Headliners 2016

[jparx]

1 minute ago, FloorFiller said:

i think Foos were definitely pencilled in originally, as in after they pulled out last year, but that went to pot soon after as they decided to go on hiatus, which is when i believe Muse will've been drafted in

I think you're right, hence the working off of old information.

If Radiohead had made themselves available a few months sooner I believe they would have been announced as Friday night headliners.

Edit: Or maybe they just don't care about playing/headlining anymore.

Edited March 18, 2016 by jparx

[CaledonianGonzo]

There's no doubt that Muse are the villains of this year's pantomime, popping up out of a trapdoor in a puff of smoke and flash of dramatic lighting to spoil everyone's  fun.

 

The c**ts.

[John the Moth]

My missus just sat there grinning, while looking me in the eye saying "oh baby, we can see whoever you want to see"....... I think she's lying 

[___S_o_m_a__]

600 oddpages in and uninvited as per usual but Jesus... Muse, Adele, Coldplay? The three headliners.

Utter pump.

 

[Honeybane]

Protest Adele whilst she is playing. #sitdownforjames

[brettredmayne]

 

 

[buddiepaul]

Not sure there will be 135000 at the pyramid on Saturday night

[jparx]

2 minutes ago, brettredmayne said:

 

 

She'll have a big crowd but there sure as hell won't be 135,000 there.

[FuzzyDunlop]

They can have got it correct, but I'll be dead before I give the Daily Mail credit for anything. The twats.

[buddiepaul]

If we have a CD swap this year, I better not get Adele on mine!!

[jparx]

2 minutes ago, FuzzyDunlop said:

They can have got it correct, but I'll be dead before I give the Daily Mail credit for anything. The twats.

They may have had a really great source, but 'biggest female artist on planet who is also British and was seen at last year's festival is set to headline' is hardly a stab in the dark.

[musky]

14 minutes ago, brettredmayne said:

The scary thing is the daily mail was right 

Well they've got to be right about something. Monkeys with typewriters spring to mind.

[fatyeti24]

5 minutes ago, jparx said:

She'll have a big crowd but there sure as hell won't be 135,000 there.

There was 250,000 for NERD the other year. 

[CJTM]

Dated 24 May 2011 - http://www.nme.com/news/adele/56854
 

"I will not do festivals," she told Q. "The thought of an audience that big frightens the life out of me. I don't think the music would work either. It’s all too slow."

The singer also said that she wasn't keen on playing arenas - despite being booked to play them in the UK later this year. "We had three nights on hold at the O2 [Arena in London]," she said, "and I was like, 'I won’t play a festival. You think I’m gonna play a fucking arena? Are you out of your mind?' I'd rather play 12 years at the Barfly than one night at the 02!"
 

[FuzzyDunlop]

2 minutes ago, musky said:

Well they've got to be right about something. Monkeys with typewriters spring to mind.

It was the best of times, it was the blurst of times.

[jparx]

Just now, CJTM said:

Dated 24 May 2011 - http://www.nme.com/news/adele/56854
 

"I will not do festivals," she told Q. "The thought of an audience that big frightens the life out of me. I don't think the music would work either. It’s all too slow."

The singer also said that she wasn't keen on playing arenas - despite being booked to play them in the UK later this year. "We had three nights on hold at the O2 [Arena in London]," she said, "and I was like, 'I won’t play a festival. You think I’m gonna play a fucking arena? Are you out of your mind?' I'd rather play 12 years at the Barfly than one night at the 02!"
 

So we can all go fuck ourselves for thinking she's boring, yet she admitted herself that her music wouldn't suit a festival. OK!

[ICGenie]

13 minutes ago, John the Moth said:

My missus just sat there grinning, while looking me in the eye saying "oh baby, we can see whoever you want to see"....... I think she's lying 

You CAN see whoever you want to see.  Unless you're fucking chained together.

[FloorFiller]

2 minutes ago, CJTM said:

Dated 24 May 2011 - http://www.nme.com/news/adele/56854
 

"I will not do festivals," she told Q. "The thought of an audience that big frightens the life out of me. I don't think the music would work either. It’s all too slow."

The singer also said that she wasn't keen on playing arenas - despite being booked to play them in the UK later this year. "We had three nights on hold at the O2 [Arena in London]," she said, "and I was like, 'I won’t play a festival. You think I’m gonna play a fucking arena? Are you out of your mind?' I'd rather play 12 years at the Barfly than one night at the 02!"
 

at one of her shows in 2011 she mentioned something about playing arenas the following year, but it never materialised, so maybe at the time she meant it and was shit scared, but being the biggest act in the world that's just something you have to get over i guess

[buddiepaul]

Hopefully all he "bucket list" punters will go there and leave the rest of the site less busy on Saturday.

[st dan]

It's strangely somehow managed to be both the strongest, yet the weakest, set of headliners in a long time. 

[CaledonianGonzo]

Just now, FuzzyDunlop said:

It was the best of times, it was the blurst of times.

[JoBalls]

Right well that's it then. The Headliners 2016 thread has reached its inevitable conclusion.

Time to start a Headliners 2017 thread now?

[Smeble]

7 minutes ago, CJTM said:

Dated 24 May 2011 - http://www.nme.com/news/adele/56854
 

"I will not do festivals," she told Q. "The thought of an audience that big frightens the life out of me. I don't think the music would work either. It’s all too slow."

The singer also said that she wasn't keen on playing arenas - despite being booked to play them in the UK later this year. "We had three nights on hold at the O2 [Arena in London]," she said, "and I was like, 'I won’t play a festival. You think I’m gonna play a fucking arena? Are you out of your mind?' I'd rather play 12 years at the Barfly than one night at the 02!"
 

so presumably when she gave this interview she completely forgot about her Glastonbury appearance in '07?

[thewayiam]

7 minutes ago, st dan said:

It's strangely somehow managed to be both the strongest, yet the weakest, set of headliners in a long time. 

To be honest, the festival have pulled off two Worldwide Festival Exclusives.

[jparx]

1 minute ago, JoBalls said:

Right well that's it then. The Headliners 2016 thread has reached its inevitable conclusion.

Time to start a Headliners 2017 thread now?

It's already going strong!