2024 Headliners

[CaledonianGonzo]

I went to see Bill Drummond in Edinburgh a few years back and he did a performance piece where he polished the shoes of the audience.

That would wake up the "picnic blanket brigade" 🤣 🤣 🤣 

[fred quimby]

Went to the Banksy Dismal land, and Jim did a large model there, was very good

[CaledonianGonzo]

A dystopian Model Village in a shipping container.....it came to Edinburgh as well.

I'm not saying you could headline the Pyramid with it - but why not the Legends Slot?

[Skip997]

1 minute ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

A dystopian Model Village in a shipping container.....it came to Edinburgh as well.

I'm not saying you could headline the Pyramid with it - but why not the Legends Slot?

Was in Exeter as well

[fraybentos1]

7 hours ago, Hugh Jass II said:

Rhianna would definitely be in the "massive act and undoubtedly headline material... but I'll be anywhere else" category for me.

This exactly. She played T in 2013 and I was elsewhere (watching Beady eye oops lol) but apparently she’s dog sh*t live 

[Hugh Jass II]

7 minutes ago, fraybentos1 said:

This exactly. She played T in 2013 and I was elsewhere (watching Beady eye oops lol) but apparently she’s dog sh*t live 

Yeah the Super Bowl was awful. Production was good but her actual “performance” was terrible. Heavily mimed and she just looked like she couldn’t be arsed.

[CaledonianGonzo]

Fresh thoughts from B. May if he's open to talks with M. Eavis

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2023/jul/13/brian-may-buckingham-palace-queen-reader-interview-micheal-eavis?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

(TL; DR - he is)

[Skip997]

Queen ain't Queen without Freddie

Fortunately i saw them in 1982

[CaledonianGonzo]

Freddie Mercury is still in the band - just as a hologram. And they don't play any of the rubbish from Hot Space.

[Skip997]

TBF it was a poor album

[CaledonianGonzo]

Cool Cat f**ks.

Sadly I lost my brand new Hot Space hooded top while spangled at Elton John.

[Franky]

No no no

 

The KLF 🤫

[Gnomicide]

1 hour ago, Skip997 said:

Queen ain't Queen without Freddie

Fortunately i saw them in 1982

Perhaps not but it would still be one hell of a show.

I saw them in 82 as well, and a couple of times in 86, I'd be all over them headlining.

[ciderdrenched]

Why has the consensus moved to Madonna being ruled out?

If she has been ruled out, and Eavis is still insistent on having two female headliners, then O-Rod's chances have probably gone up a lot. A gamble but A) has done and enjoyed the festival before B) is a huge hit C) her star is only rising with the new single last week and the second album due this year. If Billie Eilish can do it, I don't see why O-Rod can't.

[Justcalledtosay]

Olivia Rodrigo doesn’t have enough of a following over here to headline next year.

[Hugh Jass II]

Queen and AL would absolutely slay a headline slot and it needs to happen.

Only thing that puts me off is six months of “no Freddie no Queen” discourse.

[Xeph1995]

Oh god Queen, they were bad with Freddie too. Probably thee most overrated band. 

Edited July 13, 2023 by Xeph1995

[MichaelsBeard]

Can someone explain why Madonna is seemingly ruled out with her US tour starting mid-July? Playing the G a couple of weeks before kicking that off puts her in prime contention IMO 

 

*Edit - just realised the dates listed on her site are for July of this year and to be rescheduled. Has there been specific information the US tour will be Summer next year? Seems a long gap after finishing the Europe leg in December 

Edited July 13, 2023 by MichaelsBeard

[Amy Lawn]

Don't really care whether somebody considers them really Queen or whatever, the important thing is that Adam Lambert is a top showman, belting out some of the greatest songs ever written with the living members of the band and expensive stadium level production. A good time is a good time.

[MichaelsBeard]

1 minute ago, Amy Lawn said:

Don't really care whether somebody considers them really Queen or whatever, the important thing is that Adam Lambert is a top showman, belting out some of the greatest songs ever written with the living members of the band and expensive stadium level production. A good time is a good time.

Nah, he’d be singing Queen songs 

[maelzoid]

4 minutes ago, Amy Lawn said:

Don't really care whether somebody considers them really Queen or whatever, the important thing is that Adam Lambert is a top showman, belting out some of the greatest songs ever written with the living members of the band and expensive stadium level production. A good time is a good time.

With two original members, they are as much Queen as the Stones are the Stones, or The Who are The Who… Both bands that don’t get the same level of stick for carrying on after losing members.

 

[cdm22]

20 minutes ago, maelzoid said:

With two original members, they are as much Queen as the Stones are the Stones, or The Who are The Who… Both bands that don’t get the same level of stick for carrying on after losing members.

 

Probably because The Stones and The Who still have their original singers who are the focal point of the band.

[henry bear]

4 hours ago, Hugh Jass II said:

Queen and AL would absolutely slay a headline slot and it needs to happen.

Only thing that puts me off is six months of “no Freddie no Queen” discourse.

Not Fred again

[CaledonianGonzo]

The Jim Henson Muppet Freddie they use for a good chunk of the show is so uncanny noone will be able to tell the difference.

[fightoffyour]

How about Queen and Rick Astley?