Legend Slot candidates 2027

[sedra]

3 hours ago, FuzzyDunlop said:

 

I worked Wilderness for Oxfam this weekend. I was very lucky as my shift was in the arena on Sunday afternoon & I saw all of Annie's set.

 

I echo every word. She was brilliant. The Legend slot is made for her.

I was there with Oxfam too! I got earlies so it was probably me who registered you on arrival 😀

[incident]

Said it before, but if Annie Lennox is available next year, then it would be an absolute crime to instead book anyone else. She's rare and legendary enough that you drop all other plans.

[snoochie1981]

I was there yesterday too and it felt very special to be there. As six song setlist go, this is very hard to beat https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/annie-lennox/2026/cornbury-park-estate-charlbury-england-7b775e60.html

 

And I would even go further and let her curate a ‘Sisters’ lineup like she did yesterday. 

[balti-pie]

Annie Lennox could be the one to unite the whole forum, nobody has a bad word to say about her, even noted curmudgeon Skip 😄 I'd probably even amble along for a bit meself, and i'm also a miserable sod 

[The Nal]

Dokken are touring until the end of 26 and rumoured to be touring Europe in 2027 according to all the fan forums. 

 

https://www.dokken.net/

 

Don Dokken still has the serious pipes. Like the Stones though, they'll demand a (deserved) huge fee and probably massive stage alterations. 

 

100k at this. The guys who dress up in the Redcoat costumes bonging faecal sludge from the longdrops.

 

 

[DomDom1984]

Annie Lennox doing "No More I Love Yous" on the Pyramid would probably be the pinnacle of the entire festival's history.

[danmarks]

Genuinley don't get all the Annie lennox fuss. Not saying she is bad but can think of other things that have happened on and off the pyramid that would have a much bigger lasting impression (on me). But horses for courses I guess.

[glastorome]

14 hours ago, danmarks said:

Genuinley don't get all the Annie lennox fuss. Not saying she is bad but can think of other things that have happened on and off the pyramid that would have a much bigger lasting impression (on me). But horses for courses I guess.

Each to their own, by all accounts she's still got a belting voice live which some recent acts in the legends slot haven't, and shes got a back catalogue of bangers as she still plays The Eurythmics songs live. 

 

She'd be an amazing choice  

[itschris]

Has Grace Jones been discussed for this slot and if not, why not?

[Skip997]

16 minutes ago, itschris said:

Has Grace Jones been discussed for this slot and if not, why not?

She needs a headline slot in the dark, preferably WH

[balti-pie]

Grace Jones would be ace at West Holts. But she's apparently quite $$$.

 

Not $$$ enough to have stopped her playing a fair few smaller festivals over the past few years though, Love Supreme and Crystal Palace included, so its not out of the realms of impossibility for sure - West Holts on a friday night would suit a bit better than the pyramid stage mid-afternoon sunday 

[sheffinghell]

3 minutes ago, balti-pie said:

Grace Jones would be ace at West Holts. But she's apparently quite $$$.

 

Not $$$ enough to have stopped her playing a fair few smaller festivals over the past few years though, Love Supreme and Crystal Palace included, so its not out of the realms of impossibility for sure - West Holts on a friday night would suit a bit better than the pyramid stage mid-afternoon sunday 

Not that it means much in comparison terms, but she was more expensive per ticket at the Piece Hall 2 years ago, than David Byrne was this year

[balti-pie]

3 minutes ago, sheffinghell said:

Not that it means much in comparison terms, but she was more expensive per ticket at the Piece Hall 2 years ago, than David Byrne was this year

I think - and admittedly im basing this on nothing more than what i think- she's more about the optics of headlining and being the big name on the poster, and while you can try and swing it as headlining a stage (was it Lana Del Ray who lost her sh*t at not being deferred to enough on the poster? i'm a headliner too, worship meeeee!) if she's competing against some other big names, she might not think its enough of a thing to do for what may well be under her usual payday.  There's the whole BBC coverage on free to air tv and renewed interest angle too . . . .