2025 Headliners

[CaledonianGonzo]

TBH I dunno if I see him being booked at all cos he's not big enough to headline but probably wouldn't want to do a lower slot for a few blocks of Worthy Cheese.

 

He's the country Tyler, The Creator.

[DomDom1984]

5 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

TBH I dunno if I see him being booked at all cos he's not big enough to headline but probably wouldn't want to do a lower slot for a few blocks of Worthy Cheese.

 

He's the country Tyler, The Creator.

So he'll get booked and then not be there?

[NorthernSoul52]

Zach Bryan strikes me as a fellow who could be persuaded - but you'd need to sell him on it, and with the caveat he would need to be subbing the Pyramid too.

[Baggins7]

Would be good to see some of the more modern country acts give it a go. Zach Bryan, Morgan Wallen, Luke Combs, Chris Stapleton. Even Post Malone with his newer releases. Saw Chris Stapleton in Bham on Tuesday and he was incredible

[Euphoricape]

14 minutes ago, Baggins7 said:

Would be good to see some of the more modern country acts give it a go. Zach Bryan, Morgan Wallen, Luke Combs, Chris Stapleton. Even Post Malone with his newer releases. Saw Chris Stapleton in Bham on Tuesday and he was incredible

The main issue with this though is that country music is utter horseshit

[NorthernSoul52]

It has a growing audience over here, absolutely. But I also do not know how much it will hook as a crossover to Glastonbury - and, given the big fees commanded by those artists back home, how interested they would be.

[UncleJunior]

I think the modern lot would do really well at Glasto.

[CaledonianGonzo]

I love country, but dunno if I really get on with this plethora of men they have these days singing about Tennessee Whisky and so on.

[NorthernSoul52]

I like Bryan's song with Springsteen, even if it is shamelessly recasting I'm on Fire for the new century.

[GrumpyRaver]

2 hours ago, cdm22 said:

Am I the only one that has never even heard of Zach Bryan? 😁

Me neither

[NorthernSoul52]

 

[incident]

4 minutes ago, UncleJunior said:

I think the modern lot would do really well at Glasto.

 

I don't know country well enough, but where does Carrie Underwood fit in this?

 

As someone not familiar with the "scene", I'd have considered her a fairly big, modern, mainstream crossover country name - but when she played Glastonbury a few years ago it was a fairly early Pyramid slot and even then she didn't draw a big crowd.

[NorthernSoul52]

I think Underwood comes slightly before the new generation. I could be wrong though.

[gazzared]

5 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

I love country, but dunno if I really get on with this plethora of men they have these days singing about Tennessee Whisky and so on.

not all about whisky....some country love songs are very catchy...iam thinking Sunday morning slot

 

[dotdash79]

5 minutes ago, incident said:

 

I don't know country well enough, but where does Carrie Underwood fit in this?

 

As someone not familiar with the "scene", I'd have considered her a fairly big, modern, mainstream crossover country name - but when she played Glastonbury a few years ago it was a fairly early Pyramid slot and even then she didn't draw a big crowd.

Country is very much in fashion at the moment, a lot more than when she played. 

[NorthernSoul52]

Ooooo, fashion.

[Padjeq]

Zach Bryan is ostensibly a country artist, but he's closer to the popular chart-bothering troubadour Noah Kahan, even getting his own top 10 uk hit earlier this year.

 

He already curries favour with the Fantano and Pitchfork type of music fan and his ceiling is a lot higher than the Morgan Wallen and Jellyrolls we're having foisted on us.

 

He's got oscar winning actors starring in his videos. He's big time, baby!!!

Edited October 25 by Padjeq

[UncleJunior]

1 minute ago, Padjeq said:

Zach Bryan is ostensibly a country artist, but he's closer to the popular chart-bothering troubadour Noah Kahan, even getting his own top 10 uk hit earlier this year.

 

He already curries favour with the Fantano and Pitchfork type of music fan and his ceiling is a lot higher than the Morgan Wallen and Jellyrolls we're having foisted on us.

 

He's got oscar winning actors starring in his videos. He's big time, baby!!!

Yeah this, he’s closer to the Boss than someone like Morgan Wallen

[NorthernSoul52]

I just assumed Jelly Roll was the American version of Rag'n'Bone Man, to be fair.

[charlierc]

4 hours ago, Padjeq said:

Zach Bryan is ostensibly a country artist, but he's closer to the popular chart-bothering troubadour Noah Kahan, even getting his own top 10 uk hit earlier this year.

 

He already curries favour with the Fantano and Pitchfork type of music fan and his ceiling is a lot higher than the Morgan Wallen and Jellyrolls we're having foisted on us.

 

He's got oscar winning actors starring in his videos. He's big time, baby!!!

I said in the BST Hyde Park thread that I had no idea who he was. Clearly, way bigger a deal than I figured.

[CaledonianGonzo]

Megan Moroney and Lainey Wilson more my jam.

[Suprefan]

7 hours ago, Baggins7 said:

Would be good to see some of the more modern country acts give it a go. Zach Bryan, Morgan Wallen, Luke Combs, Chris Stapleton. Even Post Malone with his newer releases. Saw Chris Stapleton in Bham on Tuesday and he was incredible

morgan wallen is sh*t live. But its cool you really want that racist pos at glasto of all places lol. Stapleton or Bryan would be really good at the fest cause they dont come off 100% country and that comes down better since its just good songs. Sometimes people need to get past that label for some artists. Sturgill Simpson would knock the doors off if he ever got a chance at glasto.

[Suprefan]

2 hours ago, charlierc said:

I said in the BST Hyde Park thread that I had no idea who he was. Clearly, way bigger a deal than I figured.

 Sold out a stadium tour this year over here. Thus why he is doing Bst. 

[Suprefan]

7 hours ago, Euphoricape said:

The main issue with this though is that country music is utter horseshit

Kacey Musgraves is horseshit? Plenty of people here love her. I wonder why. Oh, good music goes beyond labels, thats it.

[CaledonianGonzo]

7 minutes ago, Suprefan said:

Sturgill Simpson would knock the doors off if he ever got a chance at glasto.

 

Yeah 10 years on it's all people talk about

 

 

 

Edited October 25 by CaledonianGonzo