Acts Touring around Glastonbury 2023

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4 minutes ago, Matt42 said:

The IOW festival of old would surely have snagged this no? A great example of how things have fallen for them.

Billy Idol is cool and I thought he was great when I saw him play IOW but it’s not as if he’s a shit hot act in demand that will make or break the festival.

[Suprefan]

go-gos early on the pyramid? Would be loads of fun

[Avalon_Fields]

47 minutes ago, Gnomicide said:

Billy Idol with The Go-Go's in tow.

Can’t believe he’s big enough for an arena tour somehow

[Matt42]

22 minutes ago, jump said:

Billy Idol is cool and I thought he was great when I saw him play IOW but it’s not as if he’s a shit hot act in demand that will make or break the festival.

I’m not going to admit the mistake I made. Maybe you can work it out….

[Suprefan]

19 minutes ago, Avalon_Fields said:

Can’t believe he’s big enough for an arena tour somehow

theyre banking on people not caring what gigs get announced and them buying up tickets.

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16 minutes ago, Avalon_Fields said:

Can’t believe he’s big enough for an arena tour somehow

He was before my time and I’m in no rush to get tixs to see him again but in fairness he is pretty good live. I’ve seen a few bands that were meant to be the next big and they didn’t come close to having his energy or charisma on stage despite the 40 year age gap.

[incident]

4 hours ago, westholtschic said:

Don’t know if they do day tickets but I would consider going for the Friday to see Chic and Lionel in the same day.

They do.

And assuming the acts play in the order listed on the poster, with Capaldi being on last you can leave by 10 in order to get a ferry back to the mainland in plenty of time.

[parsonjack]

Suspicious UK and Glastonbury sized hole in the middle of Alt-J's European leg of the world tour now......

 

[dentalplan]

6 minutes ago, parsonjack said:

Suspicious UK and Glastonbury sized hole in the middle of Alt-J's European leg of the world tour now......

 

Not the most glaring G-hole I’ve ever seen but I wouldn’t be surprised to see them popping up.

JP headline. Chvrches subbing. Party like it’s 2013. Now do the Harlem Shake.

[Matt42]

2 hours ago, parsonjack said:

Suspicious UK and Glastonbury sized hole in the middle of Alt-J's European leg of the world tour now......

 

Interesting one - as @dentalplan says I really struggle to put them on the lineup. Can’t say I hear much about them nowadays and it’s weird as their music seems strangely fit for the TikTok era.

[Hugh Jass]

10 minutes ago, Matt42 said:

Interesting one - as @dentalplan says I really struggle to put them on the lineup. Can’t say I hear much about them nowadays and it’s weird as their music seems strangely fit for the TikTok era.

Fucking Tik Tok…

[henry bear]

They won't be headlining T'Other again after the sparse crowd last time

[AlexOvd]

20 minutes ago, Matt42 said:

Interesting one - as @dentalplan says I really struggle to put them on the lineup. Can’t say I hear much about them nowadays and it’s weird as their music seems strangely fit for the TikTok era.

"their music seems strangely fit for the TikTok era". WTF. 

Alt-J is a VERY GOOD band with three solid albums and even the new single is a good one. I understand not all people can like them, but I don't understand the lack of recognition they get in this forum... 

[FloorFiller]

Just now, AlexOvd said:

"their music seems strangely fit for the TikTok era". WTF. 

Alt-J is a VERY GOOD band with three solid albums and even the new single is a good one. I understand not all people can like them, but I don't understand the lack of recognition they get in this forum... 

It’s probably because they’re shite.

[kingcrawler]

15 minutes ago, Matt42 said:

Interesting one - as @dentalplan says I really struggle to put them on the lineup. Can’t say I hear much about them nowadays and it’s weird as their music seems strangely fit for the TikTok era.

I’m not sure how well it sold but they did an arena tour in 2015 on the back of their second album but things just seemed to fizzle out with their third. They got some good festival slots, headlining Latitude, Boardmasters, Blue Dot and the Other Stage but other than one date at the O2 their tour was much smaller, moving back to Academy sized venues. I’m not 100% sure of the capacities of other venues but in Glasgow they went from 13000 to 3000 and while The Hydro was obviously too big I’m not sure they even sold out the Armadillo either. 

They got oddly big for a bit but it feels like they’ve just settled back into being another decent sized band without ever troubling the top of a Glastonbury lineup again. JP headliner does seem like the most natural place for them these days. 

[dentalplan]

25 minutes ago, Matt42 said:

Interesting one - as @dentalplan says I really struggle to put them on the lineup.

I feel like you didn’t read my post. 😞 

[AlexOvd]

7 minutes ago, FloorFiller said:

It’s probably because they’re shite.

Nice comment to defend your posture 😂 I guess you can keep listening Disney bands. 

[FloorFiller]

Just now, AlexOvd said:

Nice comment to defend your posture 😂 I guess you can keep listening Disney bands. 

I don’t even know what this means. 

[Matt42]

1 minute ago, FloorFiller said:

I don’t even know what this means. 

You listen to your GIRLS music and I will be listening to my BOYS with guitars!!

[Matt42]

24 minutes ago, Hugh Jass said:

Fucking Tik Tok…

 

12 minutes ago, AlexOvd said:

"their music seems strangely fit for the TikTok era". WTF. 

Alt-J is a VERY GOOD band with three solid albums and even the new single is a good one. I understand not all people can like them, but I don't understand the lack of recognition they get in this forum... 

well seeing as Tik Tok has just given Glass Animals a gigantic boost it wouldn’t be wise to count it out as a major music influence right now. If anything I’d say it’s more influential than radio. 

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3 minutes ago, Matt42 said:

You listen to your GIRLS music and I will be listening to my BOYS with guitars!!

I do find the idea of Alt J being regarded as a type of masculine bro metal band funny.

Alt J were decent enough when I saw them but I'm in no rush to see them again though.

[Hugh Jass]

7 minutes ago, Matt42 said:

You listen to your GIRLS music and I will be listening to my BOYS with guitars!!

Is this about Blur?

[Quark]

Just now, Hugh Jass said:

Is this about Blur?

Good Charlotte

[dentalplan]

39 minutes ago, Matt42 said:

 

well seeing as Tik Tok has just given Glass Animals a gigantic boost it wouldn’t be wise to count it out as a major music influence right now. If anything I’d say it’s more influential than radio. 

Funny you mention them - I think they (along with alt-J) are in contention to headline John Peel. I know they were booked to not headline it last time but they’re emerging as a pretty crucial modern band.

[MaxPower]

Quite like Alt J, would defo see them if they were on afternoon or maybe early evening at a festival. But given they’d probably end up headlining a stage, just too many clashes to make that worth anyone’s while.