Run the Jewels, Jewels, Jewels

[thewayiam]

1 hour ago, st dan said:

I'd be all for a JP headliner slot as think they would be great on a more confined stage and get the tent really bouncing.

Only negative would be the likely clashes that a headline slot would bring!

Friday night, but I see a 3rd down other slot possible too.

[The Placid Casual]

1 minute ago, thewayiam said:

Friday night, but I see a 3rd down other slot possible too.

 

[big__phil]

Given the choice I'd have them in a tent, at night. Obviously they were great in the late afternoon slot last time, but they'd get a bigger crowd this time, and I think the atmosphere would be better if they were to headline JP.

[Mash011]

3 hours ago, Tuna said:

RTJ live feed off of the audience energy. It would be wrong for everyone.

While that's true, they also produce energy better than just about any other double act you could think of - seriously, if there's a more energetic act in hip hop please let me know.  Check out their Coachella set from last year if you're not convinced they have it in them to carry a huge main stage, even to a casual crowd. It'd go down at least as well as Skepta last year, and even better for having more than two songs.

[the wonderwhy]

46 minutes ago, big__phil said:

Given the choice I'd have them in a tent, at night. Obviously they were great in the late afternoon slot last time, but they'd get a bigger crowd this time, and I think the atmosphere would be better if they were to headline JP.

Dunno if they'd definitely get a bigger crowd. Whilst they've obviously crown in stature they'd be up against bigger names this time and it wasn't exactly a tiny crowd a couple of years ago. 

[Gucci Piggy]

2 minutes ago, Mash011 said:

While that's true, they also produce energy better than just about any other double act you could think of - seriously, if there's a more energetic act in hip hop please let me know.  Check out their Coachella set from last year if you're not convinced they have it in them to carry a huge main stage, even to a casual crowd. It'd go down at least as well as Skepta last year, and even better for having more than two songs.

Skepta was the funnest act of the day tbh.

[dentalplan]

1 minute ago, Will-2609 said:

Skepta was the funnest act of the day tbh.

What about Muse?

edit: oh thought you said funniest.

Edited January 18, 2017 by dentalplan

[jonodillieono]

3 minutes ago, Mash011 said:

While that's true, they also produce energy better than just about any other double act you could think of - seriously, if there's a more energetic act in hip hop please let me know.  Check out their Coachella set from last year if you're not convinced they have it in them to carry a huge main stage, even to a casual crowd. It'd go down at least as well as Skepta last year, and even better for having more than two songs.

Kanye and justin vernon

[Mash011]

Just now, jonodillieono said:

Kanye and justin vernon

The ol' 'get two lines into a song and forget the words' trick never fails to get a crowd going!

[thewayiam]

3 hours ago, MattDavies__ said:

Yo, Manchester is now 7-11 y'all 

where you see this?

[ConorC]

13 minutes ago, Mash011 said:

While that's true, they also produce energy better than just about any other double act you could think of - seriously, if there's a more energetic act in hip hop please let me know.  Check out their Coachella set from last year if you're not convinced they have it in them to carry a huge main stage, even to a casual crowd. It'd go down at least as well as Skepta last year, and even better for having more than two songs.

RTJ are nowhere near Skepta's popularity in the UK.

I'd be shocked if they did the pyramid. Could any non fans actually name a single song of theirs?

[thewayiam]

1 minute ago, ConorC said:

RTJ are nowhere near Skepta's popularity in the UK.

I'd be shocked if they did the pyramid. Could any non fans actually name a single song of theirs?

Tbf, I like them and can't without looking.

[st dan]

2 minutes ago, thewayiam said:

Tbf, I like them and can't without looking.

"Close Your Eyes (And Count to Fuck)."

That is both an answer, and a piece of advice. 

[Mash011]

32 minutes ago, ConorC said:

RTJ are nowhere near Skepta's popularity in the UK.

I'd be shocked if they did the pyramid. Could any non fans actually name a single song of theirs?

While that's true, if you look at the festival slots they tend to play there's not much in it - probably since Skepta's popularity shot up considerably in the second half of last year, and it's hard to tell if he'll sustain that. Plus RTJ are the better live act by a considerable margin, and stand a much better shot at converting casuals than he did.

[ConorC]

5 minutes ago, Mash011 said:

While that's true, if you look at the festival slots they tend to play there's not much in it - probably since Skepta's popularity shot up considerably in the second half of last year, and it's hard to tell if he'll sustain that. Plus RTJ are the better live act by a considerable margin, and stand a much better shot at converting casuals than he did.

I've seen both live on multiple occasions and I dunno, Skepta is hardly low energy is he?

In terms of UK festivals Skepta has had higher slots in the last couple of years than RTJ have had as far as I know, he's pretty much plays main stage only now.

I'm of the opinion that their popularity over here hasn't gone up that much since 2015 and I think the venues they're playing for these new dates reflects that.

[the wonderwhy]

59 minutes ago, thewayiam said:

where you see this?

 

3 hours ago, MattDavies__ said:

Yeah got a notification on the Facebook event and has been changed here too 

 

[Mash011]

11 minutes ago, ConorC said:

I've seen both live on multiple occasions and I dunno, Skepta is hardly low energy is he?

In terms of UK festivals Skepta has had higher slots in the last couple of years than RTJ have had as far as I know, he's pretty much plays main stage only now.

I'm of the opinion that their popularity over here hasn't gone up that much since 2015 and I think the venues they're playing for these new dates reflects that.

Looking in more detail at their bookings last year it is a bit hard to tell because it's very inconsistent - Skepta subbed Bestival but he also played middle of the day of at Field day under James Blake, Four Tet, Deerhunter and Yeasayer. Run the Jewels on the other hand only had one date which was subbing Lovebox.

Since Lovebox and Field Day are the same venue you could probably use that to argue Run the Jewels are bigger than Skepta, which I don't think is true - more likely they were bumped up a bit due to exclusivity - but they're not a huge amount smaller, either.

[jonodillieono]

Seen Skepta and RTJ at the same WHP. RTJ headlined the night

[big__phil]

7 hours ago, jonodillieono said:

Seen Skepta and RTJ at the same WHP. RTJ headlined the night

As did I! A lot has changed from Skepta since that time though. He had his own WHP night this year.

[bethannny]

FYI I just got a presale code through from Spotify so jumped and got Roundhouse tickets. It's RTJWORLD and works through gigsandtours! 

[justanothername]

Just got my tickets for Manchester. Can't wait

Oh and here is the link if it is unique. Also reminder that the code the RTJWORLD

http://m.gigsandtours.com/tour/run-the-jewels/?pre=spotify&src=spotifypresale

Edited January 19, 2017 by justanothername

[aidenlangan95]

Got my ticket for the Roundhouse! It'll be great; saw them with a tiny crowd at Lovebox but they were so good it didn't really matter.

[TheBurns]

No presale tickets left for Dublin, has me a little worried for tomorrow!

[ConorC]

10 hours ago, jonodillieono said:

Seen Skepta and RTJ at the same WHP. RTJ headlined the night

As did I. Even that night I still think Skepta's crowd was bigger.

Got RTJ tickets for Manchester anyway, looking forward to it!

[priest17]

1 hour ago, justanothername said:

Just got my tickets for Manchester. Can't wait

Oh and here is the link if it is unique. Also reminder that the code the RTJWORLD

http://m.gigsandtours.com/tour/run-the-jewels/?pre=spotify&src=spotifypresale

Absolute MVP, cheers man