2025 Headliners

[gfa]

1 hour ago, jjgnorkett said:

I think people are very much underestimating Neil Young, either that or I'm completely missing the mark. 

 

He's been my favourite artist for about ten years and I'm currently 31, plenty of my friends love him too from the ages of about 25 to 35 whilst not being able to name a song by Olivia Rodrigo or a Charlie XCX whilst obviously knowing who they are. I'll caveat this by saying this may be coming from a place of bias but I really didn't think we were that much of an outlier, I have a eclectic taste in music - I'm not one of those that won't listen to anything made after the 70s!

 

With regards to age or ability to put on a show, have you bother to watch any of his performances from the last couple of years? There's no where near the drop off in most artists his age and I'd argue he's held up at least as well as a McCartney and definitely better than Elton.

 

One of the best songwriters of all time and one of the best guitarists of all time over both the electric and acoustic and would be classed as such by his peers and we are talking about metrics? Maybe he won't get the young crowd but the last time I checked the crowd wasn't known for being young at Glasto, one of the older average ages I would guess?!

Even with people not dropping off like leaving to go elsewhere, the crowd will be nowhere near as big to begin with i think

[steviewevie]

[CaledonianGonzo]

11 minutes ago, gfa said:

Even with people not dropping off like leaving to go elsewhere, the crowd will be nowhere near as big to begin with i think

 

That's true of most Pyramid Headliners though

[mufcok]

Do I get a VAR check if I just had the slot wrong with Neil Young? 😅

Edited 17 hours ago by mufcok

[Ayrshire Chris]

If it’s Neil Young🤞, then there will be thousands of under 25s desperately googling his name to find out about the man and his music. 
Much like I did last year when SZA was announced😊😉., revenge is sweet😊

[Crazyfool01]

3 minutes ago, mufcok said:

Do I get a VAR check if I just had the slot wrong with Neil Young? 😅

upheld ... good info nice one 

[StoneCircle]

7 hours ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

 

Er...

Whoops, that's AI for you! 

[Ben7amin_]

38 minutes ago, mufcok said:

Do I get a VAR check if I just had the slot wrong with Neil Young? 😅

 

Yes, but its not without punishment - for getting the slot wrong - Everton have been deducted 10 points - its the only fair way to resolve 

[jjgnorkett]

55 minutes ago, steviewevie said:

Popped out on my lunch break to buy this, cheers!

[jjgnorkett]

4 minutes ago, Ben7amin_ said:

 

Yes, but its not without punishment - for getting the slot wrong - Everton have been deducted 10 points - its the only fair way to resolve 

Even as an ever suffering Evertonian, I'd take this all day long if it meant Neil on the farm haha

[Gnomicide]

Wordle knows.

[DomDom1984]

9 minutes ago, Ben7amin_ said:

 

Yes, but its not without punishment - for getting the slot wrong - Everton have been deducted 10 points - its the only fair way to resolve 

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[gfa]

1 hour ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

 

That's true of most Pyramid Headliners though

sure - but the person i quoted directly compared him to macca and elton

[jjgnorkett]

5 minutes ago, gfa said:

sure - but the person i quoted directly compared him to macca and elton

Apologies for any confusion, wasn't stating that I think Neil would have crowds as big as Macca or Elton. More that as a live act he's aged more gracefully, particularly in the case of the latter

 

[smogo]

2 hours ago, beesboy said:

Suspect I'll be happily avoiding the Pyramid the entire weekend unless they pull something out of the bag. 

Nothing wrong with that. I only watched one act at the Pyramid this year (Little Simz), and one on the Other (Disclosure), but didn't feel like I missed out on anything by not hanging around those stages.

[steviewevie]

who's subbing Neil Young then?

Jack White?

[archiegow]

9 minutes ago, steviewevie said:

who's subbing Neil Young then?

Jack White?

Defo think it’ll be someone in that field, if not Jack then someone like a Nick Cave, Biffy, Pulp or Phonics.

[mufcok]

47 minutes ago, Ben7amin_ said:

 

Yes, but its not without punishment - for getting the slot wrong - Everton have been deducted 10 points - its the only fair way to resolve 

 

They're drawing lines along the Pyramid slots now

[Ben7amin_]

3 minutes ago, mufcok said:

 

They're drawing lines along the Pyramid slots now

Would have helped Lana lol 

[ac123]

Anyone able to provide reassurance that some of these 6 main headliners are wrong? Think they're all probably good bookings outside of Loyle but just don't do anything for me sadly! If they are correct, it'll be a nice chance for me to explore other stages headliner slots, but just curiously excited atm!

[Crazyfool01]

2 minutes ago, ac123 said:

Anyone able to provide reassurance that some of these 6 main headliners are wrong? Think they're all probably good bookings outside of Loyle but just don't do anything for me sadly! If they are correct, it'll be a nice chance for me to explore other stages headliner slots, but just curiously excited atm!

theres always a bit of a chance something changes , as it has over the last month or so with some being ruled out / in .... this year seems the most changeable in the years ive been on here .... but might be that its now the correct ones ... can never be 100% sure as sometimes things change last minute 

[mufcok]

What's the Other chat - Prodigy, Loyle, Charli?

 

Haven't followed that too closely

[ac123]

4 minutes ago, Crazyfool01 said:

theres always a bit of a chance something changes , as it has over the last month or so with some being ruled out / in .... this year seems the most changeable in the years ive been on here .... but might be that its now the correct ones ... can never be 100% sure as sometimes things change last minute 

Cool, thanks! Holding out hope for Stevie Wonder/Rihanna to surprise us all...

[glimmers_of_hope]

2 hours ago, Don1 said:

Neil Young in 2009 was unreal - praying he is a headliner this year. Miles better than Springsteen the following day.

 

*Blur blew both of them out the water though.

That is definitely how I felt.  NY was miles better than Springsteen but then Blur was one of my favourite Pyramid headliners ever.

 

Most other years I think NY would have been the standout Pyramid headliner.

 

[judyblue110]

The hilarious thing about Neil Young is that 15 years ago people were saying the exact same thing as if it was some badge of honour - "I couldn't name a single Neil Young song if I tried!"

 

His popularity hasn't increased in this time, he hasn't had any hits, but nor has it waned. He didn't really help himself by leaving Spotify for a few years, and you'll rarely hear his music in any films or on TV, but that's why he is so legendary - he has remained true to his muse and his art. I would argue he was once the perfect Glastonbury act, but the festival has changed a lot in the past 15 years.

 

In my opinion he's not far off The Cure in terms of status - a few well-known songs, but ultimately an enormous following of dedicated and committed fans.

 

Take this with a pinch of salt, but it's my belief (through various friends who really aren't trustworthy!) that the Eavis's were after Neil Young & Crazy Horse for many years.

 

If he is indeed booked for 2025, my guess would be that CH were booked, but due to illness within the camp, Neil has had to come up with an alternative backing band quickly, hence the emergence of the Chrome Hearts. Promise of the Real are on an extended hiatus, which is a shame as although Chrome Hearts are fantastic (and essentially POTR anyway), I think POTR would have been the perfect choice nowadays.

 

For any doubters, no, you probably won't know many songs, but there was a time that wasn't the point. If you want to listen only to songs you know, in the order that you've already seen on setlist.fm, you can easily stay at home and listen to Spotify.

 

I reckon he'd nail it. Again.