Green Man 2020

[Gilgamesh69]

59 minutes ago, lessthanwill1 said:

Last couple of years they've announced 2/3 of the headliners with the third coming later on. They have announced all headliners in previous versions though so it's not a strict rule. 

First announcement last year contained most of the bigger acts but some were still announced later on (e.g. Eels and Yo La Tengo). 

The quantity of acts announced in the first announcement also varies quite a bit. Last year they announced pretty much double the amount of acts that were initially announced in 2018. 

Sounds good; so hopefully there should be enough there for me to decide if I want to go again or not?

[lessthanwill1]

6 minutes ago, Gilgamesh69 said:

Sounds good; so hopefully there should be enough there for me to decide if I want to go again or not?

Probably. Although in 2018 the first announcement wasn't that great for me but then the next two were and I bought my ticket on that basis. 

The second announcement is usually 1st March (St David's Day) and tickets are unlikely to have sold out before that so you'll probably be able to find out some more acts in addition to the initial acts that are announced before having to decide. 

Edited January 9, 2020 by lessthanwill1

[Gilgamesh69]

6 minutes ago, lessthanwill1 said:

Probably. Although in 2018 the first announcement wasn't that great for me but then the next two were and I bought my ticket on that basis. 

The second announcement is usually 1st March (St David's Day) and tickets are unlikely to have sold out before that so you'll probably be able to find out some more acts in addition to the initial acts that are announced before having to decide. 

Aye but would rather get it booked sooner so I can book time off and make plans.

Chances are I'll go to this and/or End of the Road anyway; really the main issue is convincing people to come with or at least finding some kind of solo group 😅

[the wonderwhy]

Suede have just been announced for Oya. I feel like they're discussed as a possibility every year so lets keep that ball rolling... 

[Gilgamesh69]

12 minutes ago, the wonderwhy said:

Suede have just been announced for Oya. I feel like they're discussed as a possibility every year so lets keep that ball rolling... 

Seem likely. I mean they're doing festivals and I can't think of many they would do here. All Points East perhaps?

[dentalplan]

3 hours ago, the wonderwhy said:

Suede have just been announced for Oya. I feel like they're discussed as a possibility every year so lets keep that ball rolling... 

I think they’d be more likely to turn up at something like Victorious or even The Big Feastival in August than Green Man.

[SaintEwart]

Bright Eyes.... 👀

[zahidf]

11 hours ago, andrewdotstewart said:

Bright Eyes.... 👀

Conor is doing a solo gig 2 weeks before green man in europe...

[dentalplan]

8 minutes ago, zahidf said:

Conor is doing a solo gig 2 weeks before green man in europe...

Where?

[the wonderwhy]

13 hours ago, dentalplan said:

I think they’d be more likely to turn up at something like Victorious or even The Big Feastival in August than Green Man.

Yeah I agree its just they seem to get mentioned in this thread annually 

[Callum_96]

Was thinking about potential Thursday headliners and remembered they had Ride a few years back, would Doves fit in here? 

[SaintEwart]

Anyone mentioned Supergrass yet?

[Gilgamesh69]

Can someone give me a rough guesstimation of how much the ticket, and settler's pass will be?

 

Trying to do my budgeting for the year to see how many fests I can attend 😄

Edited January 10, 2020 by Gilgamesh69

[Aeroplane Over the Sea]

DOVES headlined about ten years back and didn’t go down well at all

Edited January 10, 2020 by Aeroplane Over the Sea

[Aeroplane Over the Sea]

4 hours ago, Gilgamesh69 said:

Can someone give me a rough guesstimation of how much the ticket, and settler's pass will be?

 

Trying to do my budgeting for the year to see how many fests I can attend 😄

About £220 I think with settlers 

[Born in the fifties]

15 hours ago, Aeroplane Over the Sea said:

About £220 I think with settlers 

I paid just under £290 for my early bird with Settlers and Car Park. The dreaded booking & shipment fees added up to over £25, which is effing ridiculous.  Settlers Car Park was £30, and I think Settler's itself was maybe £60.  Last year I didn't do Settlers and I paid £212 for my early bird with Car Park.

[Aeroplane Over the Sea]

Woah... that feels like a bit of a price hike l, unless I really wasn’t paying attention last year (seems unlikely)! I had in my head about £180 plus £40 but hadn’t included car park, fees or apparently a few years of settlers price hikes 

Edited January 11, 2020 by Aeroplane Over the Sea

[lessthanwill1]

If Bright Eyes were at this, do you think they'd headline?

Conor Obest played 3rd down on the Mountain Stage in 2017 for reference. 

[rug568]

1 hour ago, lessthanwill1 said:

If Bright Eyes were at this, do you think they'd headline?

Conor Obest played 3rd down on the Mountain Stage in 2017 for reference. 

Hmmm potentially, I don’t think people would be too bothered if they did 

[the wonderwhy]

I think they'd probably sub? Its an impossible one to call really given they haven't played here, or anywhere, for ages. They don't strike me as the type of band that can go around demanding headline positions just because they've reformed, certainly not as events this size anyway. 

[SaintEwart]

I might be biased as I love Conor Oberst, but in my mind they're a bigger draw than Sharon Van Etten or Father John Misty.

Maybe a Thursday headliner if not?

[Dancers Stand Very Still]

Some recommendations from Rockaway Beach this weekend that I feel would go down well at Green Man: LIFE, International Teachers of Pop and Eyesore & The Jinx. 

I feel that International Teachers of Pop would be perfect in an early Thursday slot to get people in the mood, just as audiobooks were billed in '19.

edit: just checked the Clashfinder and they played exactly that slot in 2018! I didn't realise they went back so far as a side-project. 

Edited January 13, 2020 by JHad
Checked the Clashfinder

[Oceansky]

3 hours ago, andrewdotstewart said:

I might be biased as I love Conor Oberst, but in my mind they're a bigger draw than Sharon Van Etten or Father John Misty.

Maybe a Thursday headliner if not?

Yeah I'd be pretty happy. Especially if the rumour of Phoebe Bridgers playing is true. Hopefully they'd share a stage and do some Better Oblivion Community centre stuff. 

[SweepingTheNation]

Bright Eyes is much bigger than Oberst solo, if that makes sense - though BOCC was treated as a big deal there seems a lot more excitement about their getting back together than a new Mystic Valley Band album would have got. I can completely see them as a headliner, if maybe not the biggest one.

[benali]

Pigsx7 were on with Marc Riley last night. He asked them about festivals and they said they have a few booked in but didn't think they could announce them yet. They played last year but have a new album on the way so could be a possibility. They also namechecked Green Man as one of their highlights of 2019.