Glastonbury 2025 lineup

[SteveXFR]

After hearing that the Glastonbury lineup was announced, I thought I'd have a look. In recent years, I've been glad I didn't buy a ticket but this year actually looks really good. The headliners don't interest me in the slightest but I always avoided the pyramid stage anyway but this year, there's loads of really good bands further down the bill. I was shocked to see Deftones in there along with Gary Numan, Brian Jonestown Massacre and Weezer. Biffy Clyro as well, I'd love to see them play their earlier stuff. Nova Twins are a bit more expected but awesome. 

Obviously, social media commenters say its the worst lineup in the history of festivals 

 

 

 

[PaulWarning]

I'll be very interested in hearing Rod Stewart, last few times I've seen him on TV he's avoided doing his most popular songs, presumably because he can't sing them anymore

[spongebob]

Funny how some ‘big’ names from 15-odd years ago (Snow Patrol, Supergrass, Franz Ferdinand, Fatboy Slim, Scissor Sisters) have fallen so far down the bill. 

[SteveXFR]

4 minutes ago, spongebob said:

Funny how some ‘big’ names from 15-odd years ago (Snow Patrol, Supergrass, Franz Ferdinand, Fatboy Slim, Scissor Sisters) have fallen so far down the bill. 

 

When was the last time any of them had a hit? 

I think Franz Ferdinand and Snow Patrol were one hit wonders and those hits were a very long time ago now.

[BigRedX]

40 minutes ago, spongebob said:

Funny how some ‘big’ names from 15-odd years ago (Snow Patrol, Supergrass, Franz Ferdinand, Fatboy Slim, Scissor Sisters) have fallen so far down the bill. 

 

Funny how these bands are even on the bill. 

[steantval]

Looking through the list of acts appearing, there is not one that would entice me to travel all the way to the South West to see them play, a few on there I would have paid to see possibly ten years ago, but now they are well past their best and just going through the motions.

[SteveXFR]

I wouldn't go to Glastonbury again no matter who played although this year's lineup is tempting it's not worth the ticket price to me. I don't like the mountains of litter mashed in to every inch of the ground, the enormous size of the site, the smell and the ticket price.

I go to smaller festivals now which are half the price and much nicer atmosphere and cleaner.

[Daz39]

1 hour ago, spongebob said:

Funny how some ‘big’ names from 15-odd years ago (Snow Patrol, Supergrass, Franz Ferdinand, Fatboy Slim, Scissor Sisters) have fallen so far down the bill. 

It’s 30 years since Supergrass’ debut album; that’s time dilation for you!

[Cato]

2 hours ago, spongebob said:

Funny how some ‘big’ names from 15-odd years ago (Snow Patrol, Supergrass, Franz Ferdinand, Fatboy Slim, Scissor Sisters) have fallen so far down the bill. 

 

Not sure about Franz Ferdinand but I think Snow Patrol, Scissor Sisters and Supergrass are all only fairly recently reformed after calling it a day several years ago.

[SteveXFR]

I think Supergrass reformed in 2019 (bad timing).

[Lozz196]

Not many on there I’d be interested in seeing

[MacDaddy]

It'll be interesting to see how Kneecap do in front of a festival crowd.

[Bolo]

Bob Vylan is the only one on the list that I would actively pay to see perform, although I wouldn't be mad if St. Vincent played there too.

Edited Friday at 06:02 by Bolo

[MichaelDean]

It's a good job none of you are going then! 😝

 

There's a lot more on there that I'm looking forward to seeing than last time I went. 

 

Wet Leg, English Teacher, Franz Ferdinand, Supergrass (could be fun?), Biffy, Deftones, Father John Misty, Japanese Breakfast, Kaiser Cheifs, Weezer, Wolf Alice, Goat, Chic, St Vincent, The Big Moon.

 

I'm going to have a very nice time!

[SteveXFR]

7 hours ago, MacDaddy said:

It'll be interesting to see how Kneecap do in front of a festival crowd.

 

They're headlining 2000 trees. The promoter has put on shows with them in Bristol and is a fan of their performance. 

[bassbiscuits]

Haven’t Franz Ferdinand just released a new album too? I think they’re still pretty active rather than being a nostalgia act. 

[LeftyJ]

They had a single that was on quite heavy rotation on my favourite radio station in the Netherlands in 2021 ("Billy goodbye", which I think was a farewell song to their drummer leaving the band in 2021). They released a new album last January indeed! 

[Misdee]

 I think Glastonbury has always been more about the event than the actual music on the bill. Just so long as there's no one controversial. Wouldn't want anyone to get upset. 

 

I remember the days when Glastonbury was a fringe festival that Guardian-reading teachers and social workers went to because they were likely to be bullied if they went to Reading. They could smoke rollups and watch Van Morrison surrounded by like-minded people, safe from packs of marauding skinheads and defecating heavy metal fans. And nowadays it's even safer, thank goodness. 

 

 

Edited Friday at 11:09 by Misdee

[SteveXFR]

Its got to be difficult playing a festival knowing that probably 75% of your audience are there for your one big hit 20 years ago and have never heard the 6 albums you've made since then. 

[SteveXFR]

1 minute ago, Misdee said:

 I think Glastonbury has always been more about the event than the actual music on the bill. Just so long as there's no one controversial. Wouldn't want anyone to get upset. 

 

I remember the days when Glastonbury was a fringe festival that Guardian-reading teachers and social workers went to because they were likely to be bullied if they went to Reading. They could smoke rollups and watch Van Morrison surrounded by like-minded people,safe from packs of marauding skinheads and defecating heavy metal fans. And now it's even safer, thank goodness. 

 

 

 

If only they knew that heavy metal fans and skinheads are the most friendly people. Bloodstock and Damnation and Arctangent are the most friendly festivals I've been to.

[Misdee]

6 minutes ago, SteveXFR said:

 

If only they knew that heavy metal fans and skinheads are the most friendly people. Bloodstock and Damnation and Arctangent are the most friendly festivals I've been to.

Indeed, how the world has changed. The skinheads and heavy metal fans are now teachers and social workers.

[BigRedX]

27 minutes ago, Misdee said:

I remember the days when Glastonbury was a fringe festival that Guardian-reading teachers and social workers went to because they were likely to be bullied if they went to Reading.

 

Or maybe they wanted something more musically interesting than a load a terrible metal/rock bands

[Cato]

When I started going to Glastonbury in the 90s there was a real, dangerous dark underbelly to the festival.

 

Muggings were rife, especially later on at night when people who had over indulged were easy prey. 

 

There was no real attempt to stop people getting in over or under the fences and no bag checks on people entering with tickets so zero barriers to contraband, territorial fights between rival drug dealers happened every year.

 

It was only in '94 when 4 people got shot that the organisers accepted there was a problem and began to make efforts to crack down on the issues.

 

Don't get me wrong I went every year it was on in the 90s and greatly enjoyed it but the idea that it used to be some kind of peace and love fluffy hippy paradise before they sold out to corporate interests is a myth, or at least if it was ever true that era was before my time.

 

You can argue about the line up but in terms of basic safety I reckon it's much improved today from what it was back in my day 

Edited Friday at 17:14 by Cato

[Rich]

The Selecter  🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁

Such a pity Gaps is gone   

 

[Stub Mandrel]

I appear to have gone twice in the 1980s. The bands were largely irrelevant, but I enjoyed the mediaval fair atmosphere. I don't actually remember much else...