2025 Headliners

[Acid_Haze]

2 hours ago, MarrigoldGloves said:

The Festival acknowledges that booking SZA was viewed as a mistake by many and is keen to learn from the small crowd, Contact has been made with her team post festival and the bookers are actually keen for SZA to return to the farm in the future although no actual plans are put in place at this point, the team don’t want SZA legacy with the festival to be perceived as a negative one. They will follow her career closely and it may be 10 or more years when she returns and as to what slot she occupies will entirely depend on career trajectory. 

 

There was emergency talk when Madonna pulled out about if Olivia Rodrigo could step in to take over and this would have been the festivals first choice, prior to speaking to Stevie Wonder who was at one point set to take over however health concerns meant that this was short lived due to health concerns.  However Olivia and her team wanted more time to prepare for a headline slot which has for some time been discussed and at time of writing has been agreed for the Friday headliner slot for 2025.  Although a young artist the booking team are more confident of her success due to her previous appearance at the festival being a success.  

 

The festival team has agreed that the best way to introduce big artists from the US that have quickly grown in popularity is by first pitching them in an afternoon slot on the Pyramid or Other prior to them headlining this was the mode used for Billie Eilish and is why the festival does not consider Olivia Rodrigo to be a risk. For this reason talks with breakout artists such as Chappell Roan or Sabrina Carpenter will be based around a festival debut appearance in an afternoon slot to gauge their success with Glastonbury crowds and not rushing them into a big slot, too early. 

 

The festival has not been in contact with Taylor Swift about headlining at anypoint since the festival cancellation this is not out of any negativity between the two teams but it's just not a possibility for Taylor in the immediate future, The Glastonbury team are hopeful that they can agree a lower than normal & cut with team Swift as her extremely high current fees would be out of reach for the festival and its thought that Taylor would still like to make the festival appearance once her current roadmap is cleared. 

 

Fred Again will headline Saturday at Glastonbury 2025, Prominent members of the Glastonbury booking team were on site at Reading festival to observe his show and are confident that he will be able to entertain a Pyramid crowd, the team is closely monitoring the growth in popularity of electronic music and will be using Fred Again’s headline set to establish if there may be future dance headliners on the Pyramid although at this point no names are mentioned. 

 

Oasis team have been non committal on any headline slot at Glastonbury in the coming years while completely ruling out 2025, there does not seem to be much interest in returning to the festival as the tour is mostly financial motivated and any benefits of playing Glastonbury such as increased streaming revenue has already been achieved by the reunion. However the answer is not yet officially no to a Glastonbury appearance at some point. 

 

From Pulp Jarvis Cocker specifically remains close to the festival booking team as an advisor on other musical acts but seemingly has ruled out any Pulp show on the farm. Pulp reunion has been enjoyed by the band a lot and they have prolonged the comeback longer than originally planned though they think there last show at Glastonbury is the one they want to be remembered for and so will most likely not play the festival again, though Jarvis will appear in some format to be determined at next year's festival. 

 

Rihanna is the booking team's strong leader to play the Sunday night headliner slot, the thinking after early departures last year they want the most prominent headline act to play the Sunday headliner slot this year and with two relatively new acts this will hopefully be Rihanna.  She has been on the festivals radar for many years and it was previously though financials might be a stumbling block it now appears that Rihanna is perhaps thinking of putting a lid on her musical career for good and wants to tick a last few boxes before an early retirement to focus on other ventures which includes an appearance at Glastonbury, She was very close to appearing at Glastonbury 2023 and remains keen.  

 

It's considered Stevie Wonder is considered as a good plan B to Rihanna though lingering health concerns last around if he could commit to such long shows again in the future.

 

Eminem is not a serious contender to headline despite media speculation, the booking team have discussed in the past and existing concerns remain in place. 

 

Lady Gaga is a name the festival would like to get, however her plans are not settling in as reasonable a time scale as the festival needs to lock in a headliner for next year. It looks like it's a no for 2025 however she remains a preferred target for future festivals. 

 

Sam Fender not on the booking teams radar for 2025, Sam is considered a headliner but with Olivia Rodrigo and Fred Again in the other two slots the festival would like to pursue more experienced targets, It seems Sam Fenders team would be prepared to consider a lessor slot on the farm but the festival team are drawn more towards him headline in 2027 or 2028. 

 

Bruce Springsteen content with his one headline appearance, has no plans to play again at this point. 

 

Little Simz sub headline slot was very positively received and the booking team are keen for her to be considered for a Pyramid Headline slot for a festival after the fallow year, though no formal talks have taken place.

 

IDLES after the other stage headline slot the festival booking team are keen to think a bit differently about how they size acts for stages - the local hero status of the band meaning they can perhaps take a larger slot than perhaps there current popularity suggests, however the festival team would prefer them to have headlined at Reading or Download prior to any serious consideration for a Pyramid headline slot. 

 

Kings Of Leon were a possibility of appearing last year however talks proved unfruitful and probably not likely to be seen at the festival again. 

 

Away from headliners at the festival the popularity of the Sugarbabes recent appearances has not gone unnoticed and the possibility of a regular Pop nostalgia slot has been discussed the key problems with this are about getting acts that are a consistent level of popularity likely to be trialed in 2025 with B*witched lined up to test. 

 

The answer to the question you have is 15,20,1,20,14,5,22,14,9

 

Dumb

[foolee]

Would be happy with O Rod. What is the code at the bottom? Not that I believe it but an interesting read and would be interested to know what is meant by the bottom bit. 

[Euphoricape]

2 minutes ago, foolee said:

Would be happy with O Rod. What is the code at the bottom? Not that I believe it but an interesting read and would be interested to know what is meant by the bottom bit. 

I read the numbers as glastonbury festivals attended ranked by favourite

Scrap that. Just reread..

 

Code words..

Edited September 8 by Euphoricape

[justanotheronethen]

13 minutes ago, MilkyJoe said:

I've got PHOSPHORUS CALCIUM HYDROGEN CALCIUM SILICON BORON TITANIUM SILICON FLUORINE 🧐

Got any shrooms?

[CaledonianGonzo]

Whether it's kosher or not I don't have the foggiest, but none of it sounds too outlandish.

 

(Except the bit about B*witched)

[kalifire]

3 hours ago, MarrigoldGloves said:

The Festival acknowledges that booking SZA was viewed as a mistake by many and is keen to learn from the small crowd, Contact has been made with her team post festival and the bookers are actually keen for SZA to return to the farm in the future although no actual plans are put in place at this point, the team don’t want SZA legacy with the festival to be perceived as a negative one. They will follow her career closely and it may be 10 or more years when she returns and as to what slot she occupies will entirely depend on career trajectory. 

 

There was emergency talk when Madonna pulled out about if Olivia Rodrigo could step in to take over and this would have been the festivals first choice, prior to speaking to Stevie Wonder who was at one point set to take over however health concerns meant that this was short lived due to health concerns.  However Olivia and her team wanted more time to prepare for a headline slot which has for some time been discussed and at time of writing has been agreed for the Friday headliner slot for 2025.  Although a young artist the booking team are more confident of her success due to her previous appearance at the festival being a success.  

 

The festival team has agreed that the best way to introduce big artists from the US that have quickly grown in popularity is by first pitching them in an afternoon slot on the Pyramid or Other prior to them headlining this was the mode used for Billie Eilish and is why the festival does not consider Olivia Rodrigo to be a risk. For this reason talks with breakout artists such as Chappell Roan or Sabrina Carpenter will be based around a festival debut appearance in an afternoon slot to gauge their success with Glastonbury crowds and not rushing them into a big slot, too early. 

 

The festival has not been in contact with Taylor Swift about headlining at anypoint since the festival cancellation this is not out of any negativity between the two teams but it's just not a possibility for Taylor in the immediate future, The Glastonbury team are hopeful that they can agree a lower than normal & cut with team Swift as her extremely high current fees would be out of reach for the festival and its thought that Taylor would still like to make the festival appearance once her current roadmap is cleared. 

 

Fred Again will headline Saturday at Glastonbury 2025, Prominent members of the Glastonbury booking team were on site at Reading festival to observe his show and are confident that he will be able to entertain a Pyramid crowd, the team is closely monitoring the growth in popularity of electronic music and will be using Fred Again’s headline set to establish if there may be future dance headliners on the Pyramid although at this point no names are mentioned. 

 

Oasis team have been non committal on any headline slot at Glastonbury in the coming years while completely ruling out 2025, there does not seem to be much interest in returning to the festival as the tour is mostly financial motivated and any benefits of playing Glastonbury such as increased streaming revenue has already been achieved by the reunion. However the answer is not yet officially no to a Glastonbury appearance at some point. 

 

From Pulp Jarvis Cocker specifically remains close to the festival booking team as an advisor on other musical acts but seemingly has ruled out any Pulp show on the farm. Pulp reunion has been enjoyed by the band a lot and they have prolonged the comeback longer than originally planned though they think there last show at Glastonbury is the one they want to be remembered for and so will most likely not play the festival again, though Jarvis will appear in some format to be determined at next year's festival. 

 

Rihanna is the booking team's strong leader to play the Sunday night headliner slot, the thinking after early departures last year they want the most prominent headline act to play the Sunday headliner slot this year and with two relatively new acts this will hopefully be Rihanna.  She has been on the festivals radar for many years and it was previously though financials might be a stumbling block it now appears that Rihanna is perhaps thinking of putting a lid on her musical career for good and wants to tick a last few boxes before an early retirement to focus on other ventures which includes an appearance at Glastonbury, She was very close to appearing at Glastonbury 2023 and remains keen.  

 

It's considered Stevie Wonder is considered as a good plan B to Rihanna though lingering health concerns last around if he could commit to such long shows again in the future.

 

Eminem is not a serious contender to headline despite media speculation, the booking team have discussed in the past and existing concerns remain in place. 

 

Lady Gaga is a name the festival would like to get, however her plans are not settling in as reasonable a time scale as the festival needs to lock in a headliner for next year. It looks like it's a no for 2025 however she remains a preferred target for future festivals. 

 

Sam Fender not on the booking teams radar for 2025, Sam is considered a headliner but with Olivia Rodrigo and Fred Again in the other two slots the festival would like to pursue more experienced targets, It seems Sam Fenders team would be prepared to consider a lessor slot on the farm but the festival team are drawn more towards him headline in 2027 or 2028. 

 

Bruce Springsteen content with his one headline appearance, has no plans to play again at this point. 

 

Little Simz sub headline slot was very positively received and the booking team are keen for her to be considered for a Pyramid Headline slot for a festival after the fallow year, though no formal talks have taken place.

 

IDLES after the other stage headline slot the festival booking team are keen to think a bit differently about how they size acts for stages - the local hero status of the band meaning they can perhaps take a larger slot than perhaps there current popularity suggests, however the festival team would prefer them to have headlined at Reading or Download prior to any serious consideration for a Pyramid headline slot. 

 

Kings Of Leon were a possibility of appearing last year however talks proved unfruitful and probably not likely to be seen at the festival again. 

 

Away from headliners at the festival the popularity of the Sugarbabes recent appearances has not gone unnoticed and the possibility of a regular Pop nostalgia slot has been discussed the key problems with this are about getting acts that are a consistent level of popularity likely to be trialed in 2025 with B*witched lined up to test. 

 

The answer to the question you have is 15,20,1,20,14,5,22,14,9

Well, that was entertaining nonsense. 
 

The answer you’re looking for is: 4, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42. 

[Acid_Haze]

23 minutes ago, foolee said:

Would be happy with O Rod. What is the code at the bottom? Not that I believe it but an interesting read and would be interested to know what is meant by the bottom bit. 

Seems like it's in the style of a freedom of information request, which I don't think glastonbury booking teams would be required to deal with.

The idea is that each number is a different question they asked the booking team

Edited September 8 by Acid_Haze

[Acid_Haze]

We've had falsified lineup posters and even radio schedules but falsified FOI requests are a new one 😂

[Spindles]

2 hours ago, OllieMadd said:

What in the ChatGPT is this

ChatGPT wouldn't make so many basic spelling mistakes.

[Crazyfool01]

no way they havent spoken to Taylor 

[incident]

20 minutes ago, Acid_Haze said:

Seems like it's in the style of a freedom of information request, which I don't think glastonbury booking teams would be required to deal with.

The idea is that each number is a different question they asked the booking team

 

As you say, FoI has no relevance whatsoever to GFL. They're not subject to it in any way. Even if they were, then FoI still wouldn't extend to anything even remotely approaching future booking plans.

 

GFL are subject to Subject Access Requests, but again that wouldn't go anywhere near booking plans.

 

I agree with the suggestions that it's either fan fiction or some AI generated bollocks.

[GrumpyRaver]

29 minutes ago, Crazyfool01 said:

no way they havent spoken to Taylor 

And Emily has in fact publicly stated that they have. 

[CaledonianGonzo]

Didn't she just say they were hopeful of getting her again at some point.

 

Pre-submit, found the quote:

 

"I think we’ve got Taylor on board next time she’s doing some touring. We would love to have her back, obviously.”

 

Doesn't really suggest they've been in talks 

[charlierc]

1 hour ago, kalifire said:

The answer you’re looking for is: 4, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42. 

And now you just need the bonus ball to win the full jackpot.

[charlierc]

1 hour ago, MilkyJoe said:

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Periodic table. Very scientific approach...

 

We Are Scientists as Pyramid headliners confirmed?

[MilkyJoe]

8 minutes ago, charlierc said:

Periodic table. Very scientific approach...

 

We Are Scientists as Pyramid headliners confirmed?

Nailed on my friend.😉

[sisco]

18 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

Didn't she just say they were hopeful of getting her again at some point.

 

Pre-submit, found the quote:

 

"I think we’ve got Taylor on board next time she’s doing some touring. We would love to have her back, obviously.”

 

Doesn't really suggest they've been in talks 

And she was touring and didn’t play

[CaledonianGonzo]

Indeed

[Acid_Haze]

1 hour ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

Whether it's kosher or not I don't have the foggiest, but none of it sounds too outlandish.

 

(Except the bit about B*witched)

Yeah they've definitely done their research, if the headliners they suggested turn out to be true I wouldn't be surprised.

[AH1983]

1 hour ago, Crazyfool01 said:

no way they havent spoken to Taylor 

One Million percent. I think it’s quite clear they have but she decided to focus on the Era’s tour for now. Also not sure B*witched would be the type of act they would be looking at for that slot, Avalon maybe.

Edited September 8 by AH1983

[charlierc]

2 hours ago, MilkyJoe said:

Nailed on my friend.😉

Only slightly bigger scale than their gig at Omeara in London in November then.

[nectarofthegods]

5 hours ago, GrumpyRaver said:

Seriously? 😂

In terms of living and reasonable headliner acts, yes. Madonna and Taylor want fees that are too high, the Eavises reportedly hate RHCP after they pulled out and won’t book them again, AC/DC would have done it by now. Bands like the Eagles have passed their time at this point, nobody would watch them headline.
 

So yeah Gaga and Eminem are the two biggest American gets the festival can still feasibly achieve, they have huge popularity and cross generational appeal. I guess maybe Green Day or the Weeknd but they don’t have the same level of stardom and legend status as Gaga and Eminem

[On The Blend]

2 minutes ago, nectarofthegods said:

In terms of living and reasonable headliner acts, yes. Madonna and Taylor want fees that are too high, the Eavises reportedly hate RHCP after they pulled out and won’t book them again, AC/DC would have done it by now. Bands like the Eagles have passed their time at this point, nobody would watch them headline.
 

So yeah Gaga and Eminem are the two biggest American gets the festival can still feasibly achieve, they have huge popularity and cross generational appeal. I guess maybe Green Day or the Weeknd but they don’t have the same level of stardom and legend status as Gaga and Eminem

Weeknd is Canadian for a start 

[CaledonianGonzo]

And AC/DC are famously Scottish

[northernangel]

4 hours ago, On The Blend said:

Reads like a fanfic, I wouldn’t go throwing money at William Hill based of it that’s for sure. 

 

Olivia, Fred, Rihanna isn't the wildest guess to be honest. It's not thing that many in here wouldn't consider as an option.