What surprised you the most from this years lineup.

[Andy0808 v3.0]

What surprised me the most is just how out the loop I must be considering twitter was going mental for that lineup.

Jake Bugg subbing for me in all seriousness though, someone make him swallow razor blades please.

Edited March 12, 2014 by Andy0808 v3.0

[Asdaprice]

What surprised me the most is just how out the loop I must be considering twitter was going mental for that lineup.

Jake Bugg subbing for me in all seriousness though, someone make him swallow razor blades please.

[footix2]

Courteeners peaked for me about 3 years ago.

Like I said it might just be the general state of alternative rock, cos I'm struggling to come up with an alternative suggestion. Either acts aren't touring (FATM, NGHFB, Kasabian) or they are not established yet

All the "indie" stuff of previous years is being washed away by endless amounts carbon-copy singer-songwriters in the charts and I think R&L has had most of the nostalgia acts worth headlining (bar perhaps Suede).

It'll all be saved by the Festival Republic stage anyway... maybe.

[Tobieski]

Saw the Courteeners supporting The Stone Roses last year and I fucking hated it.

And Suede would absolutely not headline R+L

Edited March 12, 2014 by Tobieski

[mrtourette]

Courteeners peaked for me about 3 years ago.

Like I said it might just be the general state of alternative rock, cos I'm struggling to come up with an alternative suggestion. Either acts aren't touring (FATM, NGHFB, Kasabian) or they are not established yet

All the "indie" stuff of previous years is being washed away by endless amounts carbon-copy singer-songwriters in the charts and I think R&L has had most of the nostalgia acts worth headlining (bar perhaps Suede).

It'll all be saved by the Festival Republic stage anyway... maybe.

Edited March 12, 2014 by mrtourette

[jump]

Courteeners peaked for me about 3 years ago.

Like I said it might just be the general state of alternative rock, cos I'm struggling to come up with an alternative suggestion. Either acts aren't touring (FATM, NGHFB, Kasabian) or they are not established yet

All the "indie" stuff of previous years is being washed away by endless amounts carbon-copy singer-songwriters in the charts and I think R&L has had most of the nostalgia acts worth headlining (bar perhaps Suede).

It'll all be saved by the Festival Republic stage anyway... maybe.

[footix2]

You have a point... they are probably too big. FATM maybe, Kasabian not a chance, Main Stage stuff right there.

[dentalplan]

What surprised me the most is just how out the loop I must be considering twitter was going mental for that lineup.

[kaosmark2]

I keep hearing different things about this. Swinging from "people are generally loving this line up" to "this could be a financial disaster for FR"...

[justanothername]

You have a point... they are probably too big. FATM maybe, Kasabian not a chance, Main Stage stuff right there.

[klipper]

Macklemore definitely.

The horror of Jake Bugg subbing was always a possibility, still a surprise though.

[Asdaprice]

Anyone thinking it'll be a financial disaster is just talking bollocks based on their personal preference. My question is whether it's a good long-term sustainable plan for the festival, as by recycling acts quickly and getting flavours of the month with little established back catalogue or working their way up the lineup they'll alienate the idea of regulars. I guess we'll see though.

[mentalmat]

Even tho the examples weren't great I think footix makes a good point, there isn't that many contenders around. BBC and the courteeners aren't the most current bands maybe, but both are good bands and surely that's the main thing

[rafflesia]

Where is all of the above?

[thelionsmouth]

The promotions i'm happy with are drenge and temples who played low down FR last year, now low on NME. Fair enough.

the 1975 have gone from 7th down on the FR to subbing nme, seemingly due to the release of an album, still kind of justifiable, i suppose, at a push.

imagine dragons from 4th on nme to 3rd on main is ridiculous considering their success is based on one song and they have not grown massively, if at all, in the gap between reading 2013 and now.

[Com Truise]

the 1975 have gone from 7th down on the FR to subbing nme, seemingly due to the release of an album, still kind of justifiable, i suppose, at a push.

[dentalplan]

Well a lot of people had them as NME sub and the like until everyone started barking about Brixton.

[Com Truise]

Well a lot of people had them as NME sub and the like until everyone started barking about Brixton.

[Asdaprice]

They said they had a 'prestigious slot' as well, and they're third IOW aren't they? I was definitely expecting them to play third/headline NME, although Disclosure/The 1975/Metronomy/Clean Bandit is quite a strong top 4 (even if it isn't popular here )

[thelionsmouth]

by the time of the festival though, The 1975 could have played low to mid NME, we were all expecting them to be higher than NME sub as well

[justanothername]

I hate The 1975 but I'm not mad with them on the line up as they are a spot they actually deserve, meanwhile with Jake Bugg, Imagine Dragons and Macklemore they are playing stupid slots but like with the 1975 I wouldn't have mind if they played slots they deserve (JB 3rd Main, ID 4th Main and Macklemore headline NME).

However, if The 1975 bring out a new album next year I'm scared that Melvin will book them to sub

[thelionsmouth]

At least the 1975 are better than Azealia Banks, i suppose.

[mentalmat]

I hate The 1975 but I'm not mad with them on the line up as they are a spot they actually deserve, meanwhile with Jake Bugg, Imagine Dragons and Macklemore they are playing stupid slots but like with the 1975 I wouldn't have mind if they played slots they deserve (JB 3rd Main, ID 4th Main and Macklemore headline NME).

However, if The 1975 bring out a new album next year I'm scared that Melvin will book them to sub

[dentalplan]

So the slots are only slightly different to what you expected then!

Edited March 13, 2014 by dentalplan

[justanothername]

So the slots are only slightly different to what you expected then!