As you'll no doubt have heard by now, Foo Fighters have cancelled the remaining dates on their European tour due to Dave Grohl's leg injury - and that includes the band's headline set at Glastonbury this weekend.
The question is, who could Glasto svengalis Michael and Emily Eavis draft in to replace the band at such late notice?
The current bookies' favorites are Blur, Florence and the Machine, Fleetwood Mac and Taylor Swift. All of these acts are currently on tour and 'match fit' - unlike some of the outlandish suggestions below. (Oasis is not going to happen, lads.)
But more to the point, is this not exactly what Twitter is good for? Crowdsourcing ideas? Far-fetched theories? Improbable and unworkable suggestions? Unhelpful yet amusing jokes, etc.?
Read on for all of the above...
#Glastonbury should replace Foo Fighters with a Foo Fighters tribute band - you're so far from the stage you can barely see the band anyway
— Dom Graham (@GuitaristDom) June 17, 2015
1969 Woodstock Festival to replace Foo Fighters at Glastonbury.
— Matt Owen (@MJowen174) June 17, 2015
Chris Evans to replace foo fighters and headline Glastonbury?
— Stefan Arif (@TheStefanShow) June 17, 2015
So rumour is that @TheVampsband and @UnionJworld will replace @foofighters at #Glastonbury #Glasto2015 pic.twitter.com/m0Z3vrGF0E
— JJ (@jonathanjacob) June 17, 2015
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Rick Astley should replace the Foo Fighters at #Glastonbury - Here's why https://t.co/7FRFP0vRu2
— Mr Del Bra Burner (@nundmc) June 17, 2015
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Genius Move- @BillBailey to replace @foofighters @GlastoFest . Start the Petition pic.twitter.com/pnqDGBcJYN
— Noel Mc Hale (@NoelMcHale) June 17, 2015
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KLF to replace Foo Fighters.
— ccwhitefield (@ccwhitefield01) June 17, 2015
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To replace Foo Fighters, I think Glastonbury should bring in Kylie Minogue to headline, 10 years after she pulled out after Cancer diagnosis
— Dale Bennett (@DaleBennett91) June 17, 2015
would rather wipe my own ass with sandpaper than witness coldplay replace the foo fighters at glasto
— Joseph (@JoeGibsonnn) June 17, 2015
@GlastoFest get the mighty @thedarkness in to replace the injured @foofighters... Sorted!
— Richard Socks (@SocksyBeast) June 17, 2015
Oasis need to replace Foo Fighters in Glastonbury please ðŸ˜ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ?
— Arran (@ArranPearce) June 17, 2015
Acts it's fine to replace Foo Fighters with: Taylor Swift. One Direction. Rebecca Black. Maybe others...
— Samuel Draper (@smldraper) June 16, 2015
Erasure to replace Foo Fighters at Glastonbury.
— andrew nugent (@Shanksyyyyy) June 16, 2015
If Coldplay replace the even worse Foo Fighters I swear to god
— Claire Thomson (@clairecatrina) June 16, 2015
First person to suggest Courteeners replace Foo Fighters is getting put on trial by ISIS
— Danny (@DannyM__MCFC) June 16, 2015
Imagine how happy people will be when Creed replace the Foo Fighters. True grunge legends.
— Fat Piqué (@Terry_Nutkin) June 16, 2015
people wanting blur to replace foo fighters is a nice opportunity to combine being mean to man babies and this photo pic.twitter.com/hjtYO5OLNz
— tuna t (@mama_tuna) June 16, 2015
@RuPaul to replace foo fighters pls
— c i a r a (@c_iara_) June 16, 2015
Taylor Swift to replace the foo fighters would frankly be a bowel voiding onto 170,000 stab wounded backs.
— Shaun Gilroy (@shaungilroy) June 17, 2015
In the words of the great Bill O'Herlihy, we'll leave it there, so.
