2025 Headliners

[MEGABOWL]

2 hours ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

 

 

Except, again, she didn't say it.

I know it wasn’t exactly what she said but it was one of the few times she seemed to be floundering to me. Which I can understand in the circumstances.

[CaledonianGonzo]

5 minutes ago, MEGABOWL said:

I know it wasn’t exactly what she said but it was one of the few times she seemed to be floundering to me. Which I can understand in the circumstances.

Yeah - she was on the defensive, when she didn't really need to be.  Arctics / GnR / Elton still a strong trio.

[MEGABOWL]

2 hours ago, fraybentos1 said:

Tabloids? This is the BBC article:

 

Glastonbury Festival organiser Emily Eavis has said she has recently been offered a "really big American artist" who she hopes will headline next year.

 

She didn't reveal their identity, but told BBC podcast Sidetracked she is aiming to book two female headliners.

 

 

Ok maybe she was talking about Dua and Madonna but if you are saying you're getting flack for having 0 female headliners in 2023 then for 2024 say you're aiming for 2 female headliners, you're kinda backing yourself into a corner. 

 

Which is exactly how it played out cause she booked SZA to do it to a tiny crowd. She clearly was trying to make the 2 female headliners happen at almost any cost cause she felt bad about 2023.

Now look what that became when it hit the tabloids

 

The Suns reimagining

[MEGABOWL]

2 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

Yeah - she was on the defensive, when she didn't really need to be.  Arctics / GnR / Elton still a strong trio.

Agreed. Glastonbury as a festival have done more for gender diversity than most others, and she had three actual stadium acts headlining for the first time ever, and she got heavily criticised for it. 

[gfa]

how are we back on SZA and 2 female headliners thing ffs

 

(lack of news)

 

Need these T Day Dates asap

[fraybentos1]

12 minutes ago, MEGABOWL said:

Now look what that became when it hit the tabloids

 

The Suns reimagining

Yeah for sure, the Sun was talking shite but still Emily set out the 2 female headliners thing:

 

“But next year it's looking like we’ve got two female headliners, so fingers crossed.”

 

I'm aware that she isn't guaranteeing anything there but she never needed to say that. 

[UncleJunior]

GnR weren't drafted in as late as some might believe I think.

[Crazyfool01]

@roughbloke any thoughts on next year ? Or is it as up in the air as this thread ? 

[MEGABOWL]

28 minutes ago, fraybentos1 said:

Yeah for sure, the Sun was talking shite but still Emily set out the 2 female headliners thing:

 

“But next year it's looking like we’ve got two female headliners, so fingers crossed.”

 

I'm aware that she isn't guaranteeing anything there but she never needed to say that. 

That’s the point. She doesn’t say that.

 

She says “

“So I feel like the pool is going to be bigger soon. And who knows next year, we might get two.

And I'd certainly I can say that the legend is female.”

 

Thats from the actual transcript.

 

From Sidetracked with Annie and Nick: Emily Eavis on Glastonbury, Footballers Tackling Music and Life Is A Cabaret, 26 Oct 2023
 

[fraybentos1]

9 minutes ago, MEGABOWL said:

That’s the point. She doesn’t say that.

 

She says “

“So I feel like the pool is going to be bigger soon. And who knows next year, we might get two.

And I'd certainly I can say that the legend is female.”

 

Thats from the actual transcript.

 

From Sidetracked with Annie and Nick: Emily Eavis on Glastonbury, Footballers Tackling Music and Life Is A Cabaret, 26 Oct 2023
 

Apologies I assumed it was a direct quote 

[northernangel]

52 minutes ago, MEGABOWL said:

Agreed. Glastonbury as a festival have done more for gender diversity than most others, and she had three actual stadium acts headlining for the first time ever, and she got heavily criticised for it. 

Much easier I would say as well to book 3 male stadium acts.

 

Just for instance, what are people saying if Emily booked Olivia, Beyonce and Adele as that's probably what we're talking about for 3 female acts that can headline stadiums acts in the UK to play. How would that go down? I would only watch one now, I can't see it going down well but you're probably booking the 3 biggest female artists in the world.

[CaledonianGonzo]

It would go down incredibly well.  Beyonce and Adele would both be coups.

[gfa]

I think there is some degree of risk with whacking 3 female stadium acts in the same year

 

The pool is about what - 20% of the male pool, it could mess them up for future years and lead to a repeat of the 2022 blokefest. Would be an unreal trio tho what was mentioned

[MEGABOWL]

30 minutes ago, fraybentos1 said:

Apologies I assumed it was a direct quote 

No need for you to apologise, it’s the crappy paper misleading everyone 😀

 

Thats how it all gets twisted though. The Sun story got copied by Somerset Live and the Evening Standards website because of the way these things recirculate. I could see on a Google Search it getting reposted on Reddit etc. It then kind of becomes accepted as truth.

[MEGABOWL]

28 minutes ago, northernangel said:

Much easier I would say as well to book 3 male stadium acts.

 

Just for instance, what are people saying if Emily booked Olivia, Beyonce and Adele as that's probably what we're talking about for 3 female acts that can headline stadiums acts in the UK to play. How would that go down? I would only watch one now, I can't see it going down well but you're probably booking the 3 biggest female artists in the world.

I’d like to think it would go over well, that’s a good mix of genres. But there would be plenty of people unhappy. There always is-see 2023

[CaledonianGonzo]

1 hour ago, UncleJunior said:

GnR weren't drafted in as late as some might believe I think.

 

The word got tipped on here before the ticket sale, so must have been October-ish.

[fraybentos1]

[CaledonianGonzo]

Hmmmm.   Suggests that if something is happening next year it's coming under a new banner.

 

Though no idea what that means for the Manchester dates.

[incident]

Just now, CaledonianGonzo said:

The word got tipped on here before the ticket sale, so must have been October-ish.

 

Yeah, all 3 of the eventual headliners had been named on here as likely by October, and all of them by people with credibility.

 

Arctics people accepted pretty much along. Elton the initial doubts were mainly due to his previous record of playing nearby and swerving the festival and the (as best I can tell unfounded) belief he hated the festival for some reason or another. But then he got announced first, in December so that was a "done deal".

 

GnR there were doubts over mainly because of the bizarre and sh*tty one man campaign to try and discredit the person who brought the information, which I have to think is the only reason there's a perception they were booked late. They definitely weren't a late replacement by any standard.

[northernangel]

1 hour ago, MEGABOWL said:

I’d like to think it would go over well, that’s a good mix of genres. But there would be plenty of people unhappy. There always is-see 2023

 

It's not going to please people outside of the female pop world though on the whole is it? It would be for a set of 3 probably my ideal females 3 but I don't think I'm in a minority of people that would say where is the alternative options. Male stadium acts have a broader range. 

[CaledonianGonzo]

They're nothing alike and anyone that thinks so is showing their entire arse.

[stuie]

They are only alike in one way! 

[CaledonianGonzo]

1 hour ago, fraybentos1 said:

 

It's a concert movie - on Netflix at the end of the month.

 

Does suggest that Lolla etc will be their own thing with a festival headline set up.  Which is good news as far as the G is concerned.

[NorthernSoul52]

1 hour ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

Hmmmm.   Suggests that if something is happening next year it's coming under a new banner.

 

Though no idea what that means for the Manchester dates.

No refunds issued there yet, from what I understand, so assume they are still happening.

 

Unless she is making an immediate leap into a summer festival/stadium tour and combines the two into a night at Old Trafford Cricket Ground.

[CaledonianGonzo]

Would imagine what she has for festivals wouldn't work in arenas - and vice versa.