NOS Alive 2025

[Daniel Ferreira]

20 minutes ago, TheNewUnion said:

Nothing today then, eh? Oh well.

This week, normally in Europe there is nothing.

[melastas]

33 minutes ago, Daniel Ferreira said:

This week, normally in Europe there is nothing.

yes, and then there is Eurosonic festival (15-19 January), which usually means no (or few) festival news.

Edited January 6, 2025 by melastas

[just_one]

I might be dreaming but could the final headliner be Eminem?

 

there are big rumours about him doing an European tour next year.

 

At this point its the only big name i can think of that hasnt announced anything

[Joshua Homme]

4 hours ago, just_one said:

I might be dreaming but could the final headliner be Eminem?

 

there are big rumours about him doing an European tour next year.

 

At this point its the only big name i can think of that hasnt announced anything

It's 2025.

If anything, artists the size of Eminem will be doing stadiums instead of festivals for way more cash.

[charlierc]

4 hours ago, just_one said:

I might be dreaming but could the final headliner be Eminem?

 

there are big rumours about him doing an European tour next year.

 

At this point its the only big name i can think of that hasnt announced anything

It's not the worst shout in the world, although...

20 minutes ago, Joshua Homme said:

It's 2025.

If anything, artists the size of Eminem will be doing stadiums instead of festivals for way more cash.

... what they said.

[melastas]

10 hours ago, Joshua Homme said:

It's 2025.

If anything, artists the size of Eminem will be doing stadiums instead of festivals for way more cash.

this, plus the only rumors about his 2025 tour so far were about London dates in October

[TheNewUnion]

Looks like it will be next week before we get anything I suppose.

 

[branvan]

2 minutes ago, TheNewUnion said:

Looks like it will be next week before we get anything I suppose.

 

In the first two weeks of the year, the bookers and media people are still in Thailand... 😏

[Daniel Ferreira]

2 hours ago, branvan said:

In the first two weeks of the year, the bookers and media people are still in Thailand... 😏

😂😂😂😂
I have to agree with you.
 

[sisco]

[joaommaia]

I bet that he was not the first choice, since they could have announced him early. And I think he is co-headlining with something like Pulp or Justice.

[Daniel Ferreira]

30 minutes ago, joaommaia said:

I bet that he was not the first choice, since they could have announced him early. And I think he is co-headlining with something like Pulp or Justice.

Sam Fender is headliner at Rock Werchter, a bit strange to be co-headlining at alive.

[Dazrigby88]

5 minutes ago, Daniel Ferreira said:

Sam Fender is headliner at Rock Werchter, a bit strange to be co-headlining at alive.

Different artists are bigger in different countries though. He's headlining RW, but wouldn't headline most big festivals even in the UK. He's also not hradliner at Southside in Germany. 

 

How popular is he in Portgual?

[matrainertje]

8 minutes ago, Daniel Ferreira said:

Sam Fender is headliner at Rock Werchter, a bit strange to be co-headlining at alive.

It's also the smallest Rock Werchter headliner since dEUS closed the main stage in 2008. 

[joaommaia]

10 minutes ago, Dazrigby88 said:

Different artists are bigger in different countries though. He's headlining RW, but wouldn't headline most big festivals even in the UK. He's also not hradliner at Southside in Germany. 

 

How popular is he in Portgual?

This is the real question. I can be trapped in a bubble, but I think something like Girl in Red is much popular.

[Tbrady94]

26 minutes ago, Dazrigby88 said:

Different artists are bigger in different countries though. He's headlining RW, but wouldn't headline most big festivals even in the UK. He's also not hradliner at Southside in Germany. 

 

How popular is he in Portgual?

 

He's already headlined some of the biggest UK festivals with Reading and Leeds being biggest, and there's talk of him headlining Glastonbury too.

 

He's absolutely massive in the UK.

[joaommaia]

14 minutes ago, Tbrady94 said:

 

He's already headlined some of the biggest UK festivals with Reading and Leeds being biggest, and there's talk of him headlining Glastonbury too.

 

He's absolutely massive in the UK.

I think that’s the reason behind him being booked for NOS Alive. Said that to my girlfriend minutes ago. We can’t forget that this festival sells a lot of tickets on the UK.

[Dazrigby88]

24 minutes ago, Tbrady94 said:

 

He's already headlined some of the biggest UK festivals with Reading and Leeds being biggest, and there's talk of him headlining Glastonbury too.

 

He's absolutely massive in the UK.

Very much doubt he headlines Glasto... He did headline Reading/Leeds but that was since they started having 6 "headliners"... Others who have taken that slot are Catfish and the Bottlemen, Foals, Liam Gallagher, Lewis Capaldi... These would've been nowhere near headline slot until they changed the program format.

 

I wouldn't say he's absolutely massive... Quite popular yeah, but for his recent show at Co-op live it was pretty easy to get tickets so he's not that in demand.

Edited January 14, 2025 by Dazrigby88

[TheNewUnion]

OK, not my first choice, but he's fine. Heard a lot of good things about his live shows, plays big venues in the UK and should be a good sing-a-long. Standard and appeal of headline acts this year is pretty poor though.

 

He's massive in Newcastle, sold out St. James' Park for 3 nights. 

 

Edited January 14, 2025 by TheNewUnion

[matrainertje]

Just now, TheNewUnion said:

OK, not my first choice, but he's fine. Heard a lot of good things about his live shows, plays big venues in the UK and should be a good sing-a-long. Standard and appeal of headline acts this year is pretty poor though. He's massive in Newcastle!

Does he has some hit songs in Portugal? 

[DDave]

Just now, TheNewUnion said:

OK, not my first choice, but he's fine. Heard a lot of good things about his live shows, plays big venues in the UK and should be a good sing-a-long. Standard and appeal of headline acts this year is pretty poor though. He's massive in Newcastle!

 

His new stuff is basically the War on Drugs fronted by Sam Fender. Wouldn't be surprised if they get added to this as well. 

 

https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-war-on-drugs-adam-granduciel-on-working-with-sam-fender-i-didnt-realise-how-much-of-a-musical-savant-he-was-3822610

[sisco]

17 minutes ago, Dazrigby88 said:

Very much doubt he headlines Glasto... He did headline Reading/Leeds but that was since they started having 6 "headliners"... Others who have taken that slot are Catfish and the Bottlemen, Foals, Liam Gallagher, Lewis Capaldi... These would've been nowhere near headline slot until they changed the program format.

 

I wouldn't say he's absolutely massive... Quite popular yeah, but for his recent show at Co-op live it was pretty easy to get tickets so he's not that in demand.

He’d 100% headline Glastonbury. No other position for him now 

[TheNewUnion]

2 minutes ago, matrainertje said:

Does he has some hit songs in Portugal? 

I don't know.

If you have heard someone trying to sound a bit Springsteen sax and, as Dave says, a bit War on Drugs, then you'll have heard him.

[matrainertje]

2 minutes ago, DDave said:

His new stuff is basically the War on Drugs fronted by Sam Fender. Wouldn't be surprised if they get added to this as well. 

 

https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-war-on-drugs-adam-granduciel-on-working-with-sam-fender-i-didnt-realise-how-much-of-a-musical-savant-he-was-3822610

But a very, very watered down version of War On Drugs then. Can't imagine WOD releasing anything as watered down as Fender's last single (People Watching)... 

[TheNewUnion]

Read a really good article about the problems facing music festivals

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/jan/12/uk-festivals-face-really-tough-year-due-to-fewer-headline-acts-and-rising-costs

There's not enough "big" bands to go around now.