2025 Headliners

[Suprefan]

On 2/10/2025 at 6:09 AM, flagging_glast said:

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

Drake or Eminem

[Suprefan]

On 2/10/2025 at 12:49 AM, Ben7amin_ said:

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

Prob cause it was Sunday night. Still a lot of fun and even being 75 minutes it still felt a lot longer. It was a nice way for me to see the show without dropping a bundle on the Big Steppers tour and it was unique anyway.

[CaledonianGonzo]

1 hour ago, Suprefan said:

Drake or Eminem

 

Maybe Aubrey will have to bite the bullet and start doing things like Glastonbury to try and rebuild some credibility.

[Suprefan]

1 hour ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

 

Maybe Aubrey will have to bite the bullet and start doing things like Glastonbury to try and rebuild some credibility.

 

He sh*t the bed at Coachella so I dont know what he could do at Glasto that would be better. 

[CaledonianGonzo]

He could agree to play for very little money.

[Justcalledtosay]

Another one here that enjoyed 2023 AM. Not their best but despite lulls in the set, i felt it was far from a disastrous performance. They've set a high bar over the years and 2023 didn't match it...i still enjoyed it nonetheless.

Edited February 12, 2025 by Justcalledtosay

[mufcok]

Ending up in a sh*t spot for 2023 AM is one of my biggest Glastonbury regrets.

 

Left Fred Again far too late and my mates were not game from making a solid effort for the pit. I should have done it solo, on reflection.

 

I can see why it split opinions, also the laryngitis stuff in the lead up.

 

Whilst I was hoping for an old tune to kick it off like a lot of the UK tour dates, Sculptures was pretty iconic.

[Jamm]

Probably in a tiny minority but I think AM is genuinely one of the worst albums ever recorded. 

 

Humbug / Tranquillity are both ace, WPSIAM / The Car are pretty good too.

[Guz]

28 minutes ago, Jamm said:

Probably in a tiny minority but I think AM is genuinely one of the worst albums ever recorded. 

 

Humbug / Tranquillity are both ace, WPSIAM / The Car are pretty good too.

Tiny minority? You wish! I hear people all the time saying they never heard anything worse than AM album. And some people only heard something better one or maybe two times in their lives

Edited February 12, 2025 by Guz

[charlierc]

1 hour ago, Jamm said:

Probably in a tiny minority but I think AM is genuinely one of the worst albums ever recorded. 

 

Humbug / Tranquillity are both ace, WPSIAM / The Car are pretty good too.

I think there's a definite division in the Arctic fanbase between those that think AM is their best album and those who place it as their worst.

[circus92]

3 hours ago, mufcok said:

Ending up in a sh*t spot for 2023 AM is one of my biggest Glastonbury regrets.

 

Left Fred Again far too late and my mates were not game from making a solid effort for the pit. I should have done it solo, on reflection.

 

Lol .. my biggest regret that year is the exact opposite to yours - I really wish I hadn't left Fred early as he was great.  I got right into the middle of the pit for AM and still thought it was very poor - not worth rushing over from Fred at all.

[K2SO]

Pulp... Still at Pyramid headliner status, or more in the sub/Other conversation?

[CantWaitForGlasto22]

1 hour ago, K2SO said:

Pulp... Still at Pyramid headliner status, or more in the sub/Other conversation?

For me, yes. I think they could absolutely still be a Pyramid headliner. Other or sub seems more likely though if 1975/O-Rod rumours are right. I’d take them either way!

[northernangel]

On 2/10/2025 at 3:18 PM, nikkic said:

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. 

 

Better than the half time super bowl show I'd hope.

On 2/10/2025 at 5:32 PM, charlierc said:

Kendrick & SZA co-headline tour. Two Glasto headliners for the price of one there.

 

Old Kendrick needing SZA somehow to do the tour

4 hours ago, Jamm said:

Probably in a tiny minority but I think AM is genuinely one of the worst albums ever recorded. 

 

Humbug / Tranquillity are both ace, WPSIAM / The Car are pretty good too.

 

Very much so but that's your opinion. I'm no doubt that TH and The Car are two of the worst albums at least in the genre of indie rock ever recorded. I'd put Humbug just above SIAS purely because it has one of my favourites of their on it. It's also very clear that AM brought them back and saved them as a band. They sales for AM at a time when streaming was around are crazy.

 

But my opinion doesn't have to be yours.

 

1 hour ago, K2SO said:

Pulp... Still at Pyramid headliner status, or more in the sub/Other conversation?

Nope. Sub or Other headliner. They aren't going to headline Tramilines and headline Glastonbury as well.

[charlierc]

3 hours ago, K2SO said:

Pulp... Still at Pyramid headliner status, or more in the sub/Other conversation?

I think they could've been a Pyramid shout in their first reunion in 2011. Now, more of a sub or other imo.

[K2SO]

Okay well maybe this is the wrong thread for Pulp then, but they've got potential to be in the frame somewhere

[CR77]

23 hours ago, charlierc said:

I think they could've been a Pyramid shout in their first reunion in 2011. Now, more of a sub or other imo.

 

I think it partly depends on whether Glastonbury are going to acknowledge this as the 30th Anniversary of the legendary 1995 festival.  If they are, then Pulp would make sense as a Pyramid or Other headliner.  Lots of other bands from the 1995 line-up are at least being rumoured, so you never know.  I think if the 1995 festival is to be commemorated then this is the year to do it - no point waiting for 40th anniversary, sadly.

[MichaelsBeard]

On 2/10/2025 at 5:35 PM, charlierc said:

Sometimes, if you have a huge fan and have seen them live before or obsessively watch videos of their live shows, it can have an "... eh, it's fine but it's not blowing my socks off" feeling to it. I'd felt that with Muse's 2016 and Arctics' 2023 sets at Glastonbury - still decent performances, but not really bringing anything new to the table that we didn't know already.

 

Maybe we're the guilty parties for giving Glastonbury a feeling of being a unique big must-see event show or something I dunno.

With you on Arctic Monkeys. I’ve seen them 23 times right from the beginning and it was one of the worst.

 

I seen them in Sheffield a fortnight before and that was 🔥🔥🔥 tho 

[mufcok]

5 minutes ago, MichaelsBeard said:

With you on Arctic Monkeys. I’ve seen them 23 times right from the beginning and it was one of the worst.

 

I seen them in Sheffield a fortnight before and that was 🔥🔥🔥 tho 

 

I went on the Friday and A Certain Romance is something that will stay with me forever.

 

Mesmerised (and may have shed a tear).

[StoneCircle]

2 hours ago, MichaelsBeard said:

With you on Arctic Monkeys. I’ve seen them 23 times right from the beginning and it was one of the worst.

 

I seen them in Sheffield a fortnight before and that was 🔥🔥🔥 tho 

 

2 hours ago, mufcok said:

 

I went on the Friday and A Certain Romance is something that will stay with me forever.

 

Mesmerised (and may have shed a tear).

 

My only regret for leaving Sheffield, I have missed so many AM gigs! I have seen them about 8 times including the early days at The Grapes + 1 time just stood at the back door of The Plug to hear them!

 

I am from the same north Sheffield area as them and have (non music related) hearing loss. I loved it when they came on the scene that I still heard and understood their lyrics! They will always be my boys!  ❤️😂

[Suprefan]

5 hours ago, CR77 said:

 

I think it partly depends on whether Glastonbury are going to acknowledge this as the 30th Anniversary of the legendary 1995 festival.  If they are, then Pulp would make sense as a Pyramid or Other headliner.  Lots of other bands from the 1995 line-up are at least being rumoured, so you never know.  I think if the 1995 festival is to be commemorated then this is the year to do it - no point waiting for 40th anniversary, sadly.

 

So then Oasis is in the frame lol

[CaledonianGonzo]

I don't think the anniversary of 1995 is going to influence the line up in any major way - or expect the festival to make a big song and dance over it.

[Ben7amin_]

Pulp are probably not quite in the act that get booked Pyramid Stage headliner  level anymore - (despite there immense quality of live show) 

 

BUT -  should one of the three headliners pull out and a replacement act be needed......  No one better to step up as they blatantly could nail a headline slot along with a reasonable sized crowd - and perhaps should that happen it would be an even more fitting tribute to 1995. 

 

[NorthernSoul52]

Agree. Pulp a very strong Pyramid sub who could get the call-up. If they kept a clear weekend, wouldn't be too difficult, perhaps.

[CaledonianGonzo]

An act getting the call up has only happened about 3 times in the last 30 years though.