2025 Headliners

[sisco]

2 hours ago, Suprefan said:

Will glasto dare put Olivia and Sabrina against each other or....

Or no.  That would be the stupidest move they could make 

[charlierc]

2 hours ago, Suprefan said:

Will glasto dare put Olivia and Sabrina against each other or....

Probably not.

[charlierc]

12 hours ago, gfa said:

The MCR was just as blatant - something about the black parade

That big? Bloody hell. No wonder people were annoyed if MCR didn't turn up with such a leading hint that they'd been convinced.

[RedJosh]

12 hours ago, gfa said:

The MCR was just as blatant - something about the black parade

The Download dog they released last year looked like it was dressed in a Black Parade outfit and to be fair Download thought they had them booked for 2025 for months at that point. It wasn't until July/August that they pulled out.

 

[Suprefan]

5 hours ago, charlierc said:

Probably not.

I was kidding. They cant play the same day anyway. But do you put Sabrina after the legend Sunday slot though.

[FKA SOSOTWS]

30 minutes ago, Suprefan said:

I was kidding. They cant play the same day anyway. But do you put Sabrina after the legend Sunday slot though.

 

Why not, Avril did fine there.

[gfa]

11 hours ago, sisco said:

Or no.  That would be the stupidest move they could make 

Not wildly different to the original Dua Lipa / SZA clash?

 

6 hours ago, SwallowOrSleepOnTheWetSpot said:

 

Why not, Avril did fine there.

Avril =/= fine

 

On the pyramid though yes

[Tfarm]

6 hours ago, SwallowOrSleepOnTheWetSpot said:

 

Why not, Avril did fine there.

 

A little too fine, it was utter carnage getting from Shania to Avril.

[MEGABOWL]

7 hours ago, Suprefan said:

I was kidding. They cant play the same day anyway. But do you put Sabrina after the legend Sunday slot though.

That would make a lot of sense

[AVALON.G]

11 hours ago, RedJosh said:

The Download dog they released last year looked like it was dressed in a Black Parade outfit and to be fair Download thought they had them booked for 2025 for months at that point. It wasn't until July/August that they pulled out.

 

 

 

Yeah, I would suggest that Download would have heard from MCR lawyers if they had been teased just to sell tickets. It seems obvious that they were intended to play at the time they were hinted. 

 

I think we have to assume they were in the frame to play last year and Greenday are in the frame for download this year. 

[foolee]

7 hours ago, SwallowOrSleepOnTheWetSpot said:

 

Why not, Avril did fine there.

Avril should’ve been main. People couldn’t even get in the field, it was utter carnage. 

[Crazyfool01]

Always weird seeing the past headliner announcements when we have yet to secure tickets … REM announcement for 02 probably one of my favourites ever to be announced … if only I’d not got so bolloxed …. You live and learn 😀

[foolee]

1 minute ago, Nobody Interesting said:

 

It was a nightmare trying to get out after Nothing But Thieves walking against a tide coming from all directions.

25 mins from 2nd barrier at other to Leftfield.

That’s mental 

[northernangel]

2 minutes ago, Nobody Interesting said:

 

It was a nightmare trying to get out after Nothing But Thieves walking against a tide coming from all directions.

25 mins from 2nd barrier at other to Leftfield.

 

1 minute ago, foolee said:

That’s mental 

 

Somehow I managed to see Shania Twain and get in pretty close back at other for Avril. Nothing was stopping be getting in there as long as it was safe.

[A Particular Grey Chihuahu]

2 hours ago, Tfarm said:

 

A little too fine, it was utter carnage getting from Shania to Avril.

 

Tell me about it 🥵

[The Nal]

1 hour ago, foolee said:

Avril should’ve been main. People couldn’t even get in the field, it was utter carnage. 

 

And then theres the wider point regarding hat were 120,000 people doing at Avril Lavigne. See also Sugababes.

[Ayrshire Chris]

54 minutes ago, Crazyfool01 said:

You live and learn 😀

Not all the time! After decades attending I still occasionally try  to move from stage to stage attempting to see acts that nearly clash. I know it’s impossible but still do it😉😊. 

 

[Crazyfool01]

1 minute ago, Ayrshire Chris said:

Not all the time! After decades attending I still occasionally try  to move from stage to stage attempting to see acts that nearly clash. I know it’s impossible but still do it😉😊. 

 

Indeed . But the instances get fewer as the recovery takes longer but does still happen 

[Ben7amin_]

Avril Lavigne is a strange one - Given how poorly SZA was received you could easily say she would have been a better choice to headline in hindsight - 

 

But in an alternative reality where she headlines - People would have screamed the place down when it was announced - You have got to feel for the festival act bookers sometimes.

 

 

[northernangel]

23 minutes ago, Crazyfool01 said:

Indeed . But the instances get fewer as the recovery takes longer but does still happen 

 

So many more people to navigate than was when I first started going. I was able to in 2008/10 period for example slip down from oxylers and over the train track just above to other and easily get back within a few minutes to refill on drinks....that now is just a nightmare. 

4 minutes ago, Ben7amin_ said:

Avril Lavigne is a strange one - Given how poorly SZA was received you could easily say she would have been a better choice to headline in hindsight - 

 

But in an alternative reality where she headlines - People would have screamed the place down when it was announced - You have got to feel for the festival act bookers sometimes.

 

 

 

I think I'm slightly biased here due to my interest but I think that comes down to if you're a big enough fan you wouldn't care...SZA was all kinda of wrong with own gig crowd vs festival crowd. Avril shouldn't have headlined I will state though, if she's have been put 3rd down Pyramid there wouldn't be an issue.

[Little Andy]

I assumed she could be no lower than Pyramid sub. 3rd down on Other seems so bizarre.

[The Nal]

5 minutes ago, Ben7amin_ said:

Avril Lavigne is a strange one - Given how poorly SZA was received you could easily say she would have been a better choice to headline in hindsight - 

 

But in an alternative reality where she headlines - People would have screamed the place down when it was announced - You have got to feel for the festival act bookers sometimes.

 

 

Not really. They shouldve just stuck Avril on the Pyramid for the weirdos who wanted to see her. 

 

In no sensible world does she headline any festival ever.

[balti-pie]

Avril Lavigne was a dreadful joke back in the early 00's, let alone twenty years later ffs. Absolutely baffling. 

[Crazyfool01]

15 minutes ago, northernangel said:

 

So many more people to navigate than was when I first started going. I was able to in 2008/10 period for example slip down from oxylers and over the train track just above to other and easily get back within a few minutes to refill on drinks....that now is just a nightmare. 

 

I think I'm slightly biased here due to my interest but I think that comes down to if you're a big enough fan you wouldn't care...SZA was all kinda of wrong with own gig crowd vs festival crowd. Avril shouldn't have headlined I will state though, if she's have been put 3rd down Pyramid there wouldn't be an issue.

Don’t forget the site is also loads bigger than in those days … the park didn’t exist for example so people spread out a little more . Although in peak times it can be a nightmare . I do wonder what the numbers were post superfence . It must have been equally a nightmare back then 

[northernangel]

15 minutes ago, balti-pie said:

Avril Lavigne was a dreadful joke back in the early 00's, let alone twenty years later ffs. Absolutely baffling. 

Can't be say the same about gimmicky Limp Bizkit.