2025 Headliners

[tarw]

2 hours ago, FKA SOSOTWS said:

Imagine if Dave Grohl fornicated out of wedlock on live television.

You have put an image in my brain that I don’t want there

[NorthernSoul52]

And swiftly back to headliner chat. 

 

I do wonder if they'll lob us a headline morsel over the festive period. Wonder where the deal-making stage for Young is. 

[fraybentos1]

1 hour ago, NorthernSoul52 said:

Wonder where the deal-making stage for Young is. 

seems fairly locked in. Dunno if it's too near Xmas for a BST date to be announced so maybe that in the New Year would give an idea. 

[Nobby's Old Boots]

Wonder if the first poster might come early Jan after Emily's comments on the podcast last year, assuming they have most of the lineup locked in at this point

 

(Purely hopeful thinking).

[FloopFiller]

1 minute ago, Nobby's Old Boots said:

Wonder if the first poster might come early Jan after Emily's comments on the podcast last year, assuming they have most of the lineup locked in at this point

 

(Purely hopeful thinking).

We thought this this year and then the poster came at more or less exactly the same period it comes every year. Don’t think there’s ever much chance of it coming months in advance of that usual window. 

[Someoni]

What was said on the podcast? 

I think it'll be a March poster like most recent years 

[Nobby's Old Boots]

She said she'd like to be able to just put the whole lineup out in Jan. 

With all the cancellations/changes this year it makes sense as to why they didn't but - and as I said, this is clearly purely wishful thinking - perhaps they will this year.

[Dave_c]

I don't understand why they wait until March to release the poster when every other major festival announces months earlier. I doubt very much that they are less organised and still trying to lock in the names on the poster so why hold it for so long? I understand the full lineup with times being later but I'd be shocked if they don't already have locks on the poster acts. What's the rationale for not releasing it earlier? 

[Justcalledtosay]

5 minutes ago, Dave_c said:

I don't understand why they wait until March to release the poster when every other major festival announces months earlier. I doubt very much that they are less organised and still trying to lock in the names on the poster so why hold it for so long? I understand the full lineup with times being later but I'd be shocked if they don't already have locks on the poster acts. What's the rationale for not releasing it earlier? 

Allowing acts who have tours to sell their tickets. Particularly important for Glasto when they pay peanuts.

[Dave_c]

2 minutes ago, Justcalledtosay said:

Allowing acts who have tours to sell their tickets. Particularly important for Glasto when they pay peanuts.

Ah yes, never thought about that, but do wonder how much of an impact that would have? Probably not so much for the headline acts but maybe for the acts lower on the bill.

[tarw]

2 minutes ago, Dave_c said:

I don't understand why they wait until March to release the poster when every other major festival announces months earlier. I doubt very much that they are less organised and still trying to lock in the names on the poster so why hold it for so long? I understand the full lineup with times being later but I'd be shocked if they don't already have locks on the poster acts. What's the rationale for not releasing it earlier? 

Because they can!

 

At a guess one of the trade-offs for paying artists much less than the market rate is that contracts are more flexible. Every year there appear to be changes to the lineup until the spring. It’s hard to know for sure because they keep it confidential. 
Fred was heavily rumoured early this year but has now cut back drastically on his plans for next year and is now not playing. This could lead to changes quite late on

[Nobody Interesting]

53 minutes ago, FloopFiller said:

We thought this this year and then the poster came at more or less exactly the same period it comes every year. Don’t think there’s ever much chance of it coming months in advance of that usual window. 

 

Totally agree, it will be sometime in March 'as normal according to the pattern that does not exist'.

[charlierc]

Muse just announced a Stockholm show for the Friday of Glasto weekend. So if Matty Healy talks the 1975 out of the Glastonbury slot many here think is theirs, that's one less Plan B available.

[charlierc]

5 hours ago, FKA SOSOTWS said:

Imagine if Dave Grohl fornicated out of wedlock on live television.

... you leave this thread for a few hours and suddenly this is what's being speculated huh

[Justcalledtosay]

26 minutes ago, Dave_c said:

Ah yes, never thought about that, but do wonder how much of an impact that would have? Probably not so much for the headline acts but maybe for the acts lower on the bill.

I actively waited to until after i missed out on Glasto tickets before i bought Maribou State tickets.

[fraybentos1]

34 minutes ago, charlierc said:

Muse just announced a Stockholm show for the Friday of Glasto weekend. So if Matty Healy talks the 1975 out of the Glastonbury slot many here think is theirs, that's one less Plan B available.

doubt it cause the 1975 are meant to be doing the friday so would clash