Bestival 2011

[Banana Co]

It does this year - what a w*nk line-up it is, and the arrogance of the man (Melvin Benn) to say that Sonisphere is shite when the four bands appearing on the Sunday piss over his mainstage AND his NME stage headliners put together, and I can say that confidently without bias because I'm not going to Sonisphere. The only people who'll be interested in going to Reading and Leeds this year are pop culture aficianados who are ignorant and don't know any better but follow trends because it seems like the 'cool' thing to do, and people who justify their ticket purchase by essentially telling us they've bought them out of routine more than anything - "I always go to Reading/Leeds" etc.

Bollocks.

Reading and Leeds doesn't have anything on Bestival's line-up this year in terms of diversity, and for somebody to turn around and say Bestival is shit and Reading isn't is an erroneous statement on an entirely different level at best and complete lack of awareness and insight, and downright stupidity at worst.

Edited May 20, 2011 by Banana Co

[Joe-]

The only people who'll be interested in going to Reading and Leeds this year are pop culture aficianados who are ignorant and don't know any better but follow trends because it seems like the 'cool' thing to do, and people who justify their ticket purchase by essentially telling us they've bought them out of routine more than anything - "I always go to Reading/Leeds" etc.

[Dave The Hedgehog]

Your whole argument is all to do with opinion you idiot. You might not like the R+L line up and some people might not like the Bestival line up. I cannot believe that you just wasted your time in writing that and it's one of the worst arguments ever.

[Joe-]

The attraction news today is epic!

A humongous sports park for BMX and stuff! Whaaat!

[Banana Co]

The attraction news today is epic!

A humongous sports park for BMX and stuff! Whaaat!

[Joe-]

Don't they have that every year? Or is that Camp Bestival?

[Bisque]

Why does that make them a mug? I enjoy Reading every time I go and personally think the lineup there is brilliant this year!

Bestival strikes me as a completely different thing and also has a great lineup but going to Reading doesn't make them a mug!

[Banana Co]

Are Pulp a possibility for Sunday headliner?

[davidames100]

Are Pulp a possibility for Sunday headliner?

[Dave The Hedgehog]

Are Pulp a possibility for Sunday headliner?

[Banana Co]

No. Leeds is their last ever British gig. Electric Picnic is their last ever gig.

[edfirth]

On the other hand, you've just wasted your time telling somebody with an opinion that he is an idiot and not really supplied sustainable opinion to counter the apparently 'worst argument ever'. That was clever, wasn't it? Kind of makes you wonder if it was a worst response to an argument ever.

I never said it was fact, and I never masqueraded it as such, just that judging by the 'slowness' of Festival Republic to shift R+L tickets in comparison to some years where they sell out within a few weeks, the line-up clearly isn't appealing to the majority of pop culture junkies that usually attend it as they have nothing remotely amazing to look forward to, or make them go 'wow!' on the scale Bestival has to a lot of people this year. I think by July/August R+L will be begging eBay to get their hands on some tickets.

What you have to take into consideration is the general consensus of opinion of the attendees and past attendees of both festivals to judge some comparative measure and so far, out of all the people attending, the only complaints I've heard regarding Bestival are from people saying they won't be seeing Pendulum. That's it. It's an entirely different story with R+L.

[Dave The Hedgehog]

Leeds/Reading usually sells out in hours, not days, not weeks. This year has been a shambles

[saints15]

Leeds/Reading usually sells out in hours, not days, not weeks. This year has been a shambles

Edited May 21, 2011 by saints15

[thetime]

and months, weekend tickets are still available now! In my opinion the R&L line up is pretty much as expected, it just doesn't have the wow factor which Bestival has shown from The Cure, Public Enemy, PJ Harvey and Brian Wilson

[Dave The Hedgehog]

some would say thats the current music scene in general.

[thetime]

I think it would be closed minded to think that, to be honest. The minute anybody says something like "oh music isn't how it used to be" or something similar, all it serves to do is make that person seem out of touch with popular culture.

[Dave The Hedgehog]

Quick update from the official forums...

Everything everybody has ever suggested on there about the third headliner is wrong and none of the acts any of us have mentioned on there will be appearing. So f**k knows.

[Joe-]

It's not gonna be..

Sigur Ros, Orbital, Arcade Fire, Beastie Boys, Daft Punk, Soundgarden, Suede, Orbital, Sonic Youth, Spiritualized, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Lou Reed, Morrissey, Arctic Monkeys, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Strokes, Soulwax, Kate Bush, Morrissey, Adam Ant, Missy Elliott, David Bowie, Blondie, Moby, Radiohead, Streets, PULP or Friendly Fires.

No idea, no idea whatsoever.

[Banana Co]

James?

[davidames100]

James?

[Banana Co]

Wouldn't have thought so, I'd be very surprised if they were considered big enough to headline above some of the other already announced acts.

Have Elbow been mentioned? Stevie Wonder? Or what about someone like Elton John? Bit random but the whole line-up's random!

Edited May 22, 2011 by Banana Co

[davidames100]

Elbow headlined in 2009. The Killers?

[farny12]

Thom Yorke? Blur? Red Hot Chili Peppers? Bob Dylan? Paul Weller? Kasabian? Basement Jaxx? Gorillaz? Possible return of the Progidy?

[Joe-]

He said on a Pendulum argument thread that the "other headliner" I think referring to the Sunday, is very different and iconic. Hmm.