2020 headliners

[whitewinston]

9 hours ago, Suprefan said:

Not happening, you lost your sweepstakes. He wouldnt deliver the goods anyway, plus would be really expensive.

Can someone explain to me why everyone thinks Drake is too expensive but someone like Kendrick wouldn't be?

[northernringo]

47 minutes ago, Guy M said:

 

long time lurker - what are your thoughts on this prediction?

Capaldi is headlining IoW so no chance he'd be 4th down on the Other stage

[stuie]

48 minutes ago, Guy M said:

 

long time lurker - what are your thoughts on this prediction?

Other is missing a dance act headliner.  I think it could be Underworld - can't see them playing JP.   I don't think Capaldi with play 4th down Other, he'll be on the Pyramid.  Greta Thunberg will only appear via video messaging. 

[incident]

19 minutes ago, whitewinston said:

Can someone explain to me why everyone thinks Drake is too expensive but someone like Kendrick wouldn't be?

They both (along with probably nearly every headliner in the past 20 years) would be too expensive at their normal asking price.

So when people question if an act is too expensive, it's more about whether the artist is willing to reduce their fees and by how much. Maybe there's just a perception that Drake is less likely to do so?

[Jeremy Irons]

57 minutes ago, Guy M said:

 

long time lurker - what are your thoughts on this prediction?

This seems oddly specific.... what do you know my Guy? 

 

 

[Matt42]

Some acts are just playing too low. Lewis Capaldi for example.

Without knocking you too much you’ve got stage headliners practically opening their stages.

Edited December 5, 2019 by Matt42

[Hugh Jass]

No chance Beck is subbing next year.

[northernringo]

Just now, Matt42 said:

Some acts are just playing too low. Lewis Capaldi for example.

Gerry Cinnamon and Sam Fender too

[OnlyRevolutions]

BROCKHAMPTON should surely play higher, i know Reading & Leeds is a different crowd but they packed those tents out and they've only became more successful since then releasing two new albums and getting played plenty on Radio 1, would they be able to headline West Holts?

[Bradders]

53 minutes ago, whitewinston said:

Can someone explain to me why everyone thinks Drake is too expensive but someone like Kendrick wouldn't be?

They’re both completely different artists. Drake is generally focussed on commercial success while Kendrick is more about albums and artistic statements.

[Matt42]

27 minutes ago, incident said:

They both (along with probably nearly every headliner in the past 20 years) would be too expensive at their normal asking price.

So when people question if an act is too expensive, it's more about whether the artist is willing to reduce their fees and by how much. Maybe there's just a perception that Drake is less likely to do so?

Considering Drake and Kendrick on the same level though is incredibly short sighted though. Drake is miles bigger than Kendrick in terms of sales in pretty much every metric.

Kendrick is big but he’s bigger in the critical acclaim realm. He can sell pretty well but Drake is like the Ed Sheeran of hip hop/ rap. Drake is much less likely to reduce his fee because everything he does is about the money and growing his brand.

I think Drake will headline one year, but the reason why Kendrick is headlining first is probably because Drake’s management don’t feel the need for an ‘exposure show’.

[Matt42]

Just now, Bradders said:

They’re both completely different artists. Drake is generally focussed on commercial success while Kendrick is more about albums and artistic statements.

Basically explained what I was trying to say in two sentences 

[Addaloria]

1 hour ago, thrillhouse188 said:

I don’t like the Kendrick Lamar vs Foals vs FKA Twigs clash!

 

3 minutes ago, Matt42 said:

Considering Drake and Kendrick on the same level though is incredibly short sighted though. Drake is miles bigger than Kendrick in terms of sales in pretty much every metric.

Kendrick is big but he’s bigger in the critical acclaim realm. He can sell pretty well but Drake is like the Ed Sheeran of hip hop/ rap. Drake is much less likely to reduce his fee because everything he does is about the money and growing his brand.

I think Drake will headline one year, but the reason why Kendrick is headlining first is probably because Drake’s management don’t feel the need for an ‘exposure show’.

I would love to see Idles back at the farm for 2020.

[Matt42]

Both Kendrick and Drake have headlined Coachella. They were both probably paid a lot to do it.

Kendrick made the most of his set and brought an entire production.

Drake had no production and was on stage alone. The show was criticised for feeling very phoned in.

I think Drake doesn’t really care about putting on a show. He played Coachella because they paid him. Kendrick on the other hand used it as an opportunity to do something cool.

[Divein]

1 hour ago, Guy M said:

 

long time lurker - what are your thoughts on this prediction?

Swap LDR out  put Dua Lipa in, then Capaldi in for Dua Lipa. Ian Brown over to The Other for Capaldi.

cant see Noel subbing Kendrick either, would be a big exodus I think.

Other than that I think thats not a bad shout.

[Guy M]

1 hour ago, ClementsMike said:

Emilie Sande? 

Id be billing Fontaines DC higher, and The Specials for sure ... maybe a high West Holts spot?

Ian Brown under the Libs? Tough call there.

Missing some names I reckon - Snow Patrol, Lightning Seeds, Isley Brothers .... 

Was thinking that Fontaines could play a similar sunset park slot akin to idles last year 

The Specials idea was a play on Blondie's opening other stage performance in 2014 so i don't think it's entirely out of the question

[Guy M]

1 hour ago, northernringo said:

Capaldi is headlining IoW so no chance he'd be 4th down on the Other stage

Snow Patrol were due to play in a similar position last year and they were down as headliners for latitude and are headlining Isle of Wight this year 

[Gnomicide]

2 hours ago, Guy M said:

 

long time lurker - what are your thoughts on this prediction?

Quite a few too low but overall lineup I could get behind, about 25 in there I'd like to see.

[uscore]

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Edited December 5, 2019 by uscore

[DareToDibble]

Have about 50 pages to catch up on but I'm assuming after the Lolla announcement we're now even more sure that it's Kendrick and Taylor?

If so then who was the first to call all 3?

[FloorFiller]

4 minutes ago, DareToDibble said:

If so then who was the first to call all 3?

Probably the guy who came with the info of Kendrick, Swift, Noel and Aerosmith (with the assumption of Macca), or somebody not long after him. My memory's shite so can't remember if they were getting talked about before that as a trio.

[sisco]

3 minutes ago, FloorFiller said:

Probably the guy who came with the info of Kendrick, Swift, Noel and Aerosmith (with the assumption of Macca), or somebody not long after him. My memory's shite so can't remember if they were getting talked about before that as a trio.

Was it just the 4 acts he listed? Can’t remember myself

[FloorFiller]

4 minutes ago, sisco said:

Was it just the 4 acts he listed? Can’t remember myself

My memory is it was just the 4 acts with the additional guess of the Saturday being Macca, but I could well be wrong on that and I'm sure somebody better at sleuthing than me will be able to pull up what was actually said.

[Huckleberry Finn]

3 hours ago, Guy M said:

long time lurker - what are your thoughts on this prediction?

As someone who doesn’t feel equipped to put together comprehensive predictions across the big five stages, this is a decent go. In December. We’ll see worse between now and the big weekend.

[Smeble]

Does anyone care that 2 of Glastonbury headliners are between them headlining pretty much every festival in Europe this year? Kinda makes Glastonbury ‘just another festival’ in what is supposed to be a big year for it. Certainly in the eyes of non Glastonbury obsessives away from this forum.