2011 Lineup

[Benj]

Kasabian are a band that make me think, "meeeeeyyyhmmmmmmnnnnnoooooyeeeeaaaahmaaaayyybeeeeyyeeeeahhhh they're a bit.... mmmmmmnyeeeeahhh..."

What I don't like about Kasabian the most is how the NME or Radio 1 look to them as the saviours of modern music when otherwise the rest of the musical world is mundane as hell, then thrusts them in front of me and waves them around like a severed head telling me that I should notice them or face the risk of being uncool. It makes me resent them. It's like how - if somebody corners you in the shopping centre and asks you to sign up to LoveFilm.com - just f**k off.

[Dave The Hedgehog]

I think you'd perhaps be a happier individual if you didn't watch or listen to the BBC and stopped reading NME

[gazza_20]

Kasabien can be ruled out now, so 2 (other being Foo's) of the early predicted headliners are gone now.

[Dave The Hedgehog]

If reading are going to book them, 2012. foos headlining reading next year is guaranteed i think with the whole 20 years nirvana thing, reading will want them for that, and grohl will probs want reading for that too

[lharris92]

"The whole 20 years Nirvana thing" is completely irrelevant. Why would they want Dave Grohl there for that? Most of the people going to Leeds and Reading aren't even 20 years old let alone there to really give a shit about the impact Nirvana made back when they were the only band that mattered so why should they celebrate it?

Besides which, I'd rather have my CD's, YouTube performances, bootlegs and own early memories of Nirvana than take a gimmicky Dave Grohl cover of a Kurt Cobain song. Foo Fighters are established enough with their own songs to ignore such stupid requests.

[Dave The Hedgehog]

i agree with you but what i think he meant was that the foos play on the 20th anniversary of the event, and not play nirvana songs, just play their own

[rockinthecasbah]

I saw this on another forum

Shame its the Sun

but Blur, if they were to tour reckon reading would get 'em?

[gazza_20]

I understood that, I just don't understand the importance or relevance of some bullshit 20th anniversary and why it's essential that Dave Grohl be there for it. By that logic we'd have the No WTO Combo as sub-headliners - which would actually be cool.

Judge the bands based on their own merit rather than the importance of some disingenuous anniversary that nobody gives a shit about anyway, least of all Dave Grohl.

[jump]

The all knowing Sun has said Strokes are headlining this year.

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/music/3235830/The-Strokes-may-headline-the-Reading-and-Leeds-festivals-in-2011.html

I more inclined to believe Strokes aren't playing now.

Edited November 19, 2010 by jump

[Joe-]

I wouldn't mind seeing them again, they are awesome. Reading crowd would be so much better than the IOW one too!

[Role Model]

The Sun is so full of shit, yet festival wise they're pretty accurate oddly enough.

Hopefully it's true.

[jump]

The Sun is so full of shit, yet festival wise they're pretty accurate oddly enough.

Hopefully it's true.

[Role Model]

Yeah because I said everything they say is correct didn't I?

It's still The Sun.

[jump]

Yeah because I said everything they say is correct didn't I?

It's still The Sun.

[VCK]

The Strokes probably will headline though.

[rwl1989]

Friday:

Main Stage:

The Strokes

Pixies

Editors

The Dead Weather

White Lies

NME Tent:

The Courteeners

Bombay Bicycle Club

The Foals

Lock-Up:

Rancid

FR Tent:

Seasick Steve

Saturday:

Main Stage:

Linkin Park

The Beastie Boys

Vampire Weekend

MGMT

The Drums

NME Tent:

Groove Armada

Magnetic Man

You Me At Six

Lock-Up:

Bowling For Soup

FR Tent:

The Hold Steady

Sunday:

Main Stage:

Bon Jovi

Van Halen

The Offspring

Warpaint

Jimmy Eat World

NME Tent:

Feeder

Gallows

The Gaslight Anthem

Dance Tent:

Hadouken

FR Tent:

Frank Turner

[Joe-]

That'd be pretty sweet.

Van Halen would never sub though, get rid of bon jovi and put Van Halen up subs.

Can't imagine hold steady or seasick on the FR stage though. Maybe low main stage.

[Dukeeyyy]

Fri (Lee) Sat (Rea)

The Strokes

Pendulum

Editors

Feeder

Mumford and Sons

Foals

Good Charlotte

The Decemberists

The Bravery

Blood Red Shoes

Radio 1 Tent

Glasvegas

The Temper Trap

Chase and Status

Sat (Lee) Sun (Rea)

Linkin Park

My Chemical Romance

Vampire Weekend

The Enemy

MGMT

The Drums

Taking Back Sunday

The Blackout

Hollywood Undead

Yellowcard

Radio 1 Tent

Florence and the Machine

The Courteeners

Bombay Bicycle Club

Sun (Lee) Fri (Rea)

Iron Maiden

Beastie Boys

30 Seconds to Mars

Bullet For My Valentine

Sum 41

Less Than Jake

Kids in Glass Houses

Atreyu

Zebrahead

Radio 1 Tent

The XX

Friendly Fires

The Mars Volta

Marina and the Diamonds

[thesecretingredientiscrime]

First line-up:

Groove Armada don't play live anymore, Foals would never play below BBC, I really can't see Beastie Boys subbing, that placing of Warpaint is massively out of genre and can't see Seasick or Hold Steady playing that low.

Second line-up:

Can't see Good Charlotte playing that low, or in that line-up, The Enemy, MGMT and The Drums seem massively out of place on the main stage in that line-up, can't see Iron headlining, Beastie's subbing or XX headlining NME.

[Yellow_Fellow]

GA did V last year, did they not?

[gazza_20]

i had my doubts on linkin park as soon as an updated sign on their already rumor was done plus, when i put mcr, the strokes, linkin park and was said no. i wondered if just not linkin park.

mcr might play below lp but i#m wondering if download got em again

[Dave The Hedgehog]

mcr, the strokes, linkin park

[thesecretingredientiscrime]

GA did V last year, did they not?

[rwl1989]

That'd be pretty sweet.

Van Halen would never sub though, get rid of bon jovi and put Van Halen up subs.

Can't imagine hold steady or seasick on the FR stage though. Maybe low main stage.

[Joe-]

Could Van Halen really headline to today's Reading Festival crowd?