Headliners 2015

[the wonderwhy]

Madness are busy all weekend

[RyGSY]

Breeze radio are apparently saying its Kate bush.....take that with a pinch of salt....is she big enough still for the pyramid?

She sold out a ridiculous amount of shows last year did she not?

[ImGonnaLive4eva]

Madness are busy all weekend

Yeh sorry, scrap that, not in Somerset that weekend. I thought I saw the other day that they were.

[Ipayne]

Breeze radio are apparently saying its Kate bush.....take that with a pinch of salt....is she big enough still for the pyramid?

For definite, yes. I'd absolutely love Kate Bush to headline.

[eastynh]

Breeze radio are apparently saying its Kate bush.....take that with a pinch of salt....is she big enough still for the pyramid?

Spooky, a year to the day.

http://metro.co.uk/2014/03/31/kate-bush-tipped-to-headline-glastonbury-2015-4683743/

[dentalplan]

She's big enough, yeah. The factors against her headlining are that she doesn't like playing huge shows and her current show wouldn't translate to huge festival shows, and probably a couple of other things.

[TheWineguy]

Shame, Madness are perfect for a 3 o'clock slot in the afternoon to liven things up for the rest of the evening.

[RyGSY]

General appeal though? What do you reckon? I still think sold out tours don't mean much as far as festival headlining as obviously that's all fans of the act in question......would said act attract enough people from the general population of glasto? I know absoutly nothing about Kate bush after her 80s stuff so I'm not even touching that one haha

I used to work at Ticketmaster in customer services and we had an outrageous amount of calls regarding Kate Bush tickets. People were calling up and admitting they weren't even big fans but wanted to go see her. I imagine she'd get a decent crowd, not an insane amount though.

[shoptildrop]

Don't shoot the messenger, I don't normally post stuff like this, but I just got sent this from a friend who has gone for quite a few years now, apparently this is the lineup that is getting announced this week, Ive told him Im taking it with a pinch but he asked me to post it to see what you guys think

Pyramid: Foo Fighters, Florence + the Machine, Iggy Pop, George Ezra, Cypress Hill, James Bay, Roots Manuva, Songhoy Blues Other: Deadmau5, Jamie T, Courteeners, ASAP Rocky, The Cribs, Enter Shikari, The Go! Team, The Buzzcocks, TBA JP: Suede, Chromeo, Future Islands, Glass Animals, Public Service Broadcasting, FIDLAR, Gengahr, All We Are, Alvvays, Pretty Vicious, Superfood Park: Caribou, Everything Everything, The Tallest Man on Earth, Run the Jewels, Chet Faker, Matthew E. White, Black Rivers, Honeyblood WH: D'Angelo, Jungle, Alabama Shakes, Jupiter & Okwess International

SATURDAY Pyramid: Kanye West, Foals, ELO, Paloma Faith, Seasick Steve, John Grant, Vintage Trouble, Courtney Barnett Other: Chemical Brothers, Hot Chip, Ride, Twin Atlantic, Peace, Johnny Marr, Villagers, Wolf Alice JP: The Vaccines, Die Antwoord, Death From Above 1979, Years & Years, Big Sean, Benjamin Booker, Rae Morris, Marmozets, Sleaford Mods, Lapsley Park: Laura Marling, Goat, Savages, Lucy Rose, Will Butler, Kate Tempest, Philip Selway, Hinds, SOAK WH: Giorgio Moroder, Jon Hopkins, Lianne La Havas, Mavis Staples, BADBADNOTGOOD, Kwabs

SUNDAY Pyramid: The Stone Roses, Alt-J, Emeli Sande, Lionel Richie, Hozier, Jessie Ware, Gregory Porter, Dalai Lama Other: Ben Howard, Beck, The Maccabees, First Aid Kit, The Wombats, Charli XCX, Drenge, Rhodes, Nothing But Thieves JP: Tame Impala, Catfish & the Bottlemen, Django Django, Palma Violets, Circa Waves, Ella Eyre, Slaves, Adult Jazz, Coasts, Jack Garratt Park: Belle & Sebastian, Sharon Van Etten, King Creosote, Father John Misty, Fat White Family, Natalie Prass, RY X, Ought WH: Wu-Tang Clan, FKA twigs, Azealia Banks, Omar Souleyman, Young Fathers Heard here first Don't know where he got it from

did see this posted the other day as response to stage prediction thread, I'd be happy with that lot but still think there would be a few changes / additions to that - Super furries comes to mind for a start

[FrancisH]

She's got a huge dedicated fan base yeah, but that doesn't mean those fans are all going to Glastonbury... I'm not so sure, I don't think she has enough wider appeal to a mixed festival crowd. Maybe wrong though! just my opinion.

[shoptildrop]

Just because you don't think she's big enough doesn't mean that she's not.

She's sold more records than Paloma Faith, and people have suggested her. She's sold more (UK) records than Taylor Swift and loads would accept her.

There's no acts that have got the same sort of penetration into public conciousness than Sande in the last few years.

It would be an unusual choice, I agree,, but not impossible.

oh god this is bad!!! we really do need the lineup sharpish if this is what we are resorting too!!

[Fivefingerjohn]

kate bush would be a right capture for a festival like glastonbury.

[captainmuscles]

Maybe Morrissey's recent health scare has stopped him being such a miserable bastard.

Nope, saw him last week, can confirm he's still a miserable bastard.

[eFestivals]

oh god this is bad!!! we really do need the lineup sharpish if this is what we are resorting too!!

calm down, calm down.

It can't be her, cos Emily said it was a name on the William Hill list at the time of the NME awards, and i'm pretty sure it wasn't on that list.

Now, who's actually got a copy of the William Hill list from that time? It might tell us who's headlining.

[Mezhyp1]

There was a fake poster there on that ridiculous glasto chat FB page, I didn't manage to capture a pic of it as it has been removed, had some funky fonts and black stone cherry sub headlining, would have been worth a laugh

[TechGuy83]

its quite obviously not going to be K8 bush. the fact she doesnt like to play to a big crowd is enough to quash any rumours.

[WS_Jack_III]

I think Neil might be an Emeli Sande fan.

[dentalplan]

calm down, calm down.

It can't be her, cos Emily said it was a name on the William Hill list at the time of the NME awards, and i'm pretty sure it wasn't on that list.

Now, who's actually got a copy of the William Hill list from that time? It might tell us who's headlining.

Erm. Best I can do.

http://www.hmv.com/music/ac-dc-and-taylor-swift-now-favourites-to-headline-glastonbury

[phimill]

calm down, calm down.

It can't be her, cos Emily said it was a name on the William Hill list at the time of the NME awards, and i'm pretty sure it wasn't on that list.

Now, who's actually got a copy of the William Hill list from that time? It might tell us who's headlining.

Neil have you been sat on this information all the time without telling us?!

[WS_Jack_III]

calm down, calm down.

It can't be her, cos Emily said it was a name on the William Hill list at the time of the NME awards, and i'm pretty sure it wasn't on that list.

Now, who's actually got a copy of the William Hill list from that time? It might tell us who's headlining.

clues people, detectives of the forum get to work.

[adamg1602]

oh god this is bad!!! we really do need the lineup sharpish if this is what we are resorting too!!

I'm with you.. Totally uninspiring headliner in my opinion. Those of us who are at the festival can choose to watch what we like I suppose. I always find when I'm asked about who is playing they just seem to want to know who is headlining. I can't see having her headline would really appeal to most. Noel Gallagher had it right "music for grannies".

[Slugworth]

its quite obviously not going to be K8 bush. the fact she doesnt like to play to a big crowd is enough to quash any rumours.

FFS

[neil999]

its prince or madonna isnt it...

[Mr November]

Erm. Best I can do.

http://www.hmv.com/music/ac-dc-and-taylor-swift-now-favourites-to-headline-glastonbury

So we're back to Madonna or Prince

[TheWineguy]

FFS Neil where was this info a while ago!? Anyone got the list?