Lineup 2014

[Gucci Piggy]

They deserve to headline the same way kasabian and biffy are/have.

Slow burners who have steadily gone up festival bills.

Not a major fan of any of them though.

I agree, but they just don't have the mainstream popularity of those two, which is why I don't think they'll headline.

[thetime]

I agree, but they just don't have the mainstream popularity of those two, which is why I don't think they'll headline.

Pretty much spot on will, cant see them headlining but perhaps another fest like download.

[Gucci Piggy]

Pretty much spot on will, cant see them headlining but perhaps another fest like download.

Yeah I could have seen them headlining Soni this year or next year had it still been going strong.

[Asdaprice]

Yeah think QOTSA will always remain subs in the same vein as NIN. Although both could headline download and would still be wicked bookings!

But yeah, arctics and prodigy both having new completely hyped albums means reading and leeds won't go both as exclusives. So everyone predicting them together as headliners stop now please. Prodigy subbing could still always happen though

Edited March 24, 2013 by Asdaprice

[the wonderwhy]

You can't rule out Arctics on that basis, sharing with T is pretty common.

[Asdaprice]

I'm not, I think they're more likely then Prodigy! I would put Arctics in any prediction along with Metallica so far. The 3rd I'm not so sure but would love a surprise like....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=922-y641Ask

[the wonderwhy]

Sorry, I completely misread that

Yeah, Daft Punk would be awesome, can't see it though

[Tobieski]

The QOTSA album doesn't really need to be huge. They're already a solid sub, they just need a fresh batch of popular new material (and perhaps a couple of sold out O2 arena nights) & they'll be ready to headline. That said, I'm sure the album will be huge anyway.

As dentalplan keeps saying, The Prodigy aren't going to headline next year if they whore themselves out to loads of fests. As they've got the new album out & done Download & Creamfields as exclusives the last two years, its highly likely they'll be at a lot of fests.

RHCP are woking on a new album, or at least plan to, I believe.

I don't think they'd have the popularity to headline without this album being massive, but yeah it looks like it's on its way to being pretty huge so I guess it's plausible for them to headline.

Fair enough on the prodigy.

With the Chili's an album is on the way, but I think they're taking a break over late summer, while Flea goes of and does a few shows with Atoms For Peace? Then into the recording studio they go, but I can't see the album being out until the latter half of 2014

[Matt42]

Queens of the Stone Age will headline next year! Other two headliners will be arctics and Metallica!

[Dead throne]

slayur?

[music-fan4]

Metallica

Queens of the Stone Age

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Bring Me the Horizon

NME

Vampire Weekend

The Enemy

Arctic Monkeys

The Vaccines

Bloc Party

Maccabees

NME

Hot Chip

Frank Ocean

Jay Z

Dizzee Rascal

Weezer

The Hives

NME

You me at six

Bombay Bicycle Club

After playing 3rd bbc (sadly) will either keep the same position or headline nme, not sub nme,

Arctic Monkeys

The Vaccines

Bloc Party

Maccabees

Looks likely and very nice...

[sjseabass]

I think 4th down is too low for the Maccabees now, they'd easily play third.

Friday

Main Stage: Queens of the Stone Age // The Prodigy // Bloc Party // Jake Bugg

Radio 1 / NME Stage: Crystal Castles // SBTRKT

Saturday

Main Stage: Arctic Monkeys // The Vaccines // The Maccabees // Bastille

Radio 1 / NME Stage: Enter Shikari // All Time Low

Sunday

Main Stage: Metallica // Slipknot // You Me At Six // The Gaslight Anthem

Radio 1 / NME Stage: Noah and the Whale // Of Monsters And Men

[Frankly Mr Shankly]

The Prodigy are much more likely to headline than QOTSA, not to mention it would be a fucking snooze fest if QOTSA followed them.

[the wonderwhy]

The Prodigy are much more likely to headline than QOTSA, not to mention it would be a fucking snooze fest if QOTSA followed them.

Not if they play the role of the festival whore next year

[Frankly Mr Shankly]

Not if they play the role of the festival whore next year

True. But I still don't think they'd book Prodigy to sub QOTSA anyway. In 09 they made the Arctic Monkeys look boring & they're more over as a headliner than QOTSA will ever be with the average R&L goer...

[sjseabass]

Not if they play the role of the festival whore next year

Yeah, this was my thinking. Queens of the Stone Age UK festival exclusive off the back of a new album, possible weakness cancelled out by being subbed by Prodigy who will probably do Glasto / T / somewhere else (Wireless? Isle of Wight?) and hence not headline R&L.

[thewayiam]

I think 4th down is too low for the Maccabees now, they'd easily play third.

Friday

Main Stage: Queens of the Stone Age // The Prodigy // Bloc Party // Jake Bugg

Radio 1 / NME Stage: Crystal Castles // SBTRKT

Saturday

Main Stage: Arctic Monkeys // The Vaccines // The Maccabees // Bastille

Radio 1 / NME Stage: Enter Shikari // All Time Low

Sunday

Main Stage: Metallica // Slipknot // You Me At Six // The Gaslight Anthem

Radio 1 / NME Stage: Noah and the Whale // Of Monsters And Men

You have much more chance of both sub and head on Friday being subs on separate days. I think Crystal Castles and Enter Shikari are great shouts for NME header, Shikari could get moved up to 3rd but I see NME. When it happened to Bloc Party with their 3rd, to sub then sub again, they were far and wide more popular, plus it was unexpected them back for that 2nd sub two years running, ES being back next year won't surprise anyone. I also think YMA6 will be a NME header.

The Prodigy are much more likely to headline than QOTSA, not to mention it would be a fucking snooze fest if QOTSA followed them.

Not if they play the role of the festival whore next year

They may well play that role bu they aren't appearing on a UK Festival bill in a lower spot that QOTSA. I was wrong about Biffy heading Reading this year, but I'm sure as anything I'll ever be on this.

[Frankly Mr Shankly]

Arctic Monkeys

QOTSA

The Maccabees

Gaslight Anthem

NME:

OFWGKTA

The Bloody Beetroots

The Prodigy

30STM

Placebo

Franz Ferdinand

NME:

The National

Noah & the Whale

The Stone Roses

The Vaccines

Friendly Fires

The Specials

NME:

Enter Shikari

Kendrick Lamar

Edit: Just realised that's 3 British headliners... I doubt it will be the Stone Roses, but I couldn't think of anyone to replace them without using Metallica or Blur. (Who it won't be either)

Edited March 25, 2013 by Frankly Mr Shankly

[dentalplan]

They may well play that role bu they aren't appearing on a UK Festival bill in a lower spot that QOTSA. I was wrong about Biffy heading Reading this year, but I'm sure as anything I'll ever be on this.

Why are you so sure though? They are currently of sub headline status and have a huge album out this summer. They could easily do arena tours in the winter. Looks a fair enough shout even without the heavy bias I hold on the matter. Edited March 25, 2013 by dentalplan

[sjseabass]

You have much more chance of both sub and head on Friday being subs on separate days. I think Crystal Castles and Enter Shikari are great shouts for NME header, Shikari could get moved up to 3rd but I see NME. When it happened to Bloc Party with their 3rd, to sub then sub again, they were far and wide more popular, plus it was unexpected them back for that 2nd sub two years running, ES being back next year won't surprise anyone. I also think YMA6 will be a NME header.

They may well play that role bu they aren't appearing on a UK Festival bill in a lower spot that QOTSA. I was wrong about Biffy heading Reading this year, but I'm sure as anything I'll ever be on this.

Yeah, but someone will be pushed up, probably. Opted for QOTSA, could easily be Paramore instead.

Enter Shikari seem to be on a quest to play every single slot between 6th down Main and 3rd down on Main, with one year subbing NME in between. NME headliner is the next logical slot, especially with (probably) a new album out / on the way next year, quite a lot of material now too. Then 3rd Main 2015.

Think You Me At Six might be too big for NME headliner by next year if anything. On my lineup there was only opposite Metallica left for that slot anyway, and that wouldn't happen.

My lineup needs some more curveballs really...it's quite repeat heavy, almost all bands on it have played one or more of 2011/12/13. Not that that necessarily makes it unlikely .

[Frankly Mr Shankly]

Why are you so sure though? They are currently of sub headline status and have a huge album out this summer. They could easily do arena tours in the winter. Looks a fair enough shout even without the heavy bias I hold on the matter.

Because the Prodigy are already an established headliner, they've headlined Reading before, sold out the MK bowl, headlined Download & are now headlining Creamfields... where as QOTSA is all based on guess work. I see them as the sort of band that will forever be stuck in the sub position. Especially when you consider SOAD & NIN are both equal if not bigger draws, it'll have to be one fell of a massive album to lift them to headliners.

That's my take on it anyway & I rarely agree with Gaz.

Edited March 25, 2013 by Frankly Mr Shankly

[dentalplan]

Because the Prodigy are already an established headliner, they've headlined Reading before, sold out the MK bowl, headlined Download & are now headlining Creamfields... where as QOTSA is all based on guess work. I see them as the sort of band that will forever be stuck in the sub position. Especially when you consider SOAD & NIN are both equal if not bigger draws, it'll have to be one fell of a massive album to lift them to headliners.

That's my take on it anyway.

That's fair enough. I wasn't focusing on Prodigy anyway, it's unlikely Prodigy will affect who headlines. I'd give the same thoughts to SOAD and NIN if they had new output, definite potential for a bump up. Just, when we're predicting a line up in 17 months, I think the few sub-sized bands that have new stuff lined up, haven't played too recently and haven't dropped off the Earth are perhaps all plausible. Edited March 25, 2013 by dentalplan

[Dead throne]

Friday:

Artic Monkeys

Enter Shikari

Saturday:

The Prodigy

Someone no one suspects

Sunday:

Metallica

?

[thewayiam]

Why are you so sure though? They are currently of sub headline status and have a huge album out this summer. They could easily do arena tours in the winter. Looks a fair enough shout even without the heavy bias I hold on the matter.

With one arena tour under their belt it will still not make them a cert to do it. There is certainly no link in the whole playing the same spot as Biffy did last year. Biffy are far and wide a bigger act than QOTSA.

Yeah, but someone will be pushed up, probably. Opted for QOTSA, could easily be Paramore instead.

Enter Shikari seem to be on a quest to play every single slot between 6th down Main and 3rd down on Main, with one year subbing NME in between. NME headliner is the next logical slot, especially with (probably) a new album out / on the way next year, quite a lot of material now too. Then 3rd Main 2015.

Think You Me At Six might be too big for NME headliner by next year if anything. On my lineup there was only opposite Metallica left for that slot anyway, and that wouldn't happen.

My lineup needs some more curveballs really...it's quite repeat heavy, almost all bands on it have played one or more of 2011/12/13. Not that that necessarily makes it unlikely .

Paramore are a much more likelier choice, I refrained from better, as IMO, they are a much better as well, but that comes with only liking 3 songs from QOTSA.

YMA6 could be push up the main I guess, but ES playing NME sub, 5th main, 4th man and then 4th main again makes no sense.

Because the Prodigy are already an established headliner, they've headlined Reading before, sold out the MK bowl, headlined Download & are now headlining Creamfields... where as QOTSA is all based on guess work. I see them as the sort of band that will forever be stuck in the sub position. Especially when you consider SOAD & NIN are both equal if not bigger draws, it'll have to be one fell of a massive album to lift them to headliners.

That's my take on it anyway & I rarely agree with Gaz.

They have as far as I'm aware headlined Creamfields before and GG, but that's not even the point, except for that those festivals are below the capacity of R&L.

With them, it's very much a case I think of T & V, or R&L, IOW, Glasto and RockNess (note IOW and RockNess being the only main stage headline positions)

What you need to look at as well i think is, yes they sold out MK Bowl, albeit with a strong undercard but still, could they have sold that out again? As that is what they would be put on the R&L bill at the top to do. And, MK Bowl own show, Download own show, Creamfields own show, the next isn't going to be an own show, and with them covering many Euro fests this year, the UK has them at finger tips!

QOTSA also need to be able to do this, and bill a lineups that is effectively smaller than them going down, it could make a very weak day.

Edited March 25, 2013 by thewayiam

[sjseabass]

Because the Prodigy are already an established headliner, they've headlined Reading before, sold out the MK bowl, headlined Download & are now headlining Creamfields... where as QOTSA is all based on guess work. I see them as the sort of band that will forever be stuck in the sub position. Especially when you consider SOAD & NIN are both equal if not bigger draws, it'll have to be one fell of a massive album to lift them to headliners.

That's my take on it anyway & I rarely agree with Gaz.

Wasn't all of that true in 2009, when they also subbed? Obviously they hadn't headlined Download or done MK Bowl at that point, but you can swap in headlining Isle of Wight for that.