2025 Headliners

[NorthernSoul52]

Was more judging the scale of the arena shows. Like, here, it was multi-night stands to the maximum.

[Ben7amin_]

Sorry slightly of topic - but just watched the HT superbowl show - thought it was superb.   Still feel KL was underrated at Glastonbury. 

[philipsteak]

Didn't watch (Super Bowl or Glastonbury) as I'm not really a fan but I got the impression he was pretty highly rated

[NorthernSoul52]

I'll be honest, American periodicals appear to be drawing a bigger focus to the fact it is a career-killer for Drake than the actual quality of the performance, which seems a bit weird.

 

When he's on, KL can put on an absolute corker of a conceptual show. The tour behind Big Steppers later that year was top-drawer.

[Someoni]

18 minutes ago, Ben7amin_ said:

Sorry slightly of topic - but just watched the HT superbowl show - thought it was superb.   Still feel KL was underrated at Glastonbury. 

If you knew is back catalogue before he was at glastonbury then it was a phenomenal performance. Not sure how it went down with those that don't know him. 

 

Oh and f**k drake with his ghost writers 

[Ben7amin_]

3 minutes ago, Someoni said:

If you knew is back catalogue before he was at glastonbury then it was a phenomenal performance. Not sure how it went down with those that don't know him. 

 

Oh and f**k drake with his ghost writers 

 

Sadly I was a TV viewer as was not there that year - but It inspired me to dive into his back cataloug and caught him on his next tour - been a massive fan since.

 

Hey and on Drake.......  He was just tryna strike a chord...................

[CaledonianGonzo]

Kenny's Pyramid show is very well regarded

[NorthernSoul52]

I'm more surprised KL's show hasn't gone down in the truly rarefied annals, but think there's a two-fold reason so far:
 

1. Crowd size. It wasn't a poor crowd, but it was smaller than a lot of others. Your big pop headline shows tend to be appraised on those merits as much as anything else.

 

2. Paul McCartney. I'm not saying that you shouldn't be allowed more than one all-timer headline set in a weekend, but I think opinion can sometimes coalesce around one standing above all others at a festival, and it feels like Macca has been considered the top-dog performance from 2022.

 

Of course, I could be barking out of my backside. Just my thoughts.

[Someoni]

I was also a tv viewer for it. 2 weeks before our boy was born, no chance glastonbury was on the cards..

 

I thought it was superb and he smashed it. Would love to see some of his more recent work on the big stage, though I know it'll be a few years yet. 

 

Haha drake got called out live to 150million  people for being noncey 

[Nduja]

It was pretty incredible. Audacious, cheeky, uncompromising.

One of the most noteworthy performances in the history of rap. All whilst leaving the best of his discography on the shelf. And wearing bootcut jeans.

 

That's impact.

Edited February 10, 2025 by Nduja
Couldn't leave the jeans out of it.

[glimmers_of_hope]

I love KL and thought his pyramid set was incredible.  It is in my top 5 pyramid headliners but I agree that I'm not sure how it would have landed with people who weren't fans.  I think he would have won over a lot TBH.

 

The superbowl show was awesome.  Shows both sides to him really.  He can do bangers and also make a really compelling show from his less well know stuff.

 

[chuckles07]

1 minute ago, glimmers_of_hope said:

I love KL and thought his pyramid set was incredible.  It is in my top 5 pyramid headliners but I agree that I'm not sure how it would have landed with people who weren't fans.  I think he would have won over a lot TBH.

 

 

Me and Mrs C are not hip hop fans and are absolutely not in the demographic for ‘typical’ fans in every way but we thought the headline show was amazing.  His writing and performance of said tracks is brilliant, but the artistry in the show was stunning. We thought it was one of the best headline shows we have seen on the pointy one. And we have been going since 2009.

[Justcalledtosay]

It definitely flew under the radar due to Macca.

[Someoni]

14 minutes ago, glimmers_of_hope said:

I love KL and thought his pyramid set was incredible.  It is in my top 5 pyramid headliners but I agree that I'm not sure how it would have landed with people who weren't fans.  I think he would have won over a lot TBH.

 

The superbowl show was awesome.  Shows both sides to him really.  He can do bangers and also make a really compelling show from his less well know stuff.

 

My missus had never heard of him but saw me mumbling along and she thought KL was really really good, me, not so much 

[richarddep]

Consensus among those in my group who were not big fans was that he absolutely nailed the Glastonbury set.

 

I read back media reports after (because I was buzzing so much off it myself in Glasto aftermath) and consensus was that it was an all timer - particularly for the rap genre.

[wro_lap]

Is it a thing that Kendrick's Pyramid set wasn't highly regarded? It was quite possibly the best live performance I've ever been to

[Slugy]

I think it's top 5 for me but I do think the Sunday night pageantry atmosphere, the wait after 2020 being cancelled and the fact that he was one of my faves I had never seen really was the extra over that made it special. The set itself is a bit of blur tbh but I know I was losing my sh*t at the time.

[flagging_glast]

if only there was some other mega rapper with a new album who's never played...

[itsAlwaysSunnyInJune]

1 hour ago, wro_lap said:

Is it a thing that Kendrick's Pyramid set wasn't highly regarded? It was quite possibly the best live performance I've ever been to

i just felt the set was really stop-start. there were really large pauses between songs. remebr my and my mate who is a bit kendriks fan left the set thinking there must have been some technical issues slowing it down.

[richarddep]

I have the set bookmarked on Google Drive I thought it was so good 😄 

[Giraffe Man]

5 hours ago, Ben7amin_ said:

Sorry slightly of topic - but just watched the HT superbowl show - thought it was superb.   Still feel KL was underrated at Glastonbury. 

Not by me

[Someoni]

34 minutes ago, flagging_glast said:

if only there was some other mega rapper with a new album who's never played...

Em and/or Ren would be suuuuuuperb 

[MichaelsBeard]

I must be in a minority and felt Kendrick’s set fell a bit flat. Maybe it’s the weight of expectation I have for him being a huge fan but I thought it was quite meh

[nikkic]

Kendrick’s Glasto set is the best headliner performance I’ve ever seen. 

In fact it’s my favourite set of all time. 

10/10 perfection. 

[NorthernSoul52]

Off the box, a very strong four stars for me. Will say that the momentum did seem to sag in patches, but that's just a personal opinion.

 

It blew Billie Eilish out of the water on the Friday night, and probably would top Macca were it not for the bonkers last hour of that set.