Daft Punk/Green Day/Muse

[Dave The Hedgehog]

he said something like that, then later he said something about them playing a festival "if you can call it a festival".

I don't know if he's said anything since then.

[eFestivals]

I doubt very much that he would have been talking about Reading and Leeds when he said that unless he was bitter about missing out on them

yup, I agree.

The general view was that he was referring to Wireless. Whether it's something that does actually happen there tho is still to become clear - there's a history there of them believing they've secured particular acts which then don't happen.

[blue4life]

yup, I agree.

The general view was that he was referring to Wireless. Whether it's something that does actually happen there tho is still to become clear - there's a history there of them believing they've secured particular acts which then don't happen.

[eFestivals]

It's good that he's quite open to saying who he hasn't booked though. Gets people thinking more. It's also doubley great to see how a smaller festival can be so ambitious to get on the phone to people like Arcade Fire and Daft Punk in the first place, even Prince from what I've been hearing.

there's rumours floating around that Prince will be doing Hard Rock Calling. I know that an offer has been made, but I also know that Prince is/has been a git about accepting or rejecting them - it seems to be the case that he only wants to confirm any shows about 6 weeks before the show is due to happen, which of course makes promoters get cold feet as it's too late to properly promote the show to ensure the tickets sell, and too late to find a decent replacement (and then promote that) if he doesn't accept.

[purplehaze81]

I know wikipedia is a terrible source but id just thought id bring it to attention of everyone that under the reading/leeds festival page it says muse/strokes/blur will be headlining 2011 festival.

List of headliners

* 2011: Muse, The Strokes, Blur

* 2010: Guns N' Roses, Arcade Fire, Blink-182

* 2009: Kings of Leon, Arctic Monkeys, Radiohead

[micawber]

So Neil, has it been harder this year to get rumours, or about the same as usual. I can't recall how much you had this time last year.

[Dave The Hedgehog]

there's rumours floating around that Prince will be doing Hard Rock Calling. I know that an offer has been made, but I also know that Prince is/has been a git about accepting or rejecting them - it seems to be the case that he only wants to confirm any shows about 6 weeks before the show is due to happen, which of course makes promoters get cold feet as it's too late to properly promote the show to ensure the tickets sell, and too late to find a decent replacement (and then promote that) if he doesn't accept.

[purplehaze81]

So Neil, has it been harder this year to get rumours, or about the same as usual. I can't recall how much you had this time last year.

[eFestivals]

So Neil, has it been harder this year to get rumours, or about the same as usual. I can't recall how much you had this time last year.

it's getting harder all-round and has been for a few years, as fests are wising up to the leak potential, and want to control their own publicity as much as they can.

But at the same time what I get to hear about has always been quite random, so no direct link can be made between what I might hear this year compared to next - it all depends on too many random factors.

[dannyv18]

it's getting harder all-round and has been for a few years, as fests are wising up to the leak potential, and want to control their own publicity as much as they can.

[eFestivals]

do you think this vodafone rumour is plausable?

I've already said: no.

But I could be wrong. We'll find out on Monday.

[dannyv18]

I've already said: no.

But I could be wrong. We'll find out on Monday.

[chappiepunk]

This thread is ridiclious, ten pages about a 'leak' that cant be proven....

[Guess Who]

^ it does go slightly off topic a bit but other than that theres not much else to talk about really til monday so I guess it just creates conversation so long as no one truely believes it then theres no harm done lol

[RichieSpenno]

Bit of a 'friends brothers dads dogs uncles cousin-brother' but someone over on muselive claims to have been told by two different people about the existence of the so called flash banner.

[jump]

Bit of a 'friends brothers dads dogs uncles cousin-brother' but someone over on muselive claims to have been told by two different people about the existence of the so called flash banner.

[chappiepunk]

In other words they read it on twitter.

[dannyv18]

In other words they read it on twitter.

[purplehaze81]

I read on Twitter that Gary Glitter is headlining the lockup tent.

It must be true, it was on twitter.

[jump]

I read on Twitter that Gary Glitter is headlining the lockup tent.

It must be true, it was on twitter.

[RichieSpenno]

I read on Twitter that Gary Glitter is headlining the lockup tent.

It must be true, it was on twitter.

[chappiepunk]

Nah you mis-read it, it was Gary Glitter is heading to be locked up again.

[purplehaze81]

Ah yeah, it may have been something along those lines. Sorry for the slander mr glitter. (Or is it libel?)

All the same, it was on twitter so it's gospel.

[jump]

Probably bullshit but there was reports that Gary Glitter was spotted in line for the X Factor auditions until someone spotted and he ran off.

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/tv/x_factor/3452745/Is-this-Gary-Glitter-at-X-Factor-auditions.html

[chappiepunk]

Probably bullshit but there was reports that Gary Glitter was spotted in line for the X Factor auditions until someone spotted and he ran off.

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/tv/x_factor/3452745/Is-this-Gary-Glitter-at-X-Factor-auditions.html