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You’re talking as if (theoretically) LoG, KSE and Trivium would headline the same year. They wouldn’t. Chuck them in alongside other headliners in the future and it could work.   If you break it down into (loose) groups, the headliner pool can look pretty healthy going forward:  Old reliables & returning acts: Metallica, Iron Maiden, Linkin Park, Slipknot, System Of A Down, Avenged Sevenfold, Bring Me The Horizon, Biffy Clyro, The Prodigy    Bands Green Day have opened the door to: Blink-182, Paramore, Foo Fighters, Nickelback, Nine Inch Nails   Legacy bump ups: KoRn, Deftones, Limp Bizkit, Trivium, Bullet For My Valentine, Lamb of God, Killswitch Engage, Machine Head   New bump ups: Sleep Token, Ghost, Parkway Drive, Bad Omens, Spiritbox   They're very crude groupings but, in this hypothetical scenario, you can see how mixing acts from all of these groups could create fairly balanced headliner trios going forward into the next decade.    Again, I’m not saying I 100% believe all of these acts will headline (especially LoG, Trivium etc.) but I am saying that, based off of the elevation of acts like KoRn and likely Bizkit and Deftones, I wouldn’t be too stunned if they eventually did.   

for the record there's a difference between being an 'insider' and just knowing stuff (i'm the latter)

Sam Fender is 100% ready to headline the Pyramid

WOMAN    

To keep this threat going and start some speculations about stages and slots: I put together announcement posts reactions, combined number of likes from Fb & Insta. Of course, this is not a completely representative sample and is influenced by a number of factors, but it still says something   Massive Attack: 9960 KOL: 6050 Kiwanuka: 2.7K Fontaines DC: 2620 St. Vincent; 1820 Yard act: 590   MA are perfect INmusic booking. Fontaines are missing bigger fanbase in region to be solid headliners, mayce co-head with another solid size name? Kiwanuka seems popular, he is also listed above St. Vincent on festival web, he might be on main stage this time? Just like St.Vincent was in 2018, any chance she will "downgrade" to word stage or is 20.30-22h main stage slot nearly full?