Janet Jackson Headlining?

[RarerThanDandyB]

Just now, CaledonianGonzo said:

Hmmmm.  I could see her playing above maybe Vampire Weekend, but I think above Liam is unlikely.

Could they switch her to headline the Other Stage?

I doubt they would change an agreement with someone who hasn't performed in ages within the UK and only just come back. Plus it would be mad busy. Really odd, I thought she was nailed for Sunday until yesterday...

[dentalplan]

1 minute ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

Hmmmm.  I could see her playing above maybe Vampire Weekend, but I think above Liam is unlikely.

Could they switch her to headline the Other Stage?

I guess. Do you not think she could do the Katy Perry slot? Miley isn’t assigned to a day yet.

[Bradders]

Really can’t see her anywhere but the Pyramid. Katy Perry played third down, I see the same slot for Janet. It’s also what people were predicting before the poster.

[CaledonianGonzo]

10 minutes ago, Kim Wrong-Un said:

I used to like Janet Jackson in my teens.

I can understand why she would headline a festival in the US where most of those sales have been made but she has been an irrelevance here since about 1994.

I would contend that Shed Seven have had a bigger impact here in the last 25 years than Janet Jackson. I wouldn't support Shed Seven playing high up on the Pyramid and I don't get Janet having a high billing either. 

 

The overall sales are one thing and I agree she's more of a stateside phenomenon, but someone must have been buying the singles behind all those UK top 40 hits.

 

[not worthy]

I had no idea that she was so popular to some folk, I'd only heard of her from the NFL fame.

When she appeared on the line-up I just thought of it as an early evening novelty booking that may be worth popping to for 10 minutes to take a look at, and cringe, at the comments on flags.

All this stuff with moving her name to the first spot on the line-up does seem a bit worrying of the size of ego involved here. I hope she doesn't bottle it when the stage/times are released and the slot is clear.

 

 

[CaledonianGonzo]

Fair enough. Guess I was just assuming Miley Cyrus 3rd on the Saturday.

So is a Janet - Chris - Hot Chip run a possibility? I've known worse.

[Crazyfool01]

1 minute ago, RarerThanDandyB said:

I doubt they would change an agreement with someone who hasn't performed in ages within the UK and only just come back. Plus it would be mad busy. Really odd, I thought she was nailed for Sunday until yesterday...

judging by the reaction of hardened music fans on here and the amount of songs people say they know .. im not so sure it would be mad busy ....  but Im not a stage planner so could well be wrong  

[CaledonianGonzo]

Just now, crazyfool1 said:

judging by the reaction of hardened music fans on here and the amount of songs people say they know .. im not so sure it would be mad busy ....  but Im not a stage planner so could well be wrong  

A forum full of fans of Radiohead and The National not being au fait with a giant of r'n'b isn't that big of a surprise.

[Crazyfool01]

Just now, CaledonianGonzo said:

A forum full of fans of Radiohead and The National not being au fait with a giant of r'n'b isn't that big of a surprise.

yep true ... but I cant see her drawing massive crowds ..... just doesn't seem to be relevant at the moment 

[CaledonianGonzo]

She's playing on the strength of her legacy rather than her current work. Same would be true of any 80s / 90s artist.  Liam isn't playing so high up strictly on the back of his solo album.

[The Red Telephone]

6 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

A forum full of fans of Radiohead and The National not being au fait with a giant of r'n'b isn't that big of a surprise.

Rythym National 1814

[CaledonianGonzo]

Beside, arguably, she's more relevant than ever in terms of influence.

[CaledonianGonzo]

1 minute ago, The Red Telephone said:

Rythym National 1814

Blame it on the Black Cat

[adequate8]

Suggestions of Janet Jackson on the other stage are mental, of course she’s on Pyramid. LG is subbing Killers too so she’s not got that slot 

[sisco]

Can’t see anywhere else but 3rd on the pyramid after that Saturday info.

Stormzy, George Ezra/Vampire Weekend, Rock slot TBA

The Killers, Liam Gallagher, Janet Jackson

The Cure, George Ezra/Vampire Weekend, Miley Cyrus, Kylie

 

* although TDCC are subbing Friday so I’d say it’s much more likely George Ezra is on the Friday (talked up Stormzy in his podcast too)

Edited March 24, 2019 by sisco

[dentalplan]

6 minutes ago, adequate8 said:

Suggestions of Janet Jackson on the other stage are mental, of course she’s on Pyramid.

People said this about Lorde.

[sisco]

1 minute ago, dentalplan said:

People said this about Lorde.

Good Lorde that was a crazy suggestion 

[adequate8]

3 minutes ago, dentalplan said:

People said this about Lorde.

Lorde wasn’t top row of initial poster

Edited March 24, 2019 by adequate8

[CaledonianGonzo]

Annoyed that the Lorde rumour from a couple of months back turned out to be bogus.

[dentalplan]

1 minute ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

Annoyed that the Lorde rumour from a couple of months back turned out to be bogus.

You’d only skip her again.

[CaledonianGonzo]

3 minutes ago, dentalplan said:

You’d only skip her again.

Not this time dawg.

Unless she clashed with Mavis Staples.

[Sasperella]

1 hour ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

How kosher is the Saturday info?

I think I've missed something....where did the Saturday info come from?

[RarerThanDandyB]

1 minute ago, Sasperella said:

I think I've missed something....where did the Saturday info come from?

Bands in Town, on Janet's section states she is doing Saturday... Mad.

[Sasperella]

3 hours ago, RarerThanDandyB said:

Bands in Town, on Janet's section states she is doing Saturday... Mad.

Aaah thanks! I do like to be in the loop....even though I have no intention of watching her 

[Xeph1995]

17 hours ago, jntsrb said:

Only because you don't like them it doesn't mean they're bad. Most music critics adore and praise her music, from Pitchfork to Spin to Slant and so on. Your opinion is only yours, the consensus says she has some of the greatest, most important and innovative music ever made. I don't even know who's the Cure, but it doesn't mean they're bad or unimportant. I'm smarter and more objective than that, so I don't disrespect artists I know little about or don't like only because I have a different taste. You shouldn't either, because you can't change the fact that Janet is one of the most respected, awarded and successful artists in history.

Janet is still one of the best-paid artists, she's still touring, having No. 1 albums and singles, doing Vegas residency, performing at the world's biggest music festivals and award shows. And all of that nearly 40 years after her first single! How many artists from the 80s can be doing all of this or anything of this? Janet is unstoppable!

BONUS: Janet has sold 3 times more records than all other Glastonbury 2019 participants combined and has more albums at all-time lists of the best albums ever made than all of them, and her albums are ranked higher.

 

 

lol who are you a member of Janets PR team? ...

I don't really care what critics think or how many albums sold her isn't good haha

Edited March 24, 2019 by Xeph1995