2024 Headliners

[dotdash79]

I’ve started to get BST adverts on my socials which would indicate they are announcing soon which might give some hints. 

[brettredmayne]

2 hours ago, The-Heartbreak-Kid said:

I got told a month ago the headlines are Dua Lipa/Coldplay/Pink and that Stevie Nicks is the legend.

Funny because Emily just said just over a week ago the last headliner contacted them and there kept a space open.

so couldn’t be known a month ago

[Neil]

On 11/5/2023 at 11:18 PM, fraybentos1 said:

I imagine dua and Coldplay are secured and Madonna is almost there. The panicked statement likely so Madonna doesn’t throw a hissy fit or they break a contract etc 

The statement is so that people aren't buying tickets with the expectation of Madge. Which would be unfair on those buyers and also risks screwing up the smooth operation of the sale 

[NorthernSoul52]

I was technically told the headliners would be Megan Thee Stallion, Peter Gabriel and Blur, but given that I was the one who told myself that, I'd definitely take it with a pinch of salt.

In all fairness, the guessing game is half - maybe even more than half - of the fun, especially for those of us who likely won't get there in the end.

I'd be in the minority here, but I think Dua Lipa / Coldplay / Pink is far from a poor trio of headliners. It just feels comparatively weaker when there's been a lot of chatter about Madonna.

Got into a debate with a friend over the quote-unquote "weakest" trio we've had in the past decade on paper (irrelevant of whether they smashed it out of the park in practice or not). I don't think Dua Lipa / Coldplay / Pink would be a softer trio than 2015 (post-leg break) or 2019 when simply looking at the names. (And speaking as a couch potato, 2019 delivered two classics in Stormzy and The Killers for me.)

[Suprefan]

1 hour ago, Neil said:

The statement is so that people aren't buying tickets with the expectation of Madge. Which would be unfair on those buyers and also risks screwing up the smooth operation of the sale 

Just wait til Taylor Swift screws up 2025 with a  gap and everyone figures it out.

[Neil]

Just now, Suprefan said:

Just wait til Taylor Swift screws up 2025 with a  gap and everyone figures it out.

this time last year swift was nailed on for 2024.

[NorthernSoul52]

I can't decide if Swift will still be touring her current run into 2025 or not. If the stone is there to be bled, maybe so.

[Guest]

Swift will have had such a full on few years of touring that I could see her not being around in 2025.

[charlierc]

40 minutes ago, SomeoneListeningIn said:

Swift will have had such a full on few years of touring that I could see her not being around in 2025.

Agreed.

Makes 2020 probably feel like even more of a missed opportunity for bringing her along tbf.

[incident]

56 minutes ago, SomeoneListeningIn said:

Swift will have had such a full on few years of touring that I could see her not being around in 2025.

Yeah.

Still think she's inevitable eventually. But 2026 at the absolute earliest and even that's probably optimistic.

[FloopFiller]

9 minutes ago, incident said:

Yeah.

Still think she's inevitable eventually. But 2026 at the absolute earliest and even that's probably optimistic.

Yeah I don’t see her being rebooked until all this madness surrounding her dies off a little. Just don’t see why she’d even bother doing festivals at this stage.

[gfa]

7 minutes ago, FloopFiller said:

Yeah I don’t see her being rebooked until all this madness surrounding her dies off a little. Just don’t see why she’d even bother doing festivals at this stage.

generally yes but a one-off at glasto or coachella would be good for publicity

Edited November 7, 2023 by gfa

[Nduja]

Will anyone really be outraged if Emily intimated that was not necessarily the line up and then it was because of things not being fully nailed down? When the alternative might be P!nk?!

The majority will think SO WHAT? We've got Madonna.

[incident]

1 minute ago, gfa said:

generally yes but a one-off at glasto or coachella would be good for publicity

For sure it would - but that's not something that's needed right now. She basically can't step outside without a dozen news articles being written.

From a PR perspective there's a strong argument for keeping the huge publicity shows - like Glastonbury/Superbowl/Coachella - in reserve for a few years down the line when the hysteria has cooled off.

Of those I guess Coachella may be more likely than the others just because they're the ones who might put enough money on the table that it becomes unrealistic to say no.

[JonSnow]

58 minutes ago, incident said:

For sure it would - but that's not something that's needed right now. She basically can't step outside without a dozen news articles being written.

From a PR perspective there's a strong argument for keeping the huge publicity shows - like Glastonbury/Superbowl/Coachella - in reserve for a few years down the line when the hysteria has cooled off.

Of those I guess Coachella may be more likely than the others just because they're the ones who might put enough money on the table that it becomes unrealistic to say no.

Completely agree. I cant see Taylor headlining the Pyramid until the late 20s.

The Era's tour is running form March 23 - Dec 24. It makes total sense for her to want a year off touring and get back in the studio to write a new album 

An autumn 2025 album release could tie in with a run of festivals in 2026 but I think that could well just end up being the next cycle around in 2028-2029 

Edited November 7, 2023 by JonSnow

[Memory Man]

1 hour ago, incident said:

Yeah.

Still think she's inevitable eventually. But 2026 at the absolute earliest and even that's probably optimistic.

Agreed. She will do it at some point but there is no pressure for it to be any time soon. Incredible to think how far she has come since 2019 / Lover album willing to play euro festivals to just 4 years later being by far the hottest ticket in the world to the point where no amount of shows she could physically perform would even be close enough to satisfying demand.

[Memory Man]

She may only feel the need to do it once as well and has at least 20 years of her career left

Edited November 7, 2023 by Memory Man

[mouserat]

2 minutes ago, JonSnow said:

Completely agree. I cant see Taylor headlining the Pyramid until the late 20s.

The Era's tour is running form March 23 - Dec 24. It makes total sense for her to want a year off touring and get back in the studio to write a new album 

An autumn 2025 album release could tie in with a run of festivals in 2026 but I think that could well just end up being the next cycle around in 2028-2029 

There's been a lot of discussion about Taylor Swift: Filmmaker so I can actually see her taking a break post-Eras to go and direct a movie and live in that world for a couple of years: https://variety.com/2022/film/news/taylor-swift-feature-directing-debut-searchlight-pictures-1235455606/

Glastonbury could then feasibly be part of a return to live touring either ahead of a new album or in its wake. So definitely think 2028/2029 is more likely. Or the moment will never come back around and she'll always be one that got away.

[Ayrshire Chris]

16 minutes ago, mouserat said:

There's been a lot of discussion about Taylor Swift: Filmmaker so I can actually see her taking a break post-Eras to go and direct a movie and live in that world for a couple of years: https://variety.com/2022/film/news/taylor-swift-feature-directing-debut-searchlight-pictures-1235455606/

Glastonbury could then feasibly be part of a return to live touring either ahead of a new album or in its wake. So definitely think 2028/2029 is more likely. Or the moment will never come back around and she'll always be one that got away.

Sad to think we had her booked for 2020 only for covid to scupper it. Really hoped she would have been available for next year rather than wait longer. 

[gfa]

1 hour ago, incident said:

For sure it would - but that's not something that's needed right now. She basically can't step outside without a dozen news articles being written.

From a PR perspective there's a strong argument for keeping the huge publicity shows - like Glastonbury/Superbowl/Coachella - in reserve for a few years down the line when the hysteria has cooled off.

Of those I guess Coachella may be more likely than the others just because they're the ones who might put enough money on the table that it becomes unrealistic to say no.

Good point

[Gnomicide]

 

 

 

 

Edited November 7, 2023 by Gnomicide

[stuie]

Whenever Taylor Swift plays, I hope it's a very well kept secret until after ALL tickets sales.

She's so crazy popular, I could see the festival crowd changing to a majority of Swifty's the year she plays and I don't think that's good for the festival in general.  Definitely not good for the acts that play under her on the Pyramid and some people with tickets will only go for that day.

[Guest]

9 minutes ago, stuie said:

Whenever Taylor Swift plays, I hope it's a very well kept secret until after ALL tickets sales.

She's so crazy popular, I could see the festival crowd changing to a majority of Swifty's the year she plays and I don't think that's good for the festival in general.  Definitely not good for the acts that play under her on the Pyramid and some people with tickets will only go for that day.

Really don't think it would have as much of an affect as you suggest.

[wro_lap]

I wonder if Taylor is currently too big to safely have on at a festival. Considering how overcrowded Elton was this year with QOTSA on the Other Stage, it's hard to think of someone who would detract significantly more numbers from Taylor's crowd

[incident]

5 minutes ago, wro_lap said:

I wonder if Taylor is currently too big to safely have on at a festival. Considering how overcrowded Elton was this year with QOTSA on the Other Stage, it's hard to think of someone who would detract significantly more numbers from Taylor's crowd

Honestly, don't think it'd be as big a problem.

She'd attract a huge crowd, but there'd still be a large number of people who'd turn their noses up at the very idea of her playing Glastonbury and be elsewhere. Enough that there wouldn't be any crowd size concerns at the Pyramid anyway.

Whereas you'd have to be utterly devoid of joy to have a problem with the Elton booking - I suspect that even amongst the people who didn't go see him, a majority probably would have liked to go but for clashes.