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Last year, the 'Praise You' sign post was on 28th November with the full lineup dropping on 5th December.
Means we could be looking at the end of the week before we hear anything.
I don't think people in this thread understand how popular RAYE is at the minute. I know monthly listeners is an imperfect stat for comparison, but by monthly listeners, she's way more popular than acts like Jorja Smith, Stormzy, and Sam Fender. It's not even close when you compare her to acts like them, she's bigger by orders of magnitude.
She's actually currently even more popular than Lorde, Florence and the Machine, and Kings of Leon. That doesn't necessarily directly translate into festival draw, but the amount of radio play she gets is insane, she's had TikTok virality, and she swept the BRIT awards, breaking the record for most wins and nominations for an artist at the ceremony in a single year.
I'm pretty sure she's not a sign of the festival going smaller - she's a sign of the festival trying to stay current.