2021 Headliners

[Hugh Jass]

I think Ezra is inevitable, just like Sheeran and Thanos.

[Doug85]

8 minutes ago, Hugh Jass said:

I think Ezra is inevitable, just like Sheeran and Thanos.

Chris Martin may have something to say 

[1986]

Watching that Robbie Williams video the first thing I'm struck by is how few flags there are in that crowd compared to these days.

[Suprefan]

So The Weeknd just announced 3 nights at The O2 in the autumn. Anyone gonna bet on him now?

[chazwwe]

Just now, Suprefan said:

So The Weeknd just announced 3 nights at The O2 in the autumn. Anyone gonna bet on him now?

Other Stage headliner would be a dream if he's doing festival slots next year. Depends on how the new album does/these shows though. 

[stuie]

11 hours ago, StevieGed said:

He is absolutely bloody huge, but the gut feeling is that he’ll never make that final step up. 
 

I was there, massive and a great singalong, ideal sub on a sunny evening at the Pyramid. Just don’t think he ever makes the cut for headliner. 
 

I don’t mind him either, he’s harmless with harmless tunes, I just don’t see the next album being anything bigger or better than what’s he’s already done which will see him plateau at his current level of popularity.
 

Think same will happen with Sam Fender, Gerry Cinnamon, Lewis Capaldi etc. It’s a difficult step to make one man and his guitar shtick. Look at the rise of Jake Bugg as discussed elsewhere, Paolo Nutini (who out of all mentioned in this post I rate quite clearly above and beyond them all), James Bay, Hozier, Jamie T, Tom Odell etc etc. Although some of these may be a lot more than one man and his guitar I’m just looking at past examples where buzz was there but yet they all reached a certain height and never returned to break through that ceiling. 
 

Albeit I’d say Ezra is and was bigger than the rest of that list at this stage, maybe Capaldi aside, I just don’t see him joining the Ed Sheeran  bracket. 
 

Im also shit at this stuff so Ezra for Friday night pyramid 2021!

Spot on!

[Superscally]

12 hours ago, StevieGed said:

He is absolutely bloody huge, but the gut feeling is that he’ll never make that final step up. 
 

I was there, massive and a great singalong, ideal sub on a sunny evening at the Pyramid. Just don’t think he ever makes the cut for headliner. 
 

I don’t mind him either, he’s harmless with harmless tunes, I just don’t see the next album being anything bigger or better than what’s he’s already done which will see him plateau at his current level of popularity.
 

Think same will happen with Sam Fender, Gerry Cinnamon, Lewis Capaldi etc. It’s a difficult step to make one man and his guitar shtick. Look at the rise of Jake Bugg as discussed elsewhere, Paolo Nutini (who out of all mentioned in this post I rate quite clearly above and beyond them all), James Bay, Hozier, Jamie T, Tom Odell etc etc. Although some of these may be a lot more than one man and his guitar I’m just looking at past examples where buzz was there but yet they all reached a certain height and never returned to break through that ceiling. 
 

Albeit I’d say Ezra is and was bigger than the rest of that list at this stage, maybe Capaldi aside, I just don’t see him joining the Ed Sheeran  bracket. 
 

Im also shit at this stuff so Ezra for Friday night pyramid 2021!

He's also completely fucking shit. As bad as it gets.

Also, don't even mention him and Sam Fender in the same sentence. That's like saying eating your own dandruff is like fillet steak. I'm not saying Ezra is the meaty one either. 

Edited February 20, 2020 by Superscally

[Doug85]

47 minutes ago, Superscally said:

He's also completely fucking shit. As bad as it gets.

Also, don't even mention him and Sam Fender in the same sentence. That's like saying eating your own dandruff is like fillet steak. I'm not saying Ezra is the meaty one either. 

So Ezra is better than Sam Fender? Bit harsh on Fender I think he's decent and is selling out arenas now too despite only having 1 album. 

[Superscally]

9 minutes ago, Doug85 said:

So Ezra is better than Sam Fender? Bit harsh on Fender I think he's decent and is selling out arenas now too despite only having 1 album. 

How have you taken that from what I said? 😂😂😂😂😂 Unless you like eating dandruff? Are you vegan?

[Hugh Jass]

12 minutes ago, Doug85 said:

So Ezra is better than Sam Fender? Bit harsh on Fender I think he's decent and is selling out arenas now too despite only having 1 album. 

Selling them out but not showing up to them.

[Doug85]

3 minutes ago, Superscally said:

How have you taken that from what I said? 😂😂😂😂😂 Unless you like eating dandruff? Are you vegan?

I wasn't sure what you exactly meant hence why I asked 

[Doug85]

Just now, Hugh Jass said:

Selling them out but not showing up to them.

That was his academy shows but the point still stands, he is now fulfilling them to be fair to him. He responded to some stick on Instagram about cancelling shows something along the lines "i'm really sorry about that but I've rescheduled them as quick as possible but if you knew why I kept getting sick maybe you wouldn't be so quick to judge"  Doesn't sound like he's in the best of health anyway. 

[Matt42]

I feel like the Weeknd is one of those acts who is genuinely to expensive and probably not someone the festival would consider as a headliner.

To me he isn’t exciting at all. Maybe I’m bias.

[Hugh Jass]

Just now, Doug85 said:

That was his academy shows but the point still stands, he is now fulfilling them to be fair to him. He responded to some stick on Instagram about cancelling shows something along the lines "i'm really sorry about that but I've rescheduled them as quick as possible but if you knew why I kept getting sick maybe you wouldn't be so quick to judge"  Doesn't sound like he's in the best of health anyway. 

Yeah it's a flippant comment on my part, it's well known he isn't in rude health.

[Superscally]

8 minutes ago, Hugh Jass said:

Selling them out but not showing up to them.

Shows how good he is! I'd rather watch an empty stage than one with George on it.

[Hugh Jass]

1 minute ago, Superscally said:

Shows how good he is! I'd rather watch an empty stage than one with George on it.

Are you Sam Fender's mum?

[Superscally]

2 minutes ago, Hugh Jass said:

Are you Sam Fender's mum?

Just a person with ears.

[stuie]

3 minutes ago, Superscally said:

Just a person with ears.

George's ex?

 

[AmazingAbby]

14 minutes ago, Hugh Jass said:

Yeah it's a flippant comment on my part, it's well known he isn't in rude health.

Went to see him last night and he did apologise for fucking people about. Also said he was having a bit of a bad time and would let everyone know why soon to explain. You could tell he was genuinely apologetic.

Amazing show as well. You definitely can't bracket him in with Ezra. 

[Superscally]

40 minutes ago, stuie said:

George's ex?

 

You got me.

[rock the clock]

I remember being well up for seeing the Weeknd when he was due to play (2011?). Was gunna headline west holts iirc. Dunno if he's a good fit anywhere on the bill these days tho, despite his excellent cameo in uncut gems 

[StevieGed]

2 hours ago, Matt42 said:

I feel like the Weeknd is one of those acts who is genuinely to expensive and probably not someone the festival would consider as a headliner.

To me he isn’t exciting at all. Maybe I’m bias.

I remember discovering him when listening to Take Care by Drake in 2011 and thinking there’s definitely something special about him. Without sounding like a righteous twat his earlier house of balloons trilogy stuff is above and beyond everything else that followed. He then had a public falling out with Drake and went on into the pop world and done pretty well but now just seems to churn out top 10 stuff which strayed away from his earlier work.

I remember hearing his cover of dirty Diana and thinking he could be the next big thing. He’s huge still but don’t think he’s a typical Glasto headliner. Similar to Frank Ocean at the minute in stature and repertoire I’d say.  
 

Frank > Weeknd tho.

[Hugh Jass]

The nation’s Mums would go spare if The Weeknd was booked.

[Zacko]

6 minutes ago, StevieGed said:

I remember discovering him when listening to Take Care by Drake in 2011 and thinking there’s definitely something special about him. Without sounding like a righteous twat his earlier house of balloons trilogy stuff is above and beyond everything else that followed. He then had a public falling out with Drake and went on into the pop world and done pretty well but now just seems to churn out top 10 stuff which strayed away from his earlier work.

I remember hearing his cover of dirty Diana and thinking he could be the next big thing. He’s huge still but don’t think he’s a typical Glasto headliner. Similar to Frank Ocean at the minute in stature and repertoire I’d say.  
 

Frank > Weeknd tho.

Those first few mixtapes were absolutely out of this world.

Didn't know he had a falling out with Drake, interesting stuff. 

[StevieGed]

1 hour ago, Zacko said:

Those first few mixtapes were absolutely out of this world.

Didn't know he had a falling out with Drake, interesting stuff. 

From what I’ve read he co-wrote on Take Care, some of the more notable tunes on there too, and Drake was running with signing him to his record label (hear a lot of OVO XO in those earlier songs). Think the Weeknd wanted to be his own artist and turned down the offer which led to them going separate ways for a few years. 
 

The songs they did feature on together were great too, Crew Love, The Ride and The Zone.