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I was checking the Glastonbury site, and this is freaking cool:
As part of Glastonbury Festivals continuing campaign to combat touting, pre sales registration is being introduced this year. Everyone wanting to buy a ticket for the 2007 Festival will first have to register. This will mean supplying your contact details and a passport standard photo. Each ticket sold will feature the photograph of the person in whose name it is registered and will be non-exchangeable.
It also looks like Eric Clapton and the Killers will be there. I think Arctic Monkeys are a headliner.
It seems every couple years there's a new, completely disposable rock act that hits it big in Britain. The Vines...the Libertines...now the Arctic Monkeys. It's like their obsession with the Dandy Warhols. I just don't get it...
Man I would consider myself a fairly big fan, but I don't see them as being headline worthy. It's strange that these acts that are comparatively nothing here headline whole festivals there. Like Muse is opening for My Chemical Romance here, but they headlined Glastonbury in 2004 alongside Oasis and Paul McCartney. Here Arctic Monkeys are second line at our "hippest" festival that's not near as big as Glastonbury.
The Arctic Monkeys aren't disposable either, but they're going to need to come up with something big on their follow up or all the flashes of potential will be just that; flashes.
^^^What separates the Monkeys from other young acts? I mean, to my ears I don't get it, but then I haven't really dug into them past the first listen.
I'm a Brit who's lived in the US since '93 and I loved the Arctic Monkeys album at first becasue it did such a fine job of capturing the Saturday night culture of many British cities. Songs like "Red Light' are exactly what what I lived for a few years and "A Certain Romance" is quaintly touching on a very non-quaint subject. Somehow though, it burned out very quickly and I haven't listened to it in months. I bought the later single "Leave before the lights come on" and probably only listened to it twice. They'll have a huge sophomore challenge to face.
I think Pearl Jam tried to play Glastonbury 2007. The organizer said the "biggest band in the world" approached him about headlining, but since his headliners were booked all he could give them was a supporting slot, which they didn't take. If I were to hazard a guess, and looking at their tour dates, I'm guessing it was Pearl Jam.
I think Pearl Jam tried to play Glastonbury 2007. The organizer said the "biggest band in the world" approached him about headlining, but since his headliners were booked all he could give them was a supporting slot, which they didn't take. If I were to hazard a guess, and looking at their tour dates, I'm guessing it was Pearl Jam.
Ha...honestly, are you that big a PJ fan? They are nowhere near fitting the description of "biggest band in the world." My guess is that it was the Pumpkins who don't qualify either, but are probably bigger than PJ, are headlining festivals in Europe, and who would probably approach a festival to headline (something I really can't see PJ doing).
But yeah, PJ being the biggest band in the world makes me laugh. They have a cult following, but come on. They haven't released an album that would qualify as a smash success in over a decade.
Post by karmicpayback on Jan 27, 2007 18:35:25 GMT -5
isaac said:
I think Pearl Jam tried to play Glastonbury 2007. The organizer said the "biggest band in the world" approached him about headlining, but since his headliners were booked all he could give them was a supporting slot, which they didn't take. If I were to hazard a guess, and looking at their tour dates, I'm guessing it was Pearl Jam.
For the British, that description would fit Oasis pretty well. They are nowhere near as big here as they are over there in England. The not taking the supporting slot also goes with the Gallagher brothers' massive ego.
I think Pearl Jam tried to play Glastonbury 2007. The organizer said the "biggest band in the world" approached him about headlining, but since his headliners were booked all he could give them was a supporting slot, which they didn't take. If I were to hazard a guess, and looking at their tour dates, I'm guessing it was Pearl Jam.
Apparently, it was the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Go figure.
Dudezer - I've never had the chance to see Pearl Jam live. I speak on the biggest band in the world because there was a time in their career they were the biggest band in the world. The RHCP I guess makes sense but for F's sake Nickelback is bigger than them.
I think Pearl Jam definitely qualifies as one of the band's with the biggest cult followings in the world. It's not quite like Dead-heads but it's pretty damn close. And their following in Europe's a bit less fickle than their stateside following from what I gather.
Yeah, I don't get the RHCP thing either. They're certainly big worldwide, but not exactly hard to book for festivals.
Wow. Look at the lineup for Glastonbury 1994: Blur, Johnny Cash, Oasis, Peter Gabriel, Radiohead, Rage Against the Machine, Grant Lee Buffalo, Bjork, Manic Street Preachers, Nick Cave, Paul Weller, World Party, Elvis Costello, Beastie Boys, Tool, The Pretenders, Tindersticks, Mary Black, Pulp, Spiritualized, Orbital, Ride.
