JIM KING Q&A (updated)

[Jim King]

Hi Jim what would be a perfect icing in the cake for the line up would be to have Aphex Twin which would be extraordinarily fantastic, I wouldnt mind seeing Magnetic Man too if ye can get them. Otherwise still looking forward to this, dying to finish off the dissertation and embrace the summer.

[lividihard]

thanks Jim

Could not get tickets for may unfortunatley

[gordong]

Weird question Jim, but im thinking of maybe promoting/event organiser when im older, do you recommend the job?

[Jim King]

Hey Jim, The last few years people have been allowed into the arena with "Hydration packs" (those wee rucksack things) will these be hunky dory this year??

Thanks mate ( and u put on one hot mo fo of a festival by the way!!)

[Jim King]

Jim, did you catch Jazzie B set last year? Will he be back this year?

[Jim King]

Weird question Jim, but im thinking of maybe promoting/event organiser when im older, do you recommend the job?

[rachbon]

hi jim,

sorry if this has been asked/answered, it's hard to keep track of all the questions - are any of the acts already announced headlining the clash tent? if not, can we expect another big dance act to be announced as a clash headliner?

[gordong]

Thanks very much for your reply and advice, i appreciate it

[Bigstevo]

Hi Jim

I was wondering if you could tell me what to expect in the vip camping section as the price for these tickets has gone up quite considerably compared to last year.

Are there going to be more facilities available as last year although there were the posh toilets they were vandalised and then closed all day on sunday and replaced with only 5 portaloo's which lead to huge problems and a lot of complaints from people who couldn't find anything to complain about until this happened.

thanks stevo

[Jim King]

Jim,

Can you confirm if ticket sales are up at this point last year? And do you expect a sell out this year?

Ta

[Jim King]

Couple more -

Jim,

Why are you using the same headliner every 2 years?

This is a TITP tactic, I thought you were trying to avoid that?

Also -

What is the story with Leftfield regarding Paul Daley not playing? Was that known at time of booking, and if so why was it not announced as several commens from official sources refered to the 'duo' returning

[scotlandjohn]

Hey jim,

just a quick question to ask

I am 18 years of age and I will be attending the festival with a friend of mine who is only 17, on the website it says he needs to be accompanied by someone over the age of 21 is this true?

many thanks

[Jim King]

Hi Jim.

Just out of interest, what is the usual method for booking acts to play at RockNess? Have some acts came to you? Have any acts agreed to play there based on reccomendations from fellow musicians?

[Jim King]

Jim,

Are you going to be booking Thomas Gandey (Cagedbaby) this year ?. As you will know he's been there every year since the start. He's been a great ambassador for RN over the years. Anyone who was at his set in the SoCo tent last year on the Friday night will remember how brillant it was. So please let's have this RN stalwart back again this year.

[Jim King]

Hey Jim quality looking lineup this year.

Anyway my question is will the Carling beer amnesty be returning this year as it was home to many a drunken campsite sing-along last year?

[Jim King]

Holla jim.

Will their be Proper(Those woolen mental clamp ones) wristbands at Rockness this year? I noticed a lot of people last year cutting their Plastic one off.And using Sellotape to put them back on to Obviously Double people into campsite/Arena. Also i would like to keep mine on my wrist with all my others for more than 2 weeks .

[Jim King]

Hi Jim

I was wondering if you could tell me what to expect in the vip camping section as the price for these tickets has gone up quite considerably compared to last year.

Are there going to be more facilities available as last year although there were the posh toilets they were vandalised and then closed all day on sunday and replaced with only 5 portaloo's which lead to huge problems and a lot of complaints from people who couldn't find anything to complain about until this happened.

[DoubleDex]

Hi Jim

Arcadia sounds awesome! Brilliant that you're bringing something like that to Scotland.

Will there be DJs playing in it?

Dex

[Jim King]

Toilets in the 'commoners' camping were spotless all weekend, why you paying a massive hike on these tickets again?

[Jim King]

Were paying the extra again cos we came up last year with a couple who had never been to a festival before so we thought it'd be a good idea to break them in gently. they were only £160 last year and we didn't have to pay for parking. so the little extra for a nice clean throne and showers for the ladies was easily worth it.

Going again with the same people this year and maybe a few others and we've all got plenty of money so why not pay extra? Had a great time in the vip camp last year and met loadsa really sound people, you also get into the vip area at the side of the main stage were there are smaller ques for toilets and beer.

Hope that answers your question dude!!

[Jim King]

Jim, what beer and wine do you have on sale? (I can check myself if they are vegi if I know what they are, not all beer and wine are and like I said I don't want to bring loadsa packaging with me if I don't have to).

Thanks for answering the food question.

I appreciate the time you take to answer these q's.

[Jim King]

Jim,

last year we were in vip next to the tipi campsite, they had a good amount of facilities in there which VIP campers were not allowed access to, will this be the case this year as there only seemed to be a handful of the tents occupied in that area and made it look like each person had a toilet each ha ha just wondered if VIP campers were allowed in as its all contained within the VIP area

thanks

[Jim King]

Never seen a poor toilet at Rockness, sh*t on walls is a TITP thing Feck last time I got out a toilet at Rockness some wee women near as damn kicked me out so she could go give it a spray and wipe haha

[Jim King]

Yay

Is it to late to ask another?

You answered my question about healthier options to eat this year already, but i'd just like to ask if that will be including veggie/vegan options? Rock Ness is the only festival i've been to which didn't have the options for me, and you did in 2008 (i can't remember about 2007). It would just be nice to not have to leave the festival to head home for food again

Thanks

[lividihard]

Jim

Will the Pimms bus be back

Cheers

Paul