2025 Headliners

[Wildglastotheo]

6 minutes ago, NorthernSoul52 said:

She does like to get them ironed out in advance. I fully expect that Rodrigo was pencilled in potentially before this year's festival - and potentially if The 1975 were booked in 2021 originally, they may well have been somewhere floating in the mix still, especially after two sold-out arena runs in 2023 and 2024.

 

Fender was the kind who you'd have looked at his sub slot and started making the necessary arrangements, providing he didn't bomb the next album. Which, based on People Watching's single trajectory, seems like he won't.

 

Yeah and O-Rod had a blatant GSH last year but was no-where to be seen, Dua Lipa had the same the year before that.

Perhaps this type of headliner 'on the way up', makes themselves available for the Glastonbury dates over 2-3 years as part of the agreement? as some sort of insurance to step in in case of emergency. (like e.g. if Dua Lipa did something to disgrace herself before 2024 announcement, O-Rod would have been bumped up a year)

Sam Fender could be next in after O-Rod

[NorthernSoul52]

Seems like it could be conceivable, but also a bit of a bugger for an artist if they never get the nod despite being in prime territory.

 

Re: Loyle Carner - The 1975 were supposedly on hiatus too, though no idea how long for.

[Nobody Interesting]

11 minutes ago, Cooperman83 said:

I dont know anything other than what I was told yesterday.  Might be bollocks but the source is very close to the artist.

 

Would a festival show be classed as touring - so not touring might well be true as might headlining a festival.

[Nobby's Old Boots]

47 minutes ago, Wildglastotheo said:

I find it hard to believe there won't be a repeat headliner in the trio...
Therefore I think we must consider one of these -  Foo Fighters, Kasabian, maybe even Florence and the machine etc. The Killers, - but actually Stevie Wonder is most-likely the one?

Also - another thought occurring to me - is Madonna out of the question? - I get the feeling that Madonna is an act that actually would benefit from Glastonbury headline slot - she has lost a lot of her 'street cred' over the past decade or so and her personality seems to be someone who wants to remain on top. - she did a free show in Brazil, so she's not against doing shows for low money. perhaps the great pull-out of 2024, was a postponement to 2025?

That being said I think we are looking at 

 ?Fred again? / 1975? - Olivia Rodrigo - Stevie Wonder

 

Kasabian are not headlining Glastonbury ever again.

[Wildglastotheo]

Just now, Nobby's Old Boots said:

Kasabian are not headlining Glastonbury ever again.

😂😂 why?

[NorthernSoul52]

Kasabian? At this time of year, at this type of festival, in this part of the country, localised entirely atop the Pyramid Stage?

[Nobby's Old Boots]

1 minute ago, Wildglastotheo said:

😂😂 why?

Source: common sense.

[lendan]

1 hour ago, Davebrown said:

Rolling Stones?

Would love this to happen. Rumours of a  European tour next year

[Wildglastotheo]

Just now, Nobby's Old Boots said:

Source: common sense.

😂😂🍻 

[NorthernSoul52]

I think the Stones are likely a one-and-done, but you never do know.

 

Honestly, know it has not set these boards alight, but think The 1975, Olivia Rodrigo and Sam Fender is a good trio. All got the live reputations, all have some singalongs in their back pocket, all have the cultural currency. They'd do it justice.

[JonSnow]

[mufcok]

Wasn't there word that Kasabian would be somewhere on the bill this year, off the back of their Woodsies slot last year?

 

*I may have imagined that* 

[NorthernSoul52]

1 minute ago, JonSnow said:

🤣🤣🤣

[NorthernSoul52]

Just now, mufcok said:

Wasn't there word that Kasabian would be somewhere on the bill this year, off the back of their Woodsies slot last year?

 

*I may have imagined that* 

Might have been. We talk enough nonsense on this site that somebody will have given word on everything at some point.

[Wildglastotheo]

6 minutes ago, Nobby's Old Boots said:

Source: common sense.

Do you think common sense has that much impact on the headliners that end up being chosen? 
 

a lot of the time it feel very rogue - and then after it’s happened completely justified

[NorthernSoul52]

I'd say common sense definitely plays a part.

 

SZA may not have been a rousing success re: numbers this year, but the facts and figures backed her up as being big enough to the job in terms of data.

 

The miscalculation came in likely not being enough crossover to a typical Glastonbury audience, playing on a Sunday night and having several other big names top the stages against her.

[Rose-Colored Boy]

Sooner have Biffy Clyro than Kasabian, if we’re talking overbearing British bands that last had a hit in 2010. 

[NorthernSoul52]

Technically, Re-Arrange is a certified hit for Biffy Clyro. Which is a bit... odd.

[efcfanwirral]

36 minutes ago, mufcok said:

Wasn't there word that Kasabian would be somewhere on the bill this year, off the back of their Woodsies slot last year?

 

*I may have imagined that* 

I hope they do play, they'd be a great Other headliner against a DJ, pop or rap artist. I saw them the other day and it was amazing, far better than when they headlined the Pyramid with the old singer. 

[NorthernSoul52]

Nothing against sticking Kasabian on against Stevie Wonder if he's headlining. But not a Pyramid topper for me in this day and age.

[Rose-Colored Boy]

17 minutes ago, NorthernSoul52 said:

Technically, Re-Arrange is a certified hit for Biffy Clyro. Which is a bit... odd.

I’ll give them Biblical, which I’d forgotten existed, but anything after that is an absolute no. 

[Johndenis]

As always, some entertainingly mad chat in this thread.

• is O Rod 99% confirmed?  
• I don't think Foos/Dirty Dave will be in a rush to play.
• 1975 feel a wee bit past their peak?  Fender makes more sense, he is peaking.  Can't see it being both.
• I've no doubt they have asked Stevie Wonder, but does he even play full gigs anymore?  I'm sure he did Hyde Park a few years ago as a "party" with the DJ intermissions.
• Feels like Madonna has definitively said no, maybe some time ago.
• Florence's window closed around a decade ago!
• I could see Kasabian heading Other, surely that's part of why they played Woodsies.
• There will have been a rethink on going off filling the o2 a few times and having huge Spotify numbers as justification for a headliner.  In saying that, the scheduling/programming on Sunday 2023 was of course a baffling car crash and set SZA up to fail.

[NorthernSoul52]

1 minute ago, Rose-Colored Boy said:

I’ll give them Biblical, which I’d forgotten existed, but anything after that is an absolute no. 

 

Space streamed very well too, when I think about it.

[NorthernSoul52]

1 minute ago, Johndenis said:

As always, some entertainingly mad chat in this thread.

• is O Rod 99% confirmed?  
• I don't think Foos/Dirty Dave will be in a rush to play.
• 1975 feel a wee bit past their peak?  Fender makes more sense, he is peaking.  Can't see it being both.
• I've no doubt they have asked Stevie Wonder, but does he even play full gigs anymore?  I'm sure he did Hyde Park a few years ago as a "party" with the DJ intermissions.
• Feels like Madonna has definitively said no, maybe some time ago.
• Florence's window closed around a decade ago!
• I could see Kasabian heading Other, surely that's part of why they played Woodsies.
• There will have been a rethink on going off filling the o2 a few times and having huge Spotify numbers as justification for a headliner.  In saying that, the scheduling/programming on Sunday 2023 was of course a baffling car crash and set SZA up to fail.

In order:

 

+ Olivia Rodrigo is not confirmed by any stretch - nobody is until the official announcement - but all signs and chat point to it.

+ I doubt Foo Fighters will be there, though I don't think Dave's affair will torpedo their long-term relationship with the festival. A credible shout for after the fallow year if they want.

+ The 1975 effectively rebounded from their commercial low with their last record, and have two sold-out arena tours in back-to-back years, plus a bunch of certified singles. They're possibly not at the absolute peak anymore, but they're big enough.

+ Stevie Wonder just did a full US tour, though how much of it relied on special guests or DJ segments, I cannot tell you. 

+ Madonna seemed to bail on this year, but whether that was with a hard no for the future, we don't know.

+ Florence + The Machine did sell out their last UK tour pretty quickly, and the record did decent numbers. But it would feel lower than anyone else they appear to have.

+ Kasabian would fit for the Other stage, especially as counter-programming to Rodrigo.

+ I'm not necessarily sure there will be an outright dismissal of such sales, but there will likely be some further consideration for where an act's overall figures fall in the landscape of a Glastonbury audience. SZA was in a rock and a hard place too; Dua was already signed for the Friday, and she had her own BST show on the Saturday.

[WhoOdyssey]

The 1975's 2022-23 album and tour run have certainly felt like their commercial peak to me, and that may well continue with their next one.