Ok

Kiss are off the list now, Eminem is added to the list but is not a direct competitor

I will do some interview profiling next week to see if there were any changes in Duff and Slash over a period of time.

Calling it a day now as I have other work to do haha. I'll report back next week

Post back again;

Looking into Iron Maiden;

Their 2016 dates were announced around 1st October, but there was a delay in releasing them. Because they are playing The Forum near LA (owned by MSG) on 15th and 16th April, this should exclude them from the festival. This is because (apparently) there is a radius clause in the Coachella contracts which bans bands from playing near to the festival, a clause to which there are exceptions. The interesting thing is that Iron Maiden's tour looks like it was set up to end in LA, so it makes sense that they were being considered for the festival, probably up until September. They could still be a contender, but given they are doing two concerts in LA, they are saturating the crowd there already.

Edit -->I have had confirmation Iron Maiden are not announcing anymore concerts in the California area, so Iron Maiden are out. There are more US dates to announce between LA and NZ

Bruce Springsteen is also doing two large concerts in LA in March, which would have to rate him as an unlikely candidate.

In previous years, the Coachella headliner rumours in December have tended to be correct. Here's a story from this time last year with last years guesses for 2015, which also mentions a long standing offer for a reunited GN'R. http://www.musictimes.com/articles/1874 … adline.htm

I have not looked into this, but another aspect to think about is interviews. If GN'R are reuniting, interviews with Duff and Slash would probably show a change over a period of time. There will probably be less interviews, less questions about GN'R during the interviews and different answers to the stock answers they usually give

The Blitz article is referring to a Portuguese festival in the first half of 2016 (I think) http://blitz.sapo.pt/guns-nroses-tem-pr … 016=f98051

It surely has to be Rock in Rio

Reported mid October, so events took place in the weeks leading up to the article if true, again, the timing is interesting

The timing is fine, and it is more interesting because it's on a non GN'R forum.

The leaked list at the time could have represented the three biggest provisional acts on their books, and I could see Adele fitting above Calvin Harris if she is booked.

If you read about Glastonbury, Michael Eavis stated in June he had the three 2016 headliners already booked, yet in November, one of the team was negoiating with Adele about headlining, so festivals are fluid in terms of their setlist

So, Maiden are a safe, boring option.

Kiss - A possibility. Have US tour dates start of 2016
Journey - A possibility. Have US tour dates starting in May
Springsteen - A possibility. On the cuff of starting another US tour
The Cure - Unlikely, although they are touring the US, there are not alot of gaps in their schedule.
Muse - Unlikely. Headlined in 2014, will be in Europe during that time