2012 Lineup

[LibertinesFanBoy]

You're really irritatingly small-minded, I'm not gonna go to V because I hate the mainstream pop of acts like Example, Jessie J, Tinie Tempah, Ed Sheeran, etc. which clog up the upper echelons of their line-up. I personally think Jay and Kanye would be more appreciated at R&L than they would at V although that is of course just an opinion. Liking hip-hop does not make you some kind of mainstream pop-loving V-goer.

[eFestivals]

I'm pretty sure that Refused will play Reading/Leeds and will be in the first announcement.

I doubt that Tenacious D will be, I guess he'll be announced after Download.

[davidsams1989]

I'm pretty sure that Refused will play Reading/Leeds and will be in the first announcement.

I doubt that Tenacious D will be, I guess he'll be announced after Download.

Edited February 25, 2012 by davidsams1989

[eFestivals]

Anything to say about wether Kanye West/Jay-Z could be the 3rd headliner Neil?

could be.

But my guess is that Melvin wouldn't risk it after Kanye didn't sell too well for the Big Chill last summer.

[K126]

I'm pretty sure that Refused will play Reading/Leeds and will be in the first announcement.

I doubt that Tenacious D will be, I guess he'll be announced after Download.

[eFestivals]

Aren't Tenacious D a duo? =P

lol, yes they are. My bad.

[Role Model]

I think its weird how up your own arse you are, and wonder what makes you think your opinion is worth more than any one elses? I dont see why a teenager cant know what Reading Festival is about where as you can? Grow up mate.

[davidsams1989]

could be.

But my guess is that Melvin wouldn't risk it after Kanye didn't sell too well for the Big Chill last summer.

[GRichards23]

MCR last album was better than The Black Parade IMO. All bands go through a change in someway, look at Green Day and Linkin Park for example, changed their music almost completely and are still bang successful. Plus, MCR absolutely rocked last year.

[dip]

Danger Days is an incredible album.

[eFestivals]

Like he didn't risk sticking with MCR after their album went to pot haha. I think the guy likes the odd risk you know.

there's risks, and then there's stupidity.

Melvin didn't have a good year last year. Not only did he preside over two festivals that struggled to sell (and which has led on to one of those being cancelled this year), he didn't handle it well on a personal level either from what's been fed back to me.

The more I think about it, the more and more sense screaming Flo makes for R/L this year. He's placated the regulars with Foos, he's gone for something safe enough while being new to R/L with Kasabian, so getting a hugely popular act like Flo makes sense to me on all sorts of levels (especially when some R/L regulars will be drawn to V as they have the Roses) because it ensures sales and helps expose his festival to those who might have shied away from it previously.

[Role Model]

It would be a very smart choice, if not a painful one for those of us with functioning ears.

[davidsams1989]

MCR last album was better than The Black Parade IMO. All bands go through a change in someway, look at Green Day and Linkin Park for example, changed their music almost completely and are still bang successful. Plus, MCR absolutely rocked last year.

[JoeMo]

Well let's just see the hundreds of fake line-up posters now including her as the third headliner....

[eFestivals]

the standing tickets for Watch The Throne sold out pretty much instantly.

thing is, selling gig tix doesn't mean that fest tickets will sell the same way, at least not when it comes to this genre.

[Role Model]

Honestly I was surprised how well the Watch The Throne tickets sold, and I'm a fan.

[sisco]

there's risks, and then there's stupidity.

Melvin didn't have a good year last year. Not only did he preside over two festivals that struggled to sell (and which has led on to one of those being cancelled this year), he didn't handle it well on a personal level either from what's been fed back to me.

The more I think about it, the more and more sense screaming Flo makes for R/L this year. He's placated the regulars with Foos, he's gone for something safe enough while being new to R/L with Kasabian, so getting a hugely popular act like Flo makes sense to me on all sorts of levels (especially when some R/L regulars will be drawn to V as they have the Roses) because it ensures sales and helps expose his festival to those who might have shied away from it previously.

[davidsams1989]

thing is, selling gig tix doesn't mean that fest tickets will sell the same way, at least not when it comes to this genre.

[Gucci Piggy]

New prediction, not sure on the third headliner though as I don't think it'll be Florence (Please don't tell me it's a bad line up, it's not what I want, it's what I think will happen):

Linkin Park

Dizzee Rascal

You Me at Six

Enter Shikari

Jack White

The Subways

The Maccabees

Foster the People

The Horrors

Kasabian

Mumford & Sons

Kaiser Chiefs

The Cribs

The Enemy

Miles Kane

At the Drive-In

Refused

All Time Low

Foo Fighters

The Black Keys

Tenacious D

Lostprophets

The Gaslight Anthem

Angels and Airwaves

Two Door Cinema Club

Justice

Metronomy

Edited February 25, 2012 by Will-2609

[kev1664]

That's why my post yesterday of a Florence ATM and Dizzee Rascal co headline seems possible!!

[eFestivals]

No but it would certainly shift some day tickets

Kanye didn't have that effect at Big Chill last summer. 50 Pence didn't have that effect at Reading ten years ago.

I don't really see what would be much different this year.

[davidsams1989]

50 Pence didn't have that effect at Reading ten years ago.

I don't really see what would be much different this year.

[AcademicPistol]

I didn't say they were Rap? I said they were from the same rap/metal mould of RATM etc Mixing talk/rap vocals into metal songs.

and i'm glad you had a good sing a long. But fans at Download will on average know way more SOAD than those at Reading.

In terms of importance? No band is truly "important", not really. But I don't think it's stretching the truth to suggest that without the mass success of Korn, System would probably have never become as big as they were. Korn and Rage were funking huge for a good 8/10 years before System even made an impact of any sizeable amount. I don't dislike them, and they are good... I just don't see them as Reading headliners.

Another thing.

Why can bands get away with having "reunion hype" as a justification for a sudden shoot up to headliners. Don't get me wrong i'm not talking Pixies here. I'm talking about the bands who seem to "break up" or go "on hiatus" for what seems like fuck all time... and come back and are suddenly regarded as headline worthy. Pixies headlined after an absence of 12 years, The Smashing Pumpkins of 7 years, RATM of 8 years, etc etc. These are understandable. But I see names like Bloc Party being thrown around for "reunion hype"... they "went on hiatus" like 1 or 2 ruddy years ago... Is this really long enough to justify Reunion Hype. SOAD teeter on the edge of my point here after leaving for about 5 years. But Blink were gone for 4 years (i'm more sympathetic toward them as one nearly died and reunion was kinda nice... shit live though). But seriously are you people telling me that music fans have been, for the past 2 years. screaming out and yearning for a Bloc Party reunion (if it even technically classifies) in the same way a music fan was yearning for a Pixies reunion for 12 years? It just seems bands don't fuck off as much as they used to, and when they do it seems to be a contrived way of becoming more popular rather than actually just fucking off.

[micawber]

Kanye didn't have that effect at Big Chill last summer. 50 Pence didn't have that effect at Reading ten years ago.

I don't really see what would be much different this year.

[jonnyisRFC]

FATM/Dizzee co headline? F*ck off. :|