Future headliners

[swede]

I was at a friends last weekend having a few drinks, watching some Glasto sets on BBC, and generally having a catch up after Glasto and the topic of future headliners came up. I know its been discussed to death on here over the years but one thing that came out of it was potential first time headliners within the next 10 years, bands that arent headliners right now but have the potential to top the bill one day, my suggestions were....

Foals

Disclosure

Haim

Paulo Nutini

[Rose-Colored Boy]

Paolo is doing it on his next album I reckon, only explanation I can think of for him accepting that lower slot this year. Elbow next album too.

Massive fan but think Haim's next album is really important for then, if it's the same as Days Are Gone they're too 'fun in the sun' for a headline slot for me.

Edited July 12, 2014 by Zac Quinn

[swede]

Paolo is doing it on his next album I reckon, only explanation I can think of for him accepting that lower slot this year. Elbow next album too.

[Rose-Colored Boy]

He was stunning this year, I'd absolutely love him to headline one day

[swede]

Yeah we were right in the squish-pit about five rows from the front, atmosphere was incredible and he was bang on it, apparently some people thought it was a bit self-indulgent though?

[jonodillieono]

Foals, Yeezy, Royal Blood

[Rose-Colored Boy]

I was about ten rows back, and if self-indulgent means meaning every single word you sing then yes he was, I thought he was brilliant

[JSmurphy]

Royal Blood

[Leggins]

I'm not getting the Royal Blood hype. But then I'm always way off the pace of whats considered up and coming to be honest.

[rawrsomesauce]

Royal Blood definitely have the potential, Haim too maybe. I'd love to see Frank Turner headline one day too, he definitely has the possibility

[willutalk]

Well seeing as Metallica worked out so well, this has opened doors of a whole new bucketful of potential acts within reason.

Edited July 13, 2014 by willutalk

[CHRLY]

Well seeing as Metallica worked out so well, this has opened doors of a whole new bucketful of potential acts within reason.

[willutalk]

I dunno, how many rap/hip hop acts have we had since 2008 headline? Not saying we won't have another hard rock/metal headliner ever but I don't think it means they will go booking loads of bands in that genre.

[CHRLY]

I think the reason Metallica worked so well is because of the size of them, they have at least a couple of songs that the vast majority of the people at the fest would already know and are legends in their own right. I'd love someone like Alter Bridge to take a high pyramid slot at some point but it'll never happen because generally people who go to glastonbury won't be familiar enough with the genre. Whilst Kanye and (unfortunately) Eminem are both plausible headliners, the other metal giants like Iron Maiden are not. I wouldn't fully rule out Sabbath doing it eventually but I'd say it's very unlikely.

[dentalplan]

Well seeing as Metallica worked out so well, this has opened doors of a whole new bucketful of potential acts within reason.

[FuzzyDunlop]

A reformed RATM....

Hip hop (ish) and metal (ish)

Edited July 13, 2014 by FuzzyDunlop

[Winslow Leach]

Massive fan but think Haim's next album is really important for then, if it's the same as Days Are Gone they're too 'fun in the sun' for a headline slot for me.

Edited July 13, 2014 by Winslow Leach

[Meatball]

Yeah we were right in the squish-pit about five rows from the front, atmosphere was incredible and he was bang on it, apparently some people thought it was a bit self-indulgent though?

[Ruwise]

Foals

Bombay Bicycle Club

Rudimental

Ellie Goulding

Adele

Ed Sheeran

Haim

The National

Don't necessarily even like all these but I can see them all being big enough to headline one day if they have a couple of other hit albums under their belt.

Edited July 13, 2014 by Ruwise

[Rose-Colored Boy]

I was never quite sure about Haim (liked the singles but the album didn't live up to it and their live footage never impressed me that much) but I was really surprised by how good they were on the Other Stage.

[dentalplan]

That isn't headline sized already I can see very few that are around right now. Foals, Florence, Disclosure and Royal Blood are the surefire ones. Perhaps Sheeran, Bugg, Vaccines, Rudimental, Bastille and The 1975 if they carry on their upward trajectories but in the musical climate that's uncertain I could only see a maximum of two of those reaching the heights. Royal Blood's rise suggests that there can be bands that we don't know about now but this time next year they could be the next huge thing so it's not necessarily a problem.

I don't really see the likes of Bombay or The National reaching the top so many albums in. There's a cutoff point where bands seem to get overlooked unless they completely sell out. HAIM would surprise me too as their album release after summer offered zero growth and were just playing the same type of slots as last year pre-album. They'd have to branch out a lot.

[Rose-Colored Boy]

Don't know how much bigger Ed Sheeran needs to get, his new album just sold over a million in a fortnight. The issue for me is whether he'd be suited to it with no band etc and there's no evidence he can put together interesting sets/graphics to make up for it being just him and his pedal on stage either

[Rose-Colored Boy]

"Boring as hell peformer" is all a bit subjective. And so what if he was just there for "screaming tweenage girls" (regardless of how that seems a bit unlikely given the size of his crowd)? They pay just as much to be at the fest as anyone else..

Edited July 13, 2014 by Zac Quinn

[Ruwise]

Don't know how much bigger Ed Sheeran needs to get, his new album just sold over a million in a fortnight. The issue for me is whether he'd be suited to it with no band etc and there's no evidence he can put together interesting sets/graphics to make up for it being just him and his pedal on stage either

[bocumaroy]

Teenage Girls! The Horror!

Would be amazing if The National made the step up, but I can’t see it. I think a lot of people would question them being big enough to headline the Other stage, even, and I don’t really envisage them having a hit single any time soon. Imagine Vanderlyle Crybaby Geeks closing their set on the Pyramid, though.

Hadn’t really considered Paolo Nutini as a potential headliner before, but although I’m not a fan by any means, I quite enjoyed watching his set last night. Reckon he could pull it off.

Edited July 13, 2014 by bocumaroy