2024 Headliners

[CaledonianGonzo]

I just couldn't be arsed bumping the Macca thread so I put it in here in case it was of interest to anyone.  

He's clearly not doing the G again and noone's suggesting it......

[DeanoL]

On 7/27/2023 at 10:23 AM, strummer77 said:

That 2009 gig was his first festival in forever wasnt it?

Saw him do Isle of Wight in 2012 (tries on fallow year) and he was already ’getting it’ more.

It's notable in his autobiography that Glastonbury doesn't even warrant a mention. As ever, we massively over-glamourise the place, for most acts it's just another gig. I think he'd be a good booking, the current show is good, but I don't really see it happening. 

[Guest]

9 minutes ago, DeanoL said:

It's notable in his autobiography that Glastonbury doesn't even warrant a mention. As ever, we massively over-glamourise the place, for most acts it's just another gig. I think he'd be a good booking, the current show is good, but I don't really see it happening. 

He did pop up for Macca last year though, so it's not like he doesn't give a sh*t.

[The Nal]

Saw a Roger Waters interview recently where he said he "thinks" he played it before.

Edit: here

Roger Waters and Nick Mason Say They’d Reunite With David Gilmour as Pink Floyd for Glastonbury Show  

At the very least Glasto HQ need to give Mason a shout for a Saucerful slot.

 

Edited July 31, 2023 by The Nal

[DeanoL]

2 hours ago, SomeoneListeningIn said:

He did pop up for Macca last year though, so it's not like he doesn't give a sh*t.

Depends if you think he cares about Macca or the festival. I suspect it's the former.

[northernangel]

perfect chance for sting to do the Legends slot though.

[strummer77]

2 hours ago, DeanoL said:

It's notable in his autobiography that Glastonbury doesn't even warrant a mention. As ever, we massively over-glamourise the place, for most acts it's just another gig. I think he'd be a good booking, the current show is good, but I don't really see it happening. 

Yeah definitely.
 

He did come over for Macca since though, and was in the thick of a classic, so may fancy another go. 

[On The Blend]

3 hours ago, The Nal said:

Saw a Roger Waters interview recently where he said he "thinks" he played it before.

Edit: here

Roger Waters and Nick Mason Say They’d Reunite With David Gilmour as Pink Floyd for Glastonbury Show  

At the very least Glasto HQ need to give Mason a shout for a Saucerful slot.

 

I mean, this article is 6 years old and it hasn’t happened yet. If I were Dave I wouldn’t be jumping at the chance to get on a stage with Roger considering some of the hot takes he comes out with…

[collectivisedfarming]

I think Gilmour's wife calling Waters an Antisemite amongst other things on twitter and Gilmour agreeing with her publicly has probably put the lid on any chance of a Pink Floyd reunion at Glastonbury or anywhere.

[CaledonianGonzo]

Queen back on the road

https://www.instagram.com/p/CvYY89Ho37w/?igshid=NjIwNzIyMDk2Mg==

Interestingly, they seem to have listened to the complaints from the people who've observed that Adam Lambert isn’t Freddie Mercury and are touring with a giant animatronic Freddie skeleton that will mime the vocals.

[MEGATRONICMEATWAGON]

It's in Japan so actually looks likely to be a giant Freddie Kaiju on stage instead.

Edited August 1, 2023 by MEGATRONICMEATWAGON

[CaledonianGonzo]

In The Lap Of The Godszilla?

Queen Ghidorah?

Tie Your Mothra Down?

Play The Gamera?

 

and so on and so forth

[Superscally]

10 hours ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

Queen back on the road

https://www.instagram.com/p/CvYY89Ho37w/?igshid=NjIwNzIyMDk2Mg==

Interestingly, they seem to have listened to the complaints from the people who've observed that Adam Lambert isn’t Freddie Mercury and are touring with a giant animatronic Freddie skeleton that will mime the vocals.

They should get Marc Martel in anyway. I swear he is Freddie's secret lovechild. Dates stack up... 😄

[Gnomicide]

Madonna's re-arranged US tour dates coming in the next few days. Could be a pointer. Or rule her out. Or mean absolutely nothing.

 

 

[CaledonianGonzo]

Dua coming

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/07/t-magazine/dua-lipa-service95.html

[Crazyfool01]

31 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

Dua coming

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/07/t-magazine/dua-lipa-service95.html

Paywalled … it that the new album ? 

[incident]

16 minutes ago, Crazyfool01 said:

Paywalled … it that the new album ? 

Skim reading it, the gist of it is that she's got a lot of things brewing - one of those being a new album though no timescale mentioned beyond "2024". No specific mention of Glastonbury and/or future touring either.

Edited August 7, 2023 by incident

[Suprefan]

15 hours ago, Crazyfool01 said:

Paywalled … it that the new album ? 

 

[Rose-Colored Boy]

Four years between albums and now abandoning disco. Doing her best to sabotage any momentum, fair play 

[Guest]

3 minutes ago, Rose-Colored Boy said:

Four years between albums and now abandoning disco. Doing her best to sabotage any momentum, fair play 

Nah, Future Nostalgia is such a good homage to disco, if she tried to do it again it would just be a lesser version of something she’s already executed perfectly. I’m glad she’s supposedly switching it up.

Edited August 8, 2023 by SomeoneListeningIn

[kalifire]

I’m excited for it. Reminds me when Tom Jones did that album full of hymns. That turned out alright. 

Edited August 8, 2023 by kalifire

[FrogLobster]

That pairing with Tame Parker is smart. Now hyped for the next record!

8 hours ago, Rose-Colored Boy said:

Four years between albums and now abandoning disco. Doing her best to sabotage any momentum, fair play 

FN came out right as the pandemic begun so that shifted everything back a few years. She did a massive world tour throughout 2022 and played everywhere. I saw her play to about 100k people in Denmark last year.

Coming back in 2024 seems about right to rebuild demand.

[CaledonianGonzo]

Plus she's in the top 10 on both sides of the Atlantic right this minute with a big disco bop.

[kalifire]

It does raise an interesting question though - when a big act has had a huge release, but it’s been years since, do you book them on the basis of their last success knowing the next one might not be so good? 

[FrogLobster]

36 minutes ago, kalifire said:

It does raise an interesting question though - when a big act has had a huge release, but it’s been years since, do you book them on the basis of their last success knowing the next one might not be so good? 

Stormzy headlined when he hadn't released an album in 2 years and his 2nd album wasn't even announced by the time he took to the stage.

Pandemic for sure deflated alot of album releases (and some career hype) for a few years, but Dua came back to touring last year very strong regardless. 

I think for much larger bands, you can have some duds and still be solid. Foo Fighters had released a ton of garbage albums for years (Wasting Light being the outlier) but still headlined.

Edited August 8, 2023 by FrogLobster