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They're doing an album launch show in London you can get in a ballot for: https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2024/the-cure-perform-radio-2-6-music Really manifesting Green Day / The Cure / Billie Eilish / Pearl Jam for this year's RW!
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By NorthernSoul52 · Posted
Oh, I won't argue with that. But at the same time, the fly in the ointment there is Stevie Wonder. If he was indeed the replacement for Madonna, then it still would have been just the one female headliner. I certainly think there was a notion to book more diversely. -
By fraybentos1 · Posted
They booked her to headline other (and yes it was a mess but they couldn't have forseen that) Yeah absolutely, but what I'm saying is that in 2024 there would have been some sort of alternative to SZA who was male and a bigger ticket shifter ( think KoL or something) but they chose to go with SZA that year because she is female. They clearly changed approach between 2023 and 2024 and it was due to perceived criticism the earlier year. -
By CaledonianGonzo · Posted
As Incident says, of any of the other acts on the roster to move up to fill a gap in the headliners she was the obvious choice. She was also headlining BST and Primavera, so its not like the G were the only festival who thought she was in the headlining pool. And that's before you look at her numbers and general cachet. We're there optics involved? Maybe. But they weren't the only factor. That it didn't work out is a shame, but I think the chess move had a sound basis -
No, of course it doesn't. It suggests they were scrambling and wanted someone who was available - and given they reportedly had about a week to find someone, they chose the biggest available bump up and I doubt they even had time to worry about how people might judge it against an offhand comment on a podcast months previously. Maybe if they had more time to look for a replacement the result would have been different - Who knows? None of us here can really say with any confidence. Because in 2023 they didn't lose a headliner about a week before the announcement, and so had no need to bump someone up at the last minute?
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