The XX

[Skip997]

2 hours ago, Johndenis said:

(they're obviously crap and it was pretty baffling that the Lumineers esque hey-ho acoustic shtick got such big traction - shame on the public). 

This. It’s like putting some mid Devon pub jam night regulars on the Pyramid. 

[mufcok]

I always assumed with Mumford that they blasted a daft amount of money on The Stones that year, so Mumford would have agreed to take a 'lesser' fee.

 

Complete guess, based on nothing, mind.

Edited May 13 by mufcok

[Skip997]

2 minutes ago, mufcok said:

I always assumed with Mumford that they blasted a daft amount of money on The Stones that year, so Mumford would have agreed to take a 'lesser' fee.

 

Complete guess, based on nothing, mind.

I suspect it was a ME booking 

[incident]

26 minutes ago, mufcok said:

I always assumed with Mumford that they blasted a daft amount of money on The Stones that year, so Mumford would have agreed to take a 'lesser' fee.

 

Complete guess, based on nothing, mind.

 

Thing is even the "standard" fee for headliners being reported at the time (£250k) was far less than what pretty much any of those acts could get elsewhere.

 

They allegedly paid the Stones 750k as an exceptional case, and it was suggested they were the first act to get more than standard. But I doubt it affect what the other headliners got, just because an act like Mumfords would already have been cutting their fee massively even to get to 250k.

[FrogLobster]

Mumfords were f**king massive when they headlined. Their songs had crazy amounts of radioplay and interest from the general public.

 

I don't like them but it's revision-history to think they were selected as an underplay cheaper option like XX would be.

Edited May 13 by FrogLobster

[stuartbert two hats]

On 12/05/2026 at 16:41, nikkic said:

Only 3 spots they can do now

 

Other headline 

Pyramid sub

Secret set on Park/Woodsies à la Foals/Kasabian

I reckon they might be able to do W Holts.

[Skip997]

24 minutes ago, stuartbert two hats said:

I reckon they might be able to do W Holts.

I presume they wouldn’t accept a WH sub slot 

[northernangel]

19 hours ago, FrogLobster said:

Mumfords were f**king massive when they headlined. Their songs had crazy amounts of radioplay and interest from the general public.

 

I don't like them but it's revision-history to think they were selected as an underplay cheaper option like XX would be.

 

Yeah this! Mumfords were in a different league of size to what The XX were, are and will be. I didnt think it sat right though and I really liked them then. But even as someone who finds The XX boring and thinks they make the top of any major festival look weaker, they would still sub Pyramid or headline other. One of those you've cheated out getting, one you haven't. 

Edited May 14 by northernangel