
Don’t expect any more “different” lineups. There’s really nowhere else to go at this point.
There really aren’t that many new and genuinely different names left to put on the lineup. He’s already played some of his biggest cards, and Gambino was probably the best example of that, a huge and unexpected name that actually made the lineup feel different from what he had done before.
At this point, who else could realistically fill that spot and have the same kind of impact? Maybe an Odd Future reunion or anniversary show, maybe a whole night with Pharrell as the headliner, or something special on that level. But outside of very specific situations like those, there really isn’t much room left to go.
Eventually, you reach a point where you’ve already gone through most of the major artists who fit the festival and could still genuinely surprise people. So I wouldn’t expect every new lineup to keep getting more “different” or to have some massive unexpected name every year. We’ll probably start seeing more returning artists and familiar names, with the variety coming more from how the lineup is put together rather than from completely new headliners.
But what do you guys think? Who could they still bring in that would genuinely surprise you?