Kasabian mre likely to Headline reading and leeds now

[zlatan07]

well im goin to T not reading and will definitely be in attendance when kasabian headline whatever nite and all this arguing is pretty much pointless, all we can do and wait and see if they are as good as i reckon they will be! if they are as bad as KoL last year then u will be informed i promise

[scottt]

well im goin to T not reading and will definitely be in attendance when kasabian headline whatever nite and all this arguing is pretty much pointless, all we can do and wait and see if they are as good as i reckon they will be! if they are as bad as KoL last year then u will be informed i promise

[XIV]

haha I can assure you people will not be speaking about kasabian in the same way they do about stone roses.

[jonnyx]

It's a done deal as far as I can see, If The Strokes play beneath them I will be happy. OK it's not great news but they have had a lot worse headliners without a doubt (Garbage? Stereophonics? James? GENESIS!?)

[504329lt]

http://www.gigwise.com/news/53764/Kasabian...V-Festival-2010

[thomasowen]

Slight fault in your argument with regards to blur.. Kasabian wouldn't know a good song if it hit em square in the face...

And before anyone says, I have seen em, and thought they were shite (and that was in a tiny venue called the shed in Leicester). If they can't command a stage that size, and not come across as complete tossers I can't see how it can have changed!

I'm from leicester and frankly I'm embaresed that my city is associated with such dross and would hate for you all to think that they are even in the best 100 bands in leicester.

So to summarise, kasabian always were and always will be utter dogshit live and on record.

You want PROPER performance? You shoudlve watched metallica last yr or nin the yr before.

/rant over

Edited December 7, 2009 by thomasowen

[adustlandfairytale]

aye kasabian are gona be a V festival now so

dont think they be at Reading and Leeds http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showb...V-Festival.html

[thegremlin_1999]

Also coming from (near) Leicester and having seen my fair share of bands at the shed (not Kasabian, although I know many people that did) I have to say that they are representative of the local bands I often see, who are mainly lad rock, Oasis wannabees. Sorry Leicester.

In fairness Kasabian have moved on so much with their new album, if not in terms of song quality then certainly in execution, live performance and attitude. They are certainly no Metallica but it's impossible to compare a dinosaur metal band to a young rock group.

[rexclark]

Garbage were a great booking at the time.

I think you've got that wrong.

[thomasowen]

Out of interest, how old are ya? I'm 27 so when I was younger Leicester was full of hard rock and punk bands....

Now I agree tho, Leicester is half infested with shit like kasabian. There are still great rock/punk bands to be found tho...

Edited December 7, 2009 by thomasowen

[thegremlin_1999]

I'm 19 and in fairness live away from there for most of the time (at Uni) but when I'm home I go places like The Shed, Sumo etc and I don't see much of anything worthwhile in terms of local bands. There is definatley a Kasabian/Oasis thing going on.

[thomasowen]

that big kasabian/oasis thing has only really happened in last few yrs...

i see where ya coming from, but go try and investigate some of the more underground stuff!

[thegremlin_1999]

I try, The Musician is a gem for more intresting acts.

[thomasowen]

definitely

it just aint the same without the attik in leicester anymore!!

[thegremlin_1999]

The Attik has closed?! Truth be told I hadn't been there in a couple of years but I hadn't heard it had closed. Shame.

[thomasowen]

Bout 3-4 yr back! Paul now runs the punkier gigs at the shed I think.

don't u love how we've hijacked this thread?

[thegremlin_1999]

I must have been 16 then, last time I went to the attik but it was a fun small venue. Seems to be the way many of those places are going now...

[thomasowen]

Small mite be the understatement of the century... I swear my front room is bigger! Heheh.

U see the Charlotte is aparently bein knocked down? For more student flats.

[moss265]

Small mite be the understatement of the century... I swear my front room is bigger! Heheh.

U see the Charlotte is aparently bein knocked down? For more student flats.

[thomasowen]

I thought it had reopened a couple of months ago? That's a shame if it's gone, because it was the only venue in Leicester that attract slightly more well-known bands.

Kevin at the Shed seemed intent on making bands bring in the punters themselves. Sumo occasionally get a few decent acts.

Tbh I always though Leicester Square could be amazing if they put more regular events on, last few years they've sporadically had gigs such as Skindred and Sepultura, baffling that they only put on gigs very rarely.

I get what you mean by the "Oasis wannabes" comment Thomas, you mean people like The Dirty Backbeats and The Screening, right?

[zlatan07]

thot u guys ought to know, kasabian arent out right headling TITP this year, they are "co- headling" dunno if this changes anything for their prospect of headlining reading/leeds cause they are headlining v now aswell

[luckysalt]

If they're headlining V, which they are, they aren't playing Reading and Leeds, the two fests make the acts play exclusive to one or the other

[thomasowen]

If they're headlining V, which they are, they aren't playing Reading and Leeds, the two fests make the acts play exclusive to one or the other

[rexclark]

The Sun said last year Green Day were headlining Leeds. The Moral of the story is that you can't trust a word they say...

[thomasowen]

Except when it involves U2 and Glastonbury.