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14 minutes ago, chino1 said:

So here is my thinking from reading all the rumours etc 

 

Olivia is TBC

The 1975 are 85% possibility 

Sam Fender is 75% 

Fred (dropped out as a headliner)

 

As I can't see all with shifts, Olivia and 1975 would be perfect. Seeing Sam in Manchester but would need to really love the new album for it to be better than last time

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2 hours ago, NorthernSoul52 said:

To be fair, how many years have we had a full slate of stadium headliners, or even two of them?

 

Now, I know that it is down to caveats and personal choices - Paul McCartney likely could do stadiums, but chooses not to, Adele had a fear of large-scale live performances, Dua Lipa is playing them next year on the back of this, etc, etc.

 

But I'd be curious to know how many trios were pure stadium fare - and even then, imagine Fender will possibly do some alongside this next year to boot.


2023 is the only one I can think of. 2009 had two but Neil Young was on an Arena tour. 2010 Stevie played the MEN Arena two days after. 2011 Beyoncé wasn’t there yet. 2016 Adele wasn’t there yet. 2017 Sheeran wasn’t there yet. 

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21 years and counting since there was a dance headliner that wasn’t a last minute replacement - the entire dubstep and EDM eras came and went without it happening. Weird because you’d think it’d be an obvious way of keeping the SE Corner quiet until later. Sure Fred will do it after the fallow though. 

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2 hours ago, NorthernSoul52 said:

To be fair, how many years have we had a full slate of stadium headliners, or even two of them?

 

Now, I know that it is down to caveats and personal choices - Paul McCartney likely could do stadiums, but chooses not to, Adele had a fear of large-scale live performances, Dua Lipa is playing them next year on the back of this, etc, etc.

 

But I'd be curious to know how many trios were pure stadium fare - and even then, imagine Fender will possibly do some alongside this next year to boot.

Olivia Rodrigo could probs do stadiums 

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9 minutes ago, Jack.194 said:

Olivia, The 1975 and Sam Fender would be a crazy trio compared to recent years. Way too similar, and not much diversity at all in terms of target audience. That’s coming from someone who would be very happy with each of those artists.

Yeah I would agree with this - still struggling to see The 1975 headlining next year. They also usually have some form of “legacy” headliner.. 

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8 hours ago, Jack.194 said:

Olivia, The 1975 and Sam Fender would be a crazy trio compared to recent years. Way too similar, and not much diversity at all in terms of target audience. That’s coming from someone who would be very happy with each of those artists.

Agreed. Doesn't seem quite right to me. As much as I'd love to see Sam Fender headline, I can't see it next year. Eminem or Rhianna would fit much better, both household names with mass appeal.

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7 minutes ago, Euphoricape said:

Agreed. Doesn't seem quite right to me. As much as I'd love to see Sam Fender headline, I can't see it next year. Eminem or Rhianna would fit much better, both household names with mass appeal.


They can only book what’s available. An oldies act like an Eminem would balance it a lot better but if he or Rihanna or Stevie Wonder aren’t available there’s not a lot they can do.

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