2025 Headliners

[Justcalledtosay]

2 hours ago, charlierc said:

I'm a Newcastle supporter (albeit one that grew up/lives down south) and am aware that many other Newcastle fans went gleefully overboard with that one, to the point where I genuinely think there was more of a pro-Newcastle celebration there than even that time when Leicester-born Kasabian played the Leicester City FC stadium to celebrate their unexpected Premier League title in 2016.

 

I also don't care ha. It's their party, why not go all out in celebrating crazily. Going forward, I assume the balance is that there'll be some Toon references but going truly Geordie squared at shows in Newcastle and not so much outside the NE postcode area.

 

... maybe.

This was a Sam Fender gig that was seemingly hi-jacked by Geordies peacocking. My wife had no idea any of that was going to happen. It ruined the gig. 

[MEGABOWL]

1 hour ago, charlierc said:

Is it Kings of Leon? I know they headlined in 2008 and think they subbed in 2004 but can't recall if they did one before that.

They were my first thought but they played the New Bands tent in 2003

[charlierc]

12 minutes ago, MEGABOWL said:

They were my first thought but they played the New Bands tent in 2003

So they did. Similar trajectory to The Killers then - New Bands in 2004, Pyramid sub in 2005 (and actually offered headliner when Kylie had to cancel), Pyramid head in 2007.

 

Arctic Monkeys going straight in as a headliner and all 3 of their trips to the farm as an outright bill-topper might be one for the proper full-on mode, mind.

[efcfanwirral]

3 hours ago, danbailey80 said:

Surprised with the lack of faith of Sam to deliver. 
 

Wait to hear his new single coming out Friday called ‘People Watching’, the hype for album that will follow and then trickles of big singles over next 6 months and him headlining will seem like an obvious act to do so. 
 

He sold out stadiums and Finsbury Park easily last year and this album looks to be bigger. He’s young, played the Pyramid before and was known as a highlight. Packed field. Writes his own songs, good bands of mates, massive voice to carry the turns across the field.
 

Not sure what else you want from a headliner? 😀

I haven't got no faith in him, but I also think that the new album has to have multiple very high quality and popular songs on to make it that different from last time, which was amazing. 

[thatTFBguy]

1 hour ago, Justcalledtosay said:

This was a Sam Fender gig that was seemingly hi-jacked by Geordies peacocking. My wife had no idea any of that was going to happen. It ruined the gig. 

Pure tosh. 
 

Fender is a bloke notorious for being a HUGE Newcastle fan, and was playing the stadium for the first time, literally weeks after the club qualified for the biggest club tournament in football.
 

Obviously it was going to be a celebrate of Newcastle United. Nobody hid that fact before either, all the posters had black + white/NUFC theme, it was announced with a football-heavy video on the club social media, flag displays were confirmed before the gig by Wor Flags (Newcastle fan group that does flag displays) etc. 

 

Nothing was "hi-jacked", I was there, 98% of people were onboard with it being more of a celebration of Newcastle Utd than just a Sam Fender gig. 
 

Sorry your wife didn't know ahead of time but if the gig was ruined that's really on you, not the 52K other people who had a class night. 

[Superscally]

2 hours ago, Justcalledtosay said:

This was a Sam Fender gig that was seemingly hi-jacked by Geordies peacocking. My wife had no idea any of that was going to happen. It ruined the gig. 

Bit naive not to expect that really?

[Superscally]

49 minutes ago, thatTFBguy said:

Pure tosh. 
 

Fender is a bloke notorious for being a HUGE Newcastle fan, and was playing the stadium for the first time, literally weeks after the club qualified for the biggest club tournament in football.
 

Obviously it was going to be a celebrate of Newcastle United. Nobody hid that fact before either, all the posters had black + white/NUFC theme, it was announced with a football-heavy video on the club social media, flag displays were confirmed before the gig by Wor Flags (Newcastle fan group that does flag displays) etc. 

 

Nothing was "hi-jacked", I was there, 98% of people were onboard with it being more of a celebration of Newcastle Utd than just a Sam Fender gig. 
 

Sorry your wife didn't know ahead of time but if the gig was ruined that's really on you, not the 52K other people who had a class night. 

This is also tosh though. No-one apart from Newcastle fans were there for it being a Newcastle thing. I expected the black and white because it was Sam at SJP, but I had completely forgotten about Newcastle being qualified for Champs League and saw no specific celebration of that either

 

[parkerpenguin]

30 minutes ago, Superscally said:

This is also tosh though. No-one apart from Newcastle fans were there for it being a Newcastle thing. I expected the black and white because it was Sam at SJP, but I had completely forgotten about Newcastle being qualified for Champs League and saw no specific celebration of that either

 

He literally walked on stage to the champions league anthem.

[northernangel]

5 hours ago, danbailey80 said:

Surprised with the lack of faith of Sam to deliver. 
 

Wait to hear his new single coming out Friday called ‘People Watching’, the hype for album that will follow and then trickles of big singles over next 6 months and him headlining will seem like an obvious act to do so. 
 

He sold out stadiums and Finsbury Park easily last year and this album looks to be bigger. He’s young, played the Pyramid before and was known as a highlight. Packed field. Writes his own songs, good bands of mates, massive voice to carry the turns across the field.
 

Not sure what else you want from a headliner? 😀

 

I don't think he's going to headline it this year, more like 17. The only way I see it this year is if two of Fred, Stevie and Rihanna don't happen meaning a slot to fill but I don't see it.

[thatTFBguy]

59 minutes ago, Superscally said:

saw no specific celebration of that either

We're in danger of going round in circles, but this is tosh! He walked out to the CL anthem. 

 

59 minutes ago, Superscally said:

No-one apart from Newcastle fans were there for it being a Newcastle thing.

No-one but Newcastle fans and seemingly Sam Fender....
 

Also you say "no-one apart from Newcastle fans" like that was a vocal minority in the crowd. Based on toon tops alone, it was probably the majority. 

Edited October 15, 2024 by thatTFBguy

[Beaver89]

4 hours ago, nikkic said:

Has there ever been an act who has only played the festival twice, as a sub then as headliner?

 

Good trivia question! 

Nope. It's never happened so far as I can see. I was going to make a thread about this phenomenon - might still do. I can't find any example of an act that has either headlined Other or subbed the Pyramid and then subsequently gone on the the top slot. The other way has happened occasionally, but never upwards. It seems to be a cursed glass ceiling that artists would do well to be aware of if they have aspirations for that top line.

[northernangel]

3 hours ago, Beaver89 said:

Nope. It's never happened so far as I can see. I was going to make a thread about this phenomenon - might still do. I can't find any example of an act that has either headlined Other or subbed the Pyramid and then subsequently gone on the the top slot. The other way has happened occasionally, but never upwards. It seems to be a cursed glass ceiling that artists would do well to be aware of if they have aspirations for that top line.

Bearing in mind on the Fender case, he was moved to sub due to a pull out. Had this not happened, this particular question would exist for him but this is also why I don't think that Chappell will get sub if she plays. Giving her 3rd down gives a decent recent to promote a good showing and bring her back quicker to bump up two spots.

[Dg_vic]

1 hour ago, northernangel said:

Bearing in mind on the Fender case, he was moved to sub due to a pull out. Had this not happened, this particular question would exist for him but this is also why I don't think that Chappell will get sub if she plays. Giving her 3rd down gives a decent recent to promote a good showing and bring her back quicker to bump up two spots.

2005 The Killers subbed the pyramid and obviously went on to headline in future years. 
 

 

[Superscally]

7 hours ago, parkerpenguin said:

He literally walked on stage to the champions league anthem.

 

7 hours ago, thatTFBguy said:

We're in danger of going round in circles, but this is tosh! He walked out to the CL anthem. 

 

No-one but Newcastle fans and seemingly Sam Fender....
 

Also you say "no-one apart from Newcastle fans" like that was a vocal minority in the crowd. Based on toon tops alone, it was probably the majority. 

Didn't notice the theme, because I wasn't bothered. I saw a band on Tuesday. Can't remember their walk on music either.

Also, home town hero playing at home surrounded by people from home. They weren't there to celebrate the Champions League. Weird that you think they were. It was merely an Easter egg... Do you think people went to Jamie Webster's biggest gig this year to celebrate Liverpool in the Champions League? 

Have a word.

 

[Gnomicide]

2 hours ago, Dg_vic said:

2005 The Killers subbed the pyramid and obviously went on to headline in future years. 
 

 

 

I think @nikkic means only played the festival twice, not appeared at a smaller stage before subbing? Is that right, nikkic?

 

12 hours ago, nikkic said:

Has there ever been an act who has only played the festival twice, as a sub then as headliner?

 

Good trivia question! 

 

Kasabian is a bit of a weird one, subbed Pyramid twice, then headlined.

[NorthernSoul52]

Kasabian's just a weird one, full stop. One of those things we should feel nationally ashamed of, every now and again.

[49Lawson]

10 hours ago, thatTFBguy said:

Fender is a bloke notorious for being a HUGE Newcastle fan, and was playing the stadium for the first time, literally weeks after the club qualified for the biggest club tournament in football.

Whilst I would say the St James Park gig was a massive celebration of NUFC, everyone who used to go to the local gig scene up here as Fender was emerging knows he did not care about football/NUFC at all until it became convenient. The idea that he is notorious for being a "HUGE Newcastle fan" as you say is fully cultivated by his team because his success was definitely helped/fuelled by the resurgence of Newcastle when they got the Saudi money.

 

I must admit, I think he would be great as a Pyramid headliner, but much like a post a few pages back, I went to see him at the arena in Newcastle and it was just absolutely cult-like. Really spoiled the experience with 'Toon' chants in between and during just about every song. Every time I've seen him outside of the North East he's been much more enjoyable with limited Newcastle interaction.

[NorthernSoul52]

Glastonbury, fortunately, is a bit further than Newcastle then.

 

Let's also be fair, any number of Geordies would also be outnumbered by the extraordinary numbers of Merseyside folk at the farm. Can't say I'd noticed it until this year, when somebody mentioned it on here before the weekend. Everywhere I turned, there was an accent from one end of the M62.

[49Lawson]

2 minutes ago, NorthernSoul52 said:

Glastonbury, fortunately, is a bit further than Newcastle then.

Yeah, that's what I mean, and why I think most of the football tribalism at his gigs would be quite diluted and result in quite a decent headliner show. 

 

Even though I think there's better options Glasto missed the boat on over the years, I'll always be a fan of them championing home-grown guitar-based headliners.

[Justcalledtosay]

10 hours ago, Superscally said:

Bit naive not to expect that really?

My wife's not a football fan. She's a music fan. Why would it be naive?

[OllieMadd]

Re. Fleetwood Mac - as much as they all hate each other, they are the most money hungry act going. Whereas I don't think they'll play Glastonbury, I think the fact that we're in the most money-grubbing era in live music history is more than enough for them to put their differences aside for an absolutely ungodly bag.

Edited October 16, 2024 by OllieMadd
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[ClementsMike]

I think Fender would be a gift to the festival. A genuine stadium sized contemporary meat and potatoes guitar act allows them carte blanch to do what they want on the other nights. Oh, and he'd be very good too. 

[gfa]

1 minute ago, ClementsMike said:

I think Fender would be a gift to the festival. A genuine stadium sized contemporary meat and potatoes guitar act allows them carte blanch to do what they want on the other nights. Oh, and he'd be very good too. 

He's still very new though and is 100% on the smaller side

[CaledonianGonzo]

O-Rod / Rihanna or Hazza or Stevie / Fender is fine 

O-Rod / Fred / Fender is a bit wobbly

[fraybentos1]

I just can't see Fender and Fred in the same year. Tbh if it seems like they can secure 3 other headliners of a good size I don't see why they would go for Fred at all.