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...aaaaand the official 2023 aftermovie is here. It's over 7 minutes old as in the old days!

I went to the opening night. Mrs is a proper Madonna superfan so I had the privilege of being in the pit and basically front row. She was amazing apart from a little technical issue with the sound. Would love to see her again on the Pyramid. This is where I was.

Only Download fans could call a band who have sold 100k+ tickets ‘weak’. See you down the front for Saturday, fools.

Haha I listened to my first chart show in like 4000 years just to find out... Was announced over 30 minutes ago now

Maybe the leaker that has got things right in the past was correct with A7X/Iron Maiden/Rammstein but with the Rammstein allegations and Bruce deciding to tour solo they’ve had their hand forced and those two were the next best options.

We know that from October 12 when they were announced for Hurricane/Southside

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Yeah it's a new festival (as if we did not have enough in Belgium). 2022 was the first edition on the beach in Zeebrugge. 3 days, one stage, 5-6 acts a day. No camping. I was there for the National day with Wilco and dEUS on the undercard. Food lineup is curated by the Best Kept Secret festival team. I paid 69 EUR that day for general admission but there were seating tickets in a stand behind the pit at 89 EUR and "front stage tickets" at 99 EUR, which is the biggest downside of this festival in my opinion. VIP areas in a festival is a no for me. I wasn't there this year but they moved to the Middenvijverpark in Antwerp and it was only 2 days IIRC. They also added an acoustic stage with a few acts. No camping either. Might be useful to get an idea of the location :

Absolutely! Add SBTRKT in the mix, so Sampha can perform with him too.

Absolutely no way Ed Sheeran doesn't return - one of the biggest uk acts

Just played a club show in NYC

Green Day and Pumpkins as part of an early summer EU run?

No Ed Sheeran at Sziget next year

Spot on this. Ozanne desperately trying to stay involved in this conversation by insinuating people are racists - always very cryptically so that he can back out at a moments notice and claim ignorance.

Best get him on the SR list then! Oh, wait…

This is a ridiculous take. They're a solid arena level band. The sun said "stadium sized." Download is stadium sized.

too true, just imagine how much barry would be f**king up!

I don’t think MGK is there, he was just using that as a not-so-subtle clue to signal that Eminem was playing.

Eminem.

LG por favor

Dua Lipa, Pulp Coldplay, Olivia Rodrigo Madonna, rap act The Prodigy The National The Chemical Brothers

That’s why we are in Jersey😉😊

Ed Sheeran is doing a festival in Norway on the 4th, and although he's still possible for a Sunday headliner, my feel is that he might be doing Roskilde instead.

That's all it means, the UK/EU is next to be announced and given the timing it's probably festivals

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Don't forget about Pulp, solid I'd say. Plus Shellac and DJ Coco. It have been talked a lot as well about PJ Harvey and Slowdive (new albums and previous frequent visitors to the fest) Paramore, Romy, KG&LW, Amaarae, Drop Nineteens...

Worse is that in most parts of the US clocks go back on T-Day (5 Nov). As if it weren't stressful enough, I have to make sure that I've got the conversion to GMT right very early that morning.

Gonna have to make sure I check out Downloads social media when/if they announce that trio as I imagine the reaction is gonna be overwhelmingly negative, but I suppose they’ve only done it to themselves by refusing to budge on headliners for so long until they’ve finally had their hand forced in to booking two very un-metal headliners at once.

Think it's safe to say people have worked out the headliners I was told at least. Once again, they might be nonsense but it's what I've been told

get my mate Guy on the Pyramid with my other mate mike just below him

Resurrection fest also teasing an announcement soon, probably same time as RAR/RIP, Nova Rock, Download (date still unknown but rumours are around November 7). If we look back to 2020, SOAD was announced for festivals that will have announcement soon. June 2020 5-7 – Nürburg and Nuremberg, Germany @ Rock am Ring and Rock im Park 10-13 – Nickelsdorf, Austria @ Nova Rock Festival 14 – Castle Donington, United Kingdom @ Download Festival July 2020 1-4 – Viveiro, Spain @ Resurrection Fest

Got standing at London for £85 from See tickets so thats clearly a resale ticket.

2008 says hello.

Saw Dreamwife the other week absolutely 5* they even threw in a cover of Tatu - All the things you said. Cracking underrated band. Would love to see them back at the farm missed them last time (2019) due to a clash with IDLES

Be the worst set they've had.

They can join the Arctic Monkeys, The Strokes, Pearl Jam club who got annoyed by Mad Cool's teasing. But: The National? If they aren't playing Primavera then I see them playing this one. Their headline set in 2019 will be 5 years ago.

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Foo Fighters played RaR this year, so I guess it's not them.

Yeah I just find it odd - feel like he gets mentioned a lot in this thread by people who claim to dislike him. Also I'm sure his views are more aligned to mine on what's happening in Palestine, so I reckon I'd take him over a PM shaking hands with a war criminal. Ukraine is a different kettle of fish so I'll give you that one. Covid, if you think he'd have done a worse job than the Tories then you need your head examining.

Nehhhhh not having it. Life in the old dogs yet based on that glorious hour in 2022!

Liam’s added another Manc date on the Friday so the chances of a secret set have reduced by a third.

I'm not a massive Elbow fan but their last appearance at GF was an incredible set.

I think his history with the festival, working up from Croissant Neuf to the top spot, will see him back again - it's too good a story from both sides

Sampha’s new album is absolutely beautiful. Would be nice to get him, last time he came to Primavera was in 2017.

Sampha's new album is brilliant. Really hoping to finally catch him this summer, and what a great Barn name he would be!

For that song, it's not just a costume, it's intrinsic to the personal journey he's been on over the last ten years or so, living with a chronic auto-immune disorder that has given him extreme physical and mental health issues. There's nothing new under the sun, but this version is elevating his influences to a whole new level. Incidentally, the fact that a lot of this has been done before is directly addressed in the song itself.

It doesn’t matter. It’s true that Hamas aren’t a credible source. It’s also true that the Israeli govt aren’t a credible source. Neither has credibility and both have an interest in denying responsibility. As far as the ‘evidence’ that is publicly available right now, none of it is convincing. So that’s all there is to it. Can I ask you just on this to try to grow up and stop trying to goad and troll people. It’s obvious and boring and frankly inappropriate. You can cheer for whoever you want to in the big fun palestine vs israel battle royale of your mind, but I along with most others here are only interested in peace and the minimisation of human suffering.

What does 'wrong' mean in terms of music? There's no objective right or wrong. I can find Imagine Dragons insufferable but that doesn't invalidate the fact someone else might get a lot out of their music. Them liking it doesn't stop me liking the things I like instead, so let them have it. I'll evangelise about my favourites but I don't see the benefit of twisting that into being a missionary hell-bent on converting people to like the same things you do. After all, convert everyone to my idiosyncratic taste and it will get an awful lot harder to buy gig tickets before they sell out. As for other aspects of life - that's an eclectic list but sure. I can't stand artichokes but not going to convince someone who likes them that they're a crap vegetable unworthy of a place in the larder. My parents have decorated their new house in a manner I find hideous but they love it so what's it to me? I'm an avid reader but if you tell me you've never been able to finish a Charles Dickens novel it doesn't change the fact I have. Of the other things you list, I'd argue politics is an outlier as actual harm can be done to people's lives rather than just causing some annoyance that you don't like a festival headliner. Although I reserve the right to change that view if Imagine Dragons are ever demonising immigrants, sanctioning corruption and driving families into poverty. Or if artichokes bring back the death penalty. Wouldn't put it past them to be honest. Anyway, back on topic, I think Bryan Adams is in the sweet spot of being big enough in a previous decade to be a 'legend', not big enough to be a headliner, still playing shows and with enough songs to entertain the crowd for an extended slot. Gives Mel C an excuse to turn up again as well.

Would be an unfathomable set of circumstances for a Stock, Aitken and Waterman act to do the Legend Slot