2022 Headliners

[Supernintendo Chalmers]

Just now, Florian Saucer Attack said:

Does anyone know when Paul McCartney is going to answer the twitter questions? 

Yesterday

[Florian Saucer Attack]

Just now, Supernintendo Chalmers said:

Yesterday

Is that true or an hilarious joke?

[Supernintendo Chalmers]

Just now, Florian Saucer Attack said:

Is that true or an hilarious joke?

Couldn't decide whether to write yesterday or tomorrow never knows. Both bombed.

I was trying to find out myself this morning, and all I could find was older Q&As.

[Florian Saucer Attack]

3 minutes ago, Supernintendo Chalmers said:

Couldn't decide whether to write yesterday or tomorrow never knows. Both bombed.

I was trying to find out myself this morning, and all I could find was older Q&As.

I think it would be a pretty baller move to never answer any of the questions, just leave everyone hanging

[Supernintendo Chalmers]

1 minute ago, Florian Saucer Attack said:

I think it would be a pretty baller move to never answer any of the questions, just leave everyone hanging

😁

Yeah, announcing he's playing on a Twitter Q&A lacks a little zing considering the enormity of it, I'd much rather see something fun and creative, like the Radiohead logo painted in the grass or a even poster in Glastonbury Oxfam a la Stormzy. One thing Glastonbury don't do as well as some festivals is announcement hype, imo

[Superscally]

3 hours ago, AlexOvd said:

I guess we need it ASAP or we will end up speaking about Mumford and fucking Sons as potential headliner too.

Never a bad moment to re-read this:

https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/13906-sigh-no-more/

[stuartbert two hats]

Would anyone like to bet a pint that Wolf Alice will headline Other?  Seems much more likely to me.

[ProperTea]

1 hour ago, stuartbert two hats said:

Would anyone like to bet a pint that Wolf Alice will headline Other?  Seems much more likely to me.

Sam Fender against Billie Eilish, Wolf Alice against McCartney/Styles, Pet Shop Boys against Kendrick? 

[FloorFiller]

2 minutes ago, ProperTea said:

Sam Fender against Billie Eilish, Wolf Alice against McCartney/Styles, Pet Shop Boys against Kendrick? 

Somebody with good info has Foals headlining Other vs Billie and Sam Fender third down on Other one day.

[Somto Unigwe Raphael]

Foals, Lorde, PSB 

[Hugh Jass]

Speaking of Pet Shop Boys, has anyone heard anything about that Camden gig they were supposed to be doing? Feels like years ago I won tickets to that and since nothing.

Their arena tour starts soon so you'd think it'd be wrapped into that, either as a warm up of afterwards before they head off to the festivals...

[shivroy]

Wonder if Kendrick will drop a single today/this weekend...

[FloorFiller]

12 minutes ago, shivroy said:

Wonder if Kendrick will drop a single today/this weekend...

There was a rumour floating about, but who knows if there’s actually anything to it. Bet he just ends up doing two minutes of Humble at the Super Bowl and then disappears in to the night again. 

[Freddyflintstonree]

34 minutes ago, Hugh Jass said:

Speaking of Pet Shop Boys, has anyone heard anything about that Camden gig they were supposed to be doing? Feels like years ago I won tickets to that and since nothing.

Their arena tour starts soon so you'd think it'd be wrapped into that, either as a warm up of afterwards before they head off to the festivals...

Ahhh man I was so gutted not to win tickets to that. Wasn't it like a 50-50 chance or something 😢

[Stokesy10]

1 hour ago, Somto Unigwe Raphael said:

Foals, Lorde, PSB 

Strong Other. Would be screwing at a Lorde/Macca clash, though

[ProperTea]

RE: Harry Styles, just read an article which says he currently has a 5 movie deal with Marvel, and has signed another deal with Netflix, alongside a couple of other movies he has already signed for.

Could he be busy filming for the next 5 summers say, so it really is now or never in terms of Glastonbury, and so he wouldn't necessarily wait out to headline, and just take a sub slot now knowing how culturally significant Glastonbury is?

Edited February 12, 2022 by ProperTea

[JoeyT]

53 minutes ago, ProperTea said:

RE: Harry Styles, just read an article which says he currently has a 5 movie deal with Marvel, and has signed another deal with Netflix, alongside a couple of other movies he has already signed for.

Could he be busy filming for the next 5 summers say, so it really is now or never in terms of Glastonbury, and so he wouldn't necessarily wait out to headline, and just take a sub slot now knowing how culturally significant Glastonbury is?

We can only hope.

[CaledonianGonzo]

Marvel dabbing down by committing to a quintet of movies starring Starfox and Pip the Troll.

[mcshed]

8 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

Marvel dabbing down by committing to a quintet of movies starring Starfox and Pip the Troll.

To be fair if they aren't in such a rush they might go beyond the old Terry Gilliam cut up bits of paper animation technique for Pip.

[CaledonianGonzo]

Over-generous imho. Aardman Animations work experience vibes.

[Pierce O Briens Nutsack]

42 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

Marvel dabbing down by committing to a quintet of movies starring Starfox and Pip the Troll.

Best Marvel thing is Daredevil in my opinion.

[Matt42]

1 hour ago, ProperTea said:

RE: Harry Styles, just read an article which says he currently has a 5 movie deal with Marvel, and has signed another deal with Netflix, alongside a couple of other movies he has already signed for.

Could he be busy filming for the next 5 summers say, so it really is now or never in terms of Glastonbury, and so he wouldn't necessarily wait out to headline, and just take a sub slot now knowing how culturally significant Glastonbury is?

Would be strange for him to count himself out from a summer tour for 5 years. I don’t think it will be that extreme. 
 

 

I’ve been having a read and it looks like Macca’s Belgium gigs could be announced shortly. It would line up with Glastonbury dropping a name in the next week or so ahead of the balance payment window. I would expect Macca is leaving it as long as he can before announcing dates, as he’s probably not worried about how they will sell. They will go in a flash even if he announced them 6 weeks in advance.

As some others have suggested I’m leaning towards Billie, Harry, Macca being the headliners as Kendrick doesn’t look to be using the Super Bowl as a big promotional opportunity. He didn’t attend the press conference and it feels very quiet from him. Maybe he’s popping out to perform humble as a studio break. Maybe the Super Bowl was agreed when he was lining up all of his summer festivals but his material isn’t ready. Much harder to pull out of the Super Bowl than it is to pull out of an unannounced tour. Especially if the expectation is only a few minutes of activity from him and he doesn’t need new material. With his summer dates fans would expect some new material.

With putting Harry on Saturday and Macca on Sunday it would result in a bit of a lineup reshuffle. Emily’s interview sounded like some movement was happening. Here is what I can see;

Dua moving from Saturday other headliner to before Billie works. Move PSB to Saturday against Harry, and maybe they could book someone big against Macca to split the crowds in lieu of Dua.
 

Doja Cat is an option. She is available and taking headline slots at festivals she plays, but also taking sub spots at festivals like longitude and Coachella. Like Megan, her positions are flexible and as long as she’s near the upper end of the lineup she would do it. Another suggestion goes out to @Somto Unigwe Raphael that J Cole could headline the other on the Sunday. The Other has booked hiphop/rap headliners before and I think she would be a good one to split Macca’s crowd. They had Boy Better Know headline other on the Sunday in 2017. Could be something they do. Perhaps when they realised Kendrick would fall through they looked for contemporaries to put on the lineup to make the loss look a bit sweeter? I do wonder though what kind of crowd J Cole could pull headlining a stage. I may be out of touch but my assumption is he is far far bigger in the states and hasn’t got the same following in the UK.

Bringing a few suggestions together I think this would be a solid effort. 

Pyramid: 

Fri - Billie Eilish // Dua Lipa // Elbow // Olivia Rodrigo // Kacey Musgraves

Sat - Harry Styles // Noel Gallagher // HAIM // Robert Plant 

Sun - Paul McCartney // Jack White // Lorde // Diana Ross // The Specials // Crowded House // Herbie Hancock // Black Dyke Band

Other:

Fri - Foals // Wolf Alice // Anderson Paak // Blossoms

Sat - Pet Shop Boys // Megan Thee Stallion // Fontaines DC // Mabel

Sun - Doja Cat (or J Cole) // AJ Tracey // Sam Fender // Idles

 

Edited February 12, 2022 by Matt42

[Pierce O Briens Nutsack]

1 minute ago, Matt42 said:

Would be strange for him to count himself out from a summer tour for 5 years. I don’t think it will be that extreme. 
 

 

I’ve been having a read and it looks like Macca’s Belgium gigs could be announced shortly. It would line up with Glastonbury dropping a name in the next week or so ahead of the balance payment window. I would expect Macca is leaving it as long as he can before announcing dates, as he’s probably not worried about how they will sell. They will go in a flash even if he announced them 6 weeks in advance.

As some others have suggested I’m leaning towards Billie, Harry, Macca being the headliners as Kendrick doesn’t look to be using the Super Bowl as a big promotional opportunity. He didn’t attend the press conference and it feels very quiet from him. Maybe he’s popping out to perform humble as a studio break. Maybe the Super Bowl was agreed when he was lining up all of his summer festivals but his material isn’t ready. Much harder to pull out of the Super Bowl than it is to pull out of an unannounced tour. Especially if the expectation is only a few minutes of activity from him and he doesn’t need new material. With his summer dates fans would expect some new material.

With putting Harry on Saturday and Macca on Sunday it would result in a bit of a lineup reshuffle. Emily’s interview sounded like this was happening. Here is what I can see;

Dua moving from Saturday other headliner to before Billie works. Move PSB to Saturday against Harry, and maybe they could book someone big against Macca to split the crowds in lieu of Dua.
 

Doja Cat is an option. She is available and taking headline slots at festivals she plays, but also taking sub spots at festivals like longitude and Coachella. Like Megan, her positions are flexible and as long as she’s near the upper end of the lineup she would do it. Another suggestion goes out to @Somto Unigwe Raphael that J Cole could headline the other on the Sunday. The Other has booked hiphop/rap headliners before and I think she would be a good one to split Macca’s crowd. They had Boy Better Know headline other on the Sunday in 2017. Could be something they do. Perhaps when they realised Kendrick would fall through they looked for contemporaries to put on the lineup to make the loss look a bit sweeter? I do wonder though what kind of crowd J Cole could pull headlining a stage. I may be out of touch but my assumption is he is far far bigger in the states and hasn’t got the same following in the UK.

Bringing a few suggestions together I think this would be a solid effort. 

Pyramid: 

Fri - Billie Eilish // Dua Lipa // Elbow // Olivia Rodrigo // Kacey Musgraves

Sat - Harry Styles // Noel Gallagher // HAIM // Robert Plant 

Sun - Paul McCartney // Jack White // Lorde // Diana Ross // The Specials // Crowded House // Herbie Hancock // Black Dyke Band

Other:

Fri - Foals // Wolf Alice // Anderson Paak // Blossoms

Sat - Pet Shop Boys // Megan Thee Stallion // Fontaines DC // Mabel

Sun - Doja Cat (or J Cole) // AJ Tracey // Sam Fender // Idles

 

Not IDLES.

[jparx]

1 minute ago, Matt42 said:

I’ve been having a read and it looks like Macca’s Belgium gigs could be announced shortly. It would line up with Glastonbury dropping a name in the next week or so ahead of the balance payment window. I would expect Macca is leaving it as long as he can before announcing dates, as he’s probably not worried about how they will sell. They will go in a flash even if he announced them 6 weeks in advance.

Oh yeah?? Where’s this info? Sounds very promising.

[waltere]

5 minutes ago, Matt42 said:

They had Boy Better Know headline other on the Sunday in 2017.

Worth pointing out that, according to a mate who was there, that BBK set had an incredibly sparse crowd