Isle of Wight 2018 Festival

[jr1312]

1 hour ago, Yellow_Fellow said:

it's:

Depeche Mode / Liam Gallagher / Kasabian

w like, 4 other bands, including The Script and James Bay

Isle of Wight is garbage as usual 

Personally I don't think this is right - I'd put the Killers in instead

[Yellow_Fellow]

31 minutes ago, galbani said:

Will they announce all the headline acts for the weekend or do they drip feed for a couple of weeks?

Personally, DM would be good. Pink Floyd would be quite exceptional.  A good mix is always nice. 

Headliners and a handful tonight

[BEAUSEJOUR]

Dave Berry just confirmed on Absolute Radio that he will be announcing 4 headliners 

[paulmuchmore]

Well they just said 4 headline acts on the radio. So Friday night co-headliners by the sounds of it. Liam G and someone else there then?

[BEAUSEJOUR]

 I think DM will be one of the co-headliners 

Edited December 4, 2017 by BEAUSEJOUR

[HattersBoy]

Could be the Thursday headliner which I am guessing is Tears for Fears

[dentalplan]

The Killers according to The Sun

+ Van Morrison, Blossoms (as Matt mentioned) and all the bands Yellow said

Edited December 4, 2017 by dentalplan

[Yellow_Fellow]

Ahhhhh those are the names I couldn't read then 

[UndergroundSound]

CONFIRMED 4 HEADLINERS ON ABSOLUTE RADIO

1. Kasabian

2. Depeche Mode

3. Liam Gallagher

4.The Killers

 

the script, van morrison, James Bay, Blossoms

 

not the greatest for a 50 year anniversary imo but not god awful

Edited December 4, 2017 by Jack w

[maelzoid]

5 minutes ago, Jack w said:

CONFIRMED 4 HEADLINERS ON ABSOLUTE RADIO

1. Kasabian

(not the most promising start)

FFS

[dentalplan]

4 minutes ago, Jack w said:

CONFIRMED 4 HEADLINERS ON ABSOLUTE RADIO

1. Kasabian

2. Depeche Mode

 

The headliners are Kasabian, Depeche Mode, The Killers and Liam Gallagher

[maelzoid]

DM, Killers and Liam round it out

[maelzoid]

Confirmed on IOWs twitter

[maelzoid]

Script, James Bay, Blossoms and van the Man round it out...

[DDave]

Not a bad start tbh

[the wonderwhy]

Splits 

 

Edited December 4, 2017 by the wonderwhy

[dentalplan]

Just now, DiscothequeDave said:

Not a bad start tbh

Seems a bit better with the biggest headliner tacked on.

I suppose it's not great for my hope of Depeche Mode headlining Glastonbury that they have to share the headline billing with Liam Gallagher.

[maelzoid]

2 minutes ago, dentalplan said:

Seems a bit better with the biggest headliner tacked on.

I suppose it's not great for my hope of Depeche Mode headlining Glastonbury that they have to share the headline billing with Liam Gallagher.

I think this is pretty poor treatment of DM. Can you imagine Liam selling out London Stadium....?

[maelzoid]

I've not experienced this double headliner before - do the acts get shortened sets?

I really hope not for DM, they deserve 2 hours. Liam is very much the junior partner in this case.

[McNutt]

All very uninspiring. 

[Guest]

Surely Liam is essentially going to be a glorified sub for Depeche Mode? Good for his ego being billed as a headliner, and good for the fest to be able to advertise it as 4 headliners.

[paulmuchmore]

1 minute ago, maelzoid said:

I've not experienced this double headliner before - do the acts get shortened sets?

I really hope not for DM, they deserve 2 hours. Liam is very much the junior partner in this case.

I reckon it'll be an hour and a half each or Liam 75 mins, Depeche 90 mins.

Good start to the lineup imo. Especially seeing I got an islander earlybird ticket!

[UndergroundSound]

Twitter response mixed, not everyone is complaining unlike most announcements

[sisco]

3 minutes ago, SomeoneListeningIn said:

Surely Liam is essentially going to be a glorified sub for Depeche Mode? Good for his ego being billed as a headliner, and good for the fest to be able to advertise it as 4 headliners.

And Liam loves Depeche Mode

[Mattymooz]

TBH, compared to what we usually get I think those 4 headliners aren't too bad. Just a shame that I don't wanna see any of the undercard lol