2020 headliners

[Guest]

2 minutes ago, Hugh Jass said:

Foals are busy elsewhere in Europe that weekend.

They're free on the Sunday.

[Hugh Jass]

5 minutes ago, SomeoneListeningIn said:

They're free on the Sunday.

They are, but doing gigs on the Friday in France and Saturday in Luxembourg suggests to me that they're not playing and have taken other offers.

[Tuna]

Re The National: I think if this were like a pop star (George Ezra or something) who was sub size, and had played 3 years ago, and had those tour dates, people would be more inclined to expect it to be happening.

FWIW I don't think The National will be back subbing the Pyramid or headlining the Other.

[mcshed]

30 minutes ago, Hugh Jass said:

Not the same band in the same slot in such a short space of time though

Nick Cave in 2009 and 2013?

[Guest]

Just now, Hugh Jass said:

They are, but doing gigs on the Friday in France and Saturday in Luxembourg suggests to me that they're not playing and have taken other offers.

Yeah very possible, but can't be ruled out completely at this point.

[Hugh Jass]

1 minute ago, mcshed said:

Nick Cave in 2009 and 2013?

 

[Hugh Jass]

1 minute ago, SomeoneListeningIn said:

Yeah very possible, but can't be ruled out completely at this point.

We won’t know until we see the lineup but my feeing is they’re not playing.

[Tommy Dickfingers]

So at the moment it’s Noel subbing Macca and who are the potential others?

[FloorFiller]

Just now, mcshed said:

Nick Cave in 2009 and 2013?

Got a lot of history with the festival and is a homegrown act who gets it. To The National I’m sure it’s just another festival, and to Glastonbury I’m sure The National are just another band they’ve booked a couple of times. Likewise why I could see Foals getting the gig again, but not The National.

[Superscally]

40 minutes ago, Matt42 said:

We all may have hated their last set but maybe they loved it and that’s why they want to come back.

A lot of people thought that set was great. Certainly everyone around us seemed to enjoy it.

[Matt42]

I will not let Foals be ruled out simply because @SomeoneListeningIn and @Mattymooz case for Elbow gets stronger.

 

[CaledonianGonzo]

5 minutes ago, FloorFiller said:

Got a lot of history with the festival and is a homegrown act who gets it. 

We're all in Australia now etc etc?

[FloorFiller]

4 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

We're all in Australia now etc etc?

I’m an idiot. Well... the rest still stands, and he’s obviously a fan of the place.

edit: also Cave nails his sub slots whereas The National flubbed theirs so less desire for their return. 

Edited January 28, 2020 by FloorFiller

[jparx]

1 minute ago, FloorFiller said:

I’m an idiot. Well... the rest still stands, and he’s obviously a fan of the place.

To be fair he does have a strong connection with the UK. If it's any consolation I didn't read your comment and think "wtf is he on about"? 

[Matt42]

11 minutes ago, Tommy Dickfingers said:

So at the moment it’s Noel subbing Macca and who are the potential others?

My thought is

Dua subbing Kendrick

Noel subbing Paul 

National subbing Taylor

Or... if the National is seen as a no no. Nick Cave? I am surprised he’s dropped off so many predictions.

[FloorFiller]

2 minutes ago, Matt42 said:

Or... if the National is seen as a no no. Nick Cave? I am surprised he’s dropped off so many predictions.

Not announced any festival dates for this year so looks like he, understandably so considering the tone of his new album, might just be sticking to his own shows.

[jparx]

3 minutes ago, Matt42 said:

My thought is

Dua subbing Kendrick

Noel subbing Paul 

National subbing Taylor

Or... if the National is seen as a no no. Nick Cave? I am surprised he’s dropped off so many predictions.

I still have Nick Cave in mind for a sub slot. Perhaps not the top contender, but one of them. He has history of smashing that slot. I thought he was ruled out because people stopped mentioning him, but he seems to still be in play.

[CaledonianGonzo]

The Lana Del Rey / Stevie Nicks odds have gone infinitesimal.

[ghostdancer1]

13 minutes ago, Superscally said:

A lot of people thought that set was great. Certainly everyone around us seemed to enjoy it.

so did most people on here, including several now saying that the National blew it/sucked/whatever.

like lot of efests things though, just repeat it enough times and it becomes fact.

 

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[kingcrawler]

With Foals there's also the drummer saying they hadn't been booked in October, and it doesn't seem like they've been struggling for acts this year with the amount of rumours we have. I think Dua Lipa, Noel and Elbow are the most likely trio at the moment.

[MEGABOWL]

1 minute ago, ghostdancer1 said:

so did most people on here, including several now saying that the National blew it/sucked/whatever.

like lot of efests things though, just repeat it enough times and it becomes fact.

 

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I liked it personally *and* thought they blew it, FWIW

[mcshed]

14 minutes ago, FloorFiller said:

Got a lot of history with the festival and is a homegrown act who gets it. To The National I’m sure it’s just another festival, and to Glastonbury I’m sure The National are just another band they’ve booked a couple of times. Likewise why I could see Foals getting the gig again, but not The National.

I think we tend to overthink things if grumpyface from The National said they wanted to do it before anyone else was lined up they'd get booked. Friends of the festival get rebooked because it's easy but it's perfectly possible for a non-friend to make things just as easy by giving Emily a buzz last summer when they were sorting out The National's 2020 plans.

Image of their planning document:

[FloorFiller]

Just now, ghostdancer1 said:

so did most people on here, including several now saying that the National blew it/sucked/whatever.

like lot of efests things though, just repeat it enough times and it becomes fact.

 

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I enjoyed it, but their setlist decisions (namely the four song run of new material) was a mistake for the position they were in. And I know a lot of people have said that the crowd around them enjoyed it, but my experience was that it all kind of died on its arse, although to be fair considering they don’t have anything close to a ‘hit’ anyway, that probably would’ve happened regardless of setlist for a crowd waiting for Foo Fighters.

[ghostdancer1]

2 minutes ago, MEGABOWL said:

I liked it personally *and* thought they blew it, FWIW

indeed. they didn't smash it by any means, but it's funny reading the thread from that time and how many people thought it went well, compared to most now making out that it was some kind of trainwreck.

 

[Hugh Jass]

8 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

The Lana Del Rey / Stevie Nicks odds have gone infinitesimal.

I’ve lost count of how many acts Matt has said are definitely subbing now. I suppose if you throw enough balls you’ll eventually win a coconut.