2024 Headliners

[CaledonianGonzo]

Both signed by Seymour Stein too.

[Neil]

21 minutes ago, fraybentos1 said:

Madonna hasnt headlined either and you were complaining it wasn’t contemporary yesterday. Almost like you have another bizarre agenda!

i know madge hasn't headlined before but it still doesn't feel like an imaginative booking it feels like a tick-list booking. gnR last year reeked of desperation.

[Gejonimo]

18 minutes ago, Neil said:

i know madge hasn't headlined before but it still doesn't feel like an imaginative booking it feels like a tick-list booking. gnR last year reeked of desperation.

GnR are one of the biggest rock bands in the world, it doesn't matter if it was desperate it was a good booking. Madonna isn't "imaginative" because every year she gets mentioned, and she's never done it. Mightn't be imaginative, but would literally be unique, different and new. 

1 hour ago, Neil said:

talking heads would be fresh, because they haven't headlined loads already, i don't have three names to give you, cos i'm not the boker, and i'd hope the bookers are be a more  knowledgable and imaginative than me.

Talking Heads would be fresh because they've been split up for over 30 years and have outright said they won't be getting back together, so also impossible. Also, for someone preaching contemporary, that is hilariously hypocritical.

If you want contemporary then start talking Fred Again..., Dua Lipa, Billie Eilish, SZA, Drake, Olivia Rodrigo - although I'm sure you'd have an issue with them headlining as well.

[Neil]

21 minutes ago, Gejonimo said:

GnR are one of the biggest rock bands in the world, it doesn't matter if it was desperate it was a good booking. Madonna isn't "imaginative" because every year she gets mentioned, and she's never done it. Mightn't be imaginative, but would literally be unique, different and new. 

Talking Heads would be fresh because they've been split up for over 30 years and have outright said they won't be getting back together, so also impossible. Also, for someone preaching contemporary, that is hilariously hypocritical.

If you want contemporary then start talking Fred Again..., Dua Lipa, Billie Eilish, SZA, Drake, Olivia Rodrigo - although I'm sure you'd have an issue with them headlining as well.

some of them have headlined and i had no issue with them - last one i can remember having an issue with was the cure. talking heads wasn't my suggestion , someone  threw the name at me, knowing they're a band i like (so no hypocrisy). they would be a great headliner, in the same way as plenty think madge would be a great headliner.

[CaledonianGonzo]

Madonna, Talking Heads and Dua Lipa - something for everyone 

[Skip997]

3 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

Madonna, Talking Heads and Dua Lipa - something for everyone 

Yea

I would possibly be "forced" to visit picnic blanket land on at least one night.

[CaledonianGonzo]

Talking Heads pulling a smaller crowd than Guns'n'Roses will be one for the ages.

[matrainertje]

7 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

Talking Heads pulling a smaller crowd than Guns'n'Roses will be one for the ages.

Even smaller than GnR?

[Neil]

6 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

Talking Heads pulling a smaller crowd than Guns'n'Roses will be one for the ages.

is that a prediction, same as cat stephens would bomb?

[Neil]

Just now, matrainertje said:

Even smaller than GnR?

did they have a tiny crowd???? how come if they were such a great booking????

[strummer77]

1 minute ago, Neil said:

did they have a tiny crowd???? how come if they were such a great booking????

Everyone I know who went had a cracking time. Many of whom were not at all up for it beforehand. Something a bit different to the usual.

Certainly made some of the doomsayers on here look very stupid.

Edited October 17, 2023 by strummer77

[JoeyT]

Talking Heads would be a real turn up for the books given they haven't performed together in over 20 years 😂

[MEGABOWL]

6 minutes ago, strummer77 said:

Everyone I know who went had a cracking time. Many of whom were not at all up for it beforehand. Something a bit different to the usual.

Certainly made some of the doomsayers on here look very stupid.

Was a good night. Crowd was bigger than I expected TBH

[Neil]

12 minutes ago, strummer77 said:

Certainly made some of the doomsayers on here look very stupid.

i didn't say it would go down badly, i said it was a dreadful booking

[incident]

45 minutes ago, MEGABOWL said:

Was a good night. Crowd was bigger than I expected TBH

Yep.

I reckon they easily outdrew Kendrick, and possibly Billie Eilish as well.

[matrainertje]

1 hour ago, strummer77 said:

Everyone I know who went had a cracking time. Many of whom were not at all up for it beforehand. Something a bit different to the usual.

Certainly made some of the doomsayers on here look very stupid.

Doomsayers? People predicted a bad show and that's exactly what we got. A fun show maybe, but also a comically bad one. 

[philipsteak]

1 hour ago, Skip997 said:

Yea

I would possibly be "forced" to visit picnic blanket land on at least one night.

Knew you were a Dua Lipa fan

[philipsteak]

18 minutes ago, incident said:

Yep.

I reckon they easily outdrew Kendrick, and possibly Billie Eilish as well.

Really? Wow. 

I wasn't at Kendrick or Billie Eilish but I was at GnR and thought it was a very sparse crowd. 

[Skip997]

3 minutes ago, matrainertje said:

Doomsayers? People predicted a bad show and that's exactly what we got. A fun show maybe, but also a comically bad one. 

As expected

They are after all a comedy rock band

[Neil]

7 minutes ago, matrainertje said:

Doomsayers? People predicted a bad show and that's exactly what we got. A fun show maybe, but also a comically bad one. 

So the doomsayers nailed it.

[CaledonianGonzo]

Mentioning GnR brings out that guy like the batsignal brings out Batman

[Gnomicide]

GnR were f**king brilliant and I won't be told otherwise. 

[Mark H]

*Periodically checks the Headliners thread* - still arguing over GnR. Will come back in a few days.

[CantWaitForGlasto22]

12 minutes ago, Mark H said:

*Periodically checks the Headliners thread* - still arguing over GnR. Will come back in a few days.

Yep. Same!

[Wooderson]

4 hours ago, Gejonimo said:

GnR are one of the biggest rock bands in the world, it doesn't matter if it was desperate it was a good booking. Madonna isn't "imaginative" because every year she gets mentioned, and she's never done it. Mightn't be imaginative, but would literally be unique, different and new. 

Talking Heads would be fresh because they've been split up for over 30 years and have outright said they won't be getting back together, so also impossible. Also, for someone preaching contemporary, that is hilariously hypocritical.

If you want contemporary then start talking Fred Again..., Dua Lipa, Billie Eilish, SZA, Drake, Olivia Rodrigo - although I'm sure you'd have an issue with them headlining as well.

Fred Again