2022 Headliners

[Pastor.Of.Muppets]

49 minutes ago, kalifire said:

See also: Metallica (in France on the Sunday with several days free before hand).

Download Germany will take place on Glasto-Friday (no acts announced so far) and Metallica is the obvious headliner looking at their routing and having no German date until now.

[Gnomicide]

Metallica have the gap so Lars can make the pilgrimage. You're more likely to find him in the Rabbit Hole at 3 am than on any stages. 

[kalifire]

3 minutes ago, Gnomicide said:

Metallica have the gap so Lars can make the pilgrimage. You're more likely to find him in the Rabbit Hole at 3 am than on any stages. 

In any ordinary year, I'd agree with you.

[Rose-Colored Boy]

That 2014 set of headliners was the weakest in post-fence Glastonbury history, and on the Saturday night in particular the mediocrity extended beyond the Pyramid to almost every major stage. Dunno why anyone would be arsed commemorating that with secret sets.

Edited August 17, 2021 by Rose-Colored Boy

[Gnomicide]

2 minutes ago, Rose-Colored Boy said:

That 2014 set of headliners was the weakest in post-fence Glastonbury history, with the Saturday night in particular being woeful across almost every stage. Dunno why anyone would be arsed commemorating that with secret sets.

[lighthouse]

On 8/15/2021 at 7:03 PM, FloorFiller said:

and Billie… well she’s the current big thing, although yeah, obviously she’s not on the same level as Taylor in any way. 

Billie is definitely more popular/bigger than Taylor right now. C'mon. 

[Rose-Colored Boy]

Just now, Gnomicide said:

‘Tellica wouldn’t have been an issue with decent alternatives elsewhere. Instead we got Jake Bugg, MGMT and Bryan Ferry. Took the piss.

[Punksnotdead]

1 hour ago, sisco said:

Depeche Mode do it for the money, a couple of them really don’t like each other.  Oh and they have been asked and the answer I was told was…. They don’t pay enough 

They played the 6 music festival a few years back & I can't imagine they were paid a fortune for that?

[Rose-Colored Boy]

2 minutes ago, lighthouse said:

Billie is definitely more popular/bigger than Taylor right now. C'mon. 

Oh honey no. No no no. Love Billie but you couldn’t move for Taylor hype last summer. 

[Rose-Colored Boy]

2 minutes ago, Ddiamondd said:

Pretty funny — on paper — that a Saturday which had Robert Plant, Pixies, ESG, Kelis, Seun Kuti, Jack White, Manics, Goldfrapp, Wolf Alice, Kacey Musgraves and Lana Del Rey variously appearing across the day ended up with Jake Bugg, Dexys, Bryan Ferry, MGMT and Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip as some of the headline options.

Exactly. Baffling. We ended up at Mogwai and it was nice but not what you want from a Saturday night on The Farm.

Edited August 17, 2021 by Rose-Colored Boy

[dentalplan]

2 minutes ago, Punksnotdead said:

They played the 6 music festival a few years back & I can't imagine they were paid a fortune for that?

Acts play BBC broadcasts for the mass exposure, not the fee.

[dentalplan]

10 minutes ago, Rose-Colored Boy said:

That 2014 set of headliners was the weakest in post-fence Glastonbury history, and on the Saturday night in particular the mediocrity extended beyond the Pyramid to almost every major stage. Dunno why anyone would be arsed commemorating that with secret sets.

Why would this matter at all?

[dentalplan]

Just now, Florian Saucer Attack said:

then they should be cool with playing Glastonbury

You got me

[Hugh Jass]

6 minutes ago, Rose-Colored Boy said:

‘Tellica wouldn’t have been an issue with decent alternatives elsewhere. Instead we got Jake Bugg, MGMT and Bryan Ferry. Took the piss.

Ferry was ace.

[dentalplan]

8 minutes ago, lighthouse said:

Billie is definitely more popular/bigger than Taylor right now. C'mon. 

Eilish’s first week sales for the new album were lower than the latest Lana Del Rey album.

It wasn’t even the most streamed album in the UK that week - Dave was.

I’m swimming in Billie Eilish flop stats.

[Punksnotdead]

13 minutes ago, Rose-Colored Boy said:

Exactly. Baffling. We ended up at Mogwai and it was nice but not what you want from a Saturday night on The Farm.

Speak for yourself. It was exactly what I wanted from a Saturday night, one of my favourite headliners ever.

[kalifire]

3 minutes ago, Ddiamondd said:

Flunked in at #28 in the Hungarian charts. Best to rain check her slot until the third album.

Sulky Lolita's supposed 'breakthrough' album just managed to eek a top position of #24 in South Korea. Hard to see how she's headline material.

[Rose-Colored Boy]

13 minutes ago, dentalplan said:

Why would this matter at all?

It obvs wouldn’t, I’m just being silly. 

[Hugh Jass]

5 minutes ago, Ddiamondd said:

Flunked in at #28 in the Hungarian charts. Best to rain check her slot until the third album.

I thought you needed "international success" to headline now?

If you can't shift records in Budapest you've no business being on a stage in Somerset.

[Rose-Colored Boy]

12 minutes ago, Hugh Jass said:

Ferry was ace.

Surprised he didn’t bring out Billy Banjo.

[Hugh Jass]

1 minute ago, Ddiamondd said:

Give it to Big Sam until the end of the season.

Sam would 100% book Stereophonics to headline.

[dentalplan]

3 minutes ago, kalifire said:

Sulky Lolita's supposed 'breakthrough' album just managed to eek a top position of #24 in South Korea. Hard to see how she's headline material.

They’ll be in hysterics in Hwaseong when the poster is unfurled.

[dentalplan]

4 minutes ago, Rose-Colored Boy said:

It obvs wouldn’t, I’m just being silly. 

No silliness here. Most of us are at work.

[dentalplan]

4 minutes ago, Hugh Jass said:

Sam would 100% book Stereophonics to headline.

Guns N’ Roses, no?

Woahhhh oh ohh, sweet pint of wine

[Hugh Jass]

2 minutes ago, dentalplan said:

Guns N’ Roses, no?

Woahhhh oh ohh, sweet pint of wine

Too exotic for Big Sam, he'd want none of that foreign muck, just straight meat and potatoes British rock. The kind favoured by Wazza.

(Nice pun work though)