2021 Headliners

[henry bear]

15 minutes ago, dentalplan said:

I think if Neil Finn wants to do Crowded House but he’s got Fleetwood Mac obligations then it’s tough tits. Especially considering the same dispute with Lindsay was the reason there was a space open for him in the first place.

Of course if FM were viewing up 2021 to tour again then that would be the case, but I’m sure I read recently that they had no plans to tour again so soon. That said, I’d happily have them on the farm next year (but not at the expense of Macca).

[assorted]

16 hours ago, mattiloy said:

Given comments made above about ME possibly having future headliners booked, the only one I can think of is the obvious one, and if god willing they, and macca, all come through this unscathed then I'd take a stab at:

Taylor Swift, Fleetwood Mac, Macca.

The only consistent theme I find in the last decade of headliners is not a fealty to a music type but a sorta booking ideology of:

Slot 1 - early career or a booking unusual for a Glastonbury headliner

Slot 2 - mid-career act

Slot 3 - late career act

If there's a divergence in this pattern the last decade it's often in slots 2 & 3 not slot 1 (like I'd put Muse/Coldplay & Radiohead/Foo Fighters as both being kinda the same career-wise, but both years had what i'd call an early career act in addition). With this in mind if Kendrick drops out I'd expect another early career act to replace him, like the 1975 or Lizzo (barring the "is she ready?" arguments). Fleetwood Mac, if booked, would either be taking the McCartney slot or getting bumped to another year depending, as you never see 2  septuagenarian acts.

I know, I'm daring to say there is a pattern! 🙂 

[jparx]

Womad mention in their press release that many of the acts have agreed to return next year. Hopefully that becomes a trend!

[mattiloy]

4 hours ago, assorted said:

The only consistent theme I find in the last decade of headliners is not a fealty to a music type but a sorta booking ideology of:

Slot 1 - early career or a booking unusual for a Glastonbury headliner

Slot 2 - mid-career act

Slot 3 - late career act

If there's a divergence in this pattern the last decade it's often in slots 2 & 3 not slot 1 (like I'd put Muse/Coldplay & Radiohead/Foo Fighters as both being kinda the same career-wise, but both years had what i'd call an early career act in addition). With this in mind if Kendrick drops out I'd expect another early career act to replace him, like the 1975 or Lizzo (barring the "is she ready?" arguments). Fleetwood Mac, if booked, would either be taking the McCartney slot or getting bumped to another year depending, as you never see 2  septuagenarian acts.

I know, I'm daring to say there is a pattern! 🙂 

You're maybe right but if there was ever a year for habits to be broken it's going to be 2021.

[Crazyfool01]

I wonder if that extra day could ever come in to play ... ? 

[Hugh Jass]

6 minutes ago, crazyfool1 said:

I wonder if that extra day could ever come in to play ... ? 

Nope.

[Matt42]

I wish U.K. festivals could adopt the 4 days of music thing that a lot of European festivals have. 

[dentalplan]

And the dual main stages.

And the main music programme running until 2am.

And the weather.

[Crazyfool01]

25 minutes ago, Hugh Jass said:

Nope.

can i just wonder for a few more days please ?  .... oh and good luck with impending  

[Matt42]

19 minutes ago, dentalplan said:

And the dual main stages.

And the main music programme running until 2am.

And the weather.

Imagine all the people 

having two headliners to see

yooo hoo ooo

[Hugh Jass]

41 minutes ago, Matt42 said:

Imagine all the people 

having two headliners to see

yooo hoo ooo

Twice as many complaints on social media.

[Hugh Jass]

BST has gone.

Be interesting to see whether they book Taylor and Kenny for next year...If either are announced you might as well stick a TBC down for Glasto.

Edited April 8, 2020 by Hugh Jass

[jparx]

3 minutes ago, Hugh Jass said:

BST has gone.

Be interesting to see whether they book Taylor and Kenny for next year...

Yep. All eyes on rescheduled dates with those two. We’ve officially lost their only UK shows now so let’s see. Sounds like something could be announced in May with the “review future plans” line?

“You will be contacted directly by the ticket agent you purchased from by 6^th May allowing us time to review future plans and provide full information on the ticket refund process.“

[Matt42]

Here’s a hot take. The 50th never actually happening is not that bad for the festival.

I feel the pressure for this years lineup was so big and the topic of years of discussion that it felt like Glastonbury were trying to live up to some pretty high expectations.

Now 2021 is the next festival it feels more like Glastonbury can carry on without the pressure of naysayers. I hope I never hear “well I expected bigger” ever again tbh.

I hope those who continuously shit on the festival and it’s bookings realise how easily it can all be taken away.

[Crazyfool01]

2 minutes ago, Matt42 said:

Here’s a hot take. The 50th never actually happening is not that bad for the festival.

I feel the pressure for this years lineup was so big and the topic of years of discussion that it felt like Glastonbury were trying to live up to some pretty high expectations.

Now 2021 is the next festival it feels more like Glastonbury can carry on without the pressure of naysayers. I hope I never hear “well I expected bigger” ever again tbh.

I hope those who continuously shit on the festival and it’s bookings realise how easily it can all be taken away.

care to elaborate ? I presume you are not including any financial hit in those thoughts ? ...I thought they were doing very well living up to the hype personally and thats before many of the other buildup announcements ...

 

[Matt42]

4 minutes ago, crazyfool1 said:

care to elaborate ? I presume you are not including any financial hit in those thoughts ? ...I thought they were doing very well living up to the hype personally and thats before many of the other buildup announcements ...

 

Nah I’m looking at this totally from the view point of a fan  that it should hopefully reevaluate the views of those who complain about the lineup year on year but still attend anyway.

[Guest]

22 minutes ago, Matt42 said:

I hope I never hear “well I expected bigger” ever again tbh.

You definitely will.

[Guest]

Also you're giving way too much power to the people who complain about the lineup here 😛

[sisco]

30 minutes ago, Matt42 said:

Here’s a hot take. The 50th never actually happening is not that bad for the festival.

I feel the pressure for this years lineup was so big and the topic of years of discussion that it felt like Glastonbury were trying to live up to some pretty high expectations.

Now 2021 is the next festival it feels more like Glastonbury can carry on without the pressure of naysayers. I hope I never hear “well I expected bigger” ever again tbh.

I hope those who continuously shit on the festival and it’s bookings realise how easily it can all be taken away.

Next years lineup should be bigger and better as this year was cancelled....

(is what people will say)

[Guest]

21 minutes ago, sisco said:

Next years lineup should be bigger and better as this year was cancelled....

(is what people will say)

So true haha

[Matt42]

34 minutes ago, sisco said:

Next years lineup should be bigger and better as this year was cancelled....

(is what people will say)

 

12 minutes ago, SomeoneListeningIn said:

So true haha

I hope we come out of this with a completely different outlook on life 

[sisco]

2 minutes ago, Matt42 said:

 

I hope we come out of this with a completely different outlook on life 

Sadly everyone will have lots of good intentions and then it’ll all go back to the way it always was.  
 

I hope I’m wrong.  

[Gingerfish79]

I hold little hope of it ever happening, but I think it would be a shame if Slipknot never graced the Pyramid. They put on an awesome show and it deserves the biggest of stages.

[thewayiam]

8 hours ago, Gingerfish79 said:

I hold little hope of it ever happening, but I think it would be a shame if Slipknot never graced the Pyramid. They put on an awesome show and it deserves the biggest of stages.

I think it would be okay if they agreed to the 'rock' slot, it would be one of the older one's I'd actually see. No chance though and I doubt Download would allow it.

[sisco]

Reckon we’ll know unofficially some of the lineup for 2021 before 2020 would have even begun.  

Pearl Jam already confirmed for the Lollapalooza Paris and BST seem to be giving some sort of update in May about their refunds. If Taylor/Kendrick tickets get rolled over for that then they’ll pretty much be guaranteed.  Think a few festivals will make the same sort of announcements too.