Dissapointed with whats rumoured

[Flobadobalob]

There is diversity in those three. Saying they aren't different to each other is like me saying rage against the machine and Metallica are no different to each other.

Edited March 24, 2009 by Flobadobalob

[pink_triangle]

There isnt in the slightest. Last year there was:

Rage = Rap rock

Killers = Indie

Metallica = Metal

This year:

Arctic Monkeys = Indie

Radiohead = Indie

Kings of leon = Indie

These are the brackets these bands fit closest into and that to me and various other people just isnt diverse enough.

Edited March 24, 2009 by pink_triangle

[Lithium05]

These definitions are very subjective, youi could state

rage = rock

killers - rock

metallica = rock

arctic monkeys = rock

kings of leon = rock

radiohead = rock

In which case to get some diversity i think we need boyzone, paul potts and rhianna this year.

Edited March 24, 2009 by Lithium05

[pink_triangle]

Oh good, this argument again

Out of interest, keeping in mind everything has to have a label nowadays, how would you class Radiohead? I agree they're not indie, but not really sure where to lump them if they're not.

[thomasowen]

There isnt in the slightest. Last year there was:

Rage = Rap rock

Killers = Indie

Metallica = Metal

This year:

Arctic Monkeys = Indie

Radiohead = Indie

Kings of leon = Indie

These are the brackets these bands fit closest into and that to me and various other people just isnt diverse enough.

[jammy2211]

It could have been any of these if the money had been right as they are all playing either in the UK or at festivals this year or both!

Faith No More/Slipknot

Green Day/Offspring

Linkin Park/Tool

AC/DC

NIN/Janes Addiction

There is no doubt that all 3 of this years headliners are big or good enough to headline, its just the combination does not work out for a lot of people, any 2 out of the 3 and no one would be moaning.

As Lithium has said, the altenative is the NME stage which is going to have possibly 2 NME type bands of the moment, Glasvegas/The View/The KlaxonsFrank Ferdinand along with a Sterophonics/Ian Brown so for people who have invested £160 on a ticket 12 months in advance then the options are already running down with only the lock up stage left for people who prefer something a little heavier.

I guess it all comes down to who else has been booked for the rest of the festival, in particular Friday Leeds/Sunday Reading, if its Kaiser Chiefs/Kooks/Vampire Weekend/Courteeners/Maximo Park then a lot of people are going to be moaning! if its the Offspring/Janes Addiction/Weezer etc then there will be less.

We will find out next Monday or maybe sooner.

[kaosmark2]

There isnt in the slightest. Last year there was:

Rage = Rap rock

Killers = Indie

Metallica = Metal

This year:

Arctic Monkeys = Indie

Radiohead = Indie

Kings of leon = Indie

These are the brackets these bands fit closest into and that to me and various other people just isnt diverse enough.

[kaosmark2]

Oh good, this argument again

Out of interest, keeping in mind everything has to have a label nowadays, how would you class Radiohead? I agree they're not indie, but not really sure where to lump them if they're not.

Edit: By the way, I love the fact that even when I clearly stated earlier today alot of what I'm saying is partially as a wind up, and even when I start a post with "Simmer Down" people still take me seriously.... Is it the post count or something

[arcade fireman]

Wait...let's backtrack. Are some people honestly saying they should have hired Linkin Park to play instead of Radiohead??!!

Jesus, they say opinions are like arseholes but...

[kaosmark2]

Wait...let's backtrack. Are some people honestly saying they should have hired Linkin Park to play instead of Radiohead??!!

Jesus, they say opinions are like arseholes but...

[PrettyNifty]

Radiohead genre - 'perfection?'

Cant wait to rock out to Just/paranoid android, sing along to karma police/fake plastic trees or just chill out to no surprises etc. In fact personally i cant think of a better end to a festival.

Perhaps organisers tried for more diversity, struggled to find a decent enough metal/hard rock band and instead of treating us like a bunch of twats and settling for a poorer 'heavy' band they decided to give us our moneys worth with 3 excellent bands who will please more people than they piss off. Credit to them for not settling, i doubt it would have came cheap.

[beLIEveR]

The whole point of my post was to show how stupid it is people who insist on giving bands labels. Green day, eminen and girls aloud all make pop music but are completely different styles, so this whole labelling bands means nothing.

[thejimbola]

Wait...let's backtrack. Are some people honestly saying they should have hired Linkin Park to play instead of Radiohead??!!

Jesus, they say opinions are like arseholes but...

[lovelessrapture]

What exactly is indie? Oh i wish i were back in the days where you just had rock metal and alternative music as the 3 main reading kinds

Edited March 25, 2009 by lovelessrapture

[Dan101]

Radiohead = Indie

[NikNik]

Defo not a dissapointment, only minor one is that AC/DC are not playing and that could have been one of my fav festival moments ever. Defo think that R&L tried to book a more diverse/heavy band and couldnt and then payed radiohead alot of money for them to play. And for one i am glad they did. Instead of getting Linkin Park of Pearl Jam to play they got Radiohead who bring there own method of diversity to the mix. If you just like them for The Bends and OK Computer you will see them. If you prefer Kid A or Amnesiac or Hail To The Theif you would see them. Those 2 groups of albums are 2 very different genres but still the same band. Also, if people just want to go to hear Karma Police, Creep(not happening lol) Just or other 'hits' you may have a chance with them

niknik

[satchef1]

To me FR did drop the ball a little with headliners this year. Radiohead? Great! :angry: Kings of Leon and Arctic Monkeys? Good, but not in the same year! Both of them barely scrape the grade as headline acts. A joint headliner slot with someone else doing the other day would have been more fitting. Still, they might back it up with some strong bands below them.

[Lithium05]

To me FR did drop the ball a little with headliners this year. Radiohead? Great! Kings of Leon and Arctic Monkeys? Good, but not in the same year! Both of them barely scrape the grade as headline acts. A joint headliner slot with someone else doing the other day would have been more fitting. Still, they might back it up with some strong bands below them.

[voliminal]

Genuinely, i dont think there is a set of headliners at any 3 day fest in the country that i would prefer.

[Lithium05]

you seen the sonisphere lineup?

[rivalschools.price]

Wait...let's backtrack. Are some people honestly saying they should have hired Linkin Park to play instead of Radiohead??!!

Jesus, they say opinions are like arseholes but...

[chubbz]

you seen the sonisphere lineup?

[kaosmark2]

why did u presume that people wanted linkin park instead of radiohead?? they could play instead of KOL or arctics.

[beLIEveR]

I'm one of the moaners, but if we're going headliners alone I wouldn't particularly blow Sonisphere's trumpet.

Sonisphere have Metallica, who are certainly big enough to be the big name at any festival, but they haven't exactly been hard to catch in the last couple of years. And LP are a band big enough to be there and will sell tickets, but certainly nothing to crow about. Knebworth's selling point is the strength in depth, whereas you could argue Download have to a certain extent got more impressive headliners (given how much Metallica have done over here lately).