LAWKS! It's the next announcement thread

[Leyrulion]

Just now, Crazyfool01 said:

the guardian announcing the wrong things ? 

Oh did they? I haven't seen that, what did they get wrong?

[Neil]

5 minutes ago, Leyrulion said:

Just thinking, the fact that this was announced in the guardian also indicates that they definitely have a decent pr operation in place. 

they have a new-ish head of press, i've still never seen a glastonbury press release, but have for every other festival.

[Crazyfool01]

Just now, Leyrulion said:

Oh did they? I haven't seen that, what did they get wrong?

qotsa listed in guardian then removed 

[stuie]

[dreams_burn_down]

Earlier than expected! I wonder if this is a one-off, or whether we'll get more over the next few weeks?

[Crazyfool01]

Just now, dreams_burn_down said:

Earlier than expected! I wonder if this is a one-off, or whether we'll get more over the next few weeks?

im going with the one off punt 

[stuie]

11 minutes ago, dreams_burn_down said:

Earlier than expected! I wonder if this is a one-off, or whether we'll get more over the next few weeks?

 

10 minutes ago, Crazyfool01 said:

im going with the one off punt 

Next one same time next week I reckon. 

PARK.

[Leyrulion]

11 minutes ago, dreams_burn_down said:

Earlier than expected! I wonder if this is a one-off, or whether we'll get more over the next few weeks?

My gut says we'll get the other areas each week now. 

 

[Crazyfool01]

how many weeks until the fest ? how many area announcements do we get ? 

[stuie]

1 minute ago, Crazyfool01 said:

how many weeks until the fest ? how many area announcements do we get ? 

14.1

Not that many! 

[goonerben]

6 minutes ago, stuie said:

14.1

Not that many! 

There are probably 14 specific announcements that they could do if they wanted though.  Last year - Silver Hayes, Avalon, Arcadia, Theatre & Circus, The Park, West Holts, Leftfield, Shangri-La, The Glade, Acoustic, Kidz Field, John Peel - all announced before the full lineup and timings (which is likely only 10 weeks away).  So they could easily squeeze in one a week between now and the end of May.

[Leyrulion]

1 minute ago, goonerben said:

There are probably 14 specific announcements that they could do if they wanted though.  Last year - Silver Hayes, Avalon, Arcadia, Theatre & Circus, The Park, West Holts, Leftfield, Shangri-La, The Glade, Acoustic, Kidz Field, John Peel - all announced before the full lineup and timings (which is likely only 10 weeks away).  So they could easily squeeze in one a week between now and the end of May.

Add to that the common, block 9, Pilton Palais/Cinerarmageddon and the map. 

As well as balance payment and resale.

[Gnomicide]

Since they went onto the posters, this is the earliest by 4 weeks (Kidzfield 12/04/11). 

There was a Silver Hayes announcement in Feb 13 when they re-branded the Dance Village but that was just 9 names and no poster. There's been a few announcements on 7th April - Avalon & Jazzworld in 2000 (limited number of acts) and West Holts in 2010 (all acts but no poster).  

[nikkic]

#thereisnopattern 

[Avalon_Fields]

56 minutes ago, nikkic said:

#thereisnopattern 

#nothingistrulyrandom

[DareToDibble]

Really hoping those 3 headliners are just listed alphabetically and not by day. Would be a shame to miss Rudimental if they clash with Elton.

[ProperTea]

Am I the only person who looks forward to the new map more than area posters? 🤣

[Memory Man]

30 minutes ago, DareToDibble said:

Really hoping those 3 headliners are just listed alphabetically and not by day. Would be a shame to miss Rudimental if they clash with Elton.

Rudimental has a very “nobody wants to go up against elton” vibe to it which, to be fair, is accurate.

if you saw the size of the crowd for roisin last year up against macca….

Sunday headliner on any stage will be the slot nobody wants

Edited March 14, 2023 by Memory Man

[FloorFiller]

1 minute ago, Memory Man said:

Rudimental has a very “nobody wants to go up against elton” vibe to it which, to be fair, is accurate.

if you saw the size of the crowd for roisin last year up against macca….

Sunday headliner on any stage will be the slot nobody wants

Yeah exactly how I see it. You can headline this stage, but with the caveat that your crowd is probably gonna be minuscule. 

[CaledonianGonzo]

But I thought they always booked much bigger than average acts up against the megastars so as to split the crowd?

[Gnomicide]

Now we're up and running with the individual area announcements, what can we expect?

In 2022, between the 1st poster on 4th March and the full line-up released on 30th May, 17 areas got an announcement from the official Glastonbury accounts/website.

They started on 12th April with Avalon, there was then nothing further until 22nd April, then it got busy...

A new area announcement appeared on average every 2.33 days. Friday was the most common day with 5 areas published, none came out at weekends. 

Mon: 2

Tue: 4

Wed: 4

Thu: 2

Fri: 5

In addition to the 17 areas confirmed by the festival, a further 8 smaller areas made their own announcements. After the full line-up was revealed, 9 stages that were included in it were given their own poster.

[Memory Man]

46 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

But I thought they always booked much bigger than average acts up against the megastars so as to split the crowd?

Not if their agents flat out refuse to take the slot. See also: rolling stones, macca and ultimately elton this year

[Bike_Like_A_Mum]

This updated poster, dropping randomly at gone 11pm on the main glasto account cries of "it's still just Emily sitting in the kitchen, not remotely scheduled or planned..." and personally, I'm here for it!! 🤣🤣

[Memory Man]

I cant believe they bowed to lana’s demands, pretty pathetic

[dreams_burn_down]

7 hours ago, Memory Man said:

I cant believe they bowed to lana’s demands, pretty pathetic

None of us really know what’s going on backstage. As someone else pointed out, maybe she was always supposed to be on the second line but that got messed up by whatever’s happening with the Sunday Other headliner.