Sales?

[dirtymookie]

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

[rug568]

A bigger draw than The Cure and The Maccabees?

[dirtymookie]

Yes, considering it is their first UK date in years. The Maccabees have just finished a UK tour, The Cure are all over europe and played in the UK last year.

[Vieuphoria]

ATD-I will have a small but intense crowd. The atmosphere will be amazing, but the tent will be half full.

[Eager_Eyes]

I'm not surprised that Sunday day tickets sold out it is (in my opinion) the strongest day of the line up. Plus with Foo Fighters you have a band can sell several thousand tickets on their own.

I reckon wkend tickets will be the next to go if any more types do sell out.

[lharris92]

bumping this as it is relevant...

looks like sales are going well http://www.xfm.co.uk/news/competitions/play-xfms-access-all-april-online-quiz-and-win

if anyone doesn't want to click the link basically its a comp for tickets to reading

[evilduck]

It's access all april though. Every year they give away tickets to Reading (and numerous other festivals and gigs) regardless of whether they are sold out or not.

[lharris92]

It's access all april though. Every year they give away tickets to Reading (and numerous other festivals and gigs) regardless of whether they are sold out or not.

[thetime]

last few years i haven't noticed them giving away reading tickets. but you are most likely right as i haven't fully paid attention to it.

anyway wonder how sales are doing

[Vieuphoria]

bumping this as it is relevant...

looks like sales are going well http://www.xfm.co.uk...ne-quiz-and-win

if anyone doesn't want to click the link basically its a comp for tickets to reading

[SamSheppard]

What I love about that?

Mentions The Cure, Kasabian and Foo Fighters as headliners. And The Black Keys, Florence & The Machine, and Kaiser Chiefs as the support acts.

No mention of Paramore

[mrtourette]

last few years i haven't noticed them giving away reading tickets. but you are most likely right as i haven't fully paid attention to it.

anyway wonder how sales are doing

[JBarbour]

There is still early entry permit (wednesday) tickets available for leeds. They are normally first to sell out followed by the most commercial/strongest day then weekend tickets. None have sold out yet.

Early tickets always used to sell out or not be available this late what I can remember anyway.

Prob quite worrying for FR

[thetime]

Prob quite worrying for FR

[JBarbour]

DO you think?

I think FR are not daft anf they knew exactly what happening, festivals are on the downturn for the first time in over a decade thats all. They knew there wasnt going to be a quick sell out or even a sell out at all, why would they offer payment plan and free burger/beer if they thought it was going to sell out quickly. The only festival to do the payment plan that sells out quickly is glastonbury, so I think they knew it was going to be like this.

Me I quite like it, reminds of festivals in the late 90s when you had time to decide which festivals to go to rather than a knee jerk reaction.

[cheeseisamazing]

at the end of the day (sure its been said but what ever)

its hard to call

on one side its not a particularly strong line up, arguable better than last year but i'd say 2010 knocks it out the water for example,

it is a recession and for its target market of young people £200 is a lot of money

on the other there's no Glastonbury this year (and oxygen, dunno if it counts) and the other festivals aren't looking to good ether, if i'm correct only V festival has sold out..

i think its anyone game, personally i'm feeling a similar effect of last year were it sells out last min, people get summer jobs and pay for it with that money...

[thetime]

at the end of the day (sure its been said but what ever)

its hard to call

on one side its not a particularly strong line up, arguable better than last year but i'd say 2010 knocks it out the water for example,

it is a recession and for its target market of young people £200 is a lot of money

on the other there's no Glastonbury this year (and oxygen, dunno if it counts) and the other festivals aren't looking to good ether, if i'm correct only V festival has sold out..

i think its anyone game, personally i'm feeling a similar effect of last year were it sells out last min, people get summer jobs and pay for it with that money...

[Ashl]

Do we think the next set of announcements(whether that be tomorrow perhaps based on previous patterns or in a few weeks) will make any difference to any days selling out or will everything added be too insignificant in terms of sales to make a dent?

[thesecretingredientiscrime]

Do we think the next set of announcements(whether that be tomorrow perhaps based on previous patterns or in a few weeks) will make any difference to any days selling out or will everything added be too insignificant in terms of sales to make a dent?

[Banana Co]

I think that when Lock Up is announced that could sell a few tickets and FR headliners. I know a lot of people last year who were sold on The Bosstones announcement. Plus FR headliners could generate a few more sales especially if they can get someone like Doherty or The Horrors.

[bs8]

I think that when Lock Up is announced that could sell a few tickets and FR headliners. I know a lot of people last year who were sold on The Bosstones announcement. Plus FR headliners could generate a few more sales especially if they can get someone like Doherty or The Horrors.

[Vieuphoria]

( normally spend most of my time in the FR tent. It's a big plus for me going.

[thetime]

They've moved their line-up focus towards what they thought would sell and it's failed to do that.

[mrtourette]

I agree with thetime, surely they focus their line-up on what will sell every year? I doubt they go into a year without focusing on selling tickets, and I can't see much difference between this year and the two previous. It's still the same sort of bands.

[jump]

I think that when Lock Up is announced that could sell a few tickets and FR headliners. I know a lot of people last year who were sold on The Bosstones announcement. Plus FR headliners could generate a few more sales especially if they can get someone like Doherty or The Horrors.