LeCecil Posted April 23, 2019 Report Share Posted April 23, 2019 22 minutes ago, dentalplan said: I don’t think they’ve got enough mainstream appeal for it. The novelty appeal is at a baseline too. I think people are really overstating what sort of sized metal/heavier band Glastonbury would pull. Talk of Slipknot, Kiss, Def Leppard etc there's no chance of. It'll be a bad who would play a similar slot at Download, but who has mainstream appeal. I was initially thinking Slash but he's now in Slovakia. Looking at previous years it'll be a band like Whitesnake, Alter Bridge, Alice in Chains, Slash, Status Quo etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Nal Posted April 23, 2019 Report Share Posted April 23, 2019 (edited) Edit wrong thread Edited April 23, 2019 by The Nal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Username taken Posted April 23, 2019 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2019 Eagles of Death Metal seem to be wrapping up their tour the week before. I suppose they *could* be in the mix for it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FloorFiller Posted April 23, 2019 Report Share Posted April 23, 2019 Just now, Username taken said: Eagles of Death Metal seem to be wrapping up their tour the week before. I suppose they *could* be in the mix for it Nah not nearly big enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jparx Posted April 23, 2019 Report Share Posted April 23, 2019 Prophets of Rage? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnomicide Posted April 23, 2019 Report Share Posted April 23, 2019 22 minutes ago, Username taken said: Sadly, they look like they're ensconced firmly in Eastern Europe for the weekend. If we're ruling Iggy out for having to travel thousands of miles in his dotage, I think we have to apply the same logic to Coverdale. Shame, as they'd be ideal. Yeah, I know but I'm not allowing the dream to die! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJL Posted April 23, 2019 Report Share Posted April 23, 2019 13 minutes ago, LeCecil said: I think people are really overstating what sort of sized metal/heavier band Glastonbury would pull. Talk of Slipknot, Kiss, Def Leppard etc there's no chance of. It'll be a bad who would play a similar slot at Download, but who has mainstream appeal. I was initially thinking Slash but he's now in Slovakia. Looking at previous years it'll be a band like Whitesnake, Alter Bridge, Alice in Chains, Slash, Status Quo etc. I’d watch Alice in Chains but I just don’t see them In the same bracket as the others. Royal Blood are a pop-rock act who are played on Radio 1, Motörhead have/had a song that is on most Best Rock Anthems and a well known front man. AIC were pretty big but not huge 25 years ago and i’m not sure many pyramid dwellers would know anything since/with the new singer?If I heard/read the name anywhere i’d Pay attention... but apart from rock line-ups I haven’t in a decade? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackZeppelin Posted April 23, 2019 Report Share Posted April 23, 2019 Alice in Chains or Iggy would be brilliant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingbadger Posted April 23, 2019 Report Share Posted April 23, 2019 Just a pipedream I imagine but System of a Down have a couple of random US dates in May. Would be amazing if they were booked, though nothing else to suggest that's the case and no reason why they wouldn't be on the main poster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
found home in 2009 Posted April 23, 2019 Report Share Posted April 23, 2019 I'm loving the Lynyrd Skynrd and System of a Down shouts. If I can't have my suggestion of Alice Cooper I'd be more than happy with either of them as an alternative. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deadpheasant Posted April 23, 2019 Report Share Posted April 23, 2019 So run down of the rumours so far: - GVF not technically ruled out as they are free on the Friday - but similar to Iggy & Def Leppard they would be going Denmark-England-Sweden-Germany over 4 days which is improbable. - Lynyrd Skynyrd again, a question whether they could do 5 UK dates in a row with a glasto afternoon set in between Manchester and London gigs. - Prophets of Rage - not about, doing the August festivals. - Wolf Alice - ruled out due to them doing Truck festival - System of a Down - not about, no Europe dates - Alice in Chains available & possibly most feasible out of the suggestions so far but as what was said earlier: very little mainstream appeal - Metallica secret set - my incredibly hopeful guess Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatyeti24 Posted April 23, 2019 Report Share Posted April 23, 2019 Any chance of Threatin? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Martini Police Posted April 23, 2019 Report Share Posted April 23, 2019 10 minutes ago, deadpheasant said: So run down of the rumours so far: - GVF not technically ruled out as they are free on the Friday - but similar to Iggy & Def Leppard they would be going Denmark-England-Sweden-Germany over 4 days which is improbable. - Lynyrd Skynyrd again, a question whether they could do 5 UK dates in a row with a glasto afternoon set in between Manchester and London gigs. - Prophets of Rage - not about, doing the August festivals. - Wolf Alice - ruled out due to them doing Truck festival - System of a Down - not about, no Europe dates - Alice in Chains available & possibly most feasible out of the suggestions so far but as what was said earlier: very little mainstream appeal - Metallica secret set - my incredibly hopeful guess Prophets of Rage are at Mad Cool, so they're certainly about a lot closer to Glastonbury than August (2 weeks later) but there's still a big gap atm. Is the most obvious answer simply that there isn't one this year and that it's Bastille playing 3rd down or something? Emily did mention the slot as if it was continuing though, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tevaburger Posted April 23, 2019 Report Share Posted April 23, 2019 add The Raconteurs to that list. They're my #1 hope but the Skynrd cover band seems quite possible too, as does the unannounced Metallica option, as Lars will be joining Promise of the Real and Lady Gaga over at the Park for Bradley Cooper's big set of guests 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Benn Posted April 23, 2019 Report Share Posted April 23, 2019 The Strokes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Username taken Posted April 23, 2019 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2019 Not sure Raconteurs or Strokes really fit the genre definition. EE actually referred to it as 'the metal slot', I misnamed the thread tbf. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingbadger Posted April 23, 2019 Report Share Posted April 23, 2019 1 hour ago, The Martini Police said: Prophets of Rage are at Mad Cool, so they're certainly about a lot closer to Glastonbury than August (2 weeks later) but there's still a big gap atm. Is the most obvious answer simply that there isn't one this year and that it's Bastille playing 3rd down or something? Emily did mention the slot as if it was continuing though, right? Didn't realise Prophets of Rage had been announced for Mad Cool, previously their European dates started in August. Could have been held off the poster given they're headlining Boomtown. That being said their ticket prices for Brixton were £60+. So not sure what they'd get for playing the festival given they seem to be more Profits of Rage.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Benn Posted April 23, 2019 Report Share Posted April 23, 2019 43 minutes ago, Username taken said: Not sure Raconteurs or Strokes really fit the genre definition. EE actually referred to it as 'the metal slot', I misnamed the thread tbf. Didn’t the libertines play this slot in 2016? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hfuhruhurr Posted April 23, 2019 Report Share Posted April 23, 2019 1 minute ago, Mr Benn said: Didn’t the libertines play this slot in 2016? ZZ Top did the honours (Libertines 2015 after Motörhead) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TedHandy Posted April 23, 2019 Report Share Posted April 23, 2019 Who played it in 2014? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FloorFiller Posted April 23, 2019 Report Share Posted April 23, 2019 (edited) 1 minute ago, TedHandy said: Who played it in 2014? It only became a thing in 2015 with Motörhead. Edited April 23, 2019 by FloorFiller Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Mouse Posted April 23, 2019 Report Share Posted April 23, 2019 Prophets of Rage or Iggy Pop it is then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eazy-Eyan Posted April 23, 2019 Report Share Posted April 23, 2019 Fearing the wrath of the board obviously, but what about Frank Carter and the Rattlesnakes for this slot? Totally get they wouldn't garner the slot if it wasn't a rock slot, but reckon they've got the right profile for it!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brandycoke Posted April 23, 2019 Report Share Posted April 23, 2019 1 hour ago, TedHandy said: Who played it in 2014? Robert Plant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henry bear Posted April 23, 2019 Report Share Posted April 23, 2019 1 hour ago, T-Mouse said: Prophets of Rage or Iggy Pop it is then Cypress Hill playing in Finland that day. Iggy or The Darkness it is then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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