Your Missing Three

[The Red Telephone]

What with Elton playing this year, got me thinking about which acts should have graced the Pyramid…but never have.

What are your top three? (Leaving aside wishful thinking like Led Zep/ Pink Floyd/ The Beatles/ Beethoven).

My three:

Dr Dre

Alanis Morissette

Erasure

[Xeph1995]

Fleetwood Mac is probably the most obvious one, huge miss but thats on them, huge ego's and wanted more money. 

[hodgey123]

Drake, Madonna, Rihanna (assuming I am not allowed to say Oasis). 

[Bike_Like_A_Mum]

Eminem (sorry)

David Bowie - I know he was there but I've never seen him and that would be a dream

Prince

[Dave_c]

Not necessarily ones I'd want but should probably have headlined at some point.

Eminem

Fleetwood Mac

Queen

[henry bear]

3 minutes ago, Dave_c said:

Queen

I used to go to Glasto when Queen were still a four piece, and it seemed absolutely inconceivable that they, or indeed any other megastars, could play on the farm. Fast forward 15-20 years and of course we expect big names to appear, and it's a shame that we missed out on Fred gracing the Pyramid.

Indeed, it's a shame we'll never see the current version of 'Queen', which still put on a great show. It's probably the most  significant body of work by a UK rock band that won't be significantly represented 

[Wherethewildthingsare]

Prince, Fleetwood Mac, Madonna 

[maelzoid]

Prince

Depeche Mode

Pearl Jam

 

Not too late for the last two...

[chazwwe]

Green Day.

Pearl jam

Queen ( with Adam)

All 3 could happen I just don't think they ever will. 

[Walter Sobchak]

AC/DC 

Counting Crows

George Michael

[Gnomicide]

7 minutes ago, Walter Sobchak said:

AC/DC 

Counting Crows

George Michael

Good shout but Counting Crows did it in 2000.

[Gnomicide]

AC/DC

Queen

Aerosmith 

[Walter Sobchak]

Ah right, I did not know that.

[nikkic]

Prince 

Madonna

Daft Punk 

[JayDiesel]

Brand New (wouldn't play the Pyramid I imagine, but would've loved to see them)

Pink Floyd

The Smiths

Honourable Mentions: Fleetwood Mac would've been ace when they reformed in 2014, and shout out to Jeff Buckley too, I was -2 when he played, and he died the month before I was born

Edited June 14, 2023 by JayDiesel

[sunnyshoes]

Stone Roses - it's a dream I'm not willing to let go of. 

Madonna 

Fleetwood Mac

[Gnomicide]

9 minutes ago, Walter Sobchak said:

Ah right, I did not know that.

I only know because I remember one of the presenters slagging them off and I was fuuuuumin'

[waltere]

Daft Punk

Iron Maiden

Kate Bush

[Avalon_Fields]

Queen

ABBA

Led Zeppelin 

 

….all only in their prime.

[giantkatestacks]

Prince, George Michael and joni Mitchell.

 

I could have said prince, prince and prince though.

[maelzoid]

1 minute ago, Gnomicide said:

I only know because I remember one of the presenters slagging them off and I was fuuuuumin'

Jo Whiley. I was fuming too. I’d just about suffer it from the likes of Radcliffe or John Peel but her taste is just so bog standard to start with.

[maelzoid]

9 minutes ago, JayDiesel said:

Brand New (wouldn't play the Pyramid I imagine, but would've loved to see them)

Pink Floyd

The Smiths

Honourable Mentions: Fleetwood Mac would've been ace when they reformed in 2014, and shout out to Jeff Buckley too, I was -2 when he played, and he died the month before I was born

Smiths headlined in 84.

[Skip997]

9 minutes ago, JayDiesel said:

The Smiths

 

Played the Pyramid in 1984

[FuzzyDunlop]

That still could..

Madonna

Taylor Swift

ACDC

[Drinky]

Prince hurts more than any of the others because we know how much Michael Eavis wanted to make it happen, how hard they pushed for him year after year, and how they basically let him dictate whatever terms he wanted in 2015 (no agreement until a month out from the fest etc) and it still didn’t happen… then he died.

 

And it probably would have been the greatest set we ever saw up on that stage.