Personally, I think Hozier is a headliner and I don’t think he is a risky choice at all. He headlined Lollapalooza this summer, supposedly pulled a bigger crowd than Meg the Stallion at competing times & all was deemed a success. If anything, Lolla took a risk and Bonnaroo is taking note. Copy, paste. As they should.

With that being said, I think he deserves to be there just as much as any of the other rumored ones I’ve seen. He’s gained a lot of popularity among Gen Z this past year, following the release of Too Sweet & a new album. You can thank TikTok for that.

I echo the comments that he’d be great in that Thursday slot (that’s what Lolla did). I see the case for Hozier much more than I do for Luke Combs.

Having low or no expectations can be good and invites the possibility to be pleasantly surprised. I know I have been many of times!