Bestival 2016 Headliners?

[smogo]

9 minutes ago, weston24 said:

I assume the final headliner will be more of a novelty act rather than somebody like Kendrick?

As long as Ride are on the same time as Major Lazer (makes most sense surely?), then Hot Chip, The Cure and Ride is good for me. Along with Ghostpoet, Animal Collective, Jagwar Ma, Mo and Wolf Alice, it's a good start.

Ride are main stage Saturday, before the Cure.

[weston24]

6 minutes ago, smogo said:

Ride are main stage Saturday, before the Cure.

Ah ok thanks, at least they won't clash then.

[FloorFiller]

not enough to make me want to go again but that's shaping up to be a great lineup. definitely can't argue with The Cure being repeated. very envious of that booking

[seanz25]

Really up for seeing the Cure but apparently they don't sell day tickets? WTF.

[smogo]

1 minute ago, seanz25 said:

Really up for seeing the Cure but apparently they don't sell day tickets? WTF.

They never have sold day tickets. It's part of what makes the atmosphere so great.

[seanz25]

2 minutes ago, smogo said:

They never have sold day tickets. It's part of what makes the atmosphere so great.

Didn't know that. Gutted, only really bothered about Ride/Cure. Not enough to warrant me spending £200+ 

[smogo]

6 minutes ago, seanz25 said:

1 minute ago, seanz25 said:

Didn't know that. Gutted, only really bothered about Ride/Cure. Not enough to warrant me spending £200+ 

 

You obviously don't like them as much as my wife and her mates.  They'll all be spending £200+ just to see the Cure.

[the wonderwhy]

Ride in to The Cure on Saturday is amazing. Wolf Alice also playing main that day means I wont be moving much. 

Hot Chip on Thursday will be banging. 

[Paul ™]

The Cure were awful there the last time, not enough to temp me back again, but then I fell out with the place a few years back.. lost its way for me.

[cdm22]

40 minutes ago, smogo said:

You obviously don't like them as much as my wife and her mates.  They'll all be spending £200+ just to see the Cure.

Well thats just daft! They are doing 3 nights at Wembley for £50 a night!

(although i did the same last time they did Bestival! in my defence they didn't have any other dates planned and Bjork and PJ Harvey were playing too )

[smogo]

53 minutes ago, seanz25 said:

47 minutes ago, seanz25 said:

1 minute ago, cdm22 said:

Well thats just daft! They are doing 3 nights at Wembley for £50 a night!

 

 

 

Yeah, they're going to all those gigs too. Plus a bunch around Europe and America.

[FloorFiller]

16 minutes ago, Paul ™ said:

The Cure were awful there the last time, not enough to temp me back again, but then I fell out with the place a few years back.. lost its way for me.

yeah i was really excited to return last year after not going for a couple of years but thought the atmosphere had changed an awful lot. not in any hurry to return unless they ever pull a stupendous lineup out of the bag

[seanz25]

49 minutes ago, smogo said:

You obviously don't like them as much as my wife and her mates.  They'll all be spending £200+ just to see the Cure.

Unfortunately being 18 I don't have that kinda money to just spend on one gig. I'll have to ask your wife if she can lend me some money though eh?  

Edited January 29, 2016 by seanz25

[cdm22]

15 minutes ago, smogo said:

Yeah, they're going to all those gigs too. Plus a bunch around Europe and America.

Aha! Well thats alright then!

[Matt42]

The Cure, Bicep, Richie Hawtin, Hot Chip, The Black Madonna, Craig David, Eats Everything, Skream, Wolf Alice, Bodhi

yeah... theres enough for me so far

Edited January 29, 2016 by Matt42

[smogo]

For me:

Major Lazer, Craig David, Wiley, Section Boyz, Big Narstie, Newham Generals, P Money, Fekky, Danny Byrd, Human League, Katy B, Skepta.

Looking good already.

[thetime]

The cure is enough for anyone.

[thewayiam]

5 hours ago, FloorFiller said:

not enough to make me want to go again but that's shaping up to be a great lineup. definitely can't argue with The Cure being repeated. very envious of that booking

So what is main music genre preference? I agree The Cure is decent but I'd never attend the fest. I would guess that's them done for huge headers as The Cure cost a bit.

[FloorFiller]

Just now, thewayiam said:

So what is main music genre preference? I agree The Cure is decent but I'd never attend the fest. I would guess that's them done for huge headers as The Cure cost a bit.

i don't understand the question?

yeah i imagine The Cure cost them a fair whack so i wouldn't expect the last headliner to be huge, although i couldn't fathom a guess on who it'd be - Bestival headliners are notoriously hard to predict due to them varying in size so much

[thewayiam]

28 minutes ago, FloorFiller said:

i don't understand the question?

yeah i imagine The Cure cost them a fair whack so i wouldn't expect the last headliner to be huge, although i couldn't fathom a guess on who it'd be - Bestival headliners are notoriously hard to predict due to them varying in size so much

Sorry, I meant to say so what is your main music genre?

[atomised]

Could the 3rd be Billy Joel. At wembley the saturday night

[FloorFiller]

13 minutes ago, atomised said:

Could the 3rd be Billy Joel. At wembley the saturday night

would certainly fit in with previous bookings like Stevie and Elton, although it doesn't look like he's doing two nights on the trot at any point on his tour. in fact, there are huge week+ long gaps in between all of his live dates, so maybe not

[smogo]

22 minutes ago, atomised said:

Could the 3rd be Billy Joel. At wembley the saturday night

Yeah or it could be Coldplay feat. Vera fucking Lynn.

This is Bestival we're taking about, not some picnic in Hyde Park.

[FloorFiller]

12 minutes ago, smogo said:

Yeah or it could be Coldplay feat. Vera fucking Lynn.

This is Bestival we're taking about, not some picnic in Hyde Park.

i refer you back to Elton John having headlined a few years ago. not that it's gonna happen, but how would Billy Joel headlining be in any way different?

[smogo]

Because Elton John was the same year as Fatboy Slim and Snoop Dogg. Billy Joel and the Cure headlining in the same year wouldn't work.