Radio 1 Tent Announcement BBC

[evilduck]

HIVES

I had accepted in my mind that they probably wouldn't play, so this has properly made my day!

[LondonTom]

Very odd its not hit other places yet....What if zane lowe is playing prank on us all?!.....

Thinking about going for the whole weekend more and more now, its got me tempted over bestival right now!

Edited April 24, 2012 by LondonTom

[Frankly Mr Shankly]

Once again some band look out of position, which makes parts of the lineup seem strong and some of the acts near the top make it look quite weak.

[mrtourette]

It does seem unusually low, but then again I think they're a bit of an unknown quantity to most of those who'll be there.

[LondonTom]

It does seem unusually low, but then again I think they're a bit of an unknown quantity to most of those who'll be there.

[MAD HARRY 27]

I agree, if I'd have been booking it, I'd have arranged it more like:

Kasabian

The Black Keys

Kaiser Chiefs

The Vaccines

The Shins

Gaslight Anthem

Mystery Jets

Blood Red Shoes

Los Campesinos

The Cure

Florence & The Machine

Bombay Bicycle Club

Enter Shikari

Crystal Castles

Odd Future

Band Of Skulls

Cancer Bats

Pulled Apart By Horses

Foo Fighters

Paramore

Bullet For My Valentine

You Me At Six

All Time Low

Angels & Airwaves

Coheed & Cambria

Eagles of Death Metal

Deaf Havana

[mrtourette]

Yeah its strange, a few people I told was I excited by them being there didn't seem that fussed or even knew who they was!

[thetime]

Love the new announcement.

Graham coxon brilliant on his own, joy formidables and mastadon are my faves from the new announcement.

Must admit seen the hives a few times at festivals and wont see them this time, who needs all that happiness on stage.

[kev1664]

I've just seen on twitter from the official t in the park news that Mastodon have had to pull out of t due to circumstances beyond their control.

I hope they don't pull out of r&l too my highlight of the announcement.

[LondonTom]

I've just seen on twitter from the official t in the park news that Mastodon have had to pull out of t due to circumstances beyond their control.

I hope they don't pull out of r&l too my highlight of the announcement.

Edited April 24, 2012 by LondonTom

[alex28]

Fuckin' amazing news!

The Blackout

The fucking HIVES!

Mastodon

Santigold

Twin Atlantic

NME tent is awesome this year!

[kev1664]

Nah they said they had to curtail the tour by a week. (I think they was due to play Sonisphere that weekend to) so either more rehearsal time or wasn't worth them doing T anymore(they was headlining a small 4th stage, I guessing as I haven't been to reading yet but the size of the lock up.)

[mrtourette]

Yeah T and Soni were the same weekend so it made sense doing T while they were over for Soni even though they aren't really a T sort of band. Without Soni I guess coming over just for T didn't appeal too much.

[Joe-]

That's a bloody good NME.

A lot better than last year's.

[hazzamid11]

FUCK! Now i need to get a day ticket to go and see The Hives, hats off to FR, they turned a pretty average bland line up, into something pretty awesome.

[kev1664]

FUCK! Now i need to get a day ticket to go and see The Hives, hats off to FR, they turned a pretty average bland line up, into something pretty awesome.

[Andy_47]

Ecstatic now, a lot of the holes in my weekend have been filled. Mastadon, Blackout, The Hives (THE HIVES!!!) and Twin Atlantic! 4 more reasons to enjoy the weekend right there.

[hazzamid11]

To be fair most line ups have been pretty good in the past. It seems a similar sort of lineup to say 2009, where for most part the main was a little more indie they pulled off a great NME stage.

It would probably be more beneficial to announce the main and NME together, as the bookers generally manage to appease the tastes of all fans. 2008's lineup on the main was in stark contrast to 2009's.

Back to my point, I think they've done well to spread out the festival this year and I think we're seeing a general improvement in quality coming through the NME stage in general the last few years.

[sjseabass]

Been waiting for this announcement and it has not disappointed. Has pretty much made my festival after I had some big reservations about the lineup. Gaps filled beautifully (except for the middle of Saturday). Spector, The Hives (the freaking Hives! So happy ), Graham Coxon, Pure Love, Twin Atlantic, Howler, Django Django, The Joy Formidable and Mark Lanegan Band - fantastic.

[jonnomanofsteele]

Bit gutted that Metric and Lana del Rey aren't there. However, it's a cracking lineup nonetheless and even if they did appear on the FR stage they'd probably clash with someone.

[DARE]

THE MOTHERLOVING HIVES!!! I thought there was no chance!

... It won't be long! Plus Graham, plus Tribes and plus Passion Pit!

[DARE]

And Howler!

[Bobs]

Delighted with the hives, great band saw them at Wireless last year, and they were full of energy... i can't believe they're that low!

Delighted with Tribes, Mastodon, Django Django, Spector, Joy Formidable, and i'll have to listen to Graham Coxon!

[YumYum]

The tent undercard is stronger than the main stage!!! The Hives 7th down

[evilduck]

_{So I take it that everyone from the efests forums will be watching The Hives?}