Headliners 2016

[dentalplan]

7 minutes ago, jonday81 said:

As much as I'd LOVE Slayer to play Glastonbury I can't see them coming back to the UK two weeks after Download which they are also rumoured for. More likely for Donington than Pilton. : (

They're not rumoured for Download - that's mostly announced. They're headlining Bloodstock Open Air but not listed as an exclusive, while others are.

Edited February 28, 2016 by dentalplan

[jonday81]

4 minutes ago, dentalplan said:

They're not rumoured for Download - that's mostly announced. They're headlining Bloodstock Open Air but not listed as an exclusive, while others are.

Don't get my hopes up!!!

[jonday81]

They have a gap over Download weekend too tho and playing Ireland shortly after.

[dingbat2]

3 hours ago, Tuna said:

Putting those Adele tickets up for £20k is silly. They won't sell. But if they were up for a couple hundred, they'd profit enormously because people would definitely snap them up.

I find it hard to believe that the "anti-tout" measures Adele's team employed were ever actually going to do much. If they were serious, why don't they do what Glastonbury, or Radiohead did for their last tour, and get your face put on the ticket? When tickets are £80+ anyway, then these costs can surely be covered. I get that it's not appropriate for a gig at Shepherd's Bush Empire, or whatever, but not on the scale of venues (and for the prices) Adele plays. So half-arsed, it's fucking sad.

I agree with what Adele is doing, its a lot less hassle than what Galsto does, but not yet quite as affective. For a first stab at getting rid of touts its a good start (but there are some issues which need to be resolved still)

Basically, all tickets are printed with the purchasers name on them, and you can only enter if you present your tickets with photo ID proving you are the person on the ticket. Tickets can never be transferred into someone elses name

You can resell tickets through a dedicated site (twickets) but only at Face value + booking fees. You cant pay more. Whoever buys your tickets has to present those tickets along with the twickets email confirming the resale when they arrive

There are issues with the system, such as you cant buy tickets for a partner and their friend, and you are a bit stuffed if you font have photo Id (so don't have a driving licence or passport) but the idea as a starter for ten is good

£20k tickets going on sale is nonsense. Its only worthy of comment if some idiot actually buys them for that amount, but no one ever will. I might as well put my tickets up for £1million pounds each

You can still get tickets at face value if you sign up to the twickets alerts, they come up regularly, but you need to be quick to snap them up because they don't hang around for long due to the obvious massive demand. You would still be lucky to be able to snap up any tickets in a resale

Twickets do receive 10% commission on any resale as well by the way

 

 

[cidy]

Thought I read somewhere it was 3 British bands headlining ,so that would rule Adele out ,Radiohead seem obvious choice but to me too similar to muse .

[FloorFiller]

31 minutes ago, dentalplan said:

They're not rumoured for Download - that's mostly announced. They're headlining Bloodstock Open Air but not listed as an exclusive, while others are.

Hahaha fucking hell it'd be funny if they're booked. Maybe then Mr Penguin would give it a rest over 'real' metal at Glastonbury. Would be a good alternative to the Satursay headliners we know thus far 

[DJ Cull]

Just watched Spike Island off the TV from last night. Kinda wish the Roses were playing now

[the wonderwhy]

39 minutes ago, jonday81 said:

They have a gap over Download weekend too tho and playing Ireland shortly after.

Don't think there's really a slot left for them at Download 

[jonday81]

3 minutes ago, MattDavies__ said:

Don't think there's really a slot left for them at Download 

True. Could be a secret set as they have a big gap to fill between those dates between Switzerland and Ireland.

[Henrik]

Slayer!!! 

Good lord, that would be amazing. 

[Frankly Mr Shankly]

Slayer on the park would be an inspired booking.

 

I can think of better metal bands, but either way it would be an unusual booking which can only be a good thing when you have Coldplay & Muse headlining for their 4th & 3rd time respectively on the Pyramid. 

[HoTWire]

Slayer!? I'm in!  Bastard sons begat your c**ting daughters etc. etc.

I was thinking that there is nothing to go with BMTH musically.  Although I guess when Metallica played they didn't have any metal spread through the line up either.

[Inconspicuous]

SLAYERRRRRRR! YES!

It would be an absolutely bonkers booking and even more bonkers on the Park Stage!

If it is true, the 'heaviest' band to ever play Glastonbury?

[Chawk]

May as well be TBC'd now we've had a couple pages of discussion all from 1 post. NAILED ON.

[danwink]

Frank Carter accidentally leaked the Reading line-up with Biffy headlining the Sunday night

[FloorFiller]

Just now, danwink said:

Frank Carter accidentally leaked the Reading line-up with Biffy headlining the Sunday night

Guess we won't know if they're a possibility for Glasto until the official site lists them all and if they're exclusives or not

[Guy Incognito]

6 minutes ago, danwink said:

Frank Carter accidentally leaked the Reading line-up with Biffy headlining the Sunday night

Jesus, that's terrible

Edited February 28, 2016 by rhg_99

[SwedgeAntilles]

Would hope we'll get Foals, Chvrches, Crystal Castles, Maximo Park, Haim and The Vaccines. Nothing else of much interest there.

[HoTWire]

3 minutes ago, rhg_99 said:

Jesus, that's terrible

yeah, not a patch on Muse, Adele and Coldplay. !?

[Guy Incognito]

Just now, HoTWire said:

yeah, not a patch on Muse, Adele and Coldplay. !?

We all know that overall Glastonbury will have a far superior line up than that. Also despite the fact that many on this forum don't like Muse, Adele and Coldplay (myself included) it's still a much stronger set of headliners that Reading and Leeds have got.

[SwedgeAntilles]

And Savages, didn't even notice them initially. 

[FloorFiller]

Haim definitely touring properly then. Would be surprised if they aren't headlining JP one night 

[Bisque]

I'm expecting a fair few number of acts off that leaked R&L poster to be a Glastonbury. Some guess work could easily reveal which will be at both

 

Edited February 28, 2016 by Couchy
can't write

[HoTWire]

4 minutes ago, rhg_99 said:

We all know that overall Glastonbury will have a far superior line up than that. Also despite the fact that many on this forum don't like Muse, Adele and Coldplay (myself included) it's still a much stronger set of headliners that Reading and Leeds have got.

Yeah, but it does have Dillinger Escape Plan which makes it a defacto better line up than Glastonbury.

[Mardy]

Man, that Reading lineup makes me feel proper old. I've never heard of a good 70% of that. They might be good, they're probably shite, but still, how can there be that much music I've no clue about. How did that happen? WHEN did that happen?