Headliners 2016

[Woffy]

I want a bonnet with beer in @eastynh !

I'd look very pretty while getting pissed at the festival.

:-)

[eastynh]

1 minute ago, Woffy said:

I want a bonnet with beer in @eastynh !

I'd look very pretty while getting pissed at the festival.

:-)

LOL auto correct on my phone. I should not have changed it as Beer in a bonnet is far more preferable :-)

 

[jpcl09]

It's a shame that Adele probably won't take a sub-slot. It would be good to watch her on the hill at sunset, relax with some drinks and have a sing-song, and then have something a bit more lively and explosive when night hits. 

[addicted2noise]

One word

RadioheAdele

[stuartbert two hats]

7 minutes ago, addicted2noise said:

One word

RadioheAdele

Adelehead, surely?

[stardustjunkie]

So many people clutch at straws when it comes to headline rumours but I have to admit these ones are the best I've read 

Lets face it, Adele is one of the biggest acts that any festival would want headlining right now. Suggesting she should sub is madness - whether you like her or not there is absolutely no denying her status at the moment.

[Amy Lawn]

It's like the desperate scramble before Mumford & Sons, nobody wanted to accept they were headlining.

[T-Mouse]

3 minutes ago, GETOFFAMYLAWN said:

It's like the desperate scramble before Mumford & Sons, nobody wanted to accept they were headlining.

At least that year we had the Stones

[Mash011]

1 minute ago, T-Mouse said:

At least that year we had the Stones

Cheer up, we all get to sing along to this tune on the Pyramid

 

[Amy Lawn]

2 minutes ago, T-Mouse said:

At least that year we had the Stones

And this year we have LCD Soundsystem

[DJ Cull]

2 minutes ago, GETOFFAMYLAWN said:

And this year we have LCD Soundsystem

I hope so I hope so I hope so

[jparx]

I'm a big New Order fan so if Adele headlines I really won't lose any sleep over it.

It's just a case of trying to figure out how Radiohead and Adele both fit into the equation since it seems that both are likely to be there. It seems unlikely (although still possible) that Radiohead will play a secret set again so if they play you'd think they'd be announced before hand. That's why I think they could play before Adele but with a longer set than usual for a sub, or its a co-headline deal.

Tbh I'd rather see them headline the Other stage but I can't see that happening at all.

[Alan_C]

1 hour ago, eastynh said:

 

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[ghostdancer1]

weird reading people saying that now Muse have been announced, Radiohead won't headline.

we've known for ages that Muse are almost certainly playing, and despite a daft notion of them subbing, anyone with sense knew they'd be headlining if they were there.

Radiohead headlining was seemingly based on the idea of Adele not headlining, and more likely, her just deciding not to do it at all.

nothing much has changed in that regard.

[Acid_Haze]

I think it's more that hope for Radiohead dwindles with every big annoucement that they aren't anything to do with

[Frankly Mr Shankly]

1 hour ago, jparx said:

 

It's just a case of trying to figure out how Radiohead and Adele both fit into the equation 

The simple & logical explanation is that they don't. It will be one or the other, not both. 

[thewayiam]

18 minutes ago, ghostdancer1 said:

weird reading people saying that now Muse have been announced, Radiohead won't headline.

we've known for ages that Muse are almost certainly playing, and despite a daft notion of them subbing, anyone with sense knew they'd be headlining if they were there.

Radiohead headlining was seemingly based on the idea of Adele not headlining, and more likely, her just deciding not to do it at all.

nothing much has changed in that regard.

It has, then three heading is very unlikely, it doesn't give a lot of variation on the lineup at all.

7 minutes ago, Acid_Haze said:

I think it's more that hope for Radiohead dwindles with every big annoucement that they aren't anything to do with

They weren't necessarily anything to do with the headliners anyway, that isn't the specific information. Provided its Adele then the three they went for came through, I'd hazard a guess that Radiohead wouldn't accept a lower spot, especially on a stage they have kept away from when performing since.

[Vacant0]

4 hours ago, Deaf Nobby Burton said:

Never going to be Radiohead now, Adele is nailed on. 

I don't think it could possibly be 

Muse, Radiohead, Coldplay. 

Its (now) the Glastonbury way to have at least one curveball headliner or somebody a bit controversial, it keeps them in the headlines and keeps the interest up, it's also about breaking down perceptions and supposed barriers. Muse, Radiohead and Coldplay are white male rock bands, Glastonbury will have gone full circle and become a parody of itself.

I've been thinking the same. Three white male rock bands, and all big on the falsetto vocals. Whilst, they don't actually sound that similar to each other at all really, they have all been accused of that in the past - or rather Coldplay and Muse have been accused of sounding like Radiohead. So ye, it would seem strange for a festival that likes to mix it up so much - especially as all three of them have headlined multiple times previously.

But I'd be surprised if Radiohead played another secret set again - so all in all, I'm just confused.

Edited February 27, 2016 by Vacant0

[Frankly Mr Shankly]

Radiohead openly chose to avoid doing UK festivals in 2012 despite a pretty extensive tour of European & Worldwide festival dates in favour of playing some arena shows. It seems they prefer to do festivals in countries where arena shows are less lucrative (apart from the USA, but most US festivals seem to have crazy budgets anyway.) 

[wilem]

Muse and Coldplay seem so safe and dull that the final headliner seems to be to have to be even more outrageous than we could ever imagine... I feel like that's the only explanation for the current snoozefest.

[jparx]

2 hours ago, Frankly Mr Shankly said:

The simple & logical explanation is that they don't. It will be one or the other, not both. 

Well the info Neil has suggests both. And Neil said all along that his Radiohead info didn't specifically state they were headlining, so there's definitely a chance both will appear. It's entirely possible the Radiohead info will turn out to be inaccurate, but until we know that for sure it's completely fair and valid to try and speculate how both of the acts could fit on the bill.

[Justiceforcedave]

Your headliners this year: Radiohead, knock off Radiohead with riffs and knock off Radiohead who sold out and knobbed Gwyneth Paltrow.

[denwyn]

Radiohead would be good, far better than the VERY DULL Coldplay and Muse, not much of a choice really, been there , seen it all before, so boring. Adel.....I bloody hope not, yes shes popular, but so morbid, bit of a female Morrissey...Yawn Zzzzzzzzzzz

[DJ Cull]

13 minutes ago, Justiceforcedave said:

Your headliners this year: Radiohead, knock off Radiohead with riffs and knock off Radiohead who sold out and knobbed Gwyneth Paltrow.

I'm not sure they all knobbed Paltrow

[Amy Lawn]

Just now, denwyn said:

a female Morrissey

What?

What?

WHAT?