Lineup 2020

[Steve1000]

I’d rather they did their own knotfest thing but they better do something this summer 

[gfa]

1 hour ago, gabrielomachado said:

Slipknot are rumoured to play Lollapalooza 2020 in South America (Brazil, Argentina and Chile), if they are doing festivals like these i can def see they doing Reading/Leeds

This suggests not honestly, when acts do these festivals its usually at the end of a tour cycle or just in off years. Usually anyway - given the circumstances it seems to confirm a festival tour.

[Hart Attack]

Slipknot
Bring Me The Horizon
Architects
Nothing But Thieves
Greta Van Fleet

[robillustrates]

I'd be surprised to see the Foo Fighters on tour again next summer to be honest. It would make this album tour cycle it's fourth year and that's pretty impressive/crazy as it is. Maybe Dave will pop up in a side project but I think the Foo's will be back in the studio or on a break instead.

 

[CharlieDaRapper]

This is who I think it's going to be. Headliners Only:

Friday: Liam Gallagher/Tame Impala

Saturday: Travis Scott

Sunday: The Killers

[Jericode]

Hope not

[jamieaslee]

2 hours ago, CharlieDaRapper said:

This is who I think it's going to be. Headliners Only:

Friday: Liam Gallagher/Tame Impala

Saturday: Travis Scott

Sunday: The Killers

Tame Impala need to close if they play, they lose so much in daylight 

[CharlieDaRapper]

1 hour ago, jamieaslee said:

Tame Impala need to close if they play, they lose so much in daylight 

Oh 100% agree with you. I saw them this year at the O2 arena and they were exceptional. For a lot of people they would be surprising how good they are live.

[R Shah]

So many of these acts I could also see doing APE next year e.g. Tame Impala, LG, Kasabian, Courteeners, Foals 

[dentalplan]

6 minutes ago, R Shah said:

So many of these acts I could also see doing APE next year e.g. Tame Impala, LG, Kasabian, Courteeners, Foals 

No chance Courteeners do it and I'd be quite surprised if Liam Gallagher or Kasabian did as well. Foals would have probably been there this year but wouldn't rule that one out.

[dentalplan]

3 hours ago, jamieaslee said:

Tame Impala need to close if they play, they lose so much in daylight 

This is a fallacy. They were excellent subbing the Pyramid at Glastonbury a few years ago and generally that was better received than their Other Stage headline set. Also they'd only play in the daylight at Reading and Leeds because they're never headlining it.

[kingcrawler]

Courteeners headlining APE would sell even less than the rumoured 4,000 that BMTH managed. I could see Liam Gallagher doing an APE gig though if he decides to loads of festivals/outdoor gigs like he did in 2018.

[dentalplan]

1 minute ago, kingcrawler said:

Courteeners headlining APE would sell even less than the rumoured 4,000 that BMTH managed. I could see Liam Gallagher doing an APE gig though if he decides to loads of festivals/outdoor gigs like he did in 2018.

The politics of the companies behind the festivals would almost certainly nix a APE/BST Liam Gallagher gig. He gets a lot of love from Live Nation and SJM so AEG won't get near.

Seems like he might actually be doing those big outdoor gigs again; he's talking up a Knebworth gig on Twitter and then there's opportunity for a big Manchester gig as well. Doesn't kill off R+L chances still, sadly.

[baggie92]

29 minutes ago, R Shah said:

So many of these acts I could also see doing APE next year e.g. Tame Impala, LG, Kasabian, Courteeners, Foals 

Liam Fray also slagged off the sound for The Strokes gig so I think that rules them out 

[dentalplan]

He'd be able to hear the fucking crickets chirping if Courteeners headlined.

[gfa]

5 hours ago, dentalplan said:

The politics of the companies behind the festivals would almost certainly nix a APE/BST Liam Gallagher gig. He gets a lot of love from Live Nation and SJM so AEG won't get near.

Seems like he might actually be doing those big outdoor gigs again; he's talking up a Knebworth gig on Twitter and then there's opportunity for a big Manchester gig as well. Doesn't kill off R+L chances still, sadly.

If he does Heaton and Knebworth no way is he doing R&L as well? Pretty sure that Knebworth thing was a joke though I'd love it though i live about 20 minutes away.

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I think something along these lines would be good if we're having a Gallagher:

Noel lineup ->

Kasabian - TDCC

Travis Scott - Noel Gallagher HFB

Killers - Billie Eillish

 

or with Liam ->

Liam Gallagher // Tame Impala - Vampire Weekend

Travis Scott - TDCC

Killers - Billie Eillish

 

Tame are a really good headliner to have swap with Liam as they have quite varied popularities, especially Tame. I think Tame could co headline as they are fairly recognised in hiphop too as they have collaborated with almost every major artist. Maybe for 2021 though lets see ?.

@eFestivals  heard anything yet while we endlessly speculate? Any definitely nots from the acts we talk about?

 

edit - wonderful wonderful was released in 2017 not sure Killers will even be around. Maybe RHCP or Blur to replace them. I think perhaps might have to be a few more years though for RHCP as they played pretty recently. Something like this with Blur would be great, not very realistic though maybe swap Kasabian for Strokes.

The Strokes - TDCC

Travis Scott - Noel Gallagher

Blur - Billie Eillish

Edited September 4, 2019 by gfa

[dentalplan]

7 hours ago, gfa said:

Tame are a really good headliner to have swap with Liam as they have quite varied popularities

Yes one is universally known, very popular and could actually headline, the other is Tame Impala

[Alex Winstone]

Friday 

MS: TAME IMPALA/CATFISH AND THE BOTTLEMEN, Wolf Alice, Idles, Pale Waves, Sam Fender, SlowThai, Ten Tonnes, The Mysterines R1: Brockhampton, Yungblud DS: Pete Tong LU: New Found Glory, State Champs FR: Rat Boy, Sports Team R1X: Example 

 

Saturday 

MS: SLIPKNOT, Bring Me The Horizon, Run The Jewels, Bullet For My Valentine, Neck Deep, Ghostemane, Frank Iero, Payale Royale, Employed To Serve R1: Mabel, Marina And The Diamonds DS: Hanah Wants Pit: Every Time I Die, Carpenter Brut, Venom Prison FR: Feeder, The S. L. F R1X: Denzel Curry 

Sunday 

STORMZY, Dua Lipa, The Streets, Gerry Cinnamon, Aitch, Circa Waves, Basement, Yonaka, Black Futures R1: Chase & Status, Frank Turner DS: Shy FX, Dave Rodigan Pit: Death Grips, Ho9909, Perbutrator FR: Drenge, Heavy Lungs R1X: Aitch (Two Sets) 

Secret Slot: The Vaccines

[Matt42]

Hang on didn’t the subs play in the dark this year?

I really don’t think Tame would accept a sub spot but the darkness thing is a bit of a myth.

[Jericode]

Yeah darkness arrived either for or during all the sub slots, I know Royal Blood played in the dark. Was still light for ADTR but that's more to do with Foos having a longer slot.

[Fuzzy Afro]

My early guess (Reading main stage only):

 

Friday:

STORMZY

Catfish and the Bottlemen

Gerry Cinnamon

Jimmy Eat World

 

Saturday:

TRAVIS SCOTT/BILLIE EILISH

The Vaccines

Lewis Capaldi

 

Sunday:

THE STROKES

Bring Me The Horizon

AJ Tracey

Don Broco

[bigcharlie65]

Alright I'm pretty sure Slipknot will not headline because they just don't appeal to a wide audience so in that case I will put 

Friday

MS: Travis Scott /Catfish & The Bottlemen // The Streets // Gerry Cinnamon

R1: Courteeners  // R1D: Odesza // TP: Bullet for my Valentine// FR: Vistas //R1xtra: Bakar 

Saturday: 

MS: Foals // Billie Eilish // Cage The Elephant 

R1: Milky Chance // R1D: Lauv // TP: Killswitch Engage // FR: Metronomy //R1xtra: Aitch 

Sunday :

MS: Tame Impala / Tyler the Creator // Vampire Weekend // Brockhampton 

R1: Skrillex // R1D: Oliver Heldans // LU: Cypress Hill //FR: La Femme// R1xtra: Kojey Radical 

 

[Tom Connolly]

can’t see Dua being asked back, that slot in 2018 was poor

[dentalplan]

2 hours ago, Matt42 said:

I really don’t think Tame would accept a sub spot but the darkness thing is a bit of a myth.

I would say they would have to accept headlining a smaller festival then - Latitude would be perfect. As far as headline shows in the UK go, the sizes of the ones they’ve done make shouts of headlining Reading and/or Leeds look extremely premature.

[Andre91]

42 minutes ago, bigcharlie65 said:

Alright I'm pretty sure Slipknot will not headline because they just don't appeal to a wide audience so in that case I will put 

Friday

MS: Travis Scott /Catfish & The Bottlemen // The Streets // Gerry Cinnamon

R1: Courteeners  // R1D: Odesza // TP: Bullet for my Valentine// FR: Vistas //R1xtra: Bakar 

Saturday: 

MS: Foals // Billie Eilish // Cage The Elephant 

R1: Milky Chance // R1D: Lauv // TP: Killswitch Engage // FR: Metronomy //R1xtra: Aitch 

Sunday :

MS: Tame Impala / Tyler the Creator // Vampire Weekend // Brockhampton 

R1: Skrillex // R1D: Oliver Heldans // LU: Cypress Hill //FR: La Femme// R1xtra: Kojey Radical 

 

That’d be the weakest set of headliners in modern history.