I would usually say "it's not about the headliners", but when tickets are nearly £400 it does feel like big hitters are needed (even if they're not necessarily ones I would choose to see)
I think you can't get more old school than AM-GnR-Elton in 2023... last year should have been Dua-Coldplay-Madonna... losing the biggest of those three and replacing with SZA was unfortunate. Being in my 40s, I'm personally happy as long as there's one Pyramid headliner I want to see... didn't see any last year (can't stand Coldplay, so the obligatory legend-act didn't work for me!), but had a great time elsewhere. Madonna would have been amazing though! Rihanna - Fender - Rodrigo doesn't sound good to me at all, and I'd have to hope for great stuff elsewhere again! I'm sure there'll be an older act though - just hope it's someone I like this time! I don't think the current speculated line-up is an indication of Glasto's direction though. I'm sure they'd be booking Oasis, Queen+Adam Lambert, Madonna, Pulp (!) etc if they were available!
PS - I want Erasure to headline the Park one year please!! 😄
I don't really care for Fontaines. I'll be honest the festival booked a lot of what I'd have gone for last year. They've still got to do better than those 4 headliners and them as a sub for me. The more time that's gone on I think I just don't want LP