2025 Headliners

[Ben7amin_]

Would Taylor showing up be completely ridiculous, I mean I do not think she will do a headline slot -  But could she show up during O-Rod set?  

[incident]

Just now, Ben7amin_ said:

Would Taylor showing up be completely ridiculous, I mean I do not think she will do a headline slot -  But could she show up during O-Rod set?  

 

Yes, it's plausible that - having been booked for 2020, and now finally having a break after a marathon several years of recording and touring - she goes to the festival either to see what all the fuss is about or to watch / support a friend. Still probably a long shot though.

[NorthernSoul52]

2 hours ago, incident said:

 

I'm not sure that tells us much tbh.

 

Don't think it's something that the bookers (especially not on the Glastonbury side) are going to take into account, or at least not consider a major obstacle, and therefore trying to draw correlation doesn't work. Ultimately the two festivals are 5,000+ miles apart, and with mostly different audiences.

That's what I mean. There's not a real history of correlation.

[NorthernSoul52]

1 hour ago, InSomeRainbows said:

If I were to guess, I'd have to say 

 

Charli XCX 

Olivia Rodrigo

Muse 

 

I think they'll get Muse in as the 'safe' bet. Their history with the festival probably buys them at least one more headline appearance, despite their waning popularity. 

 

Would love to see Biffy headline at least Other. They absolutely tore up Pyramid when I saw them in 2017. 

 

Can't see them legging Charli XCX up to headline this time around unless all of Fred again, Sam Fender and The 1975 have turned it down. Know it is another female headliner in a pool where the festival are determined to do better, but she's a very strong sub or Other bill-topper to me as it stands.

 

But Biffy Clyro would be excellent counter-booking if she did headline.

[itsfomas]

15 hours ago, K2SO said:

 

I personally think Charli is booked as Pyramid sub/Other headline, and will step up to headline if someone falls through. She's got UK shows the week before Glasto so if 100% in the frame imo.

 

If I were Emily Eavis, I'd book her to headline the Friday. Strike whilst the iron is hot. The likes of Olivia, Fender, 1975 don't look as though they'll decline in popularity any time soon. I can't say I'd say the same for Charli, though I hope she just gets bigger because her career speaks for itself.

Out of curiosity. Have we ever had 2 people in a relationship headline the pyramid and other at the same time? Isn't she dating someone in the 1975?

 

Utter power couple. 

[itsfomas]

Double 😅

Edited November 20, 2024 by itsfomas

[NorthernSoul52]

Yeah, she's engaged to the drummer George Daniel. He also produced a chunk of brat to boot.

 

I don't think we will have had in the same year. Obviously we've had Jay-Z and Beyonce headline in different years.

[stuie]

14 hours ago, Skip997 said:

This 

 

Likely top five ever 

 

Charli XCX? 

Am I following the thread right? 

 

I last saw her play to a mostly disinterested field at All Points East in 2022.  What happened to make her a top 5 pyramid headliner? 🙂 

[NorthernSoul52]

Just now, stuie said:

 

Charli XCX? 

Am I following the thread right? 

 

I last saw her play to a mostly disinterested field at All Points East in 2022.  What happened to make her a top 5 pyramid headliner? 🙂 

brat, I guess. By some margin her most commercially successful album, and her most critically acclaimed.

 

But I think we'll have a better handle on what a Charli XCX live show looks like come next week, given the US tour was very much a collaborative affair.

 

For me, she's the rung below right now. An Other bill-topper, a Pyramid sub, the lower half of a R+L co-headliner. It's not to say that she doesn't step further up. Maintain the hype and momentum through the fallow year, I can buy her as a credible 2027 option.

[fraybentos1]

1 minute ago, stuie said:

 

Charli XCX? 

Am I following the thread right? 

 

I last saw her play to a mostly disinterested field at All Points East in 2022.  What happened to make her a top 5 pyramid headliner? 🙂 

I don't agree with the top 5 thing but she has become gigantic off the back of Brat. Hype and marketing.

[Talcroft]

Tbf, Brat is a phenomenal album. She has some bangers and has come up 'the right way' - pretty sure I first saw her at glasto around 2009 or 10.

[NorthernSoul52]

The machine has been absolutely churning behind her. It's done the job - though it definitely helps some of those tracks are as infectious as heck.

[fraybentos1]

25 minutes ago, Ben7amin_ said:

Would Taylor showing up be completely ridiculous, I mean I do not think she will do a headline slot -  But could she show up during O-Rod set?  

No, her and O rod have had a fall out 

[NorthernSoul52]

Just now, fraybentos1 said:

No, her and O rod have had a fall out 

Is it me or does Taylor Swift fall out with people quite a lot? I am aware that the size of her public platform puts her under immense scrutiny and strain, but she does appear to be prone to this.

[itsfomas]

4 minutes ago, stuie said:

 

Charli XCX? 

Am I following the thread right? 

 

I last saw her play to a mostly disinterested field at All Points East in 2022.  What happened to make her a top 5 pyramid headliner? 🙂 

Saw Charli headline glasto in 2022 and it was a 10/10 show.

[NorthernSoul52]

Just now, itsfomas said:

Saw Charli headline glasto in 2022 and it was a 10/10 show.

Being under the tent probably helped a bit there. Not dismissing it being a full-marks affair! But imagine it probably helped give it a quote-unquote "clubby" feel.

[Ben7amin_]

5 minutes ago, fraybentos1 said:

No, her and O rod have had a fall out 

 

Were they not beeing matey at the Grammys a few months ago - or has something happened since then

[Justcalledtosay]

I just do not get the Charli XCX hype at all. i've ran through brat a few times and i just don't get it.

[NorthernSoul52]

360 is among my tunes of the year so far. Just bubblegum gone dirty.

 

I will say that a lot of the hype for CXCX seems to be her qualities as a lyricist. I think it's more hit-and-miss there - she's very postmodern, in that The 1975 way, but it also can leave it feeling pretty faux-arch to a point.

[efcfanwirral]

15 minutes ago, itsfomas said:

Saw Charli headline glasto in 2022 and it was a 10/10 show.

 

14 minutes ago, NorthernSoul52 said:

Being under the tent probably helped a bit there. Not dismissing it being a full-marks affair! But imagine it probably helped give it a quote-unquote "clubby" feel.

One thing it was not though, is packed out (probably felt it at the front, but was not further back, we walked in easily a few songs in). I haven't listened to one song from this new album, and would be elsewhere, but I think she's an obvious choice to headline based on this past year

Edited November 20, 2024 by efcfanwirral

[Skip997]

27 minutes ago, stuie said:

 

Charli XCX? 

Am I following the thread right? 

 

I last saw her play to a mostly disinterested field at All Points East in 2022.  What happened to make her a top 5 pyramid headliner? 🙂 

Thought we were talking about Gaga

[NorthernSoul52]

8 minutes ago, efcfanwirral said:

I think she's an obvious choice to headline based on this past year

The Pyramid?

[NorthernSoul52]

2 minutes ago, Skip997 said:

Thought we were talking about Gaga

We're talking about everybody, I think.

[Rose-Colored Boy]

23 minutes ago, Justcalledtosay said:

I just do not get the Charli XCX hype at all. i've ran through brat a few times and i just don't get it.

Agree. Really liked the album she did before that - Beg For You is great - but Brat just did not do it for me at all. 

[henry bear]

32 minutes ago, NorthernSoul52 said:

Is it me or does Taylor Swift fall out with people quite a lot? 

We’re certainly not on speaking terms. I don’t know what I did