2025 Headliners

[chino1]

5 minutes ago, ghostdancer1 said:

You're right, there are others to be held responsible for The 1975's truly awful music.

 

 

Matty Healy is the greatest frontman of our generation. The man is a character with the carisma to match ! Just what Glastonbury needs at the moment. Glastonbury hasn't had a good headliner in years in my opinion 

[CaledonianGonzo]

24 minutes ago, paulshane said:

Was this thread shared in a 1975 fan forum or something?

 

Looks like it doesn't it

[chino1]

Fontaines DC should be headliners this year. They are not but should be. 

[stuie]

A warm welcome to all of the new 1975 Stan members 🙂 

[foolee]

Anyone think it’s weird 1975 seem most likely but have no noise on a new album and no other tour dates? 

[CaledonianGonzo]

2 minutes ago, foolee said:

Anyone think it’s weird 1975 seem most likely but have no noise on a new album and no other tour dates? 

 

Not especially.  Stands to reason that they probably consider themselves lucky to have got the call up in the first place and so have no issue treating it like a one off special occasion.

[efcfanwirral]

1 minute ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

 

Not especially.  Stands to reason that they probably consider themselves lucky to have got the call up in the first place and so have no issue treating it like a one off special occasion.

yeah I'd actually think a hits set without new stuff would work better for the more casual fan. Its only fans of the band who would normally see them anyway that might think its not fresh enough. 

Edited March 3, 2025 by efcfanwirral

[Respectfatfrog]

pleased for those who enjoy the 1975, leaves me with a night without a headliner to find something to do with the kids might visit the circus field 

[kalifire]

None of the rumoured headliners massively appeal to me this year. Olivia is the standout, but not exactly a must-see. It feels like this is one of the years the festival couldn’t get who they really wanted so settled with second best. 
 

Still holding out for Gaga. 

[NorthernSoul52]

The 1975 would definitely benefit from not having a new record to plug immediately. See their R+L 22 show. 

[CaledonianGonzo]

29 minutes ago, kalifire said:

None of the rumoured headliners massively appeal to me this year. Olivia is the standout, but not exactly a must-see. It feels like this is one of the years the festival couldn’t get who they really wanted so settled with second best. 
 

Still holding out for Gaga. 

 

I reckon its a fair bet that Olivia and Neil were both first choices.  The 1975 will have been about 3rd or 4th.

[NorthernSoul52]

Which begs the question why we heard their name so early. 

[Alvoram]

On 3/2/2025 at 2:17 AM, Baggieboy said:

To the 1975 haters in here who obviously have no taste in great music. Listen up. Matty Healy and his band are going to blow away this festival in front of 120k gob smacked punters. They are without question the best live act this country has produced in the last 25 years. Miss their gig you will be missing out history in the making. There is nobody else to choose from, AC/DC past it, GNR past it, Arctic Monkeys national embarrassment god dam awful live. Unless Freddie Mercury rises from the grave this is the best band you will ever likely to see live.

 

 

Every single one of your posts on this forum since 2022 has been about the 1975. That's almost 3 years of willing this to happen. So you're clearly a massive fan.

Are you attending Glasto this year?

If you are, despite my own indifference, I almost want them to be headlining just for you. There's a few artists that I'd be as passionate about, but won't mention, because the vast majority would tear them to shreds. So I know how special it would be for you, I'm sure we all do if we really think about it. I hope it's everything you want it to be. 👍

[incident]

21 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

I reckon its a fair bet that Olivia and Neil were both first choices.  The 1975 will have been about 3rd or 4th.

 

Yep that sounds right.

 

I think it's safe to say that Olivia was first choice without doubt, given that we had a pretty strong expectation (and some whispers) that she was likely more than a full year out..

 

Neil Young was booked because the only audience member who really matters is known to be a huge fan, and so likely would have been in the thought process from early on. Less certain than Olivia, but there's no reason to think he was a late addition.

[kalifire]

So Neil because Michael, Olivia because Emily, and The 1975 because they had to?

[CantWaitForGlasto22]

I’d be on the fence for The 1975 and O-Rod. Might go along but would depend who is on elsewhere. Definitely out for Neil Young. So I’m more interested in seeing who’s headlining the other stages and hoping that lands in my favour with dates so not all the ones I want to see on the same night (though appreciate on this thread it’s all about the Pyramid headliners!!). Maybe my first year with no Pyramid headliners but still just as excited. 
 

Pulp (Other), Basement Jaxx (WH) and Franz Ferdinand (Woodsies) would be 👌 

Edited March 3, 2025 by CantWaitForGlasto22

[NorthernSoul52]

There was chat The 1975 were earmarked for 2021 alongside Elton John, before the pandemic scrambled everything. 

 

This could just as easily be the festival cashing in cheaply if so. 

[Gnomicide]

Personally it's the most excited I've been for a headliner since The Stones did it.

 

If Neil was booked just for Michael (and I doubt that is the reason), then bring it on.

[SirPsychoSexy]

1 hour ago, Alvoram said:

Every single one of your posts on this forum since 2022 has been about the 1975. That's almost 3 years of willing this to happen. So you're clearly a massive fan.

Are you attending Glasto this year?

If you are, despite my own indifference, I almost want them to be headlining just for you. There's a few artists that I'd be as passionate about, but won't mention, because the vast majority would tear them to shreds. So I know how special it would be for you, I'm sure we all do if we really think about it. I hope it's everything you want it to be. 👍

Don’t understand why anyone would tear them apart whoever they are.  Im a massive 75 fan, nothing wrong with it, clearly it’s cool to hate them for some reason.  Speaking of artists who I’d love to headline, there’s one band in particular who are newly headlining another festival im actually attending this year, & depending on how they are received I can totally see them headlining Glastonbury in the future.  And let me tell you the backlash will be incredible, but they would be amazing.  
 

But it’s all subjective isn’t it.  We like who we like.

[Skip997]

2 hours ago, kalifire said:

 

Still holding out for Gaga. 

Only Gaga or the KLF can rescue the headliners 

[charlierc]

2 hours ago, stuie said:

A warm welcome to all of the new 1975 Stan members 🙂 

I for one welcome our new 1975 overlords. 

[ProperTea]

1 hour ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

 

I reckon its a fair bet that Olivia and Neil were both first choices.  The 1975 will have been about 3rd or 4th.

We were told before that The 1975 were booked to headline the 2021 festival with Dua Lipa and when it was cancelled both were invited back, so I don't think this is completely random.

[incident]

21 minutes ago, Gnomicide said:

Personally it's the most excited I've been for a headliner since The Stones did it.

 

If Neil was booked just for Michael (and I doubt that is the reason), then bring it on.

Just for? Of course not. Ultimately they wouldn't book an act if they weren't suitable (unless they ran out of other options - which clearly isn't the case here).

 

But I think for sure Michael will have been a major consideration. And that's absolutely fair enough.

[Alvoram]

8 minutes ago, SirPsychoSexy said:

Don’t understand why anyone would tear them apart whoever they are.  Im a massive 75 fan, nothing wrong with it, clearly it’s cool to hate them for some reason.  Speaking of artists who I’d love to headline, there’s one band in particular who are newly headlining another festival im actually attending this year, & depending on how they are received I can totally see them headlining Glastonbury in the future.  And let me tell you the backlash will be incredible, but they would be amazing.  
 

But it’s all subjective isn’t it.  We like who we like.

Yep we all have connections with different artists for different reasons.

I like Coldplay quite a lot (although they aren't one of the artists I refenced) and for years they've been torn apart on here... Didn't make that field any easier to navigate last year did it? 🙈🤣 I'm sure it will be exactly the same for 75.

Despite my own indifference, I haven't actually ever seen them live, so they'd still be a maybe for me, barring any clashes. They might blow me away live, they certainly wouldn't be the first band I've seen that have earned a new follower on their live performance alone. The Script are one example, they just kind of existed to me, similar to 1975 now, until I saw them live for the first time, now I have seen them loads of times, and have enjoyed it every time. 🙂 

[CaledonianGonzo]

8 minutes ago, ProperTea said:

We were told before that The 1975 were booked to headline the 2021 festival with Dua Lipa and when it was cancelled both were invited back, so I don't think this is completely random.

 

Yes - but as a minimum it does seem that Fred Again was the initial play for this year.