BST 2025

[charlierc]

11 minutes ago, LeithRichards said:

Could they announce another Sabrina Carpenter show?

Hugh Jackman is there the day after so it would have to be for the following weekend.

[NorthernSoul52]

So, we've got two slots left, and both presumably for the Friday and Saturday of the final weekend.

 

Given ELO's presence, and the general younger-skewing bookings so far - Rodrigo, Kahan, Bryan, Carpenter - I'm expecting somebody else for the older crowd here.

 

Neil Young? Stevie Wonder? Both would be a bit late for the supposed Glastonbury tandem though.

[LeithRichards]

6 hours ago, NorthernSoul52 said:

So, we've got two slots left, and both presumably for the Friday and Saturday of the final weekend.

 

Given ELO's presence, and the general younger-skewing bookings so far - Rodrigo, Kahan, Bryan, Carpenter - I'm expecting somebody else for the older crowd here.

 

Neil Young? Stevie Wonder? Both would be a bit late for the supposed Glastonbury tandem though.

Or kpop?

[NorthernSoul52]

I'd have assumed, given how they tend to like announcements far in advance, we'd have had a K-pop announcement now if there was one coming. But maybe not.

[LeithRichards]

21 hours ago, NorthernSoul52 said:

I'd have assumed, given how they tend to like announcements far in advance, we'd have had a K-pop announcement now if there was one coming. But maybe not.

And just as you say that K-pop band Twice are set to announce a world tour…

[charlierc]

On 12/12/2024 at 10:50 AM, NorthernSoul52 said:

So, we've got two slots left, and both presumably for the Friday and Saturday of the final weekend.

 

Given ELO's presence, and the general younger-skewing bookings so far - Rodrigo, Kahan, Bryan, Carpenter - I'm expecting somebody else for the older crowd here.

 

Neil Young? Stevie Wonder? Both would be a bit late for the supposed Glastonbury tandem though.

Rolling Stones maybe? There's talk of them being in the UK next year with a New Year announcement.

 

No idea if it would be a bit samey given they were there not all that long ago.

[Karlos12345]

Stones would play two shows minimum. And I understood the last two slots are for two artists. They‘ll be at a stadium.

[charlierc]

On 12/21/2024 at 10:11 AM, Karlos12345 said:

Stones would play two shows minimum. And I understood the last two slots are for two artists. They‘ll be at a stadium.

Sounds more likely.

 

I'm assuming non-Wembley for the Stones given how many things they've got announced so far for 2025. But then that's what I thought before Guns N Roses and Linkin Park announced they were there so f**k do I know.

 

As for BST, maybe this might be where the Sheeran washes up given his curious lack of UK shows for 2025... and tbf, he is free that weekend where we think there's the two extra spots waiting to be filled.

Edited December 22, 2024 by charlierc

[LeithRichards]

What about Bruno Mars?

 

it seems to have been years since he last played in the UK. Someone like him could sell out 60 + thousand I’d say 

[LeithRichards]

What about Bruno Mars?

 

it seems to have been years since he last played in the UK. Someone like him could sell out 60 + thousand I’d say 

[DJL]

Does anyone know when they usually announce support acts after the initial announcement? Being asked by my daughter (following Xmas present) about Olivia Rodrigo specifically, should we be expecting Last Dinner Party and Girl in red as second and third on the bill? Cheers

[mahoneypepe]

21 hours ago, DJL said:

Does anyone know when they usually announce support acts after the initial announcement? Being asked by my daughter (following Xmas present) about Olivia Rodrigo specifically, should we be expecting Last Dinner Party and Girl in red as second and third on the bill? Cheers

LDP will be 2nd, GiR will be 3rd on bill. BST tends to only announce extra bands at the very last minute - rarely do you get any big names added unless the event isn't selling well and they need something to boost sales. Given OR gig is sold out, they could add a load of unheard names a few days before the event and be done with it. BST is all about making the biggest profit possible, hence why the follow-on announcements to the line-up are never as good as the first announcement. I imagine LDP and GiR will get a decent amount on time on stage so will still be a good event even if there is only one more band added to the main stage and four unknowns to the second stage.

[LeithRichards]

On 12/25/2024 at 9:12 AM, DJL said:

Does anyone know when they usually announce support acts after the initial announcement? Being asked by my daughter (following Xmas present) about Olivia Rodrigo specifically, should we be expecting Last Dinner Party and Girl in red as second and third on the bill? Cheers

I’m not sure if her touring schedule but I wouldn’t rule out Kim Deal maybe supporting 

 

I also think that it’ll be interesting who plays Glastonbury in the Saturday or Sunday. Could we see an act do that after they’ve played Hyde Park?

[Karlos12345]

Doubt Neil Young is really doing this. After the BBC is enough to drop out of Glastonbury I can‘t imagine American Express not being a problem.

[sisco]

9 minutes ago, Karlos12345 said:

Doubt Neil Young is really doing this. After the BBC is enough to drop out of Glastonbury I can‘t imagine American Express not being a problem.

I’d suggest it’s more about the TV stuff

[charlierc]

19 minutes ago, sisco said:

I’d suggest it’s more about the TV stuff

That's the assumption, yes.

 

For scale, I recall there was a brief phase where BST Hyde Park would show a few songs from some but not all headliners on Sky but even that now seems to have bitten the dust.

[judyblue110]

2 hours ago, Karlos12345 said:

Doubt Neil Young is really doing this. After the BBC is enough to drop out of Glastonbury I can‘t imagine American Express not being a problem.

 

He played in 2019, it just wasn't sponsored by anyone and was a standalone gig.

 

Totally doable and I fully expect to see Neil in Hyde Park next summer. It just won't be announced in sequence by BST as it will be promoted separately.

[Dales]

1 hour ago, judyblue110 said:

Totally doable and I fully expect to see Neil in Hyde Park next summer. It just won't be announced in sequence by BST as it will be promoted separately.

 

Yeah, I think that is the most likely scenario.

[CanWeRest]

12 hours ago, judyblue110 said:

 

He played in 2019, it just wasn't sponsored by anyone and was a standalone gig.

 

Totally doable and I fully expect to see Neil in Hyde Park next summer. It just won't be announced in sequence by BST as it will be promoted separately.

 

I think that was a very last minute change though, wasn't it? Like almost a cancellation last minute change?

[judyblue110]

16 minutes ago, CanWeRest said:

 

I think that was a very last minute change though, wasn't it? Like almost a cancellation last minute change?

 

It was, but not sure how that's relevant here. The point stands that it can be done.

[CanWeRest]

On 1/2/2025 at 10:58 AM, judyblue110 said:

 

It was, but not sure how that's relevant here. The point stands that it can be done.

 

I think it's relevant because I feel like Neil forced their hands, and the gig (possibly) only bent to his demands because it was too late in the day. BST seems very commercial, and I don't think they'd throw sponsorship money away freely. Also, would they want to do dealings with him again after going through all that stress? Al hypothetical, because I don't know the inner dealings of the festival, but relevant, at least .

 

Didn't he also refused to play after Bob Dylan) (I think that's what BST initially wanted, but he insisted Dylan headlined out of a respect).