Mumford and Sons Will Headline R/L 2013

[mrtourette]

Mumford & Sons and Mumford & Sons co-headlining, playing 90 mins each and swapping round at Reading and Leeds.

[thesecretingredientiscrime]

Hang on, so Mumford & Sons isn't two bands? I always thought they were two acts that always played together, like Florence And The Machine.

[rug568]

Mumford & Daft Punk co-headlining the Friday main stage

Biffy & Bloc co-headlining the Saturday main stage

Sabbath & Tool co-headlining the Sunday main stage

[brettredmayne]

Personally I think Daft Punk are far more likely for the Dance Stage.

[Joe-]

Personally I think Daft Punk are far more likely for the Dance Stage.

[mrtourette]

I think that was sarcasm.

[jump]

Hang on, so Mumford & Sons isn't two bands? I always thought they were two acts that always played together, like Florence And The Machine.

[rug568]

Fucking hell guys!

[kev1664]

Love a bit of Mis-interpreted sarcasm me.

[cheeseisamazing]

Something that always bug me about their name is the frontman is called Mumford but the rest of the band aren't his sons or even related to him!?!?

[jump]

Your thinking all wrong jump, Mark Mumford is actually God and we are all his sons.

Its all in the bible... somewhere.

[the wonderwhy]

Sarcasm or not, I'd risk my life to see Daft Punk...

[cheeseisamazing]

Looks like i'm wrong...

fuck

i won't declare it till the fat lady sings but hey at least there a headliner band (in Scotland)

[mrtourette]

I think that was accepted anyway, they were a headliner last year (Rockness).

[cheeseisamazing]

Yes technically you're right, however i don't think it coutns the same

i know rockness is a good festival and all but i think its slightly down a peg in terms of size.

i Can't find the figures but take for a fact

ticket price is less

Less stages

and i mean look at some of the headliners: Palo nutini, deadmou5e, the chemical brothers, leftield I mean all great bands, but you woudln't see them headlining V, Glasto, T or reading or reading (downloand isn't included obviouly)

Also some of the 'support headliners, take last year: Noah and the whale, Annie Mac, friendly fires.

now compare to reading 2012... Paramore, Florence and the machine, The Black Keys

i don't wanna insult the festival, its meant to be awesome and has a nice little line up, just i don't think its in the same league, just as latitude isn't ethir...

Be warned of saying a band headlining a smaller festival is a headliner, as if this is the case Olly murs is technically a headliner (Gill fest last year :/)

[eFestivals]

If have to make a guess right now I'd say that Mumford will headline one of (new) the Hyde Park shows.

So from that, if they're going to do R/L, I reckon they'll be 'special guests' under Biffy.

Edited January 14, 2013 by eFestivals

[mrtourette]

Yes technically you're right, however i don't think it coutns the same

i know rockness is a good festival and all but i think its slightly down a peg in terms of size.

i Can't find the figures but take for a fact

ticket price is less

Less stages

and i mean look at some of the headliners: Palo nutini, deadmou5e, the chemical brothers, leftield I mean all great bands, but you woudln't see them headlining V, Glasto, T or reading or reading (downloand isn't included obviouly)

Also some of the 'support headliners, take last year: Noah and the whale, Annie Mac, friendly fires.

now compare to reading 2012... Paramore, Florence and the machine, The Black Keys

i don't wanna insult the festival, its meant to be awesome and has a nice little line up, just i don't think its in the same league, just as latitude isn't ethir...

Be warned of saying a band headlining a smaller festival is a headliner, as if this is the case Olly murs is technically a headliner (Gill fest last year :/)

[Dan R]

Didnt they say they would only accept a headline slot at IoW? Cant see them making an exception and subbing R&L, unless they get a massive ego boost by being called a 'special guest'.

[mrtourette]

Didnt they say they would only accept a headline slot at IoW? Cant see them making an exception and subbing R&L, unless they get a massive ego boost by being called a 'special guest'.

[cheeseisamazing]

Thanks for the warning but I didn't say that headliners of any smaller festival count as headliners. I was talking about Rockness.

Rockness certainly isn't the same as Guilfest, and while it's a smaller festival than the major ones it's headliners are still of that size on occasion.

The Strokes headlined Rockness the same year as they headlined IOW and a year before R&L, Kasabian headlined when they'd already headlined V and T and a year before R&L and Biffy headlined Rockness last year, so I think it's OK to assume that a Rockness headliner can be of a 'major festival headline size'.

[mrtourette]

Sorry just realized the warning sounded a bit arrogant, was ment to be more of a joke lol infact the whole post seems a little belittling now i re read it. (sorry)

it is interesting the fact they have managed to do this, i would assume they've bi-passed the england exclusivity thing and put a big chunk of their budget into headliners?

[LondonTom]

Didnt they say they would only accept a headline slot at IoW? Cant see them making an exception and subbing R&L, unless they get a massive ego boost by being called a 'special guest'.

[Cieran]

Seriously want these guys to go, saw them in December and they were fucking amazing.

Blur and M&S would be a ticket seller for me.

[Bisque]

M&S were great at Bestival, certainly converted my "they a folk pop crap" mates by their performance (& again at Glasto despite the rain)

[cheeseisamazing]

If have to make a guess right now I'd say that Mumford will headline one of (new) the Hyde Park shows.

So from that, if they're going to do R/L, I reckon they'll be 'special guests' under Biffy.