mudee wrote:
I will start a short list of suggestions.
Deep Purple
Motorhead
Motley Crue
Moody Blues
Red Hot Chili Peppers
The Who
Pink Floyd
Alice Cooper
Cream
Frank Zappa
Greatful Dead
Dire Straits
38 Special
Collective Soul
Creed
The Smiths
All of those have plenty of history to be a headliner, some shorter history than others.
Well, a few of those have already been chosen, The Who, Pink Floyd, Grateful Dead, and RHCP.
Here is a list of 100+ that should be considered. I don't necessarily like all of them, but they certainly ought to have a shot prior to repeating Bob Dylan yet again, and Katy Perry for a 2nd time. I don't remember if Shania Twain was a headliner. but I think she was.
10000 Maniacs, 38 Special, Abba, Allman Brothers, Animals, Arcade Fire, Bangles, Bare Naked Ladies, Pat Benatar, Chuck Berry, Blondie, Blue Oyster Cult, James Brown, Bush, Byrds, Carpenters, Cars, Collective Soul, Commodores/Lionel Richie, Creedence Clearwater, Alice Cooper, Creed, Crosby Stills and Nash, Cure, Deep Purple, Neil Diamond, Doobie Brothers, Duran Duran, Earth Wind and Fire, Electric Light Orchestra, En Vogue, Everclear, Fall Out Boy, Fleetwood Mac, Foreigner, Parliament, Marvin Gaye, J Geils Band, Genesis, Grand Funk Railroad, Grass Roots, Guess Who, George Harrison, Heart, Iron Maiden, Incubus, Isley Brothers, Janes Addiction, Jefferson Airplane/Starship, Joan Jett, Judas Priest, Carole King, Kinks, Kool and the Gang, Korn, Huey Lewis, Linkin Park, Mama and the Papas, Matchbox 20, John Mellencamp, Monkees, Moody Blues, Motley Crue, Muse, My Chemical Romance, Night Ranger, Oasis, Offspring, Ojays, Roy Orbison, Outkast, Tom Petty, Poison, REO Speedwagon, Johnny Rivers, Smokey Robinson/Miracles, Diana Ross/Supremes, Roxette, Roxy Music, Rise Against, Rush, Scorpions, Bob Seger, Carly Simon, Smashing Pumpkins, Smiths, Soundgarden, Dusty Springfield, Steely Dan, Cat Stevens, Stone Temple Pilots, System of a Down, Talking Heads, James Taylor, Thin Lizzy, Three Days Grace, Three Dog Night, Three Doors Down, TLC, Tool, T-Rex, Ike and Tina Turner, War, Weezer, White Zombie, Vanessa Williams, Yes, ZZ Top
I forgot the country list, could easily add 30 of those, with Garth Brooks heading the list.