bullet for my valentine

[thetime]

any clues where and when bfmv will play?

[the hitcher]

Sunday subing linkin park :-)

[thetime]

Sunday subing linkin park :-)

[theramm]

I honestly can't get my head around this booking. Absolutely ridiculous IMO. I can understand bands playing low spots, or on smaller stages who rip it & then get invited back to play in a higher position. It happened with 5FDP & made sense. I don’t think anyone would complain if Slash were bought back to play 3rd from top or Cancer Bats got an early mainstage slot but having a 2nd stage headliner…any 2nd stage headliner come back & play another high profile slot is shocking.

Has this happened anywhere before? Were Bloc Party subbing at R&L when they got brought back the following year?

[t8yman]

I dont understand your issue? even though I'm not mad keen on BFMV, its undeniable that they are the biggest heavy metal band this country has produced since iron maiden. playing 2nd on main stage is the prefect place for them, because like it or not - they are the headliners of the future.

[theramm]

My issue is they headlined 2nd last year. Bringing back any headliner for 2 years on the trot is too soon for a repeat IMO. I get they're a future headliner but I don't see the reason behind booking the same high-profile acts back to back?

[Hart Attack]

They were only on the second stage, and a lot of people would have missed them to see Them Crooked Vultures over on the main stage. Besides, a band of their stature is hardly going to be unwanted by most of the crowd even if they played last year. As long as it's not half the line-up that's the same, I don't think it's really a problem to have a few bands from last year.

There aren't that many bands to choose from anyway - who else is available, and big enough to fill a sub-headliner slot? I'm sure there are plenty of relatively obscure/niche bands out there that could arguably do it, but they're not going to sell tickets and draw a crowd like popular bands such as Bullet can.

[duggie20]

They were only on the second stage, and a lot of people would have missed them to see Them Crooked Vultures over on the main stage. Besides, a band of their stature is hardly going to be unwanted by most of the crowd even if they played last year. As long as it's not half the line-up that's the same, I don't think it's really a problem to have a few bands from last year.

There aren't that many bands to choose from anyway - who else is available, and big enough to fill a sub-headliner slot? I'm sure there are plenty of relatively obscure/niche bands out there that could arguably do it, but they're not going to sell tickets and draw a crowd like popular bands such as Bullet can.

[t8yman]

I watched TCV last year, and will gladly watch BFMV this year. so I dont have a problem. yeah - 2 years back to back might be seen as excessive, but bear in mind Placebo and Biffy played reading every year more or less for about 7 years.

at least this way AC can justify giving them the top bill in 2013.

[lharris92]

from what ac told me on twitter: they wanted to end their tour at download and he agreed to them playing... should have taken a few years away but ah well, its probably made me want to buy a ticket even more

[dan666]

They suck. Imo that is. Guess it's hard for a festival like Download to get big heavy metal bands that people havent see or know about.

Guess after going about 8 years now im bound to see the same acts over and over again.

[Dan R]

I honestly can't get my head around this booking. Absolutely ridiculous IMO. I can understand bands playing low spots, or on smaller stages who rip it & then get invited back to play in a higher position. It happened with 5FDP & made sense. I don’t think anyone would complain if Slash were bought back to play 3rd from top or Cancer Bats got an early mainstage slot but having a 2nd stage headliner…any 2nd stage headliner come back & play another high profile slot is shocking.

Has this happened anywhere before? Were Bloc Party subbing at R&L when they got brought back the following year?

[bekimo]

I honestly can't get my head around this booking. Absolutely ridiculous IMO..

[luckysalt]

Kasabian at V?

played second stage in 2004

headlined second stage in 2006

subbed on main in 2007

headlined main stage in 2010

They did the whole headlined 2nd stage and then subbbed main the following year

AND Bloc Party at Reading!

2004 - played second stage

2005 - headlined second stage

gap year - played V

2007 - 3rd down on main stage

2008 - subbed on main stage

2009 - subbed on main stage

2010 - Kele played solo

Bloc Party is way worse IMO

Edited January 25, 2011 by luckysalt

[bekimo]

Bloc Party is way worse IMO

[WildChildRockChick]

Oh come on dude! BFMV have just had an amazing year. They will sell tickets. So many of my friends didn't see them last year cus they were getting a good spot for AC/DC. I'm sure they are not alone.

Edited January 26, 2011 by WildChildRockChick

[bekimo]

Nope - me too. Then I missed the tour - money being short & too many other tickets to too many other shows - so personally I'm OK with it. Bet they end up being one of my few clashes though.. lol

[WildChildRockChick]

Unlucky! I saw them in November and they were on point! Like I was blown away! Can't wait for DL just for them if I'm totally honest!!!

Edited January 27, 2011 by WildChildRockChick

[bekimo]

Yeah I knew you were going and I expected it to be good after last year tbh. Time and money though, time & money...

ETA : I purposely avoided reviews of the tour for bullet so that I wouldn't have it rammed down my throat how good they were & I'd missed a treat so thanks for springing it on me here... LOL

[luckysalt]

Rock AM Ring show 2010 just started on MTV HD, its good watched it before