Other Stage Headliners 2015

[Frankly Mr Shankly]

Guessing Wayne didn't bring out the hamster ball then...

Funnily enough no. He stayed on stage hugging his creepy baby doll & riding his fiber optic octopus tentacles.

[CaledonianGonzo]

I can't see the Flaming Lips headlining the Other Stage again, they seem to have had a pretty big decline in popularity over the past couple of years.

At Bestival 2013 their crowd was pretty much none existent, you could walk straight through to the front barrier.

Where were you last month when I was arguing with people saying they were more popular now than ever...!!!???!!?

[theDandy]

B&S seem like a Park Headliner in waiting.

Agreed

[fightoffyour]

This is the LC! thread isn't it? Anyone see them in Manchester last night? Top as always, would love to see them at Glasto.

[not worthy]

Ben Howard - headliner or sunset slot?

[coma girl]

Libs just signed a new record deal, presumably they'll be touring as well off the back of it but I'm not sure if they'd be ready in time to do festivals this summer?

[Winslow Leach]

This is the LC! thread isn't it? Anyone see them in Manchester last night? Top as always, would love to see them at Glasto.

I'm seeing them on Saturday. What was the setlist like?

[Muppetmark]

If this faithless reunion happened would they headline other?

[DomDom1984]

Subbing main would be a good slot for them I think, like they've done before.

[fatyeti24]

If this faithless reunion happened would they headline other?

They're reuniting? that didn't take long

[Purple aki squat]

I can't see the Flaming Lips headlining the Other Stage again, they seem to have had a pretty big decline in popularity over the past couple of years.

At Bestival 2013 their crowd was pretty much none existent, you could walk straight through to the front barrier.

I would love them to open the festival on the other stage, they would be perfect for that spot.

Then headline JP Friday night.

[Amy Lawn]

This is the LC! thread isn't it? Anyone see them in Manchester last night? Top as always, would love to see them at Glasto.

The Los Campesinos! thread?

Aye, fantastic last night, wurnt they? Par for the course. Apparently Gareth isn't a big fan of the festival, but as it's on a weekend, outside of the football season, and not too long a drive from Cardiff, I reckon one year they could all hop in the van and treat us all to a sweaty fistful of indie pop.

[mb'satglasto]

Nero are due new material soon. They could be a surprise headliner of the other? They're as big in this country as some of the other stage dance acts over the last couple of years (C&S, Skrillex) Always pack out the tents and i would imagine they'd draw a good crowd. They are bloody good live as well. Pleasantly surprised by them at Bestival 12.

Edited December 7, 2014 by mb'satglasto

[FloorFiller]

Nero are due new material soon. They could be a surprise headliner of the other? They're as big in this country as some of the other stage dance acts over the last couple of years (C&S, Skrillex) Always pack out the tents and i would imagine they'd draw a good crowd. They are bloody good live as well. Pleasantly surprised by them at Bestival 12.

nowhere near big enough to headline Other

[Bisque]

Nero are nowhere near as big enough as Skrillex or Chase & Status. They do a "live" set but it lacks compered to others

[willutalk]

Nero are due new material soon. They could be a surprise headliner of the other? They're as big in this country as some of the other stage dance acts over the last couple of years (C&S, Skrillex) Always pack out the tents and i would imagine they'd draw a good crowd. They are bloody good live as well. Pleasantly surprised by them at Bestival 12.

Fucking incredible act. Love their material. A highly respected dance production duo for me.

They need to be in the dark. Couldn't see them doing the Other Headline as they aren't big enough to be blunt. I think that Sonic Headline is about the closest thing we'd get to a live/dark kinda show. But I don't get overly fussed when I hear that a band is playing Sonic.

Edited December 7, 2014 by willutalk

[Rose-Colored Boy]

Mark Ronson, new material out next year, maybe DJ slot or maybe with a full band

I've just given that new track a listen, and I'd defo go and see him if he had a full band.

Another new tune:

Great sound. Has to play.

[DomDom1984]

Wasn't a fan of his last album, but I REALLY like that.

[WS_Jack_III]

Everybody is raving about that track with Bruno Mars?

One of my friends who i never thought would like something by those two artists wouldn't shut up about it in the pizza shop on Saturday night.

[Rose-Colored Boy]

Yeah it's been in the news today, they sold out and brought the release date forward a month after some contestant on x factor somehow wangled permission to perform the track before it was even released.

[michael eavis' beard]

I've never understood why Mark Ronson gets so much praise as a solo artist?!

Don't get me wrong, he's a good producer but the vast vast majority of the tracks on his albums are written by a team of people, not just him. There are even a couple of tracks that aren't written by him at all. And the tracks are almost always performed by somebody else.

In fact, the album that made him a household name was a covers album where each song was covered by someone other than Ronson - and he somehow won a BRIT for best solo male!? Yeah he can write a nice arrangement and produce a good record but that doesn't make him a solo artist in my eyes.

[DomDom1984]

Couldn't really give a fuck. I like his songs. That's it. I like Girls Aloud too. They don't write their own shit either.

[CHRLY]

Some of The arrangements on version are pretty fucking cool though, I think.

[michael eavis' beard]

Couldn't really give a fuck. I like his songs. That's it. I like Girls Aloud too. They don't write their own shit either.

No, but they do sing it.

Some of The arrangements on version are pretty fucking cool though, I think.

I'm not disputing that, it's a well produced record. But the likes of George Martin, Rick Rubin, Quincy Jones, Butch Vig etc have produced some of the best albums ever released and, while they rightly receive the praise they deserve, the records aren't released under their names as solo artists.

[CaledonianGonzo]

Untrue in the case of Quincy Jones.