2025 Headliners

[TheSheriff]

8 hours ago, Suprefan said:

 

 

 

This isnt Coachella, sorry.

 

 

Thank God for that

[Elba]

Pitbull is touring Europe and finishes his tour on the 28th June in Oslo... do we think he could be on the bill?! He's gone viral super recently and think he would be a really popular nostalgia act 

Edited February 25, 2025 by Elba

[NorthernSoul52]

Won't be Gaga on the Saturday. Doesn't work for Neil Young's dates and schedules.

 

Fender and Gaga after several months of The 1975 and Olivia Rodrigo is objectively amusing, mind you.

[Gnomicide]

21 minutes ago, Elba said:

Pitbull is touring Europe and finishes his tour on the 28th June in Oslo... do we think he could be on the bill?! He's gone viral super recently and think he would be a really popular nostalgia act 

 

Playing Stockholm on the 29th.

 

[charlierc]

17 minutes ago, NorthernSoul52 said:

Won't be Gaga on the Saturday. Doesn't work for Neil Young's dates and schedules.

 

Fender and Gaga after several months of The 1975 and Olivia Rodrigo is objectively amusing, mind you.

I thought it was already announced Neil Young was coming on Saturday following whatever that "I'm not going... ok I'm going" thing was.

[charlierc]

9 hours ago, Suprefan said:

Still wonder whats up with Hayley doing solo stuff then.

 

Maybe later in the year?

[RossTC]

3 minutes ago, Gnomicide said:

 

Playing Stockholm on the 29th.

 

Thank christ for that!

[NorthernSoul52]

6 minutes ago, charlierc said:

I thought it was already announced Neil Young was coming on Saturday following whatever that "I'm not going... ok I'm going" thing was.

Officially, no, but I think it was generally assumed he would be based on the other info we'd been bouncing around.

 

This rubber-stamps it, and with Rodrigo's BST show on the Friday, basically confirms that if she's playing, she'll do the Sunday.

 

It has been pointed out that doing so would make it three on the bounce for her - she plays Manchester on the Monday and Tuesday. That, if anything, might be where the doubt creeps in - while she's likely young enough that such a stint would be no problem, the Guts Tour doesn't appear to have played more than two nights on the trot anywhere.

 

That's the modicum of doubt I've had for Rodrigo. Theoretically, I cannot see an issue unless she really doesn't want to do three on the trot - and as it is, her Glastonbury set would probably be like Billie Eilish, in a truncated version of their own tour with reduced staging and run-time to an extent.

 

All this chat about Rihanna and Gaga and what not - if it is a replacement, I've been assuming it would be in lieu of Rodrigo.

[archiegow]

20 minutes ago, Gnomicide said:

 

Playing Stockholm on the 29th.

 

I can’t wait for the year he gets that mid afternoon Pyramid slot, think it would be a great time!

[NorthernSoul52]

He's not exactly a headliner, is he?

 

Imagine the outrage if anywhere actually booked Pitbull as a major festival headliner in the year 2025.

[charlierc]

1 hour ago, NorthernSoul52 said:

Officially, no, but I think it was generally assumed he would be based on the other info we'd been bouncing around.

 

This rubber-stamps it, and with Rodrigo's BST show on the Friday, basically confirms that if she's playing, she'll do the Sunday.

 

It has been pointed out that doing so would make it three on the bounce for her - she plays Manchester on the Monday and Tuesday. That, if anything, might be where the doubt creeps in - while she's likely young enough that such a stint would be no problem, the Guts Tour doesn't appear to have played more than two nights on the trot anywhere.

 

That's the modicum of doubt I've had for Rodrigo. Theoretically, I cannot see an issue unless she really doesn't want to do three on the trot - and as it is, her Glastonbury set would probably be like Billie Eilish, in a truncated version of their own tour with reduced staging and run-time to an extent.

 

All this chat about Rihanna and Gaga and what not - if it is a replacement, I've been assuming it would be in lieu of Rodrigo.

I'm kinda unconvinced by Gaga & Rihanna tbh and still think it'll be Rodrigo on Sunday, even if it is odd to have those two re-scheduled Manchester shows as the two days directly after that slot. Still, stranger things have happened. The reduced stage show is less of a concern because she's playing a bunch of European festivals that presumably have the same requirements.

[NorthernSoul52]

Yeah, exactly. I don't think the staging will be a stumbling block. 

[SwedgeAntilles]

 

 

[joshgardna]

Looks like Barry Can't Swim & Jorja Smith for Forwards in Bristol, do we recon they have a part to play?

 

Both brilliant by the way!

[itsfomas]

Is it just me or has Emily Eavis been really quiet this year? I'm sure she pops up on some random podcast or radio station before the poster. 

[Gnomicide]

50 minutes ago, itsfomas said:

Is it just me or has Emily Eavis been really quiet this year? I'm sure she pops up on some random podcast or radio station before the poster. 

 

Same last year really, just the appearance on Sidetracked, then the thing with Oxfam (I think?). She seems to have really dialed it down over the last few years.

[CaledonianGonzo]

Probably because every time she speaks publicly her every word is dissected and misrepresented multiple times over.

[kalifire]

23 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

Probably because every time she speaks publicly her every word is dissected and misrepresented multiple times over.

It strikes me that she treats social media as an unfortunate inconvenience that she feels she has to entertain every so often because if she doesn’t, there are enough gobshites out there to fill the void. It’s less than ideal.
 

Would like to see the festival abandon X, mind you.

[NorthernSoul52]

I know you hold fire until everything is ironclad, but you could make an advent calendar out of it. A new act every week from Christmas until a poster drop in April. 

[Suprefan]

17 hours ago, TheSheriff said:

Thank God for that

Oh, a festival that has artists youre wishing would play glasto? Yeah, such a bad thing. And it wont rain at least. And when its hot theres air conditioned tents cause they care about peoples safety from the heat. And they have good sound and production values? So when people are yapping in the back it doesnt matter? Yep, the worst thing to have.

[Suprefan]

17 hours ago, HGlasto said:

Gaga is doing coachella and a free show on the beach in Rio in May 

 

Billie eilish played coachella and glasto in 2022

Billie was a replacement in 22 for both festivals. Has zero bearing. And again, I dont think Glasto can pull off the production stuff she would want or foot the bill for it.

[Suprefan]

13 hours ago, NorthernSoul52 said:

Yeah, exactly. I don't think the staging will be a stumbling block. 

 

In a month we'll see what she has for a festival production anyway for Lolla south america. Whats gonna be the concern. The show has to be retooled and likely shorter than it was. Itll be a nice 90 mins as opposed to her hour 45 cause the flying moon section has to be cut out. Prob throws a cover in there.

[stuie]

2 hours ago, Suprefan said:

Oh, a festival that has artists youre wishing would play glasto? Yeah, such a bad thing. And it wont rain at least. And when its hot theres air conditioned tents cause they care about peoples safety from the heat. And they have good sound and production values? So when people are yapping in the back it doesnt matter? Yep, the worst thing to have.

 

Do you still have to go to a designated cattle pen to have a drink?

 

 

[NorthernSoul52]

Almost t-minus four months. Hopeful but doubtful they'll drop a second headliner before the poster now. 

[CaledonianGonzo]

Poster is presumably only a fortnight or so away so feels unlikely