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WHs headline or 4th down Pyramid. 

The craft of a headline set on a smaller stage is a very specific art at Glastonbury. Can be a bit sink or swim for sure, but I think no matter what you want to end your day with something iconic.   I've seen a lot of Other Stage headliners over the years, and I absolutely love that stage/slot. How do your Other/WH/Park/Woodsies/Acoustic/Avalon/Glade/wherever-you've-fancied-going-at-headliner-hour acts rank against one another? Feel free to add your rationale!   For me: 1. Foals 2022 (massive show, felt like a crowning moment for them, packed setlist and great crowd) 2. The National 2024 (first time seeing them, perfect mellow way to bring down the curtain on the festival. Redemption for their 2017 mess) 3. Tame Impala 2019 (once again first time I'd seen them, brilliant light/laser show, proper party) 4. Fontaines DC 2024 (perfect matchup of band and stage, real excitement built around them, although closing with their new songs felt like a strange decision at the time) 5. Lana Del Rey 2023 (don't think I need to justify this one being last. Waited almost an hour for her to come on and she failed to drum up any excitement, then got cut off before playing her biggest songs and creating the inevitable 'Glasto moment')

I can't comment on Queens too much, I only like 3 songs

Having headlined WH before, where would they play now? Third down Pyramid maybe? Would be ace for sure

I’ve been to 6 festivals and have seen (I think!) 10 headliners on Pyramid. Some of the best headliners have been non-Pyramid but on the Pyramid: 1. Killers 2019 and 2007 (despite sound issues - 2007 was my first Glastonbury and my favourite band and was really what got me hooked on the festival and 2019 was also brilliant) 2. Elton John 2023  3. Blur 2009 4. Macca 2022 5. Coldplay 2024 6. Dua Lipa 2024 7. Billie Eilish 2022   Arctic Monkeys ‘23 and Bruce ‘09 don’t make the cut for me.