At least this will have been such a cheap and easy booking that it’ll have freed Emily up to focus on some decent Pyramid subs, he tells himself optimistically
Question for those in the know of the state of modern rock music:
Are there acts coming through that will shoot to be headliners, that will be the legacy headliners?
I don't mean acts like BMTH and Catfish, Kasabian, Biffy Clyro, Queens of the Stone Age, Fallout Boy, Kings of Leon, 21 Pilots who kind of just floated to the top with no opposition after 10-15 years active, but will never be the name that sells tickets.
Nor acts like Nothing But Thieves, Idles, Don Broco, Fontaines DC who will always drift around in the late afternoon spots.
Nor acts like Royal Blood, Yungblud, Wet Leg, Wolf Alice etc who are at their peak of zeitgeist, who will never be more in the public discussion, so will never go higher than what they get now.
I'm talking about your next act that will have us clamouring for tickets still in 20 years:
Linkin Park - Headed 2003, 2 years after breaking through.
Green Day - Headed 2004, the same year they broke through.
Foo Fighters - Headed 2002, 5 years after breaking through
Arctic Monkeys - 2009, 3 years after breaking through
Muse - 2006, 5 years after breaking through.
Oasis - 2000, 6 years after breaking through.
I agree with the exception of Shania Twain, which just didn't seem right to me! no doubt she's a big star of the late 90s/early 00s but i don't consider her to have the same legacy as someone like Cat Stevens, Dolly Parton, Lionel Richie etc
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