Self Confirmed 2022

[Wanderlei]

5 minutes ago, irnkrtn said:

That's a lot of research from not knowing who he was 6 hours ago. I suppose its a Bank Holiday 😄

I clicked on the blog expecting to eyeroll at it but tbh I thought it was even handed and fair. Seems a better deal has been found for this year!

Well, the first 3 things I heard about him were 1. He whined about the pay at Glasto, 2. He broke his own pledge not to go back to Glasto just a few years later, and 3. He's popular in London. Ergo, prick.

[irnkrtn]

50 minutes ago, Wanderlei said:

Well, the first 3 things I heard about him were 1. He whined about the pay at Glasto, 2. He broke his own pledge not to go back to Glasto just a few years later, and 3. He's popular in London. Ergo, prick.

Hard to argue with this 😄

[Brave Sir Robin]

1 hour ago, Wanderlei said:

Well, the first 3 things I heard about him were 1. He whined about the pay at Glasto, 2. He broke his own pledge not to go back to Glasto just a few years later, and 3. He's popular in London. Ergo, prick.

You didn’t read his blog at all, did you? It was entirely reasonable, he was disappointed it didn’t work out in 2016 and he said he hoped he’d be back the following year. So there never was a “pledge not to go back”.

He’s actually from Merseyside and is probably more strongly associated with Manchester than anywhere else. He’s popular in London, yes, but if you’re writing people off as pricks on the basis of that, then I guess you’re gonna have to put pretty much the entire lineup in the same category.

 

[Wanderlei]

21 minutes ago, Brave Sir Robin said:

You didn’t read his blog at all, did you? It was entirely reasonable, he was disappointed it didn’t work out in 2016 and he said he hoped he’d be back the following year. So there never was a “pledge not to go back”.

He’s actually from Merseyside and is probably more strongly associated with Manchester than anywhere else. He’s popular in London, yes, but if you’re writing people off as pricks on the basis of that, then I guess you’re gonna have to put pretty much the entire lineup in the same category.

 

🎣😂

[Nuthugger]

Has Mr Bragg self confirmed yet? Or has he said hes sorting the LF Stage again?

[David_303]

16 minutes ago, Nuthugger said:

Has Mr Bragg self confirmed yet? Or has he said hes sorting the LF Stage again?

Not seen anything - but I can't imagine LF without him. 

[Memory Man]

With greg i noticed he’s got three gigs all on the thursday - looks like he has other commitments the friday and saturday which is a shame but i suppose these things can come up last minute. Like his blog says, he will need to do three shows at glasto at the rates they pay to get anywhere near his normal fee and it probably wont even be that. At least he wont have to travel far from stonebridge to rabbit hole!

[Deaco85]

Not sure where to put this, but seen someone talked to Ghosts caterer after their gig in Birmingham Friday, and reckons they're playing. Hope so. Not sure where they'd fit. Truth stage, other stage? They've just been announced headlining a festival in france the week before too.

[zahidf]

1 minute ago, Deaco85 said:

Not sure where to put this, but seen someone talked to Ghosts caterer after their gig in Birmingham Friday, and reckons they're playing. Hope so. Not sure where they'd fit. Truth stage, other stage? They've just been announced headlining a festival in france the week before too.

Babymetal style mid other stage id have thought

[vintagelaureate]

3 minutes ago, Deaco85 said:

Not sure where to put this, but seen someone talked to Ghosts caterer after their gig in Birmingham Friday, and reckons they're playing. Hope so. Not sure where they'd fit. Truth stage, other stage? They've just been announced headlining a festival in france the week before too.

Second tentative link now...

 

[Muppetmark]

11 minutes ago, zahidf said:

Babymetal style mid other stage id have thought

pyramid before D. Ross just for everyones reaction.

[a6l6e6x]

Ghost would be an insane booking, they charge a lot for merch so assume they also have a high fee to play festivals

[Nuthugger]

11 hours ago, David_303 said:

Not seen anything - but I can't imagine LF without him. 

but has the LF Stage been confirmed?

[David_303]

30 minutes ago, Nuthugger said:

but has the LF Stage been confirmed?

it's a Glasto staple, I'll be highly surprised if it's not there. 

 

 

[Brave Sir Robin]

1 hour ago, Deaco85 said:

Not sure where to put this, but seen someone talked to Ghosts caterer after their gig in Birmingham Friday, and reckons they're playing. Hope so. Not sure where they'd fit. Truth stage, other stage? They've just been announced headlining a festival in france the week before too.

They do sound like they could be this year's biggish metal band, for Shangri La if not the main stages, but... the caterer??

[Deaco85]

Here's the exact reply I got. Ah really got my fingers crossed.

"Got my intel from some guy who said he did their catering. 🤣 Was chatting to him after the gig, he reckoned he was staying in some pod thing at Glastonbury with Ghost. Wen I questioned him did he mean Ghost were playing there, he said he didn't know it wasn't confirmed publicly. Cud all be bollocks of course, but I believe him! 😁"

[Muppetmark]

1 hour ago, Deaco85 said:

Not sure where to put this, but seen someone talked to Ghosts caterer after their gig in Birmingham Friday, and reckons they're playing. Hope so. Not sure where they'd fit. Truth stage, other stage? They've just been announced headlining a festival in france the week before too.

European exclusive at hellfest

[Brave Sir Robin]

1 minute ago, Muppetmark said:

European exclusive at hellfest

That could rule them out. On the other hand Phoebe Bridgers was supposedly a UK festival exclusive at Latitude. Sometimes Glasto seems to gets treated differently, perhaps as it's already sold out.

[Muppetmark]

Just now, Brave Sir Robin said:

That could rule them out. On the other hand Phoebe Bridgers was supposedly a UK festival exclusive at Latitude. Sometimes Glasto seems to gets treated differently, perhaps as it's already sold out.

They only got booked for hellfest in the last 2 months due to someone pulling out which makes it less likely. Also hellfest exclusives are generally much more secure than UK exclusives. Though with brexit who knows

[Deaco85]

Ah bugger. Hm. Are we even in europe anymore? lol

[David_303]

8 minutes ago, Deaco85 said:

Ah bugger. Hm. Are we even in europe anymore? lol

Last time I looked, mate. 

 

[Gnomicide]

 

[David_303]

4 minutes ago, Gnomicide said:

Oh that's great news. 

 

[Mwk525]

3 hours ago, Deaco85 said:

Not sure where to put this, but seen someone talked to Ghosts caterer after their gig in Birmingham Friday, and reckons they're playing. Hope so. Not sure where they'd fit. Truth stage, other stage? They've just been announced headlining a festival in france the week before too.

I hope this is true!!! Absolutely love ghost they would smash it!! 

[Wanderlei]

5 hours ago, David_303 said:

it's a Glasto staple, I'll be highly surprised if it's not there. 

 

 

Yeah, I was surprised when it wasnt there in 2009. I seem to remember Billy Bragg mentioning being back in 2022 at some point though 🤔