Sales?

[jump]

Call me Mr state the bleeding obivous..... but despite being a great set of headliners.... they all played headline slots last year, 2 of them at the same festival. All my mates who love the Foos saw them at MK bowl... me and My Missus saw the Cure at Bestival and anybody who loves Kasabian has ample chance to see them last year.

That must be a factor in sales?

[Justiceforcedave]

....*sigh* Yeah I saw the Foos and The Cure and I'm going again....

Must have an effect though.

[Justiceforcedave]

Download, Sonisphere, V, T and Isle of Wight all have something new to offer though.

[jump]

Download, Sonisphere, V, T and Isle of Wight all have something new to offer though.

[LondonTom]

Download, Sonisphere, V, T and Isle of Wight all have something new to offer though.

[Adster]

40, and I'll turn 41 during the festival.

To be honest we're only going to Leeds because there is no Glasto this year. I last went to Leeds in 2000 and woke on the Monday morning to find myself surrounded by armaggedon and nothing I've heard since indicates its changed much.

I'm happy with the lineup, while the atmosphere at Glasto is unique, I have missed the heavier nature of the music at Leeds. I suspect I'm in a minority of Glasto goers who would choose R/L as an alternative

[dirtymookie]

I'm quite happy now, at 36 i thought i was the oldest person on here..

Edited March 14, 2012 by dirtymookie

[Justiceforcedave]

T offering something new? ....T and V are the most most repetitive of the lot really. (T for instance, Snow Patrol co-headlined with blur in 09, back again and Kasabian headlined in 2010. Ridiculous state of affairs there if you look at the rest of the lineup SHM, Chase & Status both back since last year). And Stone Roses, while new from the last few years, I am loathe to call it something new and genuinely exciting. Its hardly Arcade Fire making their first headline appearance..

[5co77ie]

Call me Mr state the bleeding obivous..... but despite being a great set of headliners.... they all played headline slots last year, 2 of them at the same festival. All my mates who love the Foos saw them at MK bowl... me and My Missus saw the Cure at Bestival and anybody who loves Kasabian has ample chance to see them last year.

That must be a factor in sales?

[Justiceforcedave]

I was at both those shows - still off to Reading this year (43) happy to say I've only seen about 3 main stage acts per year over the last 4 years - it's the other stages I'm more interested in.

[LondonTom]

...I was talking about in relation to last year and even beyond that my point still stands.

Snow Patrol, The Stone Roses, Pearl Jam, Black Sabbath, Queen, Kiss, Faith No More, Springsteen, Tom Petty didn't hit any festivals last year (some of them for looong time before that)

Kasabian, Foos and The Cure all did Festies last year so in regards to recent festivals, yes, some thing new!

Edited March 14, 2012 by LondonTom

[Gingo]

Reading/Leeds, TITP and V are all very mediocre this year wouldn't say any are bad (if thats the music that suits you for each one) other than being totally uninspiring and quite repetitive

Download while being quite repetitive have also got a lot of fresh acts as well as pulling out the big guns

IOW has a very similar feel as the first 3 apart from having 3 very unique headliners

Sonisphere have done best overall in terms of the lineup being relatively fresh but that is evened out by it being relatively poor quality imo

[2rare2die]

40, and I'll turn 41 during the festival.

To be honest we're only going to Leeds because there is no Glasto this year. I last went to Leeds in 2000 and woke on the Monday morning to find myself surrounded by armaggedon and nothing I've heard since indicates its changed much.

I'm happy with the lineup, while the atmosphere at Glasto is unique, I have missed the heavier nature of the music at Leeds. I suspect I'm in a minority of Glasto goers who would choose R/L as an alternative

Edited March 15, 2012 by 2rare2die

[SpecialAgentKit]

I'd say it's changed a fair bit since 2000 (my first Leeds. Still remember, vividly, waking up Monday night to a 10ft high wall of flames where the toilets used to be). If you camp on one of the sites a bit further out (purple/green) there is virtually no trouble at all on the last night.

[mrtourette]

Has Reading ever been like this? my mates stayed Sunday night last year, and apparently there was nothing like that at all.

[jump]

^Also some people think as there was a lot of oldies last year unlike the previous times may have been a reason why there was less campsite trouble than normal.

[Adster]

I'd say it's changed a fair bit since 2000 (my first Leeds. Still remember, vividly, waking up Monday night to a 10ft high wall of flames where the toilets used to be). If you camp on one of the sites a bit further out (purple/green) there is virtually no trouble at all on the last night.

[RichieParf]

I think a few more years of the fires being banned on Sunday etc. will do enough to drive the rioting out of memory and out of fashion, and then they can hopefully quietly reintroduce fires without all the bollocks.

[ar1]

I think a few more years of the fires being banned on Sunday etc. will do enough to drive the rioting out of memory and out of fashion, and then they can hopefully quietly reintroduce fires without all the bollocks.

[lharris92]

bumping this as it is relevant to sales:

Reading Sunday tickets are all sold out - just checked all the ticket sites and none left - reading fest twitter & faceybee mentioned it so i had a gander to check

Edited March 21, 2012 by lharris92

[muffinman]

Not surprised ,bar far the best day of the weekend IMO.

[TYLER_4]

Foo Fighters were always going to sell the day tickets, id be suprised if the other days get sold out anytime soon.

[Babyquack]

I'd say Friday will be the next to sell out (if it sells out) but Saturday won't.

[thetime]

I'd say Friday will be the next to sell out (if it sells out) but Saturday won't.

[rug568]

I think Saturday might sell out before Friday (Reading.) ATDI will be a huge draw, exclusive to UK festivals and all that.