Benicassim 2012

[Rebellion(Lies)]

What do you guys reckon the chances of The cure playing are? Although they are playing Bilbao they weren't made out to be a spanish exclusive like radiohead were. Other bands touring that I would love to see are Bruce springsteen and the E street band and Tom petty and the heartbreakers.

Any of those 3 on top of the stone roses would make my week!

[jmcndrww]

i think a realistic headliner we could be looking at is the red hot chili peppers, no dates between the 7th and 20 something of july on their european tour, not heard anything about them being ruled out and not playing any major spanish shows either. thoughts? also i think the cure may perhaps be over booked in terms of spanish and european dates, but i could well be wrong.

Not sure about all this speculation concerning blur, no pre summer show hype from NME, the same could well be said for the killers but who knows, tomorrow will hopefully bring a headliner.

[makhulumo]

not RHCP please mostly for personal reasons, I'll have seen them under a month before and they're meant to be sketchy live, mind you as long as I get any one of Blur, Pulp, Kings of Leon, Bloc Party as headliners I'll be at peace no matter who the other one is

hoping for some of Bon Iver, Interpol, M83, WU LYF and Yuck tomorrow, line up's pretty strong already for me though

[jmcndrww]

i don't see kings of leon as a possibility, just down to the fact they cancelled all of those dates last year and no one has mentioned a come back. Bloc Party to my knowledge have only just started playing together again, no dates as of yet so another rank outsider in my view, unfortunately as they are a class live act.

Pulp would be a great addition and are very likely it seems. Refer to what i said last post about Blur, just nothing in this rumor for me.

would love to see some further editions with the likes of Bon Iver, Yuck, The Maccabees etc

would be disappointed with Snow Patrol - a fading band who in my opinion wouldn't fit the bill and are incredibly boring. Think we could be looking at RHCP or pulp but with beni, i dont think predictions can be made. Shocked us all with the David Guetta announcement and the New Order - especially as they're not headlining.

Lets wait and see for tomorrow, hoping and praying for some excitement.

[jmcndrww]

final point to add about snow patrol - they're playing dates on the 13th and 14th of july so would only be available for the sunday slot, so it's unlikely. have Kasabian been ruled out?

[Johncoopers]

I personally would be extremely happy if RHCP were announced. They can practically headline any major festival around the world and put up a great show. You can see some of their amazing performances on Youtube. They headlined one of the days at Rock in Rio last year and their performance was immense (full video available on youtube) and my all time favourite performance by them was Live at Slane Castle. that is completely available on youtube as well. I saw them in November and I would see them again at Beni if I am given the chance!

Sadly, now I've gotten my hopes up

[gingerevans84]

Red Hot Chili Peppers are at Rock in Rio in Madrid on July 7, wouldn't of thought they would do 2 Spanish shows

[jmcndrww]

yes i noticed that, not a massive show in comparison though. People linking Pulp and they're playing elsewhere in Spain as well.

[davywalsh7]

Hope we get a headliner today!

[rug568]

RHCP are the worst major band i have ever seen, they're sooooo boring.

[evilduck]

Just bought our tickets, so we're all sorted now! I've been happy with all the announcements so far. I'm not a fan of David Guetta but I imagine he will be fun to dance to at 2am when you've had a few.

[sprostongreen]

Should be more announced in the next half hour according to the fib twitter

Just as i posted that the first one came through. Howler

Todd Terje

Maverick Sabre

Disappears

Crepus

Kurt Vile & The Violators

Edited January 31, 2012 by sprostongreen

[Boothy380]

Only even heard of Maverick Sabre so far, hope there's some bigguns at the end,

[gingerevans84]

Howler's album is very good, pleased about them

[sprostongreen]

Seems this is the 'filler' confirmations

[Boothy380]

Dunno they're slowly getting bigger, could be a nice surprise on the end.

[sprostongreen]

Dizzee rascal, he was awful 2 years ago!

[5co77ie]

news on them all here:

http://www.efestivals.co.uk/news/12/120131b.shtml

[jmcndrww]

Going to be some very angry fans this afternoon.

Think we must now agree that the line up is looking strong, some big big names playing that aren't even headlining. AND even if you're angry about what we've seen today, we still have 2 big headline names to come, some exciting times ahead and i think the festival is shaping up to have a very strong line up.

[Boothy380]

That's everyone.

[ryanbanks7]

dizzee rascal and david guetta? oh dear.

[saints15]

Happy about Kurt Vile and Howler, Dizzee is a big name to have though, even though he's sold out massively

[RossTC]

Pleased with Howler, cracking new band. And whatever you think of Dizzee hes the perfect festival mid bill artist, crowd pleasing songs and will work perfect in the Beni.

With two headliners still yet to be named im buzzing at the lineup so far!

[Ben Holland]

Going to be some very angry fans this afternoon.

Think we must now agree that the line up is looking strong, some big big names playing that aren't even headlining. AND even if you're angry about what we've seen today, we still have 2 big headline names to come, some exciting times ahead and i think the festival is shaping up to have a very strong line up.

[Paul Cryer]

^ I'd like to know where that info comes from, though the way it's worded sounds like it's come from FIB itself. I'm certainly still hoping for 2 more big bands and a couple more of the mid level bands but the line up does look pretty complete ...