Future Headliners?

[Mouseboy11]

There doing the kerrang tour this year which will be interesting.

[thetime]

They'll probably get a good reception, because the entire lineup is equally bad!

[Mouseboy11]

Bit of a tradition of myself and gig mates that we have done every kerrang and nme tour.

Should be a giggle anyway.

[thetime]

Haha really? Wouldn't be going near the Kerrang line up! NME looks decent though in my opinion.

[Mouseboy11]

Midweek gig with dodgy metal? Whats not to love? Haha.

Bit disapointed with the nme tour, its usually spot on for my tastes and at least a couple of bands I like. Will be intersting to see django django as ive not seen them before and miles kane is always a treat.

[Delicate Balance]

There definitely seems to be a lack of new Headline sized acts coming through recently. There was an explosion of new guitar bands coming through between 2003-2004, that has provided the festival with fresh headline options, since I have been going in 2006. If you look at the bands that have been bumped up to headline in the last 7 years they have all debuted in that 2 year period which I find amazing.

2006: Franz Ferdinand (debut Franz Ferdinand released 9^th February ‘04)

2007: Razorlight (debut Up All Night released 28^th June ’04)

2008: The Killers (debut Hot Fuss released 7^th June ’04)

2009: Kings of Leon (debut Youth and Young Manhood released 7^th July ’03)

2010: Arcade Fire (debut Funeral released 14^th September ’04)

2011: My Chemical Romance (major label debut Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge released 8^th June’04)

2012: Kasabian (debut Kasabian released 13^th September ’04)

Biffy Clyro debuted with Blackened Sky on 10^th March ’02 so could perhaps be included for 2013 if you slightly extend the time period.

It will be interesting to see whether we now begin to see more new headline acts like Biffy Clyro who gradually work their way up the bill. This is their 6^th appearance at the festival coinciding with their 6^th studio album, compared with the previous precedent of acts making the jump much quicker:

2006: Franz Ferdinand (3^rd appearance, 2 albums) [2 years after debut]

2007: Razorlight (4^th appearance, 2 albums) [3 years after debut]

2008: The Killers (2^nd appearance, 2 albums) [4 years after debut]

2009: Arctic Monkeys (3^rd appearance, 3 albums) [3 years after debut]

2009: Kings of Leon (3^rd appearance, 4 albums) [6 years after debut]

2010: Arcade Fire (3^rd appearance, 3 albums) [6 years after debut]

2011: My Chemical Romance (3^rd appearance, 3/4 albums) [7 years after major label debut]

2012: Kasabian (3^rd appearance, 4 albums) [8 years after debut]

I’m interested in whether people think this trend will continue and we will see more experienced bands headlining? When will the next crop of headline sized acts appear? Will the likes of Mumford & Sons, The Vaccines, The XX, Florence + the Machine, Pamore, Enter Shikari, Bullet for My Valentine & You Me at Six be the headliners of years to come as some have suggested?

[jump]

Should it really include acts like Kasabian, Kings of Leon etc as they all headlined other fests 1st otherwise you may aswell include acts like Muse & Radiohead too.

[Delicate Balance]

Should it really include acts like Kasabian, Kings of Leon etc as they all headlined other fests 1st otherwise you may aswell include acts like Muse & Radiohead too.

[Dead throne]

I would LOVE seeing enter shikari headline

[dancelittleliar]

That's actually quite an interesting list. I'd never really thought about it, but the evidence is quite striking. They are all definitely in the indie group though, but still there's a valid point.

What's the most recent headliner (by debut)? For R+L it's Arctic Monkeys, who had their debut 7 years ago. And for all festivals, Mumford's step up this year is the only one since.

Not including bands who have made the step up, like Arcade Fire, in that time frame is perhaps a little unfair but there's still a point there that Mumford and Sons are the only new headliner band of the last 7 years.

Surely something's wrong here?

Just so I'm contributing to the thread, Black Keys will surely be a headliner soon. If things go well with Alt-J I can see them becoming huge, as long as they can follow up. Probably (and hopefully) not R+L, but maybe Glastonbury in 4 years or so.

Edited January 18, 2013 by dancelittleliar

[Zzzonked]

I would LOVE seeing enter shikari headline

[kev1664]

Yeah same, think they would put on an amazing show and have definitely worked hard for where they are. I don't get why people seem to hate them so much on here

[Hart Attack]

Only if All Time Low, Black Veil Brides and ADTR sub.

Edited January 19, 2013 by Hart Attack

[Tobieski]

The Black Keys, Florence and the machine, The Vacccines, Two door cinema club, Enter Shikari, Chase and Status, Watch the throne (why not), You me at six, Paramore.

As for brand new bands, I'd love to see the likes of Palma Violets, Splashh, Swim Deep and Peace make it big, but for the time being that's nothing more thn guess work.

[Duw13]

While it's a long way off it wouldn't surprise me to see Twin Atlantic headline one day

[Gingo]

Edit : wrong thread

Edited January 19, 2013 by Gingo

[AcademicPistol]

Yeah, that would be fucking awesome. Don't forget The Pretty Reckless and Bring Me The Horizon!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0EQlIzPowM

[FloorFiller]

I respect your tastes but why do you always seem to want R&L to become just like Download?

[dip]

Tall Ships, Arcane Roots, Pure Love, Twin Atlantic

[dip]

Evarose and Pulled Apart By Horses as weeeeeell

[mrtourette]

I look forward to R&L 2020 when the three headliners are Pulled Apart By Horses, The Joy Formidable and Cage The Elephant.

[eFestivals]

I look forward to R&L 2020 when the three headliners are Pulled Apart By Horses, The Joy Formidable and Cage The Elephant.

to a much reduced crowd size of just 5,000, and the festival still bombs.

[jump]

I guess im using 2006 as a starting point because it is my festivalling year 0 so to speak. Muse and Radiohead were headline size well before 2006 so I wouldn't really consider them new headliners. Kings of Leon and Kasabian could both have headlined Reading earlier than they did but for whatevever reason other acts were booked or they played elsewhere.

The fact that the newest headliner for the last 7 years (barring Arctic Monkeys in '09) all debuted in 03-04 inevitably means that more recent examples like Kasabian will have more headlining experience than Franz Ferdinand or Razorlight did simply because they've been around longer and that is part of my point.

[mattgimmeshelter]

Can really see enter shikari headlining in lets say 5 years time?

to be honest, in 5 years time they'l probably have brand new weird bands headlining that are still playing pubs right now.

[Yellow_Fellow]

just like how 5 years ago, Eminem, Biffy Clyro and ______ were.

or Foo Fighters, The Cure and Kasabian were.

or Muse, MCR and The Strokes were.

or Blink 182, Arcade Fire and Guns N' Roses were.

That's actually pretty interesting, none of them were really.