Come Together Festival 2025 - Newcastle

[NorthernSoul52]

I think Charli XCX is a very on-the-money shout, given that she'll have Dublin and London on the docket, plus possibly the G.

[charlierc]

7 hours ago, FeverDream said:

I do feel this is something they need to clear up. I’ve seen a lot of people in the comments of their socials tagging their friends who have then replied saying they’re not free for the full 5 days so can’t get a ticket despite the fact it states Wednesday and Wednesday only on the Robbie poster. They’re only selling tickets for the Robbie day atm. I think if people looked a little further they’d realise but the promoters could probably make it slightly more obvious.

EDIT: Just realised you said you thought it was a one off, so the above doesn’t really apply to your comment, apologies!

Yeah I'm approaching this from the perfect reverse, where I didn't realise this was more than a single day, not that people think this line-up is somehow there for all 5 days in a row.

[dhtjmnd12]

Sam Fender must be lined up for this if he’s not doing St James again next summer, seems the perfect fit and if he’s (supposedly) doing Glasto and Hyde Park this would be the perfect 3rd date for UK summer shows 

[NorthernSoul52]

First I've heard of Fender doing BST Hyde Park, though I'd concur that if he's not going straight back to St James' Park, this is a win-win all-round for the hometown crowd and cred.

[FeverDream]

11 minutes ago, NorthernSoul52 said:

First I've heard of Fender doing BST Hyde Park, though I'd concur that if he's not going straight back to St James' Park, this is a win-win all-round for the hometown crowd and cred.

I’d love him to do St James’ Park again. Never been to a gig there despite living in Newcastle (then again, they’re far and few between). Gutted to have missed it… though I was at Download so Metallica X2, BMTH and Slipknot made up for it. You’d imagine if it was to be demolished in the near future he’d have one last crack at it.

[brettredmayne]

6 hours ago, FeverDream said:

I’m finding it hard to think who could be in with a shout for the remaining 4 days, given there’s absolutely no precedent, but so far I think the below 4 are would cover most bases genre wise if that’s their aim:

 

- Sam Fender (probably the most obvious choice)

- Muse (around in June, no UK date yet)

- Charli XCX (no idea on availability, but decent shout for female pop act given Rodrigo, Carpenter, and Roan all are / will be appearing elsewhere)

- Calvin Harris or any other mainstream dance act

I heard Sheeran is going to do a north east date and imagine if he is , will be here.

 

Muse is the one I'm thinking about , not played since the black hole tour and never seemed to make an effort to come back.

[FeverDream]

6 minutes ago, brettredmayne said:

I heard Sheeran is going to do a north east date and imagine if he is , will be here.

 

Muse is the one I'm thinking about , not played since the black hole tour and never seemed to make an effort to come back.

Not a care for Sheeran, personally, but would be a huge get. But yeah, Muse would be great, or any big band really. Will be disappointed if all 5 days are pop/rap/dance mind you!

[charlierc]

1 hour ago, FeverDream said:

You’d imagine if it was to be demolished in the near future he’d have one last crack at it.

There talk of Newcastle's overlords considering moving the club out of SJP to a new mega-stadium then?

[NorthernSoul52]

Yeah, they've been talking about it.

 

There will be serious push back though. Unlike Old Trafford, which will also get pushback, St James' Park does not appear to have accidentally installed a waterfall, nor does it appear to sell one-star hygiene kebabs.

[NorthernSoul52]

Logic dictates Fender would play any farewell gigs if they did move though. Sheeran being up here makes sense - there's definitely got to be some UK shows to go with the final leg next year.

 

This being said, he seems perfectly happy cameoing all over the shop. I get the impression he's made so much money that he will just do stuff because he fancies it these days, within reason.

[charlierc]

3 minutes ago, NorthernSoul52 said:

Yeah, they've been talking about it.

 

There will be serious push back though. Unlike Old Trafford, which will also get pushback, St James' Park does not appear to have accidentally installed a waterfall, nor does it appear to sell one-star hygiene kebabs.

I mean, as a Newcastle fan (albeit a southern-based one), I am aware bits of the stadium have been showing their age, which is to be expected with a 2-stage design renovated at either end of the 90s, and with tickets currently sold out for every home game, I'm aware demand is there beyond the current 52,000+ allowance at the gaff. I just hadn't been aware if there were any tangible signs of the club moving in one direction or another on the matter.

 

Though I'm aware that a similar query is ongoing with Man Utd and the possibility of Old Trafford being subject to its own upgrades or replacement.

[NorthernSoul52]

I don't think anything will materialise in the next ten years for Newcastle, to be frank.

 

But what do I know. I went to San Siro on a stag do thinking it was going to be knocked down and we'd be safe to visit Camp Nou a few years later. Lo and behold...

[FeverDream]

 

 

44 minutes ago, charlierc said:

I mean, as a Newcastle fan (albeit a southern-based one), I am aware bits of the stadium have been showing their age, which is to be expected with a 2-stage design renovated at either end of the 90s, and with tickets currently sold out for every home game, I'm aware demand is there beyond the current 52,000+ allowance at the gaff. I just hadn't been aware if there were any tangible signs of the club moving in one direction or another on the matter.

 

Though I'm aware that a similar query is ongoing with Man Utd and the possibility of Old Trafford being subject to its own upgrades or replacement.

Safe until 2028 at least due to the Euros. There’s a feasibility study underway / being released imminently (or so they say), so once that’s out we’ll have a better understanding if it’ll be redeveloped, rebuilt on the same site, or rebuilt elsewhere. I think it will be a ground up rebuild tbh. Anyway I digress before I get carried away!

[brettredmayne]

12 hours ago, FeverDream said:

 

 

Safe until 2028 at least due to the Euros. There’s a feasibility study underway / being released imminently (or so they say), so once that’s out we’ll have a better understanding if it’ll be redeveloped, rebuilt on the same site, or rebuilt elsewhere. I think it will be a ground up rebuild tbh. Anyway I digress before I get carried away!

I hope Newcastle dont build a new stadium as that's the reason Sunderland get gigs, Newcastle currently can't hold big stage set ups 

[FeverDream]

Sam Fender announcement tomorrow. Leaning toward St James’ Park over Come Together as filmed in the presser & tagged NUFC in the post. 
 

Edit: oh and no post from Come Together teasing an announcement.

 

https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1XC8bwS6Fs/?mibextid=WC7FNe

Edited 14 hours ago by FeverDream

[NorthernSoul52]

Yep, that's him out. A shame as it would have juiced their coffers, but another win for SJP.

[charlierc]

20 hours ago, FeverDream said:

 

 

Safe until 2028 at least due to the Euros. There’s a feasibility study underway / being released imminently (or so they say), so once that’s out we’ll have a better understanding if it’ll be redeveloped, rebuilt on the same site, or rebuilt elsewhere. I think it will be a ground up rebuild tbh. Anyway I digress before I get carried away!

Good point. Had forgot about Euro 2028, and that would make such an expansion on site difficult.

 

A ground-up rebuild will be tricky to pull off tbf. Took Spurs 3 years, £1bn and a longer-than-expected exile at Wembley to pull it off.

[charlierc]

8 hours ago, brettredmayne said:

I hope Newcastle dont build a new stadium as that's the reason Sunderland get gigs, Newcastle currently can't hold big stage set ups 

Apart from Sam Fender, apparently.

 

Although I think Ed Sheeran played there too.

[thatTFBguy]

21 hours ago, NorthernSoul52 said:

I don't think anything will materialise in the next ten years for Newcastle, to be frank.

We'll have spades in the ground within the next 5 years, I reckon. Dunno if it'll new stadium or SJP expansion. 

[49Lawson]

9 hours ago, brettredmayne said:

I hope Newcastle dont build a new stadium as that's the reason Sunderland get gigs, Newcastle currently can't hold big stage set ups 

Totally agree for that reason, I’ve come accustomed to us getting some proper world class bands over the years now. Don’t want to lose them.

Edited 5 hours ago by 49Lawson
Wrong word used

[brettredmayne]

1 hour ago, charlierc said:

Apart from Sam Fender, apparently.

 

Although I think Ed Sheeran played there too.

It you look at the stage set up for Newcastle gigs, the stage is in the corners. Large scale production like take that, Taylor etc couldn't go into St James .

 

It's why Sunderland tried to take advantage of it 

[charlierc]

11 minutes ago, brettredmayne said:

It you look at the stage set up for Newcastle gigs, the stage is in the corners. Large scale production like take that, Taylor etc couldn't go into St James .

 

It's why Sunderland tried to take advantage of it 

I know Kings of Leon tried to put it down the side of the pitch but I'm not sure it really caught on given they haven't tried it that way since.

[charlierc]

34 minutes ago, 49Lawson said:

Totally agree for that reason, I’ve come accustomed to us getting some proper world class bands over the years now. Don’t want to lose them.

Tbf I was surprised The Killers and Arctic Monkeys booked Middlesbrough instead of Sunderland given both probably could've sold out the larger venue up the road.

[brettredmayne]

1 hour ago, charlierc said:

Tbf I was surprised The Killers and Arctic Monkeys booked Middlesbrough instead of Sunderland given both probably could've sold out the larger venue up the road.

Think it's too do with what promotors do each stadiun