2025 Headliners

[scatteredscreens]

If you are reading those dates as anything other than ruled out you need to give your head a wobble.

[rwoo]

Still dreaming of seeing the Piano Man on the farm 🎹 

[wro_lap]

Think we all knew this, but that's the Boss pretty safely ruled out by his tour dates 😞

 

And with 2026 being a fallow year, it makes me wonder whether that's him ruled out of ever returning. It was always a long shot, but will they punt on a 77-year-old Springsteen to come back and smash a set on the Farm? I know McCartney was older, but...

[CaledonianGonzo]

He's been in Europe three summers on the bounce now and it's not happened.  Doesn't exactly vibe like it's likely.

[The Nal]

He doesn't do a lot of festivals and tbh I think a lot of non fans are lost for large parts of his gigs anyway.

 

 

[CaledonianGonzo]

50% of his audience on El Pointo baffled he didn't spend the gig just doing Born In The USA and Dancing In The Dark in rotation.

[wro_lap]

Yeah, three summers on the trot we've been hoping for it and not gotten it. Feels a bit last chance saloon

[CaledonianGonzo]

On the plus side, you'll get to experience Eminem rapping his thoughts on the seating arrangements at the 1999 MTV awards.

[kalifire]

2 hours ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

On the plus side, you'll get to experience Eminem rapping his thoughts on the seating arrangements at the 1999 MTV awards.

I’d take him over Brucie still hawking his last decent decades-old album to an audience of barely interested die hards. 

[CaledonianGonzo]

For that to work Eminem would have to have a decent recent album.

 

Or some die hards.

[kalifire]

He doesn’t need a decent album, just a good number of hits. He has that. They pale in comparison to what’s not good, but there’s enough since the classics to produce a killer set, and legendary if he includes guests. 

[CaledonianGonzo]

He's got half an hour's worth, sure.  And if he brings out Dre and Snoop and turns it into a West Coast Greatest Hits affair it'll be great.  Don't have much confidence in the latter happening though.  If its just some c**t from D12 noone's gonna give a fiddlers.

[stuie]

Oh are we back to Eminem again? It’s not happening. Emily isn’t that desperate.

[CaledonianGonzo]

Maybe Emily is also driven by animosity to late Superman star Christopher Reeves?

[Quark]

For songs the wider crowd and general punters would know, Eminem. But I don't think that's because he's got "more hits" than Springsteen, it's just that his are more recent and more likely to be known by the demographic.

 

In that respect he probably would go down better.

 

But talking about hawking a decades-old album, Eminem's set would be heavily reliant on tracks from 1999-2004 to get the crowd going, so not sure that's really an argument.

 

[Suprefan]

3 hours ago, stuie said:

Oh are we back to Eminem again? It’s not happening. Emily isn’t that desperate.

 

Got desperate to book Sza, so yeah...

[Crazyfool01]

27 minutes ago, Suprefan said:

 

Got desperate to book Sza, so yeah...

its only just October so doubt there is any panic at worthy farm  just yet . 

Edited 4 hours ago by Crazyfool01

[stuie]

27 minutes ago, Suprefan said:

Got desperate to book Sza, so yeah...

 

I think it's universally accepted that she wasn't booked as Pyramid headliner and she was bumped up. 

But yeah, they should have known better - after all she was paid a gazillion pound to stink out Coachella before.

[RutgerGM]

1 hour ago, Suprefan said:

 

Got desperate to book Sza, so yeah...

But SZA is a woman. Emily definitely needed a woman as third headliner, after the comments they got after the all male-headliners in 2023.

 

I think we can at least expect 2 female headliners as well next year, so neither Eminem or Bruce will be playing I guess.

[Suprefan]

2 hours ago, stuie said:

 

I think it's universally accepted that she wasn't booked as Pyramid headliner and she was bumped up. 

But yeah, they should have known better - after all she was paid a gazillion pound to stink out Coachella before.

 

you mean when she was late and then got cut off? And she only had the song from Black Panther out which had broke her to the mainstream btw. Sorry, goal posts got moved for ya.

[Suprefan]

1 hour ago, RutgerGM said:

But SZA is a woman. Emily definitely needed a woman as third headliner, after the comments they got after the all male-headliners in 2023.

 

I think we can at least expect 2 female headliners as well next year, so neither Eminem or Bruce will be playing I guess.

remember thats on Emily for saying she was gonna have 2 female names. She keeps wanting to push the 3 female headliner thing which is perfectly fine. But dont tip your hand so you back yourself into a corner. If she had never said 2 female names for 2024 then it just wouldnt have been such a huge fuss.

 

 

speaking of females who are difficult. Dont trust Lauryn Hill at all. Turning down $5 million over a last minute booking? Take the money and run

[CaledonianGonzo]

Just now, Suprefan said:

remember thats on Emily for saying she was gonna have 2 female names. She keeps wanting to push the 3 female headliner thing which is perfectly fine. But dont tip your hand so you back yourself into a corner. If she had never said 2 female names for 2024 then it just wouldnt have been such a huge fuss.

 

 

 

 

She never said this.

[NorthernSoul52]

Springsteen missing is a shame, but he's been and done it. Not the end of the world. 

[stuie]

50 minutes ago, Suprefan said:

you mean when she was late and then got cut off? And she only had the song from Black Panther out which had broke her to the mainstream btw. Sorry, goal posts got moved for ya.

I don’t even understand your sarcasm mate. Who moved the goal posts? Actually, don’t bother explaining, cheers. 

[fraybentos1]

1 hour ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

 

She never said this.

she brought up 2 female headliners for 2024 unprompted in the podcast.