2020 headliners

[Rose-Colored Boy]

19 minutes ago, Hugh Jass said:

Given the noises being made by the Eavii I'd guess they'd go above and beyond for Fleetwood Mac.

Em has said they’d love Madonna too, although with every terrible album she puts out her huge fee looks more and more unjustified. At least FM actively embrace their legacy act status and play the hits, you know you’d get your money’s worth with them.

Edited July 12, 2019 by Rose-Colored Boy

[Matt42]

I wonder if Glasto have chucked an offer towards U2 or the Rolling Stones just to see if they’d say yes.

Highly doubt they’d return.... but the Who returned?

[Guest]

1 hour ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

So it depends on how astute she is at reading the tea leaves. And whether or not she liked her pint of Burrow Hill.

Auld tramp's piss, she's not coming back.

[Quark]

1 minute ago, Matt42 said:

I wonder if Glasto have chucked an offer towards U2 or the Rolling Stones just to see if they’d say yes.

Highly doubt they’d return.... but the Who returned?

U2 would seem more likely to me.  Stones feels very much like a one and done, same as Springsteen. 

[Matt42]

1 minute ago, Quark said:

U2 would seem more likely to me.  Stones feels very much like a one and done, same as Springsteen. 

Yeah I can’t imagine that the 2011 crowd is similar to the current crowd. 

The stones worked so well and wrote itself into the history books. U2 had a much harder time with the rain so I guess there’s a storyline the BBC could spin to make it exciting again.

[FuzzyDunlop]

2 minutes ago, Matt42 said:

Yeah I can’t imagine that the 2011 crowd is similar to the current crowd. 

The stones worked so well and wrote itself into the history books. U2 had a much harder time with the rain so I guess there’s a storyline the BBC could spin to make it exciting again.

I was thinking, U2 could definitely be a goer again.

I was there for that and it was the poorest U2 Gig I have been to (having seen them in 2001 and 2005 before Glastonbury). I saw them last year and it was so much better. I wasn't going to go as I had not really been into them for a long time. It was probably the best gig I have ever been to at the Manchester Arena. Used the arena perfectly. I was actually pretty shocked at how good it was.

[Quark]

Was a bit gutted, was there in '10 when they were meant to play but couldn't go in '11 (apparently my wedding was more important). One of those bands that gets lots of stick for various reasons, some fully justified some not, but they've got such a massive back catalogue of tunes. I'd be onboard.

[Hugh Jass]

I just can't look past how much of an arse Bono is.

[Quark]

6 minutes ago, Hugh Jass said:

I just can't look past how much of an arse Bono is.

I can look past a lot of things when I'm pissed and singing

 

[FuzzyDunlop]

16 minutes ago, Hugh Jass said:

I just can't look past how much of an arse Bono is.

Bono is a monumental arse, but as we know, being an arse is no reason to not headline.

[CaledonianGonzo]

35 minutes ago, Quark said:

Was a bit gutted, was there in '10 when they were meant to play but couldn't go in '11.

Swings and roundabouts. 2010 was Stevie's year.

[Quark]

32 minutes ago, Hugh Jass said:

I just can't look past how much of an arse Bono is.

 

15 minutes ago, FuzzyDunlop said:

Bono is a monumental arse, but as we know, being an arse is no reason to not headline.

I've genuinely never understood why he is perceived as such an arse.  I know there's some questions around tax, and an ongoing spat about whether that kind of approach to charity is actually a good thing or not, but on balance what has he done that's so bad?

1 minute ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

Swings and roundabouts. 2010 was Stevie's year.

Skipped him. Levellers on Glade. No regrets motherlovers.

[CaledonianGonzo]

Oh dear. A record breaking self own.

[Quark]

Just now, CaledonianGonzo said:

Oh dear. A record breaking self own.

And I'm owning that shit. Put me back in 2010 and I'd do it again.

[CaledonianGonzo]

Devastating

[mcshed]

3 hours ago, Matt42 said:

Also I think people forget that Beyoncé headlined at a pretty shakey time in her career. Before self-titled and lemonade she was not as big of a deal as she is now.

Yeah for all Beyonce is now clearly regarded as Queen of All She Touches there was a decidedly mixed reaction to her being announced as headliner particularly when she was subbing T in the Park in the same year.

[a6l6e6x]

52 minutes ago, FuzzyDunlop said:

Bono is a monumental arse, but as we know, being an arse is no reason to not headline.

Plenty of arse headliners in the past. Notable mentions The Who, Arctic Monkeys, ELO (I class legend as headliner), Kanye west, Oasis....

[Hugh Jass]

8 minutes ago, a6l6e6x said:

Plenty of arse headliners in the past. Notable mentions The Who, Arctic Monkeys, ELO (I class legend as headliner), Kanye west, Oasis....

Yeah I get that but still... fucking Bono man.

[CaledonianGonzo]

OK. I'll bite. Why's Jeff Lynne an arse?

[Matt42]

South Park sum up bono perfectly 

[a6l6e6x]

1 minute ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

OK. I'll bite. Why's Jeff Lynne an arse?

Just don't like him. Thinks he's god's gift to earth

[CaledonianGonzo]

4 minutes ago, a6l6e6x said:

Just don't like him. Thinks he's god's gift to earth

If anything he seems a wee bit over-shy. His Legend Slot could have used a bit more cock-swinging.

[Wooderson]

6 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

If anything he seems a wee bit over-shy. His Legend Slot could have used a bit more cock-swinging.

Rollin' and ridin' and slippin' and slidin' - its magic.

[Mouseboy11]

4 hours ago, Matt42 said:

Subjectivity aside I’m pretty sure Taylor Swift is a bigger tour seller than Beyoncé.

Also I think people forget that Beyoncé headlined at a pretty shakey time in her career. Before self-titled and lemonade she was not as big of a deal as she is now.

Come again? Sasha Fierce was huge and 4 is pretty big too. Probably have way more big singles than her most recent two did.

[Matt42]

5 minutes ago, Mouseboy11 said:

Come again? Sasha Fierce was huge and 4 is pretty big too. Probably have way more big singles than her most recent two did.

Hmm I remember 4 was considered a major let down from Sasha Fierce.

Without a doubt though her most popular material came after her headline set.