gone before we could tie him to a chair and cross-examine. Not my *first* choice out of those we've discussed, but it'd make a lot of people happy (and People are People, as we know)

[musky]

33 minutes ago, FloorFiller said:

Emily's definitely hinted at it so yeah I'd expect a couple of reasonably big special guests etc.

 

33 minutes ago, evannn said:

I believe EE has hinted as such in other interviews 

She's said they'll be doing something to celebrate the anniversary of the Park, but nothing about it being in the Park.

Unless they can do something to overcome MDC's H&S concerns, there won't be any big acts on the Park stage. That would mean closing off the hill, which they can't really do. Ergo, no big bands on at the Park.

[Gucci Piggy]

36 minutes ago, billum said:

Actually I was talking about The Big Secret in the pub with a mate, and someone walked past and hissed "It's Depeche Mode, trust me." but was then gone before we could tie him to a chair and cross-examine. Not my *first* choice out of those we've discussed, but it'd make a lot of people happy (and People are People, as we know)

They've said they're not doing it and it would mean them playing shows on consecutive nights, which they're not doing once on their tour. It isn't Depeche Mode.

36 minutes ago, musky said:

 

She's said they'll be doing something to celebrate the anniversary of the Park, but nothing about it being in the Park.

Unless they can do something to overcome MDC's H&S concerns, there won't be any big acts on the Park stage. That would mean closing off the hill, which they can't really do. Ergo, no big bands on at the Park.

They're going to celebrate the anniversary of the Park on a stage that isn't the Park? Gorillaz (or anyone else) secret set on the Pyramid to celebrate 10 years of the Park Stage? Any celebrations of the Park's anniversary will be in the Park.

Park.

Anderson Park.

Doesn't sound like a word anymore.

[evannn]

39 minutes ago, musky said:

 

She's said they'll be doing something to celebrate the anniversary of the Park, but nothing about it being in the Park.

Unless they can do something to overcome MDC's H&S concerns, there won't be any big acts on the Park stage. That would mean closing off the hill, which they can't really do. Ergo, no big bands on at the Park.

I wasn't trying to imply that they would be having Kate Bush or Paul McCartney on at the Park, just that they were doing something special to mark the occasion 

[Bisque]

That fringe

[SallyFaulknerStantonWarrio]

1 hour ago, Sasperella said:

Not for 8 hours...and then only to take the piss out of Bernie Sanders/The Colonel. 

I don't know how he's managed it. I can't stay away! Kinda glad now for the 6 hr time difference so I can do all the work I should have been doing earlier while the UK gets some shut eye ..oops!

Aside from who this act is...how many days of this do we think they're going to put us through??

It's Clucking Trout / djkknnknk

[Purple aki squat]

48 minutes ago, billum said:

Actually I was talking about The Big Secret in the pub with a mate, and someone walked past and hissed "It's Depeche Mode, trust me." but was then gone before we could tie him to a chair and cross-examine. Not my *first* choice out of those we've discussed, but it'd make a lot of people happy (and People are People, as we know)

Bloke in a pub earlier said depeche mode to me as well. Or maybe dy'e push mae, not sure.

 

it's take that, a different bloke hanging around the bogs in same pub said so.

[chatty]

Whats the odds on it bei g Babylon Zoo? 

[Rubber Soldier]

1 hour ago, Martin Ashford said:

Join the dots before yer friggin eyes - HAIM - Lorde - Ed Sheeran

Who's that? 

[billum]

Just now, Rubber Soldier said:

Who's that? 

Not a clue, but she's got a lovely guitar

[Sasperella]

5 minutes ago, SallyFaulknerStantonWarrio said:

It's Clucking Trout / djkknnknk

Absolute belter that mate

[Rubber Soldier]

Just now, billum said:

Not a clue, but she's got a lovely guitar

She does. I thought I was pretty down with guitar bands with female singers. It's pretty much "'my thing", but I don't recognise her at all. I'm slipping. 

[musky]

22 minutes ago, Will-2609 said:

They're going to celebrate the anniversary of the Park on a stage that isn't the Park? Gorillaz (or anyone else) secret set on the Pyramid to celebrate 10 years of the Park Stage? Any celebrations of the Park's anniversary will be in the Park.

Park.

Anderson Park.

Doesn't sound like a word anymore.

I'm sure they're going to celebrate the anniversary in the Park, it's just that they're not going to have a big show a la Pulp or Radiohead. MDC raised their (entirely justified) concerns about the number of people on the hill in their annual report in 2011, and there hasn't been a big secret set on the Park stage since. They'd have to control access to the hill, and without fencing it off that's not possible. The new map isn't showing a fence installed there, so a big band isn't happening.

21 minutes ago, evannn said:

I wasn't trying to imply that they would be having Kate Bush or Paul McCartney on at the Park, just that they were doing something special to mark the occasion 

Agreed.

[vintagelaureate]

19 minutes ago, Rubber Soldier said:

Who's that? 

It's Taylor Swift

[Rubber Soldier]

32 minutes ago, vintagelaureate said:

It's Taylor Swift

Really? I didn't realise she played live.  

[defrio29]

If the surprise is really an act, then it wouldnt be anything crazy like Floyd, Zep, Daft Punk or Kate Bush - because it would be foolish for them not too book any of those as a headliner.

So the likeliest acts in my eyes include: Gorillaz, Arcade Fire, Take That (w/ Robbie), Stone Roses, Guns n Roses, Green Day, Lady Gaga, Taylor Swift, Phil Collins

I doubt it would be Kendrick, Bon Iver, Chance, or Harry Styles because it wouldnt be a "really big' secret

I predict it's either Take That or Gaga

[MetaKate]

4 minutes ago, defrio29 said:

If the surprise is really an act, then it wouldnt be anything crazy like Floyd, Zep, Daft Punk or Kate Bush - because it would be foolish for them not too book any of those as a headliner.

So the likeliest acts in my eyes include: Gorillaz, Arcade Fire, Take That (w/ Robbie), Stone Roses, Guns n Roses, Green Day, Lady Gaga, Taylor Swift, Phil Collins

I doubt it would be Kendrick, Bon Iver, Chance, or Harry Styles because it wouldnt be a "really big' secret

I predict it's either Take That or Gaga

I feel like Kendrick would be more of a "big secret" than Gaga.  I just think Gaga is more likely because there's been massive rumors but that doesn't make it a very big secret. 

[MetaKate]

1 hour ago, Rubber Soldier said:

She does. I thought I was pretty down with guitar bands with female singers. It's pretty much "'my thing", but I don't recognise her at all. I'm slipping. 

I'm pretty sure that's brittany Spears in a rare acoustic set. 

[Jugtanion]

6 hours ago, Mich1268 said:

I am going for Barry manila legends slot. No wait, maybe Rod Stewart. On the other hand it might be Tom Jones. Oh no I forgot about Justin Timberlake on a Saturday slot. Then again Bananarama have reformed (please no). Hold on it could be U2. I could go on.........

Not Carsten Ramilow!

[Jugtanion]

33 minutes ago, defrio29 said:

If the surprise is really an act, then it wouldnt be anything crazy like Floyd, Zep, Daft Punk or Kate Bush - because it would be foolish for them not too book any of those as a headliner.

So the likeliest acts in my eyes include: Gorillaz, Arcade Fire, Take That (w/ Robbie), Stone Roses, Guns n Roses, Green Day, Lady Gaga, Taylor Swift, Phil Collins

I doubt it would be Kendrick, Bon Iver, Chance, or Harry Styles because it wouldnt be a "really big' secret

I predict it's either Take That or Gaga

Gorrilaz meh, Arcade Fire tick but meh, Take That yes without the sherbet dibdab snorter, Stone Roses YES, Green Day YES but you'll clash, Lady Gah if that's what the people want, Taylor Swift please not, Phil as long as there's a sled run from Big Ground all the way to the stage 

[Jugtanion]

Basically, anyone less than Mik Artistik getting what he minimally deserves on the Big-P will be met with derision by the expectant punters