2025 Headliners

[CaledonianGonzo]

Just now, Acid_Haze said:

The Neil Young / Charli XCX clash is killing me already

 

I think Charli will pull a bigger crowd

 

I think there's been word that Chazza is now the Friday, hasn't there?

[Spindles]

1 minute ago, Acid_Haze said:

The Neil Young / Charli XCX clash is killing me already

 

I think Charli will pull a bigger crowd

The girl's at the absolute top of her game right now.  In a perfect world she'd be on the big pointy stage where she belongs.

[Ayrshire Chris]

[Glasto7]

22 minutes ago, itsfomas said:

Oh well. Hopefully Charli is still up against him on the other. 

This feels like another Sugababes/Avril misjudgement from the festival and not keeping up with current trends. When I thought Neil Young was out, I thought it would have been a good opportunity to 'bump' Charli up to Pyramid. Whether you like it or not, brat was monolithic (she had a whole segment in the new years fireworks dedicated to her) and I can see her being a no brainer for a lot of people, especially compared to someone like NY. 

Edited January 3, 2025 by Glasto7

[ac123]

Ah well, it was a brief but lovely period of hope for some headliners I care about. Back to 1975/Young/Rodrigo - Charli/Loyle and whoever the other Other was.

 

Two R+L level Pyramid headliners and Neil Young, who was barely relevant in 2009. Two really poor years of booking imo, slightly concerned for the future. I'll be there every year having a whale of a time, before you all start going all "ITS NOT ABOUT THE HEADLINERS" but, hear me out, I like seeing big acts that I like. 

[gfa]

2 minutes ago, Spindles said:

The girl's at the absolute top of her game right now.  In a perfect world she'd be on the big pointy stage where she belongs.

will need to sell out some dates first 😂

[CaledonianGonzo]

Hearing now that Charli XCX is actually the biggest act there's ever been in history.

[gfa]

1 minute ago, ac123 said:

Ah well, it was a brief but lovely period of hope for some headliners I care about. Back to 1975/Young/Rodrigo - Charli/Loyle and whoever the other Other was.

 

Two R+L level Pyramid headliners and Neil Young, who was barely relevant in 2009. Two really poor years of booking imo, slightly concerned for the future. I'll be there every year having a whale of a time, before you all start going all "ITS NOT ABOUT THE HEADLINERS" but, hear me out, I like seeing big acts that I like. 

Who did you actually want?

The frontrunners were a completely past it Muse and Pulp who've not released much of substance for decades and are on a comeback lol

[SwedgeAntilles]

Mad 24 hours. Not a fan of NY regardless so hoping for something else fun elsewhere. Are we still thinking it's likely Charli is on the same night? 

 

Edit: just noticed this has been covered above

Edited January 3, 2025 by SwedgeAntilles

[Acid_Haze]

7 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

 

I think there's been word that Chazza is now the Friday, hasn't there?

Desperately hoping so

[gfa]

Everyone loves a poll!

 

 

Edited January 3, 2025 by gfa

[matrainertje]

7 minutes ago, ac123 said:

Ah well, it was a brief but lovely period of hope for some headliners I care about. Back to 1975/Young/Rodrigo - Charli/Loyle and whoever the other Other was.

 

Two R+L level Pyramid headliners and Neil Young, who was barely relevant in 2009. Two really poor years of booking imo, slightly concerned for the future. I'll be there every year having a whale of a time, before you all start going all "ITS NOT ABOUT THE HEADLINERS" but, hear me out, I like seeing big acts that I like. 

Calling Neil Young (!) a poor booking is wild. 

[tigger123]

Obviously a very rushed out announcement given how sparse the information is on the festival website about him playing.

 

Guess we might get a slight inkling as to what has gone on behind the scenes when we see how much of his set is allowed to be broadcast

[efcfanwirral]

6 minutes ago, Acid_Haze said:

The Neil Young / Charli XCX clash is killing me already

 

I think Charli will pull a bigger crowd

 

2 minutes ago, Glasto7 said:

This feels like another Sugababes misjudgement from the festival and not keeping up with current trends. When I thought Neil Young was out, I thought it would have been a good opportunity to 'bump' Charli up to Pyramid. Whether you like it or not, brat was monolithic (she had a whole segment in the new years fireworks dedicated to her) and I can see her being a no brainer for a lot of people, especially compared to someone like NY. 

I think she'd need to be up against someone with a few more recognisable songs that might pull some of her fans away if she's on the Other. Would probably have to be McCartney level, or at least a Coldplay or Oasis style act that might just have that rarer appeal.

 

Surely there's no way that clash can actually happen?

[The_Fish]

Thought I’d dodged a bullet when I saw the 2024 headliners after missing out on tickets, turns out 2025 is even worse. 

[Glasto7]

Just now, efcfanwirral said:

 

I think she'd need to be up against someone with a few more recognisable songs that might pull some of her fans away if she's on the Other. Would probably have to be McCartney level, or at least a Coldplay or Oasis style act that might just have that rarer appeal.

 

Surely there's no way that clash can actually happen?

Arguably best to put her against Olivia Rodrigo to really split the crowd.

[The Nal]

[CaledonianGonzo]

Even the Stones, Elton or Macca wouldn't draw much of a crowd away from Charli XCX. Especially not after brat green was named Pantone's colour of the year.

[richarddep]

Feel like people are massively over-egging Charli XCX's popularity... fairly sure at least 50% of the festival will not be interested.

 

I am 33, have seen her live at Primavera (she was good!), think Brat is shite and look forward to watching an old codger play a 2-hour set for himself instead 😄 

Edited January 3, 2025 by richarddep

[ac123]

10 minutes ago, matrainertje said:

Calling Neil Young (!) a poor booking is wild. 

I called the festival's booking poor over the course of 2025 and 2024, I never said he was a poor booking. Take your Neil Young hat off for one second and be objective please. I am aware music is subjective and you may love someone I do not, but he is being set up for the "Macca/Elton/Madonna or Stevie (oof)" slot but hasn't got anywhere near the same level of popularity because he doesn't write pop songs. They are seemingly country rock/folk from what I've listened to so far. He has about 700k more monthly streams than KSI, so I think it's safe to say most under a certain age haven't got a scooby who he is. Had the 1975 been a stronger pick, I think he would have been a grand booking for those that love him. But in the greater context, it looks so weak.

Edited January 3, 2025 by ac123

[stuie]

13 minutes ago, Glasto7 said:

This feels like another Sugababes misjudgement from the festival and not keeping up with current trends. When I thought Neil Young was out, I thought it would have been a good opportunity to 'bump' Charli up to Pyramid. Whether you like it or not, brat was monolithic (she had a whole segment in the new years fireworks dedicated to her) and I can see her being a no brainer for a lot of people, especially compared to someone like NY. 

 

She's struggling to shift tickets to her 25k cap. show on the 14th June?  I think she'll get a good sized crowd but I don't think the Other stage will have any crowd control issues. 

 

[Rusty Spoon]

In 2025 Neil Young is an incredibly weak booking as headliner. Imagine his crowd will be fairly pitiful, albeit not to SZA standards.

[CaledonianGonzo]

1 minute ago, ac123 said:

I called the festival's booking poor over the course of 2025 and 2024, I never said he was a poor booking. Take your Neil Young hat off for one second and be objective please. I am aware music is subjective and you may love someone I do not, but he is being set up for the "Macca/Elton/Madonna or Stevie (oof)" slot but hasn't got anywhere near the same level of popularity because he doesn't write pop songs. They are seemingly country rock/folk from what I've listened to so far. He has about 700k more monthly streams than KSI, so I think it's safe to say most under a certain age haven't got a scooby who he is.

 

But on the other hand he's successfully headlined Glastonbury before.

[efcfanwirral]

So if there is indeed an act after Rod Stewart then Chic and before Neil Young, I'm very interested in who they might choose for that slot considering the general theme of the day so far

[Physical_graffiti]

2 minutes ago, ac123 said:

He has about 700k more monthly streams than KSI, so I think it's safe to say most under a certain age haven't got a scooby who he is.

I don't get the argument here, KSI is exclusively popular with young people, you're saying NY has loads more streams than him even in that demographic and thats evidence he's not popular?!

Regardless of whether you like him or not, if you don't class him as headliner level you're fishing from an extremely small headliner pool