LIVE CHAT WITH ROCKNESS' FESTIVAL DIRECTOR JIM KING HERE AT 7PM

[BestiBruce]

Hi all, Jim is going to be here at 7pm to answer any questions you have about RockNess 2009 so feel free to post up a question and he'll post back an answer. If you could hold back posting too many questions at once that'd be great so he can answer them one at a time. One question per post please but you can post as many times as you like.

[DeanoH76]

Hi all, Jim is going to be here at 7pm to answer any questions you have about RockNess 2009 so feel free to post up a question and he'll post back an answer. If you could hold back posting too many questions at once that'd be great so he can answer them one at a time. One question per post please but you can post as many times as you like.

[BestiBruce]

Do you want new topics posted or just a post here ??

[Da_J_Doc-~]

Hi BestiBruce heres my first of many,

Hey Jim,

great to get this opportunity and well done for giving it, us regular festi goers have little form of knowledge if our ideas are ever heard, on that note my question is based around the Rockness website, or lack of a decent regularly updated one, whilst i appreciate this take up a lot of of probably unavailiable resources wouldn't it be an idea to get some fans on board who would populate the site in exchange for tickets much like T in the Park used to do in the old days?

[DeanoH76]

Hi Jim,

I was wondering if you think AEG has been a good thing for the festival this year & what positives and what negatives do you think they have brought to it??

[SelfHealer84]

Hi Jim

Will there be any other bands playing the main stage on the friday night?Or just the 2 confirmed now?

[stepo11]

Hey Jim, any ideas of what headliners you got a possibility of for next year. Also did you contact any big acts this year but they declined to play or where unable? Who were these acts?

Also is the line-up page on the site going to be updated so it shows EVERY act and what stage they are playing on?

Thanks

Stephen

Edited June 3, 2009 by stepo11

[Jim King]

Hi BestiBruce heres my first of many,

Hey Jim,

great to get this opportunity and well done for giving it, us regular festi goers have little form of knowledge if our ideas are ever heard, on that note my question is based around the Rockness website, or lack of a decent regularly updated one, whilst i appreciate this take up a lot of of probably unavailiable resources wouldn't it be an idea to get some fans on board who would populate the site in exchange for tickets much like T in the Park used to do in the old days?

[DeanoH76]

Hi Jim again,

I was wondering why there was no explanation Why "The king blues" were removed from the line -up, as you gave one last year when David Guetta could not make an appearance?

[Jim King]

Hi Jim,

I was wondering if you think AEG has been a good thing for the festival this year & what positives and what negatives do you think they have brought to it??

[tonyonekenobi]

Hi Jim!

Looking forward to Rockness this year...

Like to ask how you feel the economic situation has affecetd the festival industry this year??

Has it given you any headaches organising this years event??

[samma]

Jim

Much respect for doing this. I dont think many festival directors would offer this opportunity to the punters. I just want to know, when Daft Punk played in 2007 (what an AMAZING show!!), did you have much contact with the actual duo, and if so did they reveal themselves, or does the air of mystery extend into the backstage as well? they surely dont wear the helmets for the entire time theyre onsite do they???

[Jim King]

Hi Jim

Will there be any other bands playing the main stage on the friday night?Or just the 2 confirmed now?

[Jim King]

Hey Jim, any ideas of what headliners you got a possibility of for next year. Also did you contact any big acts this year but they declined to play or where unable? Who were these acts?

Thanks

Stephen

[Iainskye]

Hi Jim

I would like to thank you for giving us the opportunity to enjoy so many great acts in the Highlands.

My only question really is about capacity. Are there any plans to increase? I personally hope that Rockness will remain at the current capacity and not get overcrowded like other festivals that are out there.

Iain

[Jim King]

Hi Jim again,

I was wondering why there was no explanation Why "The king blues" were removed from the line -up, as you gave one last year when David Guetta could not make an appearance?

[Da_J_Doc-~]

Jim,

Campsite thefts last year were paramount (at nearly every festival) what have you done to combat this this year?

[Pengers]

Hey Jim,

What are the rules for campers over the weekend? Is it possible for people to go home for a shower, and return later on in the day? Or is this not allowed?

[Kowalski]

Jim, much respect for doing this.

another thing is that we want to give a band the option to play for 2 hours on the friday so that they can really do something special. i dont want the whole show to be just festival sets like you see at T. we want at least one part of it to be about a band grabbing the opporunity to do something a bit different.

[rexclark]

Hi Jim.

I was just wondering if Rockness has a long term plan. How many years do you plan on keeping it going and how many years do you think it will be before Rockness is established and sells out?

[stepo11]

Hello,

Do you see ticket prices rising again next year?

Since prices were raised this year should we expect a bigger and better line-up next year? Also since Rockness has been the 1 weekend in June for the last few years but now its been changed to the 2nd weekend in June, will it always be one of these weekends?

Also roughly how many ticket sales has there been is it close to selling out?

When will the full line-up be put onto the website with ALL the acts included so we can see what stage they are on?

One last question, to STOP all these stupid rumours. Can you confirm acts like the Prodigy etc have NOT pulled out.

Thanks

Edited June 4, 2009 by stepo11

[Jim King]

Hi Jim!

Looking forward to Rockness this year...

Like to ask how you feel the economic situation has affecetd the festival industry this year??

Has it given you any headaches organising this years event??

[clubB]

Hi Jim,

Do you plan on featuring any local Inverness club/dance nights at this years festival?

Thanks

D

[Jim King]

Jim

Much respect for doing this. I dont think many festival directors would offer this opportunity to the punters. I just want to know, when Daft Punk played in 2007 (what an AMAZING show!!), did you have much contact with the actual duo, and if so did they reveal themselves, or does the air of mystery extend into the backstage as well? they surely dont wear the helmets for the entire time theyre onsite do they???

[DeanoH76]

Hi Jim,

Do you plan on featuring any local Inverness club/dance nights at this years festival?

Thanks

D