Wireless Festival 2016

[eFestivals]

no cigars for anyone.

 

[JSmurphy]

[dentalplan]

Ouch I think that's a pretty bad line up even for their demo.

Weird that Jess Glynne and The 1975 are below headline while BBK and Kygo do headline. 

[JSmurphy]

Weak bookings across the lineup, can't see that selling well. Although I am surprised to see The 1975 playing Wireless.

[NickisGinger]

The 1975? Hahaha say what.

[oneoftherest]

So where do The Weekend and Macklemore end up, surely they won't skip UK festivals altogether? Not that I'd mind, not a fan of either

[oneoftherest]

Yeah I thought they'd bump up Boy Better Know to maybe ssub but not headline, they're hardly on the level of Drake or Rihanna, neither is KYGO

Does anyone even listen to J Cole anymore?

[Chavmeisterdeluxe]

57 minutes ago, eFestivals said:

no cigars for anyone.

 

In my defence, I got two I just don't know what a kygo is!

[thetime]

14 minutes ago, oneoftherest said:

So where do The Weekend and Macklemore end up, surely they won't skip UK festivals altogether? Not that I'd mind, not a fan of either

Glastonbury maybe

[eFestivals]

11 minutes ago, Chavmeisterdeluxe said:

In my defence, I got two I just don't know what a kygo is!

when i made that post the info I'd seen was embargo'd, so I decided not to get into detail with saying some people had guessed some of it right ... i knew some had.

[FloorFiller]

jesus that is a weak lineup. i was wondering who they were gonna get to headline as they'd seemingly used up all the big hitters over the previous few years but i thought they'd at least have The Weeknd and Macklemore headlining. BBK headlining is weird. that's gonna sell terribly

does make a case for The Weeknd and Macklemore being at Glastonbury though - the former of which i'd be happy about

[thewayiam]

That's appalling.

[Rose-Colored Boy]

Presumably the Saturday is where they had the troubles which led to it taking so long for them to announce anything, then.

EDIT: or the Sunday. Actually yeah probably more likely the Sunday.

Considering they had Kanye, Drake and Bruno Mars headline only two years ago that poster represents a hell of a decline in stature.

Edited March 9, 2016 by Zac Quinn

[The Placid Casual]

I'd say Calvin Harris is a decent booking if he has no other southern shows lined up.

 

The other headliners are all very weak.

[Pothuthic]

Kygo?! Kygo?! Headlining?!

[deadpheasant]

Who the fuxk is Kygo? I thought it was Tycho for a second and was really impressed... Can't say I've even heard of Kygo.

[Pothuthic]

9 minutes ago, deadpheasant said:

Who the fuxk is Kygo? I thought it was Tycho for a second and was really impressed... Can't say I've even heard of Kygo.

Had one and a half hits last year lol

[Rose-Colored Boy]

31 minutes ago, Pothuthic said:

Kygo?! Kygo?! Headlining?!

Quite

Another year of bad PR from break-ins and people fighting the police and Wireless is dead, I reckon

[JSmurphy]

What ever happened to lineups like this?  FYI tickets for Kygo are still available at Brixton for £20, weeks after their release.

[FloorFiller]

6 minutes ago, JSmurphy said:

What ever happened to lineups like this?  FYI tickets for Kygo are still available at Brixton for £20, weeks after their release.

i get that they tried to switch up their lineups to differentiate them from the overcrowded market, and it did fairly well for a couple of years, but clearly the list of acts who are big enough to headline that fall in to this market is pretty tiny and they've used them all up quickly and so they're left with bumping up acts who aren't close to being headliner level. the signs were there last year when they'd already started to use co-headliners. i doubt this will be lasting much longer without another drastic change

[Matt - Ed Banger Records]

I will never forgive myself for only going to the White Stripes that year and not also going to see Daft Punk - think I always just assumed they would be a regular touring act at the time.

[thewayiam]

11 minutes ago, JSmurphy said:

What ever happened to lineups like this?  FYI tickets for Kygo are still available at Brixton for £20, weeks after their release.

That was around that time probably as good as it got, I was gutted after that I didn't really know about it. I doubt I'd have paid that for Kaisers though and Faithless would have made me question it.

[deadpheasant]

47 minutes ago, Pothuthic said:

Had one and a half hits last year lol

He hasn't even got an album out. They had Kendrick last year in the same spot.

[Rose-Colored Boy]

38 minutes ago, deadpheasant said:

He hasn't even got an album out. They had Kendrick last year in the same spot.

I'd say it's pretty obvious that they had someone cancel on them, even if that hadn't already been rumoured. From his tour dates I'd guess that'd be Macklemore, although we'll obviously never know.

[Rose-Colored Boy]

I haven't looked to see if their dates rule it out but it'd look a fair amount stronger with The 1975 as a co-headliner and Kygo as a sub rather than the other way around, should've done that.