TRNSMT Lineup 2019

[NerdsNatterings]

Is the most likely prediction at the moment Catfish/Ezra/Stormzy then? If it is, that is a huge risk on TRNSMT's end.

Stormzy will be going in off the back of headlining Glasto but on the other hand does have a very questionable popularity with the typical TRNSMT audience, especially given the other two headliners.

George Ezra, to be fair, is headlining a lot of festivals of a similar size (Isle of Wight, Parklife, Latitude), so bookers obviously do have some faith in him. He is undoubtedly one of the hottest acts in the UK right now but I can see the issue with him doing festivals. A lot of the people attending his concerts are likely to be children and their parents, and generally people who wouldn't tend to go to a festival. I'd be interested to see how he'll do as a headliner (I don't think Neighbourhood is a fair example to use, there was obviously a lot of hype around the first year and he is almost definitely a better ticket seller than Richard Ashcroft. This year's undercard is arguably weaker too so that wouldn't help with ticket sales).

Catfish have been headlining festivals slightly smaller than this for a couple of years so, with the new album, it really wouldn't be a huge push to see them headline. The issue is Catfish shouldn't be the 'safest' headliner on their first ever major festival headline spot. If they were there with two established headliners, they wouldn't be a problem at all but now they seem slightly underwhelming.

[wishyboz6]

Stormzy will not headline Trnsmt. 

[Guest]

8 minutes ago, wishyboz6 said:

Stormzy will not headline Trnsmt. 

Why not?

[rawzyj]

2 hours ago, DomDom1984 said:

I was ridiculing the idea of comparing Ezra to the likes of Robbie and Olly Murs earlier, as I was right to do. A comparison to Ed Sheeran would probably have merit though. That said, I don't think they'd get him to play, purely down to the pop stigma that now follows him than anything else.

i would say that pop stigma is exactly the same for george ezra that it is for ed sheeran. 

[rawzyj]

1 hour ago, b.c said:

Nope have not seen one good line up this year across the UK

isle of wights not bad, the saturday is a car crash but the friday and sunday are pretty decent. 

this will most likely be my destination this year if these trnsmt rumours are true.

[Stuart1000]

I still think Biffy are locked on for this. New music incoming and their day sold very well last time (despite torrential rain).

[Threestripes]

1 hour ago, jj200 said:

Ezra and Catfish are headlineing but Biffy, snow patrol and Martin garrix are not.

It’s pink floyd ya beauty....

[jj200]

26 minutes ago, Threestripes said:

It’s pink floyd ya beauty....

I think pink Floyd won't perform at trnsmt

[dentalplan]

3 hours ago, DomDom1984 said:

I was ridiculing the idea of comparing Ezra to the likes of Robbie and Olly Murs earlier, as I was right to do. A comparison to Ed Sheeran would probably have merit though. That said, I don't think they'd get him to play, purely down to the pop stigma that now follows him than anything else.

Sheeran’s too big, else it’d have happened already.

[The-Heartbreak-Kid]

Ed Sheeran, Gorillaz and Biffy - not playing

[Threestripes]

35 minutes ago, jj200 said:

I think pink Floyd won't perform at trnsmt

Why not??

Not big enough?

Not the trnsmt demographic?

The young team haven’t heard of them?

No big hits?

 

[Paulmcm1998]

My outside bet would maybe be Dua Lipa she's meant to be releasing a new album I'm sure and is arguably on the same popularity level as George Ezra (if not bigger)if that's the crowd they're trying to appeal to. Would be a safer option than Stormzy imo

[thewayiam]

5 minutes ago, Paulmcm1998 said:

My outside bet would maybe be Dua Lipa she's meant to be releasing a new album I'm sure and is arguably on the same popularity level as George Ezra (if not bigger)if that's the crowd they're trying to appeal to. Would be a safer option than Stormzy imo

Not the worst guess

[DomDom1984]

The only reason it's not the worst guess is because someone said Martin Garrix. It'd be far and away the winner otherwise.

If not bigger.

[DomDom1984]

13 minutes ago, Threestripes said:

Why not??

Not big enough?

Not the trnsmt demographic?

The young team haven’t heard of them?

No big hits?

 

Definitely not big enough? Did you not see the gig at Pompeii? Nobody was there.

[The-Heartbreak-Kid]

How many albums Dua Lipa got out only one currently isn't it?

She's going to be huge but bit early for her to be headlining ain't it?

[Blair G]

Just now, The-Heartbreak-Kid said:

How many albums Dua Lipa got out only one currently isn't it?

She's going to be huge but bit early for her to be headlining ain't it?

I can confirm no Dua 

[The-Heartbreak-Kid]

Just now, Blair G said:

I can confirm no Dua 

Easy isn't it

The Eagles - not playing

[Blair G]

@Mezhyp1 Martin Garrix ? 

 

[Blair G]

Just now, The-Heartbreak-Kid said:

Easy isn't it

The Eagles - not playing

Supported Bruno Mars last year didn't get much of a crowd as well as she said in an interview she is not doing as many festivals this year as she is working on her album she has also just completed her 1st album world tour. 

[The-Heartbreak-Kid]

1 minute ago, Blair G said:

Supported Bruno Mars last year didn't get much of a crowd as well as she said in an interview she is not doing as many festivals this year as she is working on her album she has also just completed her 1st album world tour. 

Bruno Mars didn't sell out did he? 

[Blair G]

Just now, The-Heartbreak-Kid said:

Bruno Mars didn't sell out did he? 

Not that i am aware of certainly didn't feel like it one of the worst crowds i have been apart of then the whole fire incident to top it off 

[wishyboz6]

38 minutes ago, The-Heartbreak-Kid said:

How many albums Dua Lipa got out only one currently isn't it?

She's going to be huge but bit early for her to be headlining ain't it?

So has Stormzy but everyone is clamouring over him saying he fits the bill. He will not headline this. It would go against the organisers claims of it being a rock/indie festival. 

[Stuart1000]

I don’t get why people are so sold on Catfish headlining this. Do we need to remind ourselves that they had to resort to a 2-4-1 offer on their Summer Sessions gig last summer (which had a much smaller capacity than TRNSMT does)?

[addicted2noise]

1 hour ago, The-Heartbreak-Kid said:

Easy isn't it

The Eagles - not playing

Its tough but Catfish wrote a song about Glasgow, The Eagles would need to re-record Hotel California as Hotel Caledonia before they could headline