2012 vs 2002

[kaosmark2]

I pretty sure RHCP wasn't an universally praised booking although the majority were very happy with them being announced. I remember a few arguments on here that RHCP were going to be awful and other people saying they were going to be brilliant which started over some people saying Arcade Fire are going to out do RHCP. I also remember my mate ranting they were going to be shit from when he saw them play at Hyde Park the year before.

[alex28]

The Cure vs. The Strokes

Paramore vs. Pulp

Bombay Bicycle Club vs. Jane's Addiction

You Me At Six vs. Weezer

Crystal Castles vs. The White Stripes

Angels And Airwaves vs. The Dandy Warhols

Coheed And Cambria vs. Mercury Rev

Cancer Bats vs. The Soundtrack Of Our Lives

Deaf Havana vs. The Moldy Peaches

Kasabian vs. Foo Fighters

Florence And The Machine vs. Muse

The Vaccines vs. Ash

Enter Shikari vs. Sum 41

The Shins vs. The Hives

OFWGKTA vs. A

Mystery Jets vs. Less Than Jake

Blood Red Shoes vs. Vex Red

Foo Fighters vs. The Prodigy

The Black Keys vs. The Offspring

Kaiser Chiefs vs. Slipknot

Bullet For My Valentine vs. Incubus

All Time Low vs. NOFX

The Gaslight Anthem vs. Puddle Of Mudd

Eagles Of Death Metal vs. Hundred Reasons

Band Of Skulls vs. Amen

Pulled Apart By Horses vs. Raging Speedhorn

2002 looked awesome!

[Jackmypie]

Has the line-up improved or downgraded itself over the course of ten years? I can see a bit of a massacre here...

The Cure vs. The Strokes love them both!

Paramore vs. Pulp

Bombay Bicycle Club vs. Jane's Addiction

You Me At Six vs. Weezer

Crystal Castles vs. The White Stripes

Angels And Airwaves vs. The Dandy Warhols

Coheed And Cambria vs. Mercury Rev

Cancer Bats vs. The Soundtrack Of Our Lives

Deaf Havana vs. The Moldy Peaches

Kasabian vs. Foo Fighters

Florence And The Machine vs. Muse

The Vaccines vs. Ash

Enter Shikari vs. Sum 41

The Shins vs. The Hives

OFWGKTA vs. A

Mystery Jets vs. Less Than Jake

Blood Red Shoes vs. Vex Red

Foo Fighters vs. The Prodigy Love em both!

The Black Keys vs. The Offspring

Kaiser Chiefs vs. Slipknot

Bullet For My Valentine vs. Incubus

All Time Low vs. NOFX

The Gaslight Anthem vs. Puddle Of Mudd

Eagles Of Death Metal vs. Hundred Reasons

Band Of Skulls vs. Amen

Pulled Apart By Horses vs. Raging Speedhorn

[Avens]

The Cure vs. The Strokes

Paramore vs. Pulp

Bombay Bicycle Club vs. Jane's Addiction

You Me At Six vs. Weezer

Crystal Castles vs. The White Stripes

Angels And Airwaves vs. The Dandy Warhols

Coheed And Cambria vs. Mercury Rev

Cancer Bats vs. The Soundtrack Of Our Lives

Deaf Havana vs. The Moldy Peaches

Kasabian vs. Foo Fighters

Florence And The Machine vs. Muse

The Vaccines vs. Ash

Enter Shikari vs. Sum 41

The Shins vs. The Hives

OFWGKTA vs. A

Mystery Jets vs. Less Than Jake

Blood Red Shoes vs. Vex Red

Foo Fighters vs. The Prodigy

The Black Keys vs. The Offspring

Kaiser Chiefs vs. Slipknot

Bullet For My Valentine vs. Incubus

All Time Low vs. NOFX

The Gaslight Anthem vs. Puddle Of Mudd

Eagles Of Death Metal vs. Hundred Reasons

Band Of Skulls vs. Amen

Pulled Apart By Horses vs. Raging Speedhorn

2002 makes me cry.

[luckysalt]

My first Reading was 2002, it was fucking ace, campsite was full of sound people looking out for each other too, and just wanting a good time

[Mega Ross]

2002 wins hands down

[VCK]

When you think about it, 2002's headliners would have been seen as quite "weak" at the time. There was The Strokes who only had one album out and were seen as flavour of the month, Foo Fighters who were at that stage unproven as headliners and were bumped up from playing 3rd the previous time (2000) when they had done nothing of note in between, and The Prodigy who were quite an unoriginal booking as they seemed to play every festival in sight (Not everything has changed over the course of 10 years then. ) and they'd already moved down from headliners to 2nd at Reading previously, in 1998.

Another way of looking at it though, is that booking The Strokes and Foo Fighters as headliners in 2002 was quite a daring move, similar to Arcade Fire and My Chemical Romance in more recent years.

[Barneeesy]

The Cure vs. The Strokes

Paramore vs. Pulp

Bombay Bicycle Club vs. Jane's Addiction

You Me At Six vs. Weezer

Crystal Castles vs. The White Stripes

Angels And Airwaves vs. The Dandy Warhols

Coheed And Cambria vs. Mercury Rev

Cancer Bats vs. The Soundtrack Of Our Lives

Deaf Havana vs. The Moldy Peaches

Kasabian vs. Foo Fighters

Florence And The Machine vs. Muse

The Vaccines vs. Ash

Enter Shikari vs. Sum 41

The Shins vs. The Hives

OFWGKTA vs. A

Mystery Jets vs. Less Than Jake

Blood Red Shoes vs. Vex Red

Foo Fighters vs. The Prodigy

The Black Keys vs. The Offspring

Kaiser Chiefs vs. Slipknot

Bullet For My Valentine vs. Incubus

All Time Low vs. NOFX

The Gaslight Anthem vs. Puddle Of Mudd

Eagles Of Death Metal vs. Hundred Reasons

Band Of Skulls vs. Amen

Pulled Apart By Horses vs. Raging Speedhorn

[thetime]

When you think about it, 2002's headliners would have been seen as quite "weak" at the time. There was The Strokes who only had one album out and were seen as flavour of the month, Foo Fighters who were at that stage unproven as headliners and were bumped up from playing 3rd the previous time (2000) when they had done nothing of note in between, and The Prodigy who were quite an unoriginal booking as they seemed to play every festival in sight (Not everything has changed over the course of 10 years then. ) and they'd already moved down from headliners to 2nd at Reading previously, in 1998.

Another way of looking at it though, is that booking The Strokes and Foo Fighters as headliners in 2002 was quite a daring move, similar to Arcade Fire and My Chemical Romance in more recent years.

[GuitarManDan15]

The Cure vs. The Strokes

Paramore vs. Pulp

Bombay Bicycle Club vs. Jane's Addiction

You Me At Six vs. Weezer

Crystal Castles vs. The White Stripes

Angels And Airwaves vs. The Dandy Warhols

Coheed And Cambria vs. Mercury Rev

Cancer Bats vs. The Soundtrack Of Our Lives

Deaf Havana vs. The Moldy Peaches

5-4

2002 Pulp, Weezer, The White stripes, dandy warhols

2012 the cure, BBC, Coheed, cancer bats, deaf havana

Kasabian vs. Foo Fighters

Florence And The Machine vs. Muse

The Vaccines vs. Ash

Enter Shikari vs. Sum 41

The Shins vs. The Hives

OFWGKTA vs. A

Mystery Jets vs. Less Than Jake

Blood Red Shoes vs. Vex Red

3-3

2002 Muse, Ash, Sum 41

2012 Kasabian, OFWGKTA, Blood red shows

Can't choose between the shins and the hives or mystery jets and less than jake

Foo Fighters vs. The Prodigy

The Black Keys vs. The Offspring

Kaiser Chiefs vs. Slipknot

Bullet For My Valentine vs. Incubus

All Time Low vs. NOFX

The Gaslight Anthem vs. Puddle Of Mudd

Eagles Of Death Metal vs. Hundred Reasons

Band Of Skulls vs. Amen

Pulled Apart By Horses vs. Raging Speedhorn

7-1

2012 Foo Fighters, The Black Keys, BFMV, Gaslight Anthem, EODM, Band of Skulls, Pulled Apart by Horses

2002 Nofx

Cant choose between kaisers and slipknot

15 - 8 to 2012 with 3 draws

[minga160183]

The Strokes

Pulp

Jane's Addiction

Weezer

The White Stripes

The Dandy Warhols

Cancer Bats

1-6

Foo Fighters

Muse

Ash

Enter Shikari

The Hives

A

Less Than Jake

Vex Red

1-7

The Prodigy

The Offspring

Slipknot

Incubus

NOFX

Puddle Of Mudd

Hundred Reasons

Amen

Pulled Apart By Horses

1-8

Edited April 7, 2012 by minga160183

[Hawky]

16-9 to 12 :S

[the wonderwhy]

The Cure vs. The Strokes

Paramore vs. Pulp

Bombay Bicycle Club vs. Jane's Addiction

You Me At Six vs. Weezer

Crystal Castles vs. The White Stripes

Angels And Airwaves vs. The Dandy Warhols

Coheed And Cambria vs. Mercury Rev

Cancer Bats vs. The Soundtrack Of Our Lives

Deaf Havana vs. The Moldy Peaches

Kasabian vs. Foo Fighters

Florence And The Machine vs. Muse

The Vaccines vs. Ash

Enter Shikari vs. Sum 41

The Shins vs. The Hives

OFWGKTA vs. A

Mystery Jets vs. Less Than Jake

Blood Red Shoes vs. Vex Red

Foo Fighters vs. The Prodigy

The Black Keys vs. The Offspring

Kaiser Chiefs vs. Slipknot

Bullet For My Valentine vs. Incubus

All Time Low vs. NOFX

The Gaslight Anthem vs. Puddle Of Mudd

Eagles Of Death Metal vs. Hundred Reasons

Band Of Skulls vs. Amen

Pulled Apart By Horses vs. Raging Speedhorn

17-4 2012

[Cgl]

The Cure vs. The Strokes

Paramore vs. Pulp

Bombay Bicycle Club vs. Jane's Addiction

You Me At Six vs. Weezer

Crystal Castles vs. The White Stripes

Angels And Airwaves vs. The Dandy Warhols

Coheed And Cambria vs. Mercury Rev

Cancer Bats vs. The Soundtrack Of Our Lives

Deaf Havana vs. The Moldy Peaches

Kasabian vs. Foo Fighters

Florence And The Machine vs. Muse

The Vaccines vs. Ash

Enter Shikari vs. Sum 41

The Shins vs. The Hives

OFWGKTA vs. A

Mystery Jets vs. Less Than Jake

Blood Red Shoes vs. Vex Red

Foo Fighters vs. The Prodigy - Could not choose between the two.

The Black Keys vs. The Offspring

Kaiser Chiefs vs. Slipknot

Bullet For My Valentine vs. Incubus

All Time Low vs. NOFX

The Gaslight Anthem vs. Puddle Of Mudd

Eagles Of Death Metal vs. Hundred Reasons

Band Of Skulls vs. Amen

Pulled Apart By Horses vs. Raging Speedhorn

13-14.

[JT436]

The Cure vs. The Strokes

Paramore vs. Pulp

Bombay Bicycle Club vs. Jane's Addiction

You Me At Six vs. Weezer

Crystal Castles vs. The White Stripes

Angels And Airwaves vs. The Dandy Warhols

Coheed And Cambria vs. Mercury Rev

Cancer Bats vs. The Soundtrack Of Our Lives

Deaf Havana vs. The Moldy Peaches

Kasabian vs. Foo Fighters

Florence And The Machine vs. Muse

The Vaccines vs. Ash

Enter Shikari vs. Sum 41

The Shins vs. The Hives

OFWGKTA vs. A

Mystery Jets vs. Less Than Jake

Blood Red Shoes vs. Vex Red

Foo Fighters vs. The Prodigy

The Black Keys vs. The Offspring

Kaiser Chiefs vs. Slipknot

Bullet For My Valentine vs. Incubus

All Time Low vs. NOFX

The Gaslight Anthem vs. Puddle Of Mudd

Eagles Of Death Metal vs. Hundred Reasons

Band Of Skulls vs. Amen

Pulled Apart By Horses vs. Raging Speedhorn

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