2022 Headliners

[Chapple12345]

8 hours ago, Matt42 said:

If Kendrick is headlining Coachella that will make sense why there is a silence on his dates. He will be announced for there first before anything else.

He may not be allowed to sign any contracts until that coachella date is announced. 

Yeah I remember reading Coachella are reallt  strict on their bookings and there's a lot of exclusivity/secrecy around if you've been booked so he probably can't announce anything yet 

[Suprefan]

8 hours ago, Matt42 said:

If Kendrick is headlining Coachella that will make sense why there is a silence on his dates. He will be announced for there first before anything else.

He may not be allowed to sign any contracts until that coachella date is announced. 

Its not even about signing contracts. Its just announcements anywhere else. If he is signed for Coachella then they get priority when it comes to announcing. Just the festival version of first rights. The other promoters just have to be fine with that which isnt the end of the world cause the line up is released at the beginning of January. But thats the thing, I dont know if they want Kendrick on there because thats 2 rappers and a rap/rock band on the poster. It doesnt really give any variance on there for headliners. Im still leaning to a female pop act to be it for Sunday. If Travis Scott wasnt returning that easily puts Kendrick into that slot. Im sure the 3rd name will leak by the end of the fall because if it doesnt by early December itll be a mystery til the poster is out.

 

On 7/12/2021 at 2:49 PM, thewayiam said:

Coachella did not sell out on 10 mins. I went on just for fun to see availability and it was easy over 30/40 mins in. And also Kendrick playing or not playing has no bearing on Glastonbury.

Sure it does. Cause he was supposed to debut new material and release an album when he played Glastonbury. Thats all fallen by the wayside for the moment. Its not really the typical thing for Glasto headliners to be releasing a new album a week or day before they play nowadays. So removing the curiosity factor from the performance is huge. If you have a sub par release then how big of a crowd would he get on the Pyramid compared to being shrouded in mystery?

[Matt42]

39 minutes ago, Suprefan said:

Its not even about signing contracts. Its just announcements anywhere else. If he is signed for Coachella then they get priority when it comes to announcing. Just the festival version of first rights. The other promoters just have to be fine with that which isnt the end of the world cause the line up is released at the beginning of January. But thats the thing, I dont know if they want Kendrick on there because thats 2 rappers and a rap/rock band on the poster. It doesnt really give any variance on there for headliners. Im still leaning to a female pop act to be it for Sunday. If Travis Scott wasnt returning that easily puts Kendrick into that slot. Im sure the 3rd name will leak by the end of the fall because if it doesnt by early December itll be a mystery til the poster is out.

 

Sure it does. Cause he was supposed to debut new material and release an album when he played Glastonbury. Thats all fallen by the wayside for the moment. Its not really the typical thing for Glasto headliners to be releasing a new album a week or day before they play nowadays. So removing the curiosity factor from the performance is huge. If you have a sub par release then how big of a crowd would he get on the Pyramid compared to being shrouded in mystery?

I don’t think it really matters. They booked the Weeknd and Eminem in the same year as Beyoncé. I reckon Kendrick playing the same year as Travis Scott isn’t much different to Frank Ocean playing the same year as Travis.

Plus the Coachella attendees expect (and pay for) hip hop to be prominent on the lineup. I don’t think it would be anything more than an academic point. The attendees would probably welcome it.

[jparx]

Just want to register somewhere on this forum that I gave BTS the old college try on my holiday to try and overcome my automatic scepticism of them, and can report they are good, and Permission to Dance is the song of the summer. Not sure if they’d be on Glastonbury’s potential headliner list necessarily but oh boy, no taps would be in sight if they dropped that banger on el pointo.

[SomeoneListeningIn]

Dave to headline if Kendrick is a no go.

[FloorFiller]

35 minutes ago, SomeoneListeningIn said:

Dave to headline if Kendrick is a no go.

Reading/Leeds will already have him signed up to headline I reckon. 

[Matt42]

1 hour ago, FloorFiller said:

Reading/Leeds will already have him signed up to headline I reckon. 

Mte- unless Emily really wants to get him he will already be at R&L.

[Hugh Jass]

Over in the Taylor thread there's talk that she's not touring until 2023.

Cat + Pigeons

[Hugh Jass]

If Swifty is indeed out then Dua would be the obvious bump up.

Billlie Eilish and Reg the other two most likely I'd say.

[henry bear]

1 hour ago, Hugh Jass said:

If Swifty is indeed out then Dua would be the obvious bump up.

Billlie Eilish and Reg the other two most likely I'd say.

You think Reg is more likely than Macca? I know here’s touring around the festival but I still think Macca’s in the frame.

That Taylor rumour seems rather lame - ‘I know someone who works at a venue’. 

[jparx]

7 minutes ago, henry bear said:

You think Reg is more likely than Macca? I know here’s touring around the festival but I still think Macca’s in the frame.

That Taylor rumour seems rather lame - ‘I know someone who works at a venue’. 

I think he’s saying Dua, Billie and Reg are contenders to replace Taylor, with Macca and Kendrick still likely as the other two headliners.

But yeah, the Taylor thing is very tenuous. It might be correct, but there’s also a tenuous rumour that she is indeed playing shows next summer so we’ll just have to wait and see.

Edited July 29, 2021 by jparx

[Hugh Jass]

33 minutes ago, henry bear said:

You think Reg is more likely than Macca? I know here’s touring around the festival but I still think Macca’s in the frame.

That Taylor rumour seems rather lame - ‘I know someone who works at a venue’. 

Yeah I should have been clearer, I meant likely two to replace Taylor.

That rumour is probably nothing, but there hasn't been much going on over on this thread recently.

[henry bear]

Talking of Macca, I forgot to say that over on Maccaboard someone said that a DJ in The Netherlands played one of his tracks and then added that he was playing there next year. Hopefully there's something in it

[Suprefan]

I guess every big fest will miss on Taylor and even Adele next year if Adele's vegas residency becomes reality.

[Hugh Jass]

8 hours ago, Suprefan said:

I guess every big fest will miss on Taylor and even Adele next year if Adele's vegas residency becomes reality.

Adele never plays festivals anyway. Glastonbury was very much the exception.

[thewayiam]

On 7/29/2021 at 11:32 AM, Hugh Jass said:

Over in the Taylor thread there's talk that she's not touring until 2023.

Cat + Pigeons

Catfish and Pigeon Detectives to headline 😜

[kalifire]

Kendrick or Blur
Macca or Reg
Taylor or Dua

Whichever way you slice it, wonderful.

[Quark]

50 minutes ago, thewayiam said:

Catfish and Pigeon Detectives to headline 😜

I feel like this should be downvoted on general principle

[CaledonianGonzo]

Remember Catfish and the Bottlemen?

Good times, man.

[SwedgeAntilles]

CalGon's been hacked.

Reported.

[thewayiam]

1 hour ago, Quark said:

I feel like this should be downvoted on general principle

Well you downvoted everything else on general principle so go right ahead lol

[Quark]

22 minutes ago, thewayiam said:

Well you downvoted everything else on general principle so go right ahead lol

How very dare you! I'm very sparing with downvotes.

Snarky comments on the other hand... 😉

[thewayiam]

35 minutes ago, Quark said:

How very dare you! I'm very sparing with downvotes.

Snarky comments on the other hand... 😉

Same thing, the down vote version is just having less time on your hands lol

[Suprefan]

13 hours ago, Hugh Jass said:

Adele never plays festivals anyway. Glastonbury was very much the exception.

I think she was gonna have a change of heart but it seems that AEG had more millions to offer in a controlled environment.

[Superscally]

3 hours ago, Quark said:

How very dare you! I'm very sparing with downvotes.

Snarky comments on the other hand... 😉

I wish I had the energy these days to snark.