2024 Headliners

[DomDom1984]

Catfish and the Bottlemen are a fun enough band. Nothing special. Good for a fun time live. 

Could they get to Glasto headline status? Possibly. Are they there? No.

[stuie]

Catfish and the bottlemen headlining the pyramid? That’s hilarious. 

[nikkic]

2 hours ago, Gnomicide said:

Gonzo's playing a blinder here.

I’m with him.

Catfish 

The Kooks

And yer man singing “Televised Mind” on loop

That’s your trio

Edited November 25, 2023 by nikkic

[CaledonianGonzo]

The (Soulwax remix of the) Life Ain't Always Empty song came on the radio yesterday morning and I swear to god time went into a strange Groundhog Day-style loop and it actually went on for nearly 6 months.

[Glastozone]

11 hours ago, NorthernSoul52 said:

Given I expect she was the most expensive of those headliners, it is fascinating LDR will be effectively in that glorified "sub" slot.

But again, on the basis of being an Other headliner for Glastonbury, it fits exactly with where she should be. I don't feel her stock has dramatically risen, despite the rarity factor helping to obliterate BST with sales.

Fred Again, on the other hand... well, he was rising when he was booked to play high on Other, and this feels like the requisite leap to that position. Very much zeitgeist.

It’s probably because they don’t want Lana to go past the curfew in Reading so even if she is 30 minutes late like she was this year at Glasto, it won’t matter.

[VCK2]

7 hours ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

Van McCann doesn't have to mime or use autotune.

Yeah but he's a white male so his music automatically sucks.

[CaledonianGonzo]

That's right!

[gherkin8r]

Decolonize guitar music!

[CaledonianGonzo]

Absolutely. 

[Superscally]

2 hours ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

Absolutely. 

Been listening to Catfish on loop today and I'm with you. Just takes a bit of time.

[Superscally]

2 hours ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

Absolutely. 

Been listening to Catfish on loop today and I'm with you. Just takes a bit of time.

[Superscally]

Jesus Christ. Looks like Van has helped me fracture the space/time continuum. 

[NorthernSoul52]

9 hours ago, Superscally said:

Jesus Christ. Looks like Van has helped me fracture the space/time continuum. 

It comes to us all, I guess. 

Need to update my Glastonbury pecking order, work out where they sit. 

[Superscally]

2 hours ago, NorthernSoul52 said:

It comes to us all, I guess. 

Need to update my Glastonbury pecking order, work out where they sit. 

Somewhere between Blur '09 and Elton...

[northernangel]

22 hours ago, VCK2 said:

Yeah but he's a white male so his music automatically sucks.

Racism? Nice! If this was said about a black man the world goes mad!

[NorthernSoul52]

7 hours ago, Superscally said:

Somewhere between Blur '09 and Elton...

Elton should have brought Van out for Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word. 

[K2SO]

1 hour ago, northernangel said:

Racism? Nice! If this was said about a black man the world goes mad!

I think that is the joke

[VCK2]

2 hours ago, northernangel said:

Racism? Nice! If this was said about a black man the world goes mad!

I'm not being racist, I'm just being prejudiced and discriminating against him which is okay.

[northernangel]

1 hour ago, K2SO said:

I think that is the joke

So someone came on here and said Travis Scott, Stormzy, Drake, Kendrick etc automatically suck then the attitude is different?

It wasn't a joke. 

[kalifire]

End of that discussion.

Back to headliner talk 👍

[thewomble]

On 11/24/2023 at 5:37 PM, Kaboom Boxer said:

Really liking that Reading/Leeds line up. Just a shame I’m too old at 36. 

😂 Exactly how me and my group of friends feel as 30 year olds but we're taking the plunge and heading back next year. Last went in 2022 and felt ancient

[glimmers_of_hope]

I think Lana and Fred will be great at Reading festival next year but yeah, I'll be 44 at that point.  No way I'm going to go to Reading festival at that age.  I would be interested to know whether anyone has recent experience going to Reading as an older music fan.  Last time I went was 2011 when Pulp/Strokes headlined and even then just did a day as my wife was pregnant.

[Hugh Jass II]

8 minutes ago, glimmers_of_hope said:

I think Lana and Fred will be great at Reading festival next year but yeah, I'll be 44 at that point.  No way I'm going to go to Reading festival at that age.  I would be interested to know whether anyone has recent experience going to Reading as an older music fan.  Last time I went was 2011 when Pulp/Strokes headlined and even then just did a day as my wife was pregnant.

Did a day there last year (2022) aged 40, it was fine. I mean I felt ancient compared to everyone else there but it's not there was any hassle or anything.

Edited November 27, 2023 by Hugh Jass II

[Gnomicide]

9 minutes ago, glimmers_of_hope said:

I think Lana and Fred will be great at Reading festival next year but yeah, I'll be 44 at that point.  No way I'm going to go to Reading festival at that age.  I would be interested to know whether anyone has recent experience going to Reading as an older music fan.  Last time I went was 2011 when Pulp/Strokes headlined and even then just did a day as my wife was pregnant.

Paging @Avalon_Fields

[northernangel]

18 minutes ago, glimmers_of_hope said:

I think Lana and Fred will be great at Reading festival next year but yeah, I'll be 44 at that point.  No way I'm going to go to Reading festival at that age.  I would be interested to know whether anyone has recent experience going to Reading as an older music fan.  Last time I went was 2011 when Pulp/Strokes headlined and even then just did a day as my wife was pregnant.

Yeah it's okay for a day, I've been at mid 30s and over and generally just kept my distance. I've got further in a slam dunk for example which has been similar age/crazy but i know I'm going home end of the day/weather is generally okay. I'm wondering where Paramore are going to end up this year though unless the Taylor support is their only showing. I had this as nailed on and don't see the point in them returning next year 3 years aftee the album is out as they didn't need big support slots to headline. 

Edited November 27, 2023 by northernangel