I think it’s too early to say that, or write it off based on our personal tastes… all 3 plus rod will be well received, if it’s them!
As for hobbling into the fallow, it’s all about the rest of it. The festival will mark it with some sort of spectacular, as is their style these days… they’ll have something up their sleeve.
Also, the rest of the fest seems on a good footing at the moment - Arcadia set for a special year 2 of the dragonfly, improved silver hayes and the levels, iicon, the big glade and the OG glade etc.
I'm very excited for this year, despite my lack of enthusiasm for the top 3.
From what we can gleam, they’ve now had a couple of years where they haven’t been able to book the acts they most wanted, for various reasons (Taylor: fame and schedule; Madonna: cost; Stevie: health).
At the same time they’ve been fortunate enough to have landed on an incredible run of all-timers of Macca, Elton, and Coldplay (I’m not suggesting the ‘Play are in the same league but in terms of putting on a spectacle they’re about as good as it gets).
At some point availability and cost of huge names had to catch up with the festival. I respect that Neil Young has had a hell of a career but he still feels like a charitable booking for Michael. O-Rod ticks the boxes for rising pop act with momentum, and The 1975 seem decent enough for those who like them but aren’t realistically going to thrill most ticket holders in the run up.
All the usual caveats about number of other stages, strength of the undercard, etc. etc., but as a headliner trio - if all three rumoured acts do actually materialise - the festival is somewhat hobbling into the fallow, imo.
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