LAWKS! It's the next announcement thread

[OllieMadd]

37 minutes ago, Drinky said:

I feel like the context of having no headliners AND no poster is important though @Gnomicide - in 2015 the Kanye and Arcade Fire news was out before the balance deadline I’m sure

Kanye and Arcade Fire were different years. AF 2014, Kanye 2015.

[JonnyG]

3 hours ago, Simsy said:

They've held off on any announcements because when the poster drops the first letter of each act will spell out the names for the secret sets.

Based on previous years' posters, ABC seem a shoo-in.

[Ayrshire Chris]

We havnt even had a basil brush kids field announcement 

[Crazyfool01]

14 minutes ago, Ayrshire Chris said:

We havnt even had a basil brush kids field announcement 

even that has been swept under the carpet 

[Gnomicide]

14 minutes ago, Ayrshire Chris said:

We havnt even had a basil brush kids field announcement 

He's a Boomboomtown exclusive. 

[Avalon_Fields]

Another theory: Maybe the delay is due to them doing a Leeds/Reading and announcing 6 co-headliners (Pyramid & Other) in one go. Partly designed to showcase an equal gender balance.  

[gigpusher]

46 minutes ago, Avalon_Fields said:

Another theory: Maybe the delay is due to them doing a Leeds/Reading and announcing 6 co-headliners (Pyramid & Other) in one go. Partly designed to showcase an equal gender balance.  

Possibly they might be doing something like that but with the way ticket prices are going I can honestly imagine booking the festival this year has probably been a very difficult task. In a few years time Emily will be saying 2024 - that was a tough one. 

[clarkete]

40 minutes ago, gigpusher said:

Emily will be saying 2024 - that was a tough one. 

"At the time we thought 2024 was a tough one..." 

[Avalon_Fields]

It makes sense, it explains Kings of Leon, one of the 6 headliners (Up against Dua Lipa Saturday night). Perhaps Shania Twain is another (Legend slot goes to Chaka Khan). Just leaves one other female. 
 

Edited February 27 by Avalon_Fields

[briddj]

4 hours ago, gigpusher said:

Have we ever been utterly shocked by a headliner announcement before either? I can't ever recall a genuinely out of leftfield headliner that hadn't even been discussed.

The Who. 

Because they literally couldn't do it. 

Though I think it became apparent just before it was announced. 

[Superscally]

4 hours ago, Gnomicide said:

Balance Deadline Day v 1st Poster

Is it just me? Or is that last one a bit...wrong? 😄 07/04 perhaps?

[Gnomicide]

FFS.

[Ayrshire Chris]

6 hours ago, Gnomicide said:

He's a Boomboomtown exclusive. 

Cap doffed, that’s good!

[gherkin8r]

Have it on good authority that the announcement has been delayed to go alongside Jeremy Hunt's budget statement next week when a new partnership between Glasto and the Tory party will be announced. 

Edited February 28 by gherkin8r

[Neil]

On 2/26/2024 at 10:28 PM, Gnomicide said:

It would make sense that the other festivals want to avoid the same day as Glastonbury but would Glastonbury tell them when they were publishing? If I'm Joe Big Tent from Beat Herder, will Glastonbury tell me what date they're going with, given how everything seems to be shrouded in mystery? I don't know, perhaps they would, connections and all that.

On the other hand, would the lead booker of one of the biggest stages put online a Spotify playlist revealing who's on? 

They won't share the info even the guardian doesn't get a lot of notice. People Who need to know get told.

[1986]

26 minutes ago, gherkin8r said:

Have it on good authority that the announcement has been delayed to go alongside Jeremy Hunt's budget statement next week when a new partnership between Glasto and the Tory party will be announced. 

Not that keen to get Spice Girls are they? 

[gherkin8r]

13 minutes ago, 1986 said:

Not that keen to get Spice Girls are they? 

Male only lineup this year I'm afraid. Full details to be announced on international men's day.

[Havors]

16 hours ago, CharlotteB said:

They could announce it on International Women's Day but not make it expressly about International Women's Day (i.e. let other people make that connection if they'd like to)

That seems quite plausible to me. Friday 8th March.... I hope not though because I dont want to wait another week haha

[kalifire]

At least we’re pretty much all agreed it’s the poster as first announcement now, then?

Emily already said she’d like a big announcement in the New Year. In the absence of that, it’s either chaos as they try and find at least one replacement headliner, or they can’t announce yet because act(s) have contractural obligations to other event(s) when it comes to announcements.

[1986]

Still can't quite fathom why BST don't just announce Stevie already. For their own sake as well as ours.

[incident]

23 minutes ago, gherkin8r said:

Male only lineup this year I'm afraid. Full details to be announced on international men's day.

No lineup until November?

I'm good with that.

[CaledonianGonzo]

BST must stagger their announcements for maximum press and to space out the damage on the walllmets of folk who go to a few.

[incident]

1 minute ago, 1986 said:

Still can't quite fathom why BST don't just announce Stevie already. For their own sake as well as ours.

Have to assume that they would, but there's some obstacle that's not (currently, at least) visible to us.

For example if he's waiting to announce a wider tour, or album, or whatever. If he's gearing up to play live, there's a good chance he'd be doing more than just Glastonbury and BST.

[K2SO]

3 minutes ago, incident said:

Have to assume that they would, but there's some obstacle that's not (currently, at least) visible to us.

For example if he's waiting to announce a wider tour, or album, or whatever. If he's gearing up to play live, there's a good chance he'd be doing more than just Glastonbury and BST.

I remember reading before that The Rolling Stones aren't allowed to announce shows more than a certain amount of days beforehand for insurance purposes. Possible the same applies for Stevie?

[gherkin8r]

3 minutes ago, incident said:

No lineup until November?

I'm good with that.

Hunt will be rearranging the calendar to swap November and May around to facilitate. He believes that when they call the general election for the penultimate month of the year it will also mean that it will be held in a brighter, warmer, drier month and thus people will forget to hate him and the rest of the Tories.