Headliners 2015

[Bonehead> Clapton]

people said the same about Jay Z though, and he was complete shit.

I do wonder if there is anyone you actually like? Name your top 5 bands.

[Jimmyeatspeople]

I don't understand why you are bothered how many hits he has had that don't feature someone else.

You have to think of the average age at Glasto these days. I guarantee Kanye will not only pull one of the biggest crowds of the festival, but he will also be one of the best 'alternative' headliners ever.

I remain convinced he will play a combo of old and new stuff and wont bother doing his rant like he did at Wireless or wherever it was, because he knows the crowd he's performing to.

Kanye will rant, probably after playing Runaway. He'll be on live TV, huge viewing audence, he's not an idiot, his hype and media clamour doesn't come from his music, it comes from being controversial and outspoken.

[ThePope]

I was under the impression that the general consensus was that he was brilliant. From reading reviews, speaking to people there, interviews etc.....

[ThePope]

Kanye will rant, probably after playing Runaway. He'll be on live TV, huge viewing audence, he's not an idiot, his hype and media clamour doesn't come from his music, it comes from being controversial and outspoken.

Jim. when he doesn't rant, will you buy me a brothers?

[Jimmyeatspeople]

Jim. when he doesn't rant, will you buy me a brothers?

Make it one from the Cider Bus and you've got a deal

[captainmuscles]

people said the same about Jay Z though, and he was complete shit.

He came on singing Wonderwall and went into his most popular song remixed with AC/DC. Jay-Z knew the crowd he was performing to, and he'll almost certainly tell Kanye to put on a show. (I even watched a Kanye festival show on youtube where he said "I'd talk a bit longer but I made a promise to Jay"). If you like his songs it'll be a good one.

[eFestivals]

Kanye will rant, probably after playing Runaway. He'll be on live TV, huge viewing audence, he's not an idiot, his hype and media clamour doesn't come from his music, it comes from being controversial and outspoken.

he'll clear half the field at Glastonbury if he does that, just as he did at Big Chill.

It's one thing to subject your own audience to it, but it's another thing entirely when many won't be huge fans.

[russycarps]

If you like his songs it'll be a good one.

no doubt, but he wont convert anyone who didnt like him already beforehand I bet.

That's the problem with booking marmite acts like kanye west and metallica. They arent going to entertain anyone other than their own fans.

[ClementsMike]

Stronger

All of the Lights

Can't Tell Me Nothing

Gold Digger

Touch the Sky

Jesus Walks

Good Life

All Falls Down

Runaway

Niggas in Paris

Run This Town

Heartless

All Day

Through the Wire

Love Lockdown

FourFive Seconds

Only One

Power

Bound 2

Homecoming

There's 20 for you...

Maybe, I have no idea bar the few I know of. When I say mainstream hits, I mean a field full of non Kanye specific fans who will/should be at the Pyramid Stage, and the BBC audiences watching on the TV. You still stand by that 20?

[Winslow Leach]

How many hits does Kanye have that DO NOT feature another artist ?

What's your point?

[neil999]

people said the same about Jay Z though, and he was complete shit.

are you gonna watch the start? i'd be intrigued to see if he can top the jay-z intro...

[eFestivals]

I do wonder if there is anyone you actually like? Name your top 5 bands.

russy was saying how much he liked Queen with Adam Lambert recently. (no lie!).

(soz russy, you deserve it tho )

[Hugh Jass]

I think they'd be an Other Stage headliner but a small one.

Kraftwerk would be a fantastic West Holts headliner.

[Supernintendo Chalmers]

Glastonbury don't care if the acts they've booked do other shows.

Other promoters do - some more than others. Melvin Benn, for example, who runs Reading/Leeds and Latitude is rather obsessed with getting exclusives for the top of his bills, and an example of this in action was a few years ago when Flo was 2nd from top at Reading/Leeds and Bestival headliner; Bestival weren't allowed to announce her until May.

While I don't know all of the contractual details with that, I suspect she'd signed to play only R/L on an exclusive basis that year then then Bestival came along trying to book her too. So Flo's management would have then talked to R/L to ask if it could be done and what restrictions R/L might apply, and they agreed she could do Bestival but it couldn't be announced until May.

It's all about Melvin wanting to protect his investment in the bands he's booked for R/L. If R/L didn't sell enough tickets because he'd let 'his' bands play somewhere else, he's in the shit. I might not like that sort of thing very much, but I am able to appreciate how it makes perfect sense from a financial angle.

So it's Metallica then?

[Jimmyeatspeople]

he'll clear half the field at Glastonbury if he does that, just as he did at Big Chill.

It's one thing to subject your own audience to it, but it's another thing entirely when many won't be huge fans.

I don't doubt it would. I still bet he does it though.

[aidenlangan95]

I will say I only recognise Heartless as it was spoofed by South Park in the Fishsticks episode.

[Gucci Piggy]

no doubt, but he wont convert anyone who didnt like him already beforehand I bet.

That's the problem with booking marmite acts like kanye west and metallica. They arent going to entertain anyone other than their own fans.

I'm not really a Metallica fan and it was my favourite set of the weekend.

[jpeee]

Stronger

All of the Lights - RIHANNA

Can't Tell Me Nothing

Gold Digger - JAMIE FOXX

Touch the Sky

Jesus Walks

Good Life - T-PAIN

All Falls Down - SYLEENA JOHNSON

Runaway - PUSHA T

Niggas in Paris - JAY Z

Run This Town - JAYZ FT Kanye & RIHANNA

Heartless

All Day - PAUL MCCARTNEY ETC

Through the Wire

Love Lockdown

FourFive Seconds - RIHANNA _ PAUL MCCARTNEY

Only One - PAUL MCCARTNEY

Power

Bound 2

Homecoming - CHRIS MARTIN

There's 20 for you...

SO big screens with Music Videos for half the songs ?

It's acceptable for an act to use a stand in for when the featured artist is unavalble, mainly because it's one track. But for at least half your set. That shit don't wash with me.

[The Placid Casual]

I'm not really a Metallica fan and it was my favourite set of the weekend.

Here here.

[Chazeboy]

I'm not really a Metallica fan and it was my favourite set of the weekend.

same with my mate, took him along, said dont think im gonna like this, but by the end, he was saying basically what you just did

[Icewulf]

SO big screens with Music Videos for half the songs ?

It's acceptable for an act to use a stand in for when the featured artist is unavalble, mainly because it's one track. But for at least half your set. That shit don't wash with me.

Most urban artists do that though. Eminem, Rihanna, etc. when they play live. It doesn't really detract from the performance. The chorus blares out over the speakers, then they go back to rapping over it. Not really an issue.

EDIT: I mean look at dance acts. They basically just press play!

Edited April 24, 2015 by Icewulf

[Bonehead> Clapton]

russy was saying how much he liked Queen with Adam Lambert recently. (no lie!).

(soz russy, you deserve it tho )

Haha thats literally the first thing ive seen him say he likes! Madness to pay to see that! lol

[Bonehead> Clapton]

I'm not really a Metallica fan and it was my favourite set of the weekend.

Same! they were fantastic!

[DefLeppard]

SO big screens with Music Videos for half the songs ?

It's acceptable for an act to use a stand in for when the featured artist is unavalble, mainly because it's one track. But for at least half your set. That shit don't wash with me.

That is just standard for that genre of music. Your point is basically that you don't want to see Hip-Hop live but that doesn't mean that there shouldn't be a Hip-Hop headliner as many people love it. And once you have decided to have a Hip-Hop headliner of Glastonbury Kanye is the one you would pick, or possibly Eminiem.

[The Nal]

Same! they were fantastic!

Same with our group, 7 or 8 were "non fans" before and could barely name a song. But anyone who had seen them before knew they'd nail it.

Kanye is different though. Hes capable of coming out with any old shite. And some Louis Vuitton auto tune rant will clear the field, as Neil said.

And I really hope that happens!

Edited April 24, 2015 by The Nal