So why hold back on announcing the line-up?

[crimsonking]

All the tickets are sold out now so why wait till June. Its not like suddenly announcing say Led Zepellin are headlining is going to make it sell more, we're a captive audience now so we might as well be told who's playing.

[LostRiot]

Wouldn't you rather just turn up on the wednesday, grab a program and find out who's playing?

[Icewulf]

They won't because several of the main artists will probably have their own tours to sell tickets for, and they won't want their appearance at Glastonbury to reduce their sales...

[mr flow]

Cos its more fun this way and its what Glasto always does

It's so much more exciting waiting for the line up to be announced.

[tylerdurden]

errm, no its not, i totally disagree.

why do people speculate so much and read all the rumour sites if nobodies worried.

it should be announced asap tbh, i've spent months wondering and i'm sure many other people have too, i like to know whos playing because if an older band or a band i havnt heard of sound interesting and are playing a bigger slot, i like to be able to listen to alot of their music before i go to see them.

announcing the lineup in june doesnt really give me a chance to do that.

now would be good

[Grateful Ghoul]

There are alot of politics involved. Promotors will would ask that no announcements be made until their own concert tickets have been sold.

Artists who play Glastonbury do not get huge ammounts of money like other festivals and play becuase they want to, so not too much to ask for to let their own gigs sell out before anything is announced I guess.

It all adds to the excitement anyway, the not knowing, guessing, looking on forums for hints is all part of the build up.

[mineapolis]

errm, no its not, i totally disagree.

why do people speculate so much and read all the rumour sites if nobodies worried.

it should be announced asap tbh, i've spent months wondering and i'm sure many other people have too, i like to know whos playing because if an older band or a band i havnt heard of sound interesting and are playing a bigger slot, i like to be able to listen to alot of their music before i go to see them.

announcing the lineup in june doesnt really give me a chance to do that.

now would be good

[choadus]

Seconded, Glasto holding back the lineup is naff, we have to "buy blind" which is alot to ask... But at least in 2007 ticekts didnt come out till April, and by then most of the rumours had allready surfaced so we knew who was going to play.

[cabstar]

Well Doves have self confirmed, surely everything else is a bonus isnt it????

[darrenbha]

I've always liked the speculation in the build up. I'd rather it didn't get announced til june. You'll have a fair idea by then anyway

[LRW]

All the tickets are sold out now so why wait till June. Its not like suddenly announcing say Led Zepellin are headlining is going to make it sell more, we're a captive audience now so we might as well be told who's playing.

[flea_rules]

i really like all this guessing who is the headliner.

it adds more to the excitement

[mr flow]

i really like all this guessing who is the headliner.

it adds more to the excitement

[Red Day]

Was looking at the advert in this months Q and it says line up details will be released in the Spring. Dunno if they've had a change of heart and are now leaving it to the normal time

[Glazieyes]

errm, no its not, i totally disagree.

why do people speculate so much and read all the rumour sites if nobodies worried.

it should be announced asap tbh, i've spent months wondering and i'm sure many other people have too, i like to know whos playing because if an older band or a band i havnt heard of sound interesting and are playing a bigger slot, i like to be able to listen to alot of their music before i go to see them.

announcing the lineup in june doesnt really give me a chance to do that.

now would be good

[Binky]

All the tickets are sold out now so why wait till June. Its not like suddenly announcing say Led Zepellin are headlining is going to make it sell more, we're a captive audience now so we might as well be told who's playing.

[Binky]

Seconded, Glasto holding back the lineup is naff, we have to "buy blind" which is alot to ask... But at least in 2007 ticekts didnt come out till April, and by then most of the rumours had allready surfaced so we knew who was going to play.

[Red Day]

because its mostly been this way especially before the days of the internet when you could just walk into a hmv store and buy your tickets

i would say that most of us old timers go to glasto not for the music but for the whole experiance of the festival.

no one makes you buy your tickets before you know who,s playing but the whole essence of the festival is that its not just that important

[Chocscoffer]

Glasto traditionally has never released its line up until june, so why should it change now. If people dont like it, they should go to V or Reading where they do release the line=up.

[Joshuwarr]

The fact they announced Franz Ferdinand, The Ting Tings and Major Major is good enough. If you're that paranoid about headlining acts then its surprises me you got tickets in the first place. I'd like to have announcement about any changes to the site and all that kind of stuff but I wont cry like a baby if I don't get it for a few months. We pretty much know the headliners anyway..

[Red Day]

Apart from the 4th headliner, think it's pretty safe to say Bruce S and Blur are 100%, Neil Young probably about 85% for toppng the bill, if headliners are what folks want to buy tickets on.

[sinned666]

I totally agree with this, there are a large group of us going ranging in age from 18(My youngest brother who i'm taking for his 18th which is 2 weeks before) - 35, with varying tastes in music, so I want to be able to educate him before he goes!!

[Binky]

Sums it for me

A couple of weeks beforehand is fine. It gives me enough time to listen to a couple of new artists.

[alframsey]

Seconded, Glasto holding back the lineup is naff, we have to "buy blind" which is alot to ask... But at least in 2007 ticekts didnt come out till April, and by then most of the rumours had allready surfaced so we knew who was going to play.

[r0cky]

I like to have the lineup as soon as possible. There are bound to be lots of artists I'm unfamiliar with, and it's a great opportunity to listen to their music so that I can vaguely plan who to see and where to be. I'm not fond of all music tastes.

It's also good to work out the worst clashes before hand.

I find that once onsite , there are many more interesting things to do than to read the programme! I end up getting distracted every time I try to read it. Much rather do the reading before I'm on site, so that I can enjoy more of the Glasto experience.

I know this is probably a personal decision, but I don't see why too much information is bad. If you don't want to know who's on until you are there, then don't read it!

Edited February 10, 2009 by r0cky