Headliners 2023

[Neil]

3 minutes ago, kalifire said:

Presumably you’ll correct Arctic Monkeys as well then, given the info came from the same source? 

will do it in my time, to my logic.

[CaledonianGonzo]

Just now, Neil said:

ziggy was great, enjoyed him loads. was superb to be back in a field watching live music again, it made me cry.

Yeah - I enjoyed it too. But with respect to the lad he's not a stadium filler ala Dave Grohl.

[Neil]

if they want a reggae opener this year, they should go for third world, the best older reggae band still doing it.

[stuie]

5 minutes ago, Neil said:

will do it in my time, to my logic.

What you backtracking on now? 

[Jose Pose]

2 minutes ago, Neil said:

if they want a reggae opener this year, they should go for third world, the best older reggae band still doing it.

I’m pretty sure the first act on the Pyramid on Friday isn’t the designated reggae slot, but I’m sure they’d value your suggestion none the less. 

[Neil]

2 minutes ago, stuie said:

What you backtracking on now? 

 

[Neil]

1 minute ago, Jose Pose said:

I’m pretty sure the first act on the Pyramid on Friday isn’t the designated reggae slot

i didnt think it was, was just saying who the best band left are. 

[clarkete]

11 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

Yeah - I enjoyed it too. But with respect to the lad he's not a stadium filler ala Dave Grohl.

I loved it, sitting in the sun with a drink watching him play lots of his dad's tunes. 

[Freddyflintstonree]

15 minutes ago, Neil said:

ziggy was great, enjoyed him loads. was superb to be back in a field watching live music again, it made me cry.

I dunno, spoke to a few geezers earlier who said he was crap.. 

[Neil]

3 minutes ago, Freddyflintstonree said:

I dunno, spoke to a few geezers earlier who said he was crap.. 

bad ears they prolly think gnr are great.

[DeanoL]

27 minutes ago, Jose Pose said:

What Dave Grohl breaking his leg?

Pretty sure that didn’t happen at the festival and didn’t necessitate a standby headliner act to be at the festival.

It was resolved by a simple bump up for an act that had already been booked months or years previously.

And I'm not going to disagree that Florence delivered, but they very much didn't get a replacement headliner, it was just a bump up. (And they slotted Libertines in to cover the sub slot, for which the festival had to beg a favour of Melvin Benn to break their festival exclusivity)

There was a fair amount of annoyance at the time because, whatever you might think of Florence, she's not the Foo Fighters and not really on that level. And even if you thought she was, well, she was going to be on anyway. 

But this works both ways, why do *you* think The Killers played a secret set in 2019? Why on earth would they have booked a band that size to play a stage that small? 

[David_303]

22 minutes ago, Neil said:

to my logic.

You *have* logic?

[Neil]

1 minute ago, David_303 said:

You *have* logic?

i did; my brain injury damaged it.

[Jose Pose]

3 minutes ago, DeanoL said:

And I'm not going to disagree that Florence delivered, but they very much didn't get a replacement headliner, it was just a bump up. (And they slotted Libertines in to cover the sub slot, for which the festival had to beg a favour of Melvin Benn to break their festival exclusivity)

There was a fair amount of annoyance at the time because, whatever you might think of Florence, she's not the Foo Fighters and not really on that level. And even if you thought she was, well, she was going to be on anyway. 

But this works both ways, why do *you* think The Killers played a secret set in 2019? Why on earth would they have booked a band that size to play a stage that small? 

Right, so in 2019 Vampire weekend were the standby headliner, and in 2022 George Ezra?

[Hugh Jass II]

4 minutes ago, Jose Pose said:

Right, so in 2019 Vampire weekend were the standby headliner, and in 2022 George Ezra?

Foals in 2019 surely?

[David_303]

3 minutes ago, Neil said:

i did; my brain injury damaged it.

I get that mate. Perhaps you shouldn't be so quick to rubbish people with this in mind 👍

[Neil]

Just now, David_303 said:

I get that mate. Perhaps you shouldn't be so quick to rubbish people with this in mind 👍

Same back at you. 😛 

[Jose Pose]

2 minutes ago, Hugh Jass II said:

Foals in 2019 surely?

Forgot about Foals, VW also did a secret set on the Park first thing Saturday. 

[sisco]

1 minute ago, Jose Pose said:

Forgot about Foals, VW also did a secret set on the Park first thing Saturday. 

That Park VW set was amazing 

[Jose Pose]

Just now, sisco said:

That Park VW set was amazing 

I’m glad you enjoyed it. I got there a bit late due to my mate dragging his heels, ended up at the back and it was so bloody hot I couldn’t stand it for long unfortunately.

[CaledonianGonzo]

Been spinning that GnR setlist playist. Coma drags on a bit dunnit.  They can leave that one in the locker.

[JSmurphy]

8 minutes ago, sisco said:

That Park VW set was amazing 

I loved that set. I managed to find a shady spot near the ribbon tower to listen from. It was the perfect, chilled start to the Saturday. 

[stuie]

13 minutes ago, Jose Pose said:

Forgot about Foals, VW also did a secret set on the Park first thing Saturday. 

Was it a secret set?

[Jose Pose]

1 minute ago, stuie said:

Was it a secret set?

Depends how you view it, it wasn’t secret to anyone on here, but it was down as a TBC and they sent a notification on the app about half an hour before to confirm it was them.

The slot was 11:25 am, so clearly not a normal slot for an act that size.

[p.pete]

50 minutes ago, stuie said:

What you backtracking on now? 

I think some people are getting pedantic about the perfection of getting SR, TBC and specific days correct on the lineup page for, I think, Lizzo & Lewis Capaldi.  I love that page in the buildup as things start getting added - I assume it's a nightmare to get right and to expect it to be perfect is fantasy.