2024 Headliners

[On The Blend]

47 minutes ago, Colorblindjames said:

Cave however can get in the bin now as far as I’m concerned. 

Now now, we’ll be having none of that kind of talk

 

[NorthernSoul52]

6 hours ago, Superscally said:

The only logical replacement for Madonna is Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds

Yes.

[tomf3]

6 hours ago, Porcelina said:

The festival going for Stevie over here is so conservative that it's almost detrimental to the brand. The festival transitioned to the millennial crowd extremely well, but there's not very much to get excited about on the rumours if you're at 20 year old at uni - which was when me and my friends all became lifelong customers.

 

Ha how ridiculous. How can you say that about Stevie with no mention of Coldplay being booked for the 4th time? Given their history and how readily available they constantly seem to be,  they're objectively the most conservative booking they could possibly make at this stage.

[dotdash79]

1 hour ago, Kaboom Boxer said:

I’ll be at that show. Has it been confirmed that they’re playing those albums in full?

 

[discgoesmic]

1 hour ago, Kaboom Boxer said:

I’ll be at that show. Has it been confirmed that they’re playing those albums in full?

Yep! Confirmed on Twitter and also by email. I last saw them in 2012 as a surprise gig at Reading Festival, so it’s been too long 😎

[northernangel]

4 hours ago, MEGABOWL said:

Yes for me. But that sort of ‘strong sub, not Top Tier headliner’ position. 

Yeah I don't think ticket wise or not she's ready yet. She just doesn't have the material to do a headline length set without virtually doing two albums in full. She could however be a special guest booking as said as long as Emily doesn't announce it and then big up what she is, she said double headliner or whatever.

3 hours ago, MEGABOWL said:

She should have been higher than she was in 2022 but subbing? Nah that’s about right this year, an album later. The line up as a whole will be full of music for younger people. Like Dua Lipa (and in fact judging by last time I saw them, Coldplay).

This is kinda answered above too.

[charlierc]

8 hours ago, philipsteak said:

Definitely at some point in the next 5 months 

Good to know there's an answer to the questions on our minds.

[Glastozone]

Just saw that someone on Discord that Madonna’s back on, probably as realistic as Oliver Rodrigo headlining.

[stuie]

22 minutes ago, Glastozone said:

Just saw that someone on Discord that Madonna’s back on, probably as realistic as Oliver Rodrigo headlining.

She was never off. 

IMO. 

[Superscally]

7 hours ago, Stokesy10 said:

If you were to suggest a few albums of Nick Cave's, what would they be? I tried to start from the beginning a while back (already knew a handful of tracks), but really could not get into it at all. Willing to revisit. 

Real tricky thing as he's kinda crossed a good few styles. The last three (plus the semi solo "Carnage") are a masterpiece trilogy, but very involved and deep. Jubilee Street from Push the Sky Away is great on record, but live it's an incredible experience. My personal favourite album is The Boatmans Call.

Try this greatest hits (with all the controversies that greatest hits bring) to see what grabs you, then dive deeper. 

My shocker omissions here are Straight to You and Midnight Man, so check them out. Listen to Carny, but it's just too MAD for me. Then after this, try the album trilogy

Push The Sky Away

Skeleton Tree

Ghosted

(+ Carnage 😉)

Also...he's got two films that really help you "get" him 

20000 Days on Earth

One More Time With Feeling

If you could watch those two after your first "pass through" of the greatest hits... You're there 🥰

[sokkovokna]

2 hours ago, northernangel said:

She just doesn't have the material to do a headline length set without virtually doing two albums in full.

I don't get this argument. Just straight out of my head. Oasis 1995: one album. Coldplay 2002: one album. Arctic Monkeys 2007: two albums. Stormzy 2019: one album. Billie Eilish 2022: two albums.

[gfa]

7 hours ago, Acoustic Blanket said:

I too am an account with hardly any posts, so my info must be totally true:

 

Underworld, headlining Other, Sunday

 

you heard it here first.

There's no way Underworld are an Other headliner in 2024.

Proper glastonbudget booking that

[Superscally]

1 hour ago, sokkovokna said:

I don't get this argument. Just straight out of my head. Oasis 1995: one album. Coldplay 2002: one album. Arctic Monkeys 2007: two albums. Stormzy 2019: one album. Billie Eilish 2022: two albums.

The only comparison here is Billie. All the others had almost unprecedented levels of UK specific hype before they headlined, which unfortunately also gave us M*mford. I think Billie had more hype too. O-Rod is good...but those levels? I dunno. She'll do a decent job as her tunes are solid, but I can understand the reasons for her not getting it.

[northernangel]

1 hour ago, sokkovokna said:

I don't get this argument. Just straight out of my head. Oasis 1995: one album. Coldplay 2002: one album. Arctic Monkeys 2007: two albums. Stormzy 2019: one album. Billie Eilish 2022: two albums.

Coldplay two albums longer than Olivia's, Parachutes was 2000.

Oasis did it with a second album coming and played load of material off it. Both albums much longer overall than Olivia.

Didn't Arctics not go down as underwhelming?, not ready? They played 21 songs with 19 being out of the whole 25 of their two albums. Had they not have included a Shirley Bassey cover and Dizzee cover, that would be 4 short of their whole two albums...might as well have called in two albums shows already.

Stormzy similarly has a second album coming making his set workable easier. But I'm giving views on him anyway. 

Billie also had two albums covering a greater time than Olivia.

[sokkovokna]

25 minutes ago, Superscally said:

The only comparison here is Billie. All the others had almost unprecedented levels of UK specific hype before they headlined, which unfortunately also gave us M*mford. I think Billie had more hype too. O-Rod is good...but those levels? I dunno. She'll do a decent job as her tunes are solid, but I can understand the reasons for her not getting it.

I agree with all you are saying. But you are talking about "hype" now. I was talking about the other poster's argument about how much material an artist has available to play in their set. So no, in view of how many albums/material, Billie is not the only comparison. In other aspects maybe yes.

Edited January 28 by sokkovokna

[sokkovokna]

31 minutes ago, northernangel said:

Coldplay two albums longer than Olivia's, Parachutes was 2000.

A Rush of Blood to the Head was not released yet. Not even a single. First single "In My Place" came 5 August 2002. And Yes, I know they played songs of it in their set. But the public did not know any of those songs. They got a headline slot (as a replacement but even then) with only one album of 40 minutes of known songs.

Edited January 28 by sokkovokna

[sokkovokna]

Olivia Rodrigo has 1 hour 20 minutes of material (two albums + two popular non-album songs). That is if you play them song after song, but live there are time gaps between songs. With one or two special guests, Avril Lavigne for example who will be around, she can definitely fill a 1 hour and 30/40 minutes set.

[northernangel]

7 hours ago, sokkovokna said:

A Rush of Blood to the Head was not released yet. Not even a single. First single "In My Place" came 5 August 2002. And Yes, I know they played songs of it in their set. But the public did not know any of those songs. They got a headline slot (as a replacement but even then) with only one album of 40 minutes of known songs.

So you've tried string a debate together about a band needed as a replacement? Doesn't matter if it was out then, Coldplay finished on a song in 2011 that no one had heard of lol. Ao as a band to replace, they included material earlier and made do.

6 hours ago, sokkovokna said:

Olivia Rodrigo has 1 hour 20 minutes of material (two albums + two popular non-album songs). That is if you play them song after song, but live there are time gaps between songs. With one or two special guests, Avril Lavigne for example who will be around, she can definitely fill a 1 hour and 30/40 minutes set.

There isn't time gap between every song. So take your 1hr 20 minutes, extend the talking time to bring it to 1hr 30 for eg and include the Avril cover taking one song off of her albums to do that. Again...it's not a headline set of touring her first two albums. If she hasld longer albums tipping 1hr 30 on their own then I'd say different. One of the first argument against it ages ago by someone was her doing too shorter shows and she has a shorter album lol

[Ayrshire Chris]

1 hour ago, northernangel said:

So you've tried string a debate together about a band needed as a replacement? Doesn't matter if it was out then, Coldplay finished on a song in 2011 that no one had heard of lol. Ao as a band to replace, they included material earlier and made do.

There isn't time gap between every song. So take your 1hr 20 minutes, extend the talking time to bring it to 1hr 30 for eg and include the Avril cover taking one song off of her albums to do that. Again...it's not a headline set of touring her first two albums. If she hasld longer albums tipping 1hr 30 on their own then I'd say different. One of the first argument against it ages ago by someone was her doing too shorter shows and she has a shorter album lol

Chris Martin as a guest would soon pad it out. 

[northernangel]

1 hour ago, Ayrshire Chris said:

Chris Martin as a guest would soon pad it out. 

It would a bit yes but I'd not want it that I needed someone to come out with me. If you are top line itself the  it doesn't matter. I can see it being like a 1hr 20 minute set. But you can just have your set with numerous guests and covers needed to pad the time out.

[Alvoram]

Well... The Danish don't like her, so maybe there's something to this 'not enough hype' stuff... 

[Euphoricape]

18 hours ago, Acoustic Blanket said:

I too am an account with hardly any posts, so my info must be totally true:

 

Underworld, headlining Other, Sunday

 

you heard it here first.

I would be very happy if true. 

[charlierc]

11 hours ago, northernangel said:

Didn't Arctics not go down as underwhelming?, not ready? They played 21 songs with 19 being out of the whole 25 of their two albums. Had they not have included a Shirley Bassey cover and Dizzee cover, that would be 4 short of their whole two albums...might as well have called in two albums shows already.

I thought the issue with both that slot and The Killers the day after was that tweaks to the Pyramid's sound system made it much quieter.

Certainly AM's 2013 slot was much better having watched both online.

[nikkic]

11 hours ago, gfa said:

There's no way Underworld are an Other headliner in 2024.

Proper glastonbudget booking that

Yep. They’ve not been that level for ages. 

 

[northernangel]

40 minutes ago, Euphoricape said:

I would be very happy if true. 

I guarantee it's not. WHs Sunday maybe but Other is well beyond now.

25 minutes ago, charlierc said:

I thought the issue with both that slot and The Killers the day after was that tweaks to the Pyramid's sound system made it much quieter.

Certainly AM's 2013 slot was much better having watched both online.

The sound system shouldn't be an issue to whether the band have the material or not. There was certainly a surprise when both of those were given the headline slots that early and I don't believe the same similarly has ever happened on a single year since.

Yeah 2013 was great.

At 19 though, Olivia can do a (headline set length in second) and easily return to be on top in a few years etc. She might take that option because say Reading get her next year and trajectory did fall....it is much harder to then get that but this way everyone wins.

There are bands that have done headline sets generally before with less time. I'm sure I heard BMTH and Kendrick Lamar were two that have short headline sets? I've seen Eminem at a festival before barely scraping 1hr 25.