2020 headliners

[tigger123]

Emily also said while discussing that they had 2 out of 3 headliners that will be keeping it secret until early next year so don’t think we’re getting anything for a while 

[ErnestWorthing]

Let’s be clear, if they’re headlining Coachella, with their audience, they can headline Glastonbury no problem.

[Crazyfool01]

19 minutes ago, Rubber Soldier said:

You’d be wrong then. 

ive seen a couple of statements like this lately .... maybe some kind of explanation added to it would be helpful for us to understand some reasoning ? 

[Sasperella]

54 minutes ago, FloorFiller said:

 

Metallica are the biggest metal band in the world who tour extensively and had played pretty much every festival other than Glastonbury up until that point. RATM are big, but they ain't Metallica, and I doubt the organisers would particularly care to rock the boat again especially for them.

I find that "they ain't Metallica" stance a bit odd. I certainly think they're more accessible than Metallica. Maybe growing up listening to a lot of alternative/metal has skewed my perception a bit, but I reckon they're equally "big enough"

Not that I want to start us off down this road again.....

[whitehorses]

Us wasting time debating whether 1975 or Foals (or whoever) can headline the Pyramid is all fun and games.

But RATM are a different kettle of fish altogether. Of course they fucking can.

[jparx]

6 minutes ago, Sasperella said:

I find that "they ain't Metallica" stance a bit odd. I certainly think they're more accessible than Metallica. Maybe growing up listening to a lot of alternative/metal has skewed my perception a bit, but I reckon they're equally "big enough"

Not that I want to start us off down this road again.....

Yep agreed. I'd argue that RATM have much more appeal to a Glastonbury crowd than Metallica.

[GrumpyRaver]

1 hour ago, FloorFiller said:

 

Metallica are the biggest metal band in the world who tour extensively and had played pretty much every festival other than Glastonbury up until that point. RATM are big, but they ain't Metallica, and I doubt the organisers would particularly care to rock the boat again especially for them.

RATM have significantly more mainstream appeal than Metallica. Your average joe would struggle to recognise more than 1 Metallica song...

[priest17]

Everyone predicting Coldplay and us ending up with Rage is simply too good to be true. Maybe if I didn't have a ticket it could happen but I simply haven't earned such a thing

[mufcok]

So no headliner announcements til early next year, we've got a few months of this unless a solid rumour comes from somewhere..

[Garrett_Salas]

3 minutes ago, GrumpyRaver said:

RATM have significantly more mainstream appeal than Metallica. Your average joe would struggle to recognise more than 1 Metallica song...

RATM have one song, and that's because of a bit of a quirk.

I'm not questionning their ability or whatever, I just think that outside particular circles, they don't have the same cultural clout here that they have in the US. But whatever, I've been wrong many times before.

[jparx]

3 minutes ago, Garrett_Salas said:

RATM have one song, and that's because of a bit of a quirk.

I'm not questionning their ability or whatever, I just think that outside particular circles, they don't have the same cultural clout here that they have in the US. But whatever, I've been wrong many times before.

Bulls on Parade is a doozy but I wouldn't call it their one song!

[Matt42]

8 minutes ago, Garrett_Salas said:

RATM have one song, and that's because of a bit of a quirk.

Is this a joke? 

[Garrett_Salas]

1 minute ago, Matt42 said:

Is this a joke? 

One song that your 'average joe' would recognise... 

[GrumpyRaver]

9 minutes ago, Garrett_Salas said:

RATM have one song, and that's because of a bit of a quirk.

I'm not questionning their ability or whatever, I just think that outside particular circles, they don't have the same cultural clout here that they have in the US. But whatever, I've been wrong many times before.

A bit more than one song...

[HeyPorter]

9 minutes ago, Garrett_Salas said:

RATM have one song, and that's because of a bit of a quirk.

So you’re saying that the X Factor made them??

[Mezhyp1]

1 minute ago, Garrett_Salas said:

One song that your 'average joe' would recognise... 

How many did Stormzy have? 

[Garrett_Salas]

2 minutes ago, GrumpyRaver said:

A bit more than one song...

Okie dokie, walk down your street and ask passersbys if they can sing bulls on parade, guerrilla radio and testify back to you.

[Garrett_Salas]

3 minutes ago, HeyPorter said:

So you’re saying that the X Factor made them??

no...

[FuzzyDunlop]

1 minute ago, Garrett_Salas said:

Okie dokie, walk down your street and ask passersbys if they can sing bulls on parade, guerrilla radio and testify back to you.

Whilst I agree, ask a passer by a Kendrick song & you'll get the same...

And he is definitely big enough to headline.

[Amy Lawn]

Loads of people, including me, will only know Killing In The Name. Fair enough if you want them to headline, there's an argument there that maybe that could, but trying to say they have more than one hit isn't it lads.

[Garrett_Salas]

4 minutes ago, Mezhyp1 said:

How many did Stormzy have? 

Stormzy is the figurehead of the leading genre of music to come out of Britain in the last decade and passed the 'mom test', besides, it wasn't me that initially talked about songs that your average joe knows - I was pretty much saying that your point that the public would struggle to name one or two metallica songs would probably apply to RATM too

[Amy Lawn]

1 minute ago, FuzzyDunlop said:

Whilst I agree, ask a passer by a Kendrick song & you'll get the same...

And he is definitely big enough to headline.

Kendrick's a different case, he's current.

[Matt42]

You could make an argument that every band “only has one song”.

Radiohead only have creep!

Honestly probably just wearing fannongoggles but rage are a very very important band. They made a huge mark politically and influenced so many that came after them. They mean a lot to a lot of people (including me).

[TownesMR]

Big time lurker of this thread, not a huge poster. Rage Against the Machine could absolutely headline Glastonbury. I don't even know how this is being questioned... they're a massive band.

[Amy Lawn]

Just now, Matt42 said:

Honestly probably just wearing fannongoggles but rage are a very very important band. They made a huge mark politically and influenced so many that came after them. They mean a lot to a lot of people (including me).

It's goggles mate.

2 minutes ago, Garrett_Salas said:

Stormzy is the figurehead of the leading genre of music to come out of Britain in the last decade and passed the 'mom test', besides, it wasn't me that initially talked about songs that your average joe knows - I was pretty much saying that your point that the public would struggle to name one or two metallica songs would probably apply to RATM too

Yeah, this is it.