Legends Slot 2024

[doogie]

On 12/30/2023 at 2:49 PM, MEGABOWL said:

That would have been amazing

I'd want to be a part of it, for sure.

 

On 12/29/2023 at 8:31 PM, O'Doyle Rules said:

Or perhaps maybe even headliner or nothing?

Top of the heap, without doubt.

[MEGABOWL]

5 hours ago, Skip997 said:

Would have been dreadful, unless you fancied a snooze

Hit with those down votes

You’re going to get a lot of downvotes if you keep slating music others like. It comes across as very closed minded.

[CaledonianGonzo]

Sinatra's mistake was not being a middling UK dance act from the early 1990s.

[MEGABOWL]

27 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

Sinatra's mistake was not being a middling UK dance act from the early 1990s.

Curse his ill health in later years for denying us those planned Snap and Utah Saints collabs

[CaledonianGonzo]

Someone with a Midjourney account away and prompt us up a picture of Sinatra raving in a dayglo bucket hat.

[Gnomicide]

[CaledonianGonzo]

"I'm the Firestarter, twisted Fire........start spreadin' the news"

[Justiceforcedave]

1 hour ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

Someone with a Midjourney account away and prompt us up a picture of Sinatra raving in a dayglo bucket hat.

[CaledonianGonzo]

Cranked Sinatra

[Supernintendo Chalmers]

Ket's Face The Music And Dance

[CaledonianGonzo]

"Some get a kick from cocaine"

[Supernintendo Chalmers]

Hello, Molly 

[Ayrshire Chris]

Used to work with a guy who played guitar for the trash can sinatras. 

[henry bear]

I was actually at this one, Christmas present for my parents as my dad was a fan. Would have been magic on a Sunday afternoon on the Pyramid

Frank Sinatra Concert Setlist at Royal Albert Hall, London on May 28, 1992 | setlist.fm

[kalifire]

12 hours ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

"I'm the Firestarter, twisted Fire........start spreadin' the news"

the FUSE.

Missed a trick, there.

[Kaboom Boxer]

What’s the general consensus on how old an act has to be to qualify for the Sunday afternoon legends slot? Or is it more a ‘years in the industry’ type thing?

[CaledonianGonzo]

It's probably as much a vibes thing as anything else

e.g. Robbie Williams is suitable for it but Iggy Pop isnt, despite the latter being far longer in the tooth.

[incident]

4 minutes ago, Kaboom Boxer said:

What’s the general consensus on how old an act has to be to qualify for the Sunday afternoon legends slot? Or is it more a ‘years in the industry’ type thing?

It's tricky to put a number on it, because there's so many factors that'd impact suitability.

Kylie was the youngest to do it, both in age at the time and in terms of career length, by a huge margin (certainly more than 10 years), but still didn't seem out of place. So I'd say that she'd be the benchmark for an "absolute minimum" of 30 years active but most people will have much much more under their belts.

I think in her case it felt right partially because she's pretty much achieved "national treasure" status, and partially that she had her own history with the festival in terms of having to pull out of the headline slot all those years earlier. Take away either of those and I don't think the booking happens until much later.

[Kaboom Boxer]

4 hours ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

It's probably as much a vibes thing as anything else

e.g. Robbie Williams is suitable for it but Iggy Pop isnt, despite the latter being far longer in the tooth.

OK, I think I get it. Let me throw some names at you and you can give me a Yay or Nay as to whether they would be suitable:

• Culture Club
• Spandau Ballet
• Will Young
• Gabrielle
• Natasha Beddingfield
• Wet Wet Wet
• M People
• Natalie Imbruglia

@incident feel free to answer too (I had already replied when I saw your post). 

Edited January 3 by Kaboom Boxer

[NorthernSoul52]

If Tony Hadley was still in Spandau Ballet, maybe. 

I'd argue they'd be better early Saturday on the Pyramid though. 

[Kaboom Boxer]

3 minutes ago, NorthernSoul52 said:

If Tony Hadley was still in Spandau Ballet, maybe. 

I'd argue they'd be better early Saturday on the Pyramid though. 

Only suitable act from that list?

[CaledonianGonzo]

Clean sweep of Nays

[Kaboom Boxer]

8 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

Clean sweep of Nays

Because they’re not big enough acts? Or the vibes not right?

So people more along the lines of:

• Bonnie Tyler
• Michael Bolton
• Eurythmics
• Simple Minds
• Duran Duran 
• Tears For Fears
• The Human League 
• a-ha

[Stokesy10]

1 hour ago, Kaboom Boxer said:

Because they’re not big enough acts? Or the vibes not right?

So people more along the lines of:

• Bonnie Tyler
• Michael Bolton
• Eurythmics
• Simple Minds
• Duran Duran 
• Tears For Fears
• The Human League 
• a-ha

Man. I was gonna type Michael Bolton on here for a laugh a couple weeks back - has there actually been any chat whatsoever about him on this forum? Apologies, I've only been keeping half an eye on it. 

[CaledonianGonzo]

7 hours ago, Kaboom Boxer said:

Because they’re not big enough acts? Or the vibes not right?

So people more along the lines of:

• Bonnie Tyler
• Michael Bolton
• Eurythmics
• Simple Minds
• Duran Duran 
• Tears For Fears
• The Human League 
• a-ha

Only Duran Duran and maybe a reformed Eurythmics are the right sort of size. Others would play other slots elsewhere...