2022 Headliners

[dentalplan]

Let it go, Lynn. You're never going to be an ITK.

[chazwwe]

2 minutes ago, Matt42 said:

It’s a bit of fun. I can’t say it’s super likely but I promise you there is more to it than pulling a random name out of a hat.

Thats all you do on here though 😛 

[Matt42]

This act is currently touring Europe. On their fan sites insiders say they have a UK date, but they have yet to announce one. Their fans are scratching their heads to where they could be playing and why nothing has been announced.

A member of the band attends the festival every year and has a sunrise meeting with Emily every festival. 

Eight years since they last headlined.

[Matt42]

1 minute ago, dentalplan said:

Let it go, Lynn. You're never going to be an ITK.

I didn’t say ITK I said I had a name to throw into the hat no one had mentioned. 

[dentalplan]

Nobody mentioned Metallica before you just now. Nor the fact that they had tour dates on Friday and Sunday.

[Matt42]

2 minutes ago, dentalplan said:

Nobody mentioned Metallica before you just now. Nor the fact that they had tour dates on Friday and Sunday.

I didn’t say they were likely I was just throwing their name in there. 

[chazwwe]

4 minutes ago, Matt42 said:

This act is currently touring Europe. On their fan sites insiders say they have a UK date, but they have yet to announce one. Their fans are scratching their heads to where they could be playing and why nothing has been announced.

A member of the band attends the festival every year and has a sunrise meeting with Emily every festival. 

Eight years since they last headlined.

24th in Germany, 26th in France. They're not playing 2 dates in a row the whole tour, let alone 3. They've also got a 2-3 day gap between each date on the tour. 

[Matt42]

2 minutes ago, chazwwe said:

24th in Germany, 26th in France. They're not playing 2 dates in a row the whole tour, let alone 3. They've also got a 2-3 day gap between each date on the tour. 

Christ Lars is going to be tired partying at the Hell Stage the morning before his set at HellFest.

[henry bear]

24 minutes ago, Matt42 said:

Oh god

I’ve just had another lightbulb moment.

A bit of a weird option none of us have mentioned yet. Genuinely. I can’t say it’s super likely but there’s a rationale behind it.

I want to see if anyone can guess. As a starting clue this is a genuine headline sized act here. No mental gymnastics needed to think of them in a headline capacity.

 

[Matt42]

@dentalplan I agree it’s Postie

[chazwwe]

3 minutes ago, Matt42 said:

Christ Lars is going to be tired partying at the Hell Stage the morning before his set at HellFest.

I just love this place that an act can be mentioned off the basis of very little and we all have to guess who it is, because reasons. 

[Matt42]

4 minutes ago, chazwwe said:

I just love this place that an act can be mentioned off the basis of very little and we all have to guess who it is, because reasons. 

A bit of Saturday entertainment 

[dentalplan]

On 1/3/2022 at 4:00 PM, dentalplan said:

• Adele (BST exclusive)
• Arctic Monkeys (R+L)
• Biffy Clyro (Download)
• Bruce Springsteen (no dates yet but leaks; rumoured date for Belgium on Sunday - b2b very unlikely)
• Coldplay (ruled themselves out)
• Dave (R+L)
• Dua Lipa (in Norway Sunday)
• Eagles (in Dublin Friday, London Sunday - 3 days in a row very unlikely)
• Ed Sheeran (in London Friday, Saturday)
• Elton John (in London Friday, Bristol Sunday - 3 days in a row very unlikely)
• Florence and the Machine
• Foo Fighters (in Manchester Saturday)
• Gorillaz (Germany Friday, Luxembourg Sunday)
• Green Day (in UK Friday, Saturday; Dublin Monday - 4 days in a row very unlikely)
• Guns N' Roses (in France Saturday, b2b dates in different countries very unlikely)
• Imagine Dragons (UK exclusive show in Milton Keynes)
• Iron Maiden (Download)
• The Killers (too soon)
• Kings of Leon (in Dublin Friday, Belfast Sunday)
• Liam Gallagher (in Belfast Friday, Glasgow Sunday)
• Metallica (in Germany Friday, France Sunday)
• Muse (headlining IOW; in Spain Sunday)
• Pearl Jam (in Italy Saturday)
• Rage Against the Machine (R+L)
• Red Hot Chili Peppers (in London Saturday and Sunday)
• Royal Blood
• Stormzy (too soon)
• The Strokes

For reference, for anyone who thinks they have a name who is touring but hasn't been mentioned yet. They probably have.

[Matt42]

4 minutes ago, dentalplan said:

For reference, for anyone who thinks they have a name who is touring but hasn't been mentioned yet. They probably have.

Add postie to list u coward

[dentalplan]

6 minutes ago, Matt42 said:

Add postie to list u coward

Can't edit.

• Adele (BST exclusive)
• Arctic Monkeys (R+L)
• Biffy Clyro (Download)
• Coldplay (ruled themselves out initially - could change)
• Dave (R+L)
• Dua Lipa (in Norway Sunday)
• Eagles (in Dublin Friday, London Sunday - 3 days in a row very unlikely)
• Ed Sheeran (in London Friday, Saturday)
• Elton John (in London Friday, Bristol Sunday - 3 days in a row very unlikely)
• Florence and the Machine
• Foo Fighters (in Manchester Saturday)
• Gorillaz (Germany Friday, Luxembourg Sunday)
• Green Day (in UK Friday, Saturday; Dublin Monday - 4 days in a row very unlikely)
• Guns N' Roses (in France Saturday, b2b dates in different countries very unlikely)
• Imagine Dragons (UK exclusive show in Milton Keynes)
• Iron Maiden (Download)
• The Killers (too soon)
• Kings of Leon (in Dublin Friday, Belfast Sunday)
• Liam Gallagher (in Belfast Friday, Glasgow Sunday)
• Metallica (in Germany Friday, France Sunday - 3 days in a row very unlikely)
• Muse (headlining IOW; in Spain Sunday)
• Pearl Jam (in Italy Saturday, b2b dates in different countries very unlikely)
• Post Malone (In Portugal Sunday)
• Rage Against the Machine (R+L)
• Red Hot Chili Peppers (in London Saturday and Sunday)
• Royal Blood
• Stormzy (too soon)
• The Strokes

Edited January 8, 2022 by dentalplan

[kingcrawler]

2 minutes ago, dentalplan said:

Can't edit.

• Adele (BST exclusive)
• Arctic Monkeys (R+L)
• Biffy Clyro (Download)
• Coldplay (ruled themselves out initially - could change)
• Dave (R+L)
• Dua Lipa (in Norway Sunday)
• Eagles (in Dublin Friday, London Sunday - 3 days in a row very unlikely)
• Ed Sheeran (in London Friday, Saturday)
• Elton John (in London Friday, Bristol Sunday - 3 days in a row very unlikely)
• Florence and the Machine
• Foals
• Foo Fighters (in Manchester Saturday)
• Gorillaz (Germany Friday, Luxembourg Sunday)
• Green Day (in UK Friday, Saturday; Dublin Monday - 4 days in a row very unlikely)
• Guns N' Roses (in France Saturday, b2b dates in different countries very unlikely)
• Imagine Dragons (UK exclusive show in Milton Keynes)
• Iron Maiden (Download)
• The Killers (too soon)
• Kings of Leon (in Dublin Friday, Belfast Sunday)
• Liam Gallagher (in Belfast Friday, Glasgow Sunday)
• Metallica (in Germany Friday, France Sunday - 3 days in a row very unlikely)
• Muse (headlining IOW; in Spain Sunday)
• Pearl Jam (in Italy Saturday)
• Post Malone (In Portugal Sunday)
• Rage Against the Machine (R+L)
• Red Hot Chili Peppers (in London Saturday and Sunday)
• Royal Blood
• Stormzy (too soon)
• The Strokes

 

[dentalplan]

[Crazyfool01]

1 hour ago, Matt42 said:

Add postie to list u coward

This is getting ridiculous now … although  postie is always knocking on the door 

Edited January 8, 2022 by crazyfool1

[Matt42]

27 minutes ago, dentalplan said:

Can't edit.

• Adele (BST exclusive)
• Arctic Monkeys (R+L)
• Biffy Clyro (Download)
• Coldplay (ruled themselves out initially - could change)
• Dave (R+L)
• Dua Lipa (in Norway Sunday)
• Eagles (in Dublin Friday, London Sunday - 3 days in a row very unlikely)
• Ed Sheeran (in London Friday, Saturday)
• Elton John (in London Friday, Bristol Sunday - 3 days in a row very unlikely)
• Florence and the Machine
• Foo Fighters (in Manchester Saturday)
• Gorillaz (Germany Friday, Luxembourg Sunday)
• Green Day (in UK Friday, Saturday; Dublin Monday - 4 days in a row very unlikely)
• Guns N' Roses (in France Saturday, b2b dates in different countries very unlikely)
• Imagine Dragons (UK exclusive show in Milton Keynes)
• Iron Maiden (Download)
• The Killers (too soon)
• Kings of Leon (in Dublin Friday, Belfast Sunday)
• Liam Gallagher (in Belfast Friday, Glasgow Sunday)
• Metallica (in Germany Friday, France Sunday - 3 days in a row very unlikely)
• Muse (headlining IOW; in Spain Sunday)
• Pearl Jam (in Italy Saturday, b2b dates in different countries very unlikely)
• Post Malone (In Portugal Sunday)
• Rage Against the Machine (R+L)
• Red Hot Chili Peppers (in London Saturday and Sunday)
• Royal Blood
• Stormzy (too soon)
• The Strokes

From this list - not taking into account the potential of some acts still with dates TBA I’d say Glasto probably have Adele, Coldplay, Ed Sheeran, Foo Fighters, Guns N Roses as their call backups before they would sink to Flo or Foals. Imagine a band subbing TRNSMT headlining Glasto in 2022. Y’all just sound like Twitter stans.

Adele’s exclusivity is unconvincing (but because people here don’t want her to play they read it as a hard contract), Coldplay (while being a really naff option, haven’t really ruled themselves out at all), Foo Fighters probably have asked to play the festival already, Ed Sheeran (while being the worst option of them all would probably step in even if it meant multiple days in a row), Guns N Roses is a nice option but I think if Glasto is seriously stuck and the Bruce thing is something indicative of the summer we are looking at, the final two headliners will be British ones.

They do have substantial British options. Even if they are not efests approved.

Edited January 8, 2022 by Matt42

[GrumpyRaver]

1 hour ago, dentalplan said:

He's in the UK on Sunday too (wow)

Since when is Lisbon in the UK?

[Freddyflintstonree]

12 minutes ago, Matt42 said:

Coldplay (while being a really naff option, haven’t really ruled themselves out at all)

I mean, they have. Whether or not they go back on that is a different matter though. 

[Matt42]

Emily liked Macca’s post about 2022 so maybe we can just chill

https://www.instagram.com/p/CYKjVzHM09F/?utm_medium=copy_link

She also liked pretty much all of Adele’s recent posts 

https://www.instagram.com/tv/CYZJSvfAJC8/?utm_medium=copy_link

Edited January 8, 2022 by Matt42

[GrumpyRaver]

49 minutes ago, Matt42 said:

Add postie to list u coward

No wonder you're so well liked here...

Edited January 8, 2022 by GrumpyRaver

[Hugh Jass]

Logged in to see five new pages on this thread in the last couple of hours…

What a disappointment.

[GrumpyRaver]

16 minutes ago, Hugh Jass said:

What a disappointment.

Summs up this thread generally at the moment.