Almost definitely an exception could be negotiated, plus isn’t Shaky one of Michael’s favourite artists?
I don’t think many will want to stand in the way of Michael getting a bucket list moment and demand televised slot or he can’t be booked, they can even broadcast Charli if she is indeed the counter programming.
I think what some people mean is too many ‘old bands’ and not enough ‘new pop’. I would tend to agree on this line up compared to previous. We are going to struggle to find anything on the lineup for an 11 year old girl to enjoy. Which is a shame.
previous years including Jess Glynn and Katie hill, sigrid, Dylan, even CMAT.
Looks like KOL playing on day 1.
They were also confirmed for OpenAir St.Gallen, just after Inmusic. Potential names from there: Beatsteaks, Royel Otis, L'Impératrice, Mother Mother
One thing that slightly bothers me about the Neil Young rumours, and did even moreso when he was initially mentioned for the Legends Slot is how controlling and restrictive he can be when it comes to allowing his stuff to be broadcast / streamed
The story last time was that he eventually only allowed something like 3 songs, and that was only a last minute decision - in the lead up to the festival, the BBC were unsure how much if any they were going to be allowed to show and so had contingency plans in place.
These days, exactly how much the BBC and GFL can use, and for how long (short version: loads) is written into the standard Artist Terms and so either he'd have to allow a *lot* more coverage than he did last time, or he'd have to negotiate an exception.
I assume an exception is possible, especially if the festival really want an act and are prepared to make extra concessions to get them, but I think there's certain "prestige" slots where they'd probably want to avoid doing so - with headliners (and the legend slot) definitely being ones they'd want shown. Can't help but wonder whether some kind of "special guest" type affair without that expectation / requirement would be possible.
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