Omnibus 2013 Headliner Speculation and Argument Thread

[frizzlefry]

surely these guys are more popular than fucking mgmt or vampire weekend, no?

Do you know what a radio is? Because Bon Iver doesn't.

[concertgoer]

So after watching Jack White at Lollapalooza last weekend I feel like he can headline next year.

[Antoinek91]

So after watching Jack White at Lollapalooza last weekend I feel like he can headline next year.

Agreed.

Best Guess:
Jack White
Green Day
Kanye/Jay-Z


Wish:
Stray Cats Reunion
System of a Down or Daft Punk
No Doubt

[tyles]

Agreed.

Best Guess:
Jack White
Green Day
Kanye/Jay-Z


Wish:
Stray Cats Reunion
System of a Down or Daft Punk
No Doubt

No Doubt is more likely than Green Day or Kayne/Jay-Z, so your wish is more probable than your best guess.

[Antoinek91]

No Doubt is more likely than Green Day or Kayne/Jay-Z, so your wish is more probable than your best guess.

Perhaps. Even though I'd like to see it, I don't see No Doubt getting an invite as a headliner at coachella. Seems like a more likely fit for one of Lolla's six headliner slots or as a headliner at a less noteworthy fest like hangout or firefly or kanrocksas

[heart cooks brain]

pretty sure no doubt was locked in for 2013 when the radiohead/no doubt rumor surfaced last year.

i'd be pretty surprised if they weren't booked.

[Phantasma Del Mar]

New album, world tour almost certainly coming up, fucking huge following in So Cal... They'll headline Friday and Deadmau5 will close the stage after them. Kanye/ Jay Z would almost be lazier than The Black Keys. Almost.

[tyles]

New album, world tour almost certainly coming up, fucking huge following in So Cal... They'll headline Friday and Deadmau5 will close the stage after them. Kanye/ Jay Z would almost be lazier than The Black Keys. Almost.

I think booking Deadmau5 to close is getting as close to lazy as booking the Black Keys. Seriously, the EDM headliners (if you call them that) are getting to be recycled way too often. If they could book the Sahara artists in a way that would make that part of the line-up way different than the EDC, I would be so greatful.

[tyles]

Also, I'd be more shocked if No Doubt DIDN'T headline this year.

[RotationSlimWang]

So, I probably shouldn't even bother to mention this because when it was first told to me I went through about a half hour of calling bullshit on the guy who told me but then again he's a partner in my company with me and he does travel in the kind of insanely rich circles where this kinda shit might come about in conversation... but I've been told that there's a real Floyd tour happening next year. Gilmour and Waters, together. FWIW.

[gary312]

New album, world tour almost certainly coming up, fucking huge following in So Cal... They'll headline Friday and Deadmau5 will close the stage after them. Kanye/ Jay Z would almost be lazier than The Black Keys. Almost.

Just to put point out there. Booking The Black Keys as headliners wasn't really a lazy booking. If it hadn't been for Tony Iommi's cancer, Black Sabbath would've played. What do you do with two months ish to go.

[gary312]

What's the chances at

No Doubt
Daft Punk
Armin Van Burren (dance headliner)

Pearl Jam
Blur(sub)
Morrissey (But this'd be great too)

Foo Fighters
Jack White
Tiesto (dance headliner)

[captncrzy]

Booking The Black Keys as headliners wasn't really a lazy booking. If it hadn't been for Tony Iommi's cancer, Black Sabbath would've played. .

Wrong.

[Gribbz]

Wrong.

Yeah, pretty sure Dre and Snoop were Black Sabbath's replacement.

[microcuts]

Is there any real reason to suggest anyone is seriously to care about No Doubt in 2013? I'm half expecting the album to flop and they'll have to resort to being somebody else's support slot on tour next year.

[gary312]

Yeah, pretty sure Dre and Snoop were Black Sabbath's replacement.

I don't think they were. Headliners were moved about due to Black Sabbath having to pull out. Far as I know, Radiohead and Dre both got moved down a day and The Black Keys booking on Friday due to Sabbath on Sunday pulling out.

They wouldn't book a 1st thought headliner that was a sub the previous year.

[Miroir Noir]

Does it really matter a) if Black Sabbath was supposed to play, and b) if so, which act replaced them as a headliner?

[gary312]

Does it really matter a) if Black Sabbath was supposed to play, and b) if so, which act replaced them as a headliner?

Yes, because it separates the fact if they were just booked for ease or because they had limited time and they were a good fit.

[cheesehead004]

New album, world tour almost certainly coming up, fucking huge following in So Cal... They'll headline Friday and Deadmau5 will close the stage after them. Kanye/ Jay Z would almost be lazier than The Black Keys. Almost.

call it lazy if you want but are we really gonna pretend like the entire polo club wouldnt be packed like sardines at the main stage for kanye/jayz?

[Miroir Noir]

Yes, because it separates the fact if they were just booked for ease or because they had limited time and they were a good fit.

Is it relevant to any current discussion in this thread, or are we just setting the historical record? I know there was some attenuated discussion of Jack White, who -- critically for the present purposes -- did not subheadline at Coachella last year. But other than that, I can't think of a reason to be having this circular "my hearsay evidence is better than your conjecture" debate yet again.

[frozen pilgrim]

sahara will be boys noize LIVE

[mikey1313666]

What about a possible Jack While/Eminem double headliner? a la Strokes/Kanye 2011

[heart cooks brain]

jack white and eminem are both legit headliners. the strokes aren't. or weren't.

[travelfan]

I don't think anybody outside of Strokes fans even considers them a "real" headliner for that year. I always forget they were even there.

[concertgoer]

Yeah I always considered Kanye to be the headliner that year. I still have no idea why The Strokes shared the top the line with him.

[Miroir Noir]

It was probably some sort of contractual thing that their management negotiated, possibly because they were at the top of the bill at other comparable festivals (though those festivals had more than three acts on the top line).

[Bumblebee]

So, I probably shouldn't even bother to mention this because when it was first told to me I went through about a half hour of calling bullshit on the guy who told me but then again he's a partner in my company with me and he does travel in the kind of insanely rich circles where this kinda shit might come about in conversation... but I've been told that there's a real Floyd tour happening next year. Gilmour and Waters, together. FWIW.

Roger has made a statement that he's eyeing stadium WALL dates in Europe for 2013. Plus Gilmour hasn't done a full gig without Richard Wight since....1984?

[Bumblebee]

It was probably some sort of contractual thing that their management negotiated, possibly because they were at the top of the bill at other comparable festivals (though those festivals had more than three acts on the top line).

Maybe GV wanted their name in a big font to alter how the big names of the lineup would be perceived. It was Kanyes first major US appearance since Bonnaroo and the Swift stuff.

[GuyInTucson]

If The Strokes weren't headliners then what line would you say they fell on?

[travelfan]

If The Strokes weren't headliners then what line would you say they fell on?

They're a headliner, albeit a weak one. Playing right before inarguably the biggest act of that entire year sort of minimizes any impact they had as one though.