Green Man Festival 2015

[timeforheroes]

She's playing to 400 in Manchester and that hasn't sold out either, those sort of numbers are pretty big without an album out.

As it stands, it's a very small artist to bother with an exclusive for - I'm guessing they've banked on the record doing well and she may end up 3rd from top on the main stage? Not inconceivable given last year that was Augustines, Sharon Van Etten and Bill Callahan.

Of course, we can also argue the merit of the assumption I made that 3rd down on the main stage is 'high profile'.

More generally, why seek exclusivity for someone to play at 2pm in a tent?

Edit: typos.

Edited February 6, 2015 by timeforheroes

[dirty_dog]

Laura marling or Beck would be great or maybe Seasick Steve.

apart from the headliners what else is everyone liking on the lineup so far?

[Amy Lawn]

Laura marling or Beck would be great or maybe Seasick Steve.

apart from the headliners what else is everyone liking on the lineup so far?

OWEN PALLETT!

90% of my reasons for purchasing a ticket is him.

[Chawk]

apart from the headliners what else is everyone liking on the lineup so far?

Songhoy Blues are a fantastic band from Mali

Hookworms

(Although that song is slow for them, this is more typical

)

Richard Dawson, intense alternate folk from Newcastle-

[dirty_dog]

Hookworms sound great and as a big Fan of Arcade Fire I'm intrigued about Owen Pallett.

Am I right in thinking we have approx a third of the lineup announced already?

[Amy Lawn]

Hookworms sound great and as a big Fan of Arcade Fire I'm intrigued about Owen Pallett.

Am I right in thinking we have approx a third of the lineup announced already?

You're right to be intrigued, he's an intriguing man.

I think you must be right that this is only about a third of the line-up, due to the sheer number of acts that have caught my eye, I assumed we'd had more than half. If this is only third of the acts I'll be seeing across the weekend, I'm in for a very busy festival.

[Chawk]

Yeah there were about 90 acts on the three main music stages last year so it's about a 1/3 of those.

There's lots more though on the other stages too. Like the Chai Wallahs tent/bar that has it's own independent line up of 30+ musicians that should announced around May/June!

Edited February 8, 2015 by Chawk

[lazyred]

How is Green Man compared to Beautiful Days? We've been to BD for the last few years and really enjoy it but the Green Man lineup so far is tempting. How are the audience and general feel of Green Man?

[Amy Lawn]

Decided to re-familiarize myself with Mew today, made that decision about 10am, and I've done fuck all since that point apart from sit here and listen to them, while playing Ocharina Of Time, perusing the internet and supping the occasional brew. What a fantastic booking.

[cdm22]

Mew are awesome thats why! Frengers is in my top 5 albums. I have tickets to see them again at the Roundhouse in May but am very happy they announced doing Green Man too.

[dirty_dog]

Can't seem to get into Mew,I reckon GOAT will be good live though

[kaosmark2]

I couldn't get into Mew until I saw them live. After that it all clicked and I've loved them since.

[cdm22]

Can't seem to get into Mew,I reckon GOAT will be good live though

Saw GOAT at Latitude last year and got a bit bored after the initial novelty wore off, others seem to like them though so what do I know?

[Amy Lawn]

I saw Goat at Latitude and had a tremendous time. It's true they're not for everybody, but you should be able to tell from their records whether you'll be into the live or not. Even if they're not for you for the who duration, everybody seemed to have a pretty exciting time for the first 20 minutes or so, it felt really intense when it first got going.

[timeforheroes]

I'm going to give Mew a go now. I've never knowingly listened to them, though imagine I came across odd tunes on M2 (or MTV2 as it became) at some point.

I saw Goat at Psych Fest and Bonnaroo last year, both times excellent. Agree with other posters, worth playing a record beforehand.

[Amy Lawn]

Father John Misty's album I Love You, Honeybear is streaming on SubPop's YouTube page. If's fucking awesome

I've listen to some Courtney Barnett as well and she sounds great. They've really knocked it out of the park with this line-up, clashes are going to be utter hell.

[Chawk]

How is Green Man compared to Beautiful Days? We've been to BD for the last few years and really enjoy it but the Green Man lineup so far is tempting. How are the audience and general feel of Green Man?

I've not been to Beautiful Days, but Green Man is relaxed and very family friendly during the day with polite crowds and lots of activities; but then has a good night-life too with great DJs and a 24hour license. It's just a great all round festival.

Efestivals did an extensive review of it last year and called it ' practically perfect in every way'

http://www.efestivals.co.uk/festivals/greenman/2014/review-overview.shtml

[dirty_dog]

I'm taking my 12 & 17 year old kids with me, is there much for them to do other than the music lineup ?

[5co77ie]

yeah loads - there's a whole area of the festival with workshops and activities for kids

[dirty_dog]

Father John Misty's album I Love You, Honeybear is streaming on SubPop's YouTube page. If's fucking awesome

I've listen to some Courtney Barnett as well and she sounds great. They've really knocked it out of the park with this line-up, clashes are going to be utter hell.

just listening to Father John's album and its pretty good, I quite like Courtney Barnetts latest song but her voice is a bit shouty so can't really tolerate any of her other work.

[dirty_dog]

Sylvan Esso's Album is pretty good, should sound even better live

[timeforheroes]

If the pattern of announcements is the same as last year, there should be one next week.

Doubtful it'll include the third headliner, but there should be stuff of interest.

[eFestivals]

Presumably Courtney Barnett will be a high profile slot because it's a UK exclusive.

is it? Really?

[timeforheroes]

is it? Really?

http://www.efestivals.co.uk/news/15/150203c.shtml

It's what it says here...?

[eFestivals]

http://www.efestivals.co.uk/news/15/150203c.shtml

It's what it says here...?

there's what a festival claims, and then there's what a performer actually does.