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Good shout   Its fairly different from most others this year imo - although not in a good way haha

Gruff Rhys and Bill Ryder Jones in Birmngham on Tuesday.   It felt a bit of a weird gig with it all seating and I was quite near the front of a half-full venue.  Gruff's drummer great as always and BRJ had some good stage chat. I thought the second half of both sets was better. Both were decent enough but nothing amazing. I probably have Gruff fatigue though from seeing him too often.  

Where did i say you said younger people?   I know that people like Enter Shikari - plenty of younger people do too. The festival is generally people under 30 however who don't listen to rock music - not sure if you've noticed!   The Prodigy did so well because they are dancey for the most part I think (also got an arsenal of bangers / generally legends). Not sure one average song of theirs being on fifa had that much to do with it honestly.   Of course theres a booking policy. You literally described their booking policy ffs - how can you say there isn't one 😂   Seems very unlikely they go from 4 indie headliners to 0 in one year.

Nice. Signed up for the presale and rooms booked for the premier inn near the venue 👍🏼

We're still at the "who knows" phase really. I felt like Arcade Fire and Pearl Jam came out of nowhere for this year