Headliner Prediction Game

[Matt42]

2 hours ago, Properbigfan said:

Agreed 

Yeah it’s not to piss on chips but Liam and Travis are huge ticket sellers. If they’ve got them both they could just do a Dua Lipa / Catfish coheadline or something to close it off. No need to label 3 other acts as headliners.

In my opinion this will be a good thing as it will broaden R&L’s headline pool, but i don’t know how say this in a nicer way - if you’re expecting the 6 headliners to be 6 blockbusters I’m afraid you need to temper your expectations.

I am sticking with 

Liam - self confirmed

Dua - already headlining other places and very much a ‘new’ festival headliner.

BMTH - Overdue and this is probably the best time for it to happen

Courteeners - I know the festival would make them headliners one day - same as bmth, feels like now is the best time.

Lewis - headlining other festivals - can’t see why it would be any different for R&L. He’s also not someone who would headline R&L on a normal year so it makes sense for this year.

Dave - A strong option (which is why I think he’s the least likely) but he’s someone I imagine reading would want to make a headliner soon anyway. I haven’t seen anything from him to suggest he’s around or even started making a new album so that’s where my hesitation lies.

All of these acts in theory are bump ups, or acts on the way to headlining / got close or never got it over the line. They will also go down well with R&L’s attendees.

I think the only one I’m not sure of is Dave but they could surprise me.

If not Dave I’l predict Halsey. But I’m going to go with Dave because I think they would fight hard to get a uk hip hop artist booked.

Edited August 29, 2020 by Matt42

[CG31]

10 hours ago, Matt42 said:

Yeah it’s not to piss on chips but Liam and Travis are huge ticket sellers. If they’ve got them both they could just do a Dua Lipa / Catfish coheadline or something to close it off. No need to label 3 other acts as headliners.

In my opinion this will be a good thing as it will broaden R&L’s headline pool, but i don’t know how say this in a nicer way - if you’re expecting the 6 headliners to be 6 blockbusters I’m afraid you need to temper your expectations.

I am sticking with 

Liam - self confirmed

Dua - already headlining other places and very much a ‘new’ festival headliner.

BMTH - Overdue and this is probably the best time for it to happen

Courteeners - I know the festival would make them headliners one day - same as bmth, feels like now is the best time.

Lewis - headlining other festivals - can’t see why it would be any different for R&L. He’s also not someone who would headline R&L on a normal year so it makes sense for this year.

Dave - A strong option (which is why I think he’s the least likely) but he’s someone I imagine reading would want to make a headliner soon anyway. I haven’t seen anything from him to suggest he’s around or even started making a new album so that’s where my hesitation lies.

All of these acts in theory are bump ups, or acts on the way to headlining / got close or never got it over the line. They will also go down well with R&L’s attendees.

I think the only one I’m not sure of is Dave but they could surprise me.

If not Dave I’l predict Halsey. But I’m going to go with Dave because I think they would fight hard to get a uk hip hop artist booked.

Could Skepta be a straight swap for Dave, and I think Catfish over Courteeners 

[kingcrawler]

Liam Gallagher
Bring Me the Horizon
Dua Lipa
Royal Blood
Courteeners
Lewis Capaldi

[TheWaters]

Liam Gallagher

Billie Eilish

Lewis Capaldi

Travis Scott

Bring Me The Horizon

Courteeners

[WhoOdyssey]

Bring Me The Horizon
Billie Eilish
Liam Gallagher
Dua Lipa
Dave
Courteeners

Previous co-headliner wildcard: Queens of the Stone Age 

Edited August 30, 2020 by WhoOdyssey

[jumperofftheshelf]

Liam Gallagher

Billie Eilish

Dua Lipa

Courteeners

Skepta

BMTH

[rascalpete]

Liam Gallagher
Bring Me the Horizon
Dua Lipa
Royal Blood
Courteeners
Two door cinema club

[Matt42]

10 hours ago, Gerard the Fab said:

Could Skepta be a straight swap for Dave, and I think Catfish over Courteeners 

Yeah could do! 

[CG31]

1 minute ago, Matt42 said:

Yeah could do! 

Class

[Matt42]

1 hour ago, Gerard the Fab said:

Class

I didn’t read the second half but I disagree with catfish over courteeners. I think Courteeners are a guarantee.

[R Shah]

1. Liam Gallagher 

2. Bring Me The Horizon

3. Florence & The Machine

4. Dua Lipa  

5. Catfish & The Bottlemen

6. Kanye West

[OllieR]

Catfish

dua lipa

travis scott

bring me the horizon 

storms 

tame impala

[guylin29]

-Biffy Clyro

-Liam Gallagher 

-Slipknot

-Billie Eillish

-Queens of the Stone Age

-Travis Scott

(Understand its supposed to be 6 never headlined before but I want this)

[Matt42]

Sounds like all of us are way off if one of them could be Hayley Williams 

[Tom Connolly]

Bring Me The Horizon 

Liam Gallager

Rage Against The Machine

Dua Lipa

Lewis Capaldi

Hayley Williams

[Newjem]

On 8/29/2020 at 7:23 PM, Newjem said:

Liam Gallagher + Dua Lipa + Bring Me The Horizon + Travis Scott + Panic! At The Disco + Courteeners

Well, I've got ONE point... Yes! 😶

[Pottsy2913]

On 8/29/2020 at 2:00 PM, Pottsy2913 said:

Liam Gallagher

Bring Me The Horizon 

Dua Lipa 

Billie Eilish 

Halsey

Travis Scott

 

One, absolute blinder from me there...not

Edited August 31, 2020 by Pottsy2913

[TheWaters]

I got one point but also said Capaldi so I’ll take a half point for that 👀

[Matt42]

Who won? I would hazard a guess no one got all 6

[CG31]

On 8/28/2020 at 10:40 PM, Gerard the Fab said:

Liam Gallagher 

Bring Me the Horizon

Dua Lipa

Tame Impala

Billie Eilish

Catfish and the Bottlemen

Got 2 points, currently atop the leaderboard