2020 headliners

[maelzoid]

2 minutes ago, Mr.Tease said:

Was Paul Simon in the legends slot? I can't remember but if he was, he's the poster boy for not getting it! Such a disappointment, even garfunkel was better in the acoustic tent a few years later

Yes he was. He had a cold.

[mufcok]

The Kinks would be glorious. I'd bet legends slot rather than headliners at this point but who knows

[Hugh Jass]

2 minutes ago, maelzoid said:

Yes he was. He had a cold.

He had a cold and I had a sleep while he was on.

[Mr.Tease]

1 minute ago, maelzoid said:

Yes he was. He had a cold.

Wasn't so much his voice as the setlist - I think in the BBC interview afterwards he said he realised after playing 'call me Al' when the audience woke up that he maybe should have played some more songs like that

[Matt42]

5 minutes ago, maelzoid said:

Britney would mime the shit out of that set

Just like dolly did!

[Mr.Tease]

5 minutes ago, mufcok said:

The Kinks would be glorious. I'd bet legends slot rather than headliners at this point but who knows

Didn't they play that slot a few years ago? Maybe 2010 or something? I seem to have a memory of it... 

[Rose-Colored Boy]

10 minutes ago, maelzoid said:

Britney would mime the shit out of that set

and it would be glorious

[mufcok]

Just now, Mr.Tease said:

Didn't they play that slot a few years ago? Maybe 2010 or something? I seem to have a memory of it... 

Ray Davies did it in 2010

[Mr.Tease]

2 minutes ago, mufcok said:

Ray Davies did it in 2010

Ah, thanks - glad I didn't imagine it! I loved the 2010 lineup

[Matt42]

Another to the litmus test.

would they pass the Wendy test?

apparently the Killers do

[Doug85]

I seem to be in the minority but I really enjoyed ELO in 16. Wasn't as much fun as Kylie this year though mind. Missed Gibb in 17. 

[Doug85]

See Robbie Williams has been sniffing around for a Glastonbury call as well 

[Hugh Jass]

5 minutes ago, Doug85 said:

See Robbie Williams has been sniffing around for a Glastonbury call as well 

I'd see him.

Come at me.

[Doug85]

10 minutes ago, Hugh Jass said:

I'd see him.

Come at me.

[Hugh Jass]

8 minutes ago, Doug85 said:

I said I'd see him, not shake his hand...

[FloorFiller]

I would be unashamedly all over a Robbie set. Guaranteed hour full of bangers, and a chance to hear Kids on the Pyramid again (hopefully this time with the full duo). Not headlining obviously, but maybe post-legend on the Sunday? Get him booked.

[Doug85]

4 minutes ago, Hugh Jass said:

I said I'd see him, not shake his hand...

@Woffy must be going mental about now. Sure he has more of a hatred for Mr Williams than most. 

He always sounds dreadful to me. Not even sure he has that many decent songs barring Angels and possibly Let me Entertain you.

Plus he's a Tory 

[Hugh Jass]

2 minutes ago, FloorFiller said:

I would be unashamedly all over a Robbie set. Guaranteed hour full of bangers, and a chance to hear Kids on the Pyramid again (hopefully this time with the full duo). Not headlining obviously, but maybe post-legend on the Sunday? Get him booked.

The guy sold out Hyde Park, if he's booked he's headlining.

I have long held a soft spot for his I've Been Expecting You album.

[Livvy13]

His ego wouldn't accept anything less than headlining (apart from possibly the legends slot but let's face it that's basically an additional headliner)

[Quark]

Nope to Robbie for me.  Aside from the fact I find his persona insufferably smug (and pretty much everything post-2001 utter dross), from all the live footage I've ever seen from him he's absolutely one of the worst for sitting back and just letting the crowd sing his bastard songs.

We've had the backing track vs singing discussion elsewhere, but strutting the stage with a mic pointed at the crowd while they sing all the difficult bits is up there with full-on miming for me.

EDIT: clearly they can book him if they want. I'm not going to rip my ticket up or bitch at Emily on the socials.  I'll just be in a very different field watching something else

Edited July 17, 2019 by Quark

[Slugy]

Took my mum to see Robbie thinking i'd half enjoy it but it was one of the better gigs I've been to of late, the bottle of gin and multiple bottles of wine may of helped but still, he is a great showmen and he has the banger's to back it up.

[priest17]

I dunno how snobby this makes me but the idea of actually looking at a Glastonbury line-up poster with Robbie Williams at the top makes me cringe more than most. I don't really have anything against the guy but its not one of the line-ups I'd pull up years later to show off about.

 

Should get him subbing Nick Cave so at the front its a bunch of bored goth tourists.

[djdavejohnson]

Legends slot, yeah why not, but not at the top of the bill. I've just moved to not that far outside of Stoke so keep that on the downlow.

[Matt42]

I actually think Robbie could potentially match Kylie in the legends slot. Imagine an evening with Robbie in the legends slot and Elton closing? Pyramid would be like sardines all day. 

Hasn’t he already played the festival? 

I’d also be down for it.

[fatyeti24]

Robbie played in 1998.  We who fail to learn the lessons of the past are doomed to repeat them.