2025 Headliners

[Superscally]

1 hour ago, Jarski75 said:

Amyl in the Park would be my Friday night savior if rumours for the other stages come to fruition

Security won't you let me in your club, I'm ain't looking for trouble...

[Superscally]

Actually would be just my clashy luck for Nick Cave to headline Other instead of LC and for Amyl to be on the Park...

[foolee]

45 minutes ago, NorthernSoul52 said:

I just can't see Charli going against The 1975 when she's getting married to the drummer. Seems bonkers.

 

1 hour ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

 

FWIW someone has posted on here that Charli is on the Friday night, which I can also believe.

Unless 1975 aren’t actually doing it. 

[fraybentos1]

1 minute ago, foolee said:

 

Unless 1975 aren’t actually doing it. 

By all accounts they are though.

 

Not kept up as much but last I saw was they are meant to be Friday with Charli on the other on the Saturday.

[CaledonianGonzo]

47 minutes ago, NorthernSoul52 said:

I just can't see Charli going against The 1975 when she's getting married to the drummer. Seems bonkers.

 

It's work though innit.  Means they get the rest of the weekend together rather than working alternate nights and losing 2/3rds of the weekend.

[Jamm]

My selfish preference would be Charli v 1975 and Neil Young v Loyle

 

If it is indeed 1975 v Loyle then depending on who else is to come, I’d do Amyl or SE corner.

[CaledonianGonzo]

Reckon Amyl aren't headlining a stage.  Probably a teatime Other option or Woodsies sub or something.

[westjungle12]

1 hour ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

 

FWIW someone has posted on here that Charli is on the Friday night, which I can also believe.

 

No chance they put on Charli and 1975 on the same night / same time. 1975 drummer and her are dating - I'm sure they'll want to support each other.

[gfa]

6 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

Reckon Amyl aren't headlining a stage.  Probably a teatime Other option or Woodsies sub or something.

Agree - they would be a small park headliner and quite random.

[Johndenis]

17 hours ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

 

No - but it was prior to the quadruple-whammy of his Autobiography, the Rocket Man film, his emergence as a chart contender and the announcement of the farewell tour.

 

About the time his only gigs seemed to be in odd rural football stadiums.

As ever, impressed by your insight.  Very fair points.  I read the autobiography last year, good laugh.  And yes - I saw him in Falkirk Stadium in 2014, which was a bit random I admit, it seems to be a strategy I don't understand (the Killers copied it recently?) 🙂

[Mordy1990]

13 minutes ago, westjungle12 said:

 

No chance they put on Charli and 1975 on the same night / same time. 1975 drummer and her are dating - I'm sure they'll want to support each other.

 

and then Hallmark will make a movie about it 

[GhostOfMaurice]

16 hours ago, Skip997 said:

The rest of the site was like a ghost town from long before the Elton set, at least S of the Railway track, presumably elsewhere as well. It was a great illustration of how the demographic has changed. Anyway good on your mate, he made the right move 

 

Funny you should say ghost town, because he said he wandered to a stage where Neville Staple was playing and apparently there was barely anyone watching.

[CaledonianGonzo]

16 minutes ago, westjungle12 said:

 

No chance they put on Charli and 1975 on the same night / same time. 1975 drummer and her are dating - I'm sure they'll want to support each other.

 

Do you always show up at your partner's work, even if it means having fewer holiday days?

[Franky]

3 hours ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

No busier than e.g. Justice vs SZA and The National.

 

i.e. busy, but nothing dangerous or worrisome.

Looks like it will be a repeat this year with Neil Young headlining Sunday 🥵

[CaledonianGonzo]

Except expectation is he'll be on on the Saturday and his cowd will be fine.

[Franky]

Just now, CaledonianGonzo said:

Except expectation is he'll be on on the Saturday and his cowd will be fine.

Oh I thought I read he was Sunday? Could be wrong (easily)

[Someoni]

16 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

Except expectation is he'll be on on the Saturday and his cowd will be fine.

Personally I hope he's on the Sunday. 

 

While he is a legend he's not got much under 40 appeal and the Pyramid headliner on Saturday usually caters for someone that transcends all ages. Or maybe that's my take on it.

[Spindles]

1 hour ago, fraybentos1 said:

The festival put Idles and Fontaines on at the same time last year 

I still can't get my head around that decision, not least that Idles got the bigger slot.  Maybe it's just my own perception and bias, but I thought that Fontaines were the bigger draw.

[CaledonianGonzo]

1 minute ago, Someoni said:

Personally I hope he's on the Sunday. 

 

While he is a legend he's not got much under 40 appeal and the Pyramid headliner on Saturday usually caters for someone that transcends all ages. Or maybe that's my take on it.

 

It's less consistent than you might think.  Only two years since GnR did the Saturday.

[Superscally]

1 minute ago, Spindles said:

I still can't get my head around that decision, not least that Idles got the bigger slot.  Maybe it's just my own perception and bias, but I thought that Fontaines were the bigger draw.

Not then, but a lot has changed. Fontaines have gone stratospheric.

[gfa]

I'd argue Fontaines were bigger at the time even.

 

Also not sure this Charli friday info is right...

[Superscally]

3 minutes ago, gfa said:

I'd argue Fontaines were bigger at the time even.

 

Also not sure this Charli friday info is right...

I'd say the scales tipped very soon after booking, but IDLES had a bigger crowd. I was at both, by the way...

Edited January 9 by Superscally

[CaledonianGonzo]

2 minutes ago, gfa said:

I'd argue Fontaines were bigger at the time even.

 

Also not sure this Charli friday info is right...

 

Sure - I understand that there's info for both nights.

 

I just don't think the fact she's married to the 1975's drummer means they can't clash.  If anything it could make a clash more likely.

[Spindles]

Yeah.  I enjoy both acts, and it felt to me like Fontaines had more momentum at the time of the festival.  We had a few songs from the upcoming album that illustrated that they were a band still very much on the up, their earlier albums all having done well.

 

As for Charli and her fella playing the same night, I'm with Calgon on that one.  

[wro_lap]

I'm still SO skeptical about the Loyle Carner headlining Other info. Obviously there's the fact he'd be a very small headliner for the stage, but I can't get past the fact he isn't touring this year. I know Little Simz did it, but....

Edited January 9 by wro_lap