2025 Headliners

[CantWaitForGlasto22]

1 hour ago, FloopFiller said:

Chappell’s gonna get biggest crowd of the weekend imo. 

Yes I agree. There’s been such hype around her. Even my mum (75!) sent me an article saying she’d read about her stage shows and thought I’d be interested. Must admit I was late to the Chappell party but been listening to her album on a loop over the last few days and love it. Would definitely go and see her. 

[Superscally]

1 hour ago, steviewevie said:

when I was a young man and I used to go Glastonbury for a lot less money (like zero) I didn't give a flying f**k about headliners and missed most of them and seemed to spend most of it sitting down chatting bollocks to people during day and either wandering around in a confused state or dancing outside chip vans at night and had the best time ever but missed the all time classic headliners that people still talk about and in hindsight I wish I'd seen.

But, now it's a lot more money, and I demand value for money, and I can't be dancing outside a chip van all night at my age.

Just half the night

[Tranquility of Solitude]

2 hours ago, steviewevie said:

when I was a young man and I used to go Glastonbury for a lot less money (like zero) I didn't give a flying f**k about headliners and missed most of them and seemed to spend most of it sitting down chatting bollocks to people during day and either wandering around in a confused state or dancing outside chip vans at night and had the best time ever but missed the all time classic headliners that people still talk about and in hindsight I wish I'd seen.

But, now it's a lot more money, and I demand value for money, and I can't be dancing outside a chip van all night at my age.

Depends on the chips.

[Suprefan]

6 hours ago, Avalon_Fields said:

So what’s the biggest factor in all of this uncertainty? Dearth of top acts available? Glastonbury not on the ball? Glastonbury £ rates? Acts can earn huge sums on the arena circuit? Too many other festivals in competition?

Its a combo of all of them. If you have nobody available, who do you book. If artists say no for whatever reason, what do you do. Since theres only the exclusive tag to worry about in the uk and eu then its a matter of who says yes, money aside. And these acts can tour around it and get money elsewhere if thats an issue.  You can argue that they are sometimes behind the curve instead of ahead of it. Sza def will halt their progression theyve been making. Neil Young is a clear sign of that regardless of status. Fest comp wise it certainly doesnt matter since you announce so late, its sold out and everyone announces prior and sells tickets.  This isnt america, much different where its how you see it. More money touring solo or taking the Live Nation route of playing 10 Lollapaloozas and watering down all the lineups. And Ive said it, they arent a king maker festival, so they just try to maneuver when it bests suits them on a new artist to be highly billed or headline. The irony here anyway is that coachella gets sh*t on because its an "influencer" festival. Yet they pay artists top dollar. Glastonbury doesnt pay  much and pays with "exposure" aka influencer payment.  I know they cant change their formula because this is for charity, but you just wonder whats gonna happen during the fallow because financially things will change a lot for artists, esp in america.

[danmarks]

I genuinely don't understand why you can be arsed to come to a festival that is every thing you hate

[stuie]

6 minutes ago, danmarks said:

I genuinely don't understand why you can be arsed to come to a festival that is every thing you hate

 

^^ this! 

 

not only 'come to' but transatlantically travel to!

[CaledonianGonzo]

Different font size.  He wrote that on a writing app and then copy and pasted it here.  New levels of tragic.

[stuie]

12 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

Different font size.  He wrote that on a writing app and then copy and pasted it here.  New levels of tragic.

 

the text has a background colour when viewing in dark mode too.

Edited December 8, 2024 by stuie
maybe supre is AI generated?

[Fuego710]

33 minutes ago, stuie said:

 

the text has a background colour when viewing in dark mode too.

 

To be fair, when I'm writing a longer piece in a text box on my phone I tend to write it out in notes and then copy it over. Easier to proof and edit. Could be something like that, or yeah as you're suggesting.

 

Also, how do you get dark mode here? Can't see it in the settings

[stuie]

33 minutes ago, Fuego710 said:

Also, how do you get dark mode here? Can't see it in the settings

 

You might have to be a gold member to get dark mode  but there's a toggle in the website footer for 'Theme'

You can prob get your phone to do it though?

[Supernintendo Chalmers]

7 hours ago, stuie said:

 

the text has a background colour when viewing in dark mode too.

 

Artificial Irrelevance 

[TheSheriff]

9 hours ago, Suprefan said:

Its a combo of all of them. If you have nobody available, who do you book. If artists say no for whatever reason, what do you do. Since theres only the exclusive tag to worry about in the uk and eu then its a matter of who says yes, money aside. And these acts can tour around it and get money elsewhere if thats an issue.  You can argue that they are sometimes behind the curve instead of ahead of it. Sza def will halt their progression theyve been making. Neil Young is a clear sign of that regardless of status. Fest comp wise it certainly doesnt matter since you announce so late, its sold out and everyone announces prior and sells tickets.  This isnt america, much different where its how you see it. More money touring solo or taking the Live Nation route of playing 10 Lollapaloozas and watering down all the lineups. And Ive said it, they arent a king maker festival, so they just try to maneuver when it bests suits them on a new artist to be highly billed or headline. The irony here anyway is that coachella gets sh*t on because its an "influencer" festival. Yet they pay artists top dollar. Glastonbury doesnt pay  much and pays with "exposure" aka influencer payment.  I know they cant change their formula because this is for charity, but you just wonder whats gonna happen during the fallow because financially things will change a lot for artists, esp in america.

You talk of Neil Young being a step back. As far as I see it, it’s simply he’s Michael’s favourite artist and neither man is getting younger so Emily is trying to give her dad that one last favourite memory of the festival. It is my opinion that if Neil was available any other recent years he would have played. On whether he is relevant in 2025 yes that is debatable, but the fact is he tours so infrequently his stock remains high therefore he headlines.

[jonnytee1]

2 hours ago, TheSheriff said:

You talk of Neil Young being a step back. As far as I see it, it’s simply he’s Michael’s favourite artist and neither man is getting younger so Emily is trying to give her dad that one last favourite memory of the festival. It is my opinion that if Neil was available any other recent years he would have played. On whether he is relevant in 2025 yes that is debatable, but the fact is he tours so infrequently his stock remains high therefore he headlines.

Fully agree with the above and I would add what I have said a million times - if you don’t like what’s at the top of the bill at Coachella then you can go to one of the few other stages. 
 

most of the magic at glasto happens away from the pyramid stage or ANY of the main stages - you won’t get that at Coachella 

 

 

[judyblue110]

4 hours ago, TheSheriff said:

You talk of Neil Young being a step back. As far as I see it, it’s simply he’s Michael’s favourite artist and neither man is getting younger so Emily is trying to give her dad that one last favourite memory of the festival. It is my opinion that if Neil was available any other recent years he would have played. On whether he is relevant in 2025 yes that is debatable, but the fact is he tours so infrequently his stock remains high therefore he headlines.

 

I say this as a Neil Young fan, and I'm sure he would agree fully - with the exception of the early 70s, Neil has never been "relevant". Irrelevance has pretty much been his intended career direction since about 1972.

 

He was no more or less relevant in 2009 than he is now.

[CaledonianGonzo]

Exactly.

[fullfathom5]

Can anyone give me some suggestions of a couple of Chappell Roan songs to listen to? I heard Hot To Go, it’s alright but don’t get the fuss yet… just sounded like a crap YMCA.

 

O-Rod on the other hand, I’m all over that, she’s great!

[CaledonianGonzo]

Red Wine Supernova is an absolute belter, as is Good Luck Babe.

[tarw]

12 minutes ago, fullfathom5 said:

Can anyone give me some suggestions of a couple of Chappell Roan songs to listen to? I heard Hot To Go, it’s alright but don’t get the fuss yet… just sounded like a crap YMCA.

 

O-Rod on the other hand, I’m all over that, she’s great!

Red wine supernova and casual now would be my couple. But there’s only one album to listen to so give the album a spin

[fullfathom5]

Thank you.

[incident]

2009 is often quoted as being the strongest headline trio in festival history.

 

In 2024 one of the headliners had the field less than 10% full.

 

Yet there's people complaining that Neil Young isn't big enough anymore.

 

Mental. Utterly mental.

 

He'll get a very respectable crowd - not Elton or even Coldplay sized, but decent - regardless of whoever is playing elsewhere. Personally I'm delighted to have the chance, having missed him last time (no regrets - Ray Davies was great in the Acoustic).

[Nobody Interesting]

42 minutes ago, fullfathom5 said:

Can anyone give me some suggestions of a couple of Chappell Roan songs to listen to? I heard Hot To Go, it’s alright but don’t get the fuss yet… just sounded like a crap YMCA.

 

O-Rod on the other hand, I’m all over that, she’s great!

 

Listen to the entire album, I think it is really really good and it is not my taste in music.

[fraybentos1]

20 hours ago, curlyjake said:

Not sure we need another source but from a conversation today Fred appears definitely out, from someone who should know his plans due to involvements this year. Also went on to say 1975 were now in without any prompt. 

 

It's not a friend of a friend jobby, it's a direct conversation. But can never take things to be 100%, certainly not Glasto anyway as things seem to so changeable. But it's another notch on the 1975 odds.

 

For what it's with I think they more than deserve the shot, fan or not can't think of many UK guitar bands with the appeal they have particularly with the younger generation, and anyone who saw the latest run know they have a show in the locker more than ready for the big triangle. 

Seems to lineup with The 1975 being a direct replacement for Fred as discussed elsewhere. Looks like they can be locked in alongside O Rod. 

[kalifire]

1 hour ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

Red Wine Supernova is an absolute belter, as is Good Luck Babe.

They’re OK. Short term bangers for sure, and I can see why people would consider them absolute belters - they’ve been quickly successful. But I’m doubtful that as songs, they’ll match her level of short term success.

Edited December 8, 2024 by kalifire

[tarw]

5 minutes ago, kalifire said:

They’re OK. Short term bangers for sure, and I can see why people would consider them absolute belters - they’ve been quickly successful. But I’m doubtful that as songs, they’ll match her level of short term success.

I wouldn’t say that they’ve been quickly successful. They were a slow burn. The albums over a year old

[FloopFiller]

The album flew under the radar on release and then when Good Luck Babe became an instant hit people discovered her album and realised its full of fantastic pop songs. Went from having zero radio/chart presence to having like five hits at once. I was kind of expecting her to skip Glastonbury next year and possibly be lined up to headline in ‘27, but they’ve only gone and bagged her.