2025 Headliners

[CaledonianGonzo]

Stevie's a headliner - just wondering whether - if he's pencilled in as a failsafe for Rihanna - they could convince him that he's not above the Legend Slot.

[charlierc]

12 minutes ago, NorthernSoul52 said:

There's a few cusp shouts, but honestly not that many.

 

Stevie Wonder is a headliner.

 

Duran Duran are a legend.

 

Let's not have any revisionism, Simon le Bon.

Presumably if Duran Duran did get the top spot on El Pointo, there would be a lot of questions.

[NorthernSoul52]

3 minutes ago, charlierc said:

Presumably if Duran Duran did get the top spot on El Pointo, there would be a lot of questions.

Namely what dirt Simon Le Bon does indeed have.

[CaledonianGonzo]

Genuinely great sub slot waiting to happen.  Just wish SLB would compromise a bit on it.

[Quark]

You really put them at sub-slot? Solid Legend option (and yes I know the whole is it or isn't it a band slot question) or in the Crowded House / Texas slot, but sub feels like a push.

[CaledonianGonzo]

Yeah - I'd book them as Legends.

 

Comment was more around SLB being on record as wanting to be on El Pointo at night.  He probably wants headliner, but he's not going to get it so sub seems like a decent compromise.

[Quark]

6 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

Yeah - I'd book them as Legends.

 

Comment was more around SLB being on record as wanting to be on El Pointo at night.  He probably wants headliner, but he's not going to get it so sub seems like a decent compromise.

 

Aha, so more the ego question than suitability. Gotcha.

[charlierc]

12 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

Yeah - I'd book them as Legends.

 

Comment was more around SLB being on record as wanting to be on El Pointo at night.  He probably wants headliner, but he's not going to get it so sub seems like a decent compromise.

If it clouds over heavily, it might just give the same impression.

[charlierc]

2 hours ago, gfa said:

Seems unlikely given they are playing new music in the US currently - would love this though

Different Class main set then 3/4 newies, First Time, Babies, Hardcore and Sunrise?

 

Depends how much new material they've been working on ofc.

[northernangel]

14 hours ago, sisco said:

Rumoured for APE and Sheffield

 

Oh this is the headliners thread, yeah won’t be doing that

Yeah Sheffield and APE would definitely up their street.

[NorthernSoul52]

What's the Sheffield rumour? Open-air or something else?

[henry bear]

2 hours ago, 4AssedMonkey said:

Hmm.  Top line of O-Rod, Fred... and Rihanna, with Stevie W in as Legend is not only supremely well balanced and varied but would be seen as an all timer wouldn't it?  

 

[stuie]

2 hours ago, fraybentos1 said:

Yeah Emily said on the annie mac podcast last year 'he'd have to headline' regarding Stevie Wonder

 

Last year, that would have been the unquestionable response.  But with his recent health issues, he might well be up for playing a shorter day time set.  Show him some footage of Dolly/Kylie/DiRo and their ginormo crowds and explain that the slot is reserved for the most accomplished and adored artists and I think we could be on to something. 

[Guest]

26 minutes ago, stuie said:

 

Last year, that would have been the unquestionable response.  But with his recent health issues, he might well be up for playing a shorter day time set.  Show him some footage of Dolly/Kylie/DiRo and their ginormo crowds and explain that the slot is reserved for the most accomplished and adored artists and I think we could be on to something. 

He's currently playing 2 hour 30 shows in the US.

[CaledonianGonzo]

30 minutes ago, stuie said:

Show him some footage

 

1 hour ago, henry bear said:

 

 

[stuie]

1 minute ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

 

 

 

 

hahahahahaaaaaa

[NorthernSoul52]

2 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

 

 

Yeah, that was an easy one.

[nikkic]

4 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

 

 

Very very good

[fraybentos1]

38 minutes ago, stuie said:

 

Last year, that would have been the unquestionable response.  But with his recent health issues, he might well be up for playing a shorter day time set.  Show him some footage of Dolly/Kylie/DiRo and their ginormo crowds and explain that the slot is reserved for the most accomplished and adored artists and I think we could be on to something. 

He played 2.5 hours at MSG the other night, he seems okay.

 

He's too big for the legends slot imo

[NorthernSoul52]

Not that we'd want two-and-a-half hours in the Legends Slot.

 

Can you imagine two-and-a-half hours of Duran Duran? I'd rather lick a pylon.

[CaledonianGonzo]

Stevie's obviously a headliner - just positing a hypothetical where they go after someone like Rihanna or Hazza with Stevie as a back-up and they both say yes.

 

In which case switching Stevie to the Legend is a win for all - and potentially a slot he wouldn't be too sniffy about doing.

 

Too good to be true though.  We'll get someone like Squeeze.

 

 

[stuie]

Just reading a review of his MSG show and he said:

 

Then he refocused on the present and a particular former president: “I want you to show me a picture of people eating dogs and cats,” he said, with slow applause building to a massive cheer as what he was saying sunk in. 

 

It seems even Stevie forgets sometimes! 

 

[4AssedMonkey]

1 hour ago, henry bear said:

 

 

🤣🤣🤣

[NorthernSoul52]

Assume Rihanna is coming with a new record in tow next year? You'd hope she's blooded a few singles before hand, because if she goes down the traditional pop-star route of playing forty-to-fifty percent of a show culled from the new record, it could prove a little confounding.

[Glasto96]

Lock him in.