Hyde Park 2013

[Frankly Mr Shankly]

Well it certainly won't be Leonard Cohen, he's in Rome on the 7th.

I'll take a wack at it being Neil Young (he's around Europe & free on that date) subbed by Van Morrison

Edited May 22, 2013 by Frankly Mr Shankly

[Muppetmark]

Well it certainly won't be Leonard Cohen, he's in Rome on the 7th.

I'll take a wack at it being Neil Young (he's around Europe & free on that date) subbed by Van Morrison

[Frankly Mr Shankly]

That would be great, though perhaps itll be a younger headliner?

[Muppetmark]

Perhaps, I have a feeling that AEG made some sort of promise/deal to appeal more to the millionaire toffs who were constantly moaning about the noise & hassle the LiveNation hyde park gigs used to cause though.

Edited May 22, 2013 by Muppetmark

[douknowme9]

Well it certainly won't be Leonard Cohen, he's in Rome on the 7th.

I'll take a wack at it being Neil Young (he's around Europe & free on that date) subbed by Van Morrison

[Frankly Mr Shankly]

i guess but finding 6 high quality ones every year is going to be tough, surely one or two younger ones a year would be a good compromise?

Edited May 22, 2013 by Frankly Mr Shankly

[Muppetmark]

I think acts like The Killers, KOL, Mumdord & Sons, Coldplay etc would be fine. I just wouldn't expect them to book Kanye, Rihanna, Prodigy, Eminem Deadmau5, Drake etc again. Perhaps I'm wrong though.

[atomised]

Family event confirmed for the 7th featuring among others the beach boys, the Saturdays, jls and the gruffalo

[Shootenanny!]

Are The Beach Boys seriously playing below JLS at this gig? Thats one of the most ridiculous bookings I've ever heard...

[Frankly Mr Shankly]

Haha people were expecting Prince, David Bowie, Stevie Wonder, Neil Young etc

What do they get? JLS subbed by a half arsed incarnation of the "Beach Boys". Anyone else get the feeling AEG may have bitten off a little more than they can chew with these 6 dates?

[atomised]

Certainly looks that way. Perhaps the stones and bon jovi ate up the budget and they've been left trying to fill far too many slots with a distinct lack of talent available. I can see the last couple of shows announced struggling to sell

[GuitarManDan15]

I think next year the should just stick to 3 solid days.

Next year it'll be unlikely they could book an act that would sell two dates at hyde park out such as the stones

This 'family day' will be a disaster so thats down to 4 dates.

I think lionel richie will struggle to sell out hyde park and bon jovi ticket sales seem to be struggling.

Would be a much better idea to secure 3 solid headliners

[Shootenanny!]

If I lived anywhere near London I would go for The Beach Boys then leave before JLS. Its hard to see what they're really aiming that day at. I know its called a family day but the mix of bands is just insane.

The Elton John day looks pretty good in terms of having three massive legendary acts but none of the other days seem that impressive overall.

[Frankly Mr Shankly]

Well the Stones will be using Hyde Park as their pay day in order to warrant playing Glastonbury, so they'll want a huge cut of the £££$$$. Meaning I doubt AEG will be making that much profit from those two dates alone. Plus next year it's doubtful they'll have an act this big to rely on filling up two dates.

Bon Jovi play everywhere all over the UK pretty much year after year, they played Hyde Park in 2011. Although they always seem to shift enough (not all) tickets, they can't rely on them every year. The under card is also a little strange.

Elton is helped by the fact he has a fairly strong under card (Ray Davies, Elvis Costello) & doesn't usually do festival/open air gigs.

But as for the other two dates, what the hell. I mean J-LO & Lionel was a strange enough pairing, but The Beach Boys & JLS is ridiculous. I can't see those two dates selling very well what so ever. It's a total miss-mash of styles/fan bases that I just don't think will work for anybody.

I wouldn't be surprised to see AEG scaling back next year to a 3 day event or at least changing the demographic. So sticking with the BST on the first weekend targeting the older generation & then a more modern/pop/ line up the following weekend. Similar to how Live Nation used to run HRC & Wireless in Hyde Park.

Edited May 23, 2013 by Frankly Mr Shankly

[Shootenanny!]

Think you've called all of those correctly. Three gigs with genuinely impressive line ups on back-to-back days might also tempt people from around the country to come and stay for a couple of nights rather than having the gigs spread out like this year.

[wbarenno]

Will the stones have their own tounge stage or will it just be a basic stage set up considering its a festival

[Pulpfan]

Just seeing that the Horrors are headlining some tent at Hyde Park on the 13th July. Really like them but suppose that means they are on the same time as the Stones?

[mrtourette]

Just seeing that the Horrors are headlining some tent at Hyde Park on the 13th July. Really like them but suppose that means they are on the same time as the Stones?

[Muppetmark]

big shitstorm on fb about when tickets are being delivered. they said a month before, then 2 weeks before now 5-7 days before.... terrible organisation

[Pulpfan]

I don't mind as long as I get mine before 12th July which is when I fly over. No post in N.Ireland either on 12th as its a public holiday.

[fadeinout]

Sadly missing out on Glasto this year but have got tickets to the Rolling Stones at Hyde Park the week after.

Do you think the set list will differ wildly from Glasto?

Will they play for longer or about the same?

Can we expect more of a stage show than Glasto which can be restrictive even for headliners?

[wbarenno]

Any stage times knocking about for the stones?i know the curfews 10.30 thats about it

[stu150]

Is anyone else still waiting on Stones tickets?

My Ticketmaster says "Tickets not yet dispatched" which is a bit of a worry as the gig is on Saturday.

[Muppetmark]

Is anyone else still waiting on Stones tickets?

My Ticketmaster says "Tickets not yet dispatched" which is a bit of a worry as the gig is on Saturday.

[stu150]

I've not had an e-mail or anything. They are saying they will still be sent but they are waiting on more tickets from the promoter allegedly.

What i dont understand is the fact that they have sent out tickets for the following week and the tickets are identical, surely they would send out all the ones for the first date first?