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Slobberdawn

Easy Rod wrote: »

Could see a band like Deafheaven being added considering how critically lauded their albums have been.

On a personal level I would love to see Brand New or Manchester Orchestra added, I think they would sneak through the hipster test.

Deafheaven? Their commercial success is hard to explain but regardless, I think there's 0% chance of them being added, although I'd love if they were.

Slobberdawn

BadTurtle wrote: »

They're not going to book skate pop rock or nu metal any more than they'll book Eminem or Avicii or Little Mix.
They haven't and they aren't going to.
Remember the uproar when The Killers were headliners?
Or how much bitching was done about Sam Smith or Lana Del Rey or Paolo Nutini? And those are all acts that would fit handily into the bill with no one batting a eyelid if it wasn't for the fact they're all very successful chart toppers.
You can have your pipedreams of whoever you want playing but being realistic, they simply don't book certain types of music. Its like complaining about Download not having enough jazz.

I think the discussion is about why they don't book these acts. I don't think many think that they will be booked.

Fatfrog

How much do you think Lana is getting?
I'm fully expecting for her to pushed down one spot on the bill??

MadYaker

There is still at least 1 big act to be announced. I don't Lana will be headlining.

sadie06

It has to be Radiohead…it just has to be.

Furious-Red

Fatfrog wrote: »

How much do you think Lana is getting?
I'm fully expecting for her to pushed down one spot on the bill??

She will either sub a headliner or do a late slot like Paolo Nutini

everlast75

James opening Glastonbury and their new album is 2000 copies away from no 1 spot in UK...

maximoose

sadie06 wrote: »

It has to be Radiohead…it just has to be.

I live in hope. Raging I missed out on tickets for the London gigs last week :mad:

Thundercats Ho

I must have missed the whole Lana Del Rey thing as a headliner.
tbh i would've thought of her as similar in stature to Ellie Goulding, and she played the main stage during the day.
Are people just looking at her position on the announcement flyer and assuming she'll headline? I can't for the life of me see how she could be that big.

There'll be 3-4 more announcements and there'll surely be more headliners in the next announcement.

brannid3

maximoose wrote: »

I live in hope. Raging I missed out on tickets for the London gigs last week :mad:

I really hope it is Radiohead.

That weekend they are free and they have skipped Ireland regarding standalone concerts.

My nightmare will be that the Chilli Peppers will be announced because they are around that week.

scruff monkey

If it's radiohead, then yay!

if it's rhcp, then we all go see something nice and hopefully weird in a tent.

BadTurtle

Thundercats Ho wrote: »

I must have missed the whole Lana Del Rey thing as a headliner.
tbh i would've thought of her as similar in stature to Ellie Goulding, and she played the main stage during the day.
Are people just looking at her position on the announcement flyer and assuming she'll headline? I can't for the life of me see how she could be that big.

There'll be 3-4 more announcements and there'll surely be more headliners in the next announcement.

Take a look at her album sales. She's probably over 10 million worldwide now, which is a ****tonne these days. Having said that, the majority were from the album with Video Games so her popularity has decreased rather than increased. Still, Sam Smith was a headliner last year, and I can't imagine he has as many albums sold worldwide.

bodhrandude

EP had Iggy Pop before and he is as metal as some of the big bands out there, he was probably the heaviest act booked in 2007 and man, he rocked.

srm23

OPM or Weezer anyone?

Slobberdawn

bodhrandude wrote: »

EP had Iggy Pop before and he is as metal as some of the big bands out there, he was probably the heaviest act booked in 2007 and man, he rocked.

Metal? Hardly. Great show though. Pity he felt the need to sell insurance since then though.

GhostMutt30

srm23 wrote: »

OPM or Weezer anyone?

Would love to see Weezer added. Have they ever played Ep before? feels like they have...

GhostMutt30

bodhrandude wrote: »

EP had Iggy Pop before and he is as metal as some of the big bands out there, he was probably the heaviest act booked in 2007 and man, he rocked.

Just lookin at the line up for 2007, I can't seem to remember any of it except maybe the Beastie boys playing sabotage. Good times:D

maximoose

GhostMutt30 wrote: »

Would love to see Weezer added. Have they ever played Ep before? feels like they have...

They played Oxegen in 2011 and were great, covers of Teenage Dirtbag and Paranoid Android


OPM - the Heaven is a half pipe guys? :pac:

I'd prefer them than Sum 41 anyway

GhostMutt30

maximoose wrote: »

They played Oxegen in 2011 and were great, covers of Teenage Dirtbag and Paranoid Android

Thats prob what I'm thinking of alright

scruff monkey

Some acts starting to firm up dates

Lana Del Rey - Sun 4th
New Order - Sun 4th
Chemical Bros - Fri 2nd
Nathaniel Rateliff - Fri 2nd
SFA - Fri 2nd
Aurora - Sun 4th
Wolf Alice - Sun 4th

Time to dig up this oldie too, 6 months out but you just know it's gonna happen

Synode

scruff monkey wrote: »

Chemical Bros - Fri 2nd

Damn it. I really did want to take it easy on the Friday

ghostdancer

can never really trust those "first day of the festival" dates though, lots of acts just put the first one rather than the actual day they're playing, the link on their site for that date leads to this which says 2nd-4th, show date TBA:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1686504081607036


by the looks of those other confirmed ones though, I'd imagine LDR will be 2nd last on the main stage, with New Order after her, even though they're not headliners.

cab15

Does anyone suspect a highly commercial act for one of the headliners? I know we joked about Calvin Harris but looking at the Glasto headliners with Adele and Coldplay are we expecting any of that at the picnic?

scruff monkey

I would have thought that Lana Del Rey was the "commercial" (in the Sam Smith/Hozier type) selection this year (unlike the pair of them, I actually might try and see her though).

For the type of festival though, Radiohead or a band of that ilk would be equally commercial as they'd be guaranteed to shift tickets (no need for that now obviously but they'd have the required effect).

dirkmeister

I wouldn't be surprised to see Biffy Clyro, they've a new album out in July and haven't announced an Irish date....or is that totally off the wall?!?

scruff monkey

dirkmeister wrote: »

I wouldn't be surprised to see Biffy Clyro, they've a new album out in July and haven't announced an Irish date....or is that totally off the wall?!?

What sort of music are they?

hmmmm, had a look on youtoob, meh, poppy rock, could be worse, would keep the kiddies happy

Furious-Red

dirkmeister wrote: »

I wouldn't be surprised to see Biffy Clyro, they've a new album out in July and haven't announced an Irish date....or is that totally off the wall?!?

They are playing Belsonic in Belfast during the summer

Canadel

srm23 wrote: »

OPM or Weezer anyone?

Weezer are better than the rest of the line up bar LCD tbh.

scruff monkey

Canadel wrote: »

Weezer are better than the rest of the line up bar LCD tbh.

Heh, heheheheehehehehehehehehehehehehehe

Cough....

Heheheheehehehehehehehehehehehehehe

TheGoldenAges

Lana has a massive following here, 2 number one albums and her other album was number 2 in the charts. Her "Born to Die" album is one of the best selling albums here in the past 5 years. You may not like her but she really is "Headliner level" if ever there is a barometer.