Neighbourhood Weekender 2018

[Andre91]

Why the f**k would you ever name your band f**king Cabbage? 

[dentalplan]

10 minutes ago, the wonderwhy said:

Good point. I've heard Big G likes a mad one so maybe the plan is to go #Madferit in Brum then catch the first train home 

Looking forward to this now. Gonna order some t-shirts 

Don’t black up.

[DomDom1984]

Think there's three acts across that weekend I'd want to see so far. Lots of ones I'd be kinda interested in, but not many that I'd actively go out of my way to see.

[Steve1000]

Cabbage are quality. No one let the Courteeners or Blossoms association put you off, nothing like them

[danz026]

Courteeners and Blossoms are two brilliant indie bands if that’s your kind of music. I appreciate they’ll never be the choice of metal heads, but they’re the perfect band for contemporary oasis fans like me. I’ll put the Sherlocks, who also make the lineup, in that category. 

Cabbage on the other hand is inaudible shite by a bunch of guys who are clearly angry at the world. 

 

[Mattymooz]

A more manchester lineup has not been seen before lol....

[Gucci Piggy]

Courteeners, Blossoms and The Sherlocks are just about the three worst bands in existence right now and I'm far from a metalhead.

Actually Catfish are in with those three.

[DDave]

24 minutes ago, danz026 said:

Courteeners and Blossoms are two brilliant indie bands if that’s your kind of music. I appreciate they’ll never be the choice of metal heads, but they’re the perfect band for contemporary oasis fans like me. I’ll put the Sherlocks, who also make the lineup, in that category. 

Cabbage on the other hand is inaudible shite by a bunch of guys who are clearly angry at the world. 

 

There's a lot to be angry about. Pity some of the other bands on the bill aren't as pissed off as them.

[danz026]

19 minutes ago, Will-2609 said:

Courteeners, Blossoms and The Sherlocks are just about the three worst bands in existence right now and I'm far from a metalhead.

Actually Catfish are in with those three.

 

This is exactly why Music is a total matter of opinion at the end of the day. 

[efcfanwirral]

what a shocker this lineup hasn’t gone down well on efestivals eh....

really hoping to get tickets for it, though with only 25,000 available total I’m not counting on it!

[eFestivals]

9 hours ago, DomDom1984 said:

Cabbage will never be the best band on any lineup.

they probably will always be the best band on any line-up where one of the band used to write for efestivals, tho.

[thetime]

They seem to be going down the same route as parklife with prohibited items.

PROHIBITED ITEMS – THE FOLLOWING ITEMS ARE NOT PERMITTED:

• Bags bigger than an A4 piece of paper will not be allowed

[eFestivals]

Just now, thetime said:

They seem to be going down the same route as parklife with prohibited items.

PROHIBITED ITEMS – THE FOLLOWING ITEMS ARE NOT PERMITTED:

• Bags bigger than an A4 piece of paper will not be allowed

isn't that more likely to just that that sort of thing is the new normal, as a consequence of terrorism?

Searches are a heavy load at the gates, so making them as quick as possible helps things along (while also helping protect the festivals revenue streams too)?

 

[thetime]

2 minutes ago, eFestivals said:

isn't that more likely to just that that sort of thing is the new normal, as a consequence of terrorism?

Searches are a heavy load at the gates, so making them as quick as possible helps things along (while also helping protect the festivals revenue streams too)?

 

Perhaps more to do with knife crime and smuggling booze in.

It was first included at parklife a couple of years ago when someone got murdered at parklife, I have only noticed it at Manchester based festivals. Never seen it included at any other festival I have attended or had a look at. I am a photographer so look at prohibited items quite a bit as I need to get my dslr and lenses in, most big festivals ban dslr cameras but certainly don't include size of bag in there prohibited items. 

[the wonderwhy]

Yeah it's certainly becoming more of a normal thing in Manchester. It's the policy the arena has adopted since re-opening. 

[Stuielooie]

The same rule was at the two London Festivals I went to this year and Reading for day tickets.

[eFestivals]

30 minutes ago, thetime said:

Perhaps more to do with knife crime and smuggling booze in.

It was first included at parklife a couple of years ago when someone got murdered at parklife, I have only noticed it at Manchester based festivals. Never seen it included at any other festival I have attended or had a look at. I am a photographer so look at prohibited items quite a bit as I need to get my dslr and lenses in, most big festivals ban dslr cameras but certainly don't include size of bag in there prohibited items. 

I don't doubt the organisers will be happy with any attached benefits such as reducing booze smuggling, but there were quite a lot of no-camping festies which newly used the A4-sized bag rule this summer (can't remember which tho now), where I presumed it was introduced because of the terrorist attack in Manchester rather than for other reasons.

[Mattymooz]

1 hour ago, thetime said:

Perhaps more to do with knife crime and smuggling booze in.

It was first included at parklife a couple of years ago when someone got murdered at parklife, I have only noticed it at Manchester based festivals. Never seen it included at any other festival I have attended or had a look at. I am a photographer so look at prohibited items quite a bit as I need to get my dslr and lenses in, most big festivals ban dslr cameras but certainly don't include size of bag in there prohibited items. 

It's at all Festival Republic fests iirc (for the arena in the case of R&L at least and for all of Community + Wireless)

Edited November 14, 2017 by Mattymooz

[Stuielooie]

Citadel had it too.

[WFD]

I wouldn't mind the A4 rule if they had different queues for people with or without bags (or basically, a fast track if you have no bag).  Every time getting in to the arena at Leeds this year I was stuck behind someone trying to argue their way in with a bag bigger than the size allowed, claiming not to know the rule and asking where they could store it if they weren't allowed to take it in.

[addicted2noise]

I feel bad for The Big Moon as one their album is pretty great and two they're the only female band on a line up featuring Miles "I'm sorry you felt harassed" Kane and the crouch rubbing singer from Cabbage

[retromoz]

Jeez....mostly white bread indie w*nk....

which is fine if thats your sort of thing.....

[thewayiam]

19 hours ago, the wonderwhy said:

Yeah that sounds good man, I'm down. Where we gonna stay in Birmingham? I've got a mate who lives there but I'm pretty sure he only has one sofa so it'll have to be the Ibis unless you're cool with the floor. 

Can @Will-2609 come? 

Haha.....I'll just be returning home the same night.....work in the morning.

[Matt - Ed Banger Records]

Were Cabbage the lads who had the lead singer with the sexual harassment allegations leveled at them earlier in the year? 

[the wonderwhy]

7 minutes ago, Matt - Ed Banger Records said:

Were Cabbage the lads who had the lead singer with the sexual harassment allegations leveled at them earlier in the year? 

One of many, yeah