2025 Headliners

[charlierc]

20 hours ago, NorthernSoul52 said:

Yeah, that would have been market saturation to the max. (Though I do wonder if Muse were considered after the kerfuffle with Foo Fighters.)

Probably not, given Dave Grohl fell off that stage in Sweden very close to Glastonbury weekend and Muse would've likely had commitments (one that their fan Wiki says included Werchter, which must've been on the same weekend)

[gfa]

1 hour ago, charlierc said:

It would be super bizarre of Download to have put out social media posts heavily implying Green Day are there for them not to be there.

someone said they did the exact same re MCR last year to be fair

 

but i do agree

[northernangel]

1 hour ago, charlierc said:

It would be super bizarre of Download to have put out social media posts heavily implying Green Day are there for them not to be there.

 

20 minutes ago, gfa said:

someone said they did the exact same re MCR last year to be fair

 

but i do agree

I do think Green Day will play Friday Download but if they want to play Glastonbury I don't think any amount of money is stopping them from ticking it off.

[charlierc]

42 minutes ago, gfa said:

someone said they did the exact same re MCR last year to be fair

 

but i do agree

I must've missed their MCR baiting promo material.

 

Even then, the Green Day phrasing saw in their posts a few days ago was as subtle as a brick.

[NorthernSoul52]

Yeah, the MCR baiting is what has a few people stung on Green Day being an absolute lock.

 

But if they've missed out Green Day and a Linkin Park reunion, think there will be understandable disappointment in some quarters.

[Ben7amin_]

41 minutes ago, NorthernSoul52 said:

Yeah, the MCR baiting is what has a few people stung on Green Day being an absolute lock.

 

But if they've missed out Green Day and a Linkin Park reunion, think there will be understandable disappointment in some quarters.

 

I can't remember the history - could it be it wasn't baiting yet they thought they would play - and something changed - Feels more likely to me? But I do not know the ins and outs.

 

Similarly  maybe KOL thought they would be playing Glastonbury when they put all those images on socials- then things broke down.

 

Got no proof either way so just a theory. 

[NorthernSoul52]

I think there was an assumption MCR were going to tour in earnest this year, and it never materialised.

 

One of those bands for whom it would be headline or nothing at the G anyway, and I frankly cannot see EE having any interest in them.

 

But also, given their penchant for short shows sometimes - think their WWWY set the other day was very quick - the kind of band who would be a terrific secret slot pick.

 

Not a chance in a month of Sundays, of course.

[gfa]

15 hours ago, charlierc said:

I must've missed their MCR baiting promo material.

 

Even then, the Green Day phrasing saw in their posts a few days ago was as subtle as a brick.

The MCR was just as blatant - something about the black parade

[VCK2]

Maybe Green Day will headline Download, but do a Foos style slot on the Pyramid. I just can't see them headlining both festivals.

Edited October 23 by VCK2

[mouserat]

17 hours ago, Ben7amin_ said:

 

I can't remember the history - could it be it wasn't baiting yet they thought they would play - and something changed - Feels more likely to me? But I do not know the ins and outs.

 

Similarly  maybe KOL thought they would be playing Glastonbury when they put all those images on socials- then things broke down.

 

Got no proof either way so just a theory. 

The KOL case has a much simpler explanation if you ask me. Whoever is in charge of social media has a library of archive footage to pull from and they pick a Glastonbury clip. Engagement is really big, partly because of all the speculation it starts. So the social media person keeps posting more clips from Glastonbury because it's their job to increase engagement and followers. 

 

Nothing in the wording ever made it seem like they were teasing an appearance. It always felt more of a push to sell their other dates by reminding people how great their Glastonbury performance was.

[northernangel]

13 minutes ago, VCK2 said:

Maybe Green Day will headline Download, but do a Foos style slot on the Pyramid. I just can't see them headlining both festivals.

That's not unthinkable to be honest, it would make use of the available gap but for an hours set meaning meaning punters still need to go to Download if they want the full thing. Something that I can imagine being a compromise on for both parties and it means Olivia doesn’t do 3 days running. It's not like when Foos did it they weren't a band chasing money either. They would have a day's break, do an hour/hrs 15 set and then only need to get to Luxembourg with a day's rest. Very doable.

 

Something like

 

Olivia

Yungblud

Green Day

[Avalon_Fields]

3 hours ago, mouserat said:

The KOL case has a much simpler explanation if you ask me. Whoever is in charge of social media has a library of archive footage to pull from and they pick a Glastonbury clip. Engagement is really big, partly because of all the speculation it starts. So the social media person keeps posting more clips from Glastonbury because it's their job to increase engagement and followers. 

 

Nothing in the wording ever made it seem like they were teasing an appearance. It always felt more of a push to sell their other dates by reminding people how great their Glastonbury performance was.

A fair reasoning, at the time it seemed a strong hint but it’s too easy to jump to conclusions 

[MEGABOWL]

21 hours ago, Ben7amin_ said:

 

I can't remember the history - could it be it wasn't baiting yet they thought they would play - and something changed - Feels more likely to me? But I do not know the ins and outs.

 

Similarly  maybe KOL thought they would be playing Glastonbury when they put all those images on socials- then things broke down.

 

Got no proof either way so just a theory. 

THE POST did say something about them being in talks

[Suprefan]

Will glasto dare put Olivia and Sabrina against each other or....

[sisco]

2 hours ago, Suprefan said:

Will glasto dare put Olivia and Sabrina against each other or....

Or no.  That would be the stupidest move they could make 

[charlierc]

2 hours ago, Suprefan said:

Will glasto dare put Olivia and Sabrina against each other or....

Probably not.

[charlierc]

12 hours ago, gfa said:

The MCR was just as blatant - something about the black parade

That big? Bloody hell. No wonder people were annoyed if MCR didn't turn up with such a leading hint that they'd been convinced.

[RedJosh]

12 hours ago, gfa said:

The MCR was just as blatant - something about the black parade

The Download dog they released last year looked like it was dressed in a Black Parade outfit and to be fair Download thought they had them booked for 2025 for months at that point. It wasn't until July/August that they pulled out.

 

[Suprefan]

5 hours ago, charlierc said:

Probably not.

I was kidding. They cant play the same day anyway. But do you put Sabrina after the legend Sunday slot though.

[FKA SOSOTWS]

30 minutes ago, Suprefan said:

I was kidding. They cant play the same day anyway. But do you put Sabrina after the legend Sunday slot though.

 

Why not, Avril did fine there.

[gfa]

11 hours ago, sisco said:

Or no.  That would be the stupidest move they could make 

Not wildly different to the original Dua Lipa / SZA clash?

 

6 hours ago, SwallowOrSleepOnTheWetSpot said:

 

Why not, Avril did fine there.

Avril =/= fine

 

On the pyramid though yes

[Tfarm]

6 hours ago, SwallowOrSleepOnTheWetSpot said:

 

Why not, Avril did fine there.

 

A little too fine, it was utter carnage getting from Shania to Avril.

[MEGABOWL]

7 hours ago, Suprefan said:

I was kidding. They cant play the same day anyway. But do you put Sabrina after the legend Sunday slot though.

That would make a lot of sense

[AVALON.G]

11 hours ago, RedJosh said:

The Download dog they released last year looked like it was dressed in a Black Parade outfit and to be fair Download thought they had them booked for 2025 for months at that point. It wasn't until July/August that they pulled out.

 

 

 

Yeah, I would suggest that Download would have heard from MCR lawyers if they had been teased just to sell tickets. It seems obvious that they were intended to play at the time they were hinted. 

 

I think we have to assume they were in the frame to play last year and Greenday are in the frame for download this year. 

[foolee]

7 hours ago, SwallowOrSleepOnTheWetSpot said:

 

Why not, Avril did fine there.

Avril should’ve been main. People couldn’t even get in the field, it was utter carnage.