Bestival 2018 incoming!

[dentalplan]

They don’t have a European date for about three weeks before Bestival so I suspect they’ll be back in North America doing festivals in August. Although, if they aren’t in Citadel’s announcement tomorrow then I can’t see anywhere else they can play.

[PorkSoda]

Guess the act, I'm guessing means the final headliner. Got to admit doesn't look like royal blood 

[PorkSoda]

Arcade fire have an accordionist don't they? Not sure how the other stuff fits in. May be clutching 

[arteet]

That’s probably Grace Jones isn’t it?

[FloorFiller]

10 minutes ago, arteet said:

That’s probably Grace Jones isn’t it?

Yep it's Grace Jones. It's a competition to win tickets - not guess a new act.

[Tanner]

I'm going to put my 2p on it being the black keys 

[finn_with_1_n]

Given that Grace Jones has already been announced, highly doubt she'll be bumped up to headliner spot.

The Black Keys haven't done anything in years and aren't planning a comeback any time soon if I'm correct. They're still doing their solo stuff I think.

Sticking with MGMT

[Tanner]

They did play a show together last night. First time in two years, I will grant you that.

 

 

[finn_with_1_n]

2 minutes ago, Tanner said:

They did play a show together last night. First time in two years, I will grant you that.

 

 

Oh damn, they did. My bad - it slipped past my radar

http://ultimateclassicrock.com/black-keys-reunion-2018/

[jackarmy]

Last headliner announced 8AM on Thursday.

[BigKev88]

Assuming the final act is covered by that black line, it doesn’t look like it can be Run DMC, if you look at what you can see of the letters and compare them to say the font  R or C of another of the acts in bold.

[smogo]

10 hours ago, BigKev88 said:

Assuming the final act is covered by that black line, it doesn’t look like it can be Run DMC, if you look at what you can see of the letters and compare them to say the font  R or C of another of the acts in bold.

That's a big assumption, but if it is, then it looks like it might be a name made up of 2 x 4 letters, possibly one of the words being 3 letters if there's an H, M or W in there.

What it looks most like, apart from the fact that the top of the second letter looks flat, is SOFT CELL. Which would be a coup, especially given that their O₂ show was announced as "the band’s ONLY and last EVER show". Surprisingly that show isn't yet sold out though, and they don't strike me as a crowd-puller for people who do festivals (though, being 42, I'd definitely go see them).

Anyway, the first letter under that black bar is a C, G or S.
The second is probably E, I or T.
The first letter you can see on the right-hand side is C, J or S.
And I think the last letter is A, E, F, M, L, P R or Y.

But it's probably just a bunch of random letters that don't mean anything.

Edited February 28, 2018 by smogo

[PorkSoda]

Ignoring the blocked out letters, I'm thinking chemical brothers seem a reasonable shout. Have done it before and had a reason not to announce before as they had their own tour to announce which has sold well. 

[dentalplan]

Didnt't someone say the headliner is exclusive though?

I'm gonna go for Hurts

[eFestivals]

20 hours ago, jackarmy said:

Last headliner announced 8AM on Thursday.

ooooo!

 

[PorkSoda]

 

9 minutes ago, eFestivals said:

ooooo!

 

Do you know? Any clues

[eFestivals]

20 minutes ago, PorkSoda said:

 

Do you know? Any clues

I do. And the only 'clue' I'm giving (which gives nothing away) is that I wouldn't have guessed it in a million years.

You'll have to wait until tomorrow.

[arteet]

35 minutes ago, eFestivals said:

I do. And the only 'clue' I'm giving (which gives nothing away) is that I wouldn't have guessed it in a million years.

You'll have to wait until tomorrow.

At least I assume it isn’t Run DMC then.

Building up for an underwhelming announcement and then probably wishing it was Run DMC.

Do you know if it’s just the one act being announced or any smaller stage stuff too? Fair enough if rather not say

[eFestivals]

2 minutes ago, arteet said:

Do you know if it’s just the one act being announced or any smaller stage stuff too? Fair enough if rather not say

I do know how much is announced tomorrow, but feel I shouldn't say, sorry.

[arteet]

No probs :-)

Not long to wait I guess 

[BigKev88]

Is it a good  headliner mate? Can you say that?? 

As in, interesting??

Edited February 28, 2018 by BigKev88

[deadpheasant]

I think I heard him (or someone else in the know) say to its underwhelming and not to get our hopes up.

[BigKev88]

All depends what you are expecting I guess. We all know it’s not the scale of Stevie Wonder now so

[robillustrates]

They landed My Bloody Valentine?

[BigKev88]

If it’s not Run DMC I’m absoulutely clueless!