2025 Headliners

[Badlands]

1 hour ago, Avalon_Fields said:

I saw all 3 headliners that year, possibly the last time I’ve done that. I was 2nd row for Springsteen so it was still a great experience for me but acknowledge the disappointing show. He played a Joe Strummer song at the start which seemed a mistake (a relatively obscure number too). 

I didn’t move from the pyramid stage that year and regret nothing:

CSN

Spinal Tap

just reformed Specials

Fear era Lilly Allen

Madness

Tom Jones

Quo

Cave

NERD

Rolf (we didn’t know)

Prime era Dizzee

Kasabian before they fell off a cliff.

 

Superb!

[NorthernSoul52]

Spinal Tap! Had completely forgot about them.

[Jamm]

20 minutes ago, Suprefan said:

So Emily has to be sitting well with Matty Healy ranting right now on twitter lol

He’s said worse - which isn’t a defence just an observation, I don’t think this particular outburst will torpedo any contract they had (if they had).

 

If it’s an issue of recency bias there’s a wider argument to be had on statute of limitations on judgements of character.

 

By all means replace them though!

[NorthernSoul52]

Concur here. He's said plenty, though the whole postmodern schtick obviously means their interpretation is frequently up for grabs. (Again, not a defence, but an observation.)

 

Let's also not sugarcoat that the festival has booked plenty of artists before with off-stage troubles too. Again, not a defence, but an observation.

 

If there is a contract at this point for them - I'm not sure, but if anyone could say whether there has been further movement on the sources who laid out this information originally - then it could be revoked if he is found to be in breach of it, of course.

[Euphoricape]

17 minutes ago, Jamm said:

He’s said worse - which isn’t a defence just an observation, I don’t think this particular outburst will torpedo any contract they had (if they had).

 

If it’s an issue of recency bias there’s a wider argument to be had on statute of limitations on judgements of character.

 

By all means replace them though!

Somebody call Sam Fender

[FKA SOSOTWS]

Can't we get Stevie Wonder - Neil Young - Olivia Rodrigo as our top 3 now?

[Avalon_Fields]

36 minutes ago, Badlands said:

I didn’t move from the pyramid stage that year and regret nothing:

CSN

Spinal Tap

just reformed Specials

Fear era Lilly Allen

Madness

Tom Jones

Quo

Cave

NERD

Rolf (we didn’t know)

Prime era Dizzee

Kasabian before they fell off a cliff.

 

Superb!

I’ve checked, to my surprise I was on the Pyramid a lot too, all acts you saw too:

Specials

Lilly Allen

Madness

Tom Jones

Nick Cave

Rolf H

Kasabian

[Avalon_Fields]

3 minutes ago, FKA SOSOTWS said:

Can't we get Stevie Wonder - Neil Young - Olivia Rodrigo as our top 3 now?

If only….

[TheSheriff]

Well Neil Young was my Number 1 Spotify wrapped artist so a Shakey headline set is exactly what I’m hoping for 😂

[Monty Pythagoras]

Prepared to get shot for this but is there a chance that Neil Young does the Other Stage against someone like Charli XCX?

[NorthernSoul52]

Not in this world, I'd say. Price probably the stumbling block as much as prestige. 

[incident]

One thing that slightly bothers me about the Neil Young rumours, and did even moreso when he was initially mentioned for the Legends Slot is how controlling and restrictive he can be when it comes to allowing his stuff to be broadcast / streamed

 

The story last time was that he eventually only allowed something like 3 songs, and that was only a last minute decision - in the lead up to the festival, the BBC were unsure how much if any they were going to be allowed to show and so had contingency plans in place.

 

These days, exactly how much the BBC and GFL can use, and for how long (short version: loads) is written into the standard Artist Terms and so either he'd have to allow a *lot* more coverage than he did last time, or he'd have to negotiate an exception.

 

I assume an exception is possible, especially if the festival really want an act and are prepared to make extra concessions to get them, but I think there's certain "prestige" slots where they'd probably want to avoid doing so - with headliners (and the legend slot) definitely being ones they'd want shown. Can't help but wonder whether some kind of "special guest" type affair without that expectation / requirement would be possible.

[CaledonianGonzo]

If the worst came ro the worst they could just broadcast Chazza.

[Jamm]

9 minutes ago, incident said:

One thing that slightly bothers me about the Neil Young rumours, and did even moreso when he was initially mentioned for the Legends Slot is how controlling and restrictive he can be when it comes to allowing his stuff to be broadcast / streamed

 

The story last time was that he eventually only allowed something like 3 songs, and that was only a last minute decision - in the lead up to the festival, the BBC were unsure how much if any they were going to be allowed to show and so had contingency plans in place.

 

These days, exactly how much the BBC and GFL can use, and for how long (short version: loads) is written into the standard Artist Terms and so either he'd have to allow a *lot* more coverage than he did last time, or he'd have to negotiate an exception.

 

I assume an exception is possible, especially if the festival really want an act and are prepared to make extra concessions to get them, but I think there's certain "prestige" slots where they'd probably want to avoid doing so - with headliners (and the legend slot) definitely being ones they'd want shown. Can't help but wonder whether some kind of "special guest" type affair without that expectation / requirement would be possible.

Almost definitely an exception could be negotiated, plus isn’t Shaky one of Michael’s favourite artists?

 

I don’t think many will want to stand in the way of Michael getting a bucket list moment and demand televised slot or he can’t be booked, they can even broadcast Charli if she is indeed the counter programming.

[philipsteak]

21 hours ago, CantWaitForGlasto22 said:

Pulp any night, any stage would win the weekend for me. Can’t imagine a clash that would take me away from that. Be great to see them on Pyramid though 

 

If Pulp play and I'm working then this could be the first time I try to swap shifts. Never bothered before and I first stewarded in 2003

[philipsteak]

3 hours ago, Suprefan said:

So Emily has to be sitting well with Matty Healy ranting right now on twitter lol

 

What's the little prick for now?

[steviewevie]

3 minutes ago, philipsteak said:

 

What's the little prick for now?

Emily seems ok to me.

[sime]

3 hours ago, Badlands said:

I didn’t move from the pyramid stage that year and regret nothing:

CSN

Spinal Tap

just reformed Specials

Fear era Lilly Allen

Madness

Tom Jones

Quo

Cave

NERD

Rolf (we didn’t know)

Prime era Dizzee

Kasabian before they fell off a cliff.

 

Superb!

Same! I was there for all of them. Had a great time!

[Skip997]

26 minutes ago, philipsteak said:

 

If Pulp play and I'm working then this could be the first time I try to swap shifts. Never bothered before and I first stewarded in 2003

First time I volunteered for Green Traffic I presented them with a list of acts I wanted to see, with priorities. It worked 

[FKA SOSOTWS]

2 hours ago, Jamm said:

Almost definitely an exception could be negotiated, plus isn’t Shaky one of Michael’s favourite artists?

 

I don’t think many will want to stand in the way of Michael getting a bucket list moment and demand televised slot or he can’t be booked, they can even broadcast Charli if she is indeed the counter programming.

 

But if Neil Young is granted an exception, wouldn't other artists demand the same in the future?

[CaledonianGonzo]

There have been other artists that didn't have the whole headline set shown - most notably Bowie and the Stones.

[incident]

24 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

There have been other artists that didn't have the whole headline set shown - most notably Bowie and the Stones.

 

I'm pretty sure that when Bowie played, the coverage agreement wasn't written into it in the same way it now is.

 

Not sure about when the Stones played, but even if it was - it's the Stones.

[Jamm]

46 minutes ago, FKA SOSOTWS said:

 

But if Neil Young is granted an exception, wouldn't other artists demand the same in the future?

And the festival reserves the right to dictate who they allow exceptions to or not. They aren’t struggling for choice.

[judyblue110]

4 hours ago, incident said:

One thing that slightly bothers me about the Neil Young rumours, and did even moreso when he was initially mentioned for the Legends Slot is how controlling and restrictive he can be when it comes to allowing his stuff to be broadcast / streamed

 

The story last time was that he eventually only allowed something like 3 songs, and that was only a last minute decision - in the lead up to the festival, the BBC were unsure how much if any they were going to be allowed to show and so had contingency plans in place.

 

These days, exactly how much the BBC and GFL can use, and for how long (short version: loads) is written into the standard Artist Terms and so either he'd have to allow a *lot* more coverage than he did last time, or he'd have to negotiate an exception.

 

I assume an exception is possible, especially if the festival really want an act and are prepared to make extra concessions to get them, but I think there's certain "prestige" slots where they'd probably want to avoid doing so - with headliners (and the legend slot) definitely being ones they'd want shown. Can't help but wonder whether some kind of "special guest" type affair without that expectation / requirement would be possible.

 

I don't think this is worth that much thought. They'll show it or they won't.

[charlierc]

5 hours ago, TheSheriff said:

Well Neil Young was my Number 1 Spotify wrapped artist so a Shakey headline set is exactly what I’m hoping for 😂

You in the top percentage of listeners to boot?