2025 Headliners

[CaledonianGonzo]

Overall the omens are outstanding.  Looks like last year was just a blip.

[Stokesy10]

21 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.

Decent is a stretch. I'd like a little more than that for the Pyramid, personally. I'll possibly be watching O-Rod.

 

Our group of 30 have a giant range of music tastes. Plenty of use like artists who's career spans decades. Would have been ecstatic with Billy Joel, for example. Neil Young is incredibly boring and an even more boring headline choice, for me.

 

Let's not pretend the 1975 are a great choice either.

[Stokesy10]

15 hours ago, stuie said:

 

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. 

Precisely.

[kalifire]

2 hours ago, stuie said:

all 3 plus rod will be well received, if it’s them!

No doubt about that, but aside from a true outlier, it’s not hard for any act to be well received because the Pyramid headliners will always attract a crowd. The battle for success doesn’t take place at Worthy Farm; it happens via public reception, television ratings, the following years’ ticket sales, and so on.

 

Luckily the festival has so much cultural stock banked that it’ll take more than the odd SZA or The 1975 to reverse public attitude or commercial success. But that doesn’t invalidate the argument that a perceived weaker set of headliners is more damaging for the festival than a strong one. 

[Superscally]

17 hours ago, northernangel said:

 

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

 

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.

 

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.

Here he is... 🤫🥱

[northernangel]

2 hours ago, stuie said:

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. 

 

The dance village and the extra access route by the market stalls and the glade are definitely the biggest improvements. The glade needs to bring that covered part out further though as outside of that it's an atmosphere killer.

17 minutes ago, kalifire said:

No doubt about that, but aside from a true outlier, it’s not hard for any act to be well received because the Pyramid headliners will always attract a crowd. The battle for success doesn’t take place at Worthy Farm; it happens via public reception, television ratings, the following years’ ticket sales, and so on.

 

Luckily the festival has so much cultural stock banked that it’ll take more than the odd SZA or The 1975 to reverse public attitude or commercial success. But that doesn’t invalidate the argument that a perceived weaker set of headliners is more damaging for the festival than a strong one. 

You are right but we can't put The 1975 into the SZA bracket. I'm not even a fan really but they would certainly get a bigger crowd that she did. At the end of the day one of the most critically acclaimed headliners and talked about acts in the world in Kendrick didn't get the biggest crowd.

[Punksnotdead]

1 hour ago, Stokesy10 said:

Decent is a stretch. I'd like a little more than that for the Pyramid, personally. I'll possibly be watching O-Rod.

 

Our group of 30 have a giant range of music tastes. Plenty of use like artists who's career spans decades. Would have been ecstatic with Billy Joel, for example. Neil Young is incredibly boring and an even more boring headline choice, for me.

 

Let's not pretend the 1975 are a great choice either.

Neil Young boring & ecstatic with Billy Joel might be the funniest thing I've ever read on here 🤣 

[northernangel]

6 minutes ago, Superscally said:

Here he is... 🤫🥱

Most people agree completely with this scally, you're talking garbage and this is your usual response as your opinion is gospel. You've always been the same for the last 15 years on here.

 

People can like what they like and legends or whatever or not, if they don't won't mean anything to them.

 

So yes maybe you should....shhhh

[Superscally]

Just now, northernangel said:

Most people agree completely with this scally, you're talking garbage and this is your usual response as your opinion is gospel. You've always been the same for the last 15 years on here.

 

People can like what they like and legends or whatever or not, if they don't won't mean anything to them.

 

So yes maybe you should....shhhh

I'm just surprised you haven't mentioned Kasabian. 

[Superscally]

8 minutes ago, Superscally said:

I'm just surprised you haven't mentioned Kasabian. 

Wheyyyyyy! I'll take that down vote as a badge of honour.

Sweet! I got two! Might buy myself a treat.

 

Edited January 19, 2025 by Superscally

[CaledonianGonzo]

I think it's a decent mix of heritage rock and newer acts.  Whilst it's true that there isn't an undisputed commercial megastar like a Macca or a Beyonce, I think the balance of styles is there and it's not appreciable weaker than some of the other recent-ish headline trios.  It's stronger than 2019 for instance.

[Superscally]

17 hours ago, stuie said:

 

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. 

 

6 hours ago, Quark said:

 

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.

 

Neither of you are moaning, which was the point I was trying to make...

2 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

I think it's a decent mix of heritage rock and newer acts.  Whilst it's true that there isn't an undisputed commercial megastar like a Macca or a Beyonce, I think the balance of styles is there and it's not appreciable weaker than some of the other recent-ish headline trios.  It's stronger than 2019 for instance.

It's going to be boss. By the way, for context, I'm not sure whether I'll be at the Pyramid for any, until the lineup is announced. It was the same last year and Elton year. It was only the McCartney year of the last few where I wasn't going to be anywhere else...

 

Also, @northernangel - you know I hardly post anything here with full seriousness, right? It's a forum, I treat it like a conversation in a pub between mates. If I've "been like that for 15 years", just wondering how you can tell, seeing as you've only been here since 23... Long time lurker, first time caller? 😘

[Quark]

8 minutes ago, Superscally said:

 

Neither of you are moaning, which was the point I was trying to make...

 

Ah, but OP wasn't moaning chief! @Stokesy10 already said they wouldn't be disheartened by the headliners. And reasonable to want your first time mates to have someone that they'd be excited to see headlining the big one.

 

You should be happier after the weekend's footy results 😂

[Scrump]

Did no one see my Daphne and Celeste meme? I was quite pleased with that

[Superscally]

20 minutes ago, Quark said:

Ah, but OP wasn't moaning chief! @Stokesy10 already said they wouldn't be disheartened by the headliners. And reasonable to want your first time mates to have someone that they'd be excited to see headlining the big one.

 

You should be happier after the weekend's footy results 😂

Stokesy wasn't, but I was alluding to the fact that the noobs don't have a clue what awaits them and I also bet there's a decent chance they'll see one of the headliners and be blown away by em. Perfect opportunity for a mega life experience. I wasn't arsed about REM in 99 but went along and metaphorically pooped my pants at how amazing they were.

[Superscally]

11 minutes ago, Scrump said:

Did no one see my Daphne and Celeste meme? I was quite pleased with that

It was indeed, superb. I caught em at Leeds...an event, for sure.

[Quark]

51 minutes ago, Superscally said:

Stokesy wasn't, but I was alluding to the fact that the noobs don't have a clue what awaits them and I also bet there's a decent chance they'll see one of the headliners and be blown away by em. Perfect opportunity for a mega life experience. I wasn't arsed about REM in 99 but went along and metaphorically pooped my pants at how amazing they were.

Elephant in the room...you weren't excited by REM? Moving on.

 

All good points made and don't disagree with them. But they're also all a very different take to your "says more about them than the festival" line. Gonna go benefit of the doubt and say that one was just badly worded.

[Superscally]

1 hour ago, Quark said:

Elephant in the room...you weren't excited by REM? Moving on.

 

All good points made and don't disagree with them. But they're also all a very different take to your "says more about them than the festival" line. Gonna go benefit of the doubt and say that one was just badly worded.

I write as I speak - if I'd have said that in the pub - you'd have either a) not batted an eyelid or b) got rapid clarification 😉

As for REM, was 20 at the time and Shiny Happy People had biased me against going deep. It was only my love of the Up album when it came out that got me in the same postcode...then...

Edited January 19, 2025 by Superscally

[FKA SOSOTWS]

3 hours ago, Punksnotdead said:

Neil Young boring & ecstatic with Billy Joel might be the funniest thing I've ever read on here 🤣 

 

Right, have people even listened to Joel's music outside of the big singalong hits? Lots of dated snoozers there that didn't stand the test of time.

[Skip997]

20 minutes ago, Superscally said:

As for REM, was 20 at the time and Shiny Happy People had biased me against going deep. It was only my love of the Up album when it came out that got me in the same postcode...then...

Shiny Happy People was dreadful. For me REM only made one good album, their first. And for the record I have seen them, in Liverpool in the early 80’s

[Superscally]

9 minutes ago, Skip997 said:

Shiny Happy People was dreadful. For me REM only made one good album, their first. And for the record I have seen them, in Liverpool in the early 80’s

That's cool, I never knew they played here...

[Crazyfool01]

far too bolloxed when I saw them ... dont have many regrets about my time on the farm but thats is probably the biggest 

[Quark]

33 minutes ago, Superscally said:

I write as I speak - if I'd have said that in the pub - you'd have either a) not batted an eyelid or b) got rapid clarification 😉

As for REM, was 20 at the time and Shiny Happy People had biased me against going deep. It was only my love of the Up album when it came out that got me in the same postcode...then...

Yeah I get that, trouble with pub chat on a forum is it takes f**king ages 😂

 

As for REM, yeah SHP is pretty divisive. I think it was them going full on opposite direction for shits and giggles. Not my favourite, but hard not to sing along to tbh! I'm more a fan of their earlier stuff, but they're still a top all timer for me. Gutted I never saw them at G

[Franky]

What’s the latest hot favourites then? 

[stuie]

17 minutes ago, Franky said:

What’s the latest hot favourites then? 

 

Strong rumours coming through for The KLF, alongside The 1975 and another band beginning with 'The' so the poster looks even.  The Rolling Stones are ruled out so it might be The Who again.