Legends Slot 2024

[stuie]

17 minutes ago, Skip997 said:

What defines a "legend"?

The term is overused IMO.

Shania Twain is not a legend

You started asking what defines a 'legend' but then decided yourself that she's not a legend.

In my opinion, she's a legend. 

Shania Twain is the world's best selling female country music artist with 85 million record sales. 

3 x UK No 1 albums, active 30 years.

Taylor Swift has cited her as one of her most prominent musical influences - she was Taylor Swifting before Taylor Swift basically. 

But she's not playing the legend slot this year, that'll be Stevie.

 

 

[balti-pie]

i think 90% of glastonbury attendees would only know a couple of songs off Come On Over. That might well be enough to be a legend for a lot of people, but its really not a slot for me at all i suspect. Watching Bring Me The Horizon on the Other while the world were at Kylie is weirdly one of my favourite memories of the last couple of Glasto's. 

(and the Taylor Swift before Taylor Swift was Taylor Swift line is great, but she's equally as musically baffling to me 😆 for the life of me i dont see the attraction)

[stuie]

1 minute ago, balti-pie said:

(and the Taylor Swift before Taylor Swift was Taylor Swift line is great, but she's equally as musically baffling to me 😆 for the life of me i dont see the attraction)

I'm sure we could all pick some mega artists/bands where we don't see the attraction but we have to be careful to not confuse 'that's not for me' with 'they are not worthy'. 

[CaledonianGonzo]

I've looked up the word "Legend" in the OED and it says nothing at all about playing a family friendly, mid-afternoon, showbiz slot on a Sunday afternoon at Worthy Farm  😟 

[clarkete]

21 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

I've looked up the word "Legend" in the OED and it says nothing at all about playing a family friendly, mid-afternoon, showbiz slot on a Sunday afternoon at Worthy Farm  😟 

Does that mean mediocre C&W that sells well in the US is 👍 or 👎 then? 

[CaledonianGonzo]

Kenny Rogers says aye.

[clarkete]

1 hour ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

Kenny Rogers says aye.

I should have known better than to question a Caledonian about country and western

[CaledonianGonzo]

I'd rather Cher or Bazza, but she'll fill the field and deliver a big Vegas-style show. Given she's already volunteered to do it I'd imagine booking her was an easy decision.

[Gnomicide]

5 hours ago, Skip997 said:

What defines a "legend"?

Isn't someone who comes back from the bar with crisps?

[Skip997]

3 minutes ago, Gnomicide said:

Isn't someone who comes back from the bar with crisps?

That'll do

[CaledonianGonzo]

Splodgenessasbounds for the Legends Slot.

[km9]

7 hours ago, stuie said:

You started asking what defines a 'legend' but then decided yourself that she's not a legend.

In my opinion, she's a legend. 

Shania Twain is the world's best selling female country music artist with 85 million record sales. 

3 x UK No 1 albums, active 30 years.

Taylor Swift has cited her as one of her most prominent musical influences - she was Taylor Swifting before Taylor Swift basically. 

But she's not playing the legend slot this year, that'll be Stevie.

 

 

Garth Brooks has sold 170 million. Garth for legend 😂

[incident]

55 minutes ago, km9 said:

Garth Brooks has sold 170 million. Garth for legend 😂

I think you're trying to be funny..

But if he was prepared to play that slot, then why not? I don't see how that'd be even vaguely controversial. Sure, he's not as big over here as he is in the US, but there'd still enough name value that'd lead to a curiosity factor and a big crowd.

It wouldn't excite me, and I'd be elsewhere, but I absolutely could see the Festival doing it. Don't think he would though.

[clarkete]

3 hours ago, incident said:

I think you're trying to be funny..

But if he was prepared to play that slot, then why not? I don't see how that'd be even vaguely controversial. Sure, he's not as big over here as he is in the US, but there'd still enough name value that'd lead to a curiosity factor and a big crowd.

It wouldn't excite me, and I'd be elsewhere, but I absolutely could see the Festival doing it. Don't think he would though.

*moves picnic blanket, chair and flag well away from this crazy talk*

I don't even know one of his tunes, but plenty more stages to be at, would make a change for me to miss one. 

[Neil]

10 hours ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

I've looked up the word "Legend" in the OED and it says nothing at all about playing a family friendly, mid-afternoon, showbiz slot on a Sunday afternoon at Worthy Farm  😟 

Playing that slot for a no taste audience who this time last year were saying cat wasn't suitable for that slot, meaning that slot is not the bad disco slot after all.

[CaledonianGonzo]

Garth Brooks doesn't have the UK hits that Shazza does. Apples and oranges.

(She has 9 top 10 singles and 3 number one albums, bawface has nothing).

 

[The Nal]

3 hours ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

Garth Brooks doesn't have the UK hits that Shazza does. Apples and oranges.

(She has 9 top 10 singles and 3 number one albums, bawface has nothing).

 

Tell that to the pink cowboy hat wearing Irish. 

 

[Avalon_Fields]

Legends defined by UK hits doesn't really work. Check Dolly Parton's UK hit records. It's negligible.

(That's most definitely NOT a vote for Garth, I'm speaking generally).

[stuie]

8 hours ago, Neil said:

Playing that slot for a no taste audience who this time last year were saying cat wasn't suitable for that slot, meaning that slot is not the bad disco slot after all.

What?

[CaledonianGonzo]

Kylie ❤️ 

[Franky]

2 hours ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

Kylie ❤️ 

I would take Kylie ……

[Ayrshire Chris]

Kylie mentioned that the Glastonbury appearance was her most memorable gig ever. 
of course it was, why did they have to ask that rhetorical question! 

[CaledonianGonzo]

I'd have been flabbergasted if she'd given any other answer.

[king_oxymoron]

On 12/6/2023 at 5:43 AM, CaledonianGonzo said:

Garth Brooks doesn't have the UK hits that Shazza does. Apples and oranges.

(She has 9 top 10 singles and 3 number one albums, bawface has nothing).

 

As much as I definitely think she’s worthy, those stats aren’t the best metric either… that’s less than JLS!
 

Legend is an… aura 😉

Edited December 11, 2023 by king_oxymoron

[The Nal]

Why has no one mentioned Get Wet?

Ticks all the boxes. 100k at this. 

Steve Lamacq on a raging semi introducing them.

 

 

 

 

Edited December 12, 2023 by The Nal