A mystical look into who could be the winners at this year's UK festivals

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Our resident mystic looks to their crystal ball to make predictions ahead of the UK summer festival circuit in 2025 - who has had a good year so far and who might stumble this year?

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00:00Greetings, seekers of sonic futures.

00:03I gaze into the swirling mists of time, the echoes of Glastonbury, the vibrant pulse of parklife,

00:10and I see visions of triumphs and tribulations on the festival fjords of 2025.

00:17This summer, the very air will thrum with anticipation.

00:21Thrum? Okay, yeah.

00:23The air will thrum with anticipation, with legends made and legacies tested.

00:29Glastonbury, worthy farm, a battleground for tickets, a sacred space for music.

00:36I see, I see those of you who are victorious in the ticket wars,

00:41bask in the glory for a fallow year awaits next year, but a shadow falls upon a folk hero.

00:48Yes, yes, Neil Young, he proclaimed his absence, a stand against the law of the commercial,

00:55yet the winds of change whisper.

00:58A U-turn?

01:00A surprise, perhaps stolen from the organizer's grasp?

01:04The stars are unclear, but his path is winding.

01:08I'm getting something.

01:10I'm getting...

01:11Manchester.

01:12Manchester.

01:13Parklife beckons, and the new queen ascends to her pop throne.

01:18Charlie XCX.

01:19Not just the summer of brat, but I see an era, a color, a brat green era.

01:28Her curated chaos, her coachella conquest, all point to a set of pure, unadulterated magic.

01:36A moment where you'll be asked years from now, were you there?

01:40But beware, for every supernova, there are those caught in its gravitational pull.

01:45Woe to those who dare clash with the brat's reign.

01:49Many will be drawn to her orbit to witness the spectacle, to bask in her glory.

01:54The set time schedulers tremble.

01:56Their decisions will be judged by the very gods of music, the public.

02:02These are, but glimpses.

02:05I feel I am frail now by making these predictions.

02:09Fragments of the future, yet unwritten, and must stay that way.

02:13So, will Drake conquer wireless?

02:16Or, you know, will he complain about Kendrick again?

02:19Will sleep tokens shatter download?

02:21Will 50 Cent reignite Glasgow Green?

02:24The answers, they dance in the ether, shrouded in mystery.

02:32Will 50 Cent.

02:34Will the total poweracción be HTML?

02:35Will 50 Cent.

02:36Will 50 Cent.

02:38Will 80 Cent.

02:41Will 50 Cent.

02:43First, the number of kings.

02:45Will 50 £5,000, Pod.

02:47Volume tokens.

02:49Will 50.

02:51Is 50 Cent.

02:53Well 50 Cent.

02:55There's GBP.

02:56Are 50 Cent.

02:57Will 50 Cent.

02:59Am I straight up with this vision?

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