Lithium05 Posted September 8, 2009 Report Share Posted September 8, 2009 Faith No More's crowd would have been a lot bigger if they had been announced when people could still buy tickets! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beLIEveR Posted September 8, 2009 Report Share Posted September 8, 2009 Hmm, dunno about that. Given that they'd already headlined Download, I doubt FNM were going to be a clincher for too many people given the rest of the lineup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaybles Posted September 8, 2009 Report Share Posted September 8, 2009 Faith no more? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottt Posted September 8, 2009 Report Share Posted September 8, 2009 They still could have headlined the mainstage. And as Lithium said... If they were announced before tickets sold out then they would of had a bigger crowd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beLIEveR Posted September 8, 2009 Report Share Posted September 8, 2009 But most the tickets will be taken by the young people going regardless of the lineup Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottt Posted September 8, 2009 Report Share Posted September 8, 2009 Going by that logic, how did RATM and Metallica do so well last year? They're hardly massive among "young people". The former haven't released an album in a decade, while the latter needn't have bothered releasing their last half a dozen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pink_triangle Posted September 8, 2009 Report Share Posted September 8, 2009 They still could have headlined the mainstage. And as Lithium said... If they were announced before tickets sold out then they would of had a bigger crowd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomasowen Posted September 8, 2009 Report Share Posted September 8, 2009 They still could have headlined the mainstage. And as Lithium said... If they were announced before tickets sold out then they would of had a bigger crowd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottt Posted September 8, 2009 Report Share Posted September 8, 2009 Thankfully we don't live in 2001 anymore . I love 5 of those bands despise 3, and without much diversity that would be one depressing lineup Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomasowen Posted September 8, 2009 Report Share Posted September 8, 2009 Purely out of interest.. which 5? and 3? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rivalschools.price Posted September 8, 2009 Report Share Posted September 8, 2009 Faith No More couldn't have headlined, the NME stage was barely a quater full! Lith is right, if they had been anounced at the beggining they would have drawn a large day ticket audience, but it still wouldn't have filled the NME stage (cos they would have been competing with KOL fans for tickets). They would never headline! Download/Sonispher has a different audience and different advertisers to Reading. A band that headlines Reading must in some way apeal to the NME/Radio 1 audience and they MUST sell tickets. Thankfully we don't live in 2001 anymore . I love 5 of those bands despise 3, and without much diversity that would be one depressing lineup Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
she bangs the drums Posted September 8, 2009 Report Share Posted September 8, 2009 Faith No More were up against the most popular band that the current Reading and Leeds crowd could want to see. I have no doubt that if Faith No More had been playing up against Radiohead then the NME tent would have been rammed. As it happened I could stand just behind the barrier and have a great view without lots of people around me while the majority of people at the festival watched a band who had already reached there Reading and Leeds high point in 2007. As for Rammstein, a great band, that would be wasted at R & L going off the crowds for Faith No More, Nine Inch Nails who lost out in the crowd stakes because the majoirty of people who attended Leeds would rather see CSS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pink_triangle Posted September 8, 2009 Report Share Posted September 8, 2009 As for Rammstein, a great band, that would be wasted at R & L going off the crowds for Faith No More, Nine Inch Nails who lost out in the crowd stakes because the majoirty of people who attended Leeds would rather see CSS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaybles Posted September 8, 2009 Report Share Posted September 8, 2009 They would never headline! Download/Sonispher has a different audience and different advertisers to Reading. A band that headlines Reading must in some way apeal to the NME/Radio 1 audience and they MUST sell tickets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomasowen Posted September 8, 2009 Report Share Posted September 8, 2009 (edited) Metallica Rage against the machine Smashing pumpkins Pearl Jam Iron Maiden The pixies They have all headlined Reading...... Hardly the typical NME/Radio 1 audience....nothing dictates the NME crowd should be pleased. The lineup dictates the audience. Edited September 8, 2009 by thomasowen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lithium05 Posted September 9, 2009 Report Share Posted September 9, 2009 This isn't true in my opinion, nothing gives me this impression. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaybles Posted September 9, 2009 Report Share Posted September 9, 2009 They all are to a certain extent - they all get reviewed by NME (and decent reviews as well) and they all advertise in NME. I'm not saying a band has to be NME approved to headline but the orginizers always pick headliners that are popular to a mass audience - Rammstein are not that, and they would not sell tickets to the audience Reading and Leeds now caters for. Most Reading and Leeds goers know who Iron Maiden or Metallica are, even if they didn't want to see them, but how many would recognize Rammstein? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaybles Posted September 9, 2009 Report Share Posted September 9, 2009 Just out of interest, what if it was Soundgarden? I would say Soundgarden get the same amount of airplay as FNM (one majorly well known song in "Black Hole Sun" and "Epic" respectively, and a few peripheral hits that are vaguely familiar to your average casual fan) What if Soundgarden were to reform and headline? Also, Pixies and Smashing Pumpkins don't get much more in the way of press coverage and airplay, and they headlined. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lithium05 Posted September 9, 2009 Report Share Posted September 9, 2009 As it happened Faith No More fans went to download and reading tickets sold out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Messi30 Posted September 9, 2009 Report Share Posted September 9, 2009 (edited) If people think that Faith No More's crowd was small they should have seen The Tears pitiful crowd a few years back. Was embarrassing. As for Faith No More headlining - not anymore, in the mid to late 90's sure but sadly these days kids have no taste. As has been said FNM crowd would have been bigger had tickets been on sale when announced. I had to tout it along with mates. Had we known they would be there when tickets went on sale they probably wouldnt have gone all the way up to download to see them (I still would have) Sure we wouldn't have been only ones. Number of FNM shirts at download compared to Reading was crazy Edited September 9, 2009 by Messi30 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaybles Posted September 9, 2009 Report Share Posted September 9, 2009 . As for Faith No More headlining - not anymore, in the mid to late 90's sure but sadly these days kids have no taste. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomasowen Posted September 9, 2009 Report Share Posted September 9, 2009 Just out of interest, what if it was Soundgarden? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaybles Posted September 9, 2009 Report Share Posted September 9, 2009 So basicly if everything was in FNM's favour - e.g A small band on the other stage, it being their first UK show, them playing no other festival, they were announced at the beggining and not after most tickets had sold out - then YES they and they could just get away with headlining the main stage but it would still be a small crowd in my opinion. But Reading and Leeds don't work this way, they always have popular bands on all stages and the majority of the Reading and Leeds crowd would have no intrest in seeing fnm as proved this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lithium05 Posted September 9, 2009 Report Share Posted September 9, 2009 TBH, before Faith No More reformed I never heard any intrest in them reforming Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomasowen Posted September 9, 2009 Report Share Posted September 9, 2009 (edited) Well you are being a bit over the top there. Had FNM been announced as reading headliners then they would not have been headliners anywhere else in England (The same applies for pretty much all headliners at reading) Then of course they would have been announced before tickets went on sale As just stated, Faith No More headlined massive festivals all across Europe this summer, to huge crowds. As for your point about reading and leeds always having popular bands....i take it you mean mainstream success. In which case The Pixies, Rage Against the Machine, Smashing pumpkins, PearlJam etc....can hardly be said to be major names in the current mainstream market. But they are all popular bands and all can and have headlined recent festivals, Faith No More is one to add to that list. Regardless of their Reading slot Edited September 9, 2009 by thomasowen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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