Headliners 2023

[MaxPower]

1 hour ago, Alvoram said:

His record sales and streaming numbers say otherwise. 🤷‍♂️

So I corrected that for you 🙂 

Commercial success doesn't mean, or even indicate, quality.

Also this is a forum, obviously almost everything anyone comments here is opinion - do we really have to put "imo" after every statement to ensure you can parse the meaning of a comment?

[Alvoram]

36 minutes ago, MaxPower said:

Commercial success doesn't mean, or even indicate, quality.

Also this is a forum, obviously almost everything anyone comments here is opinion - do we really have to put "imo" after every statement to ensure you can parse the meaning of a comment?

No of course not, but your original phrasing was far too indicative of fact for my liking. (I knew what you meant, I was just having a little fun. 😛 )

Quality is obviously subjective, and it means different things to different people. Therefore, record sales can be a fair indicator of the general consensus, regarding the quality of an album / song, amongst those who've heard it. Not the be all and end all, of course. People absolutely do buy things that are objectively crap. (You only have to look at the success of late night tv shopping for evidence of this.)

Additionally, there are great artists, with great music, who just haven't got the kind of reach that some of the established artists have. They will have low sales numbers, but that doesn't make them crap. 

My point is that ultimately, if everybody thought that his records were terrible quality, people wouldn't buy them, or certainly wouldn't continue buying them with each and every new album drop. 

(P.s sorry if my correcting your phrasing caused you offence, it was genuinely supposed to be a bit of fun, it's fairly obvious you were speaking subjectively.) 

[Hugh Jass II]

9 hours ago, Alvoram said:

His record sales and streaming numbers say otherwise. 🤷‍♂️

So I corrected that for you 🙂 

The Red Hot Chilli Peppers sell loads of albums. Millions of people watch Mrs Brown's Boys.

Doesn't mean they're not shit.

[Hugh Jass II]

7 hours ago, Alvoram said:

My point is that ultimately, if everybody thought that his records were terrible quality, people wouldn't buy them, or certainly wouldn't continue buying them with each and every new album drop. 
 

Streaming numbers are a bit of strange barometer. These days I'll stream half a dozen new albums every week and most likely never listen to them again. Massive acts like Eminem will inevitable do big numbers because they're a big name and when people hear they've got a new album out they'll give it a listen or two.

I'd be curious to know what the numbers look like a week, a month and a year after their releases, which would give a clearer indication as to how popular they actually are.

[kingbadger]

9 hours ago, Alvoram said:

His record sales and streaming numbers say otherwise. 🤷‍♂️

Bad Bunny confirmed.

[Skip997]

13 minutes ago, Hugh Jass II said:

The Red Hot Chilli Peppers sell loads of albums. Millions of people watch Mrs Brown's Boys.

Doesn't mean they're not shit.

Countless acts have sold millions even though they're dreadful.

 

[Alvoram]

15 minutes ago, Hugh Jass II said:

Streaming numbers are a bit of strange barometer. These days I'll stream half a dozen new albums every week and most likely never listen to them again. Massive acts like Eminem will inevitable do big numbers because they're a big name and when people hear they've got a new album out they'll give it a listen or two.

I'd be curious to know what the numbers look like a week, a month and a year after their releases, which would give a clearer indication as to how popular they actually are.

It’s more the retention numbers I was talking about. If he didn’t have people coming back again and again, then the point you make would be valid. But his latest album, released in jan 2020 at number 1, was number 11 12 months later in the UK end of year charts. In the US billboard 200 it’s 2020 year end position was 21, and it’s 2021 year end position was 46. That is pretty insane numbers 2 whole years after release. 
 

The album before that ended it’s first year at 17 in the US billboard 200, and ended it’s second year at 52.

Hope that answers your question?

Edited November 16, 2022 by Alvoram

[Hugh Jass II]

2 minutes ago, Alvoram said:

It’s more the retention numbers I was talking about. If he didn’t have people coming back again and again, then the point you make would be valid. But his latest album, released in jan 2020 at number 1, was number 11 12 months later in the UK end of year charts. In the US billboard 200 it’s 2020 year end position was 21, and it’s 2021 year end position was 46. That is pretty insane numbers 2 whole years after release. 
 

The album before that ended it’s first year at 17 in the US billboard 200, and ended it’s second year at 52.

Hope that answers your question?

That does answer my question and that's exactly what I was curious about.

Cheers

[Toilet Duck]

30 minutes ago, Hugh Jass II said:

The Red Hot Chilli Peppers sell loads of albums. Millions of people watch Mrs Brown's Boys.

Doesn't mean they're not shit.

Sorry about that...

[nikkic]

40 minutes ago, Hugh Jass II said:

The Red Hot Chilli Peppers sell loads of albums. Millions of people watch Mrs Brown's Boys.

Doesn't mean they're not shit.

That’s the point though right? 

You might believe they’re shit (I agree on both counts) but there’s clearly lots of people who disagree. 

Our opinions don’t make them more or less likely to be a headliner. 

Their record sales are, amongst many other things, a bigger indication. 

(FWIW I wouldn’t watch Eminem, I think he’d stink the place out. But if he were to headline, loads of people would go and loads would love it).

[Hugh Jass II]

Just now, nikkic said:

That’s the point though right? 

You might believe they’re shit (I agree on both counts) but there’s clearly lots of people who disagree. 

Our opinions don’t make them more or less likely to be a headliner. 

Their record sales are, amongst many other things, a bigger indication. 

(FWIW I wouldn’t watch Eminem, I think he’d stink the place out. But if he were to headline, loads of people would go and loads would love it).

Oh definitely, I've long argued against the "I don't like them so they shouldn't headline" line.

I think Eminem is a bad fit in terms of quality and overall vibe, but the numbers can't be argued against.

[p.pete]

3 minutes ago, nikkic said:

That’s the point though right? 

You might believe they’re shit (I agree on both counts) but there’s clearly lots of people who disagree. 

Our opinions don’t make them more or less likely to be a headliner. 

Their record sales are, amongst many other things, a bigger indication. 

(FWIW I wouldn’t watch Eminem, I think he’d stink the place out. But if he were to headline, loads of people would go and loads would love it).

Exactly - one of the great things about Glastonbury is that when something shit is on there's plenty of other things that you go elsewhere.  Objectively shit or shit in the eyes of a few, or just personal opinion.  Objectively Mrs Brown's Boys and RHCP are great because the figures back them up, booking them makes sense on many levels and you don't need to keep all the hipsters happy.

[Tranquility of Solitude]

If Mrs Browns Boys headlines I’ll be elsewhere.

[Guest]

Mrs Browns boys - headline

Roy Chubby Brown - sub

Ian Brown - Legend slot

[Avalon_Fields]

10 minutes ago, scatteredscreens said:

Mrs Browns boys - headline

Roy Chubby Brown - sub

Ian Brown - Legend slot

Themed line-ups. Great idea. Saturday night Pyramid is:

Coldplay

Arctic Monkeys

Red Hot Chili Peppers

The Flaming Lips

Earth Wind, & Fire

Vanilla Ice

 

[Florian Saucer Attack]

1 hour ago, Skip997 said:

Countless acts have sold millions even though they're dreadful.

 

This is borderline Skip but I will allow it as you are not being negative to a particular artist 

[charlierc]

1 hour ago, Hugh Jass II said:

The Red Hot Chilli Peppers sell loads of albums. Millions of people watch Mrs Brown's Boys.

Doesn't mean they're not shit.

Disagree on the former (if more for having the good song rather than necessarily album), but I will admit I wasn't exactly aware Mrs Brown's Boys was still a thing. Thought it had stopped making new stuff after the movie got a bit of a kicking.

[p.pete]

26 minutes ago, Tranquility of Solitude said:

If Mrs Browns Boys headlines I’ll be elsewhere.

Can we check Brendan's availability?  That might be worse for the following year's ticket sales than 2007's rain.

[BenG92]

1 hour ago, Hugh Jass II said:

The Red Hot Chilli Peppers sell loads of albums. Millions of people watch Mrs Brown's Boys.

Doesn't mean they're not shit.

Imagine Dragons to headline?

That made me feel a little bit sick just writing it

[Tranquility of Solitude]

29 minutes ago, scatteredscreens said:

Mrs Browns boys - headline

Roy Chubby Brown - sub

Ian Brown - Legend slot

Think Russ Abbott would make a better legend in that line up. As this is the headliners thread, I’m now going

Arctic Monkeys

Peter Kay

Mrs Browns Boys

[Hugh Jass II]

Just now, Tranquility of Solitude said:

Think Russ Abbott would make a better legend in that line up. As this is the headliners thread, I’m now going

Arctic Monkeys

Peter Kay

Mrs Browns Boys

Abbott guarantees a happy atmosphere.

(That's lost on anyone under 40)

[addicted2noise]

Eminem should've headlined 20 years ago but there was still a bit of a weird stigma against hip-hop then I think. Him headlining now would feel like a bit of a step back from Kendrick last year but it would definitely be popular.

Edited November 16, 2022 by addicted2noise

[Tranquility of Solitude]

Just now, Hugh Jass II said:

Abbott guarantees a happy atmosphere.

(That's lost on anyone under 40)

Yeah, but sadly he’s been cancelled due to multiple complaints over his wee Jimmy hat.

[nikkic]

53 minutes ago, Tranquility of Solitude said:

If Mrs Browns Boys headlines I’ll be elsewhere.

Legit worst programme that’s ever been on TV. 

[Havors]

1 hour ago, Hugh Jass II said:

The Red Hot Chilli Peppers sell loads of albums. Millions of people watch Mrs Brown's Boys.

Doesn't mean they're not shit.

Doesnt mean they're not not shit either 😄 

By the way Mrs Browns Boys is beyond shit.... its outright criminal and he should be locked up for offences to comedy.