Exactly that, I’ve said it over and over that the bigger acts are no longer interested in festivals as much as they can do their own tours on their own terms.
if they don’t promote the likes of Sam Fender and Maneskin then there won’t be enough headliners to go around
Yeah - I'm aware of the main reasons for them being discounted (albeit not the 'paid a lot for exclusivity' element). Just spitballin' other potential names in the frame.