2025 Headliners

[Dales]

2 hours ago, The_Fish said:

I don't think anyone will look back on the 2025 headliners and say 'wow what a year'. Solid but unspectacular.

 

I beg to differ, if it turns out to be The 1975, Olivia & Fender looking back from a few years in the future it could look like one of the best. I think all three have a chance to be true mega stars, well maybe not so much The 1975.

 

Olivia and Sam could quiet easily go on to be real house hold names and have many hits. I often look back at old festival line ups that at the time just looked good but looking back when those names having got bigger now look amazing.

 

I think a lot of people on efestivals are underestimating just how popular Oliva and Sam are.

[NorthernSoul52]

Thought that's where People Watching would fall. A rousing success for the lad.

[MEGABOWL]

4 hours ago, NorthernSoul52 said:

I mean, that is of course not exactly the soundest metric. Blossoms, Michael Ball & Alfie Boe and Yungblud have the same number combined, and you'd have to work very hard to convince the people they are your trio of headliners.

Apropos of nothing but I saw Alfie Bow live in Les Miserables a few weeks back and that guy can SING

[Superscally]

2 hours ago, ClementsMike said:

Ahead of being announced, I remember Ed Sheeran doing an interview where hes said he knew this was going to be his biggest year, that he wouldn't be able to maintain or top it.

I feel that this will be the same for Sam Fender next year, A massive year for him that he may struggle to better, the way the hype is going. I think Glasto will have dropped a massive bollock if they don't have him as a headliner.

The only bigger guitar act they could have had was Oasis and thats not happening, so ...

Agree with this. I'm a Sam fan, but People Watching doesn't seem like a departure and it's hard for bands to do three of the same and it keep momentum. The album could be better than the first two but it be lost in a world of same-ness...

A bit like funnily enough...the War on Drugs...

Edited November 22, 2024 by Superscally

[The_Fish]

1 hour ago, Dales said:

 

I beg to differ, if it turns out to be The 1975, Olivia & Fender looking back from a few years in the future it could look like one of the best. I think all three have a chance to be true mega stars, well maybe not so much The 1975.

 

Olivia and Sam could quiet easily go on to be real house hold names and have many hits. I often look back at old festival line ups that at the time just looked good but looking back when those names having got bigger now look amazing.

 

I think a lot of people on efestivals are underestimating just how popular Oliva and Sam are.

 

You could well be right. I'm not overly enamoured with any of the 3 but that doesn't mean they aren't potential megastars.

 

If they all (or 2) turn into megastars then people will look back and say wow, what a coup from Glasto. If this turns out to be around the peak for them though, it'll look bang average. It's part of the reason bookers usually go for someone like Muse or Coldplay, it's low risk.

 

If they go for 3 new headliners after Sza last year... it's very bold.

[Dales]

9 minutes ago, The_Fish said:

 

You could well be right. I'm not overly enamoured with any of the 3 but that doesn't mean they aren't potential megastars.

 

If they all (or 2) turn into megastars then people will look back and say wow, what a coup from Glasto. If this turns out to be around the peak for them though, it'll look bang average. It's part of the reason bookers usually go for someone like Muse or Coldplay, it's low risk.

 

If they go for 3 new headliners after Sza last year... it's very bold.

 

I guess time will tell, although Sza looked like a weak booking last year as seen by all the NHS give aways of her BST tickets. Although like Glastonbury they must have thought she was a good booking.

[Euphoricape]

Other headliners:

Fri - The Prodigy

Sat - Biffy Clyro

Sun - Charlie XCX

[Respectfatfrog]

6 hours ago, Rose-Colored Boy said:

Nah 

 

Really think people are starting to overthink this now. All three are massive, and massive with the general public at that. 

I dont think the 1975 are but its all a personal opinion 

[NorthernSoul52]

1 hour ago, MEGABOWL said:

Apropos of nothing but I saw Alfie Bow live in Les Miserables a few weeks back and that guy can SING

He can absolutely belt it. Saw him in Millennium Square in Leeds about nine years ago and he was terrific then. Also very good with Ball on one of their arena tours.

 

Genuinely think he might have the best vocal interpretation of Run I've ever heard.

[NorthernSoul52]

Despite the metrics pointing positively for SZA, think all three new headliners you'd have this year carry more obvious crossover appeal and clout to a Glastonbury audience. But, again, SZA ultimately walked into a perfect storm of problems in the end, even before the tech issues.

[MEGABOWL]

39 minutes ago, NorthernSoul52 said:

He can absolutely belt it. Saw him in Millennium Square in Leeds about nine years ago and he was terrific then. Also very good with Ball on one of their arena tours.

 

Genuinely think he might have the best vocal interpretation of Run I've ever heard.

Superb

[DomDom1984]

Ball and Boe would be a terrific afternoon act on Pyramid I reckon and would probably go down a treat.

[NorthernSoul52]

18 minutes ago, MEGABOWL said:

Superb

The studio version doesn't do this interpretation justice.

 

I know Snow Patrol do get a lot of flack, but I remember reading 1001 Songs You Must Hear Before You Die, with Run in there, and I was like "Yep. That absolutely tracks."

 

Probably up there for the best of the post-Britpop ballads that populated the noughties charts, long before Leona Lewis made it an The X Factor-era hit to boot.

 

But Boe absolutely gives it the beans there. The occasion probably helps too.

[NorthernSoul52]

16 minutes ago, DomDom1984 said:

Ball and Boe would be a terrific afternoon act on Pyramid I reckon and would probably go down a treat.

Didn't think I would spend the evening on eFestivals talking about this, but absolutely. Would be fantastic in the slot Keane filled.

[efcfanwirral]

3 hours ago, NorthernSoul52 said:

Didn't think I would spend the evening on eFestivals talking about this, but absolutely. Would be fantastic in the slot Keane filled.

Would prefer Snow Patrol themselves for that slot! 

[Suprefan]

6 hours ago, The_Fish said:

 

You could well be right. I'm not overly enamoured with any of the 3 but that doesn't mean they aren't potential megastars.

 

If they all (or 2) turn into megastars then people will look back and say wow, what a coup from Glasto. If this turns out to be around the peak for them though, it'll look bang average. It's part of the reason bookers usually go for someone like Muse or Coldplay, it's low risk.

 

If they go for 3 new headliners after Sza last year... it's very bold.

 

they have to at one point. This aint your mum's glasto anymore. Its not Sza's fault they did her dirty. And blame Madonna more than anyone. They did the best they could. Artists do say no, this fest isnt invincible and last year really showed that. Theres no deep pockets to pull a miracle.

[NorthernSoul52]

I know there was chat Stevie was the first cab asked to take Madonna's spot and SZA was the next one - and I get that, given she was in London and the metrics looked excellent, she was a top shout.

 

But if they'd been really chasing a second female headliner, I'd have potentially thrown the book at Olivia Rodrigo. But again, perfect storm for it to come up short for SZA.

[Rose-Colored Boy]

They have been lucky Liv’s Manchester dates got postponed. God knows what they’d have done for a female headliner in 2025 if the Guts tour had ended in Sydney last month as planned. Probably just asked Serge from Kasabian to wear a wig. 

Edited November 23, 2024 by Rose-Colored Boy

[NorthernSoul52]

Rodrigo obviously scheduled enough dates around the rest of this summer to make me think there may always have been loose plans for big shows in Europe, but we'll never know for certain.

 

Had they been able to secure a "large" legacy headliner, maybe they would have given Charli XCX the leg up - or maybe they would have just braced for the blowback over gender parity and gone with three other headliners.

[emmanuel]

Madonna was never going to play Glastonbury, I am not sure why people keep coming back to that. She has never played festival shows.

[NorthernSoul52]

Just now, emmanuel said:

Madonna was never going to play Glastonbury, I am not sure why people keep coming back to that. She has never played festival shows.

A lot of people have never played festival shows and still been nabbed by Glastonbury. U2 had long since ceased doing them by the time they rocked up. The Rolling Stones were basically a non-festival act too.

 

Madonna obviously isn't an artist with an affinity to the British music scene like those, but she also played short sets at Coachella in 2006 and Radio 1's Big Weekend in 2008. Stranger things have happened.

[emmanuel]

15 hours ago, Dales said:

I think a lot of people on efestivals are underestimating just how popular Oliva and Sam are.

Sure.

But personally I prefer to use an international metric for how good they are. I find it suspicious when is someone is presumably so good (Fender), but yet no one in continental Europe or USA seem to bother. I mean half of the bands playing at Glastonbury could probably also play the Forest National in Brussels or Roseland Theater in Portland.

I'm not judging if they pick him, I just find it weird. All the music I've ever listened was "international", so it is just a phenomena I don't really understand.

[lendan]

14 hours ago, Euphoricape said:

Other headliners:

Fri - The Prodigy

Sat - Biffy Clyro

Sun - Charlie XCX

Hopefully prodigy / fender won’t clash if they both play 

[Euphoricape]

1 minute ago, lendan said:

Hopefully prodigy / fender won’t clash if they both play 

That's what I'm hoping. Prodigy on the Friday to get the party started and Fender is looking like Sunday headliner if he plays anyway.

[NorthernSoul52]

1 hour ago, emmanuel said:

Sure.

But personally I prefer to use an international metric for how good they are. I find it suspicious when is someone is presumably so good (Fender), but yet no one in continental Europe or USA seem to bother. I mean half of the bands playing at Glastonbury could probably also play the Forest National in Brussels or Roseland Theater in Portland.

I'm not judging if they pick him, I just find it weird. All the music I've ever listened was "international", so it is just a phenomena I don't really understand.

Cold Chisel are terrific, but they'd struggle to sell anywhere about a few thousand outside of Australia. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.