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...Well they have been anounced as the headliner for the NME awards tour and the headliner has headlined the NME stage every year for the past 5 (Glasvegas, The Cribs, Klaxons, Maximo Park, Bloc Party). This is a very unusual lineup for the tour which usualy has newer artists, I doubt Maccabees are anywhere near big enough to headline the tent next year.

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I thought it was weird when the cribs headlined in 08 after having 3 albums out and I think it is just a case of theres not enough new bands coming through that are big enough to headline the tour. The biggest new bands that have come through in the past year in the nme scene are florence and White lies I'd say who have played it already and to continue the tour they have had to go with older bands (album number terms) and the maccabees. What I do find strange about it as well is the fact that nme have also gone for the big pink and bombay bicycle club. They tend to go for bands who will generally have albums out at the time of the tour or afterwards. This means that they will have a better chance of been picked up by the media and especially radio 1 and therefore the tour and magazine will gain better sales with new upcoming bands with hype surrounding them been associated with the nme tour. I'd struggle to see why radio 1 would now suddenly start playing the big pink and bombay after their albums have already been released for a bit, especially considering when the tour comes round and there would have been a few singles from the album already released. It smacks of desperation on nme's part and I think this will be one of the lowest selling tours they've done in a while and exposure for the mag limited, which tbh is not a bad thing.

As for the Maccabees headlining the radio 1 tent, I would presume that the nme tour will have a contract with the fest for one of the bands to headline. You've said that it has happened for the past 5 years and a quick check at 05 and 04 and I see its happened there too. It's also happened with every act playing the tour and I'm almost certain that yeah it'll be in the contract. As if any of the bands will be bigger to headline the radio1/nme tent, I very much doubt it. I don't think that they thought glasvegas were big enough to headline it this year and therefore they went for a double headline act to not brake this presumed contract and I think they might have to do the same this year tbh.

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Think this is just a sign of how things have been going for the past few years. The 'Indie' boom is dying out. There haven't been many NME type indie bands to become big for a while. Glasvegas and maybe White Lies are the only ones that come to mind and Glasvegas could only co headline. Bands like Klaxons, The View, Maximo Park, Bloc Party and Kasabian all had the tent rammed and were doing well on the Radio. All of those have then gone onto bigger things.

These type of bands just aren't really breaking through anymore.

Also its probably not a total coincidence that apparently NME is changing at the moment. I've not read it myself but I've heard it has improved since the new editor took over. I'm sure the old editor, Conor what his name, realised that the indie thing the NME has relied on for the past 5 years is dying out and it was a good time for him to jump ship.

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I thought it was weird when the cribs headlined in 08 after having 3 albums out and I think it is just a case of theres not enough new bands coming through that are big enough to headline the tour. The biggest new bands that have come through in the past year in the nme scene are florence and White lies I'd say who have played it already and to continue the tour they have had to go with older bands (album number terms) and the maccabees. What I do find strange about it as well is the fact that nme have also gone for the big pink and bombay bicycle club. They tend to go for bands who will generally have albums out at the time of the tour or afterwards. This means that they will have a better chance of been picked up by the media and especially radio 1 and therefore the tour and magazine will gain better sales with new upcoming bands with hype surrounding them been associated with the nme tour. I'd struggle to see why radio 1 would now suddenly start playing the big pink and bombay after their albums have already been released for a bit, especially considering when the tour comes round and there would have been a few singles from the album already released. It smacks of desperation on nme's part and I think this will be one of the lowest selling tours they've done in a while and exposure for the mag limited, which tbh is not a bad thing.

As for the Maccabees headlining the radio 1 tent, I would presume that the nme tour will have a contract with the fest for one of the bands to headline. You've said that it has happened for the past 5 years and a quick check at 05 and 04 and I see its happened there too. It's also happened with every act playing the tour and I'm almost certain that yeah it'll be in the contract. As if any of the bands will be bigger to headline the radio1/nme tent, I very much doubt it. I don't think that they thought glasvegas were big enough to headline it this year and therefore they went for a double headline act to not brake this presumed contract and I think they might have to do the same this year tbh.

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I'm hoping the festival has reached the point where such second rate no hopers won't be trusted with such an important slot...

Then again I'm hoping for at least 2 mainstage headliners I like and feel I may be out of luck there too! :P

Besides. "Indie"'s dead! Nu-Metal's back! Next years main headliners will be Slipknot, Limp Bizkit and Linkin Park with Korn, Ill Nino and Soil headlining the second.

That's facts right there. :P

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Think this is just a sign of how things have been going for the past few years. The 'Indie' boom is dying out. There haven't been many NME type indie bands to become big for a while. Glasvegas and maybe White Lies are the only ones that come to mind and Glasvegas could only co headline. Bands like Klaxons, The View, Maximo Park, Bloc Party and Kasabian all had the tent rammed and were doing well on the Radio. All of those have then gone onto bigger things.

These type of bands just aren't really breaking through anymore.

Also its probably not a total coincidence that apparently NME is changing at the moment. I've not read it myself but I've heard it has improved since the new editor took over. I'm sure the old editor, Conor what his name, realised that the indie thing the NME has relied on for the past 5 years is dying out and it was a good time for him to jump ship.

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Think this is just a sign of how things have been going for the past few years. The 'Indie' boom is dying out. There haven't been many NME type indie bands to become big for a while. Glasvegas and maybe White Lies are the only ones that come to mind and Glasvegas could only co headline. Bands like Klaxons, The View, Maximo Park, Bloc Party and Kasabian all had the tent rammed and were doing well on the Radio. All of those have then gone onto bigger things.

These type of bands just aren't really breaking through anymore.

Also its probably not a total coincidence that apparently NME is changing at the moment. I've not read it myself but I've heard it has improved since the new editor took over. I'm sure the old editor, Conor what his name, realised that the indie thing the NME has relied on for the past 5 years is dying out and it was a good time for him to jump ship.

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Could easily see the Maccabees headline NME next year- theyre fanbase is getting quite huge nowadays, especially with the reading/leeds crowd. Putting them up against a heavier main stage act would work well.

Glasvegas were never going to be big enough to co-headline the tent this year, it was completely deserted when I wandered over after the prodigy. People lying down in the front half of the tent. By the time reading/leeds came around Glasvegas were probably the smallest band of the 4 on the tour. I dont think headlining the NME tour means maccabees will headline but I reckon they will on the size of their fanbase.

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Glasvegas were never going to be big enough to co-headline the tent this year, it was completely deserted when I wandered over after the prodigy. People lying down in the front half of the tent. By the time reading/leeds came around Glasvegas were probably the smallest band of the 4 on the tour. I dont think headlining the NME tour means maccabees will headline but I reckon they will on the size of their fanbase.
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The music scene that the NME Tour pushes - mostly chart-friendly indie-pop bands - has shrunk considerably and so the likelihood of getting an equivalent of We Are Scientists, Kaiser Chiefs, The Futureheads, Mystery Jets, Bloc Party, Maxïmo Park, The Killers and Arctic Monkeys all within two years is highly unlikely to happen in the near future, if ever again.

I think this year (as in, Glasvegas headlining) did pretty well to nail down one massive mainstream success (Florence), a sleeper hit band who have slowly grown in stature to become pretty big (Friendly Fires) and an instant indie smash (White Lies). It is unfortunate that the headliners are likely the smallest band now out of the four but there we go.

Bombay Bicycle Club second-headlining baffles me. The Big Pink & The Drums were likely choices, but I thought NME would go with Vampire Weekend to headline and Temper Trap or Wild Beasts for second. That would have been quite a good tour.

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I heard one of the biggest crowds at the NME stage this year, so I wouldn't be too surprised.

They're also bigger than The Cribs and Glasvegas were when they were headlining the NME Tour. You've got to remember that they sold out the Brixton Academy without too many problems.

Anyway, I'd be really happy for them. They're one of my favourite bands, they're a decent live act and they've got the tunes to fill a set like that. Also, got to add that they've been top blokes when I've met them.

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