2025 Headliners

[Splodge]

She’s just finishing a 150+ show mega tour, the most in demand and highest grossing of all time. To then get a one off show off the back of that, possibly the only one, would be absurd. It would generate one of the biggest “I was there” moments of all time.

Shes the biggest streaming artist on Spotify etc and it isn’t even close.

She’s got a massively wide popular appeal - from teens, the millennials who grew up with her music, plus now a much wider older audience now that ahe’s gone stratospheric with the eras tour.

It would essentially become a Taylor Swift takeover, all the press and hype would be around her being there.

 

Of course there’ll be a chunk of punters watching Mogwaii (insert random band) in Woodsies or whatever, but it would be a ludicrous crowd.

Edited Thursday at 01:51 PM by Splodge

[fraybentos1]

1 minute ago, Splodge said:

t it would be a ludicrous crowd.

 

Yeah I don't think there is much to disagree with there. It probably won't happen anyway, it is very very unlikely she would do this as a one off. 

 

2 minutes ago, Splodge said:

It would generate one of the biggest “I was there” moments of all time.

Kind of. But a bout a trillion people have just watched her on the Eras tour and this would be a scaled down version of that.

 

I don't see how you can get a much bigger crowd than say Elton. The field was essentially full.  

[Crazyfool01]

nice dream this but we need to calm down 

 

 

[Splodge]

Yup, I very much can’t see it happening either.
 

Would be just the shot in the arm the festival could do with though.

[steviewevie]

get Charli xcx on there...

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[Crazyfool01]

Just now, Splodge said:

Yup, I very much can’t see it happening either.
 

Would be just the shot in the arm the festival could do with though.

cracking way to go into a fallow year 

[Warbler]

Would be the most insane booking! Dunno if I would brave the carnage tho much as I would be intrigued. However, loving the reaction to essentially one man and his tweet 🤣

[dotdash79]

5 minutes ago, steviewevie said:

get Charli xcx on there...

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See a few videos from this last night and it's one of the few times I've ever seen a "pre-camera phone energy" at a arena show especially.

[TheSheriff]

Taylor for the Left Field 

[Crazyfool01]

6 minutes ago, Warbler said:

Would be the most insane booking! Dunno if I would brave the carnage tho much as I would be intrigued. However, loving the reaction to essentially one man and his tweet 🤣

its kind of where any "info " starts ..... so can be listed alongside any other info thats out there 

[balti-pie]

I'd maybe watch one song, but literally only just to annoy people who love her and who aren't there.

I'd be somewhere else, i've got just about no interest in Swifty. Suspect it'd be a packed field (obvs) but not rammo, not Elton John rammed. I'd really fancy seeing the rest of the site being quiet, i'm a bit jealous of the people who did that during Elton

[Talcroft]

32 minutes ago, Splodge said:

Of course there’ll be a chunk of punters watching Mogwaii in Woodsies 

 

Now we're talking! 

[OllieMadd]

17 minutes ago, TheSheriff said:

Taylor for the Left Field 

Not as farfetched an idea as you might think.

[damo101]

35 minutes ago, Splodge said:

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Of course there’ll be a chunk of punters watching Mogwaii (insert random band) in Woodsies or whatever, but it would be a ludicrous crowd.

Mogwai confirmed too? Awesome

 

Wpuld probably be one

of the people Who’d watch them over Swift tbh

[Franky]

Ermmmm what have I missed? 
 

Mogwai confirmed? 
 

Taylor just a rumour? 

[tomf3]

45 minutes ago, Splodge said:

She’s just finishing a 150+ show mega tour, the most in demand and highest grossing of all time. To then get a one off show off the back of that, possibly the only one, would be absurd. It would generate one of the biggest “I was there” moments of all time.

Shes the biggest streaming artist on Spotify etc and it isn’t even close.

She’s got a massively wide popular appeal - from teens, the millennials who grew up with her music, plus now a much wider older audience now that ahe’s gone stratospheric with the eras tour.

It would essentially become a Taylor Swift takeover, all the press and hype would be around her being there.

 

Of course there’ll be a chunk of punters watching Mogwaii (insert random band) in Woodsies or whatever, but it would be a ludicrous crowd.

Yeah I agree it would be a huge moment and a massive 'get' for the festival. I imagine the BBC viewing figures would be off the charts. Particularly now they've started broadcasting the headliners internationally (and last year could have been a dry run for her this year). 
I do think regardless of success, her music is a lot more marmite than someone like Elton though, so would not necessarily pack out the field to the same extent. Or at least it might do initially and then a lot of people would find themselves leaving pretty quickly. 
There would definitely be people queuing up at the pyramid all weekend to get a good spot though!

[Little Andy]

25 minutes ago, balti-pie said:

I'd maybe watch one song, but literally only just to annoy people who love her and who aren't there.

I'd be somewhere else, i've got just about no interest in Swifty. Suspect it'd be a packed field (obvs) but not rammo, not Elton John rammed. I'd really fancy seeing the rest of the site being quiet, i'm a bit jealous of the people who did that during Elton

The best part of avoiding the big acts is, if you see an act you love, it's all super fans. Alt-J headlining the Park while Elt-J headlined the Pyramid was immense.

[fraybentos1]

6 minutes ago, Franky said:

Ermmmm what have I missed? 
 

you do realise it's a thread you can ready back and see? takes a few mins 

[efcfanwirral]

If it happened, I'd be waiting on shifts so any excitement or otherwise would be crammed into a few days once the shift times were in. That'd be interesting! 

[Rose-Colored Boy]

21 minutes ago, Franky said:

Ermmmm what have I missed? 
 

Mogwai confirmed? 
 

Taylor just a rumour? 

Music industry bigwig with a slightly creepy interest in Taylor Swift’s lovelife says he’s heard she might be headlining. Meanwhile we think Stevie Wonder is in but Sam Fender and Raye are out. Oh and people thought Tears For Fears were going to be announced for Latitude but it turned out to be Elbow instead.

 

That’s about it. 

Edited Thursday at 02:54 PM by Rose-Colored Boy

[JayDiesel]

Just for the fun of it, could we imagine who on Earth would be booked on the Other stage to draw some crowd away from TS?

 

Consider that QOTSA were opposite Elton, and managed to get a third/half full crowd, it feels impossible.

 

Get Macca back? Elvis? A U2 & Rolling Stones Supergroup?

Edited Thursday at 03:02 PM by JayDiesel

[NorthernSoul52]

2 minutes ago, JayDiesel said:

Just for the fun of it, could we imagine who on Earth would be booked on the Other stage to draw some crowd away from TS?

 

Consider that QOTSA were opposite Elton, and managed to get a third /half full crowd, it feels impossible.

 

Get Macca back? Elvis? A U2 & Rolling Stones Supergroup?

Charli XCX. 

[balti-pie]

2 minutes ago, JayDiesel said:

Just for the fun of it, could we imagine who on Earth would be booked on the Other stage to draw some crowd away from TS?

 

Consider that QOTSA were opposite Elton, and managed to get a third /half full crowd, it feels impossible.

 

Get Macca back? Elvis? A U2 & Rolling Stones Supergroup?

Charli XCX, just to see the absolute utter meltdown itd cause 😄

 

Edit - great minds, @NorthernSoul52

Edited Thursday at 02:56 PM by balti-pie

[Euphoricape]

Prodigy would be perfect to draw some of the crowd away. I would definitely be one of them. I was also there for qotsa and it was one of the best gigs I've ever experienced.

[Rose-Colored Boy]

4 minutes ago, JayDiesel said:

Just for the fun of it, could we imagine who on Earth would be booked on the Other stage to draw some crowd away from TS?

 

Consider that QOTSA were opposite Elton, and managed to get a third /half full crowd, it feels impossible.

 

Get Macca back? Elvis? A U2 & Rolling Stones Supergroup?

Nick Cave, Courteeners, Rammstein, Kings of Leon, Stereophonics. None would pack the field but it’d be healthy.