Orbital

[gooner1990]

Just announced some tour dates which finish on June 20th...

[Tommy Dickfingers]

What are the chances of Orbital on Icon? I know they’re meant to be headlining a main stage but nobody seems to know which one as far as I’m aware.

[chazwwe]

5 minutes ago, Tommy Dickfingers said:

What are the chances of Orbital on Icon? I know they’re meant to be headlining a main stage but nobody seems to know which one as far as I’m aware.

That would make my weekend knowing I get to see them. I have a feeling they'll be headlining a stage which means I wont be able to see them as my headliners are locked. 

[Tommy Dickfingers]

2 minutes ago, chazwwe said:

That would make my weekend knowing I get to see them. I have a feeling they'll be headlining a stage which means I wont be able to see them as my headliners are locked. 

Same. Kendrick. Macca. Isley Brothers.

[gooner1990]

Any chance for West Holts headline set?

Underworld did it in 2016.......

[gmb1992]

Orbital headlining a stage is news to me... that's one of mine locked in! 

[The Spandex Warrior]

I've wanted to see Orbital for years, I'm not particularly arsed about any of the potential headliners as things stand so crossing all fingers and toes for Orbital - on West Holts preferably. 

[westholtschic]

Looking forward to seeing them at Love Saves the Day. 

Fantastic at WOMAD last year.

[kagey]

Always the highlight for me, fingers crossed it West Holts, by far they're prefered stage
Hopefully not Other

Pangea could be very interesting

[The Red Telephone]

I’m not sure they’re big enough for Other these days, would prefer West Holts over JP.

IIcon would be great though - what’s the capacity of that place?

[Homer]

2 hours ago, gooner1990 said:

Any chance for West Holts headline set?

Underworld did it in 2016.......

Orbital did it in 1999 too.

[gooner1990]

I watched them in 2010 headlining the Other stage when Stevie Wonder was on the Pyramid - crowd was very sparse!

[gooner1990]

Just now, Homer said:

Orbital did it in 1999 too.

before my time of attending! Thanks for the info.

[Homer]

1 minute ago, gooner1990 said:

before my time of attending! Thanks for the info.

Here you go! (Was 'Jazz/World' stage back then - not sure how they fitted into those categories!)
 

 

[fatyeti24]

Recollections of Orbital on Jazz/World in 1999

It was busy

The sound wasn't great where I was

That carnival float that decided to drive through the middle of the crowd.

[gooner1990]

47 minutes ago, Homer said:

Here you go! (Was 'Jazz/World' stage back then - not sure how they fitted into those categories!)
 

 

Will have a listen/watch after work.  

[danbailey80]

They did Arcadia the year it moved fields in SE corner. 

I can see them somewhere in SE as well as West Holts. 

 IICON would be amazing...

[whitehorses]

Surely this tweet means they will 

 

Edited March 6, 2020 by whitehorses

[Memory Man]

3 hours ago, The Red Telephone said:

I’m not sure they’re big enough for Other these days

they're definitely not

Leeds on saturday is only a 2k capacity venue at most

I have to say the suggestion of IICON is perfect, so perfect that it definitely won't happen! I think IICON does need a really big crossover name or two to cement its position and announce its arrival, so to speak. It is very big and could accomodate an absolutely massive crowd.

but if it was just after the headliners i dont know if it would work at glastonbury from a crowd management point of view particularly with IICON being the field you first arrive into via the one way system

West Holts might be a shout and if theyre looking for a heritage act for the 50th that's part of the furniture so to speak they could do a lot worse.

[gooner1990]

2 minutes ago, Memory Man said:

they're definitely not

Leeds on saturday is only a 2k capacity venue at most

I have to say the suggestion of IICON is perfect, so perfect that it definitely won't happen! I think IICON does need a really big crossover name or two to cement its position and announce its arrival, so to speak. It is very big and could accomodate an absolutely massive crowd.

but if it was just after the headliners i dont know if it would work at glastonbury from a crowd management point of view particularly with IICON being the field you first arrive into via the one way system

West Holts might be a shout and if theyre looking for a heritage act for the 50th that's part of the furniture so to speak they could do a lot worse.

I agree with the part that IICON needs a big name act in there....went there a few times last year and I only ever saw it about 1/3 full although I didn't go at peak times.

Something like Orbital/Underworld/Chem Bros/Roni Size etc would be good or something that would usually be on in The Glade, just to get it going at say 11pm.

[lukethekid]

2 hours ago, Homer said:

Here you go! (Was 'Jazz/World' stage back then - not sure how they fitted into those categories!)
 

 

Not very Jazz is it

[Homer]

41 minutes ago, lukethekid said:

Not very Jazz is it

No but it was still very 'nice'.

[Cool Glasto Guy]

Saw Orbital play at the Extinction Rebellion occupation of Trafalgar Square. I dont care for the environmental cause, but you've got to give it to them, whenever they go on a mad one and start clogging up the roads etc, they do get some pretty big name acts come along and play for free (saw Disclosure the night after too).

It was quite surreal to see them playing in Trafalgar square, with lots of wooks and their dogs getting stuck in. Even though i've seen them before at festivals, this one was pretty exciting as i was half expecting/hoping the old bill at any second to come wading in with their batons and start sending people flying. that would have been a spectacle and a half, the Castlemorton of 2019 😆

[Johnnyseven]

I reckon an Orbital/Underworld saturday night double header at IICON.

Edited March 6, 2020 by Johnnyseven

[Johnnyseven]

24 minutes ago, Ddiamondd said:

Not doing IICON and neither are Underworld, sorry!

Boo.