BST 2025

[nathanh]

Could we see Katy Perry as one of our bigger pop names next year. Whilst the current album isnt doing amazingly she certainly has the hits to bring in the audience that BST tries to cater for.

[MK1]

5 hours ago, nathanh said:

Could we see Katy Perry as one of our bigger pop names next year. Whilst the current album isnt doing amazingly she certainly has the hits to bring in the audience that BST tries to cater for.

She will be in Australia in june

https://www.katyperry.com/live/

 

Edited September 25 by MK1

[Mcbatesman]

56 minutes ago, MK1 said:

She will be in Australia in june

https://www.katyperry.com/live/

 

And BST probably won't start till 28th June 😉 

Edited September 25 by Mcbatesman

[charlierc]

13 hours ago, Mcbatesman said:

And BST probably won't start till 28th June 😉 

Runs through to July 13th according to rumours. So, possible, but guess it depends how quickly she fancies scarpering from Oz to England.

[Mcbatesman]

12 minutes ago, charlierc said:

Runs through to July 13th according to rumours. So, possible, but guess it depends how quickly she fancies scarpering from Oz to England.

 

/How much money BST throw at her 

[NorthernSoul52]

BST might be one of those "safe" bets for Perry. Even if it doesn't sell gangbusters, it'll still be a massive flat fee for her and it'll look fuller across a flat plain than a stadium bowl.

[jackiow]

I reckon ELO could be in with a good chance for next year. They're currently on their "final US tour", which ends at the end of October

[Bect551]

On 10/2/2024 at 5:16 PM, jackiow said:

I reckon ELO could be in with a good chance for next year. They're currently on their "final US tour", which ends at the end of October

That’s my secret hope. And The Cure.

[NorthernSoul52]

I'd be shocked if ELO didn't finish here, where they basically kicked off this reunion era. Guessing arena shows in the spring, followed by this and maybe a Birmingham stadium show. (Believe JL is a Birmingham City fan, so likely not Villa Park though.)

[charlierc]

On 9/25/2024 at 8:51 PM, Mcbatesman said:

 

/How much money BST throw at her 

[NorthernSoul52]

Don't want to suggest the Rolling Stones only three years on from their last runaround, but not implausible.

 

If The Killers want a big meaty London one-off next year, then perhaps - though I'd argue with all those shows at The O2 Arena, they'd do better to come back around in 2026 instead.

[WhoOdyssey]

Luke Combs?

[NorthernSoul52]

Post Malone?

[NorthernSoul52]

1 minute ago, WhoOdyssey said:

Luke Combs?

I was going to say that exactly before I changed my mind and went for Posty.

[charlierc]

3 minutes ago, NorthernSoul52 said:

If The Killers want a big meaty London one-off next year, then perhaps - though I'd argue with all those shows at The O2 Arena, they'd do better to come back around in 2026 instead.

Brandon Flowers said he's releasing a solo album next year and said during that 6 night London O2 run that it'll be their last shows here for a while so I don't think we'll be seeing a Killers show this year. Maybe '26 or '27 as their return.

[NorthernSoul52]

1 minute ago, charlierc said:

Brandon Flowers said he's releasing a solo album next year and said during that 6 night London O2 run that it'll be their last shows here for a while so I don't think we'll be seeing a Killers show this year. Maybe '26 or '27 as their return.

Oh, I missed that. Good excuse to finally get Flowers back out solo though.

 

With no disrespect to Ronnie, but the general lack of contributions in the studio from Dave and Mark - especially on the synth-heavy cuts that ended up on Rebel Diamonds - feel more like Brandon's solo material, though there is obviously serious commonality between them.

[NorthernSoul52]

Luke Combs has sold the hell out of six stadium shows in Australia. Didn't realise demand was that off the charts for him there.

[NorthernSoul52]

Is somebody saying Eminem in another chat? Wouldn't work out with those leaked dates now, would it?

[charlierc]

13 minutes ago, NorthernSoul52 said:

Oh, I missed that. Good excuse to finally get Flowers back out solo though.

 

With no disrespect to Ronnie, but the general lack of contributions in the studio from Dave and Mark - especially on the synth-heavy cuts that ended up on Rebel Diamonds - feel more like Brandon's solo material, though there is obviously serious commonality between them.

I do enjoy some of Brandon's solo material that hasn't been heard live since 2015/16, so it'll be cool to get some of that out.

 

Not that I'm sure of the scale you'd book now for a Brandon solo tour. Think his last UK run was theatres (I recall seeing him at Brixton in 2015 with Chrissie Hynde coming out for a song or two).

[NorthernSoul52]

1 minute ago, charlierc said:

I do enjoy some of Brandon's solo material that hasn't been heard live since 2015/16, so it'll be cool to get some of that out.

 

Not that I'm sure of the scale you'd book now for a Brandon solo tour. Think his last UK run was theatres (I recall seeing him at Brixton in 2015 with Chrissie Hynde coming out for a song or two).

Think it would be large academy venues and mid-spots on summer festival bills. Clearly not at arena level, but enough people would likely take a punt on 3,500-5000 capacity venues - say five or six across the UK - on the strength of him being the frontman of The Killers alone.

 

Depends on price, in no small part. They've kept the cheap seats reasonable on the last few tours, but for how much longer remains another matter.

[incident]

9 minutes ago, NorthernSoul52 said:

Is somebody saying Eminem in another chat? Wouldn't work out with those leaked dates now, would it?

 

Best guess is that those dates are less leaked and more fake.

[charlierc]

6 minutes ago, incident said:

 

Best guess is that those dates are less leaked and more fake.

Somebody pointed out it listed the Mercedes-Benz Arena in Berlin, a venue which is now called the Uber Arena following the change in naming rights, which was a give-away.

[NorthernSoul52]

Ah, fair enough.

 

I dunno, BST's general commercial prospects is in line with Eminem, but it just feels a bit... eh.

[charlierc]

On 10/4/2024 at 4:01 PM, NorthernSoul52 said:

Don't want to suggest the Rolling Stones only three years on from their last runaround, but not implausible.

Feels like a stadium show might be what they're likely to do. Though if BSTHP wants to throw a ton of cash at it, it's an easy solution to such a potential problem.

Edited October 6 by charlierc

[NorthernSoul52]

14 hours ago, charlierc said:

Feels like a stadium show might be what they're likely to do. Though if BSTHP wants to throw a ton of cash at it, it's an easy solution to such a potential problem.

Absolutely is. I haven't seen where the Stones are rumoured this time, though Sunderland would make sense if they are trying to spread the love geographically outside of London. They haven't played the north east since 1990 at St James' Park.