2013/ the future of soni?

[Paul ™]

I'm pretty confident you're wrong.

[Black_Crow]

I hope so, but from bits I've picked up by speaking to others, am sure it's not going ahead.

[gazza_20]

what about Paramore, PJ and AC/DC - all 3 are contenders at least and 3 fresh headers that would sell well, sell out given soni size i reckon

[jump]

what about Paramore, PJ and AC/DC - all 3 are contenders at least and 3 fresh headers that would sell well, sell out given soni size i reckon

Edited September 27, 2012 by jump

[SOAD]

what about Paramore, PJ and AC/DC - all 3 are contenders at least and 3 fresh headers that would sell well, sell out given soni size i reckon

[gazza_20]

That may work but still sounds a bit too old a set of headliners... and AC/DC was such a fiasco at Download.. I think Soni needs to go for a younger audience next year... maybe something like:

My Chemical Romance

Linkin Park

System of a Down or just one older headliner i.e. Black Sabbath or Pearl Jam

Then get some bands like Queens of the Stone Age, Paramore, Placebo, You Me At Six, Stone Sour, Billy Talent, Jimmy Eat World, Machine Head, Enter Shikari, Lostprophets, Skindred, Glassjaw, Brand New, Megadeth, Trivium, Killswitch Engage etc. So they can have a very solid lower card and appeal to a range of people while continuing to draw in the younger headliners the headliners would bring.

[SOAD]

Maybe they could even do something like:

Friday

My Chemical Romance

Stone Sour

Brand New

Enter Shikari

NOFX

Saturday

Linkin Park

Placebo

Machine Head

Billy Talent

Feeder

Bowling For Soup

Lower Than Atlantis

You Me At Six

Jimmy Eat World

Glassjaw

The Joy Formidable

Twin Atlantic

Chiodos

Sunday

System of a Down

Queens of the Stone Age

Megadeth

Killswitch Engage

Skindred

The Used

Cancer Bats

Lostprophets or maybe even a twist like A Perfect Circle

Trivium

Death From Above 1979

The Subways

Gallows

Fair To Midland

[Justiceforcedave]

I'm pretty confident you're wrong.

[Justiceforcedave]

...Again, I'd love it to happen. Just waiting for something concrete!

[gazza_20]

Maybe they could even do something like:

Friday

My Chemical Romance

Stone Sour

Brand New

Enter Shikari

NOFX

Saturday

Linkin Park

Placebo

Machine Head

Billy Talent

Feeder

Bowling For Soup

Lower Than Atlantis

You Me At Six

Jimmy Eat World

Glassjaw

The Joy Formidable

Twin Atlantic

Chiodos

Sunday

System of a Down

Queens of the Stone Age

Megadeth

Killswitch Engage

Skindred

The Used

Cancer Bats

Lostprophets or maybe even a twist like A Perfect Circle

Trivium

Death From Above 1979

The Subways

Gallows

Fair To Midland

[gazza_20]

Anything concrete to back that up? I mean the license and opinons on web sites are all well and good but just look at the Pearl Jam/Download thing? Seemed like a done deal but it all turned out to be coincidence and accident?

I'm sorry to say I think you're a Soni fanboy and probably being very optimistic. If they can't book strong enough headliners then there is no way that it'll go ahead. It would be too much of a risk after last year. Don't get me wrong, I'd love it to happen, I really enjoyed Soni but there is absolutely nothing I've seen yet that suggests it's going ahead.

[Black_Crow]

the big thing is that IM agent co owns soni and not even them put trust in a company they own to book their band there, instead chosing a rival

Edited September 27, 2012 by Black_Crow

[jump]

That may work but still sounds a bit too old a set of headliners... and AC/DC was such a fiasco at Download.. I think Soni needs to go for a younger audience next year... maybe something like:

My Chemical Romance

Linkin Park

System of a Down or just one older headliner i.e. Black Sabbath or Pearl Jam

Then get some bands like Queens of the Stone Age, Paramore, Placebo, You Me At Six, Stone Sour, Billy Talent, Jimmy Eat World, Machine Head, Enter Shikari, Lostprophets, Skindred, Glassjaw, Brand New, Megadeth, Trivium, Killswitch Engage etc. So they can have a very solid lower card and appeal to a range of people while continuing to draw in the younger headliners the headliners would bring.

[biffoire]

This statement is so stupid it's unreal. The owner of a company doesn't trust his own company, so wants to ruin it by going against it.

[jump]

I'd have seen maiden as a pretty decent lifeline for Soni so yeah, I would say that them being booked for Download means someone (band or management) has more confidence in DL than they do in Soni.

Makes good business sense IMO.

[Justiceforcedave]

As the bands agent It's his job to do what's best for the band...not for himself. That's what he's paid for.

[the_hedge]

Pearl Jam or Rage would get me back to Soni next year.

[biffoire]

Also the Soni fans boys 2 months ago were saying as Maiden were gonna pull in the punters and resurrect them for next year.

Edited September 28, 2012 by biffoire

[kaosmark2]

I want TOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL!

[Justiceforcedave]

Pearl Jam/Rage/Tool? : )

[the_hedge]

Pearl Jam/Rage/Tool? : )

[AcademicPistol]

I'm no Tool fan but 2 out of 3 would be enough for me.

[the_hedge]

It's never too late to become one.

[AcademicPistol]

Edited September 28, 2012 by AcademicPistol

[the_hedge]

I am a massive Tool nerd so feel to completely disregard this, but being patient with listening to them once of the best music decisions i've ever made. I they are not for everyone but they are also the most immediately accessible bands in the world if you know what I mean.