2017 festival

[Andre91]

18 minutes ago, Will-2609 said:

 

Yeah Andre I had no fucking clue who your Architects post was about until I got to like the 5th reply to it and someone mentioned them by name. Was very baffled.

Yeah it was my bad! It was a post I had previously made in the Architects tour thread on the DL Forums, and didn't realise I hadn't added who I was talking about until it was too late to edit  

[Gozpot]

I do think based of their tours we can safely assume YMAS will not be headlining or co-headlining unless the album blows up.

[VCK]

alt-J and Royal Blood would be quite an odd pairing.

Although one has no bassist, whereas the other has only a bassist and no guitarists.

For what it's worth I don't think there'll be a co-headline thing next year.

[thewayiam]

44 minutes ago, VCK said:

alt-J and Royal Blood would be quite an odd pairing.

Although one has no bassist, whereas the other has only a bassist and no guitarists.

For what it's worth I don't think there'll be a co-headline thing next year.

RB aren't co-headlining, Alt-J might do.

[FloorFiller]

8 minutes ago, thewayiam said:

RB aren't co-headlining, Alt-J might do.

with who though? i might be put off the idea of one of the co-headliners being Royal Blood if only somebody could give a better/more likely option

[dentalplan]

Someone that has played a night at the O2 Arena but not two nights, else they're too big to coheadline. After all, that's what people want from a headliner; a history of playing the O2.

[Gozpot]

Alt-J and The Prodigy would leave me pretty happy

[Andre91]

Can you imagine The Prodigy into Alt-J? It'd be like Arctics '09, except Arctics were more exciting than Alt-J, even then. 

Edited November 20, 2016 by Andre91

[FloorFiller]

28 minutes ago, dentalplan said:

Someone that has played a night at the O2 Arena but not two nights, else they're too big to coheadline. After all, that's what people want from a headliner; a history of playing the O2.

Bastille are too big to co-headline - who knew?

[dentalplan]

1 minute ago, FloorFiller said:

Bastille are too big to co-headline - who knew?

Were there any seats left on the first night? Selling seats is what makes or breaks a band.

[Andre91]

With the announcement coming within the next few weeks, I wonder if Kasabian will be the first announced headliner? Would make things more interesting if they weren't. 

I'm going for Paramore and Kasabian at the moment. Unsure of the last. 

[devilman]

22 hours ago, thewayiam said:

I always found Billy Talent a bit flat at Download but very good at Leeds.

They were w*nk in 2012 but absolutely smashed it this year. One of the bands of the weekend. 

[BeddingatReading]

Surely the Weeknd must be in with a shot. I mentioned him last year but with the new album out and the UK tour he's probably even more likely this year. 

[Alex DeLarge]

5 minutes ago, BeddingatReading said:

Surely the Weeknd must be in with a shot. I mentioned him last year but with the new album out and the UK tour he's probably even more likely this year. 

I always have issues thinking about how big The Weeknd is, he'd definitely headline somewhere like Wireless, but I think he's too big to sub R+L and too poppy to headline.

[Gozpot]

I think The Weeknd could still sub, considering Kendrick subbed in 2015 and Macklemore in 2014, i'd say both were a similar size, with Kendrick arguably being maybe a little bit bigger.

[Odessa]

Bastille potentially subheadlining is a scary thought. I'd say they're bigger than Disclosure though so could easily happen.

[foolee]

6 hours ago, Odessa said:

Bastille potentially subheadlining is a scary thought. I'd say they're bigger than Disclosure though so could easily happen.

They're probably big enough to co-headline to be fair. 

[thewayiam]

9 hours ago, Gozpot said:

I think The Weeknd could still sub, considering Kendrick subbed in 2015 and Macklemore in 2014, i'd say both were a similar size, with Kendrick arguably being maybe a little bit bigger.

You think Macklemore and Kendrick are as big as The Weeknd?

[thewayiam]

12 hours ago, FloorFiller said:

with who though? i might be put off the idea of one of the co-headliners being Royal Blood if only somebody could give a better/more likely option

There doesn't have to be two co-headliners again. I think the shout of Paramore is a good one but fully expect Kasabian to be the 1st one. 

I haven't got a huge idea but Kasabian, Paramore and The Roses would not surprise me. RB, Bastille/Catfish and Major Lazer as subs. 

Edited November 21, 2016 by thewayiam

[Pop Punk Sucks]

14 hours ago, Gozpot said:

I do think based of their tours we can safely assume YMAS will not be headlining or co-headlining unless the album blows up.

Did anyone really think they'd headline or co headline anyway? They certainly never had a hope of headlining outright 

[Muppetmark]

Imagine dragons did 2 nights at the 02 and subbed. Imagine dragons /foals coheadline would have been stronger than disclosure. 

[dentalplan]

1 hour ago, Muppetmark said:

Imagine dragons did 2 nights at the 02 and subbed. Imagine dragons /foals coheadline would have been stronger than disclosure. 

It wouldn't - not at all. Disclosure are a much more established act here and that's why they do big slots at all fests, rather than Imagine and the lads just doing R+L slots. And this is all testament to why you can't just go 100% off venue sizes.

[Odessa]

5 hours ago, foolee said:

They're probably big enough to co-headline to be fair. 

I agree, I just mean in an ideal world Bastille would be booked by the likes of V and ignored by R&L. 

[Gozpot]

6 hours ago, Pop Punk Sucks said:

Did anyone really think they'd headline or co headline anyway? They certainly never had a hope of headlining outright 

Quite a few people were suggesting them as co-headliners in here and on the suggestion thread, not as much recently however.

[JSmurphy]

6 hours ago, dentalplan said:

And this is all testament to why you can't just go 100% off venue sizes.

Perfectly timed post... The Kooks just announced an Alexandra Palace date.