2020 Line-up Thread

[Mardy]

1 minute ago, The Nal said:

Ill be swimming over if I have to. 

Was thinking about your reaction when you saw this lineup. Looks like Simon's been rummaging through your record collection, right enough.

[ace56blaa]

Some cool replacements happy for people with a ticket. Hoping the US acts come back next year so I can get a ticket

[The Nal]

5 minutes ago, Mardy said:

Was thinking about your reaction when you saw this lineup. Looks like Simon's been rummaging through your record collection, right enough.

Truman Show stuff yeah. Some beauties in there alright.

But more importantly, a load of acts I've never seen before. 

[SweepingTheNation]

31 minutes ago, xxialac said:

Sleaford Mods on the other hand have been lower down posters for years and don't feel like a headline act to me.

They're headlining one of the nights of South Facing at Crystal Palace Bowl in August which is 5,000 capacity. Same size as the largest date on King Krule's cancelled 2020 tour.

Edited May 5, 2021 by SweepingTheNation

[Guy Incognito]

Jeez can't believe we're here arguing about whether acts are big enough to headline or not after the year or so we've had.

[scatteredscreens]

Musically, culturally, and it'd have been good to get at least one female headliner - yes I know Stereolab has a female frontwoman.

Edited May 5, 2021 by scattered_screens

[scatteredscreens]

1 minute ago, Guy Incognito said:

Jeez can't believe we're here arguing about whether acts are big enough to headline or not after the year or so we've had.

Not arguing, just saying how I think Little Simz would have been better placed.

[Guy Incognito]

Just now, scattered_screens said:

Not arguing, just saying how I think Little Simz would have been better placed.

I agree tbf.

[Guy Incognito]

The real question is, will the dumpling stand be back???

[benali]

Excited for Stereolab, the other headliners are all a bit meh as far as I'm concerned but then I've rarely watched a Woods Stage headliner.

By the time the festival comes around people will be wondering why Little Simz wasn't headlining. She's about to hit the real big time.

Most gutted about Julianna Barwick cancelling, she was one of the acts I most wanted to see. Happy that bdrmm, John Grant and Hen Ogledd are added. 

Can't wait to sit in a field and watch some music. 

[robith]

They better have the beer stock I tell ya, I'm coming in hot

[Losing my hair]

Well happy with that, better than I'd expected.

Not sure about Sleaford Mods (shouty man + disinterested man pushing buttons) headlining, surely it should be Little Simz - except if she's a sub will there be less chance of a clash???

[The Nal]

16 minutes ago, robith said:

They better have the beer stock I tell ya, I'm coming in hot

Beeline for the Beavertown bar for pints of neckoil when I come trough the gate

[xxialac]

Can we just take a moment to appreciate the awesomeness of getting all of these acts in one place

-Tinariwen

-Songhoy Blues

-Les Amazones D'Afrique

-Les Filles de Ilighadad

[Nick07]

I think Sleaford Mods headlining is amazing news 

[Sean1234321]

Really happy, although was expecting to see Black Midi 😞

 

[Guy Incognito]

8 minutes ago, Sean1234321 said:

Really happy, although was expecting to see Black Midi 😞

 

Maybe late night secret tipi set again like in 2018? What a set that was....

[xxialac]

Wonder if Aldous H might be able to make it back to the UK (where she lives after all) and end up being a late add.

[WM Hall]

Stereolab are huge and fully deserve to headline EOTR - as big if not bigger in reputation than Hot Chip and King Krule... Sleaford Mods on the other hand is totally laughable. How they're headlining is beyond me.

[xxialac]

It's 2019 all over again. 

The awesome mid-card is better than the headliners.

[WM Hall]

On a more positive note - 

Stereolab, Arab Strap, Shirley Collins, Tinariwen, Altin Gun, Hen Ogledd are really good solid additions: not shouty teen post-punk, not flash in the pan, not zeitgeisty but established & interesting. 

[xxialac]

...um...on a more sobering note, is this actually going to go ahead?

Easy to get carried away when the reality is EOTR is not awash with cash and won't be able to go ahead unless they are SURE the festival can take place.

Still feels about 50/50 to me...

[xxialac]

Any bets on acoustic sets?

Jonny Greenwood and John Grant please!!

[Guy Incognito]

1 minute ago, xxialac said:

Any bets on acoustic sets?

Jonny Greenwood and John Grant please!!

Ahh man you've reminded me how much I was looking forward to a Adrianne Lenker acoustic set.

[xxialac]

2 minutes ago, Guy Incognito said:

Ahh man you've reminded me how much I was looking forward to a Adrianne Lenker acoustic set.

daaaamn, sorry.