All Points East Festival 2018

[finn_with_1_n]

5 hours ago, the wonderwhy said:

Unknown Mortal Orchestra are in the country this weekend, would make a good booking one of the days 

Saw them in Brighton a couple years back and consider it to be one of my favourite gigs. Would love them to materialise on the line-up. As they're free on Friday and Saturday of the first weekend while they're on these shores, I think Friday would be the most logical one for them. Although they are "pop"-y enough to work very well on either days.

[the wonderwhy]

Catfish + Blossoms + The Amazons 

[Orens]

12 minutes ago, the wonderwhy said:

Catfish + Blossoms + The Amazons 

Source? 

[the wonderwhy]

Just now, Orens said:

Source? 

The Metro 

[eFestivals]

Catfish
The Hunna
Blossoms
Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes
The Neighbourhood
The Amazons

with more to be announced.

[scatteredscreens]

Jesus. I know this is the first year and all but how out of place do those gimps look!?

[cdm22]

How disappointing is that after the quality of the other days? Oh well.

[dentalplan]

All Goes South

[aidenlangan95]

I’ve got my ticket for the other 5 days but won’t be getting one for catfish day. Just glad that all the bands I don’t like are playing on that one day so they can’t join the undercard of the other days!

Edited January 23, 2018 by aidenlangan95

[home to you]

Seems ridiculously out of place but will probably sell well. Certainly not up my street.

[OddRon]

I imagine Ape wanna kill Community festival and mount it on the wall alongside Latitude,Love-box and Field Day

 

[the wonderwhy]

4 minutes ago, OddRon said:

I imagine Ape wanna kill Community festival and mount it on the wall alongside Latitude,Love-box and Field Day

 

I think its more that Catfish are a piss easy booking who guarantee sales. Considering it's been a lengthy wait since the last announcement, and they obviously look out of place, I reckon this might be a last minute-ish grab. Probably had someone else lined up (Jack White?) but plans changed and they thought why not fill the park rather than have the infrastructure sat not being used on a Friday night?  

[Ben_Monk]

3 hours ago, the wonderwhy said:

I think its more that Catfish are a piss easy booking who guarantee sales. Considering it's been a lengthy wait since the last announcement, and they obviously look out of place, I reckon this might be a last minute-ish grab. Probably had someone else lined up (Jack White?) but plans changed and they thought why not fill the park rather than have the infrastructure sat not being used on a Friday night?  

It was meant to be Arctics from what I know... unsure why they pulled out. So annoying

[the wonderwhy]

Just now, Ben_Monk said:

It was meant to be Arctics from what I know... unsure why they pulled out. So annoying

I doubt that - its not a big enough event 

[dentalplan]

3 hours ago, OddRon said:

I imagine Ape wanna kill Community festival and mount it on the wall alongside Latitude,Love-box and Field Day

Next year they come for Download and Wireless.

[the wonderwhy]

31 minutes ago, Gilgamesh69 said:

What do you think the most likely event for AM in London is? BST Hyde Park?

Their own thing. They've shown before they can easily sell a park out without the need of a festival 

[OddRon]

2 hours ago, dentalplan said:

Next year they come for Download and Wireless.

Genuinely, if they had a day for each sort of festival vibe they'd checkmate it all 

Indie/ alternative day to knock out Field Day and Latitude and to keep Brits away from Primeavera 

Lad music day to knock out transmt, Isle of Wight, Community

Rap/Dance/electronica day to knock out Field Day,Wirelss and Lovebox

then finishing it off with a heavy rock/metal day to finish off the monopoly

[finn_with_1_n]

It is very kind of All Points East to let Field Day have at least one successful day for ticket sales by putting on Catfish

[OddRon]

1 hour ago, Gilgamesh69 said:

What on earth is lad music? Haha

Catfish and The Bottlemen day minus Frank Carter, plus Courteeners, LG etc

[the wonderwhy]

Just now, Gilgamesh69 said:

Same could be said of Rolling Stones but they stil did a BST concert

That was probably because the only place they'd play in London that isn't a stadium is Hyde Park, which only has BST gigs now 

[dentalplan]

49 minutes ago, the wonderwhy said:

That was probably because the only place they'd play in London that isn't a stadium is Hyde Park, which only has BST gigs now 

Plus they’re a band promoted by the company who runs BST and it was the festival’s first year so it was a big name to kick them off. Arctic Monkeys are put on by SJM Concerts iirc so if SJM put on a gig in London for them, the band and the agency would both receive a larger cut.

[admscott]

[gfa]

The Catfish day is £39.95 + booking fees incase anyone wanted to know - definitely trying to compete with Community but i don't think i'm going

Edited January 24, 2018 by gfa

[finn_with_1_n]

On 15/01/2018 at 7:08 PM, the wonderwhy said:

Unknown Mortal Orchestra are in the country this weekend, would make a good booking one of the days 

His new UK tour dates rules out the first weekend but the entire weekend 2 is free. If Ruban and the band are playing APE, logically it'll be on either The National or Nick Cave days, hopefully the former personally.

Also in regards to The National day, how likely is it that the acts featured at their own festival in Ohio will feature at APE? They have some brilliant acts like Feist, Future Islands (who are already playing), The Breeders, Lord Huron, Julien Baker, Moses Sumney, Alvvays & Big Thief and they'd all fit in very well. Would love to see at least Alvvays and Julien Baker materialise.

UPDATED - done some digging on their tour dates, make of this what you will

Feist - only one gig booked atm, at The National's festival; The Breeders - in France on 02/06 but has tour dates in UK from 27/05 - 30/05; Lord Huron - nothing going on both APE weekends; Julien Baker - busy w/e 1, free w/e 2; Moses Sumney - in NY on w/e 2, free w/e 1; Alvvays - in US both weekends; Big Thief - in US w/e 1, free w/e 2

This means Feist, Lord Huron, Julien Baker and Big Thief free to play

Edited January 24, 2018 by finn_with_1_n
Checking tour dates

[the wonderwhy]

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