PHOENIX FESTIVAL 2012!

[Frankly Mr Shankly]

Can I just say, I made the poster everyone is talking about, I never intended it to deceive anyone, it was simply made as a mock up of what I thought/hoped the line up might be like...

[Flaminglippy]

Can I just say, I made the poster everyone is talking about, I never intended it to deceive anyone, it was simply made as a mock up of what I thought/hoped the line up might be like...

[thetime]

Can I just say, I made the poster everyone is talking about, I never intended it to deceive anyone, it was simply made as a mock up of what I thought/hoped the line up might be like...

[Frankly Mr Shankly]

Thanks guys.

[mrtourette]

You're a terrible person who should be ashamed.

[Frankly Mr Shankly]

Haha, to be fair I only ever posted it on the Download forums as a prediction/wishlist, someone must have found it on my ImageShack account & leaked it to Twitter as their own.

[rexclark]

Well I'd probably go if that was the line up. Really hoping any rumours about the Pumpkins playing are true.

[fluff164]

Phoenix was one of the better festivals (once you got in) in the 90s. Reading and Glasto had become quite boring especially when grunge died off and Brit pop took over!

Phoenix was the only place where Neil Young was on one night and The Prodigy the next!

My greatest festival moment was when the organisers had the brain wave to put Orbital on before Bowie on the main stage! Watching 25,000 Bowie clones all dancing to Orbital was pure magic.

I too hope it is back at Long Marston. They had sorted the traffic issues out by 97.

[Bisque]

After going to Global Gathering this year, I can only describe the Long Marston site as devoid of any character & a grimey wasteland. The arena set up was spot on though.

[Flaminglippy]

I can only describe the Long Marston site as devoid of any character & a grimey wasteland.

[biffoire]

Having been to both Pheonix and Reading I have to admit I preferred Reading. The transport links to Pheonix were a joke. 2 shuttle buses an hour and a bus service which stops just as the last acts finish.

Regarding the pumkins, I don't think they're a headline act any more. Filling academy venues and not arenas.

I personally doubt it will happen and if the headliners are bjork and pumpkins I don't see it competing with the bigger festivals such as reading and leeds. Given the original rumour was that they had the Stone Roses, Pumpkins and Bjork are quite a step down from that.

[Bisque]

Are you sure you wasn't in Wolverhampton??

[lendan]

Has there been any more indications that this is going ahead?

[jackarmy]

Has there been any more indications that this is going ahead?

[Flaminglippy]

Ain't looking likely is it? You could argue that Reading/V haven't announced their line-ups yet so its not outside the realms of possibility, but they have regulars which Phoenix obviously won't have. Unless the line-up is stellar, think a late announcement is gonna see them struggle to compete

[PastCaring]

Next year maybe?

[Flaminglippy]

This could be well moody so suggest nobody tries to buy until an official announcement is made but

http://www.savemeati...estival-tickets

seems to suggest it'll be at Long Marston and will be Thursday 12th July...

...although it does appear they've taken the info off the fake poster that 'Frankly Mr Shankly' did...you've created a monster Shankly!

Edited January 10, 2012 by Flaminglippy

[Frankly Mr Shankly]

They've even used the logo I made, cheeky buggers!

[Bisque]

For me... No announcement = problems.

No announcement + problems = no one buys a ticket.

Do we even know the capacity? Global Gathering is about 50k off the top of my head (felt a lot less when there) so is feasible if it's at Long Marston with an arena bigger than Readings.

[mrtourette]

The fact that site lists "Radio Head" as a rumour doesn't fill me with confidence that they know what they're doing.

Edited January 11, 2012 by mrtourette

[Flaminglippy]

For me... No announcement = problems.

No announcement + problems = no one buys a ticket.

Do we even know the capacity? Global Gathering is about 50k off the top of my head (felt a lot less when there) so is feasible if it's at Long Marston with an arena bigger than Readings.

[Paul ™]

Its only just the 2nd week in January, plenty time for a festival to announce thats on in July!

Vince knows what he is doing, if its late launched and still manages to make an impact, he won't really bother too much about it initially selling out.

Seem to remember the same happened with Hop Farm

[eFestivals]

Its only just the 2nd week in January, plenty time for a festival to announce thats on in July!

Vince knows what he is doing, if its late launched and still manages to make an impact, he won't really bother too much about it initially selling out.

Seem to remember the same happened with Hop Farm

From the snippets I've heard it sdeems to be the case that planning is going ahead for Phoenix (tho it's a little while since I've heard anything, so it's possible that thin things have changed in the meantime).

From what I know of festivals outside of the major players, as a general case if they're wanting to get bands that could be of interest to those major players they'll only get sorted out with those bands once the major players are sorted - unless they go in with a ridiculously high money offer.

So for the likes of Phoenix (if it's going ahead of course) they're likely to make their announcement after the major players have firmed up a good amount of their line-ups, so that Phoenix can pick up what they want from what's left at a reasonable price rather than a silly one.

That might not apply with the headliners that Phoenix might want of course, because they'll need major names to draw in people's interest in the first place - so it's a decent possibility that Phoenix will have to pay over the going rate for those.

[andyblack]

rumours reach me, the proposed festival site is in kettering...

[let's 'ave it!!!]

hmmmm has anyone seen this?

http://www.phoenixfestival.co.uk/

don't know if that's legit or anything, but if it is it would most certainly suggest that the Stone Roses are playing!