2024 Headliners

[nikkic]

7 minutes ago, The Nal said:

Textbook GSH and ties in with Emilys "Big US star" "thank God we waited" interview from last week.

Pink crying in the corner 

[CaledonianGonzo]

6 minutes ago, The Nal said:

Textbook GSH and ties in with Emilys "Big US star" "thank God we waited" interview from last week.

It does seem to tie together nicely.

Unless he meant P!nk - but not sure ethat would make people 'see why they waited".

[The Nal]

15 years since he last played. Went down well when he came on with Macca. Most of the people going in 24 wouldn't have been there in 09. 

[Neville Street]

What is GSH? Sorry if it’s obvious

[faymondo]

1 minute ago, Neville Street said:

What is GSH? Sorry if it’s obvious

Glastonbury Shaped Hole (Gap in tour dates) 

[Stokesy10]

1 hour ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

They do indeed have a GSH

They have their own Gil Scott-Heron?

Really though, what does GSH stand for. I know I'll kick myself...

[Supernintendo Chalmers]

27 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

No dates between 27th June and Werchter commencing on 2nd July?

I know it's a short trip across the water, but if he was in the UK during that timeframe, I'd be inclined to think there's more of a chance. I also wonder if there's a great appetite for a return within GFL? Feels like a one-time only deal, that added to the festival's legendary headliner portfolio, even if it didn't exactly set the place on fire

[The Nal]

2 minutes ago, Supernintendo Chalmers said:

I know it's a short trip across the water, but if he was in the UK during that timeframe, I'd be inclined to think there's more of a chance. I also wonder if there's a great appetite for a return within GFL? Feels like a one-time only deal, that added to the festival's legendary headliner portfolio, even if it didn't exactly set the place on fire

Touring maybe his worst ever album. And hadn't a clue about the festival at the time. 

Theres unfinished business there.

[CaledonianGonzo]

3 minutes ago, Supernintendo Chalmers said:

I know it's a short trip across the water, but if he was in the UK during that timeframe, I'd be inclined to think there's more of a chance. I also wonder if there's a great appetite for a return within GFL? Feels like a one-time only deal, that added to the festival's legendary headliner portfolio, even if it didn't exactly set the place on fire

The fact that he popped up with Macca *was* more to do with it being for Macca rather than a favour to the Eavii, but it still puts him and the festival in communication with one another just last year.

Then the big American act coming available also rings true given the timing.

He's played other festivals many times e.g. BST, so doing a return wouldn't be a blocker on his part.

[K2SO]

That Wembley date caught me off guard. I'd seen he was playing there but the date wasn't set. Fully expected it to be in May woth the SoL show

[On The Blend]

1 minute ago, The Nal said:

And hadn't a clue about the festival at the time. 

Obviously if you cut Bruce he bleeds red, white, and blue, but what's the story here? Did he just accept some gig in England without knowing what Glasto is?

[Avalon_Fields]

Bruce also needs to make amends for a somewhat disappointing Glastonbury 2009 performance.

[t0paz]

12 minutes ago, Stokesy10 said:

They have their own Gil Scott-Heron?

Really though, what does GSH stand for. I know I'll kick myself...

Glastonbury shaped hole.

But it would be nice if it was Gil Scott-Heron

[The Nal]

5 minutes ago, On The Blend said:

Obviously if you cut Bruce he bleeds red, white, and blue, but what's the story here? Did he just accept some gig in England without knowing what Glasto is?

Seems so yeah. Just thought it was some random festival which his agents turned down but then they had to put together a dossier for him to sell Glasto to Bruce HQ. 

He just did his normal touring show.

[Neville Street]

8 minutes ago, On The Blend said:

Obviously if you cut Bruce he bleeds red, white, and blue, but what's the story here? Did he just accept some gig in England without knowing what Glasto is?

He did “get” Glastonbury, in fact there was a Joe Strummer link, a handwritten letter, etc., etc. and he opened with Coma Girl. That album was not a classic, but I am glad I saw Outlaw Pete live, even if nobody else is!!

For me that set is right up there in my top 5 G sets out of 16 festivals attended since 1987, but I accept there are a range of POV.

[Supernintendo Chalmers]

10 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

Then the big American act coming available also rings true given the timing.

Yeah, this could be the key piece of info that improves the chances. But that could also apply to Pink and Green Day.

Emily knew exactly what she was doing when she made that comment. 

[The Nal]

1 minute ago, Supernintendo Chalmers said:

Emily knew exactly what she was doing when she made that comment. 

Indeed. And now we have a Bruce tour announcement with a GSH 2 days before T-Day......

[NorthernSoul52]

I'm a long-time Bruce lover, but I don't recall the 2009 set from the box (at a tender age, I was not there to savour it either.)

I look back down the list and think there's plenty of hits in there - Born to Run, Thunder Road, Badlands, The River, Dancing in the Dark and Glory Days are all on his Greatest Hits record, and then you've got The Promised Land, The Rising, Because the Night...

But that first hour is hard for neutrals or agnostics. A bit like Radiohead in 2017. The hits are there, but you had to wait for them.

[Mark H]

I agree with @The Nal that Bruce could very well be the big US artist that came through.

I also think there is nothing to suggest Madonna will change her entire production for a one off low paying festival slot.

Dua Lipa - Pink - Bruce.

 

[Supernintendo Chalmers]

Just now, The Nal said:

Indeed. And now we have a Bruce tour announcement with a GSH 2 days before T-Day......

Happily for those hoping for tickets, I don't think that Bruce would move the needle as much as someone like Madonna. But then, neither would Pink or Green Day, to be honest

[CaledonianGonzo]

5 minutes ago, NorthernSoul52 said:

I'm a long-time Bruce lover, but I don't recall the 2009 set from the box (at a tender age, I was not there to savour it either.)

I look back down the list and think there's plenty of hits in there - Born to Run, Thunder Road, Badlands, The River, Dancing in the Dark and Glory Days are all on his Greatest Hits record, and then you've got The Promised Land, The Rising, Because the Night...

But that first hour is hard for neutrals or agnostics. A bit like Radiohead in 2017. The hits are there, but you had to wait for them.

I wasn't there but watched it at home with a few cans and thought it was great - but heard enough folk moaning about it over the years to understand that the vibe in the field wasn't all that.

[The Nal]

6 minutes ago, Mark H said:

I also think there is nothing to suggest Madonna will change her entire production for a one off low paying festival slot.

And Bruces production is just a big screen behind him, which Glasto already have.

[Wooderson]

The lack of other UK "regional" shows (v surprised to not see Anfield on the tour) from Boss HQ lends weight to an appearance at the G next June.

Couple that with the obvious mess he made of 2009 and the positive "re-acquaintance" in 2021... i reckon he could well be the Sat night headliner.

[henry bear]

If he is doing Glasto that's an odd schedule - playing Netherlands, lugging all the band, crew and gear over here and then back to Belgium, which is next door to Netherlands

Edited October 31, 2023 by henry bear

[Guest]

1 minute ago, henry bear said:

If he is doing Glasto that's an odd schedule - playing Netherlands, lugging all the band, crew and gear over here and then back to Belgium, which is next next door to Netherlands

Yep I think people are ignoring this, along with the fact that Glastonbury would be an outlier in terms of how he’s paced the rest of the tour.