2025 Headliners

[NorthernSoul52]

4 minutes ago, MEGABOWL said:

Haha whoops. Yes the ‘Mode

Yeah, I can see exactly what you mean by that. I look at their IOW setlist and still don't walk away feeling fully convinced they got it right.

 

1 Walking In My Shoes

2 Black Celebration

3 Policy of Truth

4 Precious

5 Behind the Wheel

6 I Feel You

7 Stripped

8 Everything Counts

9 A Question of Lust

10 A Question of Time

11 In Your Room

12 World In My Eyes

13 A Pain That I'm Used To

14 Personal Jesus

 

15 But Not Tonight

16 Just Can't Get Enough

17 Enjoy the Silence

18 Never Let Me Down Again

 

Maybe that works. Maybe it needs to be shorter.

[northernangel]

1 hour ago, MEGABOWL said:

Not sure who was available and bigger. She was headlining BST that same weekend.

She's not the first act BST have called and it hasn't gone well. I don't think BST is always a measure for where the act is, they've taken a punt on acts that were not a good choice, I'm sure Stray Kids was one that didn't set the world alight either.

I definitely think there would have been a broader choice out there.

[stuie]

9 hours ago, Suprefan said:

Coachella and Glasto switching roles. Why is Coachella getting Pink Floyd and Glasto gets Fred Again.. somebody lost the plot.

 

Coachella are playing the influencer game the Eavii have going 😉 

[NorthernSoul52]

Coachella being outgunned by Stagecoach says all you need to know, really.

[CaledonianGonzo]

Coachella getting Roger Waters (again)

[MK1]

15 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

Coachella getting Roger Waters (again)

He stopped touring

[CaledonianGonzo]

Still more likely than Pink Floyd.

[Acid_Haze]

So O-Rod's playing Radio 1 Big Weekend and Aussie pink floyd are playing Coachella, any more inconsequential news this week?

[NorthernSoul52]

42 minutes ago, Acid_Haze said:

So O-Rod's playing Radio 1 Big Weekend and Aussie pink floyd are playing Coachella, any more inconsequential news this week?

Iron Maiden can't sell out London Stadium.

[incident]

On 8/27/2024 at 11:46 PM, incident said:

I'm pretty sure that an act refusing the TV coverage wouldn't be a deal breaker on the part of the festival, certainly not in this case. It's always been said that agreeing to be filmed isn't written into the contract

 

Ok - time to correct myself as the above is substantially wrong, or at least no longer the case.

 

I've got hold of some very concrete information about the specifics of the TV coverage requirements, and it's now part of the standard agreement that acts playing on the "big 5" stages allow filming and broadcast - extensively so for the BBC coverage, and also up to 4 (agreed) tracks for GFL to use on international broadcasts with GFL holding rights to use those tracks for 5 years.

 

No idea when that came into effect but it's certainly the current state of play - so anyone not wanting to be filmed would have to negotiate an exception.

[Robo97]

1 hour ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

Coachella getting Roger Waters (again)

 

Could Gilmour's tour possibly extend in 2025?

[MilkyJoe]

Remember the Janet Jackson coverage disappeared very quickly.

[NorthernSoul52]

Gilmour will likely do a few dates next year, but I'd be shocked if his only festival wasn't something like BST Hyde Park.

[charlierc]

6 hours ago, MEGABOWL said:

I’d say so. In my opinion anyway.

There was an air of this when I went to Strokes day at All Points East in 2019, with Interpol and The Raconteurs among the undercard in the aftermath of the success of the Meet Me in the Bathroom book talking about the NY 2000's rock scene like these halcyon olde days.

[charlierc]

2 hours ago, NorthernSoul52 said:

Iron Maiden can't sell out London Stadium.

This doesn't feel like that much of a surprise given the prices charged.

 

Although maybe there's the pop question given Coldplay were probably similarly priced and they still sold out a stupid amount of Wembley dates.

[NorthernSoul52]

5 minutes ago, charlierc said:

This doesn't feel like that much of a surprise given the prices charged.

 

Although maybe there's the pop question given Coldplay were probably similarly priced and they still sold out a stupid amount of Wembley dates.

Coldplay always going to be bigger than Maiden.

 

The thing is that Maiden have just shifted close to 45,000 to 50,000 tickets elsewhere across the country with three arena shows. It felt ambitious for them to have those on the calendar and their biggest-ever headline show in a stadium to boot.

 

You don't have those shows in Manchester and Birmingham, and you'd have moved possibly an extra ten-thousand seats for London. People would travel for it, especially as an "event" show. (Glasgow is fine.)

[Guest]

23 hours ago, MEGABOWL said:

Big acts is usually what people want at the top of a festival bill, yes. Traditionally.

 

Glastonbury has been booking the biggest acts available to them since at least as far back as 1990

The Spice Girls were massive in the 90s but would never have been booked to headline then, so I don't think it was just about the biggest names. There has definitely been a shift in the types of acts that would be booked.

[Guest]

On 9/26/2024 at 1:27 PM, stuie said:

 

Of course people want the biggest possible names headlining the pyramid.  It's literally what it's for.  Big names = mainstream music = big crowds.  

 

As for the sheep comment, I'm really confused why people all going to see something popular on a massive stage designed to show popular acts to massive crowds are sheep?   Come on.  There's plenty of smaller niche stages to go and stroke your chin at if big mainstream acts on the stage for big mainstream acts isn't your thing. 

 

 

I didn't say anything about sheep, I'm guessing youre referring to someone else. 

[NorthernSoul52]

Sheep, goats, llamas.

 

Really got the farm feel going today.

 

Anyway, book The 1975, Lady Gaga and Billy Joel.

[Skip997]

58 minutes ago, Chip Batch said:

I didn't say anything about sheep, I'm guessing youre referring to someone else. 

Was me

 

I could also go on about the emperors new clothes 

[stuie]

1 hour ago, NorthernSoul52 said:

Sheep, goats, llamas.

 

Really got the farm feel going today.

 

No cows?! 

[Spindles]

How Dairy forget cows?

[WorthyCow]

2 minutes ago, Spindles said:

How Dairy forget cows?

I agree 🙂 

[NorthernSoul52]

I am beary sorry.

[Suprefan]

You think Chappell is gonna make it to 2027? Prob not