2021 Headliners

[01seb]

2021: Gaga/Macca/Muse

2022: 1975/Kendrick/Swift 

[jparx]

2021: Billie Eilish / Red Hot Chilli Peppers / Paul McCartney

2022: Kendrick Lamar / Taylor Swift / Elton John

[lighthouse]

6 minutes ago, jparx said:

2021: Billie Eilish / Red Hot Chilli Peppers / Paul McCartney

2022: Kendrick Lamar / Taylor Swift / Elton John

Can we just skip to 2022 then?

RHCP, Jesus Christ. No. 

[jparx]

To be honest I know the various bits of Macca nuggets sounded promising but I’m bracing myself for him skipping next year too. Seems to be a real anxiety around these big American based acts touring over here next year. Until he’s fully confirmed I’m not sure I’d take it granted yet. Very much of the view now that Macca is the best case scenario and not fussed who the other two headliners are.

Edited July 13, 2020 by jparx

[sisco]

4 minutes ago, lighthouse said:

Can we just skip to 2022 then?

RHCP, Jesus Christ. No. 

Well that’s still a very big possibility 

[CaledonianGonzo]

2 minutes ago, jparx said:

To be honest I know the various bits of Macca nuggets sounded promising but I’m bracing myself for him skipping next year too. Seems to be a real anxiety around these big American based acts touring over here next year. Until he’s fully confirmed I’m not sure I’d take it granted yet. Very much of the view now that Macca is the best case scenario and not fussed who the other two headliners are.

Macca has homes in the US but I think he's largely based in the UK.

[jparx]

I thought he basically lived in NYC? Or does he hop from place to place?

[Hugh Jass]

1 minute ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

Macca has homes in the US but I think he's largely based in the UK.

Aye, lives in St John’s Wood these days.

[SwedgeAntilles]

6 minutes ago, jparx said:

To be honest I know the various bits of Macca nuggets sounded promising but I’m bracing myself for him skipping next year too. Seems to be a real anxiety around these big American based acts touring over here next year. Until he’s fully confirmed I’m not sure I’d take it granted yet. Very much of the view now that Macca is the best case scenario and not fussed who the other two headliners are.

I know it's Monday morning and all but let's stop that nonsense right now. My brains and emotions can't handle it. 

[SwedgeAntilles]

8 hours ago, Matt42 said:

Texted an extended member of my group this and their response was

”Good. Pop/rap shit should be nowhere near the pyramid stage or even Glastonbury for that matter”

 

Can you extend them any further away?

[Matt42]

2 minutes ago, SwedgeAntilles said:

Can you extend them any further away?

Il try. Respect their views and all that...

[dentalplan]

33 minutes ago, Hugh Jass said:

2020: Kendrick/Macca/Swifty

2021: 1975/Macca/RHCP

Weak.

I don’t think it’ll be that three you’ve picked out for 2021 but shit, that’s still a headline set that’s well above-par for any festival. Any with Paul McCartney is.

[Matt42]

22 minutes ago, jparx said:

2021: Billie Eilish / Red Hot Chilli Peppers / Paul McCartney

2022: Kendrick Lamar / Taylor Swift / Elton John

Thinking 2021 - The 1975 / Paul McCartney / Billie Eilish.

I’m also thinking we could have a couple of blokes scenario and no female headliner.

The 1975 / Paul McCartney / Arctic Monkeys.

[Hugh Jass]

2 minutes ago, dentalplan said:

I don’t think it’ll be that three you’ve picked out for 2021 but shit, that’s still a headline set that’s well above-par for any festival. Any with Paul McCartney is.

Macca’s great, and will continue to be great. I’m just bracing myself for the worse case scenario if the other two pull out.*

 

*Yes, this is purely down to personal taste and not a comment on the headlining chops of either act. Both of whom are perfectly capable of headlining...

[CaledonianGonzo]

12 minutes ago, jparx said:

I thought he basically lived in NYC? Or does he hop from place to place?

 

12 minutes ago, Hugh Jass said:

Aye, lives in St John’s Wood these days.

Worth noting that Taylor Swift is also largely UK based.

[jparx]

Hopefully I was just being a neggy nelly on Macca before my Monday morning coffee. As @dentalplan rightly says, McCartney is still a huge booking and probably not doing other festivals (unless he’s drafted in as a replacement, but money seems to be the issue with other events), and even if you swap in something like Chillis for Taylor it’s still a strong trio.

If he’s still there I’m genuinely not too fussed about who else they get. Macca at Glastonbury after (hopefully) we are through this mess would be a dream scenario. Anything else is a bonus.

[dentalplan]

4 minutes ago, Hugh Jass said:

Macca’s great, and will continue to be great. I’m just bracing myself for the worse case scenario if the other two pull out.*

 

*Yes, this is purely down to personal taste and not a comment on the headlining chops of either act. Both of whom are perfectly capable of headlining...

If your worst case scenario is seeing Paul McCartney you’re living the life, man.

[SwedgeAntilles]

I see a few people switching Macca to the Sunday which makes sense if his calendar is going to have a bit more flexibility and your Taylor replacement is going to be a bit less 'local crowd pleasing'. How do folk feel about that?

It seems hyper-critical to complain about it as long as he's there but I was looking forward to having a big Saturday night with the Macca. Sunday will be great too obviously, will just need to show a bit of self-restraint on the Saturday to make sure I'm fit for it.

Edited July 13, 2020 by SwedgeAntilles

[Hugh Jass]

9 minutes ago, dentalplan said:

If your worst case scenario is seeing Paul McCartney you’re living the life, man.

I’m assuming Macca is staying on. Losing him on top of the others would be too much.

I wasn’t actually as excited for Macca as the others, it will be great and I’ll love it when I’m in the field but I’ve seen him a few times, including headlining Glastonbury, so I know exactly what to expect from the guy. It slightly dampens the excitement level.

[jparx]

12 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

 

Worth noting that Taylor Swift is also largely UK based.

Taylor not wanting to commit to schlepping around Europe until things settle down and instead just focus on shows in the US and UK where she already has residence is certainly our only ray of hope. A short US tour in May/June followed by a big outdoor gig and Glastonbury in the UK. It’s hard to imagine she doesn’t do a UK gig in some form or fashion next year.

Personally not entertaining it, but if you were so inclined that’s what you’d cling to.

[Hugh Jass]

1 minute ago, SwedgeAntilles said:

I see a few people switching Macca to the Sunday which makes sense if his calendar is going to have a bit more flexibility and your Taylor replacement is going to be a bit less 'local crowd pleasing'. How do folk feel about that?

Closing out the festival with “Naaaaaa na na Nanna na naaaaaa!!!”? What’s not to like?

[jparx]

I got the impression Macca was Saturday because Swift could only do Sunday based on her dates. Macca seems the obvious choice for Sunday locals and closing out the festival I reckon.

[zeppelin]

9 minutes ago, SwedgeAntilles said:

I see a few people switching Macca to the Sunday which makes sense if his calendar is going to have a bit more flexibility and your Taylor replacement is going to be a bit less 'local crowd pleasing'. How do folk feel about that?

It seems hyper-critical to complain about it as long as he's there but I was looking forward to having a big Saturday night with the Macca. Sunday will be great too obviously, will just need to show a bit of self-restraint on the Saturday to make sure I'm fit for it.

So in the nine Glastonbury's I've been to I've never seen a Sunday night Pyramid headliner. 

There's no way I'm missing Macca. Maybe this is meant to be. 

[Guy Incognito]

No chance that RHCP are headlining before The 1975. 

[gooner1990]

15 minutes ago, Hugh Jass said:

I’m assuming Macca is staying on. Losing him on top of the others would be too much.

I wasn’t actually as excited for Macca as the others, it will be great and I’ll love it when I’m in the field but I’ve seen him a few times, including headlining Glastonbury, so I know exactly what to expect from the guy. It slightly dampens the excitement level.

TS & KL not appearing next year is, purely on a selfish point of view great for me as I wasn't planning on watching either...so its like another spin of the headliner roulette machine for me.  

I do wonder if someone already announced might get bumped up to headliner....