Lack of big bands on the Sunday?

[TheSeventhOne]

As a sunday day ticket holder I can't help but feel a little short changed with the undercard.

Friday has Kaiser Chiefs (capable of playing arenas), Placebo (apollos, bigger academies), Fall Out Boy (capable of arenas) and Deftones (bigger academies, apollos)

Saturday has The Prodigy (arenas), Maximo Park (apollos, bigger academies), Ian Brown (bigger academies, apollos)

Sunday has Bloc Party (bigger academies, apollos), Yeah Yeah Yeahs (bigger academies, apollos), Vampire Weekend (academies) and Brand New (academies)

I can't help but feel I've drawn the short straw here.

[jammy2211]

Bloc Party have second headlined before.

Yeah Yeah Yeahs have third headlined before.

Vampire Weekend... erm... Better them then Fall Out Boy Right?

I don't think we'll see any bands added higher >_>.

[TheSeventhOne]

Shame, I was holding out for The Mars Volta on sunday.

[Lithium05]

Vampire Weekend... erm... Better them then Fall Out Boy Right?

[TheSeventhOne]

Wrong. Pete Wentz may be a complete twunt, but FOB actually have some decent tunes... in comparison to Vampire Weekend.

[wilko8]

Wrong. Pete Wentz may be a complete twunt, but FOB actually have some decent tunes... in comparison to Vampire Weekend.

[Benj]

Wrong. Pete Wentz may be a complete twunt, but FOB actually have some decent tunes... in comparison to Vampire Weekend.

Edited April 6, 2009 by Benj

[wilko8]

Your arguments on the line up being shite always fall down when you reveal which bands you actually like!

So far I can now remember Fall Out Boy, Lost Prophets, Inme and Knickleback

[Lithium05]

Your arguments on the line up being shite always fall down when you reveal which bands you actually like!

So far I can now remember Fall Out Boy, Lost Prophets, Inme and Knickleback

[smeebob]

"Your arguments on the line up being shite always fall down when you reveal which bands you actually like!"

+1

[Lithium05]

I think I remember Bowling for Soup being touted aswell

[wilko8]

I have a damn good reason for liking Bowling For Soup!

Download 2005 - During Bowling for Soup's mainstage set an inflatable sheep that had been tossed around the crowd all day made it's way onto the stage, the band proceeded to attempt violate the sheep with a banana (not being deterred by the fact that it wasnt a "welsh love sheep" and didnt have any holes... the band however manage to force the banana into the sheep regardless

Download 2007 - Bowling for Soup return to the mainstage (below slayer btw and were not bottled despite not being "metulzzz") with 2 giant inflatable sheep as stage props and giant inflatable bananas on the stage.

I'm all for bands not taking themselves too seriously, but for a band to go to that length to share a joke with the audience is superb. They even had t-shirts with a sheep and banana on it! It's nice when a band remembers a show as well as the crowd does.

Better than say Simple Plan at Download last year who didn't even know where they were "Hello Birmingham"

[AndyH]

I'm actually gonna back up Lithium on this one. I can't stand Fall Out Boy but they are surely a bigger band than Vampire Weekend. I know Vampire Weekend's stock has risen over the last few months but not nearly to the level of 4th headliner?

[TheSeventhOne]

Surely Deftones are bigger than VW and they're 5th headliner :|

[AndyH]

Surely Deftones are bigger than VW and they're 5th headliner :|

[Lithium05]

So is it their music you like or do you just enjoy sheep being violated with bananas?

Edited April 6, 2009 by Lithium05

[smeebob]

methinks some bands will slot in above VW.

anyway, people have different taste in music and people need to accept that rather than being patronising about it.

Edited April 6, 2009 by smeebob

[Benj]

First of all, re-read my post with the implication that I'm expressing a dislike of VW no a love of FOB

Second of all I'm so over my brief flirtation with Nickelback fandom

Thirdly, I wasnt a fan of Lostprophets, but thwey won me over with a superb performance at Download last year

and finally, what's your beef with InMe? They're not hurting anyone! No radio play, few festival appearances, and when they do appear it's never in a position above their station!

[Lithium05]

Only having a laugh, you can like who you like.

[wilko8]

Both, I like a band to be entertaining rather than simply bash out "Generic indie song that sounds suspiciously like it's using samples of songs by The Jam #473" before telling me I'm the best crowd they've ever had... each to his own though

[TheSeventhOne]

Although the OP on this thread stating that he would prefer Kaiser Chiefs has got me all agog, that's unbelievable stuff.

[ilovemaiden]

In response to the first poster, I would prob say Bloc Party can do arenas now..

[TheSeventhOne]

I'm not sure. If anything I'd say they've decreased in popularity since A Weekend in the City.

[bloodflowers]

So is it their music you like or do you just enjoy sheep being violated with bananas?

[Benj]

Eh?? Kaiser Chiefs are f**king shit! I'm just stating the Saturday and Friday have bigger undercard bands than the sunday.