Paramore

[ionicmoose]

Not really a fan, might have watched them if no one else was on, but Magnetic Man is

[JC-Mo'Fucka]

We are scientists will be a great show in the tent

it will be very 'bouncy' and 'singy'

too bad I will be waiting for blink to get on stage but I think I can get into paramore with a few beers down me

[samc86]

too bad I will be waiting for blink to get on stage but I think I can get into paramore with a few beers down me

[theramm]

Wow, bit surprised at the level of Paramore bashing going on. Earlier in the year when they were rumoured for Download a lot of people on their forums were seemingly unimpressed as they’re deemed a band ‘for the kids’. I could understand this as Download has an older demographic than R&L. Given the average age of the R&L audience I’d say that Paramore are a good booking. They’re by far the biggest band playing in the sub-headline slot & from what footage I’ve seen are very good live (a much better live act than Blink).

[Vieuphoria]

I'm encouraging you to be creative.

Edited August 23, 2010 by Vieuphoria

[steleeds2009]

No

[Benj]

Wow, bit surprised at the level of Paramore bashing going on. Earlier in the year when they were rumoured for Download a lot of people on their forums were seemingly unimpressed as they’re deemed a band ‘for the kids’. I could understand this as Download has an older demographic than R&L. Given the average age of the R&L audience I’d say that Paramore are a good booking. They’re by far the biggest band playing in the sub-headline slot & from what footage I’ve seen are very good live (a much better live act than Blink).

[Benj]

I think when Paramore are on I'll venture over to the Alternative stage and watch Angelos Epithemou, then follow that with a nice end to my evening by seeing Caribou on the Festival Republic stage. Although to be fair they could shove Motley Crue on and they'd be better than Paramore. Any band is.

[jump]

They are rather brilliant live.

[Benj]

I gave them the benifet of the doubt when they played Reading last time, figured that maybe a Less Than Jake/Sonic Boom 6 type circle pit might go on since they are a "punk" band and Misery is semi decent pop song but I was so bored with their preformance and the crowd was lifeless. I could of got a carboard cutout of whatshername and put their album on in my flat it would of been a more lively display.

[jump]

Wasn't that about 4-5 years back now?

[Benj]

Nah it was when Red Hot Chilli Peppers Headline so 3 years I think.

They were due to play on the lock up the year before though but pulled out.

[Hart Attack]

Wow, bit surprised at the level of Paramore bashing going on. Earlier in the year when they were rumoured for Download a lot of people on their forums were seemingly unimpressed as they’re deemed a band ‘for the kids’. I could understand this as Download has an older demographic than R&L. Given the average age of the R&L audience I’d say that Paramore are a good booking. They’re by far the biggest band playing in the sub-headline slot & from what footage I’ve seen are very good live (a much better live act than Blink).

[kev1664]

I think when Paramore are on I'll venture over to the Alternative stage and watch Angelos Epithemou, then follow that with a nice end to my evening by seeing Caribou on the Festival Republic stage. Although to be fair they could shove Motley Crue on and they'd be better than Paramore. Any band is.

[Vieuphoria]

No he isn't. He should finish just when they come on.

[kev1664]

No he isn't. He should finish just when they come on.

[Vieuphoria]

ahhh yeah. Forgot there was another festival.

[saskofreak]

yea im looking foward to them, more looking foward to blink though.

[Leocadius]

They were fantastic. I'd say only Limp Bizkit and Blink were better. Only thing was the lack of "My Heart" but other than that, they were flawless. On the highlights you can clearly make out the whole crowd singing. I don't know if it's because of the way the sound mic's were very close on the stage but it was that loud.

[Dan R]

I have to say, they were dire

Crowd was full of Blink fans, the sound was crap, they shouldn't of been anywhere near as high a spot as they were, completely outshone by Weezer beforehand

Just stuck out like a sore thumb as a fairly talentless band in the middle of the a run of top class nostalgia bands (Limp Bizkit, Cypress Hill, Weezer, Blink) who all proved that they were more than just that

[Vieuphoria]

The crowd was frickin huge. I was very surprised at their drawing power. More power to them i guess. Personally thought it was a bit lackluster though... I decided i wanted a spring roll instead

[Benj]

They were fantastic. I'd say only Limp Bizkit and Blink were better. Only thing was the lack of "My Heart" but other than that, they were flawless. On the highlights you can clearly make out the whole crowd singing. I don't know if it's because of the way the sound mic's were very close on the stage but it was that loud.

[Dan R]

The crowd was huge but where I was stood, I only saw about 4 or 5 actual Paramore fans

The rest seemed to be Blink fans after a decent space

They didn't seem to get a great reaction and you could see Hayley weren't happy about it

[Vieuphoria]

really? Where i was everyone was dancing and singing. And i was fairly far back and to the side. It was a bloody massive crowd. Depressingly so

[Dan R]

I think a lot of the Paramore fans (ie 15 year old girls) were scared off a bit by the massive crowd of Blink fans who weren't entertained by Paramore, so will have gone further back

I could barely hear the band over the chants of "We want Blink!" and the inevitable "Get yer tits out for the lads!"

Got fecking annoying after the first few songs of just hearing that

But literally only the odd one or two people around me were there for Paramore, and I was pretty much dead centre of the front section

Dunno what it was like at Reading though