2021 Headliners

[CaledonianGonzo]

I'm aware that at this point I'm basically like

but the prospect of coming through all this shit just to be faced with the ghastly trifecta of Biffy Clyro, Foals and the Kings of goddamn Leon is just too bleak a prospect to bear right now.

[Gilgamesh69]

So Macca seems most likely to return, right? I can't see him being a guy that plans things years in advance

[Hugh Jass]

11 minutes ago, Gilgamesh69 said:

So Macca seems most likely to return, right? I can't see him being a guy that plans things years in advance

Who knows? There’s nothing to suggest he won’t be returning at the moment.

[Miyn]

1 hour ago, Hugh Jass said:

Who knows? There’s nothing to suggest he won’t be returning at the moment.

Excepttt... He's cancelled his European tour due to "current and future work commitments".

https://www.paulmccartney.com/news-blogs/news/freshen-up-european-summer-tour-cancelled

Due to the current global situation Paul and his team have been forced to cancel the forthcoming European tour dates. Given current and future work commitments it has not been possible to find alternative dates.

[CaledonianGonzo]

Macca never plans more than about 6 months in advance, so I wouldn't read anything in that.

[Hugh Jass]

53 minutes ago, Miyn said:

Excepttt... He's cancelled his European tour due to "current and future work commitments".

https://www.paulmccartney.com/news-blogs/news/freshen-up-european-summer-tour-cancelled

Due to the current global situation Paul and his team have been forced to cancel the forthcoming European tour dates. Given current and future work commitments it has not been possible to find alternative dates.

What CalGon said...

[Mattymooz]

I think with Taylor she shouldnt be in any rush to come back next year. It's not like her star power is diminishing that much - she can wait till 2022 and come back to give a publicity boost to a new album just fine. IMO shes clearly doing stuff like the South America tour for the fans as opposed to bigger festival shows to a mixed crowd.

Kendrick on the other hand I would assume has pushed his album to next year, so should still be on the cards. Macca has his health to worry about too, so I imagine if he wants to play he would also want to do it ASAP to avoid something coming up that means he can't play it anymore...

[CaledonianGonzo]

1 hour ago, Mattymooz said:

I think with Taylor she shouldnt be in any rush to come back next year. It's not like her star power is diminishing that much - she can wait till 2022 and come back to give a publicity boost to a new album just fine.

As a ticket holder for 2021 - and with attendance in 2022 by no means guaranteed - how well she can publicise an unreleased album isn't a priority.

[mcshed]

47 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

As a ticket holder for 2021 - and with attendance in 2022 by no means guaranteed - how well she can publicise an unreleased album isn't a priority.

But with respect to your late night cider bus Swift shenanigans I don't think Taylor consults your opinion when making decisions.

[CaledonianGonzo]

To be honest I thought we were all talking as punters.

[august1]

They wont be able to confirm artists for ages. If they said Taylor is headlining, people would rush to the conclusion the other two aren't etc

[jparx]

15 minutes ago, august1 said:

They wont be able to confirm artists for ages. If they said Taylor is headlining, people would rush to the conclusion the other two aren't etc

I think they could do what Bilbao BBK have done and release some names, and just have a line saying "we're still working hard to confirm all the same acts for next year. These are confirmed and we'll announce more in due course"

Just a hunch but I could see Macca being one of the first confirmed, with Diana Ross.

[Crazyfool01]

Are there any thoughts we might go down the normal route of announcements ? .. or is it a given that Glastonbury follows what others are doing ? 

[Gilgamesh69]

10 minutes ago, crazyfool1 said:

Are there any thoughts we might go down the normal route of announcements ? .. or is it a given that Glastonbury follows what others are doing ? 

I really hope they don't just do things normally; would hate to have to wait til next march for the lineup poster.

[Crazyfool01]

1 minute ago, Gilgamesh69 said:

I really hope they don't just do things normally; would hate to have to wait til next march for the lineup poster.

It’s just a thought that they might not want to venture much from the normal route of selling tickets based on announced acts ... but to counter that October and April will both effectively be resales .. as most tickets at present are sold 

[incident]

1 hour ago, august1 said:

They wont be able to confirm artists for ages. If they said Taylor is headlining, people would rush to the conclusion the other two aren't etc

I don't think many people would come to that conclusion, especially if the announcement was presented in a sensible way.

People know that Glastonbury can be a bit erratic with their announcements, and that in recent years headliners have often been announced individually rather than all together.

For example, in 2011 Beyonce and Coldplay were both announced before it was confirmed that U2 were playing after having cancelled the previous year and nobody jumped to conclusions then.

[VCK]

On 5/27/2020 at 5:48 PM, Hugh Jass said:

Posh guitars, loud guitars and lad guitars.

Guitars is the only thing they had in common.

[CaledonianGonzo]

[Chapple12345]

2 hours ago, jparx said:

I think they could do what Bilbao BBK have done and release some names, and just have a line saying "we're still working hard to confirm all the same acts for next year. These are confirmed and we'll announce more in due course'

I can see many festivals taking this approach, it entices the punters from previous years, however I'd love to see a mix of new acts and those who were due to play this year as it seeks unfair that an up and coming act may miss an opportunity next year because so many acts are coming back 

As well as this TRNSMT managed to get the majority of acts back but what risk is there if the acts aren't as popular/relevant next year 

[Hugh Jass]

1 hour ago, VCK said:

Guitars is the only thing they had in common.

It’s a pretty big thing though...

[Suprefan]

4 hours ago, jparx said:

I think they could do what Bilbao BBK have done and release some names, and just have a line saying "we're still working hard to confirm all the same acts for next year. These are confirmed and we'll announce more in due course"

Just a hunch but I could see Macca being one of the first confirmed, with Diana Ross.

Its sold out, they dont have to do anything. The others are showing good faith with current ticket holders and ones who might want to go next year cause they have to do what they can to spur on sales.  Glasto can sit tight easily until September and then put some news out. I do think it will be much different though with whatever they choose to do and announce more artists ahead of a poster. 
 

Its either that, or they drop a big bomb during Glasto Weekend. 

[thewayiam]

13 hours ago, jparx said:

I think they could do what Bilbao BBK have done and release some names, and just have a line saying "we're still working hard to confirm all the same acts for next year. These are confirmed and we'll announce more in due course"

Just a hunch but I could see Macca being one of the first confirmed, with Diana Ross.

I think Macca is definitely the strongest option. The other two, Kenny more so will be a show because he's here.

[SwedgeAntilles]

On 5/29/2020 at 7:07 PM, nikkic said:

Majority female line up? Yes. 

But let’s mix up styles a bit? 

Throw in Yeah Yeah Yeahs for a start. 

Agreed. A line up of Bey, Swift and Gaga would be just as disagreeable as a line up of three guitar bands. The Pyramid does it best when there's a bit of something for everyone at the top of the bill over the three days.

[Matt42]

I’d rather glasto didn’t say anything now anyway. It’s very early and it’s all possible things could change in the coming months. 

I think they should just follow their usual announcement window 

[jparx]

Trouble with following the usual announcement timeline is we know they’re trying to rebook the same lineup, and in the next few months we may more or less will know who is returning by other festival announcements. Certainly with the undercard there’s not likely to be much in the way of surprises. I don’t see why they’d wait until October at the earliest to announce anything when we would probably know 90% of the lineup by then anyway. It’s not a usual year.