Who is the 3rd headliner likely to be?

[kaosmark2]

can we also have feeder, elbow, green velvet and marilyn manson?

[devilman]

Fuck those bands I want jimmy floyd hasselbaink

[thetime]

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?

[the wonderwhy]

We can have Green Velvet. We got Feeder last year and Elbow the year before. And Marilyn Manson is pants at fests.

[thetime]

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

Edited February 19, 2013 by thetime

[kev1664]

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.

[jump]

We can have Green Velvet. We got Feeder last year and Elbow the year before. And Marilyn Manson is pants at fests.

[kaosmark2]

Bar The Cure, Feeder were the best band at the fest so they're welcome back.

[Chinaski_]

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?

Edited February 19, 2013 by Chinaski_

[Chinaski_]

To be fair looking back I would sell my granny for that evening session stage, the saturday is what dreams are made of.

Oooo hefner, amazing band.

[kaosmark2]

I'd be very happy with Rancid, GBV, Eels, PJ Harvey, The Cult, Stephen Malkmus,...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead, Mogwai. Not sure Bright Eyes are still active, Oberst is doing Desaparecidos at the moment.

[Chinaski_]

How the fuck did I miss Stephen Malkmus' name?

Yeah, I didn't think they were around atm, doesn't mean I wouldn't want them!

[2rare2die]

We can have Green Velvet. We got Feeder last year and Elbow the year before. And Marilyn Manson is pants at fests.

[mrtourette]

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

[thesecretingredientiscrime]

I think that's a bit simplistic. If they only booked acts that played ten years ago then I'd agree, but there's nothing wrong with mixing old acts with new if those old acts are still popular and will still sell tickets. After all it's not as if R&L doesn't push headliners up, if they decided to dismiss these older bands and only book newer headliners who could sell enough tickets the pool would be pretty small, not financially viable and they'd end up repeating headliners as often as T and V. I'd have thought that it was better for them to have a headliner repeated from 10 years ago than a headliner playing for the third time in six years.

[seanthomason123]

Just been watching The Who on Sky Arts. Would be insane if they headlined. Did anyone ever find out what the picture on the SOAD facebook was linked to? The one that said "The Who, Biffy Clyro, System Of A Down, Buckcherry, Creed" E.g.Which festival?

[Superunknown]

U2...highly unlikely but I'd love it.

[kev1664]

U2...highly unlikely but I'd love it.

[kaosmark2]

U2...highly unlikely but I'd love it.

[the wonderwhy]

God I hate U2. Bono is such a dick.

[The Placid Casual]

So what bands do we think will help sell the weekend out? I guess Blur and Metallica could help, or obviously if he went for a ridiculous booking like The Who or AC/DC (just to clear, i don't think he's plumped for them 2)

I think it'll be Blur anyway

Edited February 20, 2013 by WessexBoy

[the wonderwhy]

Blur, Rage, Metallica and probably Green Day would shift enough tickets.

I think Prodigy and Linkin Park would result in a flop.

[LondonTom]

I was replying specifically to the scenario of Green Day being the last headliner. Of course the mix is ideal, but that wouldn't be a mix. If it was, as rumoured Eminem, SOAD, Green Day and The Prodigy taking four out of the top six, that's not what I'd call a mix, that's four of the top six spots being taken by acts who played twelve and fifteen years ago.

Edited February 20, 2013 by LondonTom

[Superunknown]

It saddens me that someone with a Soundgarden based username has such poor taste.

[Asdaprice]

I was replying specifically to the scenario of Green Day being the last headliner. Of course the mix is ideal, but that wouldn't be a mix. If it was, as rumoured Eminem, SOAD, Green Day and The Prodigy taking four out of the top six, that's not what I'd call a mix, that's four of the top six spots being taken by acts who played twelve and fifteen years ago.