2017 festival

[dentalplan]

6 minutes ago, Odessa said:

Not the same thing at all. That song is huge and everyone already knows it so it wasn't played to promote it, it was played to entertain people.

He could have done something like Wonderwall that the crowd would have wanted, but instead he chose to get something out of the performance for himself and get his new song heard by the whole country. I dunno, just left a bit of a sour taste for me.

He did two Oasis songs tho. If he just rocked up and played one song, and that song was Wall of Glass, he'd absolutely deserve flak. But he did three songs and one of those was the only solo song to his name - I think anyone would do the same. Besides, it's in the top 20 in the midweeks so it's proving a pretty popular song.

[thewayiam]

2 minutes ago, Mattymooz said:

OK SJLT is not a good song in any way. Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall would have been perfect as a replacement for it at the charity gig.

However, I agree it's not quite the same thing as LG, and Wonderwall would have been great. In the same time though, I can 100% see why Liam wanted to turn up and do his own stuff, rather than turning up just to be effectively an Oasis tribute. It was a tricky situation as he could either look like a shill or look like he's not done anything since Oasis.

End of the day he performed 3 songs and only one was his own so that's fair enough.

[Odessa]

Maybe I'm being a bit harsh but that was my reaction to it anyway. Atmosphere there looked great for Rock N Roll Star and then was killed absolutely dead. Just didn't seem in the spirit of things. It was easily the best performance of the three songs, mind. Chris Martin's vocals ruined Live Forever.

[Andre91]

I'm now really looking forward to Champagne Supernova with a beer in hand and the (hopefully) warm sun going down. 

[thelemon]

While I doubt anyone there wanted to hear Wall Of Glass, you can't really blame him for playing his own song. Why shouldn't he play his own material? Everyone else did.

[Gucci Piggy]

13 hours ago, Andre91 said:

I'm now really looking forward to Champagne Supernova with a beer in hand and the (hopefully) warm sun going down. 

He hasn't played it at any gig so far.

[thewayiam]

15 hours ago, Odessa said:

Maybe I'm being a bit harsh but that was my reaction to it anyway. Atmosphere there looked great for Rock N Roll Star and then was killed absolutely dead. Just didn't seem in the spirit of things. It was easily the best performance of the three songs, mind. Chris Martin's vocals ruined Live Forever.

Chris didn't kill it anywhere near as much as Liam kiled RNR Star

8 hours ago, thelemon said:

While I doubt anyone there wanted to hear Wall Of Glass, you can't really blame him for playing his own song. Why shouldn't he play his own material? Everyone else did.

Yup, considering the trip he made back let him have his moment at least.

[Andre91]

2 hours ago, Will-2609 said:

He hasn't played it at any gig so far.

Balls. 

[pepesilvia]

Well shit, that's a bit random. Excited for Neck Deep and Father. 

Edited June 7, 2017 by pepesilvia

[jakecase]

1 minute ago, pepesilvia said:

Well shit, that's a bit random

Sigrid will be a good watch

[Andre91]

Are Neck Deep the Lock Up headliner?

*EDIT* 

YES, THEY ARE! Bloody excellent. 

Edited June 7, 2017 by Andre91

[pepesilvia]

6 minutes ago, Andre91 said:

Are Neck Deep the Lock Up headliner?

*EDIT* 

YES, THEY ARE! Bloody excellent. 

This is a brilliant booking, they will absolutely destroy that tent. 

[Mattymooz]

New lineup poster is on the Neck Deep tweet

[jakecase]

Pins added to main stage for Sunday. 

[JSmurphy]

Friday & Saturday's FR lineups are so good. Lock-Up is now looking pretty sweet too.

[JSmurphy]

Muse to get a long set? The last time there were just 8 bands on Main was 2013 when System had 75 minutes and Green Day had two and a half hours. 

[Andre91]

I'm guessing it's a combination of Muse getting a long set and so Liam can have a slightly longer than usual sub slot.

[jonnyisRFC]

Where is frank turner gonna slot in? 

[the wonderwhy]

Get Inuit on the Dance stage. Okay then

[thewayiam]

I'm happy about that as any thought I might have gained to attend the Muse day is now gone.

[Mattymooz]

Also the secret set will probably be on the Sunday main stage then too

[FloorFiller]

How shit that Sunday main stage looks still gets me every time. I know Liam G seems like a bigger deal now than he did before his comeback, but the rest is pathetic (Architects aside, although I fear their placement is result in a poor crowd).

[BillyH88]

Reading newbie here - how far away is the Festival Republic stage from the Main Stage? Would seeing Liam (Main), then Ash (Festival Republic), then Muse (Main) work on the Sunday?

[Mattymooz]

Just now, BillyH88 said:

Reading newbie here - how far away is the Festival Republic stage from the Main Stage? Would seeing Liam (Main), then Ash (Festival Republic), then Muse (Main) work on the Sunday?

The FR stage is right next to the main stage, so you'll probably be fine. The timing would be the only sticking point (if MUSE have an extra long set it may clash with Ash quite a lot)

[Yellow_Fellow]

Father, holy shit. Sick.