2025 Headliners

[Ayrshire Chris]

15 minutes ago, Skip997 said:

I wouldn’t know an influencer if I fell over them

Then you’d be under the influencer 

[GrumpyRaver]

29 minutes ago, ClementsMike said:

In the context of the situation, f**king hell yes.

f**king bizarre take.

[GrumpyRaver]

59 minutes ago, ClementsMike said:

Imagine letting Fender , previously successful sub, whose currently slaying the UK on dates , sales and general decency, slip through the net while you book last years live band who are right now in court defending the onstage creepy behaviour they find acceptable. If it’s ‘75 no Fender, they’ve dropped the ball massively.

 

(Assuming he hasn’t said nah).

 

Calm down everyone... they're both shite.

 

[Skip997]

1 minute ago, GrumpyRaver said:

 

Calm down everyone... they're both shite.

 

Correct 👍 

[Barneym]

1 hour ago, ClementsMike said:

Imagine letting Fender , previously successful sub, whose currently slaying the UK on dates , sales and general decency, slip through the net while you book last years live band who are right now in court defending the onstage creepy behaviour they find acceptable. If it’s ‘75 no Fender, they’ve dropped the ball massively.

 

(Assuming he hasn’t said nah).

Is he smashing ticket sales? He can sell out in Newcastle many times over as it’s a cult and wearing a toon shirt to a gig is imop weird. I’m still being advertised London tickets via email so I really don’t think he is anywhere else 

[Skip997]

Just now, Barneym said:

Is he smashing ticket sales? He can sell out in Newcastle many times over as it’s a cult and wearing a toon shirt to a gig is imop weird. I’m still being advertised London tickets via email so I really don’t think he is anywhere else 

The Toon Jamie Webster?

[NorthernSoul52]

7 hours ago, dumbsaints said:

Just a single anecdote but one of my fave memories from all the Reading festivals I've gone to.

 

We were in the front pit in 2022 waiting for the 1975 to come on. There was an American couple we chatted to, they said they had booked the trip just to see RATM and had never listened to the 1975. Said to them you gonna love this. Their faces were like 😮 😮 as the band came on and one song in they were pushing forward to get closer to the stage. Rarely seen such an immediate 'dunno who they are but they're great' reaction 😄

That'll have been If You're Too Shy (Let Me Know) into Love Me, won't it? Top combo, that. 

[Ayrshire Chris]

45 minutes ago, Skip997 said:

Have a laugh have a party, get the likes of The Chemical Brothers, Pet Shop Boys, Faithless, even Nile Rodgers and Chic. 

Is 100% correct. Away from the pyramid when the headliners are on there’s some great memorable parties everywhere. 

 

[NorthernSoul52]

5 hours ago, Mark_safc said:

Firmly in the "no thanks" camp for 1975. Was bad enough standing through about 3 songs in Williams Green when they did the secret set around 10 years ago. Won't be subjecting myself to a full headliner set, so strongly hoping that the rumours are wrong. 

Not singling you out specifically here @Mark_safc, but you lead onto a point here - not saying this is utterly prevalent among detractors but a large number definitely seem to point to the first record as the catch-all and leave it there.

 

I will say that if anybody is pinning their musical impressions of The 1975 on their first record and nothing else - and again, @Mark_safc, definitely not a gripe at you! - then I'd be interested to see where you'd land on the variation of stuff since then.

[Skip997]

2 minutes ago, Ayrshire Chris said:

Is 100% correct. Away from the pyramid when the headliners are on there’s some great memorable parties everywhere. 

 

Seriously Chic would absolutely smash a Pyramid headliner set. The whole field would be rocking, especially the “picnic blanket, cheap bubbly, radio two mums”, even the “indie dads” would be dad dancing throughout. 

[NorthernSoul52]

16 minutes ago, Barneym said:

Is he smashing ticket sales? He can sell out in Newcastle many times over as it’s a cult and wearing a toon shirt to a gig is imop weird. I’m still being advertised London tickets via email so I really don’t think he is anywhere else 

For what it is worth, I can confirm he's shifted 92,641 copies so far of the new record at today's update.

 

And for a similar note, here are some musicians wearing football shirts.

 

 

 

 

[NorthernSoul52]

2 minutes ago, Skip997 said:

Seriously Chic would absolutely smash a Pyramid headliner set. The whole field would be rocking, especially the “picnic blanket, cheap bubbly, radio two mums”, even the “indie dads” would be dad dancing throughout. 

 

It would if they could get the mix right. Seen them twice and there's just been something frustratingly off musically on both occasions, which has been sadly frustrating.

[NorthernSoul52]

1 hour ago, Skip997 said:

If he’s the perfect Pyramid headliner then the Pyramid “has gone”. 
 

Here’s some actual perfect Pyramid headliners: Beyoncé, Lady Gaga, Dua Lipa, Stevie Wonder. Even the likes of Elton John are a million times more suitable 

The "perfect" Pyramid headliner is like Schrödinger's cat. It either exists, or doesn't exist and everyone's opinion is valid.

[charlierc]

28 minutes ago, NorthernSoul52 said:

Snoop Dogg in a Norwich shirt? Wut?

[charlierc]

36 minutes ago, Ayrshire Chris said:

Is 100% correct. Away from the pyramid when the headliners are on there’s some great memorable parties everywhere. 

 

Tbf I'm pretty sure some of the names Skip suggested have been Other Stage headliners in recent years.

[Skip997]

1 minute ago, charlierc said:

Tbf I'm pretty sure some of the names Skip suggested have been Other Stage headliners in recent years.

Yeah at least two of them 

[SirPsychoSexy]

The 1975 would absolutely smash the headline spot!  Great live band!  Plenty of well known singalong hits, the perfect festival band.  Plus extra points for being British.  

[Baggieboy]

1 hour ago, SirPsychoSexy said:

The 1975 would absolutely smash the headline spot!  Great live band!  Plenty of well known singalong hits, the perfect festival band.  Plus extra points for being British.  

From a 50 year old I totally agree, Ive seen them live several times now and each time they’ve smashed it out of the park. I took my dad who’s 74 to the Brum gig on the last tour and he was blown away with how good they are and commented in his opinion The 1975 are the best live band of the last 20 years. Easily 100k attendance for their slot on Pyramid Stage. Matty Healy is a true rock star not many bands have one, he’s also British we should be proud of that.

[CaledonianGonzo]

Crowd size is one thing, but Charli XCX being British also gives her more right to headline our festival than a weird and suspicious foreigner like Neil Young.

[Chapple12345]

9 hours ago, charlierc said:

Snoop Dogg in a Norwich shirt? Wut?

They had the Radio 1 Big Weekend in Norwich about 10 years ago and he wore it for the whole performance 

I know someone who worked at the hotel all the acts were staying at and she saw him, panicked and just called him Mr Dogg 

[NorthernSoul52]

22 minutes ago, Chapple12345 said:

They had the Radio 1 Big Weekend in Norwich about 10 years ago and he wore it for the whole performance 

I know someone who worked at the hotel all the acts were staying at and she saw him, panicked and just called him Mr Dogg 

Outstanding anecdote. I'm more curious about Ezra from Vampire Weekend being in a... QPR top?

[NorthernSoul52]

Having staunchly been in support of The 1975 as a headliner, had a crisis of confidence on them being there after I went to bed last night though.

 

When was the last time an artist basically came in to headline without a wider run? I'm guessing probably Kendrick - Glastonbury was only his third show proper since 2019, and just the second of 2022, having played Milan three days prior.

 

It can be done, clearly. But starting to think we might have heard other plans for shows if that's the case. (Big Weekend and BST being two credible shouts, perhaps.)

[CaledonianGonzo]

A couple of small venue warm ups announced a few days before and they'll be set.

 

It's gonna be them.

[Dronx]

Your first 2026 headliner. The boys are back 

 

 

[NorthernSoul52]

2 minutes ago, Dronx said:

Your first 2026 headliner. The boys are back 

 

 

Not the Backstreet Boys, is it?

 

Will be fascinated to see how nostalgia runs that. Note Ticketek getting pride of place before Ticketmaster and AXS on that poster too?