Like Day-Glo confetti during a Coldplay concert, glastonbury rumours are flying about.
Eight months before thousands of revellers gather on Worthy Farm for the festival, which will take place on June 25-29 next year, there is mounting speculation that some of pop’s biggest performers are in the running.
She has her driver’s license, and every tweenager’s favourite pop-rock megastar appears to be on track to earn her Glastonbury wings as well.
Rodrigo is previously scheduled to perform in Dublin on Tuesday, June 24, and at BST Hyde Park on Friday, June 27, followed by three postponed Manchester Co-Op Live gigs from June 30 to July 1.
Even if she is not present, there is a sense that Rodrigo’s moment has come. She is now widely regarded as one of music’s most powerful powers, second only to Taylor Swift.
Billie Eilish headlined the Pyramid Stage two years ago, confirming that Glastonbury is now a must-see for emerging pop talents.
Rodney’s climb has been even more spectacular; headlining Glastonbury must be a good decision, right?
North Shields’ answer to Bruce Springsteen is already on track for a blockbuster 2025, with a third album, People Watching, due out in February.
He delivered an electrifying performance in 2022, debuting in a late evening slot on the Pyramid Stage, where his longing songs were perfectly suited.
Fender’s music sounds tailor-made for emotional moments in wide spaces, and he’s already sold out his hometown venue, St James’ Park in Newcastle. Glastonbury is a natural fit.
Matt Healy was omnipresent over the last 18 months, not so much because of his alleged six-week relationship with Taylor Swift, which produced endless newspaper column inches and some of the wittiest seconds on Swift’s album The Tortured Poets Department.
The 1975 have played Glastonbury three times, but their level has risen since their last appearance on the Other Stage in 2016. They want to top bill – it could happen.
How exciting would it be if the soul icon came to Glastonbury? According to rumours, he will be announced as Saturday night’s headliner, an honour that recognises his role as one of the original inspirations on funk and R&B.
He is certainly too big a talent to be shoehorned into the Sunday legend’s slot, which Shania Twain will depart in 2024, and he will be well-versed in the challenges presented by Glastonbury, having performed there in 2010.
The rapper known as Marshall Mathers has played at Reading and Leeds festivals before, but Glastonbury has not yet been breached.
He undoubtedly has the wattage to rock the Pyramid, and unlike his contemporaries, his pull is also strong with the young and the old. He is the full Glasto package.
RiRi fans have waited more than eight years since her previous album, Anti, but they could be in for a treat in 2025, with the singer reported to be working on new material and a Glastonbury shoo-in.
She last crossed the Atlantic to play in front of large crowds in 2016, when she burst into tears at Dublin’s Aviva Stadium. She’s never performed at Glastonbury before, so the experience might be equally emotional.
Swift almost surely will not play Glastonbury and will most likely retire from touring in 2025 after her massive Eras tours throughout the world.
But if she did play there in 2025, it would be a great example of coming full circle, given she was confirmed for the Friday night top slot in 2020 before Covid cancelled it.
Williams will be monkeying about in 2025 with his biopic Better Man, out in January, which follows Williams’s trajectory of ascendancy and decline through the means of a CGI ape who plays Williams.
He’s been to Glastonbury a few times, headlining the Pyramid in 1998 when he was at his absolute peak. A Legends spot is not as vibrant, but he will be mid-a big arena tour (he plays the Emirates Stadium in London in early June), so he’ll be well-tuned from a performance perspective.
Cher, who is bigger than life and has a ready-to-go catalogue of classics (as well as a new memoir out), would be an ideal choice for the Legends position.
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She’s never performed at Glastonbury, and following Shania Twain’s delightfully cheesy performance last year, she may believe the gauntlet has been set down and she is up to the challenge.
There was talk that Streisand might be headed to Glastonbury when she released her memoir last year.
That didn’t happen, and in 2017 she said a Netflix concert special would be her final live show, and she was happy not being on stage and “no longer Being judged makes her unlikely to show up.
Isn’t it odd that the musician who emerged as the voice of a no-holds barred new generation in the mid-1990s is now a part of the Glastonbury legends discussion?
However, logistics may be an issue, as she is scheduled to play Malahide Castle Dublin on June 29, the same day as the legend’s slot.
A festival headlined by Olivia Rodrigo and Cher already has the bar high set for Glastonbury 2025 and that is already creating ripples in the music world, exciting everyone. Legendary performances blended with an amazing dose of pop and nostalgia are to be expected.
Whether one loves the Olivia Rodrigo old school repertoire or Cher, the scenario can be such that Glastonbury 2025 promises a lifetime set. As the festival is nearing, be tuned to the official announcement!