2025 Headliners

[steviewevie]

Most people under 40 probably haven't heard of Neil Young. Can't see him headlining pyramid either.

But then again no one over 25 had heard of SZA so...

[fraybentos1]

4 minutes ago, AdrianH said:

Anybody got a summary of what people in the know are saying? - I've trawled through the past few pages and none the wiser!

 

2 minutes ago, OllieMadd said:

Genuinely nothing. Bit of bickering about "how dare you question my source" but info keeps changing.

How is it nothing? In simple terms looking like The 1975, Neil Young and O Rod as pyramid headliners. Paramore subbing . 

 

Charli XCX headlining other on the saturday too. There's more but cba with people crying about the sources.

[NorthernSoul52]

6 minutes ago, AdrianH said:

Anybody got a summary of what people in the know are saying? - I've trawled through the past few pages and none the wiser!

Appears to be:

+ The 1975, Neil Young and the Chrome Hearts and Olivia Rodrigo to headline the Pyramid Stage.

+ Stevie Wonder may well be no longer in the frame.

+ Loyle Carner looks set to step up to headline the Other Stage, as does Charli XCX.

+ Sam Fender's new setlist is a bit of a rip-off.

+ eFestivals versus Discord conflict the greatest naval battle since Jutland.

[CaledonianGonzo]

1 minute ago, steviewevie said:

Most people under 40 probably haven't heard of Neil Young. Can't see him headlining pyramid either.

But then again no one over 25 had heard of SZA so...

 

Anyone who's studied Glastonbury in relatively close detail should have heard of him given he headlined the Pyramid not all that long back.

[fraybentos1]

Neil Young headlining West Holts is the daftest thing I've read on this website and Matt42 once claimed the republicans would win california in the 2020 election.

[charlierc]

Just now, NorthernSoul52 said:

+ Sam Fender's new setlist is a bit of a rip-off.

That seemed to be as much a debate in his own thread as well tbf. Also spotted a few on his Reddit thinking there could've been a few more ditties in there.

Just now, NorthernSoul52 said:

+ eFestivals versus Discord conflict the greatest naval battle since Jutland.

I've never used Discord tbf. Am I missing much?

[NorthernSoul52]

Just now, charlierc said:

That seemed to be as much a debate in his own thread as well tbf. Also spotted a few on his Reddit thinking there could've been a few more ditties in there.

I've never used Discord tbf. Am I missing much?

Think I'm powering much of that debate too. As for Discord, no idea.

[NorthernSoul52]

1 minute ago, fraybentos1 said:

Matt42 once claimed the republicans would win california in the 2020 election.

 

Vaguely unhinged, that line.

[Quark]

1 minute ago, NorthernSoul52 said:

 

Vaguely unhinged, that line.

Simpler times

[Justcalledtosay]

6 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

 

Anyone who's studied Glastonbury in relatively close detail should have heard of him given he headlined the Pyramid not all that long back.

Very few people actually 'study' Glastonbury. This board is unique in that sense.

[NorthernSoul52]

We could all get a masters from the University of Bollocks in Glastonbury Analysis.

[cgall]

Neil Young would be rather underwhelming  - if you're gonna put a legacy act on the pyramid headline slot, at least make it one with some intergenerational appeal. Neil Young won't pull in many of the U30s 

[CaledonianGonzo]

Just now, Justcalledtosay said:

Very few people actually 'study' Glastonbury. This board is unique in that sense.

 

True - but I was replying to a post on here.

 

As to whether it's true more generally that noone under 40 will have heard of Neil Young I dunno.  He doesn't have the karaoke tunes that Macca and Elton do, but he's still very much a bill topping act.

[aident93]

I'll be 31 years old by the time the festival comes round and I can't say I know more than a couple of Neil Young songs if I'm honest. Very underwhelming in my eyes. 

[Gnomicide]

I blame the parents.

 

The younger Gnoms (20 & 26) both v excited at the prospect of Neil Young.

[CaledonianGonzo]

2 minutes ago, aident93 said:

I'll be 31 years old by the time the festival comes round and I can't say I know more than a couple of Neil Young songs if I'm honest. Very underwhelming in my eyes. 

 

Ample time between now and June to start f**king with the Horse imho

[Guest]

48 minutes ago, tickleyt said:

loyle carner is a hilariously bad booking, didnt even fill half of WH as a headliner, surely they can't be putting him top of the other?

Yeah, they're massively over-estimating his appeal if this is true.

[fraybentos1]

If they have got Neil Young I think it will be cause they want a legacy act and it seems like only him or Stevie. If Stevie can't do it for whatever reason then NY makes sense. Plus apparently Michael likes him which I think might be a factor too.

[majormajormajor]

16 minutes ago, aident93 said:

I'll be 31 years old by the time the festival comes round and I can't say I know more than a couple of Neil Young songs if I'm honest. Very underwhelming in my eyes. 

 

Your loss!

 

If you're actually interested, start with Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere, then you can go from there. On the Beach is the best IMO.

[Jamm]

2 minutes ago, fraybentos1 said:

If they have got Neil Young I think it will be cause they want a legacy act and it seems like only him or Stevie. If Stevie can't do it for whatever reason then NY makes sense. Plus apparently Michael likes him which I think might be a factor too.

It’s not set in stone by any means but they really seemed to be getting into a pattern of a Critical darling or “proper Festival act” / a Poppier or crowd pleaser / a Legacy act as the three headliners. Obviously Venn diagram and flexibility applies.

 

1975 / O Rod / Young really fits that. Arguments to be had over 1975 but whatever, if we get Young I’ll happily bite my tongue on them and let others have their fun.

[CaledonianGonzo]

6 minutes ago, fraybentos1 said:

If they have got Neil Young I think it will be cause they want a legacy act and it seems like only him or Stevie. If Stevie can't do it for whatever reason then NY makes sense. Plus apparently Michael likes him which I think might be a factor too.

 

That plus the fact that he famously smashed it last time and a good number of folk who were elsewhere that night have spent 15 years kicking themselves about it 

[aident93]

3 minutes ago, majormajormajor said:

 

Your loss!

 

If you're actually interested, start with Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere, then you can go from there. On the Beach is the best IMO.

Cheers pal. Parents were never really in to him and I don't remember watching him on TV in 2009. 

[Stokesy10]

1 hour ago, Nobody Interesting said:

 

Sounds like he is playing but personally I just cannot see it being Pyramid Headliner. Just not the big status act that he may once have been now.
WH perhaps.

I mean, I'd love it to be true, but I certainly don't think he'll be headlining the Pyramid, as you say. 

It would be a monumental get for WH!

[NorthernSoul52]

I think The 1975 would shift more tickets than Neil Young in the UK right now, it must be said.

 

But both are Pyramid headliners or nothing to me, especially with Rod Stewart locked in for a Sunday afternoon boogie.

[Justcalledtosay]

39 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

 

True - but I was replying to a post on here.

 

As to whether it's true more generally that noone under 40 will have heard of Neil Young I dunno.  He doesn't have the karaoke tunes that Macca and Elton do, but he's still very much a bill topping act.

Not sure i agree when it comes to Glastonbury. Does he have the metrics or following to be a headliner particularly if you put him up against someone like Charli XCX on the Other?