Bestival 2015 headline guesses

[LondonTom]

Yeah the Chic crowd was massive really! Far bigger than I expected!

The tent seemed pretty empty by the time I got into the arena for the end of Revered and the Makers? So I don't think people go just because its on

And you can actually hear/see bits of okish from outside the tent, I spent most of Bassment Jax just outside and had a great time rather the massive squash it looked to be inside.

[Guy Incognito]

https://twitter.com/Bestival/status/561233590626025473

Still no date for the first announcement then. Although I don't remember there being one when they announced Oukast last year.

edit: edited due to the brutally unforgiving combination of fat fingers and auto-correct

Edited January 30, 2015 by rhg_99

[Frankly Mr Shankly]

https://twitter.com/Bestival/status/561233590626025473

Still no doubt for the first announcement then. Although I don't remember there being one when they announced Oukast last year.

I read that as 'No Doubt for the first announcement' & clicked on the link expecting them to have been announced.

[Guy Incognito]

I read that as 'No Doubt for the first announcement' & clicked on the link expecting them to have been announced.

sorry about that

[dentalplan]

GORILLAZ.

I said Gorillaz first.

[smogo]

They're going to want to get tickets on sale asap so rereckonwe're looking at early next week.

I don't remember them ever stopping ticket sales after the early birds had sold out before, so either they've got a huge headliner lined up, or they've never sold all the early birds before. (Or I'm remembering wrong.)

[Matt42]

Hope it's good! Going this year for the first time so I have high expectations after years of people telling me how good it is!

[Matt42]

GORILLAZ.

I said Gorillaz first.

Just checked twitter and I finally understand your post!

If that happened i'd be over the moon regardless of whatever forum user on here says! It would be incredible!

[Bisque]

Hope it's good!

It is. Its loud. Its a nice smallish lovely site. The weather is usually nice. Good mix of acts. Just don't be one of the few dicks that go.

[Frankly Mr Shankly]

GORILLAZ.

I said Gorillaz first.

Yes please, Gorillaz would be brilliant.

[Bisque]

Friendly Fires to sub any headliner please.

[Frankly Mr Shankly]

Duran Duran seem to be playing festivals this summer. Not sure if they'd sub or headline at Bestival but I could see RDB booking them.

[Matt42]

Potentially if they've got an album to announce Bestival looks likely, but I wouldn't put any money on it, don't even know if they are doing shows.

[Tuna]

Methinks Maccabees will be subbing.

[DomDom1984]

Duran Duran at Bestival would raise chances of a Festival No. 6 slot, which would please the crap out of me.

[FloorFiller]

mehh i'd find it hard to get excited over Gorillaz after seeing their Glastonbury performance, but i think they could definitely be a contender

[smogo]

Well today's bad news is that Mumford & Sons are back together. The good news is that Reading & Leeds have nabbed them, so Bestival is safe.

[Matt42]

I think the Chemical Brothers look like likely headliners

[dentalplan]

They don't tend to repeat headliners though.

[Matt42]

They don't tend to repeat headliners though.

Chic?

[eFestivals]

Chic?

they didn't headline the first time they played.

In fact, it seems like almost no-one knew who they were. It was very obvious that plenty of peeps in the crowd didn't know any of the songs.

[Matt - Ed Banger Records]

Chic are basically the Bestival house band - they did get a pretty sizeable crowd in 2013, I ducked out of watching them after 10 minutes when I realised that every part of the performance was exactly the same as the previous time I saw them, the same thing happened again at WHP in the same year.

[eFestivals]

Chic are basically the Bestival house band - they did get a pretty sizeable crowd in 2013

they got perhaps a thousand people the first time they played.

[dentalplan]

Yeah they got lucky with that popularity boost.

[The60ftOctopus]

If I had to put money on it i'd say Aphex Twin.

Other guesses would be Bjork and Mark Ronson.