And the answer is obviously Carole King.
But if there is anyone better? Feel free to post.
Who Should Be The Next Person To Do The Glastonbury Legend Slot?
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Diana Ross was due to play this year & I am assuming that she would get the nod for next year.
Assuming she does, I think Carole King would be a great choice for 2022.
Perhaps Kate Bush for 2023?
Elton Johns never done Glastonbury.
Maybe the Kinks if they reform as they are rumoured to be.
I really don’t think that will ever happen (Kinks) and the time has passed.
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Ray did ver hits in the same slot with his choir about ten years ago..
I saw the Kinks back in – looks it up – 1993. They weren’t very good (played loads of new).
A reformed Slade – it could happen (although unlikely).
They’d bring the house down.
Not very likely, seeing as Noddy and Jim have no interest at all, and Don was sacked a few months ago.
You’re right – more chance of The Jam reforming (hmmm?)
Nice thought though …
When I was a nipper the gem of trivia that distinguished me from my eight year old civilian chums was that Don Powell, not Noddy, was the âleaderâ of Slade. How did he get from there to being given the heave ho?
Basically because the entity known as Slade is now entirely in the control of Dave Hill. No idea how that came to be.
He got custody of the Cup-a-Soup when Nod and Jim walked away.
Neil Young and Crazy Horse.
Paul Young in 2023 to celebrate 40 years of No Parlez
Supertramp.
Arthur You’re bloody well right.
It’s logical.
They don’t exist.
The St Winifreds School Choir.
Doesnât the Legend slot artist have to have an air of camp, or even naffness about them? Thereâs an arch, âguilty pleasuresâ aspect to the earlier choices. Indeed, after the first such performance I remember it was called âthe Rolf Harris slotâ for a few years, until those words took on a less wholesome meaning.
A reformed ABBA would get the masses dancing and singing.
Failing that String Driven thing or Chicory Tip.
Oh yes @steve-t
Chicory Tip are still on the go, I saw a poster for a pub gig when I was in Broadstairs a couple of years ago.
Might I suggest Neil Sedaka. Naff showbiz image but some cracking tunes (Standing on the Inside or Our Last Song Together anybody?) He could do a set with Carol King as they both come from the same Brill Building background. Sorted.
I saw a very entertaining show a few years back by Graham Gouldman and some chums, where they did a first set of acoustic versions of songs he’d written back in the ’60s for The Hollies, Herman’s Hermits, The Yardbirds etc. Then they did an electric band second set of 10cc’s greatest hits.
I would have thought that a good show like the old ’60s package tours could be put together. Carole King as the main focus artist/compere with Sedaka and featuring anyone else that’s still around and capable. Maybe some current artists covering major songs from that era and style where the original artists aren’t around any more.
Peter Frampton.
Show the youngsters a thing or two about proper, fun, powerful pop songs brilliantly played. I’ve been blasting the ‘Frampton Comes Alive 2’ album this week, and what a belter that is.
Not sure you are serious, but he’s hardly a “legend”, nobody under 55 has heard of him. He’s also in failing health I believe.
The Spice Girls.
Barry Manilow.
Cliff.
Cliff (and hopefully the Shads) would be great, if he ‘curated’ a Glasto-appropriate setlist, i.e. the good stuff (and he does have some good stuff) and less of the cheese.
Dave Clark Five
DONOVAN
Surely DONOVAN should be headlining on Saturday night, particularly as he gave the idea of Glastonbury to Michael Eavis?
Sir, I believe you diminish the role of the mighty DONOVAN and in so doing besmirch the reputation of he who is the creator.
He will have ridden a psychic wave back into the mists of time and there spoke to King Arthur, encouraging him to build a church on the tor, thus making it a place of pilgrimage.
It would only be the Dave Clark Two unfortunately.
Morrissey would be fun
@eddie-g
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Less interested in The Smiths actually. He’d be great on his own.
Talking Heads
Now, that I would climb a fence to see.
The remaining Monkees might be good. (Less keen on the Brexiteer ones).
The Mike and Micky show?
Tom Waits… In a field? In DAYLIGHT???!!
with his reputation …
Saw him play in daylight at Neil and Pegi Young’s Bridge Concert in 2007, he was magnificent.
Elo would go down a storm.
They’ve been, and went down IN a storm. I think it was two years ago (the year after Dolly), the weather was horrible and Jeff Lynne barely connected with the audience.
He has zero stage presence.
Her ego and misplaced belief that she is still relevant wouldn’t allow her to do it, but Madonna would be brilliant in that slot.
The Drifters
Englebert ( is he still kicking)?
Uriah Heep…
Marianne Faithfull?
Rod Stewart
(with partial support from the remaining Faces)
How about trying to persuade Mike Oldfield over from The Bahamas to an overcast Somerset
Does he ever play live? Can’t see Tubular Bells being a show stopper.
Surely, riding a crest of a filmic wave: Bros.
It’s high time that Gerry Rafferty received some long-overdue recognition.
That would be a stretch, he sadly died in 2011.
Wha … and I was hoping he’d get Bob Holness up on stage too.
@Ardnort
That isa running joke on the blog. When he died the blog was inundated with new threads reporting his demise. So now we pretend he hasnât carked it.
Ha, ok, that passed me by. Wised up now!
Willie Nelson.
Santana.
Willie has already been there and done that.
Madness?
Great shout
Not quite “Old” enough for the Legend slot, in my view. Plus they’ve already been on.
Obvious. John Shuttleworth.
Tom Lehrer, but alas I don’t think he performs any more.
Billy Joel. Sunny Sunday afternoon, huge field of people roaring “Uptown Girl” and “We Didn’t Start the Fire”. Perfect.
Oh good one. Yeah, surely they must have asked him at some point? Maybe give it a few years until his star dims a bit.
Really good choice. He has a strong back catalogue & he would go down a storm.
Genesis?
They’ve just reformed. They’re (supposed to be) playing live this autumn. They’re fairly old. They’ve sold millions of records. Why not?
Ringo Starr all star band?
Blondie ?
Boomtown Rats? They have old, they have new, they are a very good live band.
Randy Newman. I win.
Cancelled an Aussie tour pre COVID. NoT sure heâd handle it.
ACDC. preferably with Bon Scott.
Roxy Music ? A bit of love is the drug
I can just see everyone frugging to In Every Dreamhome…
Seriously, if Roxy re-formed, a headlining spot would be in order.
He also cancelled a UK tour. He should have been here a couple of weeks ago.
Unfortunately it is definitely cancelled and not postponed and I suspect Rand may never return to these shores.
Julian Cope
I saw him at the Barbican earlier this year, my only big venue gig pre lockdown. Heâd need a band. With just him and a few effects pedals his undeniable charisma didnât reach the balcony so I canât see it extending way, way into a huge field.
I was in the balcony at The Barbican, and your point about a big field notwithstanding, his charisma certainly did extend that far.
Looking at a seating plan I was one of the two higher levels. I love the man, and had wanted to see him for decades, but was disappointed. The Light actually fell asleep at one point, and the could be nasty if it affected large sections of a standing crowd.
Sex Pistols?
Get the guys to shake hands and make up (again) and get Crosby, Stills & Nash up there.
Or Eric Clapton.
CS&N already appeared 2009.
I didn’t know that. I didn’t say CSNY because I knew Neil had appeared there.
So, in that case CSNY, who haven’t appeared as a unit.
The Pretenders.
And a new album to promote as well!
They were on (and very good) in 2017.
Arthur Brown : he neednât play for long. One song, but it would be a cracker!
The Skatalites. They’ve already played Glastonbury once, but that was in 2003.
None of the original members are still alive but I think the band are still in existence and playing.
2 years ago.
James Taylor…? He is terrific live. Actually James Taylor and Carole King….
I fear we are losing the run of ourselves here. There are many stages and slots at Glastonbury and someone like Julian Cope will have a space of their own depending on their fortunes at each stage in their career.
But the tea time legends slot has established specific parameters. You need a pile of songs that the tea time crowd can sing along to. Itâs great if you already loom large in their hearts, but it is possible, through a run of âoh, I forgot he/she/they did that oneâ crowd pleasers to win the day.
Consequently the ideal act is either a slightly off radar* proper act with a catalogue of âOh, I like this one. And this one tooâ tunes – Billy Joel is an excellent suggestion, or
a true entertainer – possibly with a campy element – who will bring a show which will carry the crowd (because this is not an arms folded frowny-faced audience, they want to enjoy themselves) such as Kylie delivered last year. Best of all is both rolled into one, a songwriter with a catalogue to die for who perhaps comes with a whiff of less-than-cool but, by the end has brought the party and reminded everyone that they are one of the greats , as Barry Gibb did a couple of years back.
(*There May be a problem, as suggested above with respect to Madonna, persuading acts that they fit into this slot – in the way no-one is ever ready for that lifetime achievement nod just yet – although the way the tea time act is now routinely fourth on the poster after the headliners, and a few clips of the crowds for past acts, might turn some heads..)