Boardmasters 2025

[Dales]

Just now, gfa said:

London Grammer will go down like a sack of bricks at boardmasters

 

Bit weird you expect Raye to only do day fests and not weekenders lol

 

It's more that I think she is someone, who if your a fan you would want to listen to properly. To me she seems like an act that those who are not fans would just talk through.

 

I am sure at the likes of Glastonbury with a real moxed crowd she would go down well, she does not scream Boardmasters at me. (Although, I have never been to Boardmasters and so could be completly wrong about the audeince I think they get).

[stanh]

2 minutes ago, Dales said:

 

It's more that I think she is someone, who if your a fan you would want to listen to properly. To me she seems like an act that those who are not fans would just talk through.

 

I am sure at the likes of Glastonbury with a real moxed crowd she would go down well, she does not scream Boardmasters at me. (Although, I have never been to Boardmasters and so could be completly wrong about the audeince I think they get).

think she'll go down better than jorja smith tbh, got quite a few recognisable songs and a good show. is an interesting pick, but can't really say am surprised with it

[Dales]

9 minutes ago, stanh said:

think she'll go down better than jorja smith tbh, got quite a few recognisable songs and a good show. is an interesting pick, but can't really say am surprised with it

 

Yeah, I bet she put's on a decent show. Wish I went to see her the other year when she played Victorious. I can't remember who I saw instead, which kinda shows how her star has risen as I remember not seeing her more then who I went to watch.

 

[FestivalJamie]

Raye & London Grammar are good names but Raye as a headline booking is very questionable.. makes you think they couldn't find anything else.. She is a great singer but it is a bit of a jump as a headliner.

 

The line up is very weak and that makes me worry for Victorious now..

[FestivalJamie]

1 hour ago, Dales said:

 

It's more that I think she is someone, who if your a fan you would want to listen to properly. To me she seems like an act that those who are not fans would just talk through.

 

I am sure at the likes of Glastonbury with a real moxed crowd she would go down well, she does not scream Boardmasters at me. (Although, I have never been to Boardmasters and so could be completly wrong about the audeince I think they get).

She fits in well for boardmasters, because it's along the same lines as the Lorde booking (which although got a lot of hate via social media, went down well in person).

 

However, I still feel like her headlining is a bit of stretch.

[WhoOdyssey]

1 hour ago, stanh said:

think she'll go down better than jorja smith tbh, got quite a few recognisable songs and a good show. is an interesting pick, but can't really say am surprised with it

 

She doesn't play most of them, aside from jazz versions of Prada & You Don't Know Me. 

 

Escapism, Worth It & Oscar Winning Tears are probably the only other recognisable songs she does, aside from that it's album tracks.

[Chad888]

Let's be honest, Raye hasn't done or released anything since before she played 7th down Glastonbury pyramid stage, just above Rick Astley.

 

Lorde at least played second down Pyramid stage in 22, same as Sam Fender and just before Kendrick Lamar. Stormzy, Florence both topped the bill at Glastonbury. Liam Gallagher played second down pyramid, and has topped Reading and Leeds before headlining Boardies, same as Stormzy and Sam Fender again. Foals topped R&L and the Glastonury other stage and second on Pyramid.

 

Raye is a downgrade on those given she's released nothing and hasn't got anything in the works.

 

You can only assume they've spent big on the 3rd headliner, but you lead a marketing campaign with your big name I'd have thought....maybe waiting till 10th ticket release and it's more expensive.

[NorthernSoul52]

Might well be gambling to pick up more later on? Not sure!

[gfa]

14 hours ago, FestivalJamie said:

Raye & London Grammar are good names but Raye as a headline booking is very questionable.. makes you think they couldn't find anything else.. She is a great singer but it is a bit of a jump as a headliner.

 

The line up is very weak and that makes me worry for Victorious now..

Its really not a jump, she's headlining an APE day, has sold out the o2 in a few hours and also headlined bbc r1 big weekend

 

Obviously not the biggest headliner but she's clearly popular

 

13 hours ago, Chad888 said:

Let's be honest, Raye hasn't done or released anything since before she played 7th down Glastonbury pyramid stage, just above Rick Astley.

 

Lorde at least played second down Pyramid stage in 22, same as Sam Fender and just before Kendrick Lamar. Stormzy, Florence both topped the bill at Glastonbury. Liam Gallagher played second down pyramid, and has topped Reading and Leeds before headlining Boardies, same as Stormzy and Sam Fender again. Foals topped R&L and the Glastonury other stage and second on Pyramid.

 

Raye is a downgrade on those given she's released nothing and hasn't got anything in the works.

 

You can only assume they've spent big on the 3rd headliner, but you lead a marketing campaign with your big name I'd have thought....maybe waiting till 10th ticket release and it's more expensive.

Raye is no weaker than Jorja Smith

[Chad888]

42 minutes ago, gfa said:

Its really not a jump, she's headlining an APE day, has sold out the o2 in a few hours and also headlined bbc r1 big weekend

 

Obviously not the biggest headliner but she's clearly popular

 

Raye is no weaker than Jorja Smith

 

Just last year, Raye played 3rd down at Boardmasters.

 

After releasing nothing, and with nothing coming up, she is now headliner.

 

 

Jorja Smith though was during the era where the festival was attracting the smaller headliners. They were having acts headline like Two Door Cinema Club, Skepta, Catfish and the Bottles, Alt-Jay, James Bay.

 

Jumping to Stormzy, Sam Fender, Kings of Leon, Disclosure, Florence & the Machine, Liam Gallagher, Lorde, and then going to Prodigy and Raye seems very 2 steps forward, 1 step back.

 

I'm a little disheartened, I'd booked childcare for the long weekend and was signed up for early release tickets. Now I'm thinking for an extra hundred each, I can go to Reading and I just need to wait to see if Eminem, Travis Scott, Post Malone etc get booked.

Edited November 28 by Chad888

[gfa]

2 hours ago, Chad888 said:

 

Just last year, Raye played 3rd down at Boardmasters.

 

After releasing nothing, and with nothing coming up, she is now headliner.

 

 

Jorja Smith though was during the era where the festival was attracting the smaller headliners. They were having acts headline like Two Door Cinema Club, Skepta, Catfish and the Bottles, Alt-Jay, James Bay.

 

Jumping to Stormzy, Sam Fender, Kings of Leon, Disclosure, Florence & the Machine, Liam Gallagher, Lorde, and then going to Prodigy and Raye seems very 2 steps forward, 1 step back.

 

I'm a little disheartened, I'd booked childcare for the long weekend and was signed up for early release tickets. Now I'm thinking for an extra hundred each, I can go to Reading and I just need to wait to see if Eminem, Travis Scott, Post Malone etc get booked.

Jorja Smith headlined alongside Foals and Gorillaz - covid was clearly the small headliner era and this happened afterwards.

 

I'm sure the last headliner will end up being the biggest based of this duo.

 

Didn't take you for a big Travis Scott fan Chad

[Will b]

Raye has the merit to headline for sure, but alongside the prodigy (who don’t get me wrong I love, and are a big act, but are headlining a ton of smaller festivals this year) seems like 2 weaker headliners. Neither are as big as any of the headliners last year. I’m hoping for big things from the third, although struggling to think who it could be 

[Will b]

Also for someone with 6.4 million monthly Spotify listeners, paris Paloma is weirdly low down on that poster, especially considering interplay criminal and salute are that high up 

jazzy is low down too for that matter 

Edited November 28 by Will b

[Dg_vic]

Usually when a 'big' headliner is held back, its contractual reasons (either part of a larger announcement or they still have tickets to sell for indoor gigs before they are announced).  Boardmaster will get a big '3rd' headliner for sure.  Just not clear who.  

[marinotarino54]

4 hours ago, Dg_vic said:

Usually when a 'big' headliner is held back, its contractual reasons (either part of a larger announcement or they still have tickets to sell for indoor gigs before they are announced).  Boardmaster will get a big '3rd' headliner for sure.  Just not clear who.  

RHCP 👀🔜

[gfa]

Don't believe that but would explain where all the moneys gone i guess 😂

[marinotarino54]

5 hours ago, gfa said:

Don't believe that but would explain where all the moneys gone i guess 😂

There’s a reason for the upping in day tickets. Been a target at boardies HQ, for a while x

[Will b]

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Edited Saturday at 04:20 PM by Will b

[Zero_Newnab]

I don't think people in this thread understand how popular RAYE is at the minute. I know monthly listeners is an imperfect stat for comparison, but by monthly listeners, she's way more popular than acts like Jorja Smith, Stormzy, and Sam Fender. It's not even close when you compare her to acts like them, she's bigger by orders of magnitude.

 

She's actually currently even more popular than Lorde, Florence and the Machine, and Kings of Leon. That doesn't necessarily directly translate into festival draw, but the amount of radio play she gets is insane, she's had TikTok virality, and she swept the BRIT awards, breaking the record for most wins and nominations for an artist at the ceremony in a single year. 

 

I'm pretty sure she's not a sign of the festival going smaller - she's a sign of the festival trying to stay current.

[stanh]

On 12/2/2024 at 9:49 AM, Zero_Newnab said:

I don't think people in this thread understand how popular RAYE is at the minute. I know monthly listeners is an imperfect stat for comparison, but by monthly listeners, she's way more popular than acts like Jorja Smith, Stormzy, and Sam Fender. It's not even close when you compare her to acts like them, she's bigger by orders of magnitude.

 

She's actually currently even more popular than Lorde, Florence and the Machine, and Kings of Leon. That doesn't necessarily directly translate into festival draw, but the amount of radio play she gets is insane, she's had TikTok virality, and she swept the BRIT awards, breaking the record for most wins and nominations for an artist at the ceremony in a single year. 

 

I'm pretty sure she's not a sign of the festival going smaller - she's a sign of the festival trying to stay current.

As much as I agree she isn't a small name, she is not shifting the amount of tickets Sam Fender and Stormzy do. 

[gfa]

18 hours ago, stanh said:

As much as I agree she isn't a small name, she is not shifting the amount of tickets Sam Fender and Stormzy do. 

Stormzy is not a particularly impressive ticket shifter - but yeah defo not remotely close to Sam Fender

[stanh]

2 hours ago, gfa said:

Stormzy is not a particularly impressive ticket shifter - but yeah defo not remotely close to Sam Fender

He hasn't toured in a while (properly), next album tour (if the album is similar sort of vibe to HITH) I think he'll easily manage a decent run of dates again