CaledonianGonzo

Listening to Coldplay's tour setlist and its hella frontloaded.

With their songs like U16 Girls

In Kill Bill SZA is clearly fantasising about committing some sort of crime, but ultimately the lyrics are self-critical and are more about her inability to move on from a previous love than they are an exhortation for violence. However, in Bohemian Rhapsody Freddie Mercury confesses to murder, even going so far as to outline the approach and the weapon he used. In a just society he should have done time and never have been free to potentially kill again.

Based on what's happening with his O2 run I don't think we can continue to leave Usher off the list of possible future headliners.

She sold out Hyde Park very quickly though right? Suspect these will also go like hotcakes.

I guess she'd have been on the poster if they'd managed to bag her.... but there's still a window of opportunity there.

Stevie Nicks has just announced shows in Glasgow and Manchester in the days between Glastonbury and BST. Close bit no cigar.

Prof Janina Ramirez just confirmed herself for the University of Glastonbury at the Crow's Nest

Sounding increasingly like I might be seeing Coldplay for the first time in 20 years.....

If anything Kill Bill doesn't go far enough. For example, she could sing about nailing her ex's goolies to the wall.

They should have pulled the plug when Elton started promoting street violence with Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting

Doubt it after Astroworld tbh. Can't imagine they'd want to run the risk.

I watched her perform it at the Grammys and she actually seemed to cut a man's throat and then throw him sky high in the air. Then all ninjas came on and started sword-fighting one another. I'm really not sure if this is the sort of thing that Glastonbury should be encouraging.

Reckon Trav might come out with SZA.

I've been listening to some Shania. Even the less familiar material is big chorus, hook-filled party music. She'll entertain people.

A couple of wet years and underwhelming line-ups and the guaranteed instant sell-out will start to look a bit wobbly. A lot of folk take it for granted that it'll never stop, but I bet the festival themselves aren't so complacent.

Cyndi's played before and I didn't hear much about her drawing an out of the ordinary crowd. Given the over-familiarity of the rest of the line up, a genuinely rare UK festival booking like Shania will result in a rammo field. Not that Lauper will struggle for numbers either tbh.

Too soon to start writing the obituaries imho. They obviously had the ambition and wherewithal to try to land Madonna. That it didn't work out - for Glastonbury or anyone else for that matter - isn't really their fault. If 2025 represents a further downward slide then we'll see.

It's cos she'll bring an enormous party vibe that Cyndi Lauper won't get within sniffing distance of.

Saying I f**k with it = I like it.

Yay hardship

I f**k with Skeleton Tree tbh. It's the last couple of albums where he's d@bbed down hard.

SZA improves the line up. She's one of the few genuinely great acts on there. Imagine we got the same undercard but topped off with Liam Gallagher or Kings of Leon....

Clever move to keep this off the poster so that the crowds dont go f**king bananas.

Can't roast 2008 too hard given the f**king Gossip are also riding high and large on this year's line up.