2021 Headliners

[jparx]

It's pretty exciting seeing more names getting populated on the list! Cheers Neil 😀

[zahidf]

9 minutes ago, Neil said:

nothing extra.

All the other SR's are (I think) based on those acts announcing dates around June 2021, and i reckon Stella's tweet is at least as good.

I'm wondering if Glasto has asked the headliners to keep it low for what they're doing next June, as all three haven't announced new dates for next year, and because it's becoming the norm for other acts I reckon at least one of them should have announced a reschedule for next year.

Taylor swift and kendrick lamar haven't announced any other European festival rescheduled, so I think they may be unlikely.

[Neil]

4 minutes ago, zahidf said:

Taylor swift and kendrick lamar haven't announced any other European festival rescheduled, so I think they may be unlikely.

Macca hasn't announced rescheduled dates either.

It might just be coincidence of course, but I do think it seems a little odd that none of the three headliners have, when it's so common for other acts to reschedule for the same time(ish) next year.

[jparx]

8 minutes ago, zahidf said:

Taylor swift and kendrick lamar haven't announced any other European festival rescheduled, so I think they may be unlikely.

I think Gaga only just rescheduling is encouraging. Shows acts are still in the process of sorting it all out, and it must be a logistical nightmare for the bigger acts with more than just touring commitments. We obviously have Ken's info on both of those, which I believe was accurate at the time, but things are still so up in the air the situation could have changed, and maybe changed multiple times. I suspect we'll have acts confirming reschedule dates for a few more months still as they work through everything.

We've not had word on Eilish yet either and she was doing a festival tour. 

[zahidf]

Just now, Neil said:

Macca hasn't announced rescheduled dates either.

It might just be coincidence of course, but I do think it seems a little odd that none of the three headliners have, when it's so common for other acts to reschedule for the same time(ish) next year.

Fair point! Most of the super big bands do 2 year tour plans : I assume the headliners are considering whether to move it forward another year or to skip it straight to year 2. I don't think they'd do it for just Glastonbury, especially as the other festivals probably pay more.

[zahidf]

1 minute ago, jparx said:

I think Gaga only just rescheduling is encouraging. Shows acts are still in the process of sorting it all out, and it must be a logistical nightmare for the bigger acts with more than just touring commitments. We obviously have Ken's info on both of those, which I believe was accurate at the time, but things are still so up in the air the situation could have changed, and maybe changed multiple times. I suspect we'll have acts confirming reschedule dates for a few more months still as they work through everything.

We've not had word on Eilish yet either and she was doing a festival tour. 

Killers rescheduled quickly as well. The stadium tours are probably more of a priority for the acts though.

[Matt42]

9 minutes ago, jparx said:

We've not had word on Eilish yet either and she was doing a festival tour. 

My guess is that the major ticket American acts are waiting a bit. End of this year I reckon we will get a lot announced.

[jparx]

7 minutes ago, Matt42 said:

My guess is that the major ticket American acts are waiting a bit. End of this year I reckon we will get a lot announced.

Have Guns n Roses announced yet?

[Matt42]

Just now, jparx said:

Have Guns n Roses announced yet?

Nope

[jparx]

Still some biggies yet to confirm then.

I get the sense with Kendrick and especially Taylor that their tour plans are usually kept quite close to their chests. The Taylor festival tour particularly seemed to come out the blue - not sure anyone had info that, even Ken? Hopefully we just get a random Instagram post one day with all the dates on there.

Edited June 27, 2020 by jparx

[ModernMan]

Thrilling stuff seeing Macca going from a worry to a strong rumour. Feeling really optimistic about next year. McCartney was the ultimate for me and wasn’t overly fussed about the other two so would be happy to see it mixed up a bit. 
 

As an aside, anyone know of any particular reason why Dylan has never played?

[henry bear]

3 minutes ago, ModernMan said:

As an aside, anyone know of any particular reason why Dylan has never played?

He did in 1998

[Hugh Jass]

23 hours ago, K2SO said:

 

I'm just excited to go to the festival tbh. I'd take Lewis Capaldi clipping his toenails as headliner atm!

That would be better than him singing.

[ghandi]

See post just now in the BBC Glastonbury thread in it's full, but surely it's Elbows time now, well overdue.

[incident]

21 minutes ago, ModernMan said:

As an aside, anyone know of any particular reason why Dylan has never played?

I'm pretty sure he headlined the Acoustic Stage in the late 90s

[jparx]

6 minutes ago, ghandi said:

See post just now in the BBC Glastonbury thread in it's full, but surely it's Elbows time now, well overdue.

To headline?!

[FloorFiller]

5 minutes ago, ghandi said:

See post just now in the BBC Glastonbury thread in it's full, but surely it's Elbows time now, well overdue.

To headline? No chance. Looks like they were third down the Pyramid this year so they’re already on the decline. Remember them being one of the first strong headliner rumours of 2014 immediately after the 2013 festival had finished (along with The Eagles and... another(?) and the sigh of relief across the board when they just subbed instead.

[ghandi]

1 minute ago, jparx said:

To headline?!

Why not we've had Sheeran and Mumfords ffs. I think they've earned it. 

[dentalplan]

1 minute ago, incident said:

I'm pretty sure he headlined the Acoustic Stage in the late 90s

He was in the middle of the Pyramid Stage bill. There's a good (brief) story of Nick Cave's first time meeting him there where Bob rows up to him backstage on a boat (wet year) and says "I like your stuff" and rows away.

[FloorFiller]

1 minute ago, ghandi said:

Why not we've had Sheeran and Mumfords ffs. I think they've earned it. 

Both of those acts were much bigger at the time of headlining than Elbow have or will ever be. 

[Matt42]

1 minute ago, ghandi said:

Why not we've had Sheeran and Mumfords ffs. I think they've earned it. 

There’s way more to being a glasto headliner than that. Sheeran and Mumford when they headlined had this very small benefit of being one of the most successful artists around at the time.

Why do so many users on here forget that fact 🤣 Glasto ain’t a village fete anymore it’s one of the biggest stages in the world.

[ModernMan]

8 minutes ago, incident said:

I'm pretty sure he headlined the Acoustic Stage in the late 90s

His time has probably gone to headline now but would love to see him at glasto 

[D-Low]

With the 2021 line-up already being considered prior to this year's being cancelled, and then a lot of this year's being rolled over to next year, what's the chances of the festival putting on more music on Thursday to retain more of 2020 and 2021's acts? Would 4 full days-worth be feasible? Or is it a licensing issue?

[Matt42]

Just now, D-Low said:

With the 2021 line-up already being considered prior to this year's being cancelled, and then a lot of this year's being rolled over to next year, what's the chances of the festival putting on more music on Thursday to retain more of 2020 and 2021's acts? Would 4 full days-worth be feasible? Or is it a licensing issue?

Licensing issue

[jparx]

5 minutes ago, ghandi said:

Why not we've had Sheeran and Mumfords ffs. I think they've earned it. 

I don't think Glastonbury is in the business of giving an older band who have played repeatedly and never broken through to a headline level top billing just because they're good sports. Elbow have been bigger than they are currently and they still didn't headline. 

Best slot for them would be doing the legend slot in 10-15 years time.