2025 Headliners

[mjtko]

11 hours ago, Stokesy10 said:

Daphne and Celeste are now 8/11 on SkyBet.

 

Also, I think the consensus is still The 1975 somehow, and Olivia Rodrigo.

 

I'm very, very excited about some of the names banded about on the Stage Predictions thread, so I won't be too disheartened if I (for the first time in 7 Glasto's) don't see one Pyramid headliner, but I am a little disappointed for the 3 first timers who are coming with us this year. I know they won't be arsed about any of the "three". Which is a crying shame.

 

My first Glasto was 2024 and none of the Pyramid headliners appealed to me (Dua was closest, but I fancied IDLES a lot more; I despise Coldplay; I know nothing of and hold no interest in SZA), so I've not seen a Pyramid headliner yet. It in no way spoilt my first Glastonbury experience -- the whole point of it is that there's so much choice; you make your own festival.

 

I am hoping to see a Pyramid headliner this year because I think it would be another element to experience and also the current names in the ring are more attractive to me (I enjoy O-Rod a lot and saw her on the GUTS tour last year; I am a fan of a lot of The 1975's material; Neil Young is obviously legendary) -- but if there's better stuff on elsewhere then I'll just go elsewhere! Pyramid is in no way the be all and end all IMHO.

[mjtko]

1 hour ago, charlierc said:

As in the famed borderline riot that happened during that set? That must've felt intense.

I was at Reading in 2000 when that set happened but wasn't at the main stage for it -- from what I heard about it from friends and fellow festival goers that day I still think that was a good decision. Call me traditional if you like, but I don't really enjoy bottles and cups of urine being thrown over me.

 

Having said that part of me feels like I missed out on a little piece of history.

[A Particular Grey Chihuahu]

18 hours ago, Suprefan said:

So wait, a black artist decided to make 3 concept albums about music genres which are historically black and you think its careerist?  Shows you how ignorant your music knowledge is. House music is black music. Country music is black music. And the Blues is also black music.( thats album 3 )  Just cause you think Led Zeppelin and The Chemical Brothers are god's gift doesnt mean they didnt get influenced by the ones who started it. How the hell is somebody from Texas not growing up without country music in their house. The album cover for Cowboy Carter should explain all of this to you pretty clearly. But you know what, why would I think anyone would look past a few yourube clips they watch and say its not their thing. 
 

 

I don't think she would've done a country album if there wasn't so much money in that market. She's a business as much as (or more than) a musical artist.

[Scrump]

2 hours ago, charlierc said:

As in the famed borderline riot that happened during that set? That must've felt intense.

Yes sir! Was 17…it was full on. TBF they soldiered on while bottles of piss rained down on them.

Much to be said for glastos generally inclusive atmosphere 

[Quark]

4 hours ago, Superscally said:

Says more about them than the festival 

No it doesn't you grumpy git 😉

 

After you've been there sure, you get the joy of watching headliners elsewhere. But as a first timer it's entirely reasonable that you'd want to be excited about at least one act you want to see headlining the big one.

 

We've been often enough to be blasé about the pointy one, but when you first go it's absolutely something else.

Edited January 18, 2025 by Quark

[charlierc]

58 minutes ago, Scrump said:

Yes sir! Was 17…it was full on. TBF they soldiered on while bottles of piss rained down on them.

Much to be said for glastos generally inclusive atmosphere 

Crikey.

 

I have seen footage and it did look pretty intense. It's certainly a contrast to now as I don't think Reading is necessarily a place where this would happen now based on my visit in 2017, let alone now. Although even then I remember Enter Shikari encouraging acts to throw bottles when I went there in 2011.

 

Corey Taylor and James Acaster talked about it on Off Menu during lockdown. Makes for a fascinating reading: Slipknot's Corey Taylor comforted Daphne & Celeste after infamous Reading bottling: "Hold your head high"

[Scrump]

13 minutes ago, charlierc said:

Crikey.

 

I have seen footage and it did look pretty intense. It's certainly a contrast to now as I don't think Reading is necessarily a place where this would happen now based on my visit in 2017, let alone now. Although even then I remember Enter Shikari encouraging acts to throw bottles when I went there in 2011.

 

Corey Taylor and James Acaster talked about it on Off Menu during lockdown. Makes for a fascinating reading: Slipknot's Corey Taylor comforted Daphne & Celeste after infamous Reading bottling: "Hold your head high"

Yes please to this! Will give this a listen thank you!

[Spindles]

2 hours ago, Scrump said:

Yes sir! Was 17…it was full on. TBF they soldiered on while bottles of piss rained down on them.

Much to be said for glastos generally inclusive atmosphere 

In 1999 Keanu Reeves played the Other stage, with his band Dogstar.  They were incessantly pelted with fruit for the entire set, with one particularly well targeted peach hitting his fretboard and creating an impressive sound.

 

It took him a couple of songs to get into it, and eventually just grinned at his bandmates and got on with things regardless.

 

The funniest thing I saw though, was this dude who had a carrier bag filled with baked beans that he tried to twirl round his head to launch at the stage and basically only succeeded in covering himself and those around him who hadn't cleared out of the way in beans.  When launched the bag travelled about 3 feet and landed in a soggy mess in front of him. 

[charlierc]

6 minutes ago, Spindles said:

In 1999 Keanu Reeves played the Other stage, with his band Dogstar.  They were incessantly pelted with fruit for the entire set, with one particularly well targeted peach hitting his fretboard and creating an impressive sound.

 

It took him a couple of songs to get into it, and eventually just grinned at his bandmates and got on with things regardless.

 

The funniest thing I saw though, was this dude who had a carrier bag filled with baked beans that he tried to twirl round his head to launch at the stage and basically only succeeded in covering himself and those around him who hadn't cleared out of the way in beans.  When launched the bag travelled about 3 feet and landed in a soggy mess in front of him. 

Reading sounded like a spectacularly more feral place in days of yore. I've heard of the deckchair being thrown at 50 Cent, for one.

 

Least Keanu was able to grin and bear it, although kinda wild this was in the year The Matrix came out given that part of his 1999 is recalled very well.

[Superscally]

1 hour ago, Quark said:

No it doesn't you grumpy git 😉

 

After you've been there sure, you get the joy of watching headliners elsewhere. But as a first timer it's entirely reasonable that you'd want to be excited about at least one act you want to see headlining the big one.

 

We've been often enough to be blasé about the pointy one, but when you first go it's absolutely something else.

So, a bona-fide legend, arguably the hottest properties in pop back to back and even if it is the 1975, they're still one of the biggest and buzziest bands in Britain. It's a decent trio.

[sime]

11 minutes ago, Spindles said:

In 1999 Keanu Reeves played the Other stage, with his band Dogstar.  They were incessantly pelted with fruit for the entire set, with one particularly well targeted peach hitting his fretboard and creating an impressive sound.

 

It took him a couple of songs to get into it, and eventually just grinned at his bandmates and got on with things regardless.

 

The funniest thing I saw though, was this dude who had a carrier bag filled with baked beans that he tried to twirl round his head to launch at the stage and basically only succeeded in covering himself and those around him who hadn't cleared out of the way in beans.  When launched the bag travelled about 3 feet and landed in a soggy mess in front of him. 

I was there for that. Keanu was great afterwards and spoke to fans for ages from behind the fence to the right facing side of the stage. Lovely bloke!

 

I was also at Reading for the Daphne and Celeste bottling. That was quite a spectacle!

[Jack The Stripper]

59 minutes ago, charlierc said:

Reading sounded like a spectacularly more feral place in days of yore. I've heard of the deckchair being thrown at 50 Cent, for one.

 

Least Keanu was able to grin and bear it, although kinda wild this was in the year The Matrix came out given that part of his 1999 is recalled very well.

Was there that year, The Rasmus got a similar showing.

 

It wasn’t even just a bottling for 50 Cent, it was deck chairs, turf, the lot. I’m sure at one stage G Unit even wheeled a trolley of Fantas onstage and started lobbing them back. 

[henry bear]

2 hours ago, Spindles said:

In 1999 Keanu Reeves played the Other stage, with his band Dogstar.  

Commonly referred to as ‘Dogshit’ IIRC

[Spindles]

It was just bland, really average US garage rock.  

[Scrump]

 

[FKA SOSOTWS]

My favorite thing about the Daphne & Celeste video are the eight people at the beginning of the video below who each held up a separate sign that together spelled the word bollocks.

 

 

[northernangel]

11 hours ago, Superscally said:

Says more about them than the festival 

 

Got to be said you've got this massively wrong and it doesn't even need explaining.

6 hours ago, Quark said:

No it doesn't you grumpy git 😉

 

After you've been there sure, you get the joy of watching headliners elsewhere. But as a first timer it's entirely reasonable that you'd want to be excited about at least one act you want to see headlining the big one.

 

We've been often enough to be blasé about the pointy one, but when you first go it's absolutely something else.

 

Think your spot on. You don't need to be told what you need to like or want to see regardless of their status as a musical act.

5 hours ago, Superscally said:

So, a bona-fide legend, arguably the hottest properties in pop back to back and even if it is the 1975, they're still one of the biggest and buzziest bands in Britain. It's a decent trio.

 

Again, whatever his peoples are that are first timers has nothing to do with your interpretation of the trio of headliners if they aren't bothered about them. You can't spoonfeed interest. Personally it's also a bit of a dull trio with one that is massively phoned in.

Edited January 18, 2025 by northernangel

[stuie]

5 hours ago, Superscally said:

So, a bona-fide legend, arguably the hottest properties in pop back to back and even if it is the 1975, they're still one of the biggest and buzziest bands in Britain. It's a decent trio.

 

On paper, it's a decent trio.  If you don't like them, its not. 

 

It's not ignorance either - I know Neil Young well from my dad's music growing up, have seen 1975 before, listened to O-Rod a fair amount and I don't want to see any of them.  

 

I don't think it says anything about me other than I don't like them! 

 

It's all good though, other stages are available. 

[Scrump]

Not happy with all these people trying to derail the Daphne and Celeste thread with talk of Glastonbury 2025 headliners.

[Suprefan]

 

 

Edited January 18, 2025 by Suprefan

[kirkwood]

On 1/17/2025 at 4:15 PM, Suprefan said:

So wait, a black artist decided to make 3 concept albums about music genres which are historically black and you think its careerist?  Shows you how ignorant your music knowledge is. House music is black music. Country music is black music. And the Blues is also black music.( thats album 3 )  Just cause you think Led Zeppelin and The Chemical Brothers are god's gift doesnt mean they didnt get influenced by the ones who started it. How the hell is somebody from Texas not growing up without country music in their house. The album cover for Cowboy Carter should explain all of this to you pretty clearly. But you know what, why would I think anyone would look past a few yourube clips they watch and say its not their thing. 
 

🥱

[Scrump]

35 minutes ago, kirkwood said:

How the hell is somebody from Texas not growing up without country music in their house

Charlene spiterri? Or one of the ones no one knows the names of?

[Quark]

16 hours ago, Superscally said:

So, a bona-fide legend, arguably the hottest properties in pop back to back and even if it is the 1975, they're still one of the biggest and buzziest bands in Britain. It's a decent trio.

 

May be talking at cross purposes then, I thought you were criticising for being upset that they weren't going to get to see someone they're excited about headlining else pointo.

 

But I still disagree with your real point! 😂

 

Yes it's a decent lineup as a booking, but none of them excite me either. Happy enough for the fest to have booked them, but I'll not be making a beeline for any of them. Maybe Shakey, but none of them have me excited.

 

[kalifire]

From what we can gleam, they’ve now had a couple of years where they haven’t been able to book the acts they most wanted, for various reasons (Taylor: fame and schedule; Madonna: cost; Stevie: health). 

 

At the same time they’ve been fortunate enough to have landed on an incredible run of all-timers of Macca, Elton, and Coldplay (I’m not suggesting the ‘Play are in the same league but in terms of putting on a spectacle they’re about as good as it gets). 
 

At some point availability and cost of huge names had to catch up with the festival. I respect that Neil Young has had a hell of a career but he still feels like a charitable booking for Michael. O-Rod ticks the boxes for rising pop act with momentum, and The 1975 seem decent enough for those who like them but aren’t realistically going to thrill most ticket holders in the run up.

 

All the usual caveats about number of other stages, strength of the undercard, etc. etc., but as a headliner trio - if all three rumoured acts do actually materialise - the festival is somewhat hobbling into the fallow, imo. 

Edited January 19, 2025 by kalifire

[stuie]

9 minutes ago, kalifire said:

From what we can gleam, they’ve now had a couple of years where they haven’t been able to book the acts they most wanted, for various reasons (Taylor: fame and schedule; Madonna: cost; Stevie: health). 

 

At the same time they’ve been fortunate enough to have landed on an incredible run of all-timers of Macca, Elton, and Coldplay (I’m not suggesting the ‘Play are in the same league but in terms of putting on a spectacle they’re about as good as it gets). 
 

At some point availability and cost of huge names had to catch up with the festival. I respect that Neil Young has had a hell of a career but he still feels like a charitable booking for Michael. O-Rod ticks the boxes for rising pop act with momentum, and The 1975 seem decent enough for those who like them but aren’t realistically going to thrill most ticket holders in the run up.

 

All the usual caveats about number of other stages, strength of the undercard, etc. etc., but as a headliner trio - if all three rumoured acts do actually materialise - the festival is somewhat hobbling into the fallow, imo. 

I think it’s too early to say that, or write it off based on our personal tastes… all 3 plus rod will be well received, if it’s them!

 

As for hobbling into the fallow, it’s all about the rest of it. The festival will mark it with some sort of spectacular, as is their style these days… they’ll have something up their sleeve. 
 

Also, the rest of the fest seems on a good footing at the moment - Arcadia set for a special year 2 of the dragonfly, improved silver hayes and the levels, iicon, the big glade and the OG glade etc. 

 

I'm very excited for this year, despite my lack of enthusiasm for the top 3.