Glastonbury 2025 headliner predictions as early line-up rumours start to swirl

Who will be standing on the Pyramid Stage in June 2025? (Picture: Anthony Harvey/Shutterstock)

Glastonbury 2024 provided us with a beautiful weekend of sunshine and music, and line-up rumours for Glastonbury 2025 are already swirling.

The Worthy Farm music festival saw Michael J Fox take to the stage with Coldplay, some serious love for pop sensations Sugababes, and Louis Tomlinson helping everyone keep up to date with England’s game against Slovakia.

After four days of singing and dancing (and camping), it’ll now be another 12 months before Glastonbury returns – giving us plenty of time to speculate over who’ll be headlining the Pyramid Stage in June 2025.

Dua Lipa was first up this year on Friday, before Coldplay headlined on Saturday for a record fifth time, before SZA closed out the weekend on Sunday evening.

But with eyes already looking ahead to next year, who are the acts that could be sitting at the top of the bill when the Glastonbury 2025 line-up is announced?

Taylor Swift

Could the Eras Tour be making its way to the Pyramid Stage? (Picture: Redferns)

Where else can we start but with the current Queen of Pop herself, Taylor Alison Swift? Currently in the middle of a sell-out worldwide stadium tour, Ms. Swift is no stranger to ginormous crowds.

And Taylor was all ready to play Glastonbury 2020, alongside Sir Paul McCartney and Kendrick Lamar, before that festival was cancelled after the outbreak of the Covid pandemic.

Sir Paul and Kendrick both headlined the Pyramid Stage in 2022 when the festival resumed following lockdown, but Taylor has been too busy jetting off around the world to grace the stage at Worthy Farm.

With the Eras Tour set to conclude in December 2024, that would give Taylor six months off before Glastonbury 2025. There’s unfinished business for the Love Story singer at Britain’s biggest festival.

Madonna

Was Madonna supposed to headline Glastonbury 2024? (Picture: Santiago Felipe/Getty Images)

By all accounts, pop legend Madonna was lined up to play Glastonbury 2024. The organisers had teased her involvement and bookies odds on her headlining were incredibly short.

But then, when the line-up was announced, the Into the Groove singer was nowhere to be found, with SZA unexpectedly appearing as a Sunday headliner instead.

The reasons for Madonna’s absence aren’t currently clear, but fans have speculated that it might have something to do with her recent health battles, which threatened her Celebration Tour.

While she was still able to complete the tour, her family begged her not to ‘push herself’, which would explain why she might have decided to pull out of Glastonbury once Celebration was over.

Come 2025, Madonna could be ready to go.

Eminem

Could Eminem finally be ready for Glastonbury in 2025? (Picture: AP)

Eminem headlining Glastonbury 2025 feels like something that’s been long overdue. Arguably the biggest name in rap for 25 years, Marshall Mathers is still topping the charts and selling millions of copies.

The reason for Eminem’s absence from Pyramid Stage line-ups in that past is down to the sad fact that Glastonbury and rap music haven’t always got along.

Jay Z headlined the festival in 2009 but the decision to have him headline was met with much criticism by the likes of Oasis frontman Noel Gallagher.

But since then, the likes of Kanye West, Stormzy, and Kendrick Lamar have all rocked the Pyramid Stage with rap and have gone down well with the viewers back at home.

So with Eminem back in the charts and gearing up for another album later this year, maybe 2025 is the year when the real Slim Shady will stand up at Worthy Farm.

Spice Girls

Bookies odds have been slashed on the Spice Girls reuniting for Glasto (Picture: Victor Malafronte/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

The Spice Girls headlining Glastonbury at some point in the near future feels like an inevitability at this point – maybe 2025 could be the year it finally happens.

This year, Mel C surprised fans at Worthy Farm when she appeared on stage during Orbital’s set on the Park Stage, with some calling her the ‘best surprise guest’ of the entire festival.

Bookies odds on the five girls headlining the 2025 festival – or at least making an appearance – were slashed when they were spotted hanging out at Victoria Beckham’s 50th.

So, could Sporty, Posh, Baby, Scary, and Sporty be on the Pyramid Stage next year? According to Mel C, who spoke to Radio X after her surprise appearance, said there was ‘room’ for a potential Spice Girls reunion at the festival.

Bon Jovi

Bon Jovi have said they’d be up for the coveted Legends slot (Picture: Guy Prives/Getty Images)

Before Guns N’ Roses headlined in 2023, loud rock and roll had been fairly absent from Glastonbury in recent years – but Bon Jovi could be about to change that in 2025… as long as they get the call.

John Bon Jovi, who started the band in 1982, admitted in a recent interview with Metro.co.uk that he’s rarely been asked about it: ‘I’ve never had the chance. I was never offered it.’

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He continued: ‘I never went to Glastonbury but I heard about that legend slot. I’m aware of the festival obviously. But I never went… I feel like it would be pretty legendary. Let’s think about it, for 2025.’

Before Guns N’ Roses’ headline set last year, you’d arguably have to go back to Foo Fighters’ show in 2017 to find the last full-on rock act to play the Pyramid Stage.

Sugababes or Avril Lavigne

Could it be Avril’s turn after a packed-out set at Glastonbury 2024? (Picture: Joseph Okpako/WireImage)

Sugababes and Avril Lavigne’s sets at Glastonbury 2024 went down a storm, with the 00s nostalgia in full swing during their impressive comeback performances.

But their sets went over so well that they might have gone over a little too well, with some fans locked out of their shows due to crowd control risks and the potential of overcrowding.

Sugababes played to such a large crowd that some people ended up missing out (Picture: PA)

Surely this means that both Sugababes and Avril deserve a higher billing in 2025 if they choose to come back. They’d definitely draw a bigger crowd than the one SZA pulled during her Sunday evening slot.

Between them, Sugababes and Avril have six UK number one singles and five UK number one albums between them, with over 400 weeks spent in the charts combined.

And judging by clips of their Glastonbury 2024 performances, they both sound as good as ever. Maybe it’s time to give them top billing for Glastonbury 2025.

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