Who Has Headliner Potential in 5 Years?

[Bumblebee]

i can't even put into words how lame that is.

What's even worse is that Josh Freese is the drummer for DEVO and A Perfect Circle. Weezer has been a nice "paycheck gig" for him the last couple years with DEVO working around that somewhat.

[mike_man]

[thombjork]

I was under the impression that MGMT's latest album was a failure.

Adding that to the fact that they are terrible live, MGMT will never headline.

it was a commercial failure but not an artistic one. it wasn't a continuation of oracular spectacular, so people didn't want to deal with it.

its really not a bad album, but it takes a couple listens to for it to sink in

[mr powerful]

Kings of Leon

[The Coach]

My Morning Jacket
Fleet Foxes
Phoenix
Florence and the Machine
Broken Bells
Cage the Elephant
Grizzly Bear
Panda Bear
The Fresh and Only's

the top 4 might happen within 5 years.

[theBeatJesus]

Gnarls Barkley
Bloc Party
LCD Soundsystem

[bender]

Phoenix and The XX

[Grandma]

www.facebook.com/liamusic

your band sucks...

[SONR801]

Florence and the machine
Adele
Atoms For Peace

[pachucasunrise]

Two Door Cinema Club (i have a good feeling that this band will pick up very fast very soon)
Vampire Weekend
White Stripes (huge ass reunion)
Bon Iver
My Morning Jacket
OFWGKTA

[IlliniQ]

I can't believe I read through every single one of these posts and nobody mentioned Yeasayer or Beach House. If they both put out two more successful records they could headline in five years.

And I'm gonna throw Broken Bells in there too...although I'll admit that's probably a stretch.

Yeasayer possibly, Beach House not in a million years...too downbeat and one note of a band, and sleepy enough to barely stretch out an hour long set, would be murder as a headliner.

Broken Bells is a side project and not that an impressive a debut to boot...don't see how you can even consider them a possibility.

[frizzlefry]

You people are dreaming (and inconsiderate of the thread's title) if you think Zeppelin would ever play Coachella (I don't care to quote the several people who said it, you know who you are). If you thought the tickets for this year sold out fast, the mere rumor, for example, if Monklish decided it would be a gag, of Zeppelin playing at Coach would result in layaway tickets selling out hours after they were available, there was a fucking ticket lottery for a hundred thousand people who weren't absurdly rich or well connected in the industry to try and see them in London, btw these tickets were much more than just three hundred dollars. Zeppelin playing there would mean that over half of the attendants to that year wouldn't even realize that there was a festival going on around them as they wait for Zep

My money is on Janelle Monae, thank you Grammys, but this a great possibility of happening within five years.

[citizenerased]

Yeasayer lol

[AbundantChoice]

Phoenix could probably do it with one more hit album. Ditto for TVotR or Hot Chip maybe?

With two more hit albums Florence + The Machine might be able to pull it off.

In an awesome world Janelle Monae will be there in 5 years, but the Metropolis suite went *nowhere* commercially, and while everyone was talking about how awesome Archandroid was, she never seemed to get much / any mainstream traction (even after touring with Prince and No Doubt, of all people).

Band i'd love to see experience a Killers-esque trajectory from tiny font tent-opener to headliner, although it probably won't happen? The Joy Formidable.

[icedKeg]

Yeasayer possibly, Beach House not in a million years...too downbeat and one note of a band, and sleepy enough to barely stretch out an hour long set, would be murder as a headliner.

Broken Bells is a side project and not that an impressive a debut to boot...don't see how you can even consider them a possibility.

Wasn't Portishead a headliner a few years ago? Tell me they're not sleepier than Beach House. Songs like Zebra, 10 Mile Stereo, Lover Of Mine and Used To Be are just as upbeat as anything Portishead or Bjork ever did. (I could add Jack Johnson, Coldplay & Oasis to the list of "sleepy" headliners but I'm sure most people here would agree that those bands suck)

Plus I think you have to consider two (or three) more hypothetical albums from them in the next five years, that's part of the point of the thread. Who knows how many "hits" those records might generate. And maybe their sound will become more upbeat. I think Beach House has a certain level of "fantastic" that could headline Coachella one day. They certainly have the talent to produce some more great music. And they're likable.

And I said Broken Bells was a stretch. I do think their debut was impressive though.

[frizzlefry]

^ As I said, I'm hoping the Grammys might add to her popularity and future commercial success, at least a lot of kids will probably see her albums and recognize her crazy hair now

[AndLeoObre]

OFWGKTA/Joy Formidable/White Stripes reunion

[Spooks]

LCD Soundsystem/the White Stripes/REM

[Neighborhood Creep]

Bon Iver

[GuyInTucson]

Odd Future will never headline Coachella..... ever.

[Rdm3000]

The national could headline now. They sold out the hollywood bowl and debuted at #2 on the billboard

[Edmontonian]

Modest Mouse
Death From Above 1979 (if they keep the reunion going long enough to crank out a new album or two...)
Skrillex (FUCK ME)
Feist
TV on the Radio
the Black Keys

[Edmontonian]

Deadmau5
The xx
Jack White (solo project)
Kid CudI
Lil Wayne
Phoenix
Kasabian

[KidRobot]

Skrillex will never headline Coachella. And neither will Odd Future.

Phoenix, Bon Iver, The National and The Black Keys can definitely have headline in the upcoming years.

[ballroomdancer22]

Mumford & Sons, Phoenix, Lady Gaga,The Black Keys, Florence + the Machine, Foster the People, Drake, Cage the Elephant

Not: The National, Kid Cudi, Modest Mouse, Skrillex

[Phunkevil]

The National, The Black Keys, Phoenix.

Mumford & Sons, Phoenix, Lady Gaga,The Black Keys, Florence + the Machine, Foster the People, Drake, Cage the Elephant

Lady Gaga sells millions of records and sells out arenas. Has been doing so for years.

No on Drake and Cage the Elephant (lol). Foster the People are one hit wonders. Look for them to disappear in the next few years.

Wasn't Portishead a headliner a few years ago? Tell me they're not sleepier than Beach House. Songs like Zebra, 10 Mile Stereo, Lover Of Mine and Used To Be are just as upbeat as anything Portishead or Bjork ever did. (I could add Jack Johnson, Coldplay & Oasis to the list of "sleepy" headliners but I'm sure most people here would agree that those bands suck).

Portishead was the backup headliner if Prince couldn't perform.

[Pea]

If The Weeknd doesn't fizzle out or crash and burn before reaching star status, that cat will be at LEAST sub-headlining within a few years. Shit, maybe even sooner with this momentum behind him.

[GuyInTucson]

Modest Mouse
Death From Above 1979 (if they keep the reunion going long enough to crank out a new album or two...)
Skrillex (FUCK ME)
Feist
TV on the Radio
the Black Keys

Deadmau5
The xx
Jack White (solo project)
Kid CudI
Lil Wayne
Phoenix
Kasabian

The bolded COULD headline in the future. The rest are subs down the road at the very best. Deadmau5, Kasabian, Kid Cudi, Skrillex, DFA 1979, Feist and TVOTR are not going to be headliners at any point in their careers in the future. Jack White won't headline unless it's a White Stripes reunion.

EDM headliners down the road? Outside of Daft Punk, I don't see anyone who could fit the bill, not even Deadmau5. The fiver could close the main stage, but he wouldn't be a top-billed headliner.

[heart cooks brain]

i don't think modest mouse would ever be booked to headline coachella, regardless of how this album produced by big boi goes over.

[Spooks]

i don't think modest mouse would ever be booked to headline coachella, regardless of how this album produced by big boi goes over.

Exactly. MM will never headline Coachella...as much as I love them, they will never top the popularity they got when they released Good News (good Lp but definitely not their best. This is a long drive & Lonesome are the best ones in my opinion). And plus, Issac hates playing festivals...last time I saw them at Pitchfork 2010, he looked like he didn't give a shit! But Sasquatch 2011 set looked amazing....SHIT LUCK!