2025 Headliners

[gfa]

6 minutes ago, DomDom1984 said:

We ruling Muse out of outright topping the bill?

likely to be announced for R&L

 

If they aren't though i guess since we aren't allowed to listen to good info they must be in the running given a lack of other shows in the UK. They must be doing something!

 

Churnups slot perhaps

[CaledonianGonzo]

8 minutes ago, DomDom1984 said:

We ruling Muse out of outright topping the bill?

 

We're not ruling anyone out.  All options remain open until the poster drops.  They're just as likely as anyone, up to and including Beyonce and Tay Tay.

[Jamm]

4 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

 

We're not ruling anyone out.  All options remain open until the poster drops.  They're just as likely as anyone, up to and including Beyonce and Tay Tay.

I mean that’s not strictly true is it. Some are more likely than others.

 

I love Muse, and would happily have them there, but it just doesn’t feel likely.
 

Maybe more breathing room needed from their last performance (Coldplay are Coldplay, can’t really compare).

[charlierc]

2 minutes ago, Jamm said:

Maybe more breathing room needed from their last performance (Coldplay are Coldplay, can’t really compare).

The passage of time feels weirdly smaller as we're ageing tbf. Last time Muse did Glastonbury was 2016, so nine years will have passed by next year's festival. Once upon a time that would've been seen as long enough.

[charlierc]

11 minutes ago, gfa said:

likely to be announced for R&L

Have I missed something? I thought they were just a name in the mix for that one rather than making the cut.

[CaledonianGonzo]

3 minutes ago, Jamm said:

I mean that’s not strictly true is it. Some are more likely than others.

 

I don't see why. If we've learned anything from the last few pages it's that the Rolling Stones, AC/DC and Lady Gaga are every bit as likely as O-Rod.

[Euphoricape]

51 minutes ago, mufcok said:

 

Would probably be a logical (and good) booking though

That was me getting optimistic for 3 big electronic headliners. I didn't mean to post it as fact, I has assumed it was already heavily rumoured.

 

Fri- Underworld

Sat- Basement Jaxx

Sun- The Prodigy

 

[Punksnotdead]

7 hours ago, Meerkat said:

Don't know much about Neil Young so have decided to give him a listen. Just listened to the After the Gold Rush album and I like it!

 

Any recommendations on where to go next?

If you want an idea about how amazing his live shows are, listen to Weld - by a country mile the greatest live album ever, IMO.

[Jamm]

7 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

 

I don't see why. If we've learned anything from the last few pages it's that the Rolling Stones, AC/DC and Lady Gaga are every bit as likely as O-Rod.

When booking acts for festivals there are a lot of things to consider such as cost, availability or a myriad of factors which increases or decreases likelihood. I think it’s safe to consider AC/DC, Rolling Stones, Taylor Swift, Beyonce and Lady Gaga as less likely than some other names, such as even Muse. Happy to be wrong though! I just don’t think the every single musical artist in the world is as likely as each other to perform next year is a great outlook on things. It’s just reiterating pages of arguments, if people can’t discuss why they think anyone is likely or unlikely because “everyone has equal chance of headlining” what even is the point of this thread. 

 

Likewise with Muse, just a gut feeling, even as a Muse fan. They haven’t really done anything of note since the last appearance and even then there was a load of murmurs about it being a boring booking. Can see them returning if they don’t fall off as they’re still Stadium/Arena sized (within reason) but don’t see it next year, maybe they do R&L or maybe they just have a quiet one. But as @charlierc said that last headline was 2016, doesn’t feel that long ago at all!

[Jamm]

2 minutes ago, Punksnotdead said:

If you want an idea about how amazing his live shows are, listen to Weld - by a country mile the greatest live album ever, IMO.

As stellar as Weld is, Alive 2007 exists.

[CaledonianGonzo]

Weld does indeed absolutely f**king slap. The version of Like A Hurricane on there is goated.

[Crazyfool01]

11 minutes ago, Euphoricape said:

That was me getting optimistic for 3 big electronic headliners. I didn't mean to post it as fact, I has assumed it was already heavily rumoured.

 

Fri- Underworld

Sat- Basement Jaxx

Sun- The Prodigy

 

That would likely be the first year I’d not seen a pyramid headliner if true 🙂 

[CantWaitForGlasto22]

My ideal of those being discussed would be Pulp/Lady Gaga/Sam Fender. Suspect I will be 0/3 on those, but nice to dream… 

[charlierc]

1 hour ago, Jamm said:

Likewise with Muse, just a gut feeling, even as a Muse fan. They haven’t really done anything of note since the last appearance and even then there was a load of murmurs about it being a boring booking. Can see them returning if they don’t fall off as they’re still Stadium/Arena sized (within reason) but don’t see it next year, maybe they do R&L or maybe they just have a quiet one. But as @charlierc said that last headline was 2016, doesn’t feel that long ago at all!

Maybe the fact TV isn't that much more HD 8/9 years on and that 2020/21 being a musical (supermassive) black hole thanks to covid helps make it feel like it was sooner than it was.

 

Simulation Theory and Will of the People have a couple of alright songs - and ones that work well live - but they're already imo at the "new LP cuts and singles" stage where the new LP stuff is in one tour, out the next.

 

I'm not convinced by them for Glastonbury, and certainly don't feel like this thread necessarily has had a constant stream of people saying they'll do it. Even though the trail on what Muse are doing has gone quiet since announcing those 3 shows, it's a question of where they might wash up here. BST Hyde Park still has 2/3 gigs to fill from what I recall, hence pondering if that might be a place. Someone also suggested them for that new Come Together thing up in Newcastle, though that could just be wishful thinking.

[charlierc]

1 hour ago, CantWaitForGlasto22 said:

My ideal of those being discussed would be Pulp/Lady Gaga/Sam Fender. Suspect I will be 0/3 on those, but nice to dream… 

Feel like Fender is gonna prioritise his stadium stuff tbh.

 

Is the buzz that Gaga isn't around next year?

 

Pulp are touring given Bilbao BBK and Tramlines announced them but no idea what else they might do. I like the idea of them doing a Different Class in full tour - best album of the 90s imo. But it's tricky to know what else they're up to yet.

[Jamm]

5 minutes ago, charlierc said:

Maybe the fact TV isn't that much more HD 8/9 years on and that 2020/21 being a musical (supermassive) black hole thanks to covid helps make it feel like it was sooner than it was.

 

Simulation Theory and Will of the People have a couple of alright songs - and ones that work well live - but they're already imo at the "new LP cuts and singles" stage where the new LP stuff is in one tour, out the next.

 

I'm not convinced by them for Glastonbury, and certainly don't feel like this thread necessarily has had a constant stream of people saying they'll do it. Even though the trail on what Muse are doing has gone quiet since announcing those 3 shows, it's a question of where they might wash up here. BST Hyde Park still has 2/3 gigs to fill from what I recall, hence pondering if that might be a place. Someone also suggested them for that new Come Together thing up in Newcastle, though that could just be wishful thinking.

Simulation Theory and Will of the People had their detractors but agreed there’s a handful of good tracks across them. Even went to the Simulation Theory tour and had a blast. Dates didn’t work out on WOTP for me though.

 

Do they necessarily have to do any UK dates next year though? They could just do a few fleeting dates across the summer in Europe and that be it. They did R&L 2017, but they’re a bit more limited in headliner choice and it could get me there on a day ticket. Mind you R&L day tickets are extortionate these days.

 

Also looks like I misjudged that Come Together thing! I thought it was a standard 3-day event, but looks like they’re trying to do a Northern BST type deal focused on individual days on a site. Robbie Williams and KoL aren’t for me, but at least shows some ambition for the size of act they’re getting. One to watch for sure.

[Someoni]

So does this have any bearing on  things do we think?

[nikkic]

That is shocking 

[Jamm]

4 minutes ago, Someoni said:

So does this have any bearing on  things do we think?

In a word: No.

 

Chappell not being exclusive maybe? Wasn’t there talk that’s what they were trying for. Increased chance of her at Glastonbury I guess.

 

Other than that maybe Amyl, and a couple mid or down bill acts like Kooks cropping up somewhere but in the whole don’t think there’d be much overlap.

 

If Glastonbury was to get a heavier act on the Other stage give me Deftones over BMTH any day of the week.

[Someoni]

3 minutes ago, Jamm said:

In a word: No.

 

Chappell not being exclusive maybe? Wasn’t there talk that’s what they were trying for. Increased chance of her at Glastonbury I guess.

 

Other than that maybe Amyl, and a couple mid or down bill acts like Kooks cropping up somewhere but in the whole don’t think there’d be much overlap.

 

If Glastonbury was to get a heavier act on the Other stage give me Deftones over BMTH any day of the week.

Bmth is someone I've not seen yet. Thr drummer is phenomenal 

[Suprefan]

Chappell is still "headlining" and theyve not shared headliners ever. So Melvin did Emily and Michael a favor? Still has to be a Pyramid sub though. They would out her before Olivia easily.

[Oll678]

Yeah interesting that Chappel isn’t listed as a UK exclusive anywhere, doesn’t sound like there’s a spot for her at BST so hoping she’s at Glasto. She epitomises the festival for me, feel like she’d be perfect for it! 

[glimmers_of_hope]

16 minutes ago, nikkic said:

That is shocking 

Nah,  it's exactly what reading needs to deliver to keep it relevant to its core demographic. Travis Scott, BMTH and Chappell Roan are all pulls. 

[Gnomicide]

They never share headliners in the same year but some Reading headliners have appeared lower down the Glastonbury bill.

[incident]

6 minutes ago, Gnomicide said:

They never share headliners in the same year but some Reading headliners have appeared lower down the Glastonbury bill.

 

Indeed, especially since R+L started pretending that they had 2 headliners per day.

 

Lewis Capaldi was one example, quite recently, although I think he ended up pulling out of R+L

Edited December 5, 2024 by incident