2025 Headliners

[RosaAG]

11 hours ago, FKA SOSOTWS said:

Rodrigo latest album was full of sex songs, are parents thus really buying tickets for their kids? 

I can only think of one line in all of Guts songs that's explicitily sexual, and I'm pretty sure I know most of the lyrics. Olivia's songs are the definition of family friendly. 

[FKA SOSOTWS]

15 minutes ago, RosaAG said:

I can only think of one line in all of Guts songs that's explicitily sexual, and I'm pretty sure I know most of the lyrics. Olivia's songs are the definition of family friendly. 

 

The fact that she curses in various songs makes them not exactly family friendly. 

 

Bloomberg even wrote about it: https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-03-05/olivia-rodrigo-s-concert-isn-t-kid-friendly-parents-shouldn-t-act-surprised

[Justcalledtosay]

On 2/16/2025 at 9:58 AM, GhostOfMaurice said:

<quote>The singer told the BBC's Sidetracked podcast brat was a concept that represented a person who might have "a pack of cigs, a Bic lighter and a strappy white top with no bra".

 

"You’re just like that girl who is a little messy and likes to party and maybe says some dumb things sometimes," Charli explained on social media.

 

"Who feels like herself but maybe also has a breakdown. But kind of like parties through it, is very honest, very blunt.

 

"A little bit volatile. Like, does dumb things. But it’s brat. You’re brat. That’s brat."  </quote>

 

Hmmm. Inspiring stuff 

 

Purely a marketing thing, isn't it?

It is because the album is terrible.

[rwhitehouse13]

I’m pretty sure I have never heard a single song by Olivia Rodrigo or Charli XCX, always seems weird when people talk about acts like this headlining Glastonbury but I guess that makes me old. Felt the same about Dua Lipa last year, I had just come off shift with Oxfam when she was on last year so stopped to see what the fuss was about, all sounded very samey to me, not my bag so went over to Idles instead.

Will always seem odd for me to see acts who I would expect to be at Radio 1 big weekenders headlining Glastonbury though…doesn’t seem right.

[CaledonianGonzo]

They've shared loads of headliners over the years - Foo Fighters, Kasabian, Jay-Z, etc

[CaledonianGonzo]

1 hour ago, FKA SOSOTWS said:

 

The fact that she curses in various songs makes them not exactly family friendly. 

 

Bloomberg even wrote about it: https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-03-05/olivia-rodrigo-s-concert-isn-t-kid-friendly-parents-shouldn-t-act-surprised

 

There's the odd swearword, but none of them are really "sex songs"

[Ben7amin_]

39 minutes ago, rwhitehouse13 said:

I’m pretty sure I have never heard a single song by Olivia Rodrigo or Charli XCX, always seems weird when people talk about acts like this headlining Glastonbury but I guess that makes me old. Felt the same about Dua Lipa last year, I had just come off shift with Oxfam when she was on last year so stopped to see what the fuss was about, all sounded very samey to me, not my bag so went over to Idles instead.

Will always seem odd for me to see acts who I would expect to be at Radio 1 big weekenders headlining Glastonbury though…doesn’t seem right.

 

I would say that one of the words that Glastonbury uses to describe it self is Contemporary which a quick google tells me means  "belonging to or occurring in the present." This has often been written on the poster

 

I do not personally see any difference between Dua Lipa & Olivia Rodrigo headlining now -   as in 1995 when Pulp & Oasis headlined -  they are/were both contemporary bookings.  As apposed to pinning it self with a specific genre of music or style Glastonbury's flex is that it will move with the times.  These are just the big acts of the time. 

 

 

Definitely do not agree that its odd - Id say these are the kind of act we should expect to see headline? 

 

you do not of course have to like what is contemporary - the beauty of the place is that if the acts of the moment are not your thing - there are loads of other places to be.

 

 

 

 

 

Edited February 17, 2025 by Ben7amin_

[incident]

3 hours ago, Jamm said:

Makes you think - who was the first music artist massive in the general public sphere that had notable sexual content in the songs?

 

Elvis? By modern standards you might consider it tame, but for the time it wasn't.

[Quark]

George Formby wants a word.

[incident]

Just now, Quark said:

George Formby wants a word.

 

Fair point. Banned from BBC radio..

[Quark]

Dirty little get

[FKA SOSOTWS]

2 hours ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

 

There's the odd swearword, but none of them are really "sex songs"

 

Bad Idea Right? 

[CaledonianGonzo]

Just now, FKA SOSOTWS said:

 

Bad Idea Right? 

 

"Tripped and fell into his bed" is about as salacious as it gets. It's hardly WAP.

[FKA SOSOTWS]

Agreed it's no WAP, I just question how much of her ticket sales are really attributed to the chaperones of underaged fans who are spending all this money on her. I bet her Glasto crowd will be filled with the 18-25 year old demographic.

Edited February 17, 2025 by FKA SOSOTWS

[Leon_Anthony]

Not that it means anything for Glasto, but just heard Rihanna is confirmed for 2 nights in London this year, ya never know…

[charlierc]

6 hours ago, Skip997 said:

Nirvana without Kurt is almost as ridiculous as Queen without Freddie. 

I said "could". Think they seem happy to do it for one-offs like Fire Aid or the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame, and that's probably for the best.

[FKA SOSOTWS]

Grohl loves Glastonbury, right? Perfect place for another Nirvana one-off!

[Ayrshire Chris]

4 hours ago, Quark said:

George Formby wants a word.

I had an old uncle who played the ukulele and did Formby impressions, one of his favourites was;

 

with my little stick of Blackpool rock

it might be sticky but I don’t complain

its nice to have a nibble now and again😳

 

and yes, he was a creepy old git. 

 

 

 

[Olshansky]

8 hours ago, Skip997 said:

Nirvana without Kurt is almost as ridiculous as Queen without Freddie. 

 

that's exactly how I felt about it until I went to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame performance.  As someone who never got to see Nirvana, I found it incredibly emotional to witness them play live, each song with a female vocalist of a different generation.  I don't think it's a show that needs to tour, but I love that some formation of the band happens from time to time.  It's like a getting one more hug from a friend that's passed away. 

[Superscally]

8 minutes ago, Olshansky said:

 

that's exactly how I felt about it until I went to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame performance.  As someone who never got to see Nirvana, I found it incredibly emotional to witness them play live, each song with a female vocalist of a different generation.  I don't think it's a show that needs to tour, but I love that some formation of the band happens from time to time.  It's like a getting one more hug from a friend that's passed away. 

Could be Dave's way back strategy. 

 

*If* they were going to tour it...who would you want up front? "I don't want them to tour" is not a valid answer to *this* question.

 

Joan Jett was the pick the other night - thought St Vincent was all over the shop, which was odd. John MacAuley of Deer Tick has been the best of who they've had so far, so he'd probably be my pick, though I think Dave would pick a female vocalist, which is fair do's. But who? 

Any gender...

[Elba]

Mumford and Sons are launching a new album in March, are they a possibility? 

[FloopFiller]

8 minutes ago, Elba said:

Mumford and Sons are launching a new album in March, are they a possibility? 

Were due to do a secret set in 2020 but obviously that never went ahead so I wouldn’t be surprised to see something similar being lined up for this year. 

[Ayrshire Chris]

27 minutes ago, Elba said:

Mumford and Sons are launching a new album in March, are they a possibility? 

Banjo boys pyramid hint?

[GhostOfMaurice]

8 hours ago, Justcalledtosay said:

It is because the album is terrible.

 

I've never listened to it and never will lol

[efcfanwirral]

2 hours ago, Superscally said:

Could be Dave's way back strategy. 

Does he actually need it? Are people so sensitive to things that Foos wouldn't sell tickets if they toured?