Headliners 2016

[rzwodezwo]

I really enjoyed his set at Hurricane last year, so Sheeran headlining would be fine with me. Though I probably could not bother watching.

[dentalplan]

Putting aside my feelings about his music, I'd have no problem with E-Shazza taking a headline slot. He seems to have worked very hard - and anyone who can command a crowd of 90,000 people with just a guitar and a loop pedal must be doing something right.

 

Yeah I agree with all of that. And, not that I'd go see him, I think I'd actually welcome it because as far as popstars go, he's brought something completely new to the table and managed to sell Wembley out three times over with it so fair play. Plus he doesn't seem like a dickhead either which is equally refreshing in modern pop music.

[Winslow Leach]

Ed Sheeran is like a panel of Loose Women viewers designed a pop star they thought their teenage sons might like.

[Alan_C]

Ed Sheeran is absolute shite imo. His voice grates on me and his songs are the sort of shite I could imagine middle aged women singing along to while doing the dishes. No problem if he plays though, I wouldn't be near it obviously.

Edited July 19, 2015 by Alan_C

[Bisque]

I reckon Ed Sheeran will headline next year, churn out a new single with & have a few guests on stage with him on the Sunday.

[Mardy]

Hard to argue against him, isn't it? Phenomenally popular, writes/performs his own stuff, 'gets' Glastonbury. 

 

Personally, I've never knowingly heard him (there are some advantages to living overseas), but I know he attracts a lot fo ire on here. Stil, he seems to fulfill ll the criteria that people espouse for the headliner.

 

Never know, he might persaude Taylor Swift to come along too.

[Tuna]

I think the general attitude to Ed here is quite respectful regardless of the opinions of his music, as he's actually earned his position through hard work. I actually *hope* he headlines soon enough, would be well chuffed for the guy. People would lap it up too!

[thewayiam]

I reckon Ed Sheeran will headline next year, churn out a new single with & have a few guests on stage with him on the Sunday.

 

Ed will be 2017, I think with the changing of years for the fallow one it is going to help them well.

[Gucci Piggy]

Just waiting for Matt42 to come in and say Ed Sheeran will be the biggest Glastonbury headline set of all time.

[Matt42]

Ed Sheeran will be the biggest Glastonbury headline set of all time

edit: Oh fuck will you beat me to it!

Edited July 19, 2015 by Matt42

[Wooderson]

Ed Sheeran. Decent skin. Unlikely popstar. Perfect headliner.

[Bisque]

Ed will be 2017, I think with the changing of years for the fallow one it is going to help them well.

Yeah, whenever he gets his next new number 1 album, when's fallow year though?

[Bisque]

edit: Oh fuck will you beat me to it!

I think 4 or 5 did

[FuzzyDunlop]

Ed Sheeran has managed to hoodwink everyone into thinking he is new and fresh. Bland shite.

He will headline one day, there is no doubt.

[Bisque]

He will headline one day, there is no doubt.

If he does his Mary Poppin's Dick Van Dyke type set as a headliner he will be compared to Kanye West.

 

If he does headline I would expect him to get some of his collabs on stage (including some of his Victoria Secret model mates & Swifty) to make it more of an event.

[dentalplan]

Ed Sheeran has managed to hoodwink everyone into thinking he is new and fresh. Bland shite.

He will headline one day, there is no doubt.

 

No I think him being bland shite is what has made him insanely popular personally.

[Tuna]

Actually yeah, has anyone heard anything about the theatrics of his Wembley shows? Wonder what he went for.

[kingcrawler]

Actually yeah, has anyone heard anything about the theatrics of his Wembley shows? Wonder what he went for.

 

Screens. Lots of screens.

 

[Gucci Piggy]

Actually yeah, has anyone heard anything about the theatrics of his Wembley shows? Wonder what he went for.

I saw it on someone's Snapchat story. There were lots of lights and it sounded shite and then I realised the story was like 300 seconds long and I gave up.

[Winslow Leach]

Screens. Lots of screens.

 

 

Four whole boring stage shows for the price of one!

[dentalplan]

He doesn't have to jump through the same hoops as Kanye as it just being him playing guitar on stage - unless I'm mistaken - has always been his thing and people would turn up expecting that whereas Yeezy has mountains and masks and ballerinas and stuff, and isn't playing an instrument throughout which rubs some people up the wrong way.

 

Looking at Ed Sheeran's live review it seemed the only thing out of the ordinary was a guest appearance by Reg Dwight. I would say if he can carry off a stadium run with fairly few gimmicks then you can do the same for Glastonbury but it won't be next year so I don't know why I wrote all this but I've already pressed post so it's too late.

[arcade fireman]

I would be elsewhere but some reasonably credible sources gave his stadium shows pretty good reviews. I find his music mostly bland but still have some begrudging respect for keeping a stadium so big entertained with just an acoustic guitar. 

[mjsell]

I'm still in shock that he has played Wembley. How many albums has he got 2? 3?

 

I don't actually have anything against the guy, but as has said he is quite bland - a Wembley show surely needs something more than what he can offer.

Edited July 20, 2015 by mjsell

[Matt42]

It does make me wonder, who else could do Wembley if they gave it shot?

Possibly arctic monkeys on their next album cycle?

[BlackHole2006]

EDIT: I'm an idiot.

Edited July 20, 2015 by BlackHole2006