As an allegory, think of Blur being replaced as festival headliners by Beady Eye.
It's been 20 years since they had to pull out because John Squire broke his collarbone and shoulder blade, only to be replaced as headliners by a triumphant Pulp.
Their fellow cast members included notable acts of the time such as Bill and Charlie Monroe, the Carlisle Brothers and the Dixon Brothers, but the Mainer band were considered the headliners by the thousands of listeners who sent in requests every week.
The headliners: By this point in the day, I was feeling pretty beat, but I caught snippets of three of the day's final headliners.
Headlining the Outdoor Theatre, Axwell /\ Ingrosso played to their roles as crossover headliners by dropping remixes of Beastie Boys' "Sabotage" and leading the crowd through sing-a-longs of their many (Swedish House Mafia) hits.
July saw them in Canada once more touring with High on Fire, and that November they played concerts as the headliner supported by new labelmates Naam in the US.
The Brooklyn festival, announcing its lineup, appeared to be thoroughly black and male: Ice Cube, TV on the Radio, Tyler the Creator, and Flying Lotus are the top four headliners, followed by Janelle Monae – and then more dudes.
At one point, the Beatles and Dylan were mooted as headliners, but, by then, the once Fab Four were disintegrating back in Blighty and Bob, ironically, was holed up in a mansion in the small town of Woodstock in the woods in upstate New York, deep in retreat from fame, hard drugs and his own carefully created mythology.
Chase & Status are on next as de facto headliners, followed by London grime DJ Sir Spyro and Chimpo, from Manchester.
