Latitude Festival 2017

[curlyjake]

1 minute ago, FloorFiller said:

Pixies are a Bluedot headliner exclusive I believe

Is that not a 'northern' exclusive?

[retromoz]

God.....

The thought of Mumford/1975 is dire, isnt it? It seems they are going for popularity rather than credibility. Less 6 music & more radio 2.

Still, the undercard is always good. Not just music either. So they will be SOMETHING else to see whilst they trudge through their aural diarrhea....

[brayshizzle]

3 minutes ago, retromoz said:

God.....

The thought of Mumford/1975 is dire, isnt it? It seems they are going for popularity rather than credibility. Less 6 music & more radio 2.

Still, the undercard is always good. Not just music either. So they will be SOMETHING else to see whilst they trudge through their aural diarrhea....

Honestly the headliners have never really attracted me. I keep myself anticpated every year but its the undercard that really gets me. Also that and the venue. I think Portishead were the only headliner I have caught in the last few years 

[evannn]

1 hour ago, curlyjake said:

Is that not a 'northern' exclusive?

Nope, UK. Orbital is a northern exclusive I believe 

[suttttttt]

 'Orbital who are back after a 5 year break and who play their "only northern show of the summer", and there's a "northern festival exclusive" performance from Pixies'

Is how it reads on eFests, I was under the impression they were a UK exclusive as well though

[eFestivals]

2 minutes ago, suttttttt said:

 'Orbital who are back after a 5 year break and who play their "only northern show of the summer", and there's a "northern festival exclusive" performance from Pixies'

Is how it reads on eFests, I was under the impression they were a UK exclusive as well though

if that's what you read on efests, that's what the press release said.

[suttttttt]

1 minute ago, eFestivals said:

if that's what you read on efests, that's what the press release said.

Guess that opens them up for Latitude then!

[Hawky]

There seems to be A LOT of confusion surrounding the Pixies... Blue dot reporting its a "UK Headline exclusive "... Whereas every press release says "Northern festival exclusive"...

Strangely though, The Pixies have no profile on the Blue Dot festival website... However Alt J and Orbital do. So this really is a grey area. 

 

Edit: the first post is from Manchester evening news.

Edited February 27, 2017 by Hawky

[Hawky]

Pixies have never headlined before? They seem perfect for the festival demographic.

 

1975// Mumford// Pixies.

[finn_with_1_n]

LCD Soundsystem, Tribe Called Quest and Solange are headlining Pitchfork Festival on the weekend of Latitude. Surely rules them out?

[Tommyyyy]

9 minutes ago, finn_with_1_n said:

LCD Soundsystem, Tribe Called Quest and Solange are headlining Pitchfork Festival on the weekend of Latitude. Surely rules them out?

Guess so thought tribe called quest were a parklife exclusive anyway could be wrong though.

[Hawky]

5 minutes ago, finn_with_1_n said:

LCD Soundsystem, Tribe Called Quest and Solange are headlining Pitchfork Festival on the weekend of Latitude. Surely rules them out?

Yeah...  They were out anyway apart from Solange.

I'm massively surprised Solange is at Pitchfork, she's going to have a job on performing at both Lovebox and Pitchfork in one weekend.

[Hawky]

1 minute ago, Tommyyyy said:

Guess so thought tribe called quest were a parklife exclusive anyway could be wrong though.

They're at Bestival too

[Tommyyyy]

oh had no idea about that guess that rules them out of the line up even more considering lat are not big fans of sharing headliners haha

[mercury]

there's been a few acts that have done both pitchfork and latitude in the same weekend before although it's fairly rare. 

[adequate8]

LCD also at forecastle festival in kentucky so well and truly rules them out

[Tommyyyy]

That's a Shame LCD would've been special and a good fit for latitude imo

[adequate8]

are we thinking latitude might go in a slightly more commercial direction?

increased capacity
new booker (im sure its in this thread)
1975/mumford being suggested

[Guy Incognito]

oh man, the potential headliners were looking so good back towards the end of 2016 and here we are now talking about the 1975, mumford and sons and lana del rey

[eFestivals]

3 minutes ago, adequate8 said:

are we thinking latitude might go in a slightly more commercial direction?

increased capacity
new booker (im sure its in this thread)
1975/mumford being suggested

I'[ve never been myself, but from what my local-living cousin (6 fingers ) told me a year or two back, it's becoming more and more a local festival for local people as each year goes by ... so on that basis, I guess it's got to give enough of a mainstream fill to keep them happy.

[adequate8]

3 minutes ago, eFestivals said:

I'[ve never been myself, but from what my local-living cousin (6 fingers ) told me a year or two back, it's becoming more and more a local festival for local people as each year goes by ... so on that basis, I guess it's got to give enough of a mainstream fill to keep them happy.

I've been twice (2014/2015) and didnt notice any difference in those years, I know 2015 had Noel Gallagher which wasnt really a Latitude headliner and I cant vouch for last year.

Still a lovely fest, good weather/people and great comedy/talks too - touch wood for a good announcement on Wednesday!

[Hawky]

Im only bothered about the comedy announcement tbh, and that doesn't come for another few weeks. 

 

The headliners could be :

1975 

Sting

Coldplay

 

And I'd still pay £200 for the comedy. So worth it last year.

 

[evannn]

50 minutes ago, adequate8 said:

are we thinking latitude might go in a slightly more commercial direction?

increased capacity
new booker (im sure its in this thread)
1975/mumford being suggested

The new booker is from Eat Your Own Ears/Field Day, so I don't think the undercard will get any more commercial or suffer re strength. 

They could afford to make it a bit more top heavy, if they do it without sacrificing quality of acts. 

 

[dentalplan]

The 1975 as a booking are no different to Foals or Maccabees. Mumfords is different to what's come before, but you can't blame them for grabbing that opportunity I guess. Agree no Lana if it's those two.

[adequate8]

12 minutes ago, dentalplan said:

The 1975 as a booking are no different to Foals or Maccabees. Mumfords is different to what's come before, but you can't blame them for grabbing that opportunity I guess. Agree no Lana if it's those two.

how are they no different? very different from foals/maccabees and 1975 surely suit a V lineup more than a Latitude one?