2020 headliners

[Quark]

We really are steaming headlong into the "we need an announcement to maintain sanity" phase aren't we?

[Hugh Jass]

24 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

So why rant about something for young people?

[Superscally]

2 hours 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.

I like Foals. Good on record. Good live. I'd be made up if they headlined...but...for you to call them the best live act on the planet though is an act of mind-scrambling madness. Insanity. Not even close. I could name you twenty acts without coming up for air that are better. I can only assume you don't get out much or are Foals' manager.

Edited September 12, 2019 by Superscally

[kalifire]

I saw The 1975 play in 2014 and remember being slightly bewildered at the disparity between how pleased they were with themselves and the quality of their music. I remember thinking ‘don’t they realise everyone’s just trying to get a good spot for Dolly?’  

I lingered on the edges of The Foals’ packed out secret set at The Park in 2019, listened for a few minutes, then became distracted by getting the correct proportions as I decanted the vodka in my steel bottle into a coke from Stonebridge. 

Both bands generated ambivalence but The 1975 managed to also be annoying so on that basis, if we have to endure one of these acts taking up a coveted headline slot at the 50th, I hope it isn’t The 1975. They would also be there 5 years too early and that would rankle me throughout their set in the unlikely event I’d hear a single crochet of it. 

[Quark]

7 minutes ago, kalifire said:

I lingered on the edges of The Foals’ packed out secret set at The Park in 2019, listened for a few minutes, then became distracted by getting the correct proportions as I decanted the vodka in my steel bottle into a coke from Stonebridge. 

This is an acceptable priority, almost regardless of the band in question.

8 minutes ago, kalifire said:

They would also be there 5 years too early and that would rankle me throughout their set in the unlikely event I’d hear a single crochet of it. 

Even if it meant getting a good spot for Doily? 

[henry bear]

Pages and pages of this. It’s not gonna be Loafs or The 1957 headlining next year.

[dentalplan]

@eFestivals did you get any specific info to notch Foals up to SR? I know your feeling is that they are part of a contingency plan but is there anything that spurred you on to list them as such in the first place?

[rawrsomesauce]

Having seen both bands, I can confirm that the 1975 are the better live band particularly when it comes to the show itself 

[CaledonianGonzo]

[eFestivals]

12 minutes ago, dentalplan said:

@eFestivals did you get any specific info to notch Foals up to SR? I know your feeling is that they are part of a contingency plan but is there anything that spurred you on to list them as such in the first place?

it just seems obvious to me that their secret set in 2019 equals a prominent set in 2020.

It's the sort of thing the festival does. Also see the bands for Pilton Party.

[thewayiam]

1 hour 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

I wouldn't say R&L is a pop festival anymore than Glastonbury is, Glastonbury is way more mainstream and commercial that it used to be. R&L and Leeds has been full of 16 year olds wanting to get get drunk for a long time and it basically books the scene that the majority are into right now but you had Royal Blood subbing, Frank Carter, ADTR, The Distillers, Anderson.Paak, AJ Tracey and Countefiet all playing main stage for e.g., that isn't a pop festival.

Edited September 12, 2019 by thewayiam

[thewayiam]

6 minutes ago, eFestivals said:

it just seems obvious to me that their secret set in 2019 equals a prominent set in 2020.

It's the sort of thing the festival does. Also see the bands for Pilton Party.

So we now have Foals and The 1975 at two potential main stage subs.

[dentalplan]

10 minutes ago, eFestivals said:

it just seems obvious to me that their secret set in 2019 equals a prominent set in 2020.

It's the sort of thing the festival does. Also see the bands for Pilton Party.

I see. Fair enough. I thought to be all the way up to SR would be that you've heard it's happening somewhere but I can understand the thinking.

[Quark]

6 minutes ago, thewayiam said:

So we now have Foals and The 1975 at two potential main stage subs.

Why? Why would you say that? It's like you want this place to implode

[eFestivals]

1 minute ago, dentalplan said:

I see. Fair enough. I thought to be all the way up to SR would be that you've heard it's happening somewhere but I can understand the thinking.

'SR' = 'likely to happen'.

I don't think that's over-stating things.

[Hugh Jass]

9 minutes ago, thewayiam said:

So we now have Foals and The 1975 at two potential main stage subs.

If the 1975 are booked they are not subbing.

[Hugh Jass]

DOUBLE POST

Edited September 12, 2019 by Hugh Jass

[Drfoxxx]

1 hour ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

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

Luckily I'm 28, so still got a few more years to go yet ?

[uscore]

If the 1975 are playing they are headlining. If the Foals are playing they are probably headlining but it's not impossible they'd take a lower slot.  I'd prefer the Foals but would be quite happy with both.  Or neither.  Or just the 1975 and for this discussion to end.

[uscore]

14 minutes ago, Drfoxxx said:

Luckily I'm 28, so still got a few more years to go yet ?

Til the end of the 1975/Foals debate?

[ThomJG]

I don’t think it’s madness to suggest either band could sub, but I found this pic of Foals at the park this year! Not bad for a ‘pity booking’

[uscore]

I think it's madness to suggest the 1975 would sub.  It's almost in Elton John in the Legends slot territory.

Edited September 12, 2019 by uscore

[Guest]

Hark at the "but The 1975 make music for teenage girls" crowd. Fookin so did Paul McCartney, The Rolling Stones, and The Cure. Funny that music popular with the younger generation is only a bad thing when it's girls as well ?

And 1D have more stompers than The 1975 and Foals put together.

[thewayiam]

28 minutes ago, uscore said:

I think it's madness to suggest the 1975 would sub.  It's almost in Elton John in the Legends slot territory.

It's not that I would predict them to but I can see them being an act that would take it on a big anniversary under someone big. I also can't see both them and Arctics headlining and I think they are going to suddenly come out the woodwork with new material and be a contender....it just doesn't seem like something Alex Turner would miss, he loves it and they played it on a album return last time as their only UK Festival date.

[jyoung]

8 minutes ago, GETOFFAMYLAWN said:

Hark at the "but The 1975 make music for teenage girls" crowd. Fookin so did Paul McCartney, The Rolling Stones, and The Cure. Funny that music popular with the younger generation is only a bad thing when it's girls as well ?

And 1D have more stompers than The 1975 and Foals put together.