2019 festival

[thewayiam]

1 hour ago, NerdsNatterings said:

I think it might have been mainly down to not wanting to clash Frank Carter with foos. Ideally would've been bastille on the post day tbh

Yes to be honest Frank Carter didn't draw anywhere close to a 3rd down main stage crowd, would have slotted in 4th/5th no problem, Bastille took enough people from Foo's that it wasn't to a point of not being able to move inside the barrier.

[robillustrates]

surprised Bastille pulled such a crowd away from the Foo Fighters, it's like the graveyard shift being against them on this lineup. Crazy that Chvrches clashes completely as well. Mammoth 3 hour set lined up, reckon they got some big surprises to throw out in that set.

[jj200]

20 minutes ago, robillustrates said:

surprised Bastille pulled such a crowd away from the Foo Fighters, it's like the graveyard shift being against them on this lineup. Crazy that Chvrches clashes completely as well. Mammoth 3 hour set lined up, reckon they got some big surprises to throw out in that set.

Wheres Billie eilsh because she hasn't turned up on stage

[robillustrates]

she's on now. Think the camera's didn't go live when she came on.

Edited August 24, 2019 by robillustrates

[JSmurphy]

She sounds great.

[thewayiam]

36 minutes ago, robillustrates said:

surprised Bastille pulled such a crowd away from the Foo Fighters, it's like the graveyard shift being against them on this lineup. Crazy that Chvrches clashes completely as well. Mammoth 3 hour set lined up, reckon they got some big surprises to throw out in that set.

doubt they'll actually do 3 hours, they did 23 songs as it was with somewhat dragged on drum solo's etc and it was nowhere near.

[NerdsNatterings]

Just now, thewayiam said:

doubt they'll actually do 3 hours, they did 23 songs as it was with somewhat dragged on drum solo's etc and it was nowhere near.

If I had to guess, I'd say a 2 45 ish with a few extra songs on the stylist compared to leeds

[Guest]

Billie’s gonna go on to headline next year or the year after.

[robillustrates]

Pretty sure the Foo's assigned an extra half an hour to Reading over Leeds just like in 2012. They also wanted to get people who went to see them in 1995 to get in touch in regard to the Reading set and they also asked what songs people wanted to hear played that might not be normal Foo's setlist songs like Aurora etc. They played 27 songs in 2012 as well.

Edited August 24, 2019 by robillustrates

[jj200]

Set times been updated with blossoms at 6:45pm 

Twenty one pilots at 8:15pm and 

Post Malone at 10:15pm

 

Edited August 24, 2019 by jj200

[thewayiam]

54 minutes ago, robillustrates said:

Pretty sure the Foo's assigned an extra half an hour to Reading over Leeds just like in 2012. They also wanted to get people who went to see them in 1995 to get in touch in regard to the Reading set and they also asked what songs people wanted to hear played that might not be normal Foo's setlist songs like Aurora etc. They played 27 songs in 2012 as well.

They did play long although there was a cover and the rest wouldn't overly bother me too miss, I am one of the more hits, single and well known Foo's fans though. Dave said Reading won't get the Hero cover with his daughter as she has to back to school.

[VCK]

The dude from 21 Pilots is dressed like Dark Fruits Twitter.

[robillustrates]

I'm surprised 21 pilots aren't the closer tonight despite co-headlining to be honest.

The stage show is very good and Ellish was very good earlier too, sounded better in the Reading coverage than the Glasto coverage for sure.

[Chavmeisterdeluxe]

Much like last night with 1975, enjoyed 21 Pilots despite never listening to them outside the odd song on the radio.

[dentalplan]

5 minutes ago, Chavmeisterdeluxe said:

Much like last night with 1975, enjoyed 21 Pilots despite never listening to them outside the odd song on the radio.

Maybe you're just a sucker for headliners. We'll see when Posty arrives.

[Jericode]

Pilots were awesome. Fucked off to the tent to drink now.

[robillustrates]

Pilots was a headline level performance for sure, liked all the gimmicks and crowd interaction, good visuals, effort in every song, fair play to them, I'd leave at that point too, nothing against Post Malone but not fussed at all.

[Chavmeisterdeluxe]

9 minutes ago, dentalplan said:

Maybe you're just a sucker for headliners. We'll see when Posty arrives.

Hey now I enjoyed him last year with just his tattered rag slung over some lights

[Chavmeisterdeluxe]

[robillustrates]

I like his appearance on Ghost Adventures, that's for sure. Worth checking out if you like that sort of thing.

[rfc_478]

Pilots looked like a headliner, I can’t see how Post will but I’m sure he’ll get a huge crowd nonetheless.

Peace were brilliant, should have had another 20 mins at least and I don’t see why they couldn’t 

[BeddingatReading]

Anyone know if there’s any truth in the fact that Posty only agreed to appear if there were minimal clashes to ensure he got a bigger crowd than last year... would explain the Pit/FR closing early I guess. 

[Chavmeisterdeluxe]

16 minutes ago, BeddingatReading said:

Anyone know if there’s any truth in the fact that Posty only agreed to appear if there were minimal clashes to ensure he got a bigger crowd than last year... would explain the Pit/FR closing early I guess. 

I doubt it. He'd have got the same size crowd anyway surely? There wasn't much competition even if all the stages ran. He was lucky they didn't all leave on account of him being dull as dishwater mind you.

[BeddingatReading]

8 minutes ago, Chavmeisterdeluxe said:

I doubt it. He'd have got the same size crowd anyway surely? There wasn't much competition even if all the stages ran. He was lucky they didn't all leave on account of him being dull as dishwater mind you.

Well no because people would have gone to the other stages rather than seeing him. I saw him due to there being no other option. If I had a choice however I’d much rather go and see Peace over post if they finished when a normal headliner did and clashed so surely I’m not the only one, this would have affected his crowd. 

[robillustrates]

i saw the clashfinder, even with the minimal competition I'd still have left after 21 pilots personally.

I watched some of his set, was fine for what it was, somewhat minimal but his fans are proper loyal and looked like they loved it.

I was impressed with 21 pilots, loved the performance despite only knowing half the songs.

Edited August 24, 2019 by robillustrates