2022 Headliners

[Hugh Jass]

1 minute ago, blutarsky said:

Invite them on and end their careers. Rather than decapitation and actual death I'd rather goad them into saying something appalling that gets them cancelled. 

So you're the Terry Christian of this operation?

[blutarsky]

2 minutes ago, Hugh Jass said:

So you're the Terry Christian of this operation?

I think of myself as a more of a James O'Brien figure. 

[Justcalledtosay]

Really not bothered by a Billie/QOTS Friday night. Hope that’s wrong.

[nikkic]

11 minutes ago, Justcalledtosay said:

Really not bothered by a Billie/QOTS Friday night. Hope that’s wrong.

Lots of other stages and areas to explore if it is true. 

Sure there’ll be something to your taste somewhere! 

[Quark]

19 minutes ago, Justcalledtosay said:

Really not bothered by a Billie/QOTS Friday night. Hope that’s wrong.

I'm kinda with you on that. Billie does nowt for me and I've never really been into QOTSA. But as nikkic points out I'll just be at another stage! Still got my hopes pinned on the original plan of the Manics playing Friday night

[CaledonianGonzo]

Though the idea that's there's *always* something amazing on one of the other stages doesn't always hold true. I've definitely had nights with slim pickings.

[nikkic]

1 minute ago, Quark said:

I'm kinda with you on that. Billie does nowt for me and I've never really been into QOTSA. But as nikkic points out I'll just be at another stage! Still got my hopes pinned on the original plan of the Manics playing Friday night

Manics on The Park, Little Simz on WH and something dancey on JP would be a pretty balanced spread. 

[nikkic]

Just now, CaledonianGonzo said:

Though the idea that's there's *always* something amazing on one of the other stages doesn't always hold true. I've definitely had nights with slim pickings.

True, but a very small percentage.

I’ve had 1 night across 8 festivals where nothing took my fancy. 

Ended up wandering around SE Corner and had a blast anyway. 

[Crazyfool01]

It’s only an hour or so out of … x number of hours at the fest … even without the headliners it’s plenty easy enough to bimble and discover something … even if it’s not on a main stage … 

[Quark]

10 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

Though the idea that's there's *always* something amazing on one of the other stages doesn't always hold true. I've definitely had nights with slim pickings.

That is true (been there myself), but there's always a decent chance you'll find something to amuse you. The chances of there being something you properly don't enjoy on every stage is even slimmer.

[Hugh Jass]

45 minutes ago, nikkic said:

Lots of other stages and areas to explore if it is true. 

Sure there’ll be something to your taste somewhere! 

Simz on Holts…

[CaledonianGonzo]

35 minutes ago, nikkic said:

True, but a very small percentage.

I’ve had 1 night across 8 festivals where nothing took my fancy. 

Ended up wandering around SE Corner and had a blast anyway. 

 

25 minutes ago, Quark said:

That is true (been there myself), but there's always a decent chance you'll find something to amuse you. The chances of there being something you properly don't enjoy on every stage is even slimmer.

Aye...but you're there to see the best bands in the world, not a pub band.

[sisco]

55 minutes ago, Quark said:

I'm kinda with you on that. Billie does nowt for me and I've never really been into QOTSA. But as nikkic points out I'll just be at another stage! Still got my hopes pinned on the original plan of the Manics playing Friday night

My exact thoughts last time when it was Kendrick and Fatboy.  I’d have wandered off to another smaller stage and had an amazing time

[fred quimby]

25 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

 

Aye...but you're there to see the best bands in the world, not a 

Not really true I would say. Always something and often amazing Djs and non music stuff. Be very hard not to find something great, I am there for far more than just seeing "best bands in the world"

Edited September 7, 2021 by fred quimby

[sisco]

23 minutes ago, Hugh Jass said:

Simz on Holts…

Women!!! What a song

[TheSheriff]

1 hour ago, Quark said:

I'm kinda with you on that. Billie does nowt for me and I've never really been into QOTSA. But as nikkic points out I'll just be at another stage! Still got my hopes pinned on the original plan of the Manics playing Friday night

Billy Bragg in the left field on a Friday evening for me

[CaledonianGonzo]

22 minutes ago, fred quimby said:

Not really true I would say. Always something and often amazing Djs and non music stuff. Be very hard not to find something great, I am there for far more than just seeing "best bands in the world"

During the day sure.....but ending the evening with a bang is definitely my M.O.

[Hugh Jass]

I recall Sunday 2017 being particularly grim. Wasn’t in the mood for Justice and the best I could offer on resistance to Mrs J’s insistence that we see Sheeran was a half hearted “Metronomy?”

[Hugh Jass]

Just remembered the utter abortion that was headliner time Sunday 2014.

[CaledonianGonzo]

Sunday night in 2014 was a night when the 'there's always something' dream comprehensively failed to materialise.

[CaledonianGonzo]

You got there first.

Though I suspect we'll diverge on Saturday 2019 being no great shakes.

[Hugh Jass]

14 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

You got there first.

Though I suspect we'll diverge on Saturday 2019 being no great shakes.

Can’t even remember what the alternatives were that night. There was only one place to be anyway…

[Hugh Jass]

Just checked - Killers, Chems, Hot Chip, Wu Tang, Sean Paul(?), Hawkwind…

Some solid options there, but nothing to get the pulses racing, certainly nothing most people haven’t seen several times before.

[Mouseboy11]

Honestly I wasn't particularly fussed on Sunday 2020 when it was announced although I'd have likely ended up at Taylor. She's a much more appealing option now admittedly as she's grown on me a lot.

[Matt42]

2017 Sunday was a bit grim. I thought Ed vs BBK was a bit weird. I was going to go to Justice but it wasn’t really what I fancied at the time. I think I saw metronomy in the JP instead.

Late night DJ options were pretty shit that night too. Think we just sat somewhere and got waved.