BST 2025

[Suprefan]

[NorthernSoul52]

And there we have it. 

[cdm22]

If this is anything like the Greatest Showman O2 gig that he did, it will be full of women audibly swooning at everything he says. It was hilarious 😁

Edited November 1, 2024 by cdm22

[nathanh]

Do we know how many days its running this year?

[belfast]

Well wasnt expecting Hugh Jackman however i think that could actually be pretty decent

 

 

[Dales]

1 hour ago, belfast said:

Well wasnt expecting Hugh Jackman however i think that could actually be pretty decent

 

Even for fans of Jackman, the actual day as a whole could be a horror show. I can just imagine an undercard of theatre musical singers and endless jazz hands. Special guest's like Syndey Christmas, Keala Settle etc, or I just being mean?

 

To be honest, I am a little worried as my other half loves Jackman and may just want to drag me to this for the pure fun of knowing I will not like it. I bloody hated the greatest showman.

 

i am curious as to who will be supporting, musical singers, pop acts I really dont know.

[belfast]

20 minutes ago, Dales said:

 

Even for fans of Jackman, the actual day as a whole could be a horror show. I can just imagine an undercard of theatre musical singers and endless jazz hands. Special guest's like Syndey Christmas, Keala Settle etc, or I just being mean?

 

To be honest, I am a little worried as my other half loves Jackman and may just want to drag me to this for the pure fun of knowing I will not like it. I bloody hated the greatest showman.

 

i am curious as to who will be supporting, musical singers, pop acts I really dont know.

 

No way to really know I suppose. I'm no massive Hugh Jackson fan either. He sold out the O2 arena in London for 6 nights doing this sort of thing so you'd imagine they have a fair idea of what they're at.

 

Who knows, could be a disaster but then it might not be. Not a bad thing to try something different every now and again and mix it up. It's certainly a way to get people talking about the festival though and promote the other nights at the same time. I enjoyed the Greatest Showman and am currently in the same boat of the other half looking to attend this. 

 

Ah well an experience if nothing else

[Mcbatesman]

how well did the andrea bocelli day go this year?

[Dales]

19 minutes ago, belfast said:

 

No way to really know I suppose. I'm no massive Hugh Jackson fan either. He sold out the O2 arena in London for 6 nights doing this sort of thing so you'd imagine they have a fair idea of what they're at.

 

Who knows, could be a disaster but then it might not be. Not a bad thing to try something different every now and again and mix it up. It's certainly a way to get people talking about the festival though and promote the other nights at the same time. I enjoyed the Greatest Showman and am currently in the same boat of the other half looking to attend this. 

 

Ah well an experience if nothing else

 

While he is not my thing, I get that others will enjoy his set and expect it will sell well. I am just fascinated as to who the undercard will be, obviously the mandatory Cuban Brothers will be there. It's just a shame they did not add some names to the initial poster release.

[JimiC999]

Am I right in thinking BST is over 3 weekends next year? Is that always the case? I always thought it was 2…….

[incident]

4 minutes ago, JimiC999 said:

Am I right in thinking BST is over 3 weekends next year? Is that always the case? I always thought it was 2…….

 

It was 2, until a few years ago.

 

When the BBC decided to take their annual "in the Park" concerts on the road outside of London, AEG (successfully) applied to change the Hyde Park event licence so that they could move those slots to BST, giving them 9 event days over 3 weekends

Edited November 1, 2024 by incident

[NorthernSoul52]

Expect this to sell very well. Sheer number of dates on the arena run, increased profile to younger generations after Deadpool & Wolverine success, relative scarcity of an exclusive. Is this one of the two lower-attendance dates, do we know?

[Nat42]

The Cure seem to be fairly active at the moment, wonder if they might announce something?

[MK1]

7 minutes ago, Nat42 said:

The Cure seem to be fairly active at the moment, wonder if they might announce something?

They start touring after the summer so was told here on the forum

[jr1312]

21 hours ago, NorthernSoul52 said:

Expect this to sell very well. Sheer number of dates on the arena run, increased profile to younger generations after Deadpool & Wolverine success, relative scarcity of an exclusive. Is this one of the two lower-attendance dates, do we know?

Wouldn't have thought so considering how well he sold at o2 previously. They could make Zach a lower one if the second day doesn't sell well or one of the next set of acts, at least one of those won't be a 65k show

[Mcbatesman]

2 hours ago, MK1 said:

They start touring after the summer so was told here on the forum

Yeah, Robert has said he's got another album he wants to finish first

[bingobear]

12 hours ago, Nat42 said:

The Cure seem to be fairly active at the moment, wonder if they might announce something?

not expecting y see them on the road til autumn 2025. the interview suggested that festivals had been on the agenda but plans had changed 

[Dales]

19 hours ago, Nat42 said:

The Cure seem to be fairly active at the moment, wonder if they might announce something?

 

Wish they would as their last show there was one of the best BST shows I have been to, as already said its doubtful.

 

Hoping maybe they may want to do a few more smallish gigs to show case the album before a proper tour, just so I can go through the bitter experience of failing to get tickets like the latest shows.

[NorthernSoul52]

16 hours ago, Mcbatesman said:

Yeah, Robert has said he's got another album he wants to finish first

Not sure we should believe that he'll get that done, but you never know.

[GrumpyRaver]

On 11/1/2024 at 10:04 PM, NorthernSoul52 said:

Expect this to sell very well. Sheer number of dates on the arena run, increased profile to younger generations after Deadpool & Wolverine success, relative scarcity of an exclusive. Is this one of the two lower-attendance dates, do we know?

Seriously doubt any Deadpool fans will be attracted to this, and if so they're going to be seriously pissed off.

[NorthernSoul52]

3 hours ago, GrumpyRaver said:

Seriously doubt any Deadpool fans will be attracted to this, and if so they're going to be seriously pissed off.

Ye of little crossover faith. You'd be surprised, I reckon.

[bingobear]

4 hours ago, NorthernSoul52 said:

Not sure we should believe that he'll get that done, but you never know.

there's certainly been suggestions that it's already done. Lost World at one point was set to be a double or even triple set 

[Guest]

5 hours ago, Dales said:

 

Wish they would as their last show there was one of the best BST shows I have been to, as already said its doubtful.

 

Hoping maybe they may want to do a few more smallish gigs to show case the album before a proper tour, just so I can go through the bitter experience of failing to get tickets like the latest shows.

The troxy gig was their only ticketed show this year I remember them saying. They also don't really need to showcase the album, they already played 5/8 songs of it in 2022/2023

 

Won't be anything until next year I assume. 

[Dales]

26 minutes ago, scatteredscreens said:

The troxy gig was their only ticketed show this year I remember them saying. They also don't really need to showcase the album, they already played 5/8 songs of it in 2022/2023

 

Won't be anything until next year I assume. 

 

I also doubt there will be anything, I was just hoping that they may have enjoyed playing and might decide to do a few more small shows.

[NorthernSoul52]

There could be a few small ones - still think there's a Blackpool date in the pipeline.

 

But don't believe they'd come attached to a festival. A big Hyde Park show isn't beyond the realm of possibility for when they tour properly, unless he feels ambitious enough to go in on a stadium date.