2025 Headliners

[NorthernSoul52]

Yeah, she's engaged to the drummer George Daniel. He also produced a chunk of brat to boot.

 

I don't think we will have had in the same year. Obviously we've had Jay-Z and Beyonce headline in different years.

[stuie]

14 hours ago, Skip997 said:

This 

 

Likely top five ever 

 

Charli XCX? 

Am I following the thread right? 

 

I last saw her play to a mostly disinterested field at All Points East in 2022.  What happened to make her a top 5 pyramid headliner? 🙂 

[NorthernSoul52]

Just now, stuie said:

 

Charli XCX? 

Am I following the thread right? 

 

I last saw her play to a mostly disinterested field at All Points East in 2022.  What happened to make her a top 5 pyramid headliner? 🙂 

brat, I guess. By some margin her most commercially successful album, and her most critically acclaimed.

 

But I think we'll have a better handle on what a Charli XCX live show looks like come next week, given the US tour was very much a collaborative affair.

 

For me, she's the rung below right now. An Other bill-topper, a Pyramid sub, the lower half of a R+L co-headliner. It's not to say that she doesn't step further up. Maintain the hype and momentum through the fallow year, I can buy her as a credible 2027 option.

[fraybentos1]

1 minute ago, stuie said:

 

Charli XCX? 

Am I following the thread right? 

 

I last saw her play to a mostly disinterested field at All Points East in 2022.  What happened to make her a top 5 pyramid headliner? 🙂 

I don't agree with the top 5 thing but she has become gigantic off the back of Brat. Hype and marketing.

[Talcroft]

Tbf, Brat is a phenomenal album. She has some bangers and has come up 'the right way' - pretty sure I first saw her at glasto around 2009 or 10.

[NorthernSoul52]

The machine has been absolutely churning behind her. It's done the job - though it definitely helps some of those tracks are as infectious as heck.

[fraybentos1]

25 minutes ago, Ben7amin_ said:

Would Taylor showing up be completely ridiculous, I mean I do not think she will do a headline slot -  But could she show up during O-Rod set?  

No, her and O rod have had a fall out 

[NorthernSoul52]

Just now, fraybentos1 said:

No, her and O rod have had a fall out 

Is it me or does Taylor Swift fall out with people quite a lot? I am aware that the size of her public platform puts her under immense scrutiny and strain, but she does appear to be prone to this.

[itsfomas]

4 minutes ago, stuie said:

 

Charli XCX? 

Am I following the thread right? 

 

I last saw her play to a mostly disinterested field at All Points East in 2022.  What happened to make her a top 5 pyramid headliner? 🙂 

Saw Charli headline glasto in 2022 and it was a 10/10 show.

[NorthernSoul52]

Just now, itsfomas said:

Saw Charli headline glasto in 2022 and it was a 10/10 show.

Being under the tent probably helped a bit there. Not dismissing it being a full-marks affair! But imagine it probably helped give it a quote-unquote "clubby" feel.

[Ben7amin_]

5 minutes ago, fraybentos1 said:

No, her and O rod have had a fall out 

 

Were they not beeing matey at the Grammys a few months ago - or has something happened since then

[Justcalledtosay]

I just do not get the Charli XCX hype at all. i've ran through brat a few times and i just don't get it.

[NorthernSoul52]

360 is among my tunes of the year so far. Just bubblegum gone dirty.

 

I will say that a lot of the hype for CXCX seems to be her qualities as a lyricist. I think it's more hit-and-miss there - she's very postmodern, in that The 1975 way, but it also can leave it feeling pretty faux-arch to a point.

[efcfanwirral]

15 minutes ago, itsfomas said:

Saw Charli headline glasto in 2022 and it was a 10/10 show.

 

14 minutes ago, NorthernSoul52 said:

Being under the tent probably helped a bit there. Not dismissing it being a full-marks affair! But imagine it probably helped give it a quote-unquote "clubby" feel.

One thing it was not though, is packed out (probably felt it at the front, but was not further back, we walked in easily a few songs in). I haven't listened to one song from this new album, and would be elsewhere, but I think she's an obvious choice to headline based on this past year

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[Skip997]

27 minutes ago, stuie said:

 

Charli XCX? 

Am I following the thread right? 

 

I last saw her play to a mostly disinterested field at All Points East in 2022.  What happened to make her a top 5 pyramid headliner? 🙂 

Thought we were talking about Gaga

[NorthernSoul52]

8 minutes ago, efcfanwirral said:

I think she's an obvious choice to headline based on this past year

The Pyramid?

[NorthernSoul52]

2 minutes ago, Skip997 said:

Thought we were talking about Gaga

We're talking about everybody, I think.

[Rose-Colored Boy]

23 minutes ago, Justcalledtosay said:

I just do not get the Charli XCX hype at all. i've ran through brat a few times and i just don't get it.

Agree. Really liked the album she did before that - Beg For You is great - but Brat just did not do it for me at all. 

[henry bear]

32 minutes ago, NorthernSoul52 said:

Is it me or does Taylor Swift fall out with people quite a lot? 

We’re certainly not on speaking terms. I don’t know what I did

[InSomeRainbows]

51 minutes ago, NorthernSoul52 said:

 

Can't see them legging Charli XCX up to headline this time around unless all of Fred again, Sam Fender and The 1975 have turned it down. Know it is another female headliner in a pool where the festival are determined to do better, but she's a very strong sub or Other bill-topper to me as it stands.

 

But Biffy Clyro would be excellent counter-booking if she did headline.

 

Yeah that's a fair read. I'm mostly going off places like Primavera/Pinkpop. She's got a pretty hefty discography, history with the festival and she is one of the most talked about artists this year. Add to that she's British and female, and it seems like a pretty safeish bet to me. 

 

Maybe I'm a bit naive to Fred, because while I'm aware of him being 'massive', I only know one song and in my mind he doesn't have enough heft behind his popularity, if that makes sense. 

 

1975 are inevitable, at some stage. 

 

 

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[efcfanwirral]

11 minutes ago, NorthernSoul52 said:

The Pyramid?

Yeah, especially if they want to appeal to a newer generation. 

[RosaAG]

38 minutes ago, Ben7amin_ said:

 

¿No se portaron bien en los Grammy hace unos meses? ¿O ha sucedido algo desde entonces?

 

Olivia has apparently said again that she was hurt by the credit issue with Deja Vu. On top of that, Sabrina was the opening act on the Eras tour and some of the Grudge lyrics are said to be dedicated to Taylor. It doesn't sound like they're close.

[Rose-Colored Boy]

6 minutes ago, RosaAG said:

 

some of the Grudge lyrics are said to be dedicated to Taylor

If this is true.. yikes 😮 

[RosaAG]

51 minutes ago, NorthernSoul52 said:

360 is among my tunes of the year so far. Just bubblegum gone dirty.

 

I will say that a lot of the hype for CXCX seems to be her qualities as a lyricist. I think it's more hit-and-miss there - she's very postmodern, in that The 1975 way, but it also can leave it feeling pretty faux-arch to a point.

 

And an exquisite production! The thing about Charli is that she has always been considered a headliner by the public rather than the industry. The critical acclaim came after Brat.

Last year she presented Brat for the first time at Primavera and it was one of those concerts that you keep remembering over the years. The stage on which it was scheduled was too small, perhaps that's why she's the headliner for 2025. At this point she is going to be registered in Barcelona lmao

I'd love to see her as a sub at Glasto. 

[FKA SOSOTWS]

1 hour ago, NorthernSoul52 said:

Is it me or does Taylor Swift fall out with people quite a lot? I am aware that the size of her public platform puts her under immense scrutiny and strain, but she does appear to be prone to this.

 

Acting as a ruthless businesswoman with a perpetual victim narrative will do that.