Maybe festivals in general are done, most lineups Ive seen this year are really poor.
Probably depends what kind of music you like but traditional rock bands have been on the decline for years so it’s probably no massive surprise that there aren’t many coming through to headline a festival like Glastonbury.
I’m an indie type so have probably felt this particularly badly but looking at the headliners for Reading / Leeds, which is traditionally a rock festival, and it’s got Lana del ray, Gerry cinnamon (who I’ve never heard of
), catfish and the bottlemen (who seemed to peak about 8 years ago), Liam Gallagher (who peaked many years ago
), blink 182 (ditto) and Fred again (who I’ve again never xx heard of and seems to be a dance producer).
I’ve plucked the line up from 2005 at random and you’ve got pixies, foo fighters, iron maiden, killers, kings of Leon, Marilyn Manson, QOTS, razor light, the coral, elbow, the charlatans, iggy and the stooges, kasabian, bloc party, babyshambles, etc. An unbelievably different vibe, a variety of different kinds of rock / guitar music, some legends, some mainstream successes, some up and coming bands. Just seems a million miles away from the current offering.
I think I’m just getting old