2025 Headliners

[CaledonianGonzo]

4 minutes ago, jparx said:

I absolutely love this. I really love the idea that the festival is in an era where they can quite happily have the likes of Neil Young and Olivia Rodrigo (presumably) sharing the bill. Truly multigenerational event at this stage. The music world is a better place if fans of Rodrigo are being exposed to Shakey and vice versa. It’s all just good sh*t.

Gutted not to be going this year!

 

+1

[MEGABOWL]

39 minutes ago, jonnytee1 said:

Do others agree  that the festival has a great opportunity here to replace NY with a much better (more suited) headliner. The questions here are if they have the will or money to do so. Its easier to bump someone up when you're already sold out for example......... SZA last year or fill with a regular such as Muse, so effectively Emily would have to Want the hassle of finding a replacement.

 

I am a fan of Neil Youngs music but in honesty i think it was not a great choice to headline the festival. I saw him last time he headlined ( i was in the field) and although it was great for me - a lot of people didn't hang around. 

 

I know it would be a last chance to see a legend headline but in terms of singalong hits, unfortunately he's no Elton or McCartney or arguably even Stevie wonder or Billy Joel for that matter.

I think the fact they were in talks with Young suggests there isn’t a McCartney/Elton level headliner available. There usually isn’t.

[MEGABOWL]

30 minutes ago, Rose-Colored Boy said:

Funniest thing ever wtf

Yeah this is comedy gold

[across97]

Does that count as a self confirmed then!? Crazy twist and wonder how Glastonbury now feel about not only comments but the subsequent back peddling and him self confirming what is presumably a headline set, very entitled imo. If the crowd doesn't fill the Pyramid field, I think his ego alone will. 

[stuie]

😂😂😂 

 

one of the most inventive headliner announcements ever!  Slag off the bbc and Glastonbury for a day or two then say you’re playing after all. 
 

Beats Elton’s rockets and Radioheads grass painting!  

[judyblue110]

7 minutes ago, across97 said:

Does that count as a self confirmed then!? Crazy twist and wonder how Glastonbury now feel about not only comments but the subsequent back peddling and him self confirming what is presumably a headline set, very entitled imo. If the crowd doesn't fill the Pyramid field, I think his ego alone will. 

 

You have a wild read on this situation - always interesting seeing things through the eyes of others!

[Sorcha17]

[Mordy1990]

Assume he will be the Sunday Headliner ? 

[BrandoTrillkor17]

 

The modern Glastonbury headliner announcement.

[Spindles]

I have to say, that tweet is absolutely perfectly judged.  Emily is a consummate professional. 

[kalifire]

Weirdest headliner announcement strategy I can remember, but fair enough. Plenty of other stages, etc. 👍

Edited January 3 by kalifire

[itsfomas]

Oh well. Hopefully Charli is still up against him on the other. 

[CaledonianGonzo]

2 minutes ago, kalifire said:

Weirdest headliner announcement strategy I can remember, but fair enough. Plenty of other stages, etc. 👍

 

Strategy implies that this was the plan. Feels very much like it wasn't.

[K2SO]

Emily is a far better person than I am because I'd have told him to get f**ked

[efcfanwirral]

5 minutes ago, itsfomas said:

Oh well. Hopefully Charli is still up against him on the other. 

hope they've got the crowd management people in place...

 

Also got an eye on the Park and Woodsies for that night personally

 

 

Edited January 3 by efcfanwirral

[Ayrshire Chris]

Who is going  to tell Muse  to stand down? 

[Spindles]

Muse couldn't headline my local paper these days, never mind a festival the size of Glastonbury.

[mufcok]

What a bizarre set of events. Handled well by Emily, but I'd be interested to know exactly what's happened.

 

.. fee increased? 😅

[kalifire]

6 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

Strategy implies that this was the plan. Feels very much like it wasn't.

It’s hard to tell. Presumably somebody of his musical status wouldn’t throw a public meltdown and slate the festival he claims to love, then a few days later say ‘oops sorry, my bad’ and confirm he’s headlining. I mean, would he? 
 

Taken at face value, Neil comes out of this looking like a diva who got his own way. Taken as a plan, it’s plain weird. 

Edited January 3 by kalifire

[yosoyyoberdi]

Oh well, I guess I will be somewhere else. Headliners are once again looking very weak.

[Jamm]

1 minute ago, Ayrshire Chris said:

Who is going  to tell Muse  to stand down? 

Good luck with that

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d55ELY17CFM

[itsfomas]

I'll be honest I know nothing about NY. But as a non fan it's made him come across rather unlikeable, even more so that he is still doing it. 

[Jamm]

Just now, kalifire said:

It’s hard to tell. Presumably somebody of his musical status wouldn’t throw a public meltdown and slate the festival he claims to love, then a few days later say ‘oops sorry, my bad’ and confirm he’s headlining. I mean, would he? 

No, that’s Neil alright.

[CaledonianGonzo]

Just now, kalifire said:

It’s hard to tell. Presumably somebody of his musical status wouldn’t throw a public meltdown and slate the festival he claims to love, then a few days later say ‘oops sorry, my bad’ and confirm he’s headlining. I mean, would he? 

 

On the face of it that does appear to be the case.

[Spindles]

1 minute ago, mufcok said:

What a bizarre set of events. Handled well by Emily, but I'd be interested to know exactly what's happened.

 

.. fee increased? 😅

My entirely uneducated guess is that the BBC make demands regarding language used and political statements and someone in his camp took this all too literally and it was miscommunicated to Neil.