The Deleted line up

[JoeBLufcMUSIC]

being a fan of most the bands on there, its pretty awesome.

[lharris92]

gutted that all the rumours are true... ah well

[chappiepunk]

Did you think that I was?

[micawber]

Well thats what you said...

[chappiepunk]

My wit is lost on you! Or perhaps just lost (ha)

[Dave The Hedgehog]

I mean though - Muse, My Chemical Romance, Beady Eye, 30 Seconds to Mars... f**kin' Lee Nelson?

It's like the soundtrack to an even worse level of Hell than the one I'm used to hearing any time I turn on Radio 1.

[tom1989]

I have it saved if anyone wants to see it, I can send it indivually. Think Neil is just going to delete any thread it appears in tho.

Edited March 21, 2011 by tom1989

[Azzy G]

FOUND THE LINE UP!

[Role Model]

Honestly think I'd rather go to V Festival, maybe that's taking it too far, but I'm finding the line-up that awful right now.

[nu-marc88]

I might buy a ticket for £100 when it hasn't sold out in 6months time and touts are trying to shift, just for the national>pulp>strokes, and DFA 1979 and Interpol

[chappiepunk]

FOUND THE LINE UP!

[thejimbola]

Almost zero imagination in this lineup. Always going with the safe, middle of the road options that they know will sell tickets to the masses, rather than trying to make it a good and exciting lineup. That's what happens when the corporate side is more important than the music side unfortunately.

This is just all the last 5 years lineups thrown into a hat and the average bands picked out by chance. The only slight wildcards being Madness and Jane's Addiction.

[gary1979666]

Am actually really tempted with a day ticket for the MCR day - looks a reasonable run of bands on the mainstage, then 30STM/MCR to keep the missus happy.

But the other 2 days don't have enough for me.

[harderfaster]

massive plus: offspring don't clash with strokes.

[Role Model]

Madness is still really weird for me, be happy to see them, but baffled as to why they're playing.

[Paul ™]

The thought of Interpol, Elbow and Muse closing the fest makes me die a little inside. It's a shame what this festival has been reduced to.

[gary1979666]

And no bloc party

[swede]

Madness is still really weird for me, be happy to see them, but baffled as to why they're playing.

[Role Model]

MONEY !!

[mooseman]

The Naked and Famous, The Vaccines, New Found Glory, Deftones, The Offspring.

OFWGKTA, everything everything, madness, then a big clash of crystal castles and janes addiction with the strokes and pulp.

cage the elephant, frank turner, interpol/death from above 1979, the streets.

So enough bands that I want to see but only 2 headliners who are both on the same f**king day.

[howlin_pete]

I think it's a pretty decent lineup, considering who was probably available on this years festival circuit. They managed to get Pulp, who will draw a huge crowd, and probably go down really well. I don;t think Janes Addiction, Offspring or Madness are doing any other big festivals this year, not in the UK anyway, and pretty big for the slots they have been given. The Strokes are exclusive, 2manydjs are a pretty good alternative to Muse (who are still one of the biggest festival bands around, they just got them a year too late).

There's no real WOW factor, but I think most festivals have struggled for headliners this year, U2 and System are probably the only real coups on the major festival circuit. Bit of a indie landfill, but I don't know who else they could have booked really to fit the audience.

[Lithium05]

who the f**k is Peter Doherty?!

[Mariner]

A talentless, drugged up c*nt?

Edited March 21, 2011 by Mariner

[tom1989]

what is it about reading and always putting muse and 2manydjs on at the same time??!! happened in 06 and has now happened again

[mrtourette]

It is odd that they've announced the FR and alternative stage headliners so early and it is odd that they have used band logos further down the bill than before...but there's nothing saying that they can't change the way they do things.

There are good bands on there, the initial trouble is that all the good ones we knew about or had guessed, there's no good surprises only disappointment that we already knew about everything good. I'll find bands to go and see, although there are big gaps of anything good on. Late Friday night at Reading looks f**king horrifying.

Edited March 21, 2011 by mrtourette