Daniel Ferreira Posted January 6 Report Share Posted January 6 On 1/6/2025 at 10:32 AM, TheNewUnion said: Nothing today then, eh? Oh well. Expand This week, normally in Europe there is nothing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melastas Posted January 6 Report Share Posted January 6 (edited) On 1/6/2025 at 10:53 AM, Daniel Ferreira said: This week, normally in Europe there is nothing. Expand yes, and then there is Eurosonic festival (15-19 January), which usually means no (or few) festival news. Edited January 6 by melastas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
just_one Posted January 6 Report Share Posted January 6 I might be dreaming but could the final headliner be Eminem? there are big rumours about him doing an European tour next year. At this point its the only big name i can think of that hasnt announced anything Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshua Homme Posted January 6 Report Share Posted January 6 On 1/6/2025 at 4:25 PM, just_one said: I might be dreaming but could the final headliner be Eminem? there are big rumours about him doing an European tour next year. At this point its the only big name i can think of that hasnt announced anything Expand It's 2025. If anything, artists the size of Eminem will be doing stadiums instead of festivals for way more cash. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlierc Posted January 6 Report Share Posted January 6 On 1/6/2025 at 4:25 PM, just_one said: I might be dreaming but could the final headliner be Eminem? there are big rumours about him doing an European tour next year. At this point its the only big name i can think of that hasnt announced anything Expand It's not the worst shout in the world, although... On 1/6/2025 at 8:38 PM, Joshua Homme said: It's 2025. If anything, artists the size of Eminem will be doing stadiums instead of festivals for way more cash. Expand ... what they said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melastas Posted January 7 Report Share Posted January 7 On 1/6/2025 at 8:38 PM, Joshua Homme said: It's 2025. If anything, artists the size of Eminem will be doing stadiums instead of festivals for way more cash. Expand this, plus the only rumors about his 2025 tour so far were about London dates in October Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNewUnion Posted January 9 Author Report Share Posted January 9 Looks like it will be next week before we get anything I suppose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
branvan Posted January 9 Report Share Posted January 9 On 1/9/2025 at 10:02 AM, TheNewUnion said: Looks like it will be next week before we get anything I suppose. Expand In the first two weeks of the year, the bookers and media people are still in Thailand... 😏 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Ferreira Posted January 9 Report Share Posted January 9 On 1/9/2025 at 10:05 AM, branvan said: In the first two weeks of the year, the bookers and media people are still in Thailand... 😏 Expand 😂😂😂😂 I have to agree with you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sisco Posted Tuesday at 09:00 AM Report Share Posted Tuesday at 09:00 AM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joaommaia Posted Tuesday at 09:13 AM Report Share Posted Tuesday at 09:13 AM I bet that he was not the first choice, since they could have announced him early. And I think he is co-headlining with something like Pulp or Justice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Ferreira Posted Tuesday at 09:44 AM Report Share Posted Tuesday at 09:44 AM On 1/14/2025 at 9:13 AM, joaommaia said: I bet that he was not the first choice, since they could have announced him early. And I think he is co-headlining with something like Pulp or Justice. Expand Sam Fender is headliner at Rock Werchter, a bit strange to be co-headlining at alive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazrigby88 Posted Tuesday at 09:51 AM Report Share Posted Tuesday at 09:51 AM On 1/14/2025 at 9:44 AM, Daniel Ferreira said: Sam Fender is headliner at Rock Werchter, a bit strange to be co-headlining at alive. Expand Different artists are bigger in different countries though. He's headlining RW, but wouldn't headline most big festivals even in the UK. He's also not hradliner at Southside in Germany. How popular is he in Portgual? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matrainertje Posted Tuesday at 09:54 AM Report Share Posted Tuesday at 09:54 AM On 1/14/2025 at 9:44 AM, Daniel Ferreira said: Sam Fender is headliner at Rock Werchter, a bit strange to be co-headlining at alive. Expand It's also the smallest Rock Werchter headliner since dEUS closed the main stage in 2008. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joaommaia Posted Tuesday at 10:05 AM Report Share Posted Tuesday at 10:05 AM On 1/14/2025 at 9:51 AM, Dazrigby88 said: Different artists are bigger in different countries though. He's headlining RW, but wouldn't headline most big festivals even in the UK. He's also not hradliner at Southside in Germany. How popular is he in Portgual? Expand This is the real question. I can be trapped in a bubble, but I think something like Girl in Red is much popular. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tbrady94 Posted Tuesday at 10:19 AM Report Share Posted Tuesday at 10:19 AM On 1/14/2025 at 9:51 AM, Dazrigby88 said: Different artists are bigger in different countries though. He's headlining RW, but wouldn't headline most big festivals even in the UK. He's also not hradliner at Southside in Germany. How popular is he in Portgual? Expand He's already headlined some of the biggest UK festivals with Reading and Leeds being biggest, and there's talk of him headlining Glastonbury too. He's absolutely massive in the UK. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joaommaia Posted Tuesday at 10:35 AM Report Share Posted Tuesday at 10:35 AM On 1/14/2025 at 10:19 AM, Tbrady94 said: He's already headlined some of the biggest UK festivals with Reading and Leeds being biggest, and there's talk of him headlining Glastonbury too. He's absolutely massive in the UK. Expand I think that’s the reason behind him being booked for NOS Alive. Said that to my girlfriend minutes ago. We can’t forget that this festival sells a lot of tickets on the UK. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazrigby88 Posted Tuesday at 10:43 AM Report Share Posted Tuesday at 10:43 AM (edited) On 1/14/2025 at 10:19 AM, Tbrady94 said: He's already headlined some of the biggest UK festivals with Reading and Leeds being biggest, and there's talk of him headlining Glastonbury too. He's absolutely massive in the UK. Expand Very much doubt he headlines Glasto... He did headline Reading/Leeds but that was since they started having 6 "headliners"... Others who have taken that slot are Catfish and the Bottlemen, Foals, Liam Gallagher, Lewis Capaldi... These would've been nowhere near headline slot until they changed the program format. I wouldn't say he's absolutely massive... Quite popular yeah, but for his recent show at Co-op live it was pretty easy to get tickets so he's not that in demand. Edited Tuesday at 10:44 AM by Dazrigby88 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNewUnion Posted Tuesday at 10:57 AM Author Report Share Posted Tuesday at 10:57 AM (edited) OK, not my first choice, but he's fine. Heard a lot of good things about his live shows, plays big venues in the UK and should be a good sing-a-long. Standard and appeal of headline acts this year is pretty poor though. He's massive in Newcastle, sold out St. James' Park for 3 nights. Edited Tuesday at 10:59 AM by TheNewUnion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matrainertje Posted Tuesday at 10:58 AM Report Share Posted Tuesday at 10:58 AM On 1/14/2025 at 10:57 AM, TheNewUnion said: OK, not my first choice, but he's fine. Heard a lot of good things about his live shows, plays big venues in the UK and should be a good sing-a-long. Standard and appeal of headline acts this year is pretty poor though. He's massive in Newcastle! Expand Does he has some hit songs in Portugal? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDave Posted Tuesday at 11:00 AM Report Share Posted Tuesday at 11:00 AM On 1/14/2025 at 10:57 AM, TheNewUnion said: OK, not my first choice, but he's fine. Heard a lot of good things about his live shows, plays big venues in the UK and should be a good sing-a-long. Standard and appeal of headline acts this year is pretty poor though. He's massive in Newcastle! Expand His new stuff is basically the War on Drugs fronted by Sam Fender. Wouldn't be surprised if they get added to this as well. https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-war-on-drugs-adam-granduciel-on-working-with-sam-fender-i-didnt-realise-how-much-of-a-musical-savant-he-was-3822610 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sisco Posted Tuesday at 11:00 AM Report Share Posted Tuesday at 11:00 AM On 1/14/2025 at 10:43 AM, Dazrigby88 said: Very much doubt he headlines Glasto... He did headline Reading/Leeds but that was since they started having 6 "headliners"... Others who have taken that slot are Catfish and the Bottlemen, Foals, Liam Gallagher, Lewis Capaldi... These would've been nowhere near headline slot until they changed the program format. I wouldn't say he's absolutely massive... Quite popular yeah, but for his recent show at Co-op live it was pretty easy to get tickets so he's not that in demand. Expand He’d 100% headline Glastonbury. No other position for him now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNewUnion Posted Tuesday at 11:02 AM Author Report Share Posted Tuesday at 11:02 AM On 1/14/2025 at 10:58 AM, matrainertje said: Does he has some hit songs in Portugal? Expand I don't know. If you have heard someone trying to sound a bit Springsteen sax and, as Dave says, a bit War on Drugs, then you'll have heard him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matrainertje Posted Tuesday at 11:03 AM Report Share Posted Tuesday at 11:03 AM On 1/14/2025 at 11:00 AM, DDave said: His new stuff is basically the War on Drugs fronted by Sam Fender. Wouldn't be surprised if they get added to this as well. https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-war-on-drugs-adam-granduciel-on-working-with-sam-fender-i-didnt-realise-how-much-of-a-musical-savant-he-was-3822610 Expand But a very, very watered down version of War On Drugs then. Can't imagine WOD releasing anything as watered down as Fender's last single (People Watching)... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNewUnion Posted Tuesday at 11:55 AM Author Report Share Posted Tuesday at 11:55 AM Read a really good article about the problems facing music festivals https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/jan/12/uk-festivals-face-really-tough-year-due-to-fewer-headline-acts-and-rising-costs There's not enough "big" bands to go around now. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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