Lineup 2016

[oneoftherest]

Headliners next year then? Who's everyone got?

Foo Fighters

Kasabian

FOALS or Kanye West (LOL)

[Bisque]

FOALS or Kanye West (LOL)

Not really very funny.

[oneoftherest]

It wasn't meant to be funny

[Andre91]

Foals

Florence and The Machine

Black Sabbath

[TomViolence]

Foals

Florence and The Machine

Black Sabbath

Very plausible

[Matt42]

Black Sabbath will be at download or no festival at all really, I can't see them playing a festival they've never done for the first time on their final tour. They'l stick to what they know.

[thewayiam]

I think it's correct but has anyone seen what number Foals single Mountain At The Gates is entering at? Bieber is number 1 from what I can see.

[thewayiam]

Black Sabbath will be at download or no festival at all really, I can't see them playing a festival they've never done for the first time on their final tour. They'l stick to what they know.

To be honest, I'm unsure why people would speculate R&L for them. As you say, the only possible festival that would get them is Download and if they want to do a festival here they won't have to try hard to get them either. I'd expect something similar to what someone else said about arena dates later in the year, but I'd not expect many, two Birmingham dates or something like that.

[thetime]

I'd be very surprised if Sabbath don't headline download, also will be equally surprised If the last ever gig isn't Birmingham.

[thewayiam]

I'd be very surprised if Sabbath don't headline download, also will be equally surprised If the last ever gig isn't Birmingham.

I think they are a given, and unless Iron Maiden just do arena only gigs I think they are too. It's down to the 3rd one for them.

[oneoftherest]

Prodigy could probably do download, reckon they're more likely for that than headlining r+l

[thewayiam]

Prodigy could probably do download, reckon they're more likely for that than headlining r+l

They are to be fair but they played Friday the same year as Sabbath played the Sunday in 2012 so I'd say it's unlikely. Expecting The Prodigy to pick up V end stage/Reading sub and Glastonbury Other headliner.

[VCK]

What are Kings of Leon doing next year? Yeah I know they were toilet in 2009, but they'd still be a very strong headliner choice.

[JSmurphy]

What are Kings of Leon doing next year? Yeah I know they were toilet in 2009, but they'd still be a very strong headliner choice.

 

Hopefully staying as far away from R&L as possible. 

[Yellow_Fellow]

What are Kings of Leon doing next year? Yeah I know they were toilet in 2009, but they'd still be a very strong headliner choice.

why would they be strong?

[VCK]

Hopefully staying as far away from R&L as possible. 

 

They've usually been very good when they've played in the past, just that they had a shocker in '09. Although they were still better than Arctic Monkeys that year.

 

why would they be strong?

 

Still a pretty huge name, large back catalogue, proven headliner credentials and would draw a crowd. A bit like Green Day in 2013, when people said they were a poor choice despite not being at all.

[FloorFiller]

They've usually been very good when they've played in the past, just that they had a shocker in '09. Although they were still better than Arctic Monkeys that year.

 

 

Still a pretty huge name, large back catalogue, proven headliner credentials and would draw a crowd. A bit like Green Day in 2013, when people said they were a poor choice despite not being at all.

 

KOL's stock has plummeted massively since 2009 - despite both getting to number one, neither of the past two albums have been half as successful as Only By The Night. reckon they're doomed to headline V and TITP every couple of years

[Yellow_Fellow]

Still a pretty huge name, large back catalogue, proven headliner credentials and would draw a crowd. A bit like Green Day in 2013, when people said they were a poor choice despite not being at all.

They're pretty out of touch at this point. Wouldn't resonate with the crowd at all.

[rawaudioinput]

On the last arena tour KoL did tickets were going for about half price on resale websites a good few weeks before the shows

[VCK]

Yeah, they're not as huge as they were circa 2008/09, but it's hardly as if Metallica, Blink 182, Green Day, The Cure, My Chemical Romance or The Strokes were all at the absolute peak of their powers when they've headlined in recent years either.

 

Put them alongside a massive stadium sized headliner like Muse, and a currently big rising star type headliner like Florence and they'd be a solid booking.

[TomViolence]

Yeah, they're not as huge as they were circa 2008/09, but it's hardly as if Metallica, Blink 182, Green Day, The Cure, My Chemical Romance or The Strokes were all at the absolute peak of their powers when they've headlined in recent years either.

Exactly.

Didn't they play Hyde Park again last year?

They're a truly awful band but I still think they're big enough to headline

[foolee]

Little prediction:

 

Foo Fighters

Deftones

Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls

Brand New

Slaves

Eagles of Death Metal

Fightstar

Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes

No Devotion

 

Bloc Party

 

Foals

Disclosure

Enter Shikari

Chvrches

Wolf Alice

Circa Waves

Lower Than Atlantis

The Orwells

Moose Blood

 

Twenty One Pilots

The Vaccines

 

Florence & The Machine

The 1975

Catfish & The Bottlemen

Tame Impala

Don Bronco

Taking Back Sunday

Less Than Jake

PVRIS

As It Is

 

The Chemical Brothers

[thewayiam]

Little prediction:

Foo Fighters

Deftones

Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls

Brand New

Slaves

Eagles of Death Metal

Fightstar

Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes

No Devotion

Bloc Party

Foals

Disclosure

Enter Shikari

Chvrches

Wolf Alice

Circa Waves

Lower Than Atlantis

The Orwells

Moose Blood

Twenty One Pilots

The Vaccines

Florence & The Machine

The 1975

Catfish & The Bottlemen

Tame Impala

Don Bronco

Taking Back Sunday

Less Than Jake

PVRIS

As It Is

The Chemical Brothers

Honestly, if they are going as low as Foals, just give it to The Prodigy, at least it'll be a show.

[oneoftherest]

If chemical brothers headlined second stage, I'd cry with happiness

[Andre91]

Foals

Disclosure

Catfish and The Bottlemen

Don Broco

AWOLNATION

Lower Than Atlantis

PVRIS

As It Is

Moose Blood

Years & Years

Twenty One Pilots

FKA Twigs

Florence and The Machine

The 1975

Tame Impala

CHVRCHES

Wolf Alice

Of Monsters and Men

Pulled Apart By Horses

Circa Waves

Prides

Deftones

Neck Deep

Mallory Knox

Black Sabbath

Enter Shikari

Frank Turner and The Sleeping Souls

Slaves

Of Mice & Men

Sum 41

The Wonder Years

Modern Baseball

Beartooth

The Vaccines

Editors

Kodaline

Edited September 8, 2015 by Andre91