2025 Headliners

[chew the fat]

Anyone got a link to The Post

[NorthernSoul52]

Fender would go over fine with a Glastonbury crowd. That's surely not in doubt, is it?

[CaledonianGonzo]

2 minutes ago, NorthernSoul52 said:

Fender would go over fine with a Glastonbury crowd. That's surely not in doubt, is it?

 

"Fine" is hardly what you want from the world's best festival though.

[NorthernSoul52]

He'll draw a crowd, they'll mostly enjoy it, it'll appear good on the telly. Helps rebuild after SZA, surely.

[ClementsMike]

Fender will be at peak Fender levels next summer. Just right for a headline slot. I would really imagine he will go the way of Stormzy, Bugg etc who have taken a top spot that is not to be repeated. As I previously posted, he is a gift next year if it comes off.

[incident]

17 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

"Fine" is hardly what you want from the world's best festival though.

 

It's what most headliners deliver. There or thereabouts. The all-timers (or stinkers, for that matter) are a minority.

[Gnomicide]

29 minutes ago, chew the fat said:

Anyone got a link to The Post

 

https://www.efestivals.co.uk/forums/topic/250334-2025-headliners/?do=findComment&comment=6822395

 

[Gingerfish79]

26 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

 

"Fine" is hardly what you want from the world's best festival though.

There's been a lot of that going about over recent editions though.

[Avalon_Fields]

On 9/8/2024 at 10:36 AM, westholtschic said:

Where is this from please?

We know nothing other than it was a one-off post from an unknown person on here. I guess it's got legs because some of it's likely to be correct, some is plausible...and in the absence of much else it's something to cling to.

[fraybentos1]

14 minutes ago, Gnomicide said:

 

https://www.efestivals.co.uk/forums/topic/250334-2025-headliners/?do=findComment&comment=6822395

 

did someone not work out the code at the bottom translates to basically saying it's made up? It's a mix of rumours on here essentially and looks like it was AI created. 

[fraybentos1]

On 9/8/2024 at 10:20 AM, MarrigoldGloves said:

The Festival acknowledges that booking SZA was viewed as a mistake by many and is keen to learn from the small crowd, Contact has been made with her team post festival and the bookers are actually keen for SZA to return to the farm in the future although no actual plans are put in place at this point, the team don’t want SZA legacy with the festival to be perceived as a negative one. They will follow her career closely and it may be 10 or more years when she returns and as to what slot she occupies will entirely depend on career trajectory. 

 

There was emergency talk when Madonna pulled out about if Olivia Rodrigo could step in to take over and this would have been the festivals first choice, prior to speaking to Stevie Wonder who was at one point set to take over however health concerns meant that this was short lived due to health concerns.  However Olivia and her team wanted more time to prepare for a headline slot which has for some time been discussed and at time of writing has been agreed for the Friday headliner slot for 2025.  Although a young artist the booking team are more confident of her success due to her previous appearance at the festival being a success.  

 

The festival team has agreed that the best way to introduce big artists from the US that have quickly grown in popularity is by first pitching them in an afternoon slot on the Pyramid or Other prior to them headlining this was the mode used for Billie Eilish and is why the festival does not consider Olivia Rodrigo to be a risk. For this reason talks with breakout artists such as Chappell Roan or Sabrina Carpenter will be based around a festival debut appearance in an afternoon slot to gauge their success with Glastonbury crowds and not rushing them into a big slot, too early. 

 

The festival has not been in contact with Taylor Swift about headlining at anypoint since the festival cancellation this is not out of any negativity between the two teams but it's just not a possibility for Taylor in the immediate future, The Glastonbury team are hopeful that they can agree a lower than normal & cut with team Swift as her extremely high current fees would be out of reach for the festival and its thought that Taylor would still like to make the festival appearance once her current roadmap is cleared. 

 

Fred Again will headline Saturday at Glastonbury 2025, Prominent members of the Glastonbury booking team were on site at Reading festival to observe his show and are confident that he will be able to entertain a Pyramid crowd, the team is closely monitoring the growth in popularity of electronic music and will be using Fred Again’s headline set to establish if there may be future dance headliners on the Pyramid although at this point no names are mentioned. 

 

Oasis team have been non committal on any headline slot at Glastonbury in the coming years while completely ruling out 2025, there does not seem to be much interest in returning to the festival as the tour is mostly financial motivated and any benefits of playing Glastonbury such as increased streaming revenue has already been achieved by the reunion. However the answer is not yet officially no to a Glastonbury appearance at some point. 

 

From Pulp Jarvis Cocker specifically remains close to the festival booking team as an advisor on other musical acts but seemingly has ruled out any Pulp show on the farm. Pulp reunion has been enjoyed by the band a lot and they have prolonged the comeback longer than originally planned though they think there last show at Glastonbury is the one they want to be remembered for and so will most likely not play the festival again, though Jarvis will appear in some format to be determined at next year's festival. 

 

Rihanna is the booking team's strong leader to play the Sunday night headliner slot, the thinking after early departures last year they want the most prominent headline act to play the Sunday headliner slot this year and with two relatively new acts this will hopefully be Rihanna.  She has been on the festivals radar for many years and it was previously though financials might be a stumbling block it now appears that Rihanna is perhaps thinking of putting a lid on her musical career for good and wants to tick a last few boxes before an early retirement to focus on other ventures which includes an appearance at Glastonbury, She was very close to appearing at Glastonbury 2023 and remains keen.  

 

It's considered Stevie Wonder is considered as a good plan B to Rihanna though lingering health concerns last around if he could commit to such long shows again in the future.

 

Eminem is not a serious contender to headline despite media speculation, the booking team have discussed in the past and existing concerns remain in place. 

 

Lady Gaga is a name the festival would like to get, however her plans are not settling in as reasonable a time scale as the festival needs to lock in a headliner for next year. It looks like it's a no for 2025 however she remains a preferred target for future festivals. 

 

Sam Fender not on the booking teams radar for 2025, Sam is considered a headliner but with Olivia Rodrigo and Fred Again in the other two slots the festival would like to pursue more experienced targets, It seems Sam Fenders team would be prepared to consider a lessor slot on the farm but the festival team are drawn more towards him headline in 2027 or 2028. 

 

Bruce Springsteen content with his one headline appearance, has no plans to play again at this point. 

 

Little Simz sub headline slot was very positively received and the booking team are keen for her to be considered for a Pyramid Headline slot for a festival after the fallow year, though no formal talks have taken place.

 

IDLES after the other stage headline slot the festival booking team are keen to think a bit differently about how they size acts for stages - the local hero status of the band meaning they can perhaps take a larger slot than perhaps there current popularity suggests, however the festival team would prefer them to have headlined at Reading or Download prior to any serious consideration for a Pyramid headline slot. 

 

Kings Of Leon were a possibility of appearing last year however talks proved unfruitful and probably not likely to be seen at the festival again. 

 

Away from headliners at the festival the popularity of the Sugarbabes recent appearances has not gone unnoticed and the possibility of a regular Pop nostalgia slot has been discussed the key problems with this are about getting acts that are a consistent level of popularity likely to be trialed in 2025 with B*witched lined up to test. 

 

The answer to the question you have is 15,20,1,20,14,5,22,14,9

So the bit at the bottom translates to OTATNEVNI or INVENTATO, italian for invented and we are still discussing it months later 🤣 this was pointed out ages ago too

[Skip997]

1 hour ago, Ayrshire Chris said:

I reckon Sam Fender would appeal to the current demographics of the Glasto crowd,

The current demographics of the Pyramid crowd, probably 

[glimmers_of_hope]

Are people still talking about that made up nonsense? 😀

Can't believe it has had the legs that it has!

[northernangel]

2 hours ago, stuie said:

 

Should have gone to Justice. 

 

There's no Justice in that.

2 hours ago, kalifire said:

 

Assuming the other two headliners are O-Rod and Fred, Sam Fender as the third makes it a pretty average to weak set of three. Get someone with much more experience as a third and it looks far more balanced, imo. 
 

Fender isn’t an established stadium level act yet. By all accounts he will be next year, and with that under his belt in ‘27, he’d be a far stronger headliner. 

 

To be honest nor was Stormzy or The Cure when they did it. Stormzy hadn't even sold an arena tour and while The Cure were experienced....not in stadiums.

1 hour ago, kalifire said:

The Post, for one. 

 

I do think elements of this were early. I don't think Olivia for example was signed up to BST by this point.

1 hour ago, fraybentos1 said:

Personally think Sam Fender would be significantly better playing fresh on a new album in 2025 as opposed to potentially at the tail end of the same album in 2027. 

 

He would, but I think he'd be better as a first time headliner doing Glastonbury and then stadiums in 2026 myself. I don't think Fender was ever in the equation with him doing stadiums for the festival this year. Established as a fresh headliner there and both is a bit weaker.

[Crazyfool01]

7 minutes ago, glimmers_of_hope said:

Are people still talking about that made up nonsense? 😀

Can't believe it has had the legs that it has!

It’s got legs because some is accurate and some maybe a bit less so … most is also discussed on this thread anyway so it’s quite easy to link back to that as a singular point of reference given its broad scope rather than any individual other posts …. The more it’s talked about including the posts that dismiss it the more legs it gains . 

[NorthernSoul52]

Again, The Post will outlive us all.

[Simsy]

2 hours ago, kalifire said:

I don’t have an issue with headliners who I’d prefer not see headlining because I don’t want to be tethered to the Pyramid for three nights on the trot. I just don’t think Fender is likely alongside other rumours people seem quite convinced by. That trio wouldn’t be balanced like we’re used to seeing. You can prefer to believe my reasoning doesn’t add up, if that’s your opinion 😉

Agree that it's not balanced having 3 younger acts, but eg 2022 was unbalanced with no younger acts so not sure that would stop them. If that's who's around and willing to play, we might get 3 youngsters.

[Justcalledtosay]

46 minutes ago, fraybentos1 said:

So the bit at the bottom translates to OTATNEVNI or INVENTATO, italian for invented and we are still discussing it months later 🤣 this was pointed out ages ago too

...but B*Witched was the Rosetta Stone and now it's happening.

 

All Hail THE POST.

[efcfanwirral]

1 hour ago, NorthernSoul52 said:

He'll draw a crowd, they'll mostly enjoy it, it'll appear good on the telly. Helps rebuild after SZA, surely.

I think they'll have to consider the Sunday night very carefully. He'd get a big crowd Friday or Saturday, but when its that or a nice warm bed, especially if there's bad weather, I'm unsure whether he'd get quite as big a crowd on the Sunday. Or at least have some decent alternatives for people alongside him