2025 Headliners

[Superscally]

Billy Joel 👀👀👀

[CaledonianGonzo]

He'll be at Download along with the rest of Green Day.

[gazzared]

6 minutes ago, Superscally said:

Billy Joel 👀👀👀

 

[CaledonianGonzo]

"His only show in England in 2025"

[Mardy]

Vague enough that he could get away with it. Is Glastonbury 'his' show? that kind of obfuscation. Personally, I think the money's not there for him to do it, but who knows? Seems like the sort of person who could be convinced if Emily etc get to speak to him directly

[CaledonianGonzo]

I think it's worded that way as the other show is in Murrayfield.

 

https://x.com/AEG_Presents/status/1840677972170420378?t=3jCI_wGk-TCoJ-8DTomyfw&s=19

 

[OllieMadd]

44 minutes ago, Avalon_Fields said:

 

Yeah, pretty obvious wording:

Worth noting they seem to do this every year with the strongest rumour at the time - seems to boost the social media engagement and the Download Reddit thinks the mod is a bit of a troll

[gazzared]

11 minutes ago, Mardy said:

Vague enough that he could get away with it. Is Glastonbury 'his' show? that kind of obfuscation. Personally, I think the money's not there for him to do it, but who knows? Seems like the sort of person who could be convinced if Emily etc get to speak to him directly

The Piano Man star will take to the stage at Anfield on Saturday June 21, 2025, one of just two exclusive performances in Europe next year.

 

EDIT - I did not see the above Murrayfield info

Edited September 30, 2024 by gazzared

[Superscally]

1 minute ago, gazzared said:

The Piano Man star will take to the stage at Anfield on Saturday June 21, 2025, one of just two exclusive performances in Europe next year.

One of two exclusive performances (but at least another non-exclusive somewhere)

[CaledonianGonzo]

Nothing remotely ambiguous about

 

21 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

"His only show in England in 2025"

 

[incident]

29 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

"His only show in England in 2025"

 

Aside from which - if you look at his schedule and tour history, he very consistently leaves a 2 week gap or more between full shows. With basically no exceptions.

 

100% ruled out from my perspective.

[Guest]

If you are reading those dates as anything other than ruled out you need to give your head a wobble.

[rwoo]

Still dreaming of seeing the Piano Man on the farm 🎹 

[wro_lap]

Think we all knew this, but that's the Boss pretty safely ruled out by his tour dates 😞

 

And with 2026 being a fallow year, it makes me wonder whether that's him ruled out of ever returning. It was always a long shot, but will they punt on a 77-year-old Springsteen to come back and smash a set on the Farm? I know McCartney was older, but...

[CaledonianGonzo]

He's been in Europe three summers on the bounce now and it's not happened.  Doesn't exactly vibe like it's likely.

[The Nal]

He doesn't do a lot of festivals and tbh I think a lot of non fans are lost for large parts of his gigs anyway.

 

 

[CaledonianGonzo]

50% of his audience on El Pointo baffled he didn't spend the gig just doing Born In The USA and Dancing In The Dark in rotation.

[wro_lap]

Yeah, three summers on the trot we've been hoping for it and not gotten it. Feels a bit last chance saloon

[CaledonianGonzo]

On the plus side, you'll get to experience Eminem rapping his thoughts on the seating arrangements at the 1999 MTV awards.

[kalifire]

2 hours ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

On the plus side, you'll get to experience Eminem rapping his thoughts on the seating arrangements at the 1999 MTV awards.

I’d take him over Brucie still hawking his last decent decades-old album to an audience of barely interested die hards. 

[CaledonianGonzo]

For that to work Eminem would have to have a decent recent album.

 

Or some die hards.

[kalifire]

He doesn’t need a decent album, just a good number of hits. He has that. They pale in comparison to what’s not good, but there’s enough since the classics to produce a killer set, and legendary if he includes guests. 

[CaledonianGonzo]

He's got half an hour's worth, sure.  And if he brings out Dre and Snoop and turns it into a West Coast Greatest Hits affair it'll be great.  Don't have much confidence in the latter happening though.  If its just some c**t from D12 noone's gonna give a fiddlers.

[stuie]

Oh are we back to Eminem again? It’s not happening. Emily isn’t that desperate.

[CaledonianGonzo]

Maybe Emily is also driven by animosity to late Superman star Christopher Reeves?