2022 Headliners

[westholtschic]

36 minutes ago, sisco said:

 

Bugger was looking forward to him guesting with Diana would have been a real Glastonbury moment 😢

[whitehorses]

1 minute ago, westholtschic said:

Bugger was looking forward to him guesting with Diana would have been a real Glastonbury moment 😢

Diana’s next presumably…

[fatyeti24]

9 hours ago, kingcrawler said:

I think this is more aimed at mainland European festivals but this is an interesting quote and article on the current situation, from the Primavera thread.

That last line about staff is quite telling, I think. In this country those workers weren't given much help, Glastonbury did try to do its bit to raise them a few quid.  It's entirely possible that the backstage guys are now driving delivery vans or whatever. 

[jparx]

1 minute ago, whitehorses said:

Diana’s next presumably…

Lionel was touring all over Europe though, whereas Ross is doing a tonne of dates here in the UK. If they’re cancelling due to uncertainty of travel rules, I’d suggest there’s not a whole of uncertainty for the UK. I think acts who are doing quite a lot of shows in this country may keep those dates, which is why I think Billie may well be safe. 

Curious to know what Macca’s tour is gonna look like. If he had shows all over Europe in mind then it might be time to get concerned. A few warmup nights in the UK before the festival and then a US run and maybe we’re ok.

[whitehorses]

3 minutes ago, jparx said:

Lionel was touring all over Europe though, whereas Ross is doing a tonne of dates here in the UK. If they’re cancelling due to uncertainty of travel rules, I’d suggest there’s not a whole of uncertainty for the UK. I think acts who are doing quite a lot of shows in this country may keep those dates, which is why I think Billie may well be safe. 

Curious to know what Macca’s tour is gonna look like. If he had shows all over Europe in mind then it might be time to get concerned. A few warmup nights in the UK before the festival and then a US run and maybe we’re ok.

Fingers crossed 

[whitehorses]

#BritFest 

[fatyeti24]

1 minute ago, whitehorses said:

#BritFest 

Unboxed! 

[jparx]

Thom and the lads best get rehearsing. The dream of Muse/Coldplay/Radiohead could be alive and well.

[Hugh Jass]

Might be time to start making lists of acts who are touring, free that weekend and big enough to step into the big slots if needed...

You suspect there could be a few "how 'exclusive' is your agreement?" conversations too...

• Harry Styles (Friday and Saturday)
• Coldplay
• Liam Gallagher (Saturday only)
• Foo Fighters (Sunday only)
• Adele
• Elton John (Saturday only)
• Florence and the Machine
• Foals

[Guest]

3 minutes ago, Hugh Jass said:

Might be time to start making lists of acts who are touring, free that weekend and big enough to step into the big slots if needed...

You suspect there could be a few "how 'exclusive' is your agreement?" conversations too...

• Harry Styles (Friday and Saturday)
• Coldplay
• Liam Gallagher (Saturday only)
• Foo Fighters (Sunday only)
• Adele
• Elton John (Saturday only)
• Florence and the Machine
• Foals

The Strokes are seemingly free all weekend.

[Havors]

13 hours ago, Divein said:

Lost all credibility when I found out this basically started the politics for all  Twitter account. 

Sorry, you've lost me there. ??

[Hugh Jass]

Just now, SomeoneListeningIn said:

The Strokes are seemingly free all weekend.

Tried to steer away from American acts (The Foos seem to type to just come and play regardless of anything else)

[fatyeti24]

1 minute ago, SomeoneListeningIn said:

The Strokes are seemingly free all weekend.

And every other weekend. 

[Havors]

36 minutes ago, westholtschic said:

Bugger was looking forward to him guesting with Diana would have been a real Glastonbury moment 😢

Its so fucking disingenuous these bullshit "safety of fans and crew" excuses. It that truly was the reason they would not be touring at all... anywhere. 

Wish they would be just be honest and say, we are cancelling because we have shit the bed and cant be arsed with the various differing rules for various different countries. 

[sisco]

Friday - Harry Styles

Saturday - Macca

Sunday - Florence and the Machine 

[Supernintendo Chalmers]

Paul McCartney will never be irrelevant 

[Supernintendo Chalmers]

1 hour ago, sisco said:

 

I'd be amazed if Diana Ross doesn't soon follow suit

[Madyaker]

12 hours ago, Matt42 said:

Literally sick at the thought.

I think Billie is less likely to pull her tour as it’s usually just her and her brother up on stage.

Acts with a full band and a huge tour crew are the issue.

She had a band when she played the other in 2019. I’m pretty sure there was at least 4 people on stage. I don’t think she’ll cancel her tour. 

[jparx]

I strongly think Billie goes ahead with it either way. It's a huge deal for her career, I'm sure she'll pull out all the stops to make it happen. She's doing enough shows in the UK where if the Europe ones need to get canned, there's still a huge tour left. 

Since Macca and Kencrick haven't actually announced anything yet, I imagine it's easier for them to quietly push it back a year and they're the ones I'm most concerned about. If they are out, my money would shift to Florence and Coldplay.

[Hugh Jass]

11 minutes ago, Supernintendo Chalmers said:

Paul McCartney will never be irrelevant 

Only the actor who plays him.

[sisco]

4 minutes ago, jparx said:

I strongly think Billie goes ahead with it either way. It's a huge deal for her career, I'm sure she'll pull out all the stops to make it happen. She's doing enough shows in the UK where if the Europe ones need to get canned, there's still a huge tour left. 

Since Macca and Kencrick haven't actually announced anything yet, I imagine it's easier for them to quietly push it back a year and they're the ones I'm most concerned about. If they are out, my money would shift to Florence and Coldplay.

I’m actually not worried about Macca.  He won’t be doing a big tour so was always likely it would have been a one off type thing

[jparx]

Just now, sisco said:

I’m actually not worried about Macca.  He won’t be doing a big tour so was always likely it would have been a one off type thing

Fingers crossed!

[Hugh Jass]

5 minutes ago, Ddiamondd said:

Fixed

Not until after she's trousered her fee.

[Hugh Jass]

4 minutes ago, Ddiamondd said:

Any hard soil problems leading up to the fest, just turn on those crocodile waterworks and have the farm irrigated in no time!

She didn't realise it was a PYRAMID shaped stage....

[Matt42]

Perhaps this explains why Macca is in the frame and nowhere else. His management may not see the benefit in a country hopping tour and would prefer doing a show here and there. Also Glastonbury would mean less staging.

I’m ngl though I’m getting nervous for the acts on the lineup who are absolutely packing as many dates as they can. It’s a huge risk if one of their crew comes down with covid - that’s nearly 2 weeks of shows gone in a flash.