2020 headliners

[dotdash79]

Just now, jyoung said:

They are c**ts but off the top of my head they got Ed Sheeran before anyone else?

I mean if a monkey throws enough darts it’s bound to hit the bullseye once in a while. 

[jyoung]

Just now, dotdash79 said:

I mean if a monkey throws enough darts it’s bound to hit the bullseye once in a while. 

I repeat, they are c**ts but what you're saying doesn't stick. They're not NME or Somerset Live. They don't put out copious amounts of rumours each year in the hope that one is right. 

[incident]

3 minutes ago, jyoung said:

I repeat, they are c**ts but what you're saying doesn't stick. They're not NME or Somerset Live. They don't put out copious amounts of rumours each year in the hope that one is right. 

But they do get things wrong, often, and state rumours or guesses as fact.

Such as when they announced Madonna was headlining the 2019 festival. Or when they announced the Foo Fighters were headlining the 2016 festival, and then for months after treated it as confirmed news.

[Matt42]

15 minutes ago, incident said:

But they do get things wrong, often, and state rumours or guesses as fact.

Such as when they announced Madonna was headlining the 2019 festival. Or when they announced the Foo Fighters were headlining the 2016 festival, and then for months after treated it as confirmed news.

Being devils advocate but there was solid info that Foos were lined up for 2016 but deferred to 2017 and Muse replaced them. I believe even Neil heard something like that at one point.

Edited January 20, 2020 by Matt42

[incident]

6 minutes ago, Matt42 said:

Being devils advocate but there was solid info that Foos were lined up for 2016 but deferred to 2017 and Muse replaced them. I believe even Neil heard something like that at one point.

That's not what they said, though.

They announced that the headliners were Muse, Coldplay, and Foo Fighters.

[Damon]

What makes everyone so sure it’s Kendrick? 
 

could Frank Ocean not be going after the two most prestigious fests?

 

Just a thought, or not big enough for the UK market?

[Suprefan]

13 minutes ago, Damon said:

What makes everyone so sure it’s Kendrick? 
 

could Frank Ocean not be going after the two most prestigious fests?

 

Just a thought, or not big enough for the UK market?

Nope, this isnt the u.s where. the audience for Coachella actually has a choice to go to the festival because he is there. Everyone that has a Glasto ticket isnt in that position. Has Frank Ocean shown he could be a draw in the UK? last time I check he has not done anything to make the Eavis’ think he is worth it to book. Does he get constant radio airplay at all? Barely made an impression on the charts. Can you ask some random person in London who Frank Ocean is or to name a song and get a correct answer? Primavera doesnt even have him on their line up this year, that should say a lot.

Edited January 21, 2020 by Suprefan

[Damon]

1 minute ago, Suprefan said:

Nope, this isnt the u.s where. the audience for Coachella actually has a choice to go to the festival because he is there. Everyone that has a Glasto ticket isnt in that position. Has Frank Ocean shown he could be a draw in the UK? last time I check he has not done anything to make the Eavis’ think he is worth it to book. Does he get constant radio airplay at all? Barely made an impression on the charts. Can you ask some random person in London who Frank Ocean is or to name a song and get a correct answer?

Yeah I thought as much, Glastonbury at its roots is a celebration of all types of music, but pop does tend to take front and centre!

[Earth_pig]

2 hours ago, Damon said:

Yeah I thought as much, Glastonbury at its roots is a celebration of all types of music, but pop does tend to take front and centre!

Kendrick has had more albums and more radio play than Frank over here would go down a lot better i would have thought.

Nothing wrong with a bit of pop if its the Beatles, Taylor Swift and Diana Ross, be lots more to come to suit everyone i am sure.

 

[Suprefan]

2 hours ago, Damon said:

Yeah I thought as much, Glastonbury at its roots is a celebration of all types of music, but pop does tend to take front and centre!

But if you look at what theyve booked in Regards  to Jay Z, Beyonce and Kanye, they booked artists that balanced the line of commercial and critical acclaim. Those 3 transcend their  respective genres on top of that. Frank Ocean does not transcend anything at this moment. And why would you book somebody that could just cancel on you last minute? Coachella has a back up plan if Frank Ocean decides to not show up, Glasto  isnt going to go to those lengths if they dont have to.

[Tommy Dickfingers]

3 hours ago, Suprefan said:

But if you look at what theyve booked in Regards  to Jay Z, Beyonce and Kanye, they booked artists that balanced the line of commercial and critical acclaim. Those 3 transcend their  respective genres on top of that. Frank Ocean does not transcend anything at this moment. And why would you book somebody that could just cancel on you last minute? Coachella has a back up plan if Frank Ocean decides to not show up, Glasto  isnt going to go to those lengths if they dont have to.

Frank Ocean is probably another album of similar quality and a hit on the radio away from headliner material. Everything he’s done has been brilliant and acclaimed by just about everyone. He just isn’t quite popular enough. Yet. 

[Damon]

3 hours ago, Suprefan said:

But if you look at what theyve booked in Regards  to Jay Z, Beyonce and Kanye, they booked artists that balanced the line of commercial and critical acclaim. Those 3 transcend their  respective genres on top of that. Frank Ocean does not transcend anything at this moment. And why would you book somebody that could just cancel on you last minute? Coachella has a back up plan if Frank Ocean decides to not show up, Glasto  isnt going to go to those lengths if they dont have to.

I think you’ve hit the nail on the head, he’s a hugely risky booking going off his previous history, probably not worth the hassle as well as not being commercially popular in the UK!

[Sasperella]

8 hours ago, thrillhouse188 said:

Please don’t, I’m actually quite nervous 😂

I can't help thinking we're overdue a curve ball. 

And a real one rather than the "tiny-sentence-about-coldplay-in-a-bizarrely-popular-shitrag" type

[Hugh Jass]

Frank Ocean would fail every metric of popularity going - the mum test, the office test, the four year old niece test...

[Ricky94]

Not sure if this has been posted anywhere but this is in Metro. Brittany Howard 👌🏼

[sirjonnyp]

I assume that there is more support to come, but James Blake as the second name in the announcement? Fair play to him, but that's pretty funny

 

EDIT: I misread as JAMES BLUNT

Edited January 21, 2020 by sirjonnyp

[CaledonianGonzo]

James Blake was the support act on the DAMN. tour in the UK.

[Matt42]

Frank Ocean is a fantastic artist but an incredibly risky booking. The guy really does not have a good track record when it comes to turning up to shows. If the festival could book him in a non headlining capacity it would be great, but as a headliner it would be quite risky. 

[FloorFiller]

4 minutes ago, Matt42 said:

Frank Ocean is a fantastic artist but an incredibly risky booking. The guy really does not have a good track record when it comes to turning up to shows. If the festival could book him in a non headlining capacity it would be great, but as a headliner it would be quite risky. 

And then when he does he plays fuck all of his bangers and instead sticks to a new album heavy hour and a half slow jam, and judging by his two more recent tracks the new album isn't exactly heading in to sing along banger territory either. I'm guessing/hoping he plays a bit more from Channel Orange in his Coachella set, but even so, judging by his previous performances it's gonna be a pretty downbeat headline set in comparison to what has come before.

[thrillhouse188]

54 minutes ago, Sasperella said:

I can't help thinking we're overdue a curve ball. 

And a real one rather than the "tiny-sentence-about-coldplay-in-a-bizarrely-popular-shitrag" type

Save the curveballs for the Other stage, I’m all in for Kendrick! 

[Guest]

I really enjoyed Frank Ocean at Parklife 2017, thought he was great.

[sirjonnyp]

19 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

James Blake was the support act on the DAMN. tour in the UK.

I see what I've done here - going to edit original post.

[CaledonianGonzo]

Nevertheless I dunno if the Blakester's going to help the tickets fly off the shelves any faster so we still may have to wait a while.

[FloorFiller]

3 minutes ago, SomeoneListeningIn said:

I really enjoyed Frank Ocean at Parklife 2017, thought he was great.

Unfortunately he bailed on the festival I was supposed to see him at (Primavera) so I'm a little salty in that regard (also bailed on Bestival 2012 where I was also supposed to see him) but seems to be a 50/50 split of people saying they really enjoyed it and others saying it was a big let down.

[Guest]

1 minute ago, FloorFiller said:

Unfortunately he bailed on the festival I was supposed to see him at (Primavera) so I'm a little salty in that regard (also bailed on Bestival 2012 where I was also supposed to see him) but seems to be a 50/50 split of people saying they really enjoyed it and others saying it was a big let down.

To be fair we got really lucky where we were stood which made the experience feel really intimate. Heard a lot of complaints from people who were stood further back who thought he was shit. I don’t think his live show is suited to big outdoor spaces.