Lock Up 2015

[504329lt]

Confirmed by Mike Davies on the last ever R1 Punk Show that this year was the last year of the 'Lock Up'. There will be no Lock Up in 2015. This is a real shame on both counts. Mike D gave a chance to lots of smaller bands who would never get a chance otherwise. For R1 controllers to get rid of one show in the middle of the night while giving airplay to dirge and moronic presenters is symptomatic of where popular culture is nowadays, Big Brother, X factor,.......... Anyway Mike has trained as a paramedic and I wish him well for the future. For R/L Festival, losing this stage is a great loss. Attracted decent friendly people that are into music. I suppose that the 'The Pit' will new become three days and may be curated by Daniel P Carter? If so, then all is not lost, but it will still not feel the same. I have also heard noises that the 'Lock Up' may return at another festival?

[TenInchToenaiIs]

It'll be called The Pit and be basically the same except for the name.

Hopefully

[justanothername]

It is bit of a shame really. Mike Davies was my favourite DJ

Anyway I'll see how The Pit goes before I start to make assumptions though. If it keeps booking acts like letlive, Every Time I Die and The Wonder Years I'll be happy if not I think that I would may consider going to a different festival.

Anyway, I'm not sure which festival will pick up the Lock Up (if the rumour is true) as Download and Soni could already book those acts on their regular stage. Something tells me Glasto but I don't think it will fit the festival

[dentalplan]

It's not gonna be called The Pit according to the competition which said it was a name change for this year only.

I don't see why the Lock Up would return at another festival. The festivals that would adopt it book those sort of acts for their own stages anyway.

[mrtourette]

Hopefully it's just being rebranded due to the departure of Mike Davies from public view, and it'll still have the same bands. It was the same music when it was the Concrete Jungle, it only changed to the Lock-Up when Radio One started sponsoring the stage. Even though Radio One was dropped from the name a few years back there was still the connection with Mike Davies, now he's no longer on the radio it's a chance to change the name again.

Edited August 28, 2014 by mrtourette

[dentalplan]

Did his show used to be called the Lock Up or am I imagining that?

[mrtourette]

A previous show of his did, yes.

[LondonTom]

Anyway, I'm not sure which festival will pick up the Lock Up (if the rumour is true) as Download and Soni could already book those acts on their regular stage. Something tells me Glasto but I don't think it will fit the festival

V Festival are going pick it up I reckon

[dentalplan]

A previous show of his did, yes.

I see. I was gonna mention that would work against someone 'picking up' the 'Lock Up' stage but thought I was probably mistaken. But yeah it certainly shouldn't impact the bands that are booked. In fact there may be a nicer genre distribution between the days now.

[rawaudioinput]

The bands that are popular will probably still be booked; it'll be the acts like The Flatliners, Dave Hause, Pennywise, etc. that I can see going

[mrtourette]

They havebn't booked Pennywise the last two times they've done European August festivals, I'd say they'd already gone.

[rivalschools.price]

If the stage is still going to be there with the same sort of bands on then I don't really mind what it's called.

Surely they wont close the stage altogether, it still pulls decent crowds.

[therefused]

they should call it concrete jungle again.

[Gucci Piggy]

It'll be a three-day Kerrang! or Vans stage headlined by While She Sleeps, Asking Alexandria and Black Veil Brides lol.

[Andre91]

Renaming it the Kerrang! Stage wouldn't surprise me tbh.

[Yellow_Fellow]

Would sure as fuck surprise me considering NME are already a sponsor

[Gucci Piggy]

Wrong :^)

[the wonderwhy]

Don't Kerrang have a stage at Download?

[justanothername]

Don't Kerrang have a stage at Download?

They only have the signing tent there, not an actual stage (I think)

[Gucci Piggy]

Would NME being a sponsor prevent Kerrang! becoming one? Can NME prevent that happening? Would Kerrang! give a fuck? If the answer to neither of those questions is "yes" then I don't understand why it would be surprising.

[dentalplan]

The answer to all of those questions is "yes".

[mrtourette]

It'll be a three-day Kerrang! or Vans stage headlined by While She Sleeps, Asking Alexandria and Black Veil Brides lol.

'The HartAttack Stage'.

[theshapeofpunktocome123]

so its just changed the name basically to "the pit" ? probably wont make a difference ... hopefully one of the following will headline - vandals/pennywise/lagwagaon/nofx

[2rare2die]

so its just changed the name basically to "the pit" ? probably wont make a difference ... hopefully one of the following will headline - vandals/pennywise/lagwagaon/nofx

I think you'd be lucky to get any of those tbh (maybe NoFX?) but you never know.

[jump]

so its just changed the name basically to "the pit" ? probably wont make a difference ... hopefully one of the following will headline - vandals/pennywise/lagwagaon/nofx

It's also about Mike Davies who runs the Lock Up being minimalised/cut off.