Worst band to have headlined the Glastonbury Festival in the last 20 years

The idea of Carter headlining Glastonbury is still preposterous but I'm not sure they're worse than The Levellers/Kings of Leon/Skunk Anansie/Stereophonics.

― Vulvuzela (Matt DC), Monday, 21 June 2010 17:38 (1 minute ago)

Oh man.

― ilxor has truly been got at and become an ILXor (ilxor), Monday, 21 June 2010 17:38 (1 minute ago)

I somehow managed to set the other poll to expire in two years' time.

Impossible to narrow down further:

The Black Crowes (1993)
Red Hot Chili Peppers (1993)
Manic Street Preachers (1999)
Skunk Anansie (1999)
Stereophonics (2002)

Virtually everyone from 1990 to 94, except the Mondays and The Cure, is a total "how the fuck did they get there?" pick, but I suppose the festival was much smaller.

O'Connor, Costello, Gabriel all not really "how the fuck...?" picks.

Imagining a Venn diagram in which "Really? They headlined?" (Christy Moore, Shakespears Sister) intersects with "actively horrible" (Black Crowes, Red Hot Chili Peppers). I think Skunk Anansie would have to take it.

Black Crowes are right in the centre of that Venn diagram for me. I had no idea they were so popular.

Kneejerk instinct is to pick the wretched primal scream, but then I remembered watching that chem bros set of TV, and my god it was DEADLY. I swear I saw people in the audience shots yawning and dancing at the same time.

Primal Scream were really not big enough to headline in 1998. I remember they pulled pretty much the smallest crowd I have ever seen for a headliner. Admittedly it was shitting it down with rain and the first 20mins of their set was all the slowest, darkest material from Vanishing Point, and I don't think there were many people interested in continuing to brave the torrent after that.

Deadly? That's nuts. The Chems played to the biggest Pyramid Stage crowd ever, that being the last year before the fence went up so the crush was ridiculous. I'm sure some people were yawning but it was packed at least half the way up the hill.

I hope The Levellers walk away with this one.

Seahorses never headlined? Shame.

Sterophonics

I picked rod stewart. What the fuck is a skunk anansie?

I remember 1994 being this massive transitional year - main stage hopelessly behind the times (even the Levellers were 2 years past their peak) but the Other Stage was phenomenal - Orbital, Bjork, Beastie Boys, Manics. Sunday alone had Oasis, Pulp, Radiohead, Blur and Spiritualized.

2002 had the most dreadful uninspired headliners ever. I can barely remember anything about that festival and not in a good way. I remember enjoying QOTSA and Orbital and, erm, Brazil winning the World Cup on the big screen but nothing apart from that. I'm sure it must have been better than I remember.

Seriously guys, nothing is worse than the Levellers.

Not even Skunk Anansie or Travis?

or Stereophonics, for that matter?

They are not filthy hippies.

not, but they are Stereophonics

Stereophonics have that combination of the worst music plus the worst fans (see also Oasis). The Levellers probably had that as well but hating on filthy hippies/Levellers fans is like hating on the festival itself.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwN2uOFcpHg

never forget

Seahorses never headlined? Shame.

― HI DERE, Monday, June 21, 2010 2:00 PM (16 minutes ago) Bookmark

lol

Deadly? That's nuts
well it bored the piss out of me, sorry.

They are not filthy hippies.

― ô_o (Nicole),

Unarguably true!

Matt and Dan make some compelling arguments in favor of the Stereophonics. And I do remember the one one roadtrip I took with my sister where she played one of the Stereophonics albums.

I should have thrown her out of my car.

Seahorses never headlined? Shame.

I don't think they were ever allowed back after this.

It's Skunk Anansie, though Muse make the worst music

^^^ Well worth watching for how hilariously inept it is. (xpost)

hahahaha Matt

Muse make the worst music

They were also one of Stephenie Meyer's sources of inspiration for writing Twilight, thus making them one of the most evil bands to have ever existed.

Muse + Mormonism = Twilight?

brrrr

Actually lolling at the out-of-tune vocals on Love Is the Law. That's the death throes of Britpop right there.

You either have to laugh or cry at that one.

Started off laughing, ended up crying during the guitar solo. What a fucking abomination that band were.

jeez. this is why i hate glastonbury and just have to go o_0 at people getting excited about it. especially having just returned from sónar which is a million times better in every conceivable way, why would you ever choose glastonbury over it?

also skunk anansie are soooooo not the worst band on that list, though the vast majority fit somewhere between "bad" and "execrable".

Stereophonics (2002)
Rod Stewart (2002)

for a same-year double whammy that will take some beating.

prob voting oasis.

Stereophonics (2002)
Rod Stewart (2002)

for a same-year double whammy that will take some beating.

*cough*

The Black Crowes (1993)
Red Hot Chili Peppers (1993)

leaning kings of leon or stereophonics

Red Hots in 1993 still were not terrible

yeah that's an insult to rhcp

Gotta be Black Crowes.

Got to be The Levellers.

Can I just say - I saw that Black Crowes headline set and they were great! I wasn't on drugs or anything. They totally won me over.

I don't think I've ever heard Ash despite seeing their name about a bazillion times

Oh you should hear Girl From Mars

I've never heard Arctic Monkeys or Kings Of Leon

I saw that Black Crowes headline set and they were great! I wasn't on drugs or anything.

The first step is admitting you have a problem...

oh I've always had a problem

I mean, okay, I had been on drugs for four days prior to that. But they were awesome

i would file all of these under ACTIVELY AWFUL AND SHOULD NOT BE INVITED TO FESTIVALS IN ANY CAPACITY APART FROM MAYBE TOILET CLEANERS:

Happy Mondays (1990)
Carter USM (1992)
The Black Crowes (1993)
Red Hot Chili Peppers (1993)
The Levellers (1994)
Oasis (1995, 2004)
Pulp (1995, 1998)
Radiohead (1997, 2003)
Ash (1997)
Primal Scream (1998)
Blur (1998, 2009)
REM (1999, 2003)
Manic Street Preachers (1999)
Travis (2000)
David Bowie (2000)
Coldplay (2002, 2005)
Stereophonics (2002)
Rod Stewart (2002)
Moby (2003)
Paul McCartney (2004)
Muse (2004, 2010)
Arctic Monkeys (2007)
The Killers (2007)
The Who (2007)
Kings of Leon (2008)
The Verve (2008)
Neil Young (2009)
Bruce Springsteen (2009)
Gorillaz (2010)

you'd have to pay me serious £££ to even sit through their records let alone a live show surrounded by *brr* their fans

Black Crowes aren't anywhere near the worst band on here. As annoying as they and their songs may be, they can play their instruments and sing their material convincingly; that alone puts them above Travis and MSP.

Man I used to love The Manic Street Preachers. A lot of girls liked them, you know.

I always knew you were a fan of The Cure, Lex.

I don't get why The Prodigy gets a pass and Moby doesn't...?

Moby is American

Artists remaining after the lex's mass damning of Glastonbury lineups:

The Cure (1990, 1995)
Sinead O'Connor (1990)
Shakespeare's Sister (1992)
Youssou N'Dour (1992)
Christy Moore (1993)
Elvis Costello (1994)
Peter Gabriel (1994)
The Prodigy (1997)
Skunk Anansie (1999)
The Chemical Brothers (2000)
The White Stripes (2005)
Basement Jaxx (2005)
Jay-Z (2008)
Stevie Wonder (2010)

Skunk Anansie Ugh

fun thread

To which I say, how did you not leave Skunk Anansie on your blacklist??

xp

It feels like "Skunk Anansie are headlining Glastonbury" should be a line in this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KT5gQXZuXAM

Listening to Christy Moore on youtube, I kind of can't believe Lex didn't put him on the toilet-scrubber list.

lex is into elvis costello?

Shakespeare's Sister (1992)

This is astounding.

i have never heard elvis costello
i have never heard OF christy moore
i'm sure i must have heard the cure but i genuinely can't recall what they sound like - free pass for tori amos's cover of "love song"
the prodigy post-fat of the land would assuredly be on the toilet cleaner list, though yeah i guess i can live w/moby being taken off it for the remix of "honey" with kelis
skunk anansie had a couple of decentish songs iirc

nb i've never heard peter gabriel either

apart from the ones i don't know, the festival that's left looks pretty great!

i'm sure i must have heard the cure but i genuinely can't recall what they sound like - free pass for tori amos's cover of "love song"

OMG

Moby post-Play is a very different animal from Moby pre-Play:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJCFHw2Y5WQ

Actually this is the better mix:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeat_4h-x3M&feature=related

I actually only like about 12 of those bands, it's a pretty poor return on headliners considering how amazing the festival is.

I just want to post this link again. This is why Glastonbury is awesome. I have had so many memories like this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mkdxfgq2ykQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoJ_0UXb7SU&feature=related

I went to this thing in 1993, mostly to see the Velvet Underground who played at like lunchtime or something. Anyway, I think there's some wrong info here. The way I remember it, the show on Sunday finished with the Stereo MCs then the Orb. Not Christy Moore.

Stereo MCs and then The Orb would have been the second stage, without a doubt.

Huh? You are probably right. This was the only time I went and I cannot even remember that there were two big stages.

That Raving Kebab thing makes me miss the UK

I would have sworn that neither the Black Crowes or the RHCPs played in 1993 either. I guess the main stage is where all the shite lives.

I woke up during the Velvet Underground's set, totally missed them.

Lou was in a bad mood. That's my main memory.

You would think they'd have been headlining, I suppose it was just a bit less regimented then? It's a bit difficult to get much concrete information pre-1995 or so, so I just went on what the posters + Wikipedia said.

I just about knew who they were at the time, tbh. They just looked like boring old people when I watched them on the tv after I got home!

I was probably more excited about Radial Spangle or Tripmaster Monkey or something

Probably still playing in the Glade on Saturday night, just before Aphex Twin.

KINGS OF LEON

Virtually everyone from 1990 to 94, except the Mondays and The Cure, is a total "how the fuck did they get there?" pick, but I suppose the festival was much smaller.

― Vulvuzela (Matt DC), Monday, June 21, 2010 6:42 PM (4 hours ago) Bookmark

that era makes way more sense to me tbh. except for shakespeare's sister whuuuuuut.

like 2008: the verve and jay-z. really?

kings of leon are in the upper half of bands on this list

KoL are terrible but also not very glastonbury

just terrible streamer rock garbage

it will take a tremendous act of persuasion to wrench me away from Stereophonics. have seen Skunk Anansie live and they weren't bad. they weren't my thing but they weren't bad.

lol christy moore

would kinda like to see christy moore after a load of e and ket to be honest...

Kings of Leon for me too. Hate them.

I think in the old days it wasn't necessarily programmed so the best bands were headlining on the main stage. But I have to say that I do not think it is preposterous for Carter USM to have headlined because however strange it may seem in retrospect, at the time their cultural standing was as a hugely popular party act at which one could go fucking mental and they were REALLY popular amongst that particular kind of music fan who goes to festivals. Didn't see them at Glastonbury but I was at Reading 10 months earlier where they were 2nd top billing and it was one of the most intense/scary crowd reactions I've ever experienced. I really was thinking "jeez, I hope people are not dying down there".

In fact in the first 3 mins I thought my own life was in danger cos I was stupidly far too close to the front. I got thrown/swept back about 50 yards with fists and boots flying everywhere.

People used to be programmed later because they were "festival acts" but that sort of culture, somewhat for the good, has kind of died off

oh what you said haha

I just thought about Senser for a minute or so, then moved on.

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

Voted for Kings of Leon then went on a SB spree

would kinda like to see christy moore after a load of e and ket to be honest...

I saw The Sawdoctors in similar circumstances in some smallish tent at the same time The Killers were on in 2007. Woah.

british people cared about Skunk Anansie?!

even american dudes who taped "120 minutes" every night wouldn't know who the fuck she is

xpost -- Them and Laina Dawes. And apparently nobody else.

i honestly can't find the words to describe how small of a "splash" they made in america. like spin never even reviewed one of their records.

I have never heard of Skunk Anansie but wiki says "members include Skin, Cass, Ace and Mark Richardson" and that "the name "Skunk Anansie" is taken after the West African folk tales of Anansi the spider-man,[1] with “Skunk” added to "make the name nastier"."

voted Kings of Leon but have not heard half of the 90s picks

not the pitchfork richardson i assume? xp

British people gave a fuck about a British band popular in Britain when Americans happened not to have heard of them? How outrageous.

According to someone I know who interviewed him in an article about headlining Glastonbury, The Levellers' Mark Chadwick claimed that The Stones have never played because they are "afraid of failure"

Well, to be fair, clearly the Levellers never had that fear in general.

well, sic, american indie rock had these people called "anglophiles" who worship the brit charts and kept up stocked on yawny BS like Ned's Atomic Dbag and Oasis and The Darkness. Even they weren't fucking with Skunk enuf to spread the word.

Whiney i totally remember reading about Skunk Anansie in American rock mags

Some dude's right -- they had American releases, were talked about, etc.

the mark richardson in skunk anansie was the drummer of british shitty poodle rock band Little Angels.

Skunk Anansie toured early on with pre-fame Slipknot. I remember listening to the radio 1 rock show and it was a skunk anansie tour report from the USA where skin was raving about these guys in masks and how exciting they were. This was the 1st time I heard of them. A year later and they were huge.

fwiw I'm about 90% certain that Skunk Anansie's headline set at Glastonbury only happened because someone big dropped out at short notice. They weren't *that* popular here

don't know if it's a point in our favor or yours that Slipknot were successfully foisted on the UK but Skunk Anansie couldn't make it in the states

Slipknot >>>>>>>>>>>>> Skunk Anansie, you weiner

both suck

but neither are as bad as The Little Angels were

i honestly can't find the words to describe how small of a "splash" they made in america. like spin never even reviewed one of their records.

You do know that the Glastonbury festival doesn't take place in America, and therefore this doesn't matter, right?

Skunk Anansie didn't feel like they should be headliners at the time, they were reasonably popular but not headliner material. Either they couldn't fill that third slot, or someone pulled out before they announced the lineup (they were definitely on the first published lineup at the top of the bill, I remember eyebrows being raised at the time).

I think what probably happened was that the organisers thought their next album was going to send them absolutely massive and that just didn't happen. Radiohead were not really that big in early 1997, when they would have been booked, but their set coincideded with the release of OK Computer that sent them absolutely stratospheric. Hell, even Jay-Z wasn't really big enough in Britain to headline the festival and has subsequently become huge here.

Headliners pre-95 or so are excepted from this because the festival was so much smaller.

nah radiohead a big deal already, obviously not supernova big, but "the organisers thought their next album was going to send them absolutely massive" is probably otm

like spin never even reviewed one of their records.

omigod world renowned SPIN MAGAZINE, the magazine just EVERYBODY read didn't write about them???!!!!

how did they even eat? how did they even roll out of bed in the morning?

Pulp replacing The Stones Roses in 1995, was purely off the back of Common People. It's strange to think Monday Morning, Disco 2000, Mis-shapes and Sorted for E's And Whiz were all unreleased at the time of their set, with the latter 3 being played for the first time (I think)

I didn't watch all that much MTV (lol no cable) but the few instances around that time that I caught it, I saw the video for "Selling Jesus" multiple times.

like spin never even reviewed one of their records.

omigod world renowned SPIN MAGAZINE, the magazine just EVERYBODY read didn't write about them???!!!!

how did they even eat? how did they even roll out of bed in the morning?

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yeah but in a certain era, spin pretty much defined rock for kids that were growing up to be indie rock and alternative audiences

no on knew who skunk anasie was, i vaguely remember them cuz i think they might have has some song from that movie with angela bassett where they like put weird fake memories in ppls heads, i think raph fiennes was in it

Strange Days

Directed by Kathryn Bigelow IIRC

also featured Juliette Lewis singing PJ Harvey's "Can Hardly Wait"

Juliette Lewis meets PJ Harvey! Sorta:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQ5NUoT6Ujs

Haha xpost. But...different song?

Apologies for my psychotic appearance at the start of the clip BTW

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKnlo7sLfa0&feature=related

ta-dah

And there we go.

Anyway back to talking about when Ralph Fiennes headlined Glastonbury:

http://junkiepop.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/strange_days_560x330_msdstda_ec010_h1.jpg

hahaha MINIDISC = the hi tech format of the future

I still rue the day I talked myself into buying a minidisc recorder

I blame this movie, actually

You were distracted:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2225/2460418458_cfe392a3dc.jpg

somewhere in the office we have a copy of "evil empire" by ratm on minidisc, remember when they were selling prerecorded minidiscs?

Um....in its day minidisc was an awesome format.

The trouble is, its day lasted for about a, well, day.

I used it professionally and personally from about 1995 till about 2004.

many people still record gigs with it

people still use tape reels, too

Can't see anyone else as limp and dreary as Travis. At least Stereophonics occasionally give rocking a bit of a half-hearted go.

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

Ironically their debut single was called "All I Want To Do is Rock"

only 2 votes for muse? really?

i don't get what people have against skunk anansie. they don't seem important enough to hate, and most of the other lumpen britpop acts on that godforsaken list were a good deal worse.

minidisc was actually pretty good, i used on for years at work to record interviews...just thought it was funny in the context of the movie

Ironically their debut single was called "All I Want To Do is Rock"

even at that stage they were desperately toning it down - live the song had been All I Want To Do Is Fuck

i don't get what people have against skunk anansie.

whiney is just "hugging it out" and "keeping it posi"

Can I place 800,000 votes for Muse on behalf of everyone who forgot to vote thanks

oh, and nothing wrong with minidiscs btw

Even own "Loveless" on prerec.

Funny story someone told me over the weekend. Siobhan Fahey's at a party a few years ago and meets Michael Eavis. She says "Thanks for letting us headline in 92, we had a fantastic time." He looks at her uncertainly and says, "No I don't think so. What band were you in?" "Shakespear's Sister." Eavis shakes his head: "No, I think you must be mistaken. You never headlined Glastonbury." Siobhan insists they did. Eavis wracks his brain and asks who else was on the bill. Siobhan says Lou Reed was on before them. Eavis looks delighted and says, "There you go! Lou Reed must have headlined!" Finally Siobhan gives up and walks off. She can laugh about it now, apparently.

Was also reminded that Ash only headlined Sunday in 1997 because Steve Winwood pulled out. Steve Winwood?!?

Shakespears Sister headlining definitely seems bizarre now but they had some pretty big hits at the time. lol at that story...

Can't see anyone else as limp and dreary as Travis. At least Stereophonics occasionally give rocking a bit of a half-hearted go.

I actually saw that Travis headline set and it was quite sweet and enjoyable, have to say. I didn't want to see them either, but I was already there for some reason and the proximity of the cider bus and toilet facilities suddenly made it very doable. I'm not a fan but they kinda won me over a bit, I remember a cool cover of The Band's "The Weight" and all the usual singalong tunes they had at the time, it was awwwright with me... but Pyramid headline sets are always a bit like that, you usually stand at the back and watch the screens drinking cider and letting it wash all over you, other areas of the festival are more engaging, just the way it is...

Didn't see any of the Pyramid headliners this year and don't feel like I enjoyed the festival any less. Would have liked to see Stevie, avoided Muse by the plague and while I was vaguely curious about Gorillaz apparently they came very close to bombing.

There are 2 or 3 Skunk Anansie songs that are worth the careers of some of the bands lower down that list.

it's astonishing to me that gorillaz are still, like, a popular thing. their songs are all totally ropey and non-distinct, how and why do people give a shit about them?

racking my brains to try to remember the titles of the skunk anansie songs i didn't mind in the 90s. easily better than your happy mondays, primal screams, oasises, verves, arctic monkeys et al.

I think plenty of Gorillaz songs are way catchy. Not so much on their latest, though (which I still like).

it's astonishing to me that gorillaz are still, like, a popular thing. their songs are all totally ropey and non-distinct, how and why do people give a shit about them?

Lex otm. Plus who is interesteed in how many famous old hasbeens Damon Albarn has in his address book?

The entire concept just seems really smug, even by Albarn standards.

Muse in 2004 were a really good band. Much better than 80% of these.

I mean, let's be frank here, a 9 year old could have played guitar better than Lou Reed managed in his guest spot (xp)

Hmm, maybe more like 50%. The Cure, 3 votes?!

I don't much like big festival crowds, but my gf was baffingly insistent on seeing the headliners - Gorillaz ok (Dizzee *much* more enjoyable immediately before), but Albarn's arts-page curatorial good taste kills fun - of c it was great to see Mark E Smith reading lyrics from sheet of paper in front of a giant inappropriate crowd (and he sounded good), but the 'enjoy my excellent smorgasbord' attitude was joy-draining.

Muse were professional. I'd rather take out my bowels with a tent peg than see them again.

So I was reading about last minute headliners, and (even thought neither of them ended up playing) can anyone shed any light as to why the hell Steve Winwood was chosen to headline 1997 with Neil Young further down the bill? By any rationale that decision makes no sense at all.

Because you could sing his name to the tune of "Steamy Windows" by Tina Turner.

His management probably insisted on it.

Michael Eavis has said Steve Winwood is one of the artists he's most looking forward to seeing at this weekend's Glastonbury Festival

FYI Mumford & Sons would walk this poll if we were to rerun it.

i dunno i think it'll be forever difficult to look beyond stereophonics in any 'worst' poll

Re. Steve Winwood. You have to remember that (at least in those days) Glastonbury is not all about bands. And beyond that, it' not remotely focussed about the main stage. In the 80s and 90s the pyramid stage was pretty MOR which was fine because there's like 50 other stages with shit going on.

When Winwood took to the stage there was likely Stereolab raging away at the other (huge) stage, Billy Bragg in a big top and so on.

Last time I was there was '93 where iirc Ultramarine, Stereo MCs and The Orb packed way more in front of the second stage than watched the Black Crowes on the Main Stage. I realise the main stage/headliner thing is way more of a thing now.

My memory is that the 'headliner' as people have it nowadays, was some big act we didn't mind missing as we got the jump on the exiting population going home.

Jesus christ, that Top 3.

Everything - yeah I get that (I've been 14 times, including in the 90s when the atmosphere was *very* different). I suppose what I'm getting at is the specific decision to let Winwood headline over Neil Young, which doesn't make a great deal of sense even by old fart logic.

Glastonbury logic though.

Do you have a source for Winwood being originally billed above Young? I know Neil had to pull out because he cut his finger or something, but the only posters I can find online don't have Young's name on them.

Since TV coverage got bigger, the final band on the last night has become the 'headliner' in feel as well as tradition. Previously, the bigger draw would more likely be mid-evening.

Which would explain why Lou Reed was on before Shakeyspearsies. Because on the last night, tum ti tum etc.

Nah, the really big headlining slot (in both festival and media terms) is the Saturday night one.

But yeah, the mid-evening draw does make some sense. The first time I went, in 1998, Bob Dylan was below Sonic Youth (!!!) on the bill.

I remember Blur playing before Spiritualized in 1994 and it felt like they were the real headliners with Spiritualized the blissed-out coda. I would love to know if there was real logic behind the bills in those days or whether they were just disorganised.

Other stages would be disorganised, certainly.

Spiritualized were identifiably night-time music in a way that 1994-era Blur weren't maybe? Didn't Bjork offer to swap places with Orbital in 94 because she knew their set would be much cooler in the dark?

At the Phoenix Festival in 1995 Suede refused to play unless they went on after Bob Dylan. IIRC the official billing had Dylan top of the bill and Suede second but the actual running order was the other way round.

Arctic Monkeys, 0? really?

So, it would seem like Coldplay are headlining Glastonbury this year. AGAIN.

a popular MOR rock band high up the bill at Glastonbury? surely not?

Huh, I didn't know Glastonbury was still a thing.

Classic Snrub.

They're gonna go super conservative and Xfm this year, overcompensating for Kanye tanking it last year. The other headliners will end up being the Foo Fighters and Muse or something. Maybe Adele.

I saw Skunk Anansie live in 1995, halfway through the afternoon at the Heineken festival in Leeds and they were ferocious and thrilling. Then everything they did after that seemed like a massive letdown.

There was a multi-part documentary on TV about Glastonbury in1992 or 1993 and every episode ended with a clip of the Shakespeare's Sister set, so it's odd if Eavis doesn't remember it.

Lol at the Skunk Anansie discussion upthread where American people are shocked that a British band popular in Britain would headline a British festival, when they haven't even heard about it!

After their second album, Skunk Anansie were huge in Finland too. I saw them at a local festival in 1997, and even though the music isn't really to my taste, their performance was totally electrifying. I don't get why people here hate them so much?

think it's mainly cos they are shit

They're gonna go super conservative and Xfm this year, overcompensating for Kanye tanking it last year. The other headliners will end up being the Foo Fighters and Muse or something. Maybe Adele.

― Matt DC, Thursday, February 18, 2016 3:52 AM (19 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

No Foo Fighters (or Muse I think but not sure). Radiohead (pretty sure). Adele. Jeff Lynne's ELO before Coldplay on Sunday.

Muse & Adele I reckon

boring headliners, but more diversity in the full line up (compared to the 90s britpop and 00s landfill eras)

GLASTONBURY REVEAL FULL 2016 LINE-UP
http://crackmagazine.net/2016/03/glastonbury-reveal-full-2016-line-up/

zz top in 2016 does seem rather strange though...i remember than on the Whistle Test in 1985

LCD Soundsystem, Skepta and ZZ Top added to Glastonbury lineup
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/mar/29/glastonbury-festival-lineup-announcement-lcd-soundsystem-skepta-zz-top

The other headliners will end up being the Foo Fighters and Muse or something. Maybe Adele.

kind of impressively prescient, but also kind of not

zz top in 2016 does seem rather strange though...i remember than on the Whistle Test in 1985

a good band at glastonbury does seem a bit odd tbh

ZZ Top are exactly the sort of band they wheel out to play a Sunday afternoon slot, it's not remotely surprising.

This is among the worst set of Pyramid headliners I can remember, although 2002's hat-trick of Coldplay, Stereophonics and Rod Stewart takes some beating. The weekend will still rule.