2012 Lineup

[Andre91]

Please be Bloc Party. If it was them, Foo's and either Green Day or System, that'd be insane!

[gazza_20]

its deffo bloc party think we got that, just got to hope its BS.

[Dukeeyyy]

If it is Bloc Party i hope they are subbing and not headlining!

[gazza_20]

would people be happy with Bloc Party, SOAD and Foo Fighters

[dawsonator]

would people be happy with Bloc Party, SOAD and Foo Fighters

[GRichards23]

Same. Would rather Green Day than SOAD too.

Bloc Party i can deal with if the NME headliner was decent... e.g. Enter Shikari/TDCC/Lostprophets

[ComeCloser]

Line Up Prediction! Please fill in the blanks and add more bands.

Friday:

Green Day? SOAD? Biffy (I can hope.)

Soundgarden

Paramore

The Subways

White Lies

Nme:

Noel Gallagher ( Just has to headline a tent for me)

Saturday:

Killers or Kasabian (Please Kasabian, but hopeful thinking I think)

Bloc Party

The Black Keys

The Vaccines

Mona

Miles Kane

Tribes

Nme:

Enter Shikari

Sunday:

Foo Fighters

QOTSA

Tenacious D

You Me at Six

Nme:

The Maccabees

Don't think this is going to be too far on in my opinion. What does everyone else think?

Not sure of my Friday.

Miles Kane and Mona need to play I think. Two of the best new acts around at the moment and got given terribly low placings last year. But never the less I still saw them and they were two of the best acts I saw last year.

[rexclark]

If it's Foos, Bloc Party and Green day I'll be more than happy.........as I'm not going and I'm not particularly interested in any of them.

[Banana Co]

would people be happy with Bloc Party, SOAD and Foo Fighters

[mrtourette]

Bloc Party headlining would be a massive kick in the teeth, a real disappointment. They'd have to have a barnstorming tent headliner, no way all this 'splitting the crowd' stuff would apply to a contentious headliner like them. I had no interest in MCR but could see the logic and progression of them headlining, I can't even see that for Bloc Party. It would be a very lazy booking.

[JC-Mo'Fucka]

Shit, sounds a bit flat in the video but I guess it was epic.

Was watching 30stM, but I was with a girl who rather likes them so not all bad.

[rawrsomesauce]

Personally I think Noel is too big for the tent, definitely needs to be on main

[allan14]

would people be happy with Bloc Party, SOAD and Foo Fighters

[thesecretingredientiscrime]

Bloc Party headlining would be a massive kick in the teeth, a real disappointment. They'd have to have a barnstorming tent headliner, no way all this 'splitting the crowd' stuff would apply to a contentious headliner like them. I had no interest in MCR but could see the logic and progression of them headlining, I can't even see that for Bloc Party. It would be a very lazy booking.

[TYLER_4]

I can't understand any of that. You can't see the logic or progression in BP headlining? A band that are loved by a lot of the R&L crowd and demographic, who have made their way up through the ranks, being given a headlining slot? I think the lazy thing would be to book them as sub again.

[dawsonator]

Personally I think Noel is too big for the tent, definitely needs to be on main

[The Mean Bean]

Can I ask what constitutes a "lazy booking"?

[beansontoastwithcheese]

i honestly think bloc party would most likely headline nme rather than main

[TYLER_4]

i honestly think bloc party would most likely headline nme rather than main

[stylishkids]

Where has this theory that Bloc Party are loved by the a huge amount of the Reading audience come from? It's not like they get extremely large crowds for their shows when they've played. The only reason they've played as much as they have is because FR are so lazy with their bookings that they force Bloc Party onto the audience.

And I'd class a lazy booking as a easy, repeated, no thinking outside of the box act. I'm off to Optimus Alive in Portugal in July and by looking at the line ups from the past 3-4 years, no repeat bookings have screamed out to me on the line up. It's shocking that a festival such as Reading and Leeds has to continuously look at booking the same acts.

[alex28]

Bloc Party would make sense but I would only be happy with them headlining if it wasn't The Killers headlining the other day and instead a heavier band like SOAD or Green Day. Don't reckon it would be both Bloc Party and The Killers so fingers crossed

[mooseman]

As great as Foo Fighters are as a band, live act etc. Does anyone else see it as a bit of a lazy and predictable booking? They needed the festival to "sell out" which surely it already has done, so booked the biggest Reading band that there is. They seemed to have played at the last 10 years worth of festivals while not actually even being on the line-up.

[gazza_20]

Bloc Party also fit your younger headliner, even moreso than The Killers.

[The Mean Bean]

And I'd class a lazy booking as a easy, repeated, no thinking outside of the box act. I'm off to Optimus Alive in Portugal in July and by looking at the line ups from the past 3-4 years, no repeat bookings have screamed out to me on the line up. It's shocking that a festival such as Reading and Leeds has to continuously look at booking the same acts.

[Andre91]

Where has this theory that Bloc Party are loved by the a huge amount of the Reading audience come from? It's not like they get extremely large crowds for their shows when they've played. The only reason they've played as much as they have is because FR are so lazy with their bookings that they force Bloc Party onto the audience.

And I'd class a lazy booking as a easy, repeated, no thinking outside of the box act. I'm off to Optimus Alive in Portugal in July and by looking at the line ups from the past 3-4 years, no repeat bookings have screamed out to me on the line up. It's shocking that a festival such as Reading and Leeds has to continuously look at booking the same acts.