2020 headliners

[Nick Aldous]

I forget how many people on this forum have experience in booking the worlds biggest acts for festivals lol

[Earth_pig]

People getting quite snippy on here, lots of opinion written like it's a fact.

Let's not forget this is just a thread about bands playing a wonderful and friendly festival.

I saw the stokes at Bilbao BBK last year and I thought they were technically good but wasn't that engaging, I left before the end.

Other people seemed to be having a really good time and wouldn't say they were bad just personally wouldn't rush to watch live again, prefer the album's.

[CaledonianGonzo]

4 minutes ago, SomeoneListeningIn said:

I still think Foals are gonna headline the Pyramid on Friday.

Why not Fleetwood Mac? They've been dropping pretty big hints that they want to do it.

[Earth_pig]

5 minutes ago, SomeoneListeningIn said:

I still think Foals are gonna headline the Pyramid on Friday.

Doesn't fit the clues by Emily.

Or have I missed the joke :s

[Stokesy10]

1 hour ago, mufcok said:

I can't even begin to process the thought of seeing The Strokes as well as McCartney, I may actually explode.

I just don't buy them headlining Other Stage 

This, this and this.

I'd be amazed if they headlined Other. Imagine if they did? What a coup that'd be from the Eavii.

Hearing the solo for Trying Your Luck blasted out onto Glastonbury turf would bring me to my knees. ( not cos of the tune I just get a little blowy for solos)

[Hugh Jass]

15 minutes ago, Matt42 said:

Then make that a rule for all and not just a rule for me. 
 

I can always count on either you, martini police, or Hugh jass to jump in and filter any post I make and tell me how I’m violating some rule book.

Stop banging on about gammons and trying to show how woke you are and I’ll give it a rest.

[Gnomicide]

5 minutes ago, Stokesy10 said:

( not cos of the tune I just get a little blowy for solos)

[Divein]

As has been mentioned there's no real evidence to suggest The Strokes are still chasing a big pay day, there's probably a little more evidence to suggest their demands have come down a little since their return. 

They have and are playing smaller festivals now, APE, that one in Barcelona that got cancelled plus more mid range Euro festivals but also the bigger ones it seems. If they have a new album to promote then they are going to need to put the hard yards back in and get about a bit, which it looks like they are doing

I dont for one second think they will headline the other stage, but there's going to need to be two huge bands on that stage on Saturday and Sunday night to try and split the crowd. Emily's comment about 'Pyramid sized headliner's' could relate to them having booked to acts who could step up to headliner the Pyramid if either Macca or Twizz were to pull out. 

 

Reading and Leeds have 2 headliner slots to fill and it looks like most of their budget has gone on them and Liam is the cheaper option. So they could turn up there as a UK exclusive. 

[Mouseboy11]

Right guys hear me out on this...could The Cure be headlining the other stage?

[Matt42]

5 minutes ago, Hugh Jass said:

Woke

Suddenly it all makes sense

[Hugh Jass]

5 minutes ago, Matt42 said:

Suddenly it all makes sense

What does?

[Mezhyp1]

27 minutes ago, Matt42 said:

Then make that a rule for all and not just a rule for me. 
 

I can always count on either you, martini police, or Hugh jass to jump in and filter any post I make and tell me how I’m violating some rule book.

Surely an easier solution here would be for you not to come away with such statements of supposed certainty, when they're just guesses like the majority of other people make 

[The Martini Police]

18 minutes ago, Hugh Jass said:

Stop banging on about gammons and trying to show how woke you are and I’ll give it a rest.

And ideally also the patronising, pretending your opinions are facts, and pushing the narrative that you're being singled out by everyone. It's no coincidence that many people (far more than 3 of us - look at this morning) are calling you out. Others simply aren't doing these things (there's no hypocrisy from us) and unfortunately, these kind of comments make the forum an unpleasant place at times. So please, re-evaluate a little, be a bit more aware of how these things come across. 

Edited January 23, 2020 by The Martini Police

[mufcok]

17 minutes ago, Divein said:

As has been mentioned there's no real evidence to suggest The Strokes are still chasing a big pay day, there's probably a little more evidence to suggest their demands have come down a little since their return. 

They have and are playing smaller festivals now, APE, that one in Barcelona that got cancelled plus more mid range Euro festivals but also the bigger ones it seems. If they have a new album to promote then they are going to need to put the hard yards back in and get about a bit, which it looks like they are doing

I dont for one second think they will headline the other stage, but there's going to need to be two huge bands on that stage on Saturday and Sunday night to try and split the crowd. Emily's comment about 'Pyramid sized headliner's' could relate to them having booked to acts who could step up to headliner the Pyramid if either Macca or Twizz were to pull out. 

 

Reading and Leeds have 2 headliner slots to fill and it looks like most of their budget has gone on them and Liam is the cheaper option. So they could turn up there as a UK exclusive. 

Don't you even dare suggest they play and go up against McCartney, ya fu..

[CaledonianGonzo]

17 minutes ago, Divein said:

there's going to need to be two huge bands on that stage on Saturday and Sunday night to try and split the crowd.

Not really. They put Chase and Status on the Other vs. The Stones.

[gfa]

40 minutes ago, Stokesy10 said:

This, this and this.

I'd be amazed if they headlined Other. Imagine if they did? What a coup that'd be from the Eavii.

Hearing the solo for Trying Your Luck blasted out onto Glastonbury turf would bring me to my knees. ( not cos of the tune I just get a little blowy for solos)

Shame thats like the only song from Is This It they never play  would love to see strokes though - getting them to headline would be a coup honestly they REALLY like their paydays, I can't see them ever taking a non-headline slot but it would be incredible if they get them!

[Stokesy10]

6 minutes ago, gfa said:

Shame thats like the only song from Is This It they never play  would love to see strokes though - getting them to headline would be a coup honestly they REALLY like their paydays, I can't see them ever taking a non-headline slot but it would be incredible if they get them!

They do pal! I always keep an eye out. At least I'm pretty certain it gets a good airing? Fingers crossed we get to see. I'd fear for my life listening to Take It Or Leave It.

[Superscally]

1 hour ago, Matt42 said:

I’l say it again for those who are confused.

Yes the Strokes stock has dropped.

Yes they aren’t really a UK festival headliner.

But they don’t accept anything below headline slot and they only accept their full fee.

Yes they are too small to headline Glastonbury.

But they won’t accept anything lower than headline. Which is why most of their festival dates are now mid-sized / larger festivals with four or five dates.

So yes they are touring around Glastonbury but I highly doubt they are going to be there. Especially playing below headline. It’s a catch 22 that Glasto unfortunately falls a bit foul of.

Don't see why this has been downvoted. Weird. It's all true.

[FloorFiller]

1 minute ago, Superscally said:

Don't see why this has been downvoted. Weird. It's all true.

Think it may have been the tone/hypocrisy rather than the content itself. 

[Superscally]

Just now, FloorFiller said:

Think it may have been the tone/hypocrisy rather than the content itself. 

Ah. Sound. 

As Tim Booth once sang: "Born of frustration"? 😊

[gfa]

Strokes show announced in France at Garorock for the Saturday of Glastonbury. I feel like that makes either a Finsbury Park show or Glastonbury incredibly likely now. Do they do back to back show though or not?

[fatyeti24]

2 minutes ago, gfa said:

Strokes show announced in France at Garorock for the Saturday of Glastonbury. I feel like that makes either a Finsbury Park show or Glastonbury incredibly likely now. Do they do back to back show though or not?

I like how the S in Strokes links to the Arctic Monkeys discography.  An ITK clue if ever there was one.

[FloorFiller]

IMO the only smidgen of hope connecting The Strokes to Glastonbury is Grimey saying he’d heard they were headlining last year, which may well have just been crossed wires and he heard the wrong year/assumed headlining the whole thing. This is probably the first year it’s in any way seemed likely due to Emily’s comment, the occasion and now the convenient tour dates (well... if they play two nights on the run). Not expecting it myself, but reluctant to rule it out like I usually would as well.

[thrillhouse188]

2 minutes ago, FloorFiller said:

IMO the only smidgen of hope connecting The Strokes to Glastonbury is Grimey saying he’d heard they were headlining last year, which may well have just been crossed wires and he heard the wrong year/assumed headlining the whole thing. This is probably the first year it’s in any way seemed likely due to Emily’s comment, the occasion and now the convenient tour dates (well... if they play two nights on the run). Not expecting it myself, but reluctant to rule it out like I usually would as well.

I forget, did he say headlining or just playing? 

[CJTM]

can someone suggest a good starter album to listen for The Strokes? cheers.