2023 legend slot

[NorthernSoul52]

Just now, Neil said:

i take it as the former, if they've not been they might not be aware of the legends slot.

That's kind of how I was interpreting it. A bit of ego - but then, they did do BST Hyde Park the other year.

[Neil]

8 minutes ago, NorthernSoul52 said:

That's kind of how I was interpreting it. A bit of ego - but then, they did do BST Hyde Park the other year.

As headliner, i see them as a headliner or not doing band 

[NorthernSoul52]

18 minutes ago, Neil said:

As headliner, i see them as a headliner or not doing band 

Fair enough!

[Supernintendo Chalmers]

4 hours ago, Hugh Jass II said:

If anything not enough acts call for Fatwa on the main stages.

I feel like the Dalai Lama's chance came and went 

[Alcatraz]

25 minutes ago, Neil said:

As headliner, i see them as a headliner or not doing band 

That's great news, because that means they'll never do it

[Punksnotdead]

3 hours ago, NorthernSoul52 said:

"Holding out for the right slot" sounds like Duran Duran want Pyramid headliner or Legend status, or possibly even just the former.

Wouldn't book them to top the Pyramid with all of the other acts available on-hand, but would have them as a legend. Believe their US run with Chic and Bastille wraps up just the week before, so they'd be tour-drilled, undoubtedly.

1 The Wild Boys
2 Hungry Like the Wolf
3 Notorious
4 A View to a Kill
5 Union of the Snake
6 Come Undone
7 Ordinary World
8 Planet Earth
9 The Reflex
10 White Lines (Don't Don't Do It)
11 Girls on Film
12 Save a Prayer
13 Rio

They've got the songs, but Le Bon ain't got the charisma for the legend slot. Don't believe me? - Just Google their Commonwealth games slot - he makes Jeff Lynne look like the greatest stage performer of all time in comparison!

[NorthernSoul52]

6 hours ago, Punksnotdead said:

They've got the songs, but Le Bon ain't got the charisma for the legend slot. Don't believe me? - Just Google their Commonwealth games slot - he makes Jeff Lynne look like the greatest stage performer of all time in comparison!

Savage to Jeff Lynne, and I enjoyed that slot!

But interesting. It's been a few years since I saw Duran Duran, thought his patter was alright. (His head is somewhere else though.)

[Jakeyboi135]

12 hours ago, NorthernSoul52 said:

"Holding out for the right slot" sounds like Duran Duran want Pyramid headliner or Legend status, or possibly even just the former.

Wouldn't book them to top the Pyramid with all of the other acts available on-hand, but would have them as a legend. Believe their US run with Chic and Bastille wraps up just the week before, so they'd be tour-drilled, undoubtedly.

1 The Wild Boys
2 Hungry Like the Wolf
3 Notorious
4 A View to a Kill
5 Union of the Snake
6 Come Undone
7 Ordinary World
8 Planet Earth
9 The Reflex
10 White Lines (Don't Don't Do It)
11 Girls on Film
12 Save a Prayer
13 Rio

Could rival Kylie for the most hits in the legends slot surely? As much ad they're perfect for the legends, with that potential set list I can see why LeBon would want top spot

[NorthernSoul52]

It's funny, because a decade-and-a-half ago, I'd have pegged Duran Duran as Pyramid headliner material. Now however...

[CaledonianGonzo]

I suspect any dispute - if there is one - is SLB thinking they're headliners whereas for the festival they're firmly in the Legends camp.

[NorthernSoul52]

2 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

I suspect any dispute - if there is one - is SLB thinking they're headliners whereas for the festival they're firmly in the Legends camp.

I'm trying to think of any of Duran Duran's contemporaries in their pomp that would headline the Pyramid these days.

[kalifire]

Can somebody catch me up? Do we have any idea who this could be, beyond the fact that Rod’s dates sort of fit? 

[NorthernSoul52]

4 minutes ago, kalifire said:

Can somebody catch me up? Do we have any idea who this could be, beyond the fact that Rod’s dates sort of fit? 

Duran Duran's dates also fit, though we're speculating it's unlikely to be them as comments in a recent interview appeared to mention "waiting for the right slot".

So we've kind of leaned back into Rod Stewart, we think?

[Punksnotdead]

2 hours ago, NorthernSoul52 said:

Savage to Jeff Lynne, and I enjoyed that slot!

But interesting. It's been a few years since I saw Duran Duran, thought his patter was alright. (His head is somewhere else though.)

I wasn't knocking Jeff - ELO were my favourite legend that's ever played the slot. Just mentioned his lack of stage presence, as he's been slagged off for it on here so many times! 

If people thought ELO were boring because of the lack of banter (I didn't), they'll be falling asleep if/when DD play!

[NorthernSoul52]

1 minute ago, Punksnotdead said:

I wasn't knocking Jeff - ELO were my favourite legend that's ever played the slot. Just mentioned his lack of stage presence, as he's been slagged off for it on here so many times! 

If people thought ELO were boring because of the lack of banter (I didn't), they'll be falling asleep if/when DD play!

Oh, my bad! Do love ELO too!

[John the Moth]

47 minutes ago, NorthernSoul52 said:

I'm trying to think of any of Duran Duran's contemporaries in their pomp that would headline the Pyramid these days.

Depeche Mode

[NorthernSoul52]

2 minutes ago, John the Moth said:

Depeche Mode

Yes, that's probably the big one, isn't it? Unless we count The Cure among those ranks too.

Going back over the headliner pool the past decade-and-a-half, been struck by how many artists who have headlined didn't have their commercial peak during the eighties. Springsteen, arguably, and maybe U2 at a push, but otherwise? Pretty much seventies, nineties, noughties or now. (Some were undoubtedly big draws in the eighties, such as the Rolling Stones, but would argue their commercial power was another decade.)

[clarkete]

1 hour ago, NorthernSoul52 said:

It's funny, because a decade-and-a-half ago, I'd have pegged Duran Duran as Pyramid headliner material. Now however...

Would you? 

Aren't they much more "pop" than the stuff which was headlining until more recently and I think there would have been a fair degree of unhappiness back then if they did it. 

[NorthernSoul52]

18 minutes ago, clarkete said:

Would you? 

Aren't they much more "pop" than the stuff which was headlining until more recently and I think there would have been a fair degree of unhappiness back then if they did it. 

I don't know. I look at the 2008 line-up and would have pegged them on a par with The Verve for cultural cache (albeit, without the reunion tag The Verve were sporting.)

[nikkic]

Have Spandau Ballet ever played Glasto? 

Edited February 18, 2023 by nikkic

[NorthernSoul52]

7 minutes ago, nikkic said:

Have Spandau Ballet ever played Glasto? 

Pretty certain not. Given Tony Hadley isn't with them anymore, not sure they will be booked either.

[clarkete]

1 hour ago, NorthernSoul52 said:

I don't know. I look at the 2008 line-up and would have pegged them on a par with The Verve for cultural cache (albeit, without the reunion tag The Verve were sporting.)

I'm not sure the currency of this cultural cache, but the verve were ever en vogue - Duran were popular indeed in the 80s, but because of that would very much have been frowned upon then. 

Now people can enjoy them ironically 😉

[CaledonianGonzo]

Just now, clarkete said:

I'm not sure the currency of this cultural cache, but the verve were ever en vogue - Duran were popular indeed in the 80s, but because of that would very much have been frowned upon then. 

Now people can enjoy them ironically 😉

I think you're right on the first point, but things are way less tribal now so people are free to enjoy them without any irony.

[NorthernSoul52]

18 minutes ago, clarkete said:

I'm not sure the currency of this cultural cache, but the verve were ever en vogue - Duran were popular indeed in the 80s, but because of that would very much have been frowned upon then. 

Are we saying The Verve were ever or never? I'm confused, sorry!

[Supernintendo Chalmers]

Martin Kemp "Back to the 80s" DJ set for the legend slot