2024 Headliners

[Neil]

7 hours ago, K2SO said:

I'm still not entirely convinced by Coldplay/Dua/Madonna and I don't know why.

the "why" could be that emily said its not them.

[Euphoricape]

Prodigy

Idles

The National

[FloopFiller]

14 minutes ago, Kaboom Boxer said:

Is there a thread for this? I think it would make for some good discussion. 

Yup

 

[FloopFiller]

2 minutes ago, Euphoricape said:

Prodigy

Idles

The National

I know we think we might have two female pop headliners this year so a good chance they counter those with something guitar-y on Other, but this looks far too rock-centric to be legit imo, and likely they’d want at least one of them to be a female act, so most likely whoever’s up against Coldplay. 

[CaledonianGonzo]

Plus Idles aren't that sort of level. New single hasn't troubled the charts.

[FloopFiller]

2 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

Plus Idles aren't that sort of level. New single hasn't troubled the charts.

Well yeah, but a couple of people here are adamant they’re at or will soon be at that level come their new album release so I’ve stopped trying to convince them otherwise.

[K2SO]

40 minutes ago, FloopFiller said:

Well yeah, but a couple of people here are adamant they’re at or will soon be at that level come their new album release so I’ve stopped trying to convince them otherwise.

I can't see Idles ever being big enough for The Other Stage headline... Woodsies, definitely but not Other

[MEGABOWL]

49 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

Plus Idles aren't that sort of level. New single hasn't troubled the charts.

Which is a shame as it’s ace. But yeah they’re deffo not an Other Stage topper. Would be great on Woodsies.

[FloopFiller]

17 minutes ago, K2SO said:

I can't see Idles ever being big enough for The Other Stage headline... Woodsies, definitely but not Other

 

12 minutes ago, MEGABOWL said:

Which is a shame as it’s ace. But yeah they’re deffo not an Other Stage topper. Would be great on Woodsies.

Yup Woodsies headliner seems perfect for them.

[Glastozone]

On a separate note, who is the ‘really big American artist’ that contacted Emily in October, was it just Madonna?

[CaledonianGonzo]

We don't know. Could be Madge, but also might not be.

[Superscally]

5 hours ago, MEGABOWL said:

It was. I tried to discount Coldplay as I’d seen them before (and at Glastonbury) but had only seen LCD once previously and never seen EW&F. So it was a choice between them. But there was a point in the evening, after underwhelming ELO and Band of Horses sets, stood in a muddy and sparsely populated Other field waiting for PJ Harvey, that I started to think of going to the Pyramid as they were the safe bet.

 

Coldplay looked amazing but LCD is one of my favourite ever sets on the farm so can’t complain too much.

I heard it let NOBODY down! Band of Horses was weird. Only got going with 15 to go. I went back the car during ELO! Got back for Mister Blue Sky!

[Superscally]

3 hours ago, Euphoricape said:

Prodigy

Idles

The National

Jesus. I would do all three.

[Superscally]

3 hours ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

Plus Idles aren't that sort of level. New single hasn't troubled the charts.

Shut your stinking potty filth mouth.

[Superscally]

1 hour ago, FloopFiller said:

 

Yup Woodsies headliner seems perfect for them.

Too big.

[gigpusher]

25 minutes ago, Superscally said:

Too big.

Really? I love Idles but wouldn’t say that they are bigger than Sigur Ros, Suede, Hot Chip etc who have all been recent headliners in Woodsies. I actually think they would possibly be better in a tent as well. The Other stage can be so hit and miss with the atmosphere. 

Edited November 19, 2023 by gigpusher

[NorthernSoul52]

Idles have definitely got that appeal, but yeah, not sure they would top Other.

I'm going to see Woodsies are topped by Cigarettes After Sex. (Toss-up between there and Park, but three sold-out Apollo shows has me convinced.)

[K2SO]

2 hours ago, Superscally said:

Too big.

No way. They're popular in a specific subculture. They've had just one of their 4 albums go to number 1, and the last only peaked at number 3.

They've only spent a total of 3 weeks in the top 100 singles charts.

Last time they played, they had a middle billing on Other, and haven't got much bigger since.

Other headline tends to be arena stature bands, whilst Pyramid is stadium and Woodsies/Park/West Holts tend to be bigger academy/Ally Pally sized acts.

Idles fit very well into just one of those categories, and it doesn't put them on Other.

[NorthernSoul52]

A lot depends on the metrics at the time, to a point, I guess? I mean, there's been a few number-two albums in the past year that would have been number-one on nearly any other week.

[Mark H]

33 minutes ago, K2SO said:.

Other headline tends to be arena stature bands, whilst Pyramid is stadium and Woodsies/Park/West Holts tend to be bigger academy/Ally Pally sized acts.

I haven’t thought about the distinction this way before but it makes sense!! Perhaps a few exceptions, I don’t think Kendrick or Billie are stadium level.. but as a general rule it works!!

[NorthernSoul52]

I'd argue that it has only been since the 2016 trio of Muse / Adele / Coldplay that we've moved to a uniform level of Pyramid stadium headliners. Radiohead, Foo Fighters and Ed Sheeran were all at stadium level or at the very least about to step up for full stadium runs in 2017, and our 2023 trio of Arctic Monkeys / Guns N' Roses / Elton John were all stadium level.

But I'd argue that Pyramid headliners can still be just massive arena acts, the kind who can sell out a ten-date tour here in the blink of an eye. (Kendrick Lamar still technically fell shy of that, but few seemed to argue about the sense of booking him after his set.)

[Pughga]

Madonna, Pulp, Rihanna. Legend: Mariah or Barbara 

[CaledonianGonzo]

I gues people just aren't interested in hearing about how sweaty the angry Idles man is.

[CaledonianGonzo]

"Push me away like I'm Lucifer, so to speak"

"Yes, it's because you keep shouting about how sweaty you are"

 

 

 

 

 

Edited November 20, 2023 by CaledonianGonzo

[angelin]

Barbra has just announced her retirement. They couldnt afford her anyway.