New Glastonbury Twitter profile pic - what does it mean??

[Sheffield Steve]

So the official Glastonbury Twitter pic has just been changed to this…. What does it mean?  Is it a Sky Full of Stars?  Is an announcement imminent…?

Edited January 10, 2024 by Sheffield Steve

[Crazyfool01]

inserts its happening gif but that logo is from 1990 ?

 

[CaledonianGonzo]

Yeah - it's the change that's interesting, not the image. Shows that there's a wee bit of life behind the scenes.

[Hugh Jass II]

Yeah that’s just the logo, been a stage backdrop for as long as I can remember.

Nothing to see here.

[Gnomicide]

It's an old logo, alright. Bloke that gave me my last covid jab had that tattooed on his arm.

[Pinhead]

AHH god those were the days 😉

[Crazyfool01]

They’ve just arrived back at work post Christmas 

[deadponyclub]

58 minutes ago, Crazyfool01 said:

inserts its happening gif but that logo is from 1990 ?

 

Decan Blue to headline? 😂

[Avalon_Fields]

1 hour ago, Sheffield Steve said:

So the official Glastonbury Twitter pic has just been changed to this…. What does it mean?  Is it a Sky Full of Stars?  Is an announcement imminent…?

It signifies Fun Boy Three are headlining.

[Supernintendo Chalmers]

Queue here to complain that the logo isn't as good as it used to be 

[charlierc]

1 hour ago, Sheffield Steve said:

So the official Glastonbury Twitter pic has just been changed to this…. What does it mean?  Is it a Sky Full of Stars?  Is an announcement imminent…?

It signifies that the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles will be performing.

[Quark]

36 minutes ago, Avalon_Fields said:

It signifies Fun Boy Three are headlining.

They'd have a job, sadly 

[Nduja]

A change in branding is probably the beginnings of the 2024 comms plan, which obviously will include Announcements!

[Joey Peeps]

I had a dream the first poster was released on a Thursday morning in early January so taking this as a portentous sign, set your alarms for tomorrow. 

Though the headliner on said poster was former Newcastle and Man United striker Andy Cole, so probably doesn't check out.

[nikkic]

11 hours ago, Sheffield Steve said:

So the official Glastonbury Twitter pic has just been changed to this…. What does it mean?  Is it a Sky Full of Stars?  Is an announcement imminent…?

Getting Ninja Turtles vibes 

[philipsteak]

7 hours ago, Joey Peeps said:

I had a dream the first poster was released on a Thursday morning in early January so taking this as a portentous sign, set your alarms for tomorrow. 

Though the headliner on said poster was former Newcastle and Man United striker Andy Cole, so probably doesn't check out.

Be worth it just to see the reaction of the picnic blanket brigade...

[-TLR-]

maybe they've realised that having a five day "Wireless Festival" is actually a bit sh*t and they are going to try to put on a proper Glastonbury again?

 

 

 

 

 

(answer inspired by previous post a little way up - not as good... 😀)

[CaledonianGonzo]

Maybe it portends a parting of the ways with Stanley Donwood given this logo predates his work with the festival and it's usually him that does the design?

[-TLR-]

14 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

Maybe it portends a parting of the ways with Stanley Donwood given this logo predates his work with the festival and it's usually him that does the design?

this would be no bad thing - i have disliked all of the artwork of the Donwood era... i dont know what it is, cant really explain it but theres just something about the style that just always rubbed the wrong way with me.

[Supernintendo Chalmers]

4 minutes ago, -TLR- said:

this would be no bad thing - i have disliked all of the artwork of the Donwood era... i dont know what it is, cant really explain it but theres just something about the style that just always rubbed the wrong way with me.

I tend to agree. It's a bit samey. Would like to see a range of artists get an opportunity every year. It would be interesting to see some different styles applied to the posters and imagery. That alone would improve the god awful merchandise designs, but that's for another thread.

[Ayrshire Chris]

8 minutes ago, Supernintendo Chalmers said:

I tend to agree. It's a bit samey. Would like to see a range of artists get an opportunity every year. It would be interesting to see some different styles applied to the posters and imagery. That alone would improve the god awful merchandise designs, but that's for another thread.

Yes, and make the t shirts etc a bit more unique to each year.

[CaledonianGonzo]

I quite like some of it, but the Spooky Lane Of Trees vibe from 2014 was very clearly rejected Radiohead artwork..

[glimmers_of_hope]

Gosh I remember this old logo. Fond memories 🙂  Love it that we are so starved of information that we are all speculating about a new twitter/X image. Not related but adjacent point, would be happy if they came off that particular platform.

[parsonjack]

1 hour ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

Maybe it portends a parting of the ways with Stanley Donwood given this logo predates his work with the festival and it's usually him that does the design?

That would seem feasible given the change of year, although it's odd that they would have changed the X image before the TOS image 🤔

Perhaps we're going to see a full re-branding of TOS too.....

 

 

Edited January 11, 2024 by parsonjack

[CaledonianGonzo]

Stanley asking for three free tickets rather than his usual two.