2024 Headliners

[CaledonianGonzo]

TBH even if it was a direct quote I'd still assume it was a fuck up given that Dua Lipa is so obviously a nail on for next year.

[kalifire]

Just now, CaledonianGonzo said:

TBH even if it was a direct quote I'd still assume it was a fuck up given that Dua Lipa is so obviously a nail on for next year.

You’d dismiss a direct quote from Emily? 

[CaledonianGonzo]

3 minutes ago, kalifire said:

You’d dismiss a direct quote from Emily? 

My assumption - maybe unfair - is that she's probably a bit less trainspottery about who played where, when and why than folk on here.

[stuie]

5 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

TBH even if it was a direct quote I'd still assume it was a fuck up given that Dua Lipa is so obviously a nail on for next year.

At the time I wasn't sure if she meant first time headlining the Pyramid or first time at the festival.

[CaledonianGonzo]

1 minute ago, stuie said:

At the time I wasn't sure if she meant first time headlining the Pyramid or first time at the festival.

Cos it's ambiguous.

[kalifire]

1 minute ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

My assumption - maybe unfair - is that she's probably a bit less trainspottery about who played where, when and why than folk on here.

Fair enough. I just think if she’s going as far as to say they’re both “first timers”, it’s unlikely she’d get that wrong, especially given the gender imbalance this year. She’ll be acutely aware of the issue. 

[stuie]

Just now, kalifire said:

Fair enough. I just think if she’s going as far as to say they’re both “first timers”, it’s unlikely she’d get that wrong, especially given the gender imbalance this year. She’ll be acutely aware of the issue. 

first timers of what though?

[kalifire]

Just now, stuie said:

first timers of what though?

Playing Glastonbury. 

[CaledonianGonzo]

Which Emily didn't say.

And around we go again 🙂 

 

[nikkic]

3 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

Which Emily didn't say.

And around we go again 🙂 

 

Got another 18 months of this 

[CaledonianGonzo]

1 minute ago, nikkic said:

Got another 18 months of this 

 

On 3/3/2023 at 9:51 PM, wro_lap said:

The next year has just flashed before me. The next 200 pages of this thread will be endlessly debating back and forth whether the Guardian meant "first time headliner", "first time performer", or forgot about Dua's tiny JP slot a few years back.

 

[Tranquility of Solitude]

On 3/6/2023 at 10:20 PM, Tranquility of Solitude said:

Guess you have your take on it, which differs from mine. That’s cool. I think Dua far more likely than any two Glastonbury first time female headliners I can come up with, however I feel that piece has been accurately reported. It’s “the Glastonbury boss also revealed” bit that I can’t quite make sense of. What else could she have said that as paraphrased like that? As I say though, just my opinion on the article. 

 

[kalifire]

15 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

Which Emily didn't say.

And around we go again 🙂 

How do you think the author of the article got the idea to write it? ESP? By your logic, anything that doesn’t come pre-packaged with quotation marks should be ignored.

I’m saying you may be right, but not by the quality of your argument. Someone sat down and talked with Emily Eavis. Some of what they said she said came in quotation marks. Some didn’t. To dismiss anything that didn’t and formulate an opinion based on that seems foolish at best. 

[CaledonianGonzo]

4 minutes ago, kalifire said:

How do you think the author of the article got the idea to write it? ESP? By your logic, anything that doesn’t come pre-packaged with quotation marks should be ignored.

I’m saying you may be right, but not by the quality of your argument. Someone sat down and talked with Emily Eavis. Some of what they said she said came in quotation marks. Some didn’t. To dismiss anything that didn’t and formulate an opinion based on that seems foolish at best. 

 

On 3/6/2023 at 10:23 PM, CaledonianGonzo said:

Could be as simple as Emily straight up telling Snapes the names of the acts off the record - then Snapes writing it up in the ambiguous, maybe incorrect manner we've been given.

 

[stuie]

5 minutes ago, kalifire said:

How do you think the author of the article got the idea to write it? ESP? By your logic, anything that doesn’t come pre-packaged with quotation marks should be ignored.

I’m saying you may be right, but not by the quality of your argument. Someone sat down and talked with Emily Eavis. Some of what they said she said came in quotation marks. Some didn’t. To dismiss anything that didn’t and formulate an opinion based on that seems foolish at best. 

For me, I don't think we can be sure what Emily meant, like @CaledonianGonzosays:

21 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

"first time headliner", "first time performer", or forgot about Dua's tiny JP slot a few years back.

[kalifire]

So Emily is revealing unconfirmed, indeed unsigned by her own words, headliners to journalists who are reporting ambiguously to avoid people thinking that what they’re writing is true? 

The 2024 circus starts here. 

Edited March 23, 2023 by kalifire

[CaledonianGonzo]

Just now, kalifire said:

So Emily is revealing unconfirmed, indeed unsigned by her own words, headliners to journalists who are reporting ambiguously to avoid people thinking that what they’re writing is true? 

The 2024 circus starts here. 

Not just any journalist is it.  My assumption is that there's a circle of trust within the media partners like The Guardian and the BBC.

[Gnomicide]

Quote

Next year’s festival should see two women headline, said Eavis – one confirmed, one close, and both of them Glastonbury first-timers. 

That "Glastonbury" makes it less ambiguous than it was in my head. Still not a direct quote though but I would have thought Emily would be aware Dua has already played

[4AssedMonkey]

Semantics guys. All chill.

the Grauniad, whilst reputable, is known for enthusiasm over clarity. I’d take the spirit of the article over the forensic analysis of the sentences.

After this year, they’ll want representation across headliners so more female or LBGTQ+ acts would be seen as preferred.

Dua is nailed on.  Another female headliner is almost a certainty (Madge?!) Maybe also a female legend (Britney?).  

[Neil]

7 hours ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

Not just any journalist is it.  My assumption is that there's a circle of trust within the media partners like The Guardian and the BBC.

i 've had many conversations with emily and can't see her unnecessarily briefing names to anybody. if she wanted to get across something that could be worked out by knowing the name, she's focused enough to say that thing straight.

[Suprefan]

If the Mode get to the Pyramid just take this setlist, cut out 4 new ones and thatll be the show. All killer no filler. 

[stanh]

Madonna tour now rolling into 2024 (as expected)...

[CaledonianGonzo]

AC/DC active again

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CqWXWcGDu2v/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

 

[The Nal]

Madge

Taylor

AC/DC

[kalifire]

Doubt they’ll go for another ageing, irrelevant rock band after GnR this year. Three of the six ‘22 and ‘23 headliners will have been old heritage acts. I think next year they’ll switch it up. 

The 1975
Madonna
Dua Lipa (if Taylor says no)

Edit: looking at that post, I can see it’s possible to argue that Madge is another ageing heritage act and while that’s true, I think her musical genre and status would justify it.

Edited March 30, 2023 by kalifire