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I take your point, but as Slipknot cancelled for a valid reason, I reckon they'd be asked back (hence the lack of A7x on my lineup!). Why are people thinking Prodigy wouldnt play under ACDC? curious about that one. I guess only time will tell. I was pretty close last year though!

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Razorlight, Darkness, Stereophonics, Foos (I guess) - yep.

Franz Ferdinand were less justifiable but I would still argue it was a perfectly deserved slot.

I disagree with The Killers, however. They are a tremendously large band, having notched up comfortably around 11-12 million between their first two albums - far outstripping AM, despite all the early hype - and this slot was in between a B-side compilation album and their third record. I think their slot was perfectly fair and it would be hard to argue against it.

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It is undoubtedly a strong bill, a lot is realistic - I think Weezer headlining the NME Tent is the best shout anyone has had in this entire thread - and as someone said the aesthetics are superb.

However, it appears that you've got a lot of optimism going. With the exception of Hold Steady and The Shins on Friday, you've given two 'heavy' mainstage days. This is reminiscent of 2007 when people were predicting Smashing Pumpkins for Friday, Metallica for Sunday and some were even saying Tool would headline over Razorlight as well. The truth is that 'indie' music still sells well and draws crowds, so Kings of Leon and Arctic Monkeys are both fairly likely to top the bill. This year was special because Rage provide crossover appeal, and certainly The Fratellis, The Enemy, Dizzee Rascal etc being on Friday balanced out the Rage-Queens double-header. So I think your Friday is highly unrealistic. In addition to that:

Lostprophets will almost certainly play.

Hot Chip are bigger than Glasvegas and would headline the NME Tent if they played.

Enter Shikari wouldn't be that high and Mars Volta wouldn't be that low - it would allow them two songs, at best.

I doubt The Kooks would play, and not in that slot.

Still, solid overall.

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With Kings of Leon now look set to headline IOW; I had a thought that Franz Ferdinand might be a headliner. NME seems to be giving a lot of hype again; new record will go big and with only T in the Park seeming to be the only option left open to the band; I think there's a good chance they could be.

FRIDAY

AC/DC

Slipknot

Lostprophets

Weezer

Biffy Clyro

Enter Shikari

Glasvegas

Crystal Castles

Friendly Fires

Dance Tent: Soulwax/2ManyDJs; Digitalism; Erol Alkan

SATURDAY

Franz Ferdinand

The Cribs

Maximo Park

Primal Scream

Pendulum

Foals

The Pigeon Detectives

Reverend & The Makers

Late of the Pier

SUNDAY

Arctic Monkeys

The Strokes

Klaxons

MGMT

Vampire Weekend

Mystery Jets

Justice

Hot Chip

LCD Soundsystem

That would be pretty good; I must say.

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It is undoubtedly a strong bill, a lot is realistic - I think Weezer headlining the NME Tent is the best shout anyone has had in this entire thread - and as someone said the aesthetics are superb.

However, it appears that you've got a lot of optimism going. With the exception of Hold Steady and The Shins on Friday, you've given two 'heavy' mainstage days. This is reminiscent of 2007 when people were predicting Smashing Pumpkins for Friday, Metallica for Sunday and some were even saying Tool would headline over Razorlight as well. The truth is that 'indie' music still sells well and draws crowds, so Kings of Leon and Arctic Monkeys are both fairly likely to top the bill. This year was special because Rage provide crossover appeal, and certainly The Fratellis, The Enemy, Dizzee Rascal etc being on Friday balanced out the Rage-Queens double-header. So I think your Friday is highly unrealistic. In addition to that:

Lostprophets will almost certainly play.

Hot Chip are bigger than Glasvegas and would headline the NME Tent if they played.

Enter Shikari wouldn't be that high and Mars Volta wouldn't be that low - it would allow them two songs, at best.

I doubt The Kooks would play, and not in that slot.

Still, solid overall.

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