2020 headliners

[MEGABOWL]

Green Day are absolutely a headliner if they ever play. If they turn it down because they don’t get a longer slot than the Stones, McCartney, Springsteen, The Who etc got well f**k them. Can’t see that being the issue really though.

[Hugh Jass]

1 hour ago, madmaninabox said:

 

There American, so the cultural significance of Glastonbury is probably a bit lost on them to be honest. I don't think they would outright turn it down based on set length. There Reading 2013 headline set was 2 1/4 hours so they will do shorter sets than they might ideally want to do.

 

But I can imagine this conversation:

 

Eavis: Hello, Billie Joe, wanna play Glastonbury? 

Billie Joe: Yessir

Eavis: Cool, is 90 minutes okay.

Billie Joe: We were think more 2 1/2 hours?

Eavis: Faff off,  The 1975 have said 90 minutes is cool by them or I can give The Who 2 1/2 hours and there less of a outside booking anyway. You know what I think of post-punk anyway. Bye

 

 

 

How that conversation would actually play out...

 

Eavis: Hello, Billie Joe, wanna play Glastonbury? 

Billie Joe: Yessir

Eavis: Cool, is 90 minutes okay.

Billie Joe: We were think more 2 1/2 hours?

<Raucous laughter then phone goes dead>

Billie Joe: Hello? Michael? Are you still there?

 

 

Edited September 13, 2019 by Hugh Jass

[Hugh Jass]

35 minutes ago, robillustrates said:

I'd offer sexual favours for anyone who can convince Eavis to bury the hatchet and book the Red Hot Chili Peppers to headline Glastonbury though.

 

I've been fellating Michael day and night for the last twenty years to ensure that never happens.

[Matt42]

If they were playing Glastonbury they wouldn’t schedule their tour in a way that would make it painfully difficult for them to play at their best.

[thewayiam]

2 hours ago, madmaninabox said:

As headliner and sub (or sub-sub if you take FOB too), they're stadium touring bands it would be an insult to offer them anything less. 

Weezer aren't subbing the Pyramid unless someone of The Stones stature comes along like with Primal Scream and say that's what they want.....unlikely.

2 hours ago, Robinn said:

You wouldn’t see me near any of those headliners. I did enjoy FM earlier this year, but seeing them once would be enough for me. AM never seems to work for me live. And The 1975... I don’t know in which universe they’re ready to headline such a big festival. Saw them a few months ago and they were mediocre at best.

I don't dislike but have no time for either. When you sell how they do though can't complain.

1 hour ago, robillustrates said:

I'd offer sexual favours for anyone who can convince Eavis to bury the hatchet and book the Red Hot Chili Peppers to headline Glastonbury though.

 

RHCP are cack now, last time I've heard them sound good was 2013 and I think that was a one off.

[thewayiam]

3 hours ago, DickButkis said:

 

Listen to Arctic Monkeys’ tour manager here.

Don't have to man, the stats are there.....I've not just made up 4 huge dates they did but didn't do.

[madmaninabox]

24 minutes ago, thewayiam said:

Don't have to man, the stats are there.....I've not just made up 4 huge dates they did but didn't do.

The point was more the bizarre claim that one led to the other.

[jparx]

FFS. Just been going through different Glastonbury sets on YouTube and ended up watching Macca again. Need to stop getting hyped at the possibility...can't go through that heartbreak again ?

[Quark]

10 minutes ago, jparx said:

FFS. Just been going through different Glastonbury sets on YouTube and ended up watching Macca again. Need to stop getting hyped at the possibility...can't go through that heartbreak again ?

I think I must be dead inside, that prospect just does nothing for me.

[Suprefan]

Considering the new Green Fay album is 26 minutes long, why would they really need 2 1/2 hrs to fit in 3 new songs into their setlist.

 

Radiohead did 2 hours and 15 minutes in 2017 and that was a full set. No need for a marathon.

[CaledonianGonzo]

Green Day play gigs that are 3 hours long?  Am I in the fucking Upside Down or something?

[dentalplan]

7 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

Green Day play gigs that are 3 hours long?  Am I in the fucking Upside Down or something?

They play four songs and spend the rest of the time shout 'heyyy-ohhhh', firing toilet paper cannons and inviting teenage plants on stage to knock out one of their songs on guitar.

It is actually good the one time.

Edited September 13, 2019 by dentalplan

[CaledonianGonzo]

Classic post-punk behaviour.

[dentalplan]

7 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

Classic post-punk behaviour.

Billie Joe sings two songs from the backstage toilet and still manages to wet himself.

[CaledonianGonzo]

Do you have the time-ah

To listen to me whine-ah

[Quark]

Just now, CaledonianGonzo said:

Do you have the time-ah

To listen to me whine-ah

We generally have to listen to it anyway... 

[dentalplan]

5 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

Do you have the time-ah

To listen to me whine-ah

*invites kid on stage to play American Idiot*

*turns volume right down on their amp mid-song*

Edited September 13, 2019 by dentalplan

[CaledonianGonzo]

3 minutes ago, Quark said:

We generally have to listen to it anyway... 

So unfair. So unfair. We have people looking very strongly into roasting the Red Hot Chilli Peppers, so we'll see what happens . We're looking into it and we'll see.

[Hugh Jass]

19 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

So unfair. So unfair. We have people looking very strongly into roasting the Red Hot Chilli Peppers, so we'll see what happens . We're looking into it and we'll see.

The roasting if the Chillis were ever booked would make the treatment meted out to Ashcroft and the Killers look like a fan club meeting.

[CaledonianGonzo]

Is it known whether or not Richard Ashcroft ever sheathed his willie in a sports sock?

[Hugh Jass]

Just now, CaledonianGonzo said:

Is it known whether or not Richard Ashcroft ever sheathed his willie in a sports sock?

Dunno, I was kicked out of the Verve Appreciation Society for asking.

[balti-pie]

2 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

Is it known whether or not Richard Ashcroft ever sheathed his willie in a sports sock?

It’s just dawned on me that The w*nksocks is what I would call my band. A popular beat combo of some repute. 

[CaledonianGonzo]

Like a cock in a sock, waiting to funk rock
This time I'm comin' down

[CaledonianGonzo]

"It matches the suit"

[jparx]

Feel like we were pretty certain on the headliners and legend this time last year (albeit Macca pulled out/whatever and The Killers came in). Seems to be a much more closely kept secret this year.

We've spent pages and pages waffling about Foals and The 1975, but neither act has a real solid headline rumour against them. We only have some actual rumours for Fleetwood Mac and conflicting Macca reports AFAIK, with Foals (imo) more likely for a sub/Other slot.

Could the lack of solid rumours play in to Neil's old theory that info on American acts doesn't usually leak as much? Perhaps we've got some (non FM) American headliners? 

Edited September 13, 2019 by jparx