2020 Line-up Thread

[Sean1234321]

The thought of another year without EOTR 😞

 

 

[paulwa]

4 hours ago, goldengirl said:

Very interesting. Seems to suggest that the festival owners can delay their go/no-go decision and run some kind of festival, perhaps quite a different shape to what we've become used to, even at late notice. Presumably smaller, more focus on UK acts (who themselves would presumably be happy to play at the opening of an envelope by that point). So hold off on festivals for now Boris and lets see those Covid numbers come down!

[retromoz]

22 hours ago, goldengirl said:

does anyone have a link to the original article, please?

[The Nal]

Still holding out hope here. Vaccine the only show in town though. I may not be able to travel from Dublin. Or if I do I might not be able to get home without a fine/hotel quarantine. 6 and a half months is loads of time to get everyone vaxxed up and back to normal (ish) though right?

Edited February 18, 2021 by The Nal

[xxialac]

47 minutes ago, The Nal said:

Still holding out hope here. Vaccine the only show in town though. I may not be able to travel from Dublin. Or if I do I might not be able to get home without a fine/hotel quarantine. 6 and a half months is loads of time to get everyone vaxxed up and back to normal (ish) though right?

If a 12,000 size no-social-distancing-festival is allowed then so will be travel. I'm 50/50 at best on the odds of EOTR getting the green light. Though thank god it's so late in the season.

Probably will still need a test or proof of vaccine to get on a plane and I doubt there will be quarantine needs by then.

 

[Copperface]

Possibility of ALL restrictions being lifted by 21st June!

Got to be a goer...... Jeez, possibly this followed by Beardy on consecutive weekends. Going to be broken after that two weeks.....

[goldengirl]

Yes, if the plan goes smoothly then festivals from end of June would be allowed, possibly using testing. Of course if there is a vaccine resistant variant then that doesn't matter... So I guess festivals will still need insurance for this or it will be a gamble to begin preparations at this stage.

[scatteredscreens]

Just panic bought a ticket for this with the hopes it happens

[xxialac]

1 hour ago, Copperface said:

Possibility of ALL restrictions being lifted by 21st June!

Got to be a goer...... Jeez, possibly this followed by Beardy on consecutive weekends. Going to be broken after that two weeks.....

It seems too good to be true.

Can someone reassure me!

[Justiceforcedave]

It sounded good didn't it.... I'm cautiously optimistic. 

[Copperface]

15 minutes ago, xxialac said:

It seems too good to be true.

Can someone reassure me!

 

8 minutes ago, Justiceforcedave said:

It sounded good didn't it.... I'm cautiously optimistic. 

Yes to both. Cautiously optimistic is exactly it.

Going to be weird though if they do go ahead. Will take some de-institutionalisation/deprogramming at first to get used to people in large crowds again.

[SweepingTheNation]

15 minutes ago, xxialac said:

It seems too good to be true.

Can someone reassure me!

Well.. *gestures to most of the last eleven months*

I worry that with that date being set a chance is being taken on what proportion of people will take the vaccine and (albeit knowing we'll be well outside the traditional flu season by then) how low the infection rate will be given the aim is to offer it to all adults only by the end of July, but then by my reckoning half the adult population should have had a jab by some time in April (they passed one third on Saturday) so that campaign will be into last push territory well before that date.

[Justiceforcedave]

It'll be interesting to see where the rest of the world is too. I wouldn't be surprised if we loose some international bands. They'll have to make decisions much further ahead.

[SweepingTheNation]

6 minutes ago, Copperface said:

Going to be weird though if they do go ahead. Will take some de-institutionalisation/deprogramming at first to get used to people in large crowds again.

It kind of seems weird that the current roadmap goes straight from thirty people gathering from 17th May to (supposedly) as many as you want from 21st June, though maybe the possibility of vaccine passports will ease that part.

[Copperface]

2 minutes ago, SweepingTheNation said:

It kind of seems weird that the current roadmap goes straight from thirty people gathering from 17th May to (supposedly) as many as you want from 21st June, though maybe the possibility of vaccine passports will ease that part.

Yep. Lot of unknowns at the moment and we're not there yet, all those dates are 'not before' so need to bear that in mind, but even thirty people now to me would seem alien.

Going to take some getting used to.

 

[paulwa]

With the first wave of adult vaccinations now targeted for completion by July, there has to be hope for EOTR taking place now, whereas I for one had almost written it off. Fingers crossed. I wonder whether we might still see some safety modifications, e.g. take the sides off the Big Top for added ventilation. It gets a bit fusty in there at the best of times. Maybe we'll see stewards policing the numbers allowed at each stage to allow for more distancing. And I'm sure there will be hand sanitiser everywhere. Whatever it takes to get the thing on!

[xxialac]

It's all very exciting. Just to have hope alive is in itself amazing.

And thank God it's in September. Doesn't mean the organisers can plan with confidence but there is a decent-ish buffer from June 21.

 

[SweepingTheNation]

 

[Tomos_]

15 minutes ago, SweepingTheNation said:

 

Fingers crossed!

A few weeks ago I thought there was a 10% chance of it going ahead, a bit more optimistic now...

[Guy Incognito]

If anyone is selling a ticket then message me!

[SweepingTheNation]

Been pointed out, especially in light of today's "Reading & Leeds definitely going ahead" headlines, that the DCMS issued this on Monday alongside the announcement (Step 4 of course being the final one):

 

[Justiceforcedave]

I am utterly thrilled.

[xxialac]

What are people's odds on this going ahead?

I'm about 60% I think.

If EOTR are willing to gamble, that's very significant but I suppose they could still change their mind before incurring a lot more cost.

[Justiceforcedave]

6 minutes ago, xxialac said:

What are people's odds on this going ahead?

I'm about 60% I think.

If EOTR are willing to gamble, that's very significant but I suppose they could still change their mind before incurring a lot more cost.

After the roadmap and Reading announcement I'm 90%. I think it'll take a huge curveball to stop it from happening.

[xxialac]

2 minutes ago, Justiceforcedave said:

After the roadmap and Reading announcement I'm 90%. I think it'll take a huge curveball to stop it from happening.

Boy, I hope you're right.

If Johnson ends up overpromising on these now sky-high expectations (about which he's 'very confident'), that would make him a big thief...