2012 Lineup

[mb23]

I can tell you it's missing some acts at the top of the bill.

[FortMorris]

I don't think New Order or Slipknot will be there, Maybe Bloc Party and The D?

[mrtourette]

I'm more excited than a fat kid in a sweet shop waiting for the announcement and tickets to go back on sale! Is there any indication of dates? I know it's normally the last Monday in March but I seem to remember hearing that it may be the 12th although I can't remember where.

[Gingetastico]

You are quite the stud my man.

[FortMorris]

Why thank you good sir. I have no idea how it happened. Apparently skipping around a mud/mosh pit singging like a little girl works nowadays. I also had a balloon because it was my birthday

[BTK1609]

Melvin been said in an interview (it's in the Melvin Benn interview thread) that they'll be on sale by the middle of March. Depending on how you define the middle and given an expected lack of accuracy I guess that means the 12th or the 19th.

[Gingetastico]

Haha, I reckon it was the balloon that sealed the deal.

[FortMorris]

Haha, I shall keep an eye out for a balloon surrounded by jailbait

[mb23]

On the subject of balloons, at the festival last year I saw a guy carrying a load of balloons, obviously selling them. Then he tripped up, let go of all of the balloons and they all went flying off into the sky. He didn't seem too happy, in fact he swore very loudly and ran off, obviously lost a lot of money that day.

[Gingetastico]

On the subject of balloons, at the festival last year I saw a guy carrying a load of balloons, obviously selling them. Then he tripped up, let go of all of the balloons and they all went flying off into the sky. He didn't seem too happy, in fact he swore very loudly and ran off, obviously lost a lot of money that day.

[FortMorris]

Green Day aren't even a Rumour on the Soni page. Oooerrrr

[ComeCloser]

Is there any news on Miles Kane, Mona, The Gaslight Anthem and Enter Shikari?

All of them there, or just some of them?

[JT436]

Wow… If Soni UK has a line-up anything like Soni France then I can't see it getting anywhere remotely near a sell out. Evanescence as a headliner, really? I hope they're bigger in France…

[FortMorris]

Wow… If Soni UK has a line-up anything like Soni France then I can't see it getting anywhere remotely near a sell out. Evanescence as a headliner, really? I hope they're bigger in France…

[ozziesteveo]

Wow… If Soni UK has a line-up anything like Soni France then I can't see it getting anywhere remotely near a sell out. Evanescence as a headliner, really? I hope they're bigger in France…

Edited February 17, 2012 by ozziesteveo

[mb23]

Do you have a link???

[FortMorris]

Soni UK is announced 8pm Monday.

[RichieParf]

Perhaps R&L have taken all the best bands this year!

[ozziesteveo]

I can personally see R&L being the festival to be at this year, especially when you take a look round at the other festivals (this is my opinion obviously),

Download headliners-Prodigy, Metallica, Black Sabbath

IOW-Tom Petty, Pearl Jam, Bruce Springsteen

Sonisphere UK-Queen, Faith No More and ????

Bestival - New order

R&L - Foo Fighters, Kasabian & ????

With Neils info that Sonisphere were struggling with their third headliner, maybe R&L have pulled some rabbits out the bag this year and it could blow a few of the others out the water, especially if there is a kick ass undercard to!

Edited February 17, 2012 by ozziesteveo

[Mouseboy11]

Do people think Slipknot would Sub? I thought they would of asked to Headline....

[eFestivals]

I think it's more that there just aren't enough metal headliners out there, hence they've had to repeat Metallica in a stupidly short period of time.

Yup.

Download struggled to make it's line-up different year on year whe there was just Download. The addition of Soni has made that task even more difficult for both of them.

I reckon it can pretty much be taken as a given that with the bigger bands they'll almost be swapping line-ups every year (aside from bands take a year out of fests).

In the days of the one-day Monsters of Rock they couldn't find enough acts to keep it interesting. With two multi-day fests covering much the same genre and acts there's a more than decent chance that neither will have too much of a long life I reckon.

[mrtourette]

Do people think Slipknot would Sub? I thought they would of asked to Headline....

[GRichards23]

I'm surprised that Rammstein have never headlined Download, thought this year might well be that year. There are a few bands who will make the step up to headline sooner or later (B4MV, A7X, MachineHead etc...)

Could Queen, FNM, Evanescence be the Soni UK Headliners? Massive risk on Evanescence and Queen (especially without Freddie Mercury)...

Still hoping for Green Day as the 3rd headliner for R&L

Edit - Confirmed by @OfficialR&L - Announcement March 12th at 7.15pm, it's going to be VERY special....!

Edited February 17, 2012 by GRichards23

[DavisO89]

From the official Reading Fb:

Alright, it's the date you've all been waiting for... we'll be announcing our epic line-up on Monday 12th March at 7.15pm. Tickets will go on sale at the same time. It's gonna be HUGE!

Edited February 17, 2012 by DavisO89

[st dan]

If it is Foo's, Kasabian and Green Day .. Who do you think is likely to get the biggest crowd?

It'll be a tough one .. I'd say Green Day because they haven't toured much recently where as the other 2 have, but Foo's are probably the biggest band in the world right now (backed up by their 5 grammys last week), and Kasabian are idolised by the younger ones in the modern R&L goers.

Tough one.