So how much truth is there in this Madonna rumour?

[bexj]

Its all over facebook and just seen a link to it on the Daily Fail. 

Is it just ME doing his usual casual chatter? 

God, Tday will be carnage.... 

[eFestivals]

19 minutes ago, bexj said:

Its all over facebook and just seen a link to it on the Daily Fail. 

Is it just ME doing his usual casual chatter? 

God, Tday will be carnage.... 

I'll put money on it that it's a story that got written after I tweeted a link to the line-up page here yesterday. 

Whether there anything to Madge i've little idea, tho Emily did start following her on instagram or twitter or something not so long ago.

[CaledonianGonzo]

The detectives at the NME are also on the case, although the it's The Sun who claim to have a 'source' that it's happening.

FWIW I just checked Instagram and EE has stopped liking all of Madge's posts.

[brettredmayne]

Creator of the legendary music festival, Michael Eavis, and his daughter, Emily, want to make next year's 'better than ever' in order to 'drive ticket sales', reports The Sun.

 

really , when have Glastonbury needed to drive ticket sales 

[Pinhead]

Amazingly, wasnt the Sun one of those that always had a suprisingly good track record when it came to predicting headliners?

[Pinhead]

'Drive ticket sales' ha - they could sell out with The Wurzels headlining...

[CaledonianGonzo]

Were there complaints about last year's headliners?  I mean, it was a bit of a sausagefest, but it was still pretty strong.

[Pinhead]

Metro picked it up.

https://metro.co.uk/2018/06/25/madonna-set-headline-glastonbury-2019-first-time-7659656/

[eFestivals]

10 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

also on the case, although the it's The Sun who claim to have a 'source' that it's happening.

it all goes back to that Sun 'quote'.

That just so happened to appear shortly after I tweeted a link to the rumours page here.

I know with certainty (contacts in the same biz!) that most of the 'quotes' that tabloids have about these sorts of things are almost always something they've made up to justify a story based on another trigger.

So I can't see it as anything but made-up bollocks.
(made-up bollocks that might happen to be right mind you, cos of Emily's recent-ish following of Madge).

Edited June 26, 2018 by eFestivals

[eFestivals]

3 minutes ago, Pinhead said:

Amazingly, wasnt the Sun one of those that always had a suprisingly good track record when it came to predicting headliners?

like everyone in the 'rumour' business, sometimes you have decent sources and sometimes you don't.

The Sun's record isn't any better than anywhere else tabloid.

[brettredmayne]

3 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

Were there complaints about last year's headliners?  I mean, it was a bit of a sausagefest, but it was still pretty strong.

Seems to be the thing now if Glastonbury don't have a female headliner some of the media feel the need to make a point of it 

[CaledonianGonzo]

3 minutes ago, eFestivals said:

So I can't see it as anything but made-up bollocks.
(made-up bollocks that might happen to be right mind you, cos of Emily's recent-ish following of Madge).

Oh aye. It's all weasel words.  Madonna is "being lined up".  Basically, it's just saying that she's on the wish list, which you'd have to assume was the case anyway.

[JoeyT]

Well this is one of her last setlists by the looks of things... Not entirely sure i'll be there for her to be honest.

1. Joan of Arc / Samurai
2. Revolution
   (video intro; with "Iconic" snippets)
3. Iconic
4. Bitch I'm Madonna
5. Burning Up
6. Holy Water
   (with "Vogue" snippet)
7. Devil Pray
8. Rockabilly Meets Tokyo
9. Messiah
   (video interlude)
10. Body Shop
11. True Blue
    (acoustic)
12. Deeper and Deeper
13. HeartBreakCity
    (with "Love Don't Live Here Anymore" snippet)
14. Like a Virgin
    (with "Heartbeat" sample)
15. Latin / Gypsy
16. S.E.X.
    (video interlude; with "… more )
17. Living for Love
18. La Isla Bonita
19. Dress You Up
    (with "Into the Groove" and "Lucky Star" snippets)
20. Take a Bow
21. Like a Prayer
22. Rebel Heart
23. Party / Flapper
24. Illuminati
    (video interlude)
25. Music
    (with "Give It 2 Me" sample)
26. Hanky Panky
    (performed a cappella in the… more )
27. Candy Shop
28. Material Girl
29. La vie en rose
    (Édith Piaf cover) (acoustic)
30. Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend
    (Jule Styne cover) (a cappella snippet)
31. Unapologetic Bitch
32. Encore:
33. Holiday

[eFestivals]

Just now, CaledonianGonzo said:

Basically, it's just saying that she's on the wish list, which you'd have to assume was the case anyway.

I'd assumed that months ago (on the basis of Emily's following Madge) when I added Madge as a rumour to the rumours page here.

[Pinhead]

So potentially click-bait then but coincidentally substantiated by recent Twitter activity now perhaps significantly withdrawn...

Do the bookers manufacture this publicity sometimes for a headliner they are interested in just to see if they'll bite?

[Gucci Piggy]

Was gonna say The Sun have a decent track record for Glasto headliners but just remembered they claimed Foo Fighters, Muse and Coldplay were the 2016 headliners.

[CaledonianGonzo]

2 minutes ago, Pinhead said:

So potentially click-bait then but coincidentally substantiated by recent Twitter activity now perhaps significantly withdrawn...

Do the bookers manufacture this publicity sometimes for a headliner they are interested in just to see if they'll bite?

I'd assume not given that excessive advance speculation might have been what gave Prince cold feet 

[eFestivals]

4 minutes ago, Pinhead said:

Do the bookers manufacture this publicity sometimes for a headliner they are interested in just to see if they'll bite?

unless it's Nick's tactic, I hugely doubt it.

[Hugh Jass]

2 hours ago, bexj said:

 

God, Tday will be carnage.... 

T-Day will be carnage regardless of who's rumoured, did the Adele rumours make much difference a couple  of years ago?

[Pinhead]

Its always carnage, but structured carnage. At least See 'allocate' a whole wodge of them to GetMeIn who'll flog them for 1000's to Madonna fans...

[eFestivals]

2 hours ago, bexj said:

God, Tday will be carnage.... 

not sure there'll be any Madge-fans surge.

I put them a bit like Queen fans, who might be quite keen on the act and will happily pay a high price but they're not going to subject themselves to any sorts of difficulties in order to see them. 

[mungo57]

Hopefully zero truth in this - not a fan at all.

 

First post back for at least a year or so, good to be back. This time last year I had to have an emergency operation for my hernia (actually that was in May) and I didn't have Glasto tickets (which turned out to be a good thing) so I stopped posting. Then I forgot Efests existed. Now I'm back having realised this weekend past would have been G Time!

Here's hoping for a) tickets next year and b) a Madonna free Glasto

[Hugh Jass]

I imagine we'd be in more trouble T-Day wise if say, Oasis announced tomorrow that they were reforming just to play Glastonbury.

[Gucci Piggy]

One of Fleetwood Mac or Madonna. Can't see them both doing it. Going with Fleetwood Mac for now.

[Hugh Jass]

I'm sticking with 1975/AM/Mac