Latitude 2019

[Beaucoup Fish]

George Ezra seems like a bizarre fit for Latitude. I was at a toddler's party recently and one of his songs came on. The kids loved it. Which is great. But I don't see how his music fits with what Latitude has been doing for the last ten years. It's all well and good to ringfence him as a token act to get the kids in, but it's a slippery slope. Just take a look at the V line-ups from the 90s compared to more recent ones.

[dentalplan]

19 hours ago, Beaucoup Fish said:

George Ezra seems like a bizarre fit for Latitude. I was at a toddler's party recently and one of his songs came on. The kids loved it. Which is great. But I don't see how his music fits with what Latitude has been doing for the last ten years. It's all well and good to ringfence him as a token act to get the kids in, but it's a slippery slope. Just take a look at the V line-ups from the 90s compared to more recent ones.

Don’t toddlers get in for free anyway? Big mistake.

Personally I think that him headlining Neighbourhood might encroach on Latitude a bit. If it’s three of The Strokes, Jaw Jezra, Lana Del Rey and Snow Patrol then I think he dips out.

[tobydlb]

ezra is also pretty popular among young teens  

[Smeble]

Outside of this forum,  George Ezra is pretty popular with everyone, 

[BlueDaze]

2 hours ago, Smeble said:

Outside of this forum,  George Ezra is pretty popular with everyone, 

Latitude 2019 or EFests.?

[dentalplan]

2 hours ago, Smeble said:

Outside of this forum,  George Ezra is pretty popular with everyone, 

Is he popular with people who go to festivals?

[FestivalJamie]

13 minutes ago, dentalplan said:

Is he popular with people who go to festivals?

He was very popular when I saw him at truck festival last July

[jj200]

Friday Foals

Saturday ed Sheeran

Sunday AM

[tobydlb]

when do you think the announcement will be?

[swelsbyuk]

7 hours ago, tobydlb said:

when do you think the announcement will be?

I reckon it will coincide with half-term week so my guess is between Monday 11 Feb and Monday 18 Feb. 

[tobydlb]

Do u think there's a chance of all the headline rumours being true and there being a co-headline or not

[suttttttt]

9 minutes ago, tobydlb said:

Do u think there's a chance of all the headline rumours being true and there being a co-headline or not

It could just be a case of someone like George Ezra being there and not headlining. I'm still not convinced he's big enough and he's headlining Neighborhood in May.

[tobydlb]

3 minutes ago, suttttttt said:

It could just be a case of someone like George Ezra being there and not headlining. I'm still not convinced he's big enough and he's headlining Neighborhood in May.

I'm just praying the strokes rumor is true 

[thewayiam]

On 12/23/2018 at 7:36 PM, Smeble said:

Outside of this forum,  George Ezra is pretty popular with everyone, 

to be honest, having listened to him a bit over over the last couple of months I think he's alright

[DomDom1984]

George Ezra is massively popular, and has enough credibility that he'll have a fairly big crossover audience with folk that go to festivals. He's fine for this.

[rseamer]

George Ezra had the 2nd biggest selling album of last year in the uk, beaten only by the Greatest Showman Soundtrack but ahead of Ed Sheeran, Drake and Post Malone, Arctic Monkeys etc and when he played Glastonbury on the Other Stage (early eve slot) the field was rammed.

He could easily headline Latitude if that's what organisers went for. 

Edited January 8, 2019 by rseamer

[incident]

He also headlined Boardmasters last year which is substantially larger than Latitude. Though granted you probably wouldn't typically realise the size difference judging by the respective lineups.

[swelsbyuk]

7 minutes ago, incident said:

He also headlined Boardmasters last year which is substantially larger than Latitude. Though granted you probably wouldn't typically realise the size difference judging by the respective lineups.

Boardmasters is bigger than Latitude? In capacity I assume you mean? Latitude capacity is 39,999 - what is Boardmasters?

[incident]

The Boardmasters capacity is 53,000 so the difference is only 13,000, which to be honest is less than I thought.

[swelsbyuk]

And I though Boardmasters was more like 45k so it's more than I thought!

Mind you, an extra 13,000 people at £200 each gives Boardmasters organisers an extra £2.6m budget over Latitude. 

Edited January 8, 2019 by swelsbyuk

[suttttttt]

34 minutes ago, swelsbyuk said:

Mind you, an extra 13,000 people at £200 each gives Boardmasters organisers an extra £2.6m budget over Latitude. 

I'm sure Latitude make up the shortfall with those extortionate 'Latitude Luxury' packages, that don't even include a ticket!!!

[tobydlb]

exciting times! When do you think it will be?

[dentalplan]

36 minutes ago, tobydlb said:

exciting times! When do you think it will be?

Soon mate.

[tobydlb]

41 minutes ago, dentalplan said:

Soon mate.

ah cheers

[swelsbyuk]

Surely you can't come out with a statement like that and not make the announcement within the week?