2024 Headliners

[Gnomicide]

8 minutes ago, MEGATRONICMEATWAGON said:

Sky Bet's top 3 wouldn't be so bad, would it?

Festival heritage band, female superstar, up and coming British star?

2 from the bottom and 1 from the top please, Carol.

[Quark]

2 minutes ago, Gnomicide said:

2 from the bottom and 1 from the top please, Carol.

Lady Gaga, Pink and Coldplay?

Just when you think you know someone

[gfa]

2 hours ago, Suprefan said:

And funny enough there were a bunch of people who thought Taylors uk tour next year would have loads of cheap rickets to be had and that never will materialize. Never underestimate the power of a break. Or even that Rihanna has 14 number 1's which is a lot more than Coldplay could ever dream of.

 

30 minutes ago, Frankly Mr Shankly said:

I can’t wait to hear your excuses when Rihanna does eventually announce (& sells out) a huge world stadium tour. 

to both of these

Its all well and good counting number 1s and rihanna will definitely sell out a huge stadium tour, but i don't think she could keep doing big stadium tours here more years than not in the UK like Coldplay are, which is where this conversation started

[northernangel]

2 hours ago, Frankly Mr Shankly said:

I can’t wait to hear your excuses when Rihanna does eventually announce (& sells out) a huge world stadium tour. 

There won't be excuses as she'll have done it lol, but I won't lose sleep over being incorrect lol. 

[Hugh Jass II]

2 hours ago, gfa said:

 

to both of these

Its all well and good counting number 1s and rihanna will definitely sell out a huge stadium tour, but i don't think she could keep doing big stadium tours here more years than not in the UK like Coldplay are, which is where this conversation started

This is the point.

Rhianna could announce a tour and shift a tonne of tickets, but then that would be it.

Coldplay sell out stadia year after year after year. They've never needed to go away to give their popularity a boost.

[Gnomicide]

3 hours ago, Quark said:

Lady Gaga, Pink and Coldplay?

Just when you think you know someone

I knew this would happen. 

Still... I'd take all three over Rhianna.

[Avalon_Fields]

4 hours ago, MEGATRONICMEATWAGON said:

Sky Bet's top 3 wouldn't be so bad, would it?

Festival heritage band, female superstar, up and coming British star?

I wish Kate Bush was realistically 10/1. 

[CaledonianGonzo]

Feud with Dua Lipa cancelled

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[Radi0Head]

23 hours ago, MEGATRONICMEATWAGON said:

Sky Bet's top 3 wouldn't be so bad, would it?

Festival heritage band, female superstar, up and coming British star?

Yikes.

Not for me.

Dave was whack at reading (nearly fell asleep). 

[MEGATRONICMEATWAGON]

43 minutes ago, Radi0Head said:

Yikes.

Not for me.

Dave was whack at reading (nearly fell asleep). 

I'm happy you clarified what you meant by whack, because it's one of those words I never know if it means something positive or not 😆

[MEGATRONICMEATWAGON]

19 hours ago, Avalon_Fields said:

I wish Kate Bush was realistically 10/1. 

Yeah, I don't really get it either. 10/1 here seems to be the new "Not a cat in hell's chance" of playing.

From their odds, there's gonna be like seven headliners.

[VCK]

Pink headlining? Is this 2002?

[Gnomicide]

24 minutes ago, VCK said:

Pink headlining? Is this 2002?

To be fair, and it came as a shock to me to find this out when she was mooted last year, she sells out stadiums and did 2 nights at Hyde Park last year. So by that metric, she's easily big enough.

[JonSnow]

Shockingly wikipedia has informed me she's had a number 1 charting album this year. The more you know eye 

Blackpink! at 10/1 has also made me laugh. I wonder if they ever get a single person stupid enough to back actual 10,000/1's at 10/1

 

[The Nal]

Pink doing aerial stunts over the longdrops is the headliner we need. Lets see how brave she is then.

[matrainertje]

19 hours ago, VCK said:

Pink headlining? Is this 2002?

Still a fresh newcomer compared to Axl and the boys. 

[VCK]

1 hour ago, matrainertje said:

Still a fresh newcomer compared to Axl and the boys. 

The difference is that GNR have that aura of legendary status so they'll always headline wherever they play. Having looked, in terms of UK fests she has played 4th down at V Festival, 5th down at TITP, and subbed IOW so even at her peak she never headlined anywhere here. I can imagine her being better suited to a Miley Cyrus/Katy Perry type slot.

[Frankly Mr Shankly]

50 minutes ago, VCK said:

The difference is that GNR have that aura of legendary status so they'll always headline wherever they play. Having looked, in terms of UK fests she has played 4th down at V Festival, 5th down at TITP, and subbed IOW so even at her peak she never headlined anywhere here. I can imagine her being better suited to a Miley Cyrus/Katy Perry type slot.

Not saying I think she should headline, but she’s just done two nights headlining BST so she’s still a big ticket shifter. 

[stuie]

50 minutes ago, VCK said:

The difference is that GNR have that aura of legendary status so they'll always headline wherever they play. Having looked, in terms of UK fests she has played 4th down at V Festival, 5th down at TITP, and subbed IOW so even at her peak she never headlined anywhere here. I can imagine her being better suited to a Miley Cyrus/Katy Perry type slot.

She headlined V festival 2017.

 

[Drinky]

46 minutes ago, stuie said:

She headlined V festival 2017.

 

And she did it so well they decided they never needed to hold the festival again!

[CaledonianGonzo]

She's a stadium act. She didn't just headline BST twice, she did 5 other stadium dates.  That's at about the same level as The Boss or the Stones.  Don't see how she's anything less than a headline act, despite the relatively meagre offerings in her setlist.

[stuie]

2 hours ago, Drinky said:

And she did it so well they decided they never needed to hold the festival again!

It was dying for years before that, not because of her headlining! 

[MEGATRONICMEATWAGON]

Feel like Pink has a very strong/committed fan base, how well she'd translate to headlining Glasto, I don't know. A strong sub maybe, but can't see her having wide enough appeal.

Pink > Coldplay

O-Rod > Dua Lipa

Dave > Rhianna 

 

 

Edited August 24, 2023 by MEGATRONICMEATWAGON

[CaledonianGonzo]

So - 3 subs who're all at headline level or thereabouts.

[MEGABOWL]

I’m no fan of Pink but she’s way too big to sub, surely? Last time she played here (Glasgow) it was Hampden Park.