The best artist(s) to never have played Glastonbury?

[Amy Lawn]

Kanye West!

Don't think The Twilight Sad have ever done it. Anybody know if Robyn has performed before?

[ian the worm]

Good point, cross him off my list!

But technically, his band didn't play, so I'd uncross him if I were you.

[FloorFiller]

Kanye West!

Don't think The Twilight Sad have ever done it. Anybody know if Robyn has performed before?

Robyn played in 2011

[mattgimmeshelter]

kanye west

prince

black sabbath

pearl jam

kate bush

I like to pick ones that are alive.

[dentalplan]

Did MJ get rumoured much back in the day?

Edit: Rumoured about playing Glastonbury, jokers.

Edited September 7, 2014 by dentalplan

[CHRLY]

I've only been going for a few years so I wouldn't know but was there any talk of him playing around the time he was scheduled to play the O2 for all those dates?

Edited September 7, 2014 by CHRLY

[Swine_Glasto2014]

Take that

[Field Commander Jefferson]

George Harrison.

Definitely, wow.

+ more votes for

grateful dead

hendrix

[dingbat2]

Frank Sinatra

Legends slot!

[Supernintendo Chalmers]

I can't recall Faith No More ever playing. New album and a few shows already announced for 2015. Decent shout as an alternative Other Stage headliner

[bocumaroy]

Did Talking Heads ever play? Them, if not.

[CHRLY]

Miles Davis, Jeff Buckely

Still alive: Tool, Tom Waits

[FloorFiller]

Miles Davis, Jeff Buckely

Still alive: Tool, Tom Waits

Jeff Buckley played

[dentalplan]

Tool played.

[CHRLY]

Ohh shit yeh, moving on

[festiking]

INXS

[Frankly Mr Shankly]

Off the top of my head I'll go with:

Talking Heads

Marvin Gaye

Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band

Prince

The Velvet Underground

Kate Bush

The Notorious B.I.G

Madonna (I don't give a shit what people say, with a greatest hits set she could own a headline slot.)

[ian the worm]

Madonna (I don't give a shit what people say, with a greatest hits set she could own a headline slot.)

I danced like a loony and set my bike lights to "strobe" when she headlined the Live Earth gig at Wembly.

[dentalplan]

I think Velvets played and were apparently awful.

[bocumaroy]

Madonna is fantastic though.

[Spindles]

anyone with a load of hits could.... it seems to be what people want. Doesn't matter whether they're any good or not these days, just a load of songs (good or shit) that punters can sing along to

It is what people want, for sure.

To be fair I've ended up at gigs by bands I never liked at glastonbury and had a great time with the sing-a-long fun time atmosphere, so I can see the appeal.

Madonna, Prince, George Michael, Elton John...all artists I think would go down a bomb who haven't played before. That's not without mentioning Pearl Jam, who surely have to get booked soon.

[CaledonianGonzo]

Plus "good" / "bad" are always going to be subjective. Madonna has as good a run of pop singles as more or less anyone, ever. The Immaculate Collection is one of the best greatest hits albums ever compiled and there's enough decent stuff from more recent years (Ray of Light sort of era) to round out the set so it's not just an eighties-fest.

[russycarps]

madonna is grim. A few catchy pop tunes in the 80s and that's it. Did she even write them?

About as much depth to her music as a puddle.

The best greatest hits album ever? come off it...

[Mardy]

Didn't Nile Rogers write them all?

Anyway, one can not like her music, but there's no doubting there's a fucking huge bag of hits there and she'd go down a storm.

Incidentally Russy, you're back to your usual grumpy self after I thought I detected a slight mellowing over the summer months, but I owe you a vote of thanks re The Flaming Lips.

[CaledonianGonzo]

madonna is grim. A few catchy pop tunes in the 80s and that's it. Did she even write them?

About as much depth to her music as a puddle.

The best greatest hits album ever? come off it...

I said 'one of the best' and I stand by it.

I find the idea that all music must have 'depth' very offputting. I'll take excitement over profundity most days of the week.