Could Florence play next year

[swede]

She's got a new album coming out and will be touring, she also loves the festival and would probably be there even if she isn't booked to play.

If she does want to play where would she play though ? If things had gone according to plan in 2015 she would have subbed Foo's and would be in line to headline next year, but as we all know that didn't happen so I don't think they'd have her back as a Pyramid headliner so soon. Do we think she'd take a sub pyramid slot underneath a mega headliner, or do a secret set in John Peel.

Whatever happens I personally think she'll play in some capacity.

[kingcrawler]

I could see a secret set happening, something like The Killers did last year. It feels a bit too soon to have them headlining again though. 

[Mash011]

We're not getting another Florence headline set until at least the album after this. But there's a good chance she shows up in some capacity, maybe in a secret set, maybe as a guest appearance in someone else's set. I dunno. 

[Walker2295]

I'm biased towards the band and have loved them since early on and want to say absolutely bring them back for next year But like you say if she had subbed in 2015 this would of been her year but getting the bump up has lowered her chances.

I do think she does deserve her own headline announcement and not just off the back of a cancellation. Not that it wasn't amazing thing to happen for her but just be ace to know she's headlining from the get-go.

A Secret JP Set could also be a good shout also!

 

[Matt42]

I agree a secret set from her would be more likely - it just depends whether she's happy being a sub again or she wants to headline. I could see her being a contender for 2021 though, the next album should be out around then.

[Hugh Jass]

There's no need for either the festival or her to play a big slot, it'll be the same as 2015 with a few new ones subbed in for the How Big... album tracks.

Agree that a secret set would be a distinct possibility.

[eFestivals]

I think she'll come around again quicker than people might be thinking, to give her a headline slot on her own basis (rather than stepping up due to cancelation).

 

[zahidf]

Florence has just sold out an arena tour and i imagine the album will do well

I could see her headlining next year without issue. Saying that, i could also see her as an IOW or Latitude exclusive. Even Reading maybe

Edited June 26, 2018 by zahidf

[Hugh Jass]

17 minutes ago, zahidf said:

Florence has just sold out an arena tour and i imagine the album will do well

I could see her headlining next year without issue. Saying that, i could also see her as an IOW or Latitude exclusive. Even Reading maybe

She'll definitely headline a major festival next summer, it just won't be Glastonbury.

IOW and TRNSMT would be my bet.

[JoeyT]

She can play...

providing we get Hot Chip to play opposite her again 

[dentalplan]

34 minutes ago, Hugh Jass said:

She'll definitely headline a major festival next summer, it just won't be Glastonbury.

IOW and TRNSMT would be my bet.

IOW seems a good bet. I had expected Reading before, but the album seems like it’ll be entirely guitar-free.

[stuartbert two hats]

1 hour ago, eFestivals said:

I think she'll come around again quicker than people might be thinking, to give her a headline slot on her own basis (rather than stepping up due to cancelation).

 

Other than Pulp - where their bump up coincided with an uptick in the their fortunes between the original booking and the festival, married with them pulling off a pretty seminal performance - has a bumped up performer returned to headline so soon afterwards? 

Nobody springs to mind for me.

[eFestivals]

Just now, stuartbert two hats said:

Other than Pulp - where their bump up coincided with an uptick in the their fortunes between the original booking and the festival, married with them pulling off a pretty seminal performance - has a bumped up performer returned to headline so soon afterwards? 

Nobody springs to mind for me.

but other than those two , as far as I can remember there hasn't really been anyone bumped into the headline slot who might be considered a headliner in their own right.

(I can remember david gray and kula shaker ended up in headline slots as fill-ins, but neither would have been realistically considered for headliner in their own right).

[stuartbert two hats]

6 minutes ago, eFestivals said:

but other than those two , as far as I can remember there hasn't really been anyone bumped into the headline slot who might be considered a headliner in their own right.

(I can remember david gray and kula shaker ended up in headline slots as fill-ins, but neither would have been realistically considered for headliner in their own right).

Not unless you count T-Rex, of course

[eFestivals]

5 minutes ago, stuartbert two hats said:

Not unless you count T-Rex, of course

not really relevant as Michael didn't book another line-up until 1979.

[stuartbert two hats]

38 minutes ago, eFestivals said:

not really relevant as Michael didn't book another line-up until 1979.

Well yeah, the winky face was supposed to communicate that T-Rex not being bumped up a couple of years later to a non-existent festival wasn't really relevant to the discussion.

Edited June 26, 2018 by stuartbert two hats
wrote "relevant" rather than "later"

[ian the worm]

9 hours ago, stuartbert two hats said:

Well yeah, the winky face was supposed to communicate that T-Rex not being bumped up a couple of years later to a non-existent festival wasn't really relevant to the discussion.

Those emojis are never quite specific enough are they. 

[John the Moth]

The Ed Sheeran 5pm Saturday Croissant Neuf slot?

[deebeedoobee]

Does she have too? I mean could we plead leniency?