2025 Headliners

[balti-pie]

Just now, Tranquility of Solitude said:

The Balti pies at Villa Park are exceptional. Also the Stephens Steak Bridies at East End Park Dunfermline. Furthermore, Fray Bentos tins are very good for making Yorkshire Puddings in. That is all.

Weirdly im off to St Andrews in early jan, i appreciate you'll tell me that everything there is hideous, but im hoping they do a fine balti pie as well. Obviously i love a balti pie. Scottish football pies are a level above the pies down here i'd say, they've a wonderful way with a peppery steak pie at Clachnacuddin, my highland league love 

[balti-pie]

1 minute ago, OllieMadd said:

@balti-pie where do you stand on Pieminister Vs Square Pies?

Obviously there's room for both, but as a craft beer hipster twat i'd have to go with Pieminister 

[Burritomancer]

At the risk of them being announced for R&L in a couple hours, could Muse doing a secret set be the reason to decline Download?

[Someoni]

10 minutes ago, balti-pie said:

You're opening a can of erm  . . . . pies with that comment sunshine, and as the resident pie expert i feel im qualified to steam in and derail the arguments with pie chat. Fray bentos pies are acceptable, and have often been a last port of call emergency saviour, sitting in the cupboard all ambient and ready. The steak n kidney puddings are particularly alright. 

 

Obviously they're not brilliant pies, but they do a job, and ill not have them slandered! 

 

The steak and ale piglets pantry pie i had at Crawley v Lincoln at the weekend was a wonderful pie, thats my most recent pie. 9/10 i'd say  

The trays are good for big Yorkshires

[gfa]

1 minute ago, Burritomancer said:

At the risk of them being announced for R&L in a couple hours, could Muse doing a secret set be the reason to decline Download?

Seems unlikely they would do nothing uk except a glasto secret set in one of their biggest markets.

 

Download would be fine with them doing both

[Beerqueen]

7 minutes ago, Tranquility of Solitude said:

The Balti pies at Villa Park are exceptional. Also the Stephens Steak Bridies at East End Park Dunfermline. Furthermore, Fray Bentos tins are very good for making Yorkshire Puddings in. That is all.

I wonder if the Balti pies at Villa are the same as at Shrewsbury Town?  With cumin seeds on top?  Lovely!  Usually far better than the football.

[Jamm]

2 minutes ago, Burritomancer said:

At the risk of them being announced for R&L in a couple hours, could Muse doing a secret set be the reason to decline Download?

Couldn’t see them doing a secret set at Glastonbury as a reason to decline Download?

 

Not that I think a Muse secret set is at all likely anyway.

 

If I had to guess at a “big” secret set this year, it’d be Kings of Leon. Not for me but it would be Killers-esque.

 

Wonder if Vampire Weekend are there if they’d do a second set like last time taking requests.

[FloopFiller]

9 minutes ago, Jamm said:

Wonder if Vampire Weekend are there if they’d do a second set like last time taking requests.

Vampire Weekend are a Victorious exclusive unfortunately. 

[gfa]

1 minute ago, FloopFiller said:

Vampire Weekend are a Victorious exclusive unfortunately. 

Wow never clocked that

 

random exclusive that

 

I'm going to pick up tickets for them next week, but very happy i've decided to do that seeing this now!

 

Secret set maybe from VW if they are still about perhaps

 

11 minutes ago, Jamm said:

Couldn’t see them doing a secret set at Glastonbury as a reason to decline Download?

 

Not that I think a Muse secret set is at all likely anyway.

 

If I had to guess at a “big” secret set this year, it’d be Kings of Leon. Not for me but it would be Killers-esque.

 

Wonder if Vampire Weekend are there if they’d do a second set like last time taking requests.

 

KOL seem very unlikely to do it consider they haven't played before (i think), Muse have a lot of history with the fest

[FloopFiller]

3 minutes ago, gfa said:

KOL seem very unlikely to do it consider they haven't played before (i think), Muse have a lot of history with the fest

Headlined in 2008 and played lower slots before that.

[gfa]

4 minutes ago, FloopFiller said:

Headlined in 2008 and played lower slots before that.

whoops

 

feel like they are only in it for the £££ these days

[mufcok]

37 minutes ago, gfa said:

It wasn't info just someone hoping for them but posted in a way that made it look like info.

 

Would probably be a logical (and good) booking though

[Dave_c]

28 minutes ago, FloopFiller said:

Vampire Weekend are a Victorious exclusive unfortunately. 

Disappointing that is, was thinking they were a certainty to be on the bill. 

[Jamm]

15 minutes ago, gfa said:

whoops

 

feel like they are only in it for the £££ these days

Could be a late-stage grab at relevance again. Wouldn’t headline on their own back, but being a secret set would make some buzz about them and they’re around. If I was a betting man.

 

Personally hope for much more interesting secret sets. A KOL or George Ezra type holds zero water for me.

[DomDom1984]

We ruling Muse out of outright topping the bill?

[gfa]

6 minutes ago, DomDom1984 said:

We ruling Muse out of outright topping the bill?

likely to be announced for R&L

 

If they aren't though i guess since we aren't allowed to listen to good info they must be in the running given a lack of other shows in the UK. They must be doing something!

 

Churnups slot perhaps

[CaledonianGonzo]

8 minutes ago, DomDom1984 said:

We ruling Muse out of outright topping the bill?

 

We're not ruling anyone out.  All options remain open until the poster drops.  They're just as likely as anyone, up to and including Beyonce and Tay Tay.

[Jamm]

4 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

 

We're not ruling anyone out.  All options remain open until the poster drops.  They're just as likely as anyone, up to and including Beyonce and Tay Tay.

I mean that’s not strictly true is it. Some are more likely than others.

 

I love Muse, and would happily have them there, but it just doesn’t feel likely.
 

Maybe more breathing room needed from their last performance (Coldplay are Coldplay, can’t really compare).

[charlierc]

2 minutes ago, Jamm said:

Maybe more breathing room needed from their last performance (Coldplay are Coldplay, can’t really compare).

The passage of time feels weirdly smaller as we're ageing tbf. Last time Muse did Glastonbury was 2016, so nine years will have passed by next year's festival. Once upon a time that would've been seen as long enough.

[charlierc]

11 minutes ago, gfa said:

likely to be announced for R&L

Have I missed something? I thought they were just a name in the mix for that one rather than making the cut.

[CaledonianGonzo]

3 minutes ago, Jamm said:

I mean that’s not strictly true is it. Some are more likely than others.

 

I don't see why. If we've learned anything from the last few pages it's that the Rolling Stones, AC/DC and Lady Gaga are every bit as likely as O-Rod.

[Euphoricape]

51 minutes ago, mufcok said:

 

Would probably be a logical (and good) booking though

That was me getting optimistic for 3 big electronic headliners. I didn't mean to post it as fact, I has assumed it was already heavily rumoured.

 

Fri- Underworld

Sat- Basement Jaxx

Sun- The Prodigy

 

[Punksnotdead]

7 hours ago, Meerkat said:

Don't know much about Neil Young so have decided to give him a listen. Just listened to the After the Gold Rush album and I like it!

 

Any recommendations on where to go next?

If you want an idea about how amazing his live shows are, listen to Weld - by a country mile the greatest live album ever, IMO.

[Jamm]

7 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

 

I don't see why. If we've learned anything from the last few pages it's that the Rolling Stones, AC/DC and Lady Gaga are every bit as likely as O-Rod.

When booking acts for festivals there are a lot of things to consider such as cost, availability or a myriad of factors which increases or decreases likelihood. I think it’s safe to consider AC/DC, Rolling Stones, Taylor Swift, Beyonce and Lady Gaga as less likely than some other names, such as even Muse. Happy to be wrong though! I just don’t think the every single musical artist in the world is as likely as each other to perform next year is a great outlook on things. It’s just reiterating pages of arguments, if people can’t discuss why they think anyone is likely or unlikely because “everyone has equal chance of headlining” what even is the point of this thread. 

 

Likewise with Muse, just a gut feeling, even as a Muse fan. They haven’t really done anything of note since the last appearance and even then there was a load of murmurs about it being a boring booking. Can see them returning if they don’t fall off as they’re still Stadium/Arena sized (within reason) but don’t see it next year, maybe they do R&L or maybe they just have a quiet one. But as @charlierc said that last headline was 2016, doesn’t feel that long ago at all!

[Jamm]

2 minutes ago, Punksnotdead said:

If you want an idea about how amazing his live shows are, listen to Weld - by a country mile the greatest live album ever, IMO.

As stellar as Weld is, Alive 2007 exists.