2025 Headliners

[Euphoricape]

1 hour ago, Superscally said:

Well actually Sunday, it finishes earlier...but both still applies! 

How come? Are Prodigy on a different night now? I hope so.

[Superscally]

17 minutes ago, Euphoricape said:

How come? Are Prodigy on a different night now? I hope so.

Park finishes earlier - watch Maccabees, then head to Prodge and the lads...less good than if you wanted it the other way round, admittedly.

[Suprefan]

9 hours ago, charlierc said:

Would be in keeping with the moment by the look of it, given 9 of the top 10 most streamed songs in the UK last year on Spotify were by US artists, and even then, the exception was Hozier.

 

 

The interesting thing is that the most american lineup theyve had recently  was 2022 when you had Kendrick and Billie but the undercard was also very american. My gf's gripe of that lineup was just simply that. She wanted it to be more british. But covid was def a factor and more u.s. groups wanted to get back out and play stuff. And im sure glasto wanted the american artists cause they were avail on top of that.

 

 

8 hours ago, charlierc said:

Yeah I'm aware there's more to music than Spotify, much as they try to think they're the be-all-and-end-all.

 

But yeah, there's a certain vibe of an American pop invasion being in vogue, akin to film or TV as well. Maybe there's a budding British star that can grab the bull by the horns waiting for their moment.

 

Raye would be it right now. Next album can be huge if the new single is a banger. This all cycles anyway. And Charli could be a headliner if she took a few years off too. Myles Smith can get up there too eventually. Of course Sam Fender is in a weird spot and who knows what made him not be a headliner this year. Same goes for Fred. 

[Suprefan]

13 hours ago, flagging_glast said:

Regardless of whether she’s big enough, Brit factor is why I think charli on pyramid is a possibility if there is anything to Rihanna (or other American superstar) rumours for third slot - esp if o-rod is locked 

 

Safety concerns should be more of a factor. But it would bd weird as hell if she subbed Neil Young. Pre 1975 wouldnt be too crazy.

[CaledonianGonzo]

It's clear that whoever used to be in charge of safety for Glastonbury has been purged by a DOGE style efficiency committee. 

 

By putting Charli XCX in a field that can only hold 80 thousand odd people it seems clear they're trying to create a Love Parade style incident that's then used to jeopardise the license.

 

I think we can now call the Charli XCX booking what it is: sabotage.

 

Wake up.

[NorthernSoul52]

16 hours ago, FKA SOSOTWS said:

Going for a British headliner makes sense, but just like with female headliners, there's likely to be a year where it won't be doable.

Less so. A new British headliner, perhaps.

 

But there's more than enough who have done it before who would drop everything to go again at the top of the bill, even if it meant breaking a hiatus.

[SticklinchJoe]

8 hours ago, Suprefan said:

 

Safety concerns should be more of a factor. But it would bd weird as hell if she subbed Neil Young. Pre 1975 wouldnt be too crazy.

 

That would be random.

[Superscally]

2 hours ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

It's clear that whoever used to be in charge of safety for Glastonbury has been purged by a DOGE style efficiency committee. 

 

By putting Charli XCX in a field that can only hold 80 thousand odd people it seems clear they're trying to create a Love Parade style incident that's then used to jeopardise the license.

 

I think we can now call the Charli XCX booking what it is: sabotage.

 

Wake up.

They'll be putting Nick Cave on the Pyramid next, when he would need something akin to Copacabana to house the masses. Reckless.

[charlierc]

10 hours ago, Suprefan said:

 

 

The interesting thing is that the most american lineup theyve had recently  was 2022 when you had Kendrick and Billie but the undercard was also very american. My gf's gripe of that lineup was just simply that. She wanted it to be more british. But covid was def a factor and more u.s. groups wanted to get back out and play stuff. And im sure glasto wanted the american artists cause they were avail on top of that.

 

 

 

Raye would be it right now. Next album can be huge if the new single is a banger. This all cycles anyway. And Charli could be a headliner if she took a few years off too. Myles Smith can get up there too eventually. Of course Sam Fender is in a weird spot and who knows what made him not be a headliner this year. Same goes for Fred. 

I know Raye's around - she's playing the British Grand Prix concerts, as is Sam Fender. I do wonder if Fender prioritised his own shows, which are at quite a large scale tbf. The rumour was Fred went from on to not on, right?

 

I do know 2022 was a weird year where it felt like 2/3 years of festival line-ups at once, if only because it was. Maybe the novelty of US acts being more available than they were in 2020/21 helps.

[charlierc]

1 hour ago, SticklinchJoe said:

 

That would be random.

Glastonbury can have such tonal jumps tbf. Muse having Scissor Sisters as a sub in 2010 felt random, although actually looked like fun. Tame Impala as the sub before Adele in 2016 was random, although I'm not sure what would have been appropriate for either one. Biffy Clyro as the sub to Ed Sheeran in 2017 was proper tonal whiplash.

[Jamm]

1 hour ago, charlierc said:

Glastonbury can have such tonal jumps tbf. Muse having Scissor Sisters as a sub in 2010 felt random, although actually looked like fun. Tame Impala as the sub before Adele in 2016 was random, although I'm not sure what would have been appropriate for either one. Biffy Clyro as the sub to Ed Sheeran in 2017 was proper tonal whiplash.

Had to fight for my life getting out of the pit after Tame Impala before Adele.

 

Those Adele fans were bloodthirsty.

[charlierc]

3 minutes ago, Jamm said:

Had to fight for my life getting out of the pit after Tame Impala before Adele.

 

Those Adele fans were bloodthirsty.

Crikey. Sounds intense.

[Ben7amin_]

Made an error of trying to get from Williams Green to the Beat Hotel 10-15 minuets prior to Adele starting - ended up walking though tents in Row Mead  the crowd was so dense -   totally worth it for Floating Points B2B Four Tet 

[SticklinchJoe]

4 hours ago, charlierc said:

Glastonbury can have such tonal jumps tbf. Muse having Scissor Sisters as a sub in 2010 felt random, although actually looked like fun. Tame Impala as the sub before Adele in 2016 was random, although I'm not sure what would have been appropriate for either one. Biffy Clyro as the sub to Ed Sheeran in 2017 was proper tonal whiplash.

 

It's safer and more logical to have a subbing act that caters for a similar audience to the headliner. Better for everyone all round. Paul Weller into The Who a few years back was perfect, for example.

[Cappo Smiffy]

On 2/20/2025 at 8:03 PM, northernangel said:

If they booked Rihanna over Olivia there would be less reason for sure to bother over this year.

I imagine Rihanna will go for the payday of her own shows over glastonbury? her new album is meant to be 'less commercial/radio friendly'

 

I think she would draw the biggest crowd of the weekend

[Meerkat]

3 hours ago, Jamm said:

Had to fight for my life getting out of the pit after Tame Impala before Adele.

 

Those Adele fans were bloodthirsty.

Not sure if I'm remembering the order correctly but I'm sure I did Wolf Alice > The Last Shadow Puppets > Tame Impala, before leaving before Adele

 

One of my favourites days of the festival

[Gnomicide]

Looks like the Saturday is a certainty for Neil Young.

 

[49Lawson]

5 minutes ago, Meerkat said:

Not sure if I'm remembering the order correctly but I'm sure I did Wolf Alice > The Last Shadow Puppets > Tame Impala, before leaving before Adele

 

One of my favourites days of the festival

Madness between Wolf Alice and TLSP too if you were there for them? I only know that cos I had a pretty identical run aside from sneaking out to catch Art Garfunkel before Tame Impala

[TheSheriff]

12 minutes ago, Gnomicide said:

Looks like the Saturday is a certainty for Neil Young.

 

Is Shakey really only going to do a U.K. date that’s already sold out

[incident]

6 minutes ago, TheSheriff said:

Is Shakey really only going to do a U.K. date that’s already sold out

 

Dunno, but BST have both the 11th and 12th free, so would fit easily.

[TheSheriff]

Yeah I know that but seems odd not to announce at the same time, was hoping to see him with a mate who’s another Neil Young fanatic like myself that ain’t got tickets for Glastonbury. He’s desperate to see him so going to Dublin which rules me out because of Glastonbury. I can’t ask him to wait just in case BST gets announced down the line, I suspect there’ll be others doing the same thing booking flights, hotels etc 

[northernangel]

1 hour ago, Gnomicide said:

Looks like the Saturday is a certainty for Neil Young.

 

Yeah he's not doing Sunday 

[MEGABOWL]

7 hours ago, charlierc said:

Glastonbury can have such tonal jumps tbf. Muse having Scissor Sisters as a sub in 2010 felt random, although actually looked like fun.

There was a lot of changeover there. It was Editors-Pet Shop Boys on the Other at the same time and after the subs a lot of people moved. PSB was pretty quiet at the start and filled up dramatically.

[charlierc]

3 hours ago, SticklinchJoe said:

 

It's safer and more logical to have a subbing act that caters for a similar audience to the headliner. Better for everyone all round. Paul Weller into The Who a few years back was perfect, for example.

You'd think so, yes. Foals into Muse or Royal Blood into Arctic Monkeys are one that fit for recent years. There's probably other better examples but those just came off the top of my head.

[Skip997]

Bizarre scheduling is one of my issues with the Pyramid. At least WH generally has a go at logical scheduling