Lineup 2015

[the wonderwhy]

So will all the Yellowmores

[FloorFiller]

Bullet For My Valentine have announced that their new album is out this year and they'll be touring the UK and worldwide this year... Potential Metallica sub? This will be their fifth album so far and radio 1 seem to always hype them up when they release something new. Plus if FOB don't sub, I couldn't really see a problem with them subbing

their stock has fallen significantly over the last years so they definitely wouldn't get such a high slot if they were booked

[DGrant261]

Bullet For My Valentine have announced that their new album is out this year and they'll be touring the UK and worldwide this year... Potential Metallica sub? This will be their fifth album so far and radio 1 seem to always hype them up when they release something new. Plus if FOB don't sub, I couldn't really see a problem with them subbing

Not big enough to sub (Their profile hasn't increased enough since they last played), can't see them playing this year but if they do I think they'll keep the slot they had back in 2012.

Libertines subbed by Kendrick Lamar

Metallica subbed by Frank Turner

Mumford subbed by Alt-J

is what I'll go for

Agree on the headliners, personally don't think Alt-J will do R&L this year. I think Kendrick and Frank will both play but can't see either subbing just yet though. 3rd below Metallica is my guess for Frank and 4th for Kendrick.

Also, how does the possibility of Drenge headlining one night this years rock stage/lock up (Or whatever it's going to be called) sound? Possibly as that stages alternative to Metallica

Edited January 21, 2015 by DGrant261

[Gucci Piggy]

Libs - Vaccines

Metallica - Kendrick Lamar

Mumford - Alt-J

Mebbe?

Edit: Thinking is that of there's no one suitable to sub Metallica it's more likely to be something different (a dance/hip hop act) than an indie band.

Edited January 21, 2015 by Will-2609

[JamieD123]

I'm not sure Kendrick is big enough to sub. He's absolutely brilliant and SHOULD be bigger, but he really hasn't broken the mainstream over here yet. If this was a festival in the US I could see it, but he's nowhere near the size Macklemore was last year yet. 4th down at most, the way I see it.

[DomDom1984]

I think Imagine Dragons are a sub this time out, due to Billy Corgan moaning about behind a band with one big song.

[Andre91]

That comment wasn't necessarily about R&L though, was it?

[DomDom1984]

Maybe not, but I think it fits.

[Andre91]

Could have been about Fall Out Boy? I'm convinced that they're subbing and they didn't really have any big mainstream hits until My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark. I know Sugar, We're Going Down and Thnks Fr Th Mmrs got played a lot, but not in the way that their comeback song did. Meh, just a hunch.

[DomDom1984]

So more than one song then?

[dentalplan]

Reminds me of something funny I saw the other day...

[Mezhyp1]

Libertines subbed by Kendrick Lamar

Metallica subbed by Frank Turner

Mumford subbed by Alt-J

is what I'll go for

Surely there is no way Frank Turner is big enough to sub, I'm sure there's was a convo in this thread a few pages back about his decline in popularity

I could imagine The Libertines/The Vaccines being pretty nailed on

[DomDom1984]

Frank Turner is bigger than Kendrick Lamar at least. Not sure he's big enough to sub, but I could see his name there and accept it.

[justanothername]

Frank Turner hasn't declined in popularity, he even played a few arenas last year and by time him and Kendrick Lamar bring new albums out they could both sub the festival

[JamieD123]

Frank Turner hasn't declined in popularity, he even played a few arenas last year and by time him and Kendrick Lamar bring new albums out they could both sub the festival

I want Kendrick to play just to watch about 20,000 people drinking during Swimming Pools in unison.

[thetime]

Frank Turner hasn't declined in popularity, he even played a few arenas last year

Bullet played arena shows on the last tour, people on here say they have significantly declined in popularity.

[TheSilence]

Unrelated but what do you all think of the Primavera lineup. Nothing there really that gets me going thankfully.

(Insert kaos quip about tent w*nking)

[Gucci Piggy]

Bullet played arena shows on the last tour, people on here say they have significantly declined in popularity.

Yeah but weren't Bullet already playing arenas before that, to bigger crowds (genuine question; I don't know)?

Not saying Frank Turner's bigger, but on his arena tour he definitively sold more tickets than he previously had.

[kaosmark2]

Frank Turner, for some reason, seems to have a bunch of hardcore fans who absolutely adore him and see him half a dozen times on each tour. The degree to which most music fans seem to care about him appears to have declined though. Arena tour or no arena tour, he's not a sub.

[Gucci Piggy]

I think Imagine Dragons are a sub this time out, due to Billy Corgan moaning about behind a band with one big song.

They'd have probably been on the Metallica day and Kendrick Lamar probably only has one song in Billy Corgan's eyes

Could be anyone, though. He may only know one song by The Vaccines/Alt-J/TDCC. And also the fact he was probably exaggerating.

[kaosmark2]

Unrelated but what do you all think of the Primavera lineup. Nothing there really that gets me going thankfully.

(Insert kaos quip about tent w*nking)

Less exciting headliners but amazing undercard.

No point bringing it up when you already have

[the wonderwhy]

Arena tour or no arena tour, he's not a sub.

I think he's getting there.

[kaosmark2]

I think he's getting there.

Maybe I'm getting confused between festivals. R+L are the ones where they book credible acts as subs, not overexposed pop shite right?

[lightning1000]

Bullet played arena shows on the last tour, people on here say they have significantly declined in popularity.

Bullet played to 2/3 empty arenas on their last tour....

[justanothername]

Yeah but weren't Bullet already playing arenas before that, to bigger crowds (genuine question; I don't know)?

Not saying Frank Turner's bigger, but on his arena tour he definitively sold more tickets than he previously had.

Yeah they had already played a few arenas before and my friend went to see them in 2013 they had barely sold any seating and you could still get tickets for standing close to the date and it even had some strong supports.

Frank Turner, for some reason, seems to have a bunch of hardcore fans who absolutely adore him and see him half a dozen times on each tour. The degree to which most music fans seem to care about him appears to have declined though. Arena tour or no arena tour, he's not a sub.

So all the Frank Turner fans will buy day tickets for both sites then

It is funny with Frank Turner, I think he could sub but then again he could play 3rd easily as it all depends as the new album that is coming out. All I know is that he'll play