Headliners 2015

[Rose-Colored Boy]

Yeah it's not one of her bigger hits. I do think she's got a fair few well known songs though. Dog Days Are Over, Rabbit Heart and You've Got the Love were all pretty big singles from the first album, while Shake It Out and Spectrum were similar from her second.

Spectrum is her only number one, although that still gives her a better record than Mumfords and poor singles sales didn't stop them being booked :-)

[kingcrawler]

Spectrum is her only number one, although that still gives her a better record than Mumfords and poor singles sales didn't stop them being booked :-)

Ah right, thought it got to number one but wasn't sure if it was her version or the Calvin Harris one.

[Rose-Colored Boy]

Ah right, thought it got to number one but wasn't sure if it was her version or the Calvin Harris one.

she didn't even release her version as a single IIRC

[Gucci Piggy]

Y'all who watched Kasabian and Florence at R&L do realise At the Drive-In, The Cribs and Mastodon were killing it in the NME tent at the time yeah?

NME were certainly sponsoring the wrong stage there eh.

[Mezhyp1]

Y'all who watched Kasabian and Florence at R&L do realise At the Drive-In, The Cribs and Mastodon were killing it in the NME tent at the time yeah?

NME were certainly sponsoring the wrong stage there eh.

Definitely, At the Drive-in was completely epic, one of the best sets I've seen at reading

[ChrisTGA]

How do you get that from watching a video of her performing?

By watching her at the start of that video

[TomViolence]

Y'all who watched Kasabian and Florence at R&L do realise At the Drive-In, The Cribs and Mastodon were killing it in the NME tent at the time yeah?

NME were certainly sponsoring the wrong stage there eh.

Haha very good point, that was an epic trio. And it was pissing it down you crazy people

[Tuna]

It is quite sad that most people touted to headline soon are subject to "not big enough yet". Admittedly Glastonbury set the bar so high with acts like the Stones but people can't expect that every year; it's unsustainable. Hopefully in a few years time when we've had a new generation of headliners this attitude will fade - at the end of the day, you're still going to have a cracking time at Glastonbury.

[Wooderson]

She'd only just released her first album at this point, and got a reception like this.

I understand we differ in views wooderson, but this is clearly something that you won't understand.

Hahaha

[Wooderson]

People settling for Laurence & The Machine make me laff.

[dentalplan]

Settle? If we reject them do we get Radiohead?

[DomDom1984]

People settling for Laurence & The Machine make me laff.

Why?

[Rose-Colored Boy]

Why?

because Glastonbury has a long proud and indisuptable history of only booking the very top-tier bands who are unanimously adored the world over, didn't you know? Like, erm, Kasabian..and Gorillaz...and Rod Stewart...

[Wooderson]

because Glastonbury has a long proud and indisuptable history of only booking the very top-tier bands who are unanimously adored the world over, didn't you know? Like, erm, Kasabian..and Gorillaz...and Rod Stewart...

Okay I'll admit to a chuckle on the Rod Stewart gag Quinner.

[Wooderson]

Laurence aint up to it people. I'm pretty sure there were a couple of outlier morons justifying Panic at the Disco on here too.

She can't sing. She ain't got the songs. Her band are nobodies. Stop.

[FloorFiller]

Laurence aint up to it people. I'm pretty sure there were a couple of outlier morons justifying Panic at the Disco on here too.

She can't sing. She ain't got the songs. Her band are nobodies. Stop.

being shite has got nothing to do with it. surely the Mumfords debacle has made that very clear. come her album release she'll be hard to escape from, her songs will be fucking everywhere again, her face will be plastering every magazine, and she will be headliner level. it was always gonna happen eventually, so let's just breathe in and get it out of the way now - if it's not her, it's just somebody equally shite

[bamber]

Two Worthy headliners, singing a sentiment that sums up all the speculation in this thread perfectly and succinctly.

[DomDom1984]

If I knew Wooderson was just basically another "she shouldn't headline because I don't like her" then I'd have ignored them earlier.

[eFestivals]

She'd only just released her first album at this point, and got a reception like this.

.... from the sort of people that think "You Got the Love" is a screeching Flo song.

.... from the sort of people who ask "why is she playing the Formula One theme tune" or who say (about the same song) "oooo, this must be a new one" (I heard both comments from people watching).

[Ipayne]

Y'all who watched Kasabian and Florence at R&L do realise At the Drive-In, The Cribs and Mastodon were killing it in the NME tent at the time yeah?

NME were certainly sponsoring the wrong stage there eh.

I'm devastated I missed ATDI, I know Omar wasn't into it but still would've been incredible. One of my favourite bands.

[FuzzyDunlop]

.... from the sort of people that think "You Got the Love" is a screeching Flo song.

.... from the sort of people who ask "why is she playing the Formula One theme tune" or who say (about the same song) "oooo, this must be a new one" (I heard both comments from people watching).

But, if those sort of people are at glastonbury. Should they be catered for?

No! No they should not.

[DomDom1984]

I know who sings "You Got the Love" and I was happy to see her perform a cracking rendition of it at T when she subbed.

That was actually a cracking set.

[Matt42]

Oh god an artist COVERED A SONG?

We better start a witchunt and start shooting bands who too have done this heinous crime.

So what if you don't like the covers, both proved very successful, so the argument holds little water.

Also that's not her fault if the people listening don't know who sang the original!

Edited January 23, 2015 by Matt42

[DomDom1984]

Both? There's another one?

[Matt42]

Both? There's another one?

You got the love and the chain.