Glastonbury 2015 thread
Discussion
dern said:
Type R Tom said:
Florence and the Machine apparently, not brilliant!
Cool. Just have to decide between the super furries and alabama 3 now.In fact they were the first ever festival band I ever saw, Reading Fest in 2000.
This will be a 20th time ... I like to keep the numbers neat, you can't finish on 19!
Driver101 said:
Florence and the Machine are in no way a headlining band.
That's a major disappointment they've been named. It was going to be a big ask to replace the Foo Fighters, but they've just gone the cheap and easy fix.
to be fair it is 9 days away - how many huge rock bands do you think are available on 9 days notice to shift themselves and their kit to Somerset? Most will have tours planned years in advanceThat's a major disappointment they've been named. It was going to be a big ask to replace the Foo Fighters, but they've just gone the cheap and easy fix.
Adam B said:
to be fair it is 9 days away - how many huge rock bands do you think are available on 9 days notice to shift themselves and their kit to Somerset? Most will have tours planned years in advance
I do appreciate it is very close, but I'm sure that something better could be sorted in 9 days. A lot of bands would jump at headlining Glastonbury, especially with the money involved. Driver101 said:
I do appreciate it is very close, but I'm sure that something better could be sorted in 9 days. A lot of bands would jump at headlining Glastonbury, especially with the money involved.
money? Glastonbury pay a fraction of normal feesGlastonbury Festival is not known for its financial largesse. With hundreds of bands performing, and a large portion of profits going to charities, Glastonbury has never been in a position to pay out the million pound fees offered by other more commercial festivals. “We get headliners for a tenth of their normal price,” Eavis has claimed. “They’re not being paid very much.” Paul McCartney appeared at Glastonbury in 2004 for £200,000, although his normal festival fee is rumoured to be £4 million. Coldplay received the same fee in 2011 – with the implication that the Stones are likely to receive the same.
I like Florence & The Machine, but a tad disappointed that the (recently toured but not up to much this summer) Stone Roses didn't get the call. The could atone for their 1995 withdrawl, ironically with John Squire having broken his collarbone. One last swansong to go down in history, alas not to be.
(Yes, I know, Ian Brown's voice ain't the best live, but I saw them at Finsbury Park and the crowd carried it, every single word)
(Yes, I know, Ian Brown's voice ain't the best live, but I saw them at Finsbury Park and the crowd carried it, every single word)
I’m sure that it’s buried in the T&C’s about changing the line-up and this is clearly an exceptional circumstance, bands of Foo Fighters size and sitting by the phone waiting for a call but I still can’t help feeling a little short changed by their loss and replacement by a band already on the line up.
On the one hand, I'm pretty gutted - Foo Fighters are one of my favourite bands, so I was very much looking forward to seeing them on the Pyramid, but on the other hand I've seen them before, so I've experienced their show and now I've got the chance to go to someone I've not seen before. I'm thinking either Caribou then Hot Chip on the West Holts, or maybe Lamb on the Avalon Stage.
I reckon Florence and the Machine will do a decent job - saw her/them at Leeds Festival many moons ago and I was impressed, and she always gives it loads when performing. Given that The Eavis folk only had 9 days to sort a replacement, I don't think they'll have had much (if any) choice other than to move someone up the bill. As said above, the logistics, negotiations and god knows what else involved in booking and arranging a headline quality act, right when they're at their busiest time in terms of building the festival (check out the BBC webcam, it's looking good so far!) means they would have been pissing in the wind trying to get someone else in. If it was a smaller festival like Leeds/Reading or similar, it would be a bit more of a pisser, but there's so much choice elsewhere that it doesn't really matter.
I reckon Florence and the Machine will do a decent job - saw her/them at Leeds Festival many moons ago and I was impressed, and she always gives it loads when performing. Given that The Eavis folk only had 9 days to sort a replacement, I don't think they'll have had much (if any) choice other than to move someone up the bill. As said above, the logistics, negotiations and god knows what else involved in booking and arranging a headline quality act, right when they're at their busiest time in terms of building the festival (check out the BBC webcam, it's looking good so far!) means they would have been pissing in the wind trying to get someone else in. If it was a smaller festival like Leeds/Reading or similar, it would be a bit more of a pisser, but there's so much choice elsewhere that it doesn't really matter.
HTP99 said:
Mumford and Sons headlined last year (?), which I thought a bit odd as they certainly aren't in the same league as many recent headliners so I don't think Florence will struggle.
It was the year before (2013) Wouldn't mind being part of a massive singalong of 'You've Got the Love', but not sure I fancy watching Flo's whole set for the sake of one or two songs I like.
If anyone doesn't fancy Lionel Richie on Sunday afternoon, I'd highly recommend a band called Bears Den who are playing on the Avalon stage - very chilled out (occasionally melancholy) folky types. Seen them play twice and they're fantastic live.
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