Jump to content

  • Sign Up!

    Join our friendly community of music lovers and be part of the fun 😎

Dance Tent

Guest RDCL

By Guest RDCL
in Reading & Leeds Festivals

 Share

Recommended Posts

RDCL Newbie

RDCL

Posted
Posted (edited)

anyone else think that the dance tent is really underwhelming?

in the 2 years i've been some of the best moments i've had have been from the dance tent, but looking at it this year i think its really poor.

i quite like metronomy, but this is the 3rd year they've played in a row, and they played in 2008. so its pretty uninspiring.

just gave that azelia banks a quick listen, i always see nme raving on about her, played the first song that came up on youtube, only to find out its about giving a girl oral sex. no thanks. i wouldn't mind if she played a similar slot to chiddy bang in '10, but by the looks of it she'll play quite high up. i dont understand why they'd book her there, especially as she isn't really dance music.

katy B i have no real issue with. not really my thing but i suppose she fits the bill.

comparing it to the past 2 years, where they've had acts such as magnetic man,simian mobile disco, sbtrk, rusko, nero, subfocus etc, who are all major acts in the dance industry these days, it looks so poor. I was aware that there isn't that many acts suited for r/l's dance demographic that havent played recently, but surely people like flux pavilion, knife party, 2 bears, or even miike snow would be much better bookings.

poor overall lineup imo.

Edited by RDCL
Link to comment
Share on other sites
jump Mentor

jump

Posted
Posted (edited)

anyone else think that the dance tent is really underwhelming?

in the 2 years i've been some of the best moments i've had have been from the dance tent, but looking at it this year i think its really poor.

i quite like metronomy, but this is the 3rd year they've played in a row, and they played in 2008. so its pretty uninspiring.

just gave that azelia banks a quick listen, i always see nme raving on about her, played the first song that came up on youtube, only to find out its about giving a girl oral sex. no thanks. i wouldn't mind if she played a similar slot to chiddy bang in '10, but by the looks of it she'll play quite high up. i dont understand why they'd book her there, especially as she isn't really dance music.

katy B i have no real issue with. not really my thing but i suppose she fits the bill.

comparing it to the past 2 years, where they've had acts such as magnetic man,simian mobile disco, sbtrk, rusko, nero, subfocus etc, who are all major acts in the dance industry these days, it looks so poor. I was aware that there isn't that many acts suited for r/l's dance demographic that havent played recently, but surely people like flux pavilion, knife party, 2 bears, or even miike snow would be much better bookings.

poor overall lineup imo.

Edited by jump
Link to comment
Share on other sites
  • 4 months later...
PurpleFire Newbie

PurpleFire

Posted
Posted

Saw Modestep at Global Gathering and they were totally astonishing, they packed out the biggest tent! Same size as NME if not bigger and to be quite frank they are on the wrong stage at Leeds! They could easily be on Main they were that good!

Yes Its all about opinion but Dance tent is far to small for what is a rock band playing dance music!

Link to comment
Share on other sites
jump Mentor

jump

Posted
Posted (edited)

Saw Modestep at Global Gathering and they were totally astonishing, they packed out the biggest tent! Same size as NME if not bigger and to be quite frank they are on the wrong stage at Leeds! They could easily be on Main they were that good!

Yes Its all about opinion but Dance tent is far to small for what is a rock band playing dance music!

Edited by jump
Link to comment
Share on other sites
nowyouregideon Contributor

nowyouregideon

Posted
Posted (edited)

Feed Me and The Japanese Popstars are both excellent bookings. As is Jaguar Skills. My problem with the dance stage is people Metronomy headlining, in what universe are they dance? But with Creamfields and SW4 falling on the same weekend as Reading and Leeds, it makes it next to impossible to book a whole day of big dance acts.

Not really a proper Dance Stage yet, hopefully a few proper Dance/DJ acts get booked above them.

Get The Glitch Mob and Pretty Lights FR!

Edited by mf_2005
Link to comment
Share on other sites
Bisque Apprentice

Bisque

Posted
Posted

I've seen Modestep 5+ times & they are one of my favourite live acts. I like that the lead singer isn't just an MC doing "get your fucking hands in the air" but can, in the most part, generally sing quite well. I've not seen them since January (which I can barely remember due to intoxication) , but their live show has come on a long way & often have guest singers (Newham Generals, D Double E etc). Putting them up against Enter Shikari according to clashfinder is a bit stupid as I imagine the fan base (at Reading definitely) will be very similar but this might have been deliberate. If they were up against say The Shins, the tent would be well over capacity!

Feed Me is going to be brilliant. I hope he brings his Teeth visuals but it looks like its during the day :-(

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Chavmeisterdeluxe Proficient

Chavmeisterdeluxe

Posted
Posted (edited)

I've seen Modestep 5+ times & they are one of my favourite live acts. I like that the lead singer isn't just an MC doing "get your fucking hands in the air" but can, in the most part, generally sing quite well. I've not seen them since January (which I can barely remember due to intoxication) , but their live show has come on a long way & often have guest singers (Newham Generals, D Double E etc). Putting them up against Enter Shikari according to clashfinder is a bit stupid as I imagine the fan base (at Reading definitely) will be very similar but this might have been deliberate. If they were up against say The Shins, the tent would be well over capacity!

Feed Me is going to be brilliant. I hope he brings his Teeth visuals but it looks like its during the day :-(

Edited by Chavmeisterdeluxe
Link to comment
Share on other sites
  • 6 months later...
Bisque Apprentice

Bisque

Posted
Posted

Now Creamfields is going ahead with £500,000 of drainage improvements etc...

What dance acts can we realistically expect for R&L?

What genres will be represented?

With Sub Focus already booked as headliner, I really can't see anyone bigger than the likes of DJ Fresh Live, Magnetic Man, Katy B play & can't place any other genre of dance music other than D&B/dubstep at the festival. Maybe Maya Jane Coles or Julio Bashmore (not clued up too well here).

Skrillex?

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Unfortunately, your content contains terms that we do not allow. Please edit your content to remove the highlighted words below.
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

Loading...
×
 Share
Go to topic listing

  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.
×
×
  • Create New...