Latitude Festival 2015

[5co77ie]

and more here:

http://www.efestivals.co.uk/news/15/150430c.shtml

[pryce]

happy with Warpaint (worried about the young fathers possible clash) Badly Drawn Boy and Vessels!!

[Rose-Colored Boy]

The Boomtown Rats Happy with BDB. Saw Warpaint at Reading last year and they were dreadfully dull tho mightn't have been helped by the size of their crowd so would happily give them another chance.

[russycarps]

badly drawn boy wont be saturday presuambly. Goddammit.

[sparkythetortoise]

badly drawn boy wont be saturday presuambly. Goddammit.

He's down on their listings as Saturday, as it happens

[retromoz]

There is loads to love here!!! A Winged Victory For The Sullen will be majestic!! And Jane Weaver. AND Admiral Fallow!!!

Its all getting quite exciting!

[the wonderwhy]

Only UK festival of the summer for Warpaint

Hopefully there will be some warm up shows then.

Edited April 30, 2015 by MattDavies__

[Tuna]

Pere Ubu included there too, interesting.

Apart from Portishead and Sun Kil Moon, the Saturday isn't looking great for me. :-(

[eFestivals]

The Boomtown Rats

I saw them at a festival last year. I thought they'd be dreadfully cheesy and dull, but they were fantastic, one of the better older bands I've seen.

[jamesrfisher]

badly drawn boy wont be saturday presuambly. Goddammit.

They are.

Day splits up for all stages which is rather unusual this early.

Still some more to come, Obelisk still sparse on the Friday.

[Rose-Colored Boy]

I saw them at a festival last year. I thought they'd be dreadfully cheesy and dull, but they were fantastic, one of the better older bands I've seen.

Really?? Now that is a surprise haha, will go check them out if I'm not working then

[Amy Lawn]

Really happy to see Horace Andy will be there, not sure what this Mark Lamar thing he's involved in is, but to hear him sing live is enough to sell it to me. Omar Souleyman is a top result, as are Warpaint, Jane Weaver, TPOBPAH, Somghoy Blues and of course Admiral Fallow. I've got way more confidence in the lineup now, looking like another busy year for me.

Website lineup page has the 2 Bears closing the Sunday, that'll do very nicely, perfect finish to the festival. Some scary potential clashes, though, I really don't like the sound of a choice between Thurston Moore and Nadine Shah, that's as gigantic as first world probs get.

Edited April 30, 2015 by GETOFFAMYLAWN

[splinterbungee]

Think its a strong line up - but anything with Portishead on it looks strong to me. Here's a spotify playlist of the acts with 3-4 songs from each. There are quite a few I've never heard of so I always end up doing a spotify list and always end up seeing a few that I'd never heard of before

https://open.spotify.com/user/splinterbungee/playlist/1Q1fYGgW6PYOXDt6eZiXW7

spotify:user:splinterbungee:playlist:1Q1fYGgW6PYOXDt6eZiXW7

[Born in the fifties]

Think its a strong line up - but anything with Portishead on it looks strong to me. Here's a spotify playlist of the acts with 3-4 songs from each. There are quite a few I've never heard of so I always end up doing a spotify list and always end up seeing a few that I'd never heard of before

https://open.spotify.com/user/splinterbungee/playlist/1Q1fYGgW6PYOXDt6eZiXW7

spotify:user:splinterbungee:playlist:1Q1fYGgW6PYOXDt6eZiXW7

Thanks as always for the playlist, much appreciated.

[Filthclough]

Very drunken discussion has led me to the conclusion that the lack of bands on Friday must mean lots of surprises due to the 10th anniversary.

No evidence or logic behind this, purely wine

[Amy Lawn]

Blitzed through both of Santigold's albums today, I'd not listened to her for ages and forgotten about her a little bit. Now she's back in my sphere of consciousness, I remember how good she is, Obelisk Friday, I will be there.

[rawaudioinput]

Found this absolute gem playing the iArena on Sunday

[Amy Lawn]

Susanne Sundfor is incredible, she turned in a wonderful performance with Royksopp last year, new album is one of my favourites of the year so far. She'll definitely be a highlight.

[pryce]

liking the sound of Tor Miller

going to be some nasty clashes ...but must remember to check everything other than just music as well

[TheHuffinPuffin]

Has the Other Voices stage been dropped? Was looking forward to that?

Also Badly Drawn Boy playing Hour of the Bewilderbeast, favourite album of all time, I cannot get sick of it no matter how many times i listen to it

[Merlynov]

Line up looks very tempting.

Can someone who has been before give me a comparison to festivals in regards to taking own beer, security, camping, commercialism, festival dicks etc. I've been to Glastonbury more than any other festival and really enjoy their basic set up.

[splinterbungee]

As a comparison to others - its just like the other main corporate festivals but in a much nicer setting.

You can take booze into camping areas but not into the arena (no glass anywhere on site though)

You get frisked often when entering the arena. ALL bags get searched every morning going in. They really clamp down on booze smugglers - I've seen bags get searched in the middle of the arena before - not just by the entrances.

Not a lot of festival dicks, its a pretty chilled festival for its size regarding the audience. There's no lobbing pints of booze through bands and that kind of thing. There is a LOT of 18ish year olds that go it huge groups. They mainly camp in yellow camping which is nearest the arena. They're ok, tends to be privately educated kids away from the parents for the first time so a lot of "larking" around. Just kids having fun and getting lashed and trying Mandy for the first time

You can have small fires in camping once you've convinced security and the fire marshalls its allowed - otherwise they wouldn't be selling firewood onsite...

Its very commercialised - they have had SKY stands, a Peugeot car complete with salesmen and that kind of thing there before

Food and drink can be pricey - they normally put a price list up before the festival. Have to pay £2 for a cup deposit for beer

Getting out the car parks can be a nightmare as the stewarding of them is dreadful - except last year which I'm hoping will be repeated

Saying all that, I've been for the last 6/7 years I think. Always good bands and acts on and it is a lovely setting. Seems quite pricey to some especially for the level of some of the bands, but there is plenty to see

Hope that helps

[splinterbungee]

and with regards to the food and drink...The options last year were pretty boring - much your standard burgers pizzas that kind of thing. Before that they used to have a great Scottish stall - Argall something or other, selling really good food at good prices. We're hoping that last year they were busy with the Commonwealth Games and so will be back this year.

[Tuna]

Is that the Haggis one the far side of the Lake stage from the arena entrance? First time having Haggis, and it was a Haggis sausage roll

[Amy Lawn]

and with regards to the food and drink...The options last year were pretty boring - much your standard burgers pizzas that kind of thing. Before that they used to have a great Scottish stall - Argall something or other, selling really good food at good prices. We're hoping that last year they were busy with the Commonwealth Games and so will be back this year.

There was rumours of last year's poor food choices being down to an increase in pitch prices putting vendors off, I hope your explanation is correct. The Coyote Moon cafe was sorely missed by our group, as was the Scottish place that you mentioned, I kept going back and back in 2013, had a right laugh with the guy on the stall, he kept calling me Jimmy, I'm not Jimmy.