2025 Stage Predictions

[Mordy1990]

23 minutes ago, tickleyt said:

On what planet is Loyle Carner an other stage headliner? I walked past headline set at the West Holts in 2023 halfway through and it was 1/3rd full at best, feel like he's lost popularity since then too. Such a strange choice!

 

I'm puzzled by this as well. Although I would be very excited to see him perform, I struggle to understand how he's a headliner on the Other Stage.

Edited January 8 by Mordy1990

[tomf3]

As I think someone else mentioned, he did headline (and curate) a sold out APE last year. Previous recent headliners of that include Stormzy, The Strokes and Jungle, all of whom could headline the other stage so I don't think it's totally unreasonable. That said, he might be better off going the Little Simz route and doing an afternoon slot on the pyramid which would probably get him more exposure.  

[tickleyt]

1 hour ago, tomf3 said:

As I think someone else mentioned, he did headline (and curate) a sold out APE last year. Previous recent headliners of that include Stormzy, The Strokes and Jungle, all of whom could headline the other stage so I don't think it's totally unreasonable. That said, he might be better off going the Little Simz route and doing an afternoon slot on the pyramid which would probably get him more exposure.  

Even still, that APE date had the likes of Nas and Andre 3000 who are undoubtedly bigger artists too, which confused me at the time. I reckon it'll be insanely quiet if he does get the top spot on the other, really strange booking. 

[Mordy1990]

34 minutes ago, tickleyt said:

Even still, that APE date had the likes of Nas and Andre 3000 who are undoubtedly bigger artists too, which confused me at the time. I reckon it'll be insanely quiet if he does get the top spot on the other, really strange booking. 

 

I could be wrong but if The 1975 are headlining the Pyramid Stage and Loyle Carner is headlining the Other Stage on Friday night, other areas may experience overcrowding, as I don't think either act will appeal too much beyond their existing fan base.

Edited January 8 by Mordy1990

[rmartin1803]

Any chance of the chemical brothers being back this year ? 

[tickleyt]

1 hour ago, Mordy1990 said:

 

I could be wrong but if The 1975 are headlining the Pyramid Stage and Loyle Carner is headlining the Other Stage on Friday night, other areas may experience overcrowding, as I don't think either act will appeal too much beyond their existing fan base.

To be fair I think 1975 will get a reasonable crowd but agree that I don't think there will be many turning up to watch if they're not already fans. I reckon Loyles will be similar to that of Qotsa when they were against Elton, I definitely agree that likes of WH, Woodsies, Park etc will be heaving though. 

[tomf3]

1 hour ago, tickleyt said:

Even still, that APE date had the likes of Nas and Andre 3000 who are undoubtedly bigger artists too, which confused me at the time. I reckon it'll be insanely quiet if he does get the top spot on the other, really strange booking. 

Yeah we ended up going, mostly to see Nas. But yeah it was v odd to see Loyle Carner supported by those 2. That said, the Andre 3000 flute set was one of the worst things I have ever seen (coming from a big Outkast fan) so his positioning made a bit more sense. 
That said, I think he'd still draw a respectable crowd, and is probably a cheap booking for the festival, and different from 1975 so there would be minimal crossover appeal, plus can't imagine there will be many other hip hop acts on at the same time.  
 

[tickleyt]

23 minutes ago, tomf3 said:

Yeah we ended up going, mostly to see Nas. But yeah it was v odd to see Loyle Carner supported by those 2. That said, the Andre 3000 flute set was one of the worst things I have ever seen (coming from a big Outkast fan) so his positioning made a bit more sense. 
That said, I think he'd still draw a respectable crowd, and is probably a cheap booking for the festival, and different from 1975 so there would be minimal crossover appeal, plus can't imagine there will be many other hip hop acts on at the same time.  
 

Yeah Andre3000 doesn't quite hit the mark with the whole flute thing does he, although it's quite funny watching him perform live and seeing people's reactions when they expected an Outkast-esque set! You're right though, Loyle is definitely a cheap booking, I just find it amazing they've decided to have him headlining it, think he'd struggle to fill more than 3-4k cap venues these days and there are so many more suitable artists around currently too but hey ho. Hoping theres a decent headliner to be found somewhere on Friday as I'd sooner be at the long drops than watching 1975 or LC.

[gfa]

3 hours ago, tomf3 said:

As I think someone else mentioned, he did headline (and curate) a sold out APE last year. Previous recent headliners of that include Stormzy, The Strokes and Jungle, all of whom could headline the other stage so I don't think it's totally unreasonable. That said, he might be better off going the Little Simz route and doing an afternoon slot on the pyramid which would probably get him more exposure.  

It wasn't sold out

 

2 hours ago, tickleyt said:

Even still, that APE date had the likes of Nas and Andre 3000 who are undoubtedly bigger artists too, which confused me at the time. I reckon it'll be insanely quiet if he does get the top spot on the other, really strange booking. 

Not in East London

 

+ besides Andre was doing his flute thing lol

 

1 hour ago, rmartin1803 said:

Any chance of the chemical brothers being back this year ? 

Not touring live. Unlikely to DJ again so soon

[tomf3]

21 minutes ago, gfa said:

It wasn't sold out

 

My bad, but it was definitely packed enough to feel like it was sold out. Plus he headlined Forwards fest in Bristol in the summer that definitely was sold out so I do think he has a reasonable fan base.

[tomf3]

38 minutes ago, tickleyt said:

Yeah Andre3000 doesn't quite hit the mark with the whole flute thing does he, although it's quite funny watching him perform live and seeing people's reactions when they expected an Outkast-esque set! You're right though, Loyle is definitely a cheap booking, I just find it amazing they've decided to have him headlining it, think he'd struggle to fill more than 3-4k cap venues these days and there are so many more suitable artists around currently too but hey ho. Hoping theres a decent headliner to be found somewhere on Friday as I'd sooner be at the long drops than watching 1975 or LC.

Haha yeah it was actually really painful on the ears but seeing people leaving in their droves was v funny! I'd take LC over 1975 any day, but almost certainly wouldn't go to see him. It has really stood out the last few years how every other year of Glastonbury you get a lot of the same acts playing in slightly higher positions than their last visit, which makes things a bit less exciting musically.

[richarddep]

7 hours ago, tomf3 said:

As I think someone else mentioned, he did headline (and curate) a sold out APE last year. Previous recent headliners of that include Stormzy, The Strokes and Jungle, all of whom could headline the other stage so I don't think it's totally unreasonable. That said, he might be better off going the Little Simz route and doing an afternoon slot on the pyramid which would probably get him more exposure.  

This was a good day. Beaming sunshine - Cymande, Lianne la Havas, Ezra Collective, Nas and LC.

I have seen Loyle 1000 times by now - he's great live but christ is that a boring booking personally. Fingers crossed for West Holts on Friday night!

[FKA SOSOTWS]

40 minutes ago, richarddep said:

This was a good day. Beaming sunshine - Cymande, Lianne la Havas, Ezra Collective, Nas and LC.

I have seen Loyle 1000 times by now - he's great live but christ is that a boring booking personally. Fingers crossed for West Holts on Friday night!

 

Since current predictions say FKA twigs at West Holts, is there any intel for this too?

[Pr0paneNightm4re]

BCNR are gonna be touring next year but I believe later in the year so might not be in the running for glasto unless they already have other fests booked 

[FKA SOSOTWS]

1 hour ago, Pr0paneNightm4re said:

BCNR are gonna be touring next year but I believe later in the year so might not be in the running for glasto unless they already have other fests booked 

 

They are playing Primavera Sound.

[FKA SOSOTWS]

21 hours ago, archiegow said:

So, after sampling some of Ethel Cain’s new EP which released tonight…yeah unless I see her on the poster, I’m taking her out of my Park lineup 😅 

 

Her new album is a good fit for Tree Stage.

[gfa]

20 hours ago, tomf3 said:

My bad, but it was definitely packed enough to feel like it was sold out. Plus he headlined Forwards fest in Bristol in the summer that definitely was sold out so I do think he has a reasonable fan base.

He's definitely on the smaller end but there's often a smaller Other act.

 

He's larger than IDLES last year 

[MEGABOWL]

On 1/8/2025 at 11:25 AM, tomf3 said:

As I think someone else mentioned, he did headline (and curate) a sold out APE last year. Previous recent headliners of that include Stormzy, The Strokes and Jungle, all of whom could headline the other stage so I don't think it's totally unreasonable. That said, he might be better off going the Little Simz route and doing an afternoon slot on the pyramid which would probably get him more exposure.  

I had him in my original prediction 4th down Pyramid. I have to agree that would be a better slot if for no other reason than I’d go see him during the day but probably not as a headliner

[Acid_Haze]

11 hours ago, gfa said:

He's definitely on the smaller end but there's often a smaller Other act.

 

He's larger than IDLES last year 

I could argue that the Prodigy are also a smaller Other act too. Maybe not in the Keith years, but nowadays they're a toss up between a West Holts or Other headliner

[gfa]

10 hours ago, Acid_Haze said:

I could argue that the Prodigy are also a smaller Other act too. Maybe not in the Keith years, but nowadays they're a toss up between a West Holts or Other headliner

They'd get a mega crowd at WH and will still do well at Other at the end of the day (esp against O rod who's very different!)

 

But yeah probably!

[Pr0paneNightm4re]

Slightly unrelated but Sigrid has had a very strange career trajectory. A few years ago she seemed to be on the verge of being huge and she toured playing Wembley Arena. Just a few years later she’s not even subheadlining at festivals like Y Not and Latitude. 
Flash in the pan. Brutal. Think she’d be decent on other or pyramid at the start of the day though 

[northernangel]

12 hours ago, Acid_Haze said:

I could argue that the Prodigy are also a smaller Other act too. Maybe not in the Keith years, but nowadays they're a toss up between a West Holts or Other headliner

I could see the argument for that but they are one of those where a lot of the crowd there will like them. I also think they'll get a bigger crowd against Neil than Olivia. We shall await to see the confirmed days though.

[FKA SOSOTWS]

1 hour ago, Pr0paneNightm4re said:

Slightly unrelated but Sigrid has had a very strange career trajectory. A few years ago she seemed to be on the verge of being huge and she toured playing Wembley Arena. Just a few years later she’s not even subheadlining at festivals like Y Not and Latitude. 
Flash in the pan. Brutal. Think she’d be decent on other or pyramid at the start of the day though 

 

Many such cases...

[Euphoricape]

19 hours ago, Acid_Haze said:

I could argue that the Prodigy are also a smaller Other act too. Maybe not in the Keith years, but nowadays they're a toss up between a West Holts or Other headliner

The Prodigy will get the biggest crowd of the weekend. 

[Superscally]

On 1/8/2025 at 9:30 PM, Pr0paneNightm4re said:

BCNR are gonna be touring next year but I believe later in the year so might not be in the running for glasto unless they already have other fests booked 

Would rather BRMC.