2020 headliners

[Matt42]

The 1975 are announcing 2020 dates on Friday. So we will have a clearer idea if they are in or out.

[fatyeti24]

9 minutes ago, Matt42 said:

The 1975 are announcing 2020 dates on Friday. So we will have a clearer idea if they are in or out.

That's a big tour.

[wro_lap]

Think it’d really pay off for them to book Foals. Best live act on the planet, anyone watching their set, even retrospectively, would see they’re worthy 50th anniversary headliners.

In discussion of that rant (which, despite being a Foals fan, I did find funny), I do genuinely see the 1975/1D comparison.

Edited September 12, 2019 by wro_lap

[Winslow Leach]

13 minutes ago, wro_lap said:

Foals. Best live act on the planet,

[CaledonianGonzo]

 

[uscore]

I think you could say that the Foals are the greatest band that are, that ever were and ever will be, in the known universe and also any possible other universes.  

Apart from that song about bulls which is a bit noisy.

[Superscally]

Just now, uscore said:

I think you could say that the Foals are the greatest band that are, that ever were and ever will be, in the known universe and also any possible other universes.  

Apart from that song about bulls which is a bit noisy.

You forgot about Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, apart from that Stagger Lee one which is a bit sweary.

[Superscally]

1 minute ago, uscore said:

I think you could say that the Foals are the greatest band that are, that ever were and ever will be, in the known universe and also any possible other universes.  

Apart from that song about bulls which is a bit noisy.

You forgot about Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, apart from that Stagger Lee one which is a bit sweary.

[Drfoxxx]

6 hours ago, Hugh Jass said:

It isn’t youth v age, it’s just that the 1975 are shite.

Correcto mundo...... A band that creates music for teenage girls

[ThomJG]

1 hour ago, wro_lap said:

Think it’d really pay off for them to book Foals. Best live act on the planet, anyone watching their set, even retrospectively, would see they’re worthy 50th anniversary headliners.

In discussion of that rant (which, despite being a Foals fan, I did find funny), I do genuinely see the 1975/1D comparison.

YESSSSSSS! Another person in the fight for Foals, thank you very much!!

[CaledonianGonzo]

33 minutes ago, Drfoxxx said:

Correcto mundo...... A band that creates music for teenage girls

Teenage girls are often better judges of what's popping than middle aged men.

[clarkete]

15 hours ago, ThomJG said:

I feel like I’m one man fighting an army here, need some more Foals fans for sure

Aye, TBH I thought that other numpty threw you a life line when he waded in with his fanny packs but he got off lightly.

[tpark]

5 hours ago, priest17 said:

How old is the youth? Are there any in this thread? Am I the youth?

At 20 I guess i’m the youth, 1975 are easily bigger with people my age (even though I much prefer foals) but there are still lots of people who dislike them, and i’m certain acts like Kasabian, Arctic Monkeys and Muse are still more popular and would go down better

[ThomJG]

2 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

Teenage girls are often better judges of what's popping than middle aged men.

Well I’m not a middle aged man, and I know Foals are better suited for Glastonbury than 1975! 1975 are perfect for R+L, but not so much headlining Glasto

[Hugh Jass]

2 minutes ago, ThomJG said:

 1975 are perfect for R+L, but not so much headlining Glasto

What's the difference then?

[Winslow Leach]

8 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

Teenage girls are often better judges of what's popping than middle aged men.

On a slight tangent, I was digging through my parents' record collection recently and boy oh boy does basically everything The Shangri-Las did absolutely slap.

[Yokel Again]

My favourite band is bigger than your favourite band.

Decent case for both to headline, although I think if the 'bump up' was going to happen to Foals it would have happened by now. I just can't get into them but watched The 1975 at Reading and I can see them doing it. 

 

[ThomJG]

Just now, Hugh Jass said:

What's the difference then?

There’s a HUGE difference between the two, they couldn’t be more different! R+L is now a pop festival, perfectly suited to 16 year olds who just want to get drunk, it appeals to the charts and bands like the 1975, you won’t see the cure or Paul McCartney doing it! Glastonbury is completely different, a festival for all ages to forget about looking good on Instagram and being cool which I believe is the embodiment of R+L! As I type and I can feel even more hate on here but whatever I’m in deep now anyway

[Winslow Leach]

6 minutes ago, ThomJG said:

There’s a HUGE difference between the two, they couldn’t be more different! R+L is now a pop festival, perfectly suited to 16 year olds who just want to get drunk, it appeals to the charts and bands like the 1975, you won’t see the cure or Paul McCartney doing it! Glastonbury is completely different, a festival for all ages to forget about looking good on Instagram and being cool which I believe is the embodiment of R+L! As I type and I can feel even more hate on here but whatever I’m in deep now anyway

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[jyoung]

8 minutes ago, ThomJG said:

There’s a HUGE difference between the two, they couldn’t be more different! R+L is now a pop festival

Reading main stage had Post Malone, Frank Carter, Enter Shikari, AJ Tracey, Anderson Pakk and The Distillers on this year. 

Glastonbury main stage had George Ezra, Kylie, Miley Cyrus, Bastille and Anne-Marie.

But Reading is the pop fest? Okay.

[ThomJG]

Just now, jyoung said:

Reading main stage had Post Malone, Frank Carter, Enter Shikari, AJ Tracey, Anderson Pakk and The Distillers on this year. 

Glastonbury main stage had George Ezra, Kylie, Miley Cyrus, Bastille and Anne-Marie.

But Reading is the pop fest? Okay.

Yeah but name the rock and alternative acts reading had! Glasto Had Vampire Weekend, The Cure, The Killers, Hozier, Liam Gallagher, Sheryl Crow, Carrie Underwood, Mavis Staples (show me a reading line up with Mavis on the main stage and I’ll give you a £100) and the Langa Methodist Chirch Choir!! And not to mention all the pop acts on the other stages at Reading! Look at Glasto other stage it’s indie/ rock/ alternative almost every minute of every day

[dentalplan]

I hope both bands are ruled out and the festival gets prorogued.

[Sasperella]

When this was a Hot Topic I thought there might be some new info. 

But no, just the Foals v The 1975 debate continued I see. I'll go back to work....

[eFestivals]

19 minutes ago, ThomJG said:

R+L is now a pop festival, perfectly suited to 16 year olds who just want to get drunk, it appeals to the charts and bands like the 1975, you won’t see the cure or Paul McCartney doing it!

People have been saying Reading festival has sold out to pop for 25+ years.  

[jyoung]

8 minutes ago, ThomJG said:

Yeah but name the rock and alternative acts reading had! Glasto Had Vampire Weekend, The Cure, The Killers, Hozier, Liam Gallagher, Sheryl Crow, Carrie Underwood, Mavis Staples (show me a reading line up with Mavis on the main stage and I’ll give you a £100) and the Langa Methodist Chirch Choir!! And not to mention all the pop acts on the other stages at Reading! Look at Glasto other stage it’s indie/ rock/ alternative almost every minute of every day

I'm done. Over and out.