MEGABOWL

“a cross between a Broadway stage musical, Shakespeare’s The Tempest, and a live-action Spongebob Squarepants episode” Is a truly magnificent sub-headline

She mentioned it in an interview with Vogue as her favourite memory of playing live

Wonder if SZA will be Friday and Coldplay shift to Sunday

Unless they’re doing a Churnups or have grown out of their egos and are subbing it doesn’t seem to have much meaning

Hopefully we do. Was at both them sets you mention and they were both pure magic. 2013 was nuts, clashes all over the place on Friday then I struggled for a headliner on the Sunday. Such is life I suppose.

Probably should have stopped at ‘opinions’

One of them terrible/amazing nights where it was impossible to win/lose whatever choice you made

Agreed, excellent live band. They were superb on West Holts in 2019.

Was it aye?

Yeah not far off for me. An absolute moment in time.

Why must there? People have different opinions.

Nobody has seriously suggested Coldplay are out, that was kind of the point.

Theorising about SZA…. Olivia Rodrigo seems the absolute obvious choice to me but she’s been very deliberate about her touring so far, what if she doesn’t feel ready? I know she enjoyed Glastonbury in 2022 and her tour dates line up but what if she’s got a plan to visit and watch a headline gig or two before taking the step up next year? KOL on the surface would be insane to turn down headlining at this stage in their career. But what if they’re tied up with the contracts for their Arena/Silverstone/Bristol gigs? What if the only slot SZA will take now is headlining? (strokes chin thoughtfully)

Be worth taking a day off to watch the meltdown on Social Media

I can’t see it. From their POV, I know they love the farm and all that, but without any other U.K. gigs this year it’s a huge thing for them in terms of exposure. They may not be touring in 2025 either. From GFLs POV if they’re going from Madonna or Stevie W to KOL/SZA/O-Rod Coldplay are the anchor. Having the biggest ticket shifter around that isn’t called T Swift on the bill becomes an even bigger deal than before.

There was a bit of excited chat on the other place but it did just seem to come from one poster not including them in a guess, another poster going ‘have they dropped out?’ and then the usual pile on.

As far as I can see. I was at home yesterday and had a fair bit of time on my hands and I haven’t seen anything else.

Or they’re dead right and two have been locked in for ages while the third has changed

We’re definitely reaching the pre-line up rumour frenzy. SZA has come from a poster on Reddit where ‘a friend works for another booker’ and chat that Coldplay aren’t doing it based on someone on Discord asking if Coldplay aren’t doing it. Throw us a bone Em!

I’d love to see her there. Headlining sounds a massive stretch (far less likely than O-Rod or KOL unless they aren’t actually available) but fingers crossed they’ve bagged her.

I’ve no idea. Seeing people open a thread called ‘2024 Headliners’ and then complain about seeing discussion about the 2024 Headliners is bizarre.

Exactly. Plus it’s not like anyone listening to the radio this afternoon is thinking All American Bitch is by Dua Lipa or Training Season is by Olivia Rodrigo. They’re only similar in that they’re “pop” and female.

I thought there was something about her being the back up plan if Stevie W didn’t make it (which was always a possibility given age, illness etc)

Give it O-Rod!

I like them as well, in fact I’m going to see them in Glasgow two days after Glastonbury. But I would be hugely surprised to see them headlining the Pyramid in 2024. Just doesn’t feel like they’re still big enough.