2025 Headliners

[NorthernSoul52]

3 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

I'd expect their #1 priority is avoiding a repeat of SZA.  Fred and Olivia should ensure that that doesn't happen - but the fact that they're young debutantes is tangential to that.

I understand why they went for SZA when plans fell through. But three months on, it feels destined to be one of those misfires we come back to time and again.

[Nestacres]

Well if Isle of Wight headliners are anything to go by...Sting, Sterophonics and Timberlake...its going to be a poor year....

[CaledonianGonzo]

3 minutes ago, NorthernSoul52 said:

I understand why they went for SZA when plans fell through. But three months on, it feels destined to be one of those misfires we come back to time and again.

Yeah - on paper it made sense. Easily the most logical act to bump up.  Just misfired is all.

[stuie]

20 minutes ago, Nestacres said:

Well if Isle of Wight headliners are anything to go by...Sting, Sterophonics and Timberlake...its going to be a poor year....

what’s the chances Sting has signed for glasto too then? 

[CaledonianGonzo]

2 minutes ago, stuie said:

what’s the chances Sting has signed for glasto too then? 

 

Doubt the G would want him as a headliner - and if he's topping the bill elsewhere he'd maybe be justified in thinking that's his rightful slot.  Presumably he considers himself more a peer of Bono than of someone like Shania.

[4AssedMonkey]

29 minutes ago, Nestacres said:

Well if Isle of Wight headliners are anything to go by...Sting, Sterophonics and Timberlake...its going to be a poor year....

 

I'd go and see Timberlake or Sting if they headlined El Pointo.  No mistake.  Seen Stereophonics a few times so not arsed, but a great live act nonetheless.  I don't think that's a particularly bad trio TBF.

[glimmers_of_hope]

5 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

 

Doubt the G would want him as a headliner - and if he's topping the bill elsewhere he'd maybe be justified in thinking that's his rightful slot.  Presumably he considers himself more a peer of Bono than of someone like Shania.

Yeah, It is a funny one.  He is massive and has some big songs.  He was playing Thetford forest this year though.  I don't think he would expect to headline the Pyramid though.  Would be a good name to have there though.

[Gnomicide]

Glastonbury and IoW haven't shared a headliner since 2009. IoW also seem to have dropped down a peg or two in recent years with acts more likely to be Glastonbury subs than headliners (waits on someone say in Timberlake could headline). Yer Sting is also headlining Latitude, I can't see him appearing at all three.

[The Nal]

48 minutes ago, Nestacres said:

Well if Isle of Wight headliners are anything to go by...Sting, Sterophonics and Timberlake...its going to be a poor year....

 

I think we need to accept tht festivals are going to be relatively poor from now on. Top billing and middle billing anyway. 

[incident]

1 hour ago, NorthernSoul52 said:

I can respect the chutzpah in having both Fred again... and Olivia Rodrigo. It's effectively doubling down on last year and the idea we can have two "young" headliners in the same year, who only have a handful of albums between them. (I know FA has more, but it's not like the first two have left much of a commercial footprint.)

 

The number of young headliners in the same year, or how many albums they had, wasn't an issue in itself.

 

The problem was that a lot of people hadn't heard of one of them, and even amongst those who had not many were interested. Swap SZA out for one of numerous "young" headliners and it'd have been fine.

[CaledonianGonzo]

If they'd managed to land Madonna this year it really would have helped to shift the perception of it being a weak year.  Macca in 22, Reg in 23 and Madge in 24 all best in class bookings.

[gfa]

27 minutes ago, The Nal said:

 

I think we need to accept tht festivals are going to be relatively poor from now on. Top billing and middle billing anyway. 

IOW lineup gone to sh*t again - was pretty decent for this year

 

Its not representative of everywhere else - they just book rubbish. Plenty of fests continue to get good lineups

 

There's so many fests now everyone just gets shared out it seems - therefore weakening all lineups

[Nestacres]

58 minutes ago, 4AssedMonkey said:

 

I'd go and see Timberlake or Sting if they headlined El Pointo.  No mistake.  Seen Stereophonics a few times so not arsed, but a great live act nonetheless.  I don't think that's a particularly bad trio TBF.

Fair enough. I went last year so for me this is s tep down from Prodigy, PSB and Green Day.In my view

[gfa]

1 hour ago, NorthernSoul52 said:

Those rogue brackets get everywhere.

 

He's very much a man for the non-record buying public though. #7 with a new record is soft, which tells you where the commercial power is driven from instead.

Just to add on this - almost all acts now flog albums using tour access presales, record store shows etc (especially those with younger audiences who are less likely to buy albums)

 

His team for whatever reason have not pushed the album at all, 7 is soft but there has been literally zero effort put into trying to sell it for some reason.

 

No idea who released same week but with a proper push could have definitely got number one (just looked and this week's is snow patrol ffs)

[NorthernSoul52]

Snow Patrol midway down the Pyramid isn't implausible, to be fair.

 

I think Fred again... doesn't need to promo it perhaps though. Word-of-mouth hype on his event shows is what seems to drive his allure right now. In a way, he's an artist effectively beyond records.

[Ben7amin_]

23 minutes ago, NorthernSoul52 said:

Snow Patrol midway down the Pyramid isn't implausible, to be fair.

 

I think Fred again... doesn't need to promo it perhaps though. Word-of-mouth hype on his event shows is what seems to drive his allure right now. In a way, he's an artist effectively beyond records.

 

Snow Patrol is exactly the kind of slot that in my head halfway down the Pyramid is far to big for them.   But in reality will be very popular, they are a top booking for the "I will not listen to any music that came out after 2008" crowd who always show up at Glastonbury in numbers 

Edited September 23, 2024 by Ben7amin_

[CaledonianGonzo]

They were due to play the Other Stage in 2019 I think....?

[NorthernSoul52]

3 minutes ago, Ben7amin_ said:

 

Snow Patrol is exactly the kind of slot that in my head halfway down the Pyramid is far to big for them.   But in reality will be very popular, they are a top booking for the "I will not listen to any music that came out after 2008" crowd who always show up at Glastonbury in numbers 

I was quite a fan of 2011's Fallen Empires, effectively the burble-burst album that indicated the last time they seemed to be big enough. Three nights at The O2 Arena on a sixteen-date UK tour, followed by headlining T in the Park in the summer.

 

Bar Called Out in the Dark, it's a record they seem to have wholly disowned, which feels a little strange when they will still unearth some of the more maudlin crap from Eyes Open and A Hundred Million Suns.

 

1 Open Your Eyes

2 Take Back the City

3 You're All I Have

4 All

5 Run

6 Crack the Shutters

7 This Isn't Everything You Are

8 Shut Your Eyes

9 The Beginning

10 Chocolate

11 Chasing Cars

12 Called Out in the Dark

13 Just Say Yes

[Ben7amin_]

17 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

They were due to play the Other Stage in 2019 I think....?

 

Replaced by Charlatans at the last minuet if i remember, im pretty sure it was really late - as I walked past the set - and there were confused people wearing Snow Patrol tshirts there 

Edited September 23, 2024 by Ben7amin_

[efcfanwirral]

3 minutes ago, Ben7amin_ said:

 

Replaced by Charlatans at the last minuet if i remember, im pretty sure it was really late - as I walked past the set - and there were confused people wearing Snow Patrol tshirts there 

Yeah we found out in the hotel on the Tuesday night, so anyone who didn't check before going in won't have known.

 

It was 3rd top on the Other I think? The sunset was incredible that day. Would've been a good slot for them 

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[NorthernSoul52]

Still think, if it is Fred again... and Olivia Rodrigo for the Friday and Saturday, you want someone of the Billy Joel mould - cross-generational appeal, singalongs for days - to close out Sunday.

 

They're obviously not doing it, and it would spark a lot of hand-wringing, but Oasis probably would fit the bill too. If Stevie Wonder is back on the market, give him a call too.

[philipsteak]

7 hours ago, gfa said:

Picking basement jaxx over RHCP absolutely mad lol

 

I remember having a lot of fun at that Basement Jaxx gig. And based on my one time seeing RHCP (2004 maybe?) I'd say absolutely the right call

[Spindles]

3 hours ago, Ben7amin_ said:

But in reality will be very popular, they are a top booking for the "I will not listen to any music that came out after 2008" crowd who always show up at Glastonbury in numbers 

 

Snow Patrol into Stereophonics Sunday evening and then a heritage act for headliner.  The perfect lineup for that crowd I reckon.  

[NorthernSoul52]

8 minutes ago, Spindles said:

 

Snow Patrol into Stereophonics Sunday evening and then a heritage act for headliner.  The perfect lineup for that crowd I reckon.  

Can't argue with that. An hour of each, followed by Billy Joel. Singalongs for days, I tell you.

 

(It is very man, very white. Won't happen.)