Headliner guesses

[the wonderwhy]

Yes Snoop Dogg.

So much better than Eminem

[hawkzred]

Yes Eminem

So much better than Vanilla Ice!

[Joe-]

Lots of good stuff.

Happy about The Knife, Flaming Lips, Snoop, and all the DJs.

It's not got me as excited as previous announcements. Feels like there's a lot of random stuff, like sinead o'conner.

Good though.

[the wonderwhy]

I'm not that excited in all honest. Would love to see Snoop, but other than The Knife, Franz Ferdinand and maybe The Flaming Lips (haven't really go into them yet) most of the undercard I'd see, like Peace, Swim Deep, Johnny Marr, Jaws & Drenge, I'm expecting to be at Reading.

But then again, Wu-Tang would be fucking cool to see...

[rachbon]

Really pleased with the line up. Just bought a ticket on the payment plan.

[Frankly Mr Shankly]

Surprising lack of Nick Cave, especially if Arcade Fire are the other headliner. I guess he'll be doing Glastonbury, I can't imagine where else he would fit in.

[rexclark]

Do we actually think Arcade Fire could be the 3rd headliner? That would be outstanding.

[DJL]

Not that fussed with the line-up this year so far... Unless Arcade Fire are the third headliner, which i doubt. Wonder if the big top headliners are in that announcement? Orbital, justice and 2many dj's (+hot chip, soulwax and nero) were pretty much what i planned my festival around last time but there seems to be a lack of major dance acts announced so far...

[the wonderwhy]

I would guess The Knife are big top headliners. Flaming Lips too possibly?

[beau1]

Since The Cure headlined in 2011 Bestival has really got better with its lineups, although they have always had a few large acts at the top, the undercard is way better now than it was 3-4 years ago.

Isn't it basically the same size as IOW now?

If it is I don't see how Arcade Fire headlining could be seen as a step-down. Yeah, Bestival is more alternative but its practically a major festival now.

[theampersanddevil]

flaming lips have to be. Don't need another 'partial darkness' slot.

[dentalplan]

Yeah Yeah Yeahs make most sense (from suggestions) for a headliner with them only announcing two. They have a reason not to be announced.

Not sure about this Arcade Fire rumour but I kinda hope they're not or else I'll have to do the 700 odd mile round trip.

[the wonderwhy]

Yeah Yeah Yeahs make most sense (from suggestions) for a headliner with them only announcing two. They have a reason not to be announced.

Not sure about this Arcade Fire rumour but I kinda hope they're not or else I'll have to do the 700 odd mile round trip.

[lifelessfool]

I'm well happy with that line up so far, not a massive fan of Snoop Lion but I think it will be interesting and so many good bands, belle and sebastian, polytechnic spree, flaming lips,eeek!

[thesecretingredientiscrime]

Interesting point there.

Is it Snoop Dogg or Snoop Lion?

[the wonderwhy]

Listed as Snoop Dogg so I'm guessing Snoop Lion didn't catch on

[dentalplan]

Whether it's Snoop Dogg or Snoop Lion probably means what type of music he'll be playing.

A bit like The Bronx / Mariachi el Bronx

[thesecretingredientiscrime]

Whether it's Snoop Dogg or Snoop Lion probably means what type of music he'll be playing.

A bit like The Bronx / Mariachi el Bronx

[dentalplan]

Exactly, which is why I asked. AFAIK, he's never played his old stuff under Snoop Lion name. I had read recently though the Rastafari council were taking legal action against him for making a mockery of the religion, so that may have come into play.

[Frankly Mr Shankly]

I'm sure they delayed the Friday night headliner (Flo) last year, so it might just be a thing they do to peak interest again at a later date.

Agreed though, Arcade Fire would definitely get me there. Still hoping for Phoenix and Foals. A bit of The Joy Formidable and Feeder would be good too

[dentalplan]

I'm pretty sure they delayed announcing Florence due to her appearance at Reading & Leeds, but I may be wrong...

The person who posted "Arcade Fire, Snoop Dogg, Elton John" earlier got 2 out of 3 right so far (Elton was pretty obvious, but still) so it wouldn't be totally illogical to believe it.

[the wonderwhy]

Seems they tend to announce the 3rd headliner later than the others. They announced all 3 separately in 2012 & 2011

[LondonTom]

Decent undercard as always!!! As said in the who will watch thread, I am not quite sure its worth the 190 to me yet!!

If they got Arcade Fire i'd be torn between Reading and Bestival! After having to not go last year in the end, I wouldn't mind going!

[Justiceforcedave]

Im going for The Knife as one of Big Top headliners

[Justiceforcedave]

The person who posted "Arcade Fire, Snoop Dogg, Elton John" earlier got 2 out of 3 right so far (Elton was pretty obvious, but still) so it wouldn't be totally illogical to believe it.