Latitude 2025

[Thommo4]

Im still hoping for Alanis Morisette, but they are dragging this out, either waiting for someone to confirm or they are struggling to attract acts. 
Mumford & Sons in the tent would be good, new album out. 

[Chapple12345]

More names tomorrow at 10am! 

Presumably day splits too as day tickets are going on sale then too

[Miyn]

Maribou State have got the 25th (Friday) listed on their website https://mariboustate.com/pages/live, and their other dates line up with the days they're playing + listed on the Latitude website. Was literally about to post that they're surely the tent headliner, but checked Latitude's website and they're listed as being on the Obelisk which is bizarre! Maribou State into Basement Jaxx was about to be one of the best 1-2's in years, with another tent headliner booking that they've smashed. Not sure what the reasoning behind putting them on the main stage. The tent would be brilliant for them, but the atmosphere on the Obelisk might be quite muted.

Here's the other of the stage / day splits as given on the website, or you can check them out for yourself here: https://www.latitudefestival.com/artists

• Clean Bandit - Obelisk - Saturday
• Public Service Broadcasting - Second Stage - Saturday
• Sigrid - Second Stage - Friday

[Swiss Tony]

I’ll add Skunk Anansie to my previous list. New album and touring.

[Chapple12345]

27 minutes ago, Miyn said:

Maribou State have got the 25th (Friday) listed on their website https://mariboustate.com/pages/live, and their other dates line up with the days they're playing + listed on the Latitude website. Was literally about to post that they're surely the tent headliner, but checked Latitude's website and they're listed as being on the Obelisk which is bizarre! Maribou State into Basement Jaxx was about to be one of the best 1-2's in years, with another tent headliner booking that they've smashed. Not sure what the reasoning behind putting them on the main stage. The tent would be brilliant for them, but the atmosphere on the Obelisk might be quite muted.

Here's the other of the stage / day splits as given on the website, or you can check them out for yourself here: https://www.latitudefestival.com/artists

• Clean Bandit - Obelisk - Saturday
• Public Service Broadcasting - Second Stage - Saturday
• Sigrid - Second Stage - Friday

Yeah I had MS dead set for a tent headliner, they'd be a lot more effective on there. I could be wrong but aren't Basement Jaxx closing the Obelisk Friday too?

Judging by that it's going 

Maribou State - Sting - Basement Jaxx on the Obelisk and then Sigrid headlining the tent then? That isn't really what I expected 

I've seen a few people mentioning Franz Ferdinand who would be a great shout, especially as a tent headliner 

8 minutes ago, Swiss Tony said:

I’ll add Skunk Anansie to my previous list. New album and touring.

Great shout! Again another great possible tent headliner in them 

Edited January 29, 2025 by Chapple12345

[sisco]

[Swiss Tony]

So Alison Moyet as predicted. Kaiser Chiefs are a dreadful band, very disappointing. Air will OK. Lambrini Girls and Sprints have saved the festival for me.

Edited January 30, 2025 by Swiss Tony

[cdm22]

£300+ for a sea of mostly beige once again? Nope 😁 I used to love Latitude festival.

[Peetle]

I was very lukewarm about Latitude this year, and plans may still mean we don't go. But Feeder, Public Service Broadcasting, Air, Kaiser Chiefs (who are good fun live) make it. Other members of the family will enjoy Elbow and Alison Moyet..

[49Lawson]

2 minutes ago, cdm22 said:

£300+ for a sea of mostly beige once again? Nope 😁 I used to love Latitude festival.

It was never really my thing, always thought it was expensive for what it was but my other half used to go quite regularly as she loved it. She's just sent me that poster and asked 'Has any other festival lost it's identity since Covid in the way Lattitude has?'

 

She's about my only basis for it but it seems like they really have lost their core audience, or that identity of being a more alternative festival.

[cdm22]

3 minutes ago, 49Lawson said:

It was never really my thing, always thought it was expensive for what it was but my other half used to go quite regularly as she loved it. She's just sent me that poster and asked 'Has any other festival lost it's identity since Covid in the way Lattitude has?'

 

She's about my only basis for it but it seems like they really have lost their core audience, or that identity of being a more alternative festival.

 

I'm actually regretting entering a Co-Op festival competition last week and choosing Latitude festival tickets as the prize just in case I now win 😁

 

Ok, to be fair there are a few like Sprints, PBS and AIR I would watch, but still 😄

[Swiss Tony]

If I look close at the line up there's plenty we'll go and see, but overall a bit disappointing for what they're charging for a ticket these days. Have seen Kaisers a couple of times and not my cup of tea. Hopefully a few more decent acts to follow.

[PDAD]

Hmmm... not awful, not great. 

 

There's plenty I will enjoy, but nothing at all I'd consider 'must see'. There's normally 2 or 3 names lower down the line-up that really stand out to me as 'must sees' - Waxahatchee and CMAT last year for example. 

 

This year... not so much. 

 

That all said, it will be my first year going with my 1 year old so not having concrete plans but having plenty on I wouldn't mind catching … is selfishly, kind of ideal! 

[PDAD]

So looking something like this atm... working on the basis there's normally about 7 acts a day on both the top 2 stages, we should have 6 left on Obelisk and 4 left on 2nd stage plus of course most of Sunrise bar the Fri and Sun headliners. 

 

Friday: 

 

Obelisk: Basement Jaxx (closing) / Sting / Maribou State / Scouting for Girls 

2nd Stage: Sigrid / Feeder / Alessi Rose / SPRINTS / The Royston Club / The Kiffness

Sunrise: Corto.alto

 

Saturday: 

 

Obelisk: Fatboy Slim / Kaiser Chiefs / Clean Bandit / Example / Kingfishr / MRCY

2nd Stage: Leon Bridges / Public Service Broadcasting / Amble / Sorry / NOFUN!

 

Sunday: 

 

Obelisk: Snow Patrol / Elbow / Alison Moyet / Buena Vista All Stars /  Infinity Song 

2nd Stage: Air / Palace / Pale Waves / Lapsley / The War and Treaty / Hamish Hawk

Sunrise: Lambrini Girls 

[Chapple12345]

1 hour ago, PDAD said:

So looking something like this atm... working on the basis there's normally about 7 acts a day on both the top 2 stages, we should have 6 left on Obelisk and 4 left on 2nd stage plus of course most of Sunrise bar the Fri and Sun headliners. 

 

Friday: 

 

Obelisk: Basement Jaxx (closing) / Sting / Maribou State / Scouting for Girls 

2nd Stage: Sigrid / Feeder / Alessi Rose / SPRINTS / The Royston Club / The Kiffness

Sunrise: Corto.alto

 

Saturday: 

 

Obelisk: Fatboy Slim / Kaiser Chiefs / Clean Bandit / Example / Kingfishr / MRCY

2nd Stage: Leon Bridges / Public Service Broadcasting / Amble / Sorry / NOFUN!

 

 

Sunday: 

 

Obelisk: Snow Patrol / Elbow / Alison Moyet / Buena Vista All Stars /  Infinity Song 

2nd Stage: Air / Palace / Pale Waves / Lapsley / The War and Treaty / Hamish Hawk

Sunrise: Lambrini Girls 

Good work thank you! 

 

There's nothing hugely 'must see' for me but theres still enough to get a good weekend out of, the comedy's looking excellent too which is a very big part of the festival for me 

 

[Miyn]

Weirdly, the Latitude website implies that Basement Jaxx are on before Sting. "Maribou State, followed by a euphoric return to the live stage from Basement Jaxx." https://www.latitudefestival.com/news/your-day-splits-and-day-tickets-have-arrived/

Looking back at when they were announced, Latitude never said they were playing a closing set, although other sites including eFests had it in their release. https://www.efestivals.co.uk/news/24/postheadliner-set-on-main-obelisk-stage-will-be-first-live-show-in-10-years.shtml

 

The announcement has this line which made me laugh. "Then prepare for an extraordinarily high-energy run from Example, Clean Bandit, Kaiser Chiefs"

 

But overall I'm reasonably happy with the additions. I think they've done a decent job. Just some general thoughts on the line up: They could have got Elbow to headline. They've been playing the Pyramid at Glastonbury for years and 'One Day Like This' and 'Grounds for Divorce' are big enough tunes to give them a mammoth crowd. They headlined in 2012, and if anything they've only got bigger since. Snow Patrol headlining again is lazy, but impressed they got Elbow to sub. Air headlining the tent on Sunday looks good, recent tour of them playing 'Moon Safari' got rave reviews including a 5 star from the Guardian, and I've seen a lot of hype for them online. https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/mar/25/air-review-a-wild-jawdropping-widescreen-extravaganza 

 

Getting one of Basement Jaxx's first UK festival gig in a decade is also a great booking. Been watching clips of them since they announced their comeback and I really hope I can catch them this summer, wasn't that fussed about them before but they look great. This video of them playing at Kendal Calling is great, the bit at the end about being in it together, living your life and power to the people, while the Gorilla on stage is going mental is just f**king brilliant.

 

Maribou State are great as well. Would have been cool to get them in the tent, but them into Basement Jaxx might be the best 1-2 since I've been going to Latitude. I recommend listening to them if you've never given them a go before. I don't listen to a huge amount of dance music, but they're basically a live band with guest vocalists usually and are on the more chilled side of things. Sigrid closing the tent on Friday is cool, must be a while since they've had a pop act headline the tent. Will give a nice alternative to Sting, and something a bit more upbeat after Basement Jaxx. I could be swayed either way on Leon Bridges or Fatboy Slim. Despite going to Glastonbury 4 times, I've never seen Norman live or DJ so wouldn't be against seeing him. I always think the atmosphere for a headliner in the tent is amazing, so could easily be persuaded to watch Leon Bridges instead. 

 

I'm not sure if I'll be there this year. Would love to, but as a student having to travel from Manchester, it's a long way and a lot of money. Will probably explore a few options, like volunteering with Oxfam or something, as that obviously reduces the cost quite a bit. I didn't go last year and although the line up wasn't amazing I did miss it a bit. It's a great festival and I still think it's the closest thing you get to the vibe at Glastonbury on the music days, around the main stages.

[Chapple12345]

Expanding on @PDAD work I've worked out how many acts we can expect each day 

Obelisk
Friday has 3 slots left
Saturday has 1 slot yet
Sunday has 2 slots left, including the Sunday midday slot

Tent
Friday has 1 slot left
Saturday has 2 slots left
Sunday has 1 slot left

Other than Friday and Sunday headliners there's still the full Sunrise and Alcove lineups to be added too

 

[PDAD]

Been listening to the artists I didn't know, as you do... 

 

The Kiffness ... 😆

[JMB01]

The email I got from Ticketmaster today includes Doves but no mention of them on Latitude website ?

Dont know if that’s an error or they accidentally leaked them ? 

Hope they are there , would be a good addition even without Jimi .

[curlyjake]

1 hour ago, JMB01 said:

The email I got from Ticketmaster today includes Doves but no mention of them on Latitude website ?

Dont know if that’s an error or they accidentally leaked them ? 

Hope they are there , would be a good addition even without Jimi .

 

Great spot, assume thats a slip and they need to wait for The Waterfront show in March to pass before announcing another show in the area. 

 

Although Waterfront date sold out out a while ago so not much need to hold off

[Swiss Tony]

Re: Doves.

 

Good spot. Looks to be a fair amount of online music press have reported them as being on the line up as well. I had heard their new song on 6 Music and wondered if they might be in the frame for Latitude. A good addition for me.

[Chapple12345]

Last year they did another announcement about a month afterwards so perhaps they'll be announced then 

Where are we thinking they'll go? Obelisk would probably make sense 

[Doctorwho_10]

Saw this in Waitrose today, does anyone think this means anything? 🤔

[Swiss Tony]

God I hope not. Good spot though, seems pretty likely.

[Chapple12345]

On 2/8/2025 at 5:03 PM, Doctorwho_10 said:

Saw this in Waitrose today, does anyone think this means anything? 🤔

 

Fear not, it looks like it's a general competition with the prizes being Latitude, IOW or tickets to one of his shows in the autumn so I'd say that means he isn't playing 

 

They did another announcement near the end of February last year  so I'd imagine more names will be added by the end of the month 

Edited February 10, 2025 by Chapple12345