Who is the 3rd headliner likely to be?

[Yellow_Fellow]

Doesn't say that in their statement that those are the conditions!

[Mouseboy11]

The SOAD collab is obvious....Wu Tang headline set.

[Frankly Mr Shankly]

The SOAD collab is obvious....Wu Tang headline set.

Edited February 18, 2013 by Frankly Mr Shankly

[the wonderwhy]

I think people are reading way too much into that quote.

Look at what the lack of clues does to us

Green Day would make more sense than Sabbath or Linkin Park, they'd be a far more popular announcemen on line-up day next month. They'd also be stronger than The Prodigy. The emirates gig and their tour dates suggest it won't be them though.

My money is still on Blur.

[Asdaprice]

Green day could make sense yes, but with a secret set last year and Billie joe in rehab, it kind of doesn't make sense too, right?

I'd say they make as much sense as lp do, rage doing the same 2008 show again do, and blur performing above system of a down do. Can make sense, but also don't.

Edited February 18, 2013 by Asdaprice

[the wonderwhy]

Also, if there was a risk of Green Day pulling out and SOAD getting the bump up, surely they wouldn't have announced SOAD yet?

[Chinaski_]

meh...saw Green Day last year, so have no real desire to see them again. Unless they played Knowledge..

[Chinaski_]

Then again, Eminem, Biffy, SOAD and Green Day is very 2001...

[dentalplan]

Then again, Eminem, Biffy, SOAD and Green Day is very 2001...

Edited February 18, 2013 by dentalplan

[Asdaprice]

Have to say, if it was this I'd be happy because at least reading wouldn't be recycling high up slots from a year or 2 ago. No one par biffy in those would have played for around 10 years. Yes I know green day did last year but not properly since 04

Edited February 18, 2013 by Asdaprice

[thesecretingredientiscrime]

It would be ridiculous. The festival needs to move forward, for the sake not just of itself, but all festivals, not backwards.

[PDAD]

Also, if there was a risk of Green Day pulling out and SOAD getting the bump up, surely they wouldn't have announced SOAD yet?

[Asdaprice]

It would be ridiculous. The festival needs to move forward, for the sake not just of itself, but all festivals, not backwards.

[the wonderwhy]

They announced SOAD after Green Day announced they would continue touring..if they announced SOAD in November while Billie Joe was still in rehab, i think your point would be correct...but as they announced SOAD just recently, i personally dont think that would be a problem.

[thesecretingredientiscrime]

they are all still relevant and hyped though, and they are moving forward you could argue with biffy headlining. They can't just make top act bands out of anybody? You have to work you're way up and will have inevitably played the fest before. I'm not sure what you expect

[Asdaprice]

For the fest not to have the same headliners as ten years ago. That's not much is it?

[Andy_47]

I'd be delighted with Green day. Huge fan but I'm not very hopeful seeing as logistically it would make little/no sense. The reasons have been brought up over and over. I remain pessimistic about seeing them. I'm going to the Emirates anyway, but it would be awesome to see them at my favourite festival too.

[thesecretingredientiscrime]

I don't get it, so are you saying bands who played more recently at reading should be having the higher slots? Festivals should chop and change year on year, and what I'm saying is having bands that last played 10 so years ago is variety from having repeats from sooner then that. Yes those bands have existed and played previous readings but a lot of goers wouldn't have been there in the early 2000s, so, because the bands are still relevant, I do feel its fresh yes. Your argument about moving forward, should they just give high slots to future stars all the time? Keeps it different i guess but wouldn't have the epic ness of sets of albums worth of material.

Edited February 18, 2013 by thesecretingredientiscrime

[PDAD]

Your argument about moving forward, should they just give high slots to future stars all the time?

[thegremlin_1999]

You realise system played on the same day/stage as eminem did last time he played in 2001? Mebe system are under eminem?

Not that I think it's likely...

Also I appreciate it may have been said before and discounted but couldn't be arsed to trawl the thread!

[PDAD]

You realise system played on the same day/stage as eminem did last time he played in 2001? Mebe system are under eminem?

Not that I think it's likely...

Also I appreciate it may have been said before and discounted but couldn't be arsed to trawl the thread!

[Asdaprice]

No, I'm not saying that. It's fairly obvious that constantly rebooking older acts from the festivals past not only harms R&L's development, it harms all festivals developments. Unless you book new acts, the pool of acts available for the top of festivals gets smaller and smaller. It doesn't really help r&l to book acts who played ten years

[kaosmark2]

Then again, Eminem, Biffy, SOAD and Green Day is very 2001...

[Muppetmark]

While they're taking bands from 2001, can we please have Eels, PJ Harvey, The Cult, QOTSA, Frank Black, Trail of the Dead, Bright Eyes, Mogwai, Supergrass, Kosheen and Guided by Voices?

[jonodillieono]

Fuck those bands I want jimmy floyd hasselbaink