Headliners 2023

[Neil]

7 minutes ago, p.pete said:

 Not sure I'll be able to persuade anyone that they're worth the time

and that'll be my fault cos everyone but me loves them.

[DeanoL]

43 minutes ago, Neil said:

i'm sure they will same as i will (i have a meeting with a buyer for efests on monday). this shit isn't worth it anymore for me.

Ah, nice, hope it goes well, you deserve the pay-out after decades of hard work and don't blame you.

[Neil]

4 minutes ago, DeanoL said:

Ah, nice, hope it goes well, you deserve the pay-out after decades of hard work and don't blame you.

thank's not sure i properly booked the meeting, i hate online booking systems.

[stuie]

17 minutes ago, Neil said:

laughable, and this sort of shit is why i can leave without a care.

Nice. Good luck with your negotiations. 

[p.pete]

8 minutes ago, Neil said:

and that'll be my fault cos everyone but me loves them.

They're not on here (I don't think) - can you imagine?

No, it'd be my fault if I succeeded probably 😉 

[MEGABOWL]

56 minutes ago, Neil said:

i'm sure they will same as i will (i have a meeting with a buyer for efests on monday). this shit isn't worth it anymore for me.

Good luck. Hope it goes well for you. 

[MEGABOWL]

2 hours ago, brettredmayne said:

Emily will be prepared for the hammering she will get in the media , she will be expecting it 

She gets a hammering no matter who they book. You can’t please everyone. Doubt she worries that much.

[MEGABOWL]

3 hours ago, leath02 said:

This place is remarkably calm considering we've literally had a headliner self confirm 

It’s not really much of a surprise because of all the other info we had from Roughbloke and Neil.

If that line in the interview had come out of the blue this place would be melting.

[MEGABOWL]

2 hours ago, wc23 said:

I also can’t get away from 3 white, male (predominantly) headliners 

It shouldn’t be a surprise. Emily said in an interview last June that some years they will have all male headliners

https://www.efestivals.co.uk/forums/topic/244149-headliners-2023/?do=findComment&comment=6522814

[Neil]

1 minute ago, MEGABOWL said:

It’s not really much of a surprise because of all the other info we had from Roughbloke and Neil.

If that line in the interview had come out of the blue this place would be melting.

melting with comments like mine, people are holding back cos they don't want to be flamed as i have been for saying its crap.

[Pr0paneNightm4re]

Yeah GNR are shite but gives me 2 or so hours to do something else so win win

[Freddyflintstonree]

Honestly (swear I'm not just saying this to stir the pot), I've never seen such a positive response to an act on Facebook and other socials as I have to the GnR confirmation/rumour. 

[Hugh Jass II]

For all the whinging it's pretty similar to Radiohead - Foos - Sheeran, and that went down very well.

[Akujin]

1 hour ago, NorthernSoul52 said:

Maybe it's just me but cannot quite see GNR going the full three hours.

1 It's So Easy

2 Mr Brownstone

3 Chinese Democracy

4 Slither

5 Welcome to the Jungle

6 Double Talkin' Jive

7 Live and Let Die

8 Estranged

9 Rocket Queen

10 You Could Be Mine

11 Absurd

12 Hard Skool

13 Civil War

14 Sweet Child O' Mine (with Slash Guitar Solo)

15 November Rain

16 Knockin' On Heaven's Door

17 Nightrain

 

18 Patience

19 Don't Cry

20 Paradise City

 

...it doesn't scream all-timer on paper, but there are clearly enough songs there that will command a huge singalong.

Where is this setlist coming from?

[Jose Pose]

20 minutes ago, Neil said:

melting with comments like mine, people are holding back cos they don't want to be flamed as i have been for saying its crap.

Why of all places would people hold back their opinions on an anonymous internet forum? 

Edited January 20, 2023 by Jose Pose

[Haan]

3 or 4 ppl from my group (27-28 yr olds) are happy with it, for what it's worth

Edited January 20, 2023 by Haan

[Drinky]

GNR won’t be very good as a headliner but would have been fine early evening fare to enjoy ironically between ciders. Feels weirdly like a backup to a backup option yet it’s January?

[Nicklord]

4 minutes ago, Akujin said:

Where is this setlist coming from?

Trimmed down version of their current average setlist (they change some stuff show to show but nothing major)

[Jose Pose]

1 minute ago, Drinky said:

GNR won’t be very good as a headliner but would have been fine early evening fare to enjoy ironically between ciders. Feels weirdly like a backup to a backup option yet it’s January?

I think that’s just subjective, there aren’t many acts that do BST and sell out stadiums that wouldn't be be a headliner. 

[DJL]

As always opinions on headliners are highly subjective but as someone who has been going to festivals for 20+ years, to have a headliner who I've never seen before but have vaguely liked since I was a kid (when they were indisputably huge), even if their live performances are inconsistent, seems like a good booking.

I'd suggest there will be enough people in a similar position to make it busy enough - I'm sure there'll be lots that enjoy it, lots that slate it (is there ever not?) 

[Neil]

11 minutes ago, Hugh Jass II said:

For all the whinging it's pretty similar to Radiohead - Foos - Sheeran, and that went down very well.

not similar at all, none of those acts have a long reputation of being shit live, - they're also current-ish acts which gnr are not.

Edited January 20, 2023 by Neil

[Hugh Jass II]

[Hugh Jass II]

1 minute ago, Neil said:

not similar at all, none of those acts have a long reputation of being shit live, - they're also current-ish acts which gnr are not.

Neil, are you just upset that the GnR info was clearly out there for ages and nobody told you? I mean, it was posted on here a long, long time before you had it.

Is that what this is about?

[Florian Saucer Attack]

@kalifire what say you? Is a recording of Duff saying Guns N Roses are playing Glastonbury considered actual evidence that Guns N Roses are playing Glastonbury or do you think we should all hold out for more solid information?

[Hugh Jass II]

Just now, Florian Saucer Attack said:

@kalifire what say you? Is a recording of Duff saying Guns N Roses are playing Glastonbury considered actual evidence that Guns N Roses are playing Glastonbury or do you think we should all hold out for more solid information?

Circumstantial at best.