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The schedule drops and The War on Drugs appears to be the Saturday headliner. But people notice that they end like 45 minutes earlier than the other headliners.
TWOD wrap up their set at the scheduled time, but something seems to be happening behind the scenes. Then Miley and Beyonce come out with Adam to play II Most Wanted. Then Rhiannon Giddens pops out and the banjo kicks into Texas Hold Em.
I know I’m the fun ruiner, but why do people pretend like Beyoncé is not solely financially motivated and would never play something that payed her nothing, when presumably stagecoach threw money at her and it didn’t happen.
Miley might. I dunno, she seems like she’d do something for the fun of it. But Beyoncé is very much less likely.
The schedule drops and The War on Drugs appears to be the Saturday headliner. But people notice that they end like 45 minutes earlier than the other headliners.
TWOD wrap up their set at the scheduled time, but something seems to be happening behind the scenes. Then Miley and Beyonce come out with Adam to play II Most Wanted. Then Rhiannon Giddens pops out and the banjo kicks into Texas Hold Em.
I know I’m the fun ruiner, but why do people pretend like Beyoncé is not solely financially motivated and would never play something that payed her nothing, when presumably stagecoach threw money at her and it didn’t happen.
Oh I know it’s not going to actually happen. Stagecoach is all the evidence I need - if she was going to headline a festival to promote Cowboy Carter it would have been there. (The link to her infamous Coachella performance, the money they could have paid, etc.)
But I think there’s more to financial motivation than just money in the bank. On a quest to her first AOTY, popping up at a respected Americana tastemaking festival like Newport and embracing the media that would follow could be impactful. (There’s probably better bang for her buck and time in marketing that image, but at least there’s a small return for doing so.)
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I know I’m the fun ruiner, but why do people pretend like Beyoncé is not solely financially motivated and would never play something that payed her nothing, when presumably stagecoach threw money at her and it didn’t happen.
CONGRATULATIONS! YOU'VE JUST WON... THE STUPIDEST QUESTION OF THE MONTH! Same reason we'd expect it from Paul Simon or James Taylor or whoever. Same reason Taylor Swift plays the tiny desk concert. Same reason Springsteen is playing See.Hear.Now. Because they're artists that have some integrity, that like to play music, and that occassionally do nice things.
I know I’m the fun ruiner, but why do people pretend like Beyoncé is not solely financially motivated and would never play something that payed her nothing, when presumably stagecoach threw money at her and it didn’t happen.
CONGRATULATIONS! YOU'VE JUST WON... THE STUPIDEST QUESTION OF THE MONTH! Same reason we'd expect it from Paul Simon or James Taylor or whoever. Same reason Taylor Swift plays the tiny desk concert. Same reason Springsteen is playing See.Hear.Now. Because they're artists that have some integrity, that like to play music, and that occassionally do nice things.
If Beyonce shows up at Newport this year I will eat a Stetson hat on a livestream and donate proceeds to a charity of your choosing
I know I’m the fun ruiner, but why do people pretend like Beyoncé is not solely financially motivated and would never play something that payed her nothing, when presumably stagecoach threw money at her and it didn’t happen.
CONGRATULATIONS! YOU'VE JUST WON... THE STUPIDEST QUESTION OF THE MONTH! Same reason we'd expect it from Paul Simon or James Taylor or whoever. Same reason Taylor Swift plays the tiny desk concert. Same reason Springsteen is playing See.Hear.Now. Because they're artists that have some integrity, that like to play music, and that occassionally do nice things.
Homie, everyone you just listed has a persona of being willing to show support for causes and play shows below their means. Give me one example of Beyoncé doing that. She’s just a larger than life figure who is a diva and a pop star. I mean, I saw Bruce Springsteen play for free and acoustic at Easter Michigan university. Beyoncé is not doing shit like that. It’s not comparable. I don’t think Beyoncé has the ability to play a stripped down show. I with her is seems like it to be this large scale, fussed over spectacle that wouldn’t make sense financially to do. It’s not Paul Simon or James Taylor showing up with a guitar, it’s choreography, wardrobe changes, production costs, yada yada. The fact that James Taylor can show up and play with an hours notice is a great example of why you comparing him showing up to Beyoncé showing up is fucking absurd.
CONGRATULATIONS! YOU'VE JUST WON... THE STUPIDEST QUESTION OF THE MONTH! Same reason we'd expect it from Paul Simon or James Taylor or whoever. Same reason Taylor Swift plays the tiny desk concert. Same reason Springsteen is playing See.Hear.Now. Because they're artists that have some integrity, that like to play music, and that occassionally do nice things.
Homie, everyone you just listed has a persona of being willing to show support for causes and play shows below their means. Give me one example of Beyoncé doing that. She’s just a larger than life figure who is a diva and a pop star. I mean, I saw Bruce Springsteen play for free and acoustic at Easter Michigan university. Beyoncé is not doing shit like that. It’s not comparable. I don’t think Beyoncé has the ability to play a stripped down show. I with her is seems like it to be this large scale, fussed over spectacle that wouldn’t make sense financially to do. It’s not Paul Simon or James Taylor showing up with a guitar, it’s choreography, wardrobe changes, production costs, yada yada. The fact that James Taylor can show up and play with an hours notice is a great example of why you comparing him showing up to Beyoncé showing up is fucking absurd.
i mean, Taylor Swift and Bruce Springsteen and basically every single stadium act alive plays "large scale, fussed over spectacle" type shows, but it doesn't mean they couldn't do something else. Also she's pretty well noted for her philanthropy, so I'm not sure where this "she's not known for showing support for causes" thing is coming from.
Beyonce is not playing Newport Folk, and anyone who thinks its possible is demented. But the reasons you're using here are pretty suspect.
Also James Taylor could show up with an hours notice because he lives like 5 minutes away and he sucks. Imagine how not-in-demand you must be to be able to play a whole ass concert with an hours notice? I can't even find time to get to the grocery store, but that's because I'm busy and have a job. James Taylor's bum ass just sitting around all day waiting for the phone to ring.
Homie, everyone you just listed has a persona of being willing to show support for causes and play shows below their means. Give me one example of Beyoncé doing that. She’s just a larger than life figure who is a diva and a pop star. I mean, I saw Bruce Springsteen play for free and acoustic at Easter Michigan university. Beyoncé is not doing shit like that. It’s not comparable. I don’t think Beyoncé has the ability to play a stripped down show. I with her is seems like it to be this large scale, fussed over spectacle that wouldn’t make sense financially to do. It’s not Paul Simon or James Taylor showing up with a guitar, it’s choreography, wardrobe changes, production costs, yada yada. The fact that James Taylor can show up and play with an hours notice is a great example of why you comparing him showing up to Beyoncé showing up is fucking absurd.
i mean, Taylor Swift and Bruce Springsteen and basically every single stadium act alive plays "large scale, fussed over spectacle" type shows, but it doesn't mean they couldn't do something else. Also she's pretty well noted for her philanthropy, so I'm not sure where this "she's not known for showing support for causes" thing is coming from.
Beyonce is not playing Newport Folk, and anyone who thinks its possible is demented. But the reasons you're using here are pretty suspect.
Also James Taylor could show up with an hours notice because he lives like 5 minutes away and he sucks. Imagine how not-in-demand you must be to be able to play a whole ass concert with an hours notice? I can't even find time to get to the grocery store, but that's because I'm busy and have a job. James Taylor's bum ass just sitting around all day waiting for the phone to ring.
I’m unaware of Beyoncé playing charity shows or even stripped down shows ever. If I’m wrong, I apologize. It’s not a matter of philanthropy in general it’s the act of playing shows in that regard which the others have done and I don’t know that Beyoncé has. Her music just isn’t suited for a stripped down acoustic se,t which again artist that are being listed, Taylor swift, Bruce Springsteen etc, have the capability to do so, easily. This is not an anti Beyoncé stance, it’s that she’s not coming out with Rhiannon and playing a stripped down Texas hold em.
i mean, Taylor Swift and Bruce Springsteen and basically every single stadium act alive plays "large scale, fussed over spectacle" type shows, but it doesn't mean they couldn't do something else. Also she's pretty well noted for her philanthropy, so I'm not sure where this "she's not known for showing support for causes" thing is coming from.
Beyonce is not playing Newport Folk, and anyone who thinks its possible is demented. But the reasons you're using here are pretty suspect.
Also James Taylor could show up with an hours notice because he lives like 5 minutes away and he sucks. Imagine how not-in-demand you must be to be able to play a whole ass concert with an hours notice? I can't even find time to get to the grocery store, but that's because I'm busy and have a job. James Taylor's bum ass just sitting around all day waiting for the phone to ring.
I’m unaware of Beyoncé playing charity shows or even stripped down shows ever. If I’m wrong, I apologize. It’s not a matter of philanthropy in general it’s the act of playing shows in that regard which the others have done and I don’t know that Beyoncé has. Her music just isn’t suited for a stripped down acoustic se,t which again artist that are being listed, Taylor swift, Bruce Springsteen etc, have the capability to do so, easily. This is not an anti Beyoncé stance, it’s that she’s not coming out with Rhiannon and playing a stripped down Texas hold em.
Might be cool if Rhiannon did her own version of Texas Hold ‘Em. When I first saw her with Carolina Chocolate Drops they covered Hit ‘Em Up Style and it was awesome!
Took a couple days off as mentioned in my last post, came back to be excited about the War on Drugs, man oh man do I hope tickets happen for me, and discovered an argument about whether Beyonce could or would play this festival. I am the ant-man “what the hell happened here” meme.
But I think Miley Cyrus will be at this fest one day she has a bunch of connections and seems to be pretty alright.
Took a couple days off as mentioned in my last post, came back to be excited about the War on Drugs, man oh man do I hope tickets happen for me, and discovered an argument about whether Beyonce could or would play this festival. I am the ant-man “what the hell happened here” meme.
But I think Miley Cyrus will be at this fest one day she has a bunch of connections and seems to be pretty alright.
I think I accidentally kicked off the debate, without intention, because I was more daydreaming of an ideal situation since Adam from the War on Drugs plays guitar on Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter (on the song with Miley) and we were already debating whether TWOD would be a headliner or not.
(Wasn’t intending it to be a real prediction. I know we made similar comments re: T Swift and the National. Although I recognize there’s a big difference between Jack and Aaron as movers and shakers in Taylor’s orbit and a random guitar player on a single Beyonce song.)
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Post by Larry Farnsworth on May 8, 2024 10:57:28 GMT -5
im sorry but "Monet Weir dating the guy who helps Petey record TikToks is NFF's secret gateway to booking Bobby Weir" is hysterically nonsensical galaxy brain shit, like, bravo
anyway DeadCo wrap up their two-month long Sphere residency two weeks before NFF, i'd be stunned if Weir is back out on the road so soon
im sorry but "Monet Weir dating the guy who helps Petey record TikToks is NFF's secret gateway to booking Bobby Weir" is hysterically nonsensical galaxy brain shit, like, bravo
anyway DeadCo wrap up their two-month long Sphere residency two weeks before NFF, i'd be stunned if Weir is back out on the road so soon
What’s he expected to do after his residency? Sit around on his ass waiting for a phone call?
im sorry but "Monet Weir dating the guy who helps Petey record TikToks is NFF's secret gateway to booking Bobby Weir" is hysterically nonsensical galaxy brain shit, like, bravo
anyway DeadCo wrap up their two-month long Sphere residency two weeks before NFF, i'd be stunned if Weir is back out on the road so soon
Playing the weekends isn’t exactly a “two month long residency” but yes it does span that time period