2025 Headliners

[FloopFiller]

5 minutes ago, Talcroft said:

 

Both deserve Pyramid. Young, female, massive, actually good... I don't understand how the 1975 are considered the better option there, except by virtue of simply being more vanilla and having a bigger back catalogue. But personally I'd rather have a 90min set of quality than 2 hours of Matt Healy. 

Fwiw I'm not particularly a massive fan of any of them but to me the 1975 just does not make sense right now. 

 

Agree on Bicep, they need that new album out in 2026 and it needs to be as good as the last two but then they would absolutely have earned the right to overturn the 'no dance on the pointy' rule. 

 

They’ve already got Olivia headlining so don’t think it’s at all bad that they’ve got both Chappell and Charli in lower positions, especially considering they both only properly blew up over the last year. I’m no 1975 fan at all but by all accounts they’re big enough, put on a great show, and if rumours are true were most likely lined up for the 2021 festival that never was so were kinda inevitable somewhere along the line.

[fraybentos1]

6 minutes ago, Talcroft said:

 

Both deserve Pyramid. Young, female, massive, actually good... I don't understand how the 1975 are considered the better option there, except by virtue of simply being more vanilla and having a bigger back catalogue. But personally I'd rather have a 90min set of quality than 2 hours of Matt Healy. 

Fwiw I'm not particularly a massive fan of any of them but to me the 1975 just does not make sense right now. 

 

Agree on Bicep, they need that new album out in 2026 and it needs to be as good as the last two but then they would absolutely have earned the right to overturn the 'no dance on the pointy' rule. 

So basically just boils down to you personally like Chappell and Charli and hate the 1975?

[Talcroft]

1 minute ago, fraybentos1 said:

So basically just boils down to you personally like Chappell and Charli and hate the 1975?

 

No I just hate the 1975.

[beesboy]

1 minute ago, fraybentos1 said:

So basically just boils down to you personally like Chappell and Charli and hate the 1975?

Isn't that the case for all of us? 

[Claire0406]

2 minutes ago, FloopFiller said:

They’ve already got Olivia headlining so don’t think it’s at all bad that they’ve got both Chappell and Charli in lower positions, especially considering they both only properly blew up over the last year. I’m no 1975 fan at all but by all accounts they’re big enough, put on a great show, and if rumours are true were most likely lined up for the 2021 festival that never was so were kinda inevitable somewhere along the line.

is this just hear say? or a strong rumour? would love to see both

[fraybentos1]

2 minutes ago, beesboy said:

Isn't that the case for all of us? 

Not really, there's a difference between personal preference and then whether someone is big enough to headline objectively. 

 

4 minutes ago, Talcroft said:

 

No I just hate the 1975.

just go to a different stage then 

 

3 minutes ago, Claire0406 said:

is this just hear say? or a strong rumour? would love to see both

strong rumour

[beesboy]

6 minutes ago, fraybentos1 said:

Not really, there's a difference between personal preference and then whether someone is big enough to headline objectively. 

I do agree with this comment. I think the problem I have is that collectively the headliners (to me) are poor. Individually I'm sure they're all Worthy (see what I did there 🤭), but none of the rumoured headliners excite me in any way.  

[NorthernSoul52]

Young has some fabulous riffs in there. 

[Gnomicide]

10 minutes ago, beesboy said:

I do agree with this comment. I think the problem I have is that collectively the headliners (to me) are poor. Individually I'm sure they're all Worthy (see what I did there 🤭), but none of the rumoured headliners excite me in any way.  

 

Just the way it is some times. This year no headliners on any stage really excited me when they were announced. A few were options but no must sees.

 

In the end, I saw Idles (really great, glad I made the decision to see them), Coldplay (meh), and Andrew O'Neill's History of Heavy Metal (fabulous). 

 

I don't want to sound patronising but you'll have a great time whoever you end up seeing.

[smiffy98]

Do we know why Fender is seemingly being discounted? I’d have thought him more likely to make an appearance than The 1975 given that he’s active now and through to the summer and has a GSH in his touring schedule. The 1975 have absolutely nothing else announced for 2025 yet, which I appreciate doesn’t automatically discount them but is the intel on them playing that reliable?

[Ben7amin_]

Ive been to 8 Glastonbury and seen 3 Pyramid Headliners (in full anyway).  I generally just go to the stage that is playing the stuff I like most - I get if its your first time people get mega hyped about there favourite big act playing Glastonbury. -  but i just don't think its the right festival for that - 

 

Generally confident that Glastonbury will put at least 3 acts on during every headline slot across the headline period - so no stress if i do not like the potential headliners - Il be happy wherever I am, move on don't moan about them and let those who like that act have a good time there. 

 

Glastonbury for me is not at all about the headliners but the sum of its parts. 

Edited December 10, 2024 by Ben7amin_

[efcfanwirral]

1 hour ago, Talcroft said:

Charli XCX, Bicep, Fred Again, Chappell Roan, Pulp would all be more interesting/exciting than the 1975 at least. They in particular feel like absolute bilge. Olivia and Neil not for me but can accept them as talented at least. 

I think many younger attendees would not call Pulp interesting or exciting! 

[Talcroft]

23 minutes ago, smiffy98 said:

Do we know why Fender is seemingly being discounted? I’d have thought him more likely to make an appearance than The 1975 given that he’s active now and through to the summer and has a GSH in his touring schedule. The 1975 have absolutely nothing else announced for 2025 yet, which I appreciate doesn’t automatically discount them but is the intel on them playing that reliable?

Apart from them being bilge, this is my main concern. They're not 'doing' anything - they don't feel current or interesting in any way. Last album was 2022 and on an indefinite hiatus... Just doesn't make sense to me as a booking. Is it reactionary post-Sza to just go safe? 

[beesboy]

16 minutes ago, Ben7amin_ said:

Ive been to 8 Glastonbury and seen 3 Pyramid Headliners (in full anyway).  I generally just go to the stage that is playing the stuff I like most - I get if its your first time people get mega hyped about there favourite big act playing Glastonbury. -  but i just don't think its the right festival for that - 

 

Generally confident that Glastonbury will put at least 3 acts on during every headline slot across the headline period - so no stress if i do not like the potential headliners - Il be happy wherever I am, move on don't moan about them and let those who like that act have a good time there. 

 

Glastonbury for me is not at all about the headliners but the sum of its parts. 

I just checked back over my 3 previous Glasto's. I have no idea what I did in 2014 as barring Dolly Parton and Massive Attack I spent no time at either of the main fields. This rumoured headline lineup has the same feel. 

[Jamm]

Catching up last few pages, nearly gave up when someone said Neil Young would lose in crowd size Vs Ezra collective. Good grief.

 

Love Ezra Collective and would be really disappointed if they clashed as would both be must watches otherwise, but there’s levels to this.

[CaledonianGonzo]

2 minutes ago, Talcroft said:

Apart from them being bilge, this is my main concern. They're not 'doing' anything - they don't feel current or interesting in any way. Last album was 2022 and on an indefinite hiatus... Just doesn't make sense to me as a booking. Is it reactionary post-Sza to just go safe? 

 

 

Could be neither.  If the chain of events is right they're not the first choice to do it.

[Gnomicide]

2 minutes ago, efcfanwirral said:

I think many younger attendees would not call Pulp interesting or exciting! 

 

And many older attendees (well, me at least) would not call Charli XCX, Bicep, Fred Again or Chappell Roan exciting.

 

But I'm surek some will.

[Claire0406]

1 minute ago, Gnomicide said:

 

And many older attendees (well, me at least) would not call Charli XCX, Bicep, Fred Again or Chappell Roan exciting.

 

But I'm surek some will.

I would be megaaaaaaaa excited for example 😂

[jonnytee1]

25 minutes ago, Ben7amin_ said:

Ive been to 8 Glastonbury and seen 3 Pyramid Headliners (in full anyway).  I generally just go to the stage that is playing the stuff I like most - I get if its your first time people get mega hyped about there favourite big act playing Glastonbury. -  but i just don't think its the right festival for that - 

 

Generally confident that Glastonbury will put at least 3 acts on during every headline slot across the headline period - so no stress if i do not like the potential headliners - Il be happy wherever I am, move on don't moan about them and let those who like that act have a good time there. 

 

Glastonbury for me is not at all about the headliners but the sum of its parts. 

Imagine being at Reading or Leeds and not liking the headliners! 

 

You'd have to resort to burning tents or similar like usually happens!

[jonnytee1]

9 minutes ago, efcfanwirral said:

I think many younger attendees would not call Pulp interesting or exciting! 

They might do if they were sorted for E's and Wizz

[jonnytee1]

7 minutes ago, Gnomicide said:

 

And many older attendees (well, me at least) would not call Charli XCX, Bicep, Fred Again or Chappell Roan exciting.

 

But I'm surek some will.

 

You never know  -  you might end up at Charli or Chapelle and find it very exciting. Although i'd imagine from previous posts, you're unlikely to turn up at either LOL and there's nothing wrong with that!

 

So much to see and do and yet (collectively) we like to have a moan about what's on on one stage of hundreds! 

[Ben7amin_]

3 minutes ago, jonnytee1 said:

Imagine being at Reading or Leeds and not liking the headliners! 

 

You'd have to resort to burning tents or similar like usually happens!

 

I retired from Leeds & Reading when I discovered Shambala - much better festival the same weekend - They don't get any mega names - but its still a 10X better festival 

[jonnytee1]

Just now, Ben7amin_ said:

 

I retired from Leeds & Reading when I discovered Shambala - much better festival the same weekend - They don't get any mega names - but its still a 10X better festival 

My local Scarecrow and steam train festival is same weekend and thats 10X better than reading 

[Gnomicide]

3 minutes ago, jonnytee1 said:

So much to see and do and yet (collectively) we like to have a moan about what's on on one stage of hundreds! 

 

That's what this place is all about! 😄

 

Personally, I always hope there's one Pyramid headliner I really want to see. If there is, I couldn't care less who the other two are.

[jonnytee1]

Just now, Gnomicide said:

 

That's what this place is all about! 😄

 

Personally, I always hope there's one Pyramid headliner I really want to see. If there is, I couldn't care less who the other two are.

Very much my logic too  - I'll meet you at the cider bus for drink