2012 Lineup

[Dukeeyyy]

Oh that's disappointing if true! Was hoping for someone more rocky :/ I hope there's a decent R1 headliner like Enter Shikari, and i also hope they are the Saturday headliner and Kasabian close at Leeds

[eFestivals]

Bestival don't do day tickets and there is the added cost/hassle of getting to the IOW.

An outdoor Cure show, with day tickets available on the mainland would sell a lot quicker due to the rareness of it, against the Foo's or Kasabian who constantly play festivals/tours in the UK.

I agree that day tickets for Reading would sell quicker than weekend tickets for Bestival around the Cure - obviously - but The Cure's fanbase is not as big nowadays as some would believe.

Their UK shows sell out very quickly but they're always small shows, and they only do about one show a year. While the Foos play here constantly they're massive shows and they always sell out fast.

Kasabian's festie performances have actually been pretty limited over the last five years or so, I'm guessing because they won't accept anything less than headliner. While they've got much lower popularity than the Foos they're probably still a much bigger draw than the Cure overall, tho it might well be the case that day tickets for The Cure at R/L will sell faster.

[eFestivals]

E-fest-could you see either Feeder or Keane at R/L this year as both have albums out? Main stage but lower down the pecking order???

I wouldn't be surprised to see one or both, but I have no info about them appearing.

[gazza_20]

I have to say that a website the other month or so reported or someone reported on it that they'd heard The Cure were headlining his year. As as much as it was obvs a take with pinch of salt, it wasn't your obvious troll thing.

That said, The Cure would delight me and would play 2 hrs i think. I wouldn't have thought MB would book two 2hr bands but if he's gone for that fair play.

But do The Cure seem like a band to book a hotel?

[PurpleFire]

I agree that day tickets for Reading would sell quicker than weekend tickets for Bestival around the Cure - obviously - but The Cure's fanbase is not as big nowadays as some would believe.

Their UK shows sell out very quickly but they're always small shows, and they only do about one show a year. While the Foos play here constantly they're massive shows and they always sell out fast.

Kasabian's festie performances have actually been pretty limited over the last five years or so, I'm guessing because they won't accept anything less than headliner. While they've got much lower popularity than the Foos they're probably still a much bigger draw than the Cure overall, tho it might well be the case that day tickets for The Cure at R/L will sell faster.

[mooseman]

Who do people think will sub The Cure, I really can't think of anyone.

[PurpleFire]

I have to say that a website the other month or so reported or someone reported on it that they'd heard The Cure were headlining his year. As as much as it was obvs a take with pinch of salt, it wasn't your obvious troll thing.

That said, The Cure would delight me and would play 2 hrs i think. I wouldn't have thought MB would book two 2hr bands but if he's gone for that fair play.

But do The Cure seem like a band to book a hotel?

[PurpleFire]

I have to say that a website the other month or so reported or someone reported on it that they'd heard The Cure were headlining his year. As as much as it was obvs a take with pinch of salt, it wasn't your obvious troll thing.

That said, The Cure would delight me and would play 2 hrs i think. I wouldn't have thought MB would book two 2hr bands but if he's gone for that fair play.

But do The Cure seem like a band to book a hotel?

[Paul ™]

But do The Cure seem like a band to book a hotel?

[eFestivals]

So Neil... You reckon thats the headliners sorted...you still have killers as Roumors on the line-up section on efestivals?

No, I don't yet think that's the headliners nailed. What I have for The Cure is far from solid but it does suggest that there could be something to it.

[Justiceforcedave]

That was my thinking too... who would you book to play below them? Placebo?

[eFestivals]

Not sure on the hotel story, but wouldn't be the 1st time a hotel has been block booked for the Reading weekend.. I know FR and the BBC have done this in the past. Plus other companies/agencys have done similar in the past but maybe not a whole hotel

What hotel was it?

the hotel that's been block booked hasn't been block booked for at least five years if ever.

[gazza_20]

The cure will get 1 1/2 Hour Set...So Will Kasabian and Foo Fighters will get the 2hr Slot!

I dont think i know anymore than 5 songs by the cure...Kasabian have more chance at 2 hours than the cure!

[paulomas]

my guess -

Reading

Foo Fighters, Kasabian and The Cure - Main Stage (Fri-Sun)

Ed Sheeran, Two Door Cinema Club, The Maccabees - NME/Radio 1 (Fri-Sun)

[evilduck]

Aren't The Cure known for playing no less than 2 hr sets? 2 1/2 to 3 in most cases?

[PurpleFire]

Aren't The Cure known for playing no less than 2 hr sets? 2 1/2 to 3 in most cases?

[ozziesteveo]

If the hotel hasnt been booked in 5 or so years, does that mean a headliner from 2007? Razorlight, RHCP or the smashing pumpkins!

Its not another one of your clues again is it Neil lol

[Frankly Mr Shankly]

Who do people think will sub The Cure, I really can't think of anyone.

[ozziesteveo]

After Muse finished, origins of symmetry it turned into a greatest hits montarge and was incredidble...hit after hit, one of the most brilliant sets ive ever whitnessed! If The Cure did simlar they would go down much better ibelive!

[ivan]

eat my words time

We've just had some info that suggests that The Cure might well be the 3rd R/L headliner. At this moment it's nothing solid or worth putting any more weight than that on to, but there could be something to it.

[TYLER_4]

That is not the news i wanted to come home too.

[gazza_20]

Its not there own Gig though is it... Foo Fighters played for 3hours when at MK bowl but will only play 2 at Leeds!

I think The Cure will play a greatest hits set, because if they play album tracks that nobody has really listen to it could become quite tedius! Madness last year springs to mind... everybody in the crowd was waiting for Baggy Trousers, Our House and Night Boat to Cairo.

After Muse finished, origins of symmetry it turned into a greatest hits montarge and was incredidble...hit after hit, one of the most brilliant sets ive ever whitnessed! If The Cure did simlar they would go down much better ibelive!

[MelRollins]

Efests, any rumours of the pixies playing? would be a dream come true

[Role Model]

The crowd for The Cure, if they're headlining, will be hilariously small

I just don't see how they fit in with the current demographic at all, bizarre choice really.

[gazza_20]

Pixies, New Order, Smashing Pumpkins, Placebo... any of those fit pretty well. Even a band like Bloc Party wouldn't look too out of place, or Florence perhaps? She's subbing to them at Optimus Alive in Portugal.