Line-Up Page Updated

[Kyelo]

They have change the line-up page to this.....

.....we have already seen it on these forums(see /index.php?showtopic=118835">HERE)so nothing new, but maybe they are watching and have seen us complaining!

http://www.rockness.co.uk/headline-acts

Edited April 21, 2009 by BenchBuddah

[Elbear]

At least they have updated it.

[_Warriors Dance_]

At least they have updated it.

[ampersand]

Yeah will hopefully stop some of the complaining.

[Kyelo]

how much mores to be announced?

[ampersand]

I reckon they are short by about 50 acts.

[_Warriors Dance_]

any that we've heard of or just people like dj billy bunter and mc chong?

on a side note, was looking on ebay last night, and a pair went for 250. not too sure if we're gonna see any great ebay bargains.

[ampersand]

I know you like to take the piss a little with dj's but I have to agree with you. I don't know many of the recent acts that were announced. Would be good to see some bigger acts.

[Kyelo]

for the amount theyre charging for tickets, i dont think its too much to ask for.

how many genuine big names are there? you could probably count them on both hands. not talking about quality or if you like them.

[Kowalski]

for the amount theyre charging for tickets, i dont think its too much to ask for.

[Kowalski]

That's all that matters though, its completely subjective. I would rather watch 45 minutes of Japanese Popstars than 3 hours of Oasis etc but the majority of people would disagree with me. To me thats better value because I'd actually enjoy it.

[shar1978]

That's all that matters though, its completely subjective. I would rather watch 45 minutes of Japanese Popstars than 3 hours of Oasis etc but the majority of people would disagree with me. To me thats better value because I'd actually enjoy it.

Although I do agree with there being a lack of geniune big acts.

[Kyelo]

Was surprised to see Japanese Popstars on so early on the sunday.....i missed so much good stuff last year on the sunday due to being ruff as mince and trying to drag my ass there!

[ampersand]

That's all that matters though, its completely subjective. I would rather watch 45 minutes of Japanese Popstars than 3 hours of Oasis etc but the majority of people would disagree with me. To me thats better value because I'd actually enjoy it.

Although I do agree with there being a lack of geniune big acts.

[Kyelo]

i disagree. festival organisers will pay more money for the bigger acts. the festival price should reflect on the size of bands. thats why T charges £180 and bearded theory charges £20.

a festival with a lot of the smaller bands that i like would be fantastic, but i would think the organisers were ripping me off for £140 quid plus fees.

its like football costs. tickets for celtic v barcelona will be more than celtic v aberdeen. the aberdeen match may well turn out to be a better one, but youre paying more money for the bigger team.

Edited April 22, 2009 by BenchBuddah

[ampersand]

On the face what you are saying makes sense but when you think T has more than twice the punters of Rockness it's a more complicated picture. Say Rockness is 35,000@£140=£4,900,000 and T is 85,000@£180=£15,300,000(granted not all tickets cost this and there are other factors but lets keep it simple)that means T has at least 3 times the budget so they can pay more to more acts.

Rockness headline acts are NME, 2nd mainstage headliners at T. The Price reflects this.

There are around 50 acts to be announced anyway, so you never know what they have hidden away.

[Kyelo]

aye, i guess when you put it like that.

my suggestion then is to not book lots of non acts on the lesser stages that will get a crowd of about 300, and have less acts so better budget

[ampersand]

Actually when you look at passed Rockness line-ups there have always only been a handful of big acts.

[Kyelo]

but its growing, and increasing in price, so i think they should be reflecting this with more big names

[ampersand]

....so is T with 2007 headliners, don't see them charging '07 prices do ya?

[_Warriors Dance_]

but its growing, and increasing in price, so i think they should be reflecting this with more big names

[Eh Ah Ken]

but its growing, and increasing in price, so i think they should be reflecting this with more big names

[_Warriors Dance_]

yeah defo. i think really there should be a tent dedicated to bands aswell. this festivals only gonna get bigger and i think they need to start catering for some more bands too. keep dance and dj's as the main thing. but a lot of people love to go saee bands and jump around. specially during the day. nice to watch a band then get your boggie on at night. sunday should have an acoustic chillout tent to for people recovering.

[ampersand]

Recovering on the sunday....hahahahah!

sunday is the last day = partying harder!!!

[Kyelo]

Recovering on the sunday....hahahahah!

sunday is the last day = partying harder!!!