2019 festival

[WFD]

Only looking at Leeds, it looks like there's still a bit of tidying up to do e.g. the app shows an unusually long set on Dance for Jaguar Skills.  Looks like they've rushed it out a bit, and they haven't included the Alternative stage at all.

Closing down FR/Pit early on the Sunday so that the only choices are Post Malone / Andy C / Mura Masa is a strange move.

[frontsidecab]

Pretty sure that 2:45pm BBC Intro Secret Set on the Friday will be Circa Waves, considering their dead-on clash with Royal Blood.

Maybe Blossoms for the Saturday and then Sundara/SWMRS for the Sunday?

[Sam Y]

The main secret set could be an earlier open to the r1 stage 

[rivalschools.price]

31 minutes ago, WFD said:

Only looking at Leeds, it looks like there's still a bit of tidying up to do e.g. the app shows an unusually long set on Dance for Jaguar Skills.  Looks like they've rushed it out a bit, and they haven't included the Alternative stage at all.

Closing down FR/Pit early on the Sunday so that the only choices are Post Malone / Andy C / Mura Masa is a strange move.

Yeah, the alternatives to Post Malone were looking grim before i was aware of the plan to close the FR/Pit early, looking worse now.

Edited August 12, 2019 by rivalschools.price

[SemiSweet]

So if I don't wanna watch Post the only other options to finish my weekend are Andy C and Mura Masa. Great.

[rfc_478]

Whereas finishing the lock up early on Sunday mates sense, Sat Reading FR is certainly a weird one. Thought that Peace were a reasonable alternative to Post/Mura Masa but that’s not going to be the case. Very odd 

[TornShaun]

5 minutes ago, SemiSweet said:

So if I don't wanna watch Post the only other options to finish my weekend are Andy C and Mura Masa. Great.

I know i'll be watching Andy C! Can't wait! Especially straight after SASASAS! 

[NerdsNatterings]

The lack of alternatives at headliner on Saturday is baffling.. Peace seemed an obvious one to put against Post Malone..

[pepesilvia]

bombay bicycle club for FR secret set, not letting the dream die

[frontsidecab]

15 minutes ago, pepesilvia said:

bombay bicycle club for FR secret set, not letting the dream die

This, and IDLES on the Pit are my guesses.

[R Shah]

Can someone summarise what times and places the secret sets are looking like for both sites? 

[Dangerbreaks]

52 minutes ago, pepesilvia said:

bombay bicycle club for FR secret set, not letting the dream die

With Frank Turner in Reading one day and Leeds another already I can't see past him for a FR set. 

[Buko]

Anybody else noticed the main stage ends at 22:45 in Leeds each night as apposed to 23:00? 

[Newjem]

31 minutes ago, R Shah said:

Can someone summarise what times and places the secret sets are looking like for both sites? 

READING

Friday
FR Stage: 17:00-17:30 (Frank Turner?)
1Xtra Stage: 16:10-16:40
Introducing Stage: 14:45-15:15 (Circa Waves?)

Saturday
Introducing Stage: 13:10-13:40 + 14:45-15:15 (Blossoms?)

Sunday
The Pit: 16:10-16:55 (Idles?)
Introducing Stage: 11:50-12:15 + 14:45-15:15 (Enter Shikari acoustic, Sundara Karma?)

Edited August 12, 2019 by Newjem

[TheWaters]

The fact that the three headliners i’d happily watch Saturday reading all finish early (Ghostemane, Octavian and Peace) really annoys me. Left with Post Malone who’s w*nk, Mura Masa who is bang average and Andy C. Andy C is good don’t get me wrong I’ll probably watch him but Jesus Christ that’s really annoyed me.

 

Second half of the Shikar headline clashing with first half of Sundara is also annoying but I can cope with that.

[ob123]

Sundara clashing with Foos is most annoying for me. Hope they play a secret set now 

[Jericode]

12 minutes ago, ob123 said:

Sundara clashing with Foos is most annoying for me. Hope they play a secret set now 

I mean you can get a good 20 minutes in before Foos start.

[dentalplan]

52 minutes ago, Dangerbreaks said:

With Frank Turner in Reading one day and Leeds another already I can't see past him for a FR set. 

He's playing four shows over those three days already.

[R Shah]

15 minutes ago, Jericode said:

I mean you can get a good 20 minutes in before Foos start.

Hope it's SWMRS on the secret set because their set is entirely within Foos'.

[rfc_478]

1 hour ago, Dangerbreaks said:

With Frank Turner in Reading one day and Leeds another already I can't see past him for a FR set. 

He's not in Reading, he's in Kingston. Admittedly it's not that far away, but it's not just around the corner either

[dentalplan]

6 hours ago, JSmurphy said:

Plague Vendor, Hot Milk

you missed one

[Andre91]

We don’t have to have secret sets. I know it’s become a key component of R&L in recent years but it hasn’t always been a thing. 

Creeper for the pit. 

[Andre91]

We don’t have to have secret sets. I know it’s become a key component of R&L in recent years but it hasn’t always been a thing. 

Creeper for the pit. 

[BeddingatReading]

The more I think about it the more baffled I am about them having Peace close the FR stage early. I can’t see any reason for it, they surely aren’t going to have much of a fan crossover with Post or Mura Masa. Is it just because they want a bigger crowd for Post?

[rfc_478]

21 minutes ago, BeddingatReading said:

The more I think about it the more baffled I am about them having Peace close the FR stage early. I can’t see any reason for it, they surely aren’t going to have much of a fan crossover with Post or Mura Masa. Is it just because they want a bigger crowd for Post?

It's certainly a strange one. I can't remember them ever closing that stage early before, and that night seems like the least opportune time to do so. I don't think they need to worry about Peace dragging people away from Post!