Boomtown Chapter 1: The Gathering

[mr flow]

David Rodigan and Gentleman's Dub Club both self confirmed.

[gregory]

If you just book a normal National Express coach from London to Winchester, what are you options on arrival? Anyone know? It is about £50 cheaper booking the normal busses from East Anglia than booking it through the official "to the festival" National Express ticket.

Edited May 2, 2022 by gregory

[Leyrulion]

On 5/2/2022 at 5:43 PM, gregory said:

If you just book a normal National Express coach from London to Winchester, what are you options on arrival? Anyone know? It is about £50 cheaper booking the normal busses from East Anglia than booking it through the official "to the festival" National Express ticket.

Shuttle bus from the train station is £10 return. 

 

 

Also ShyFX self confirmed.

[mr flow]

3 minutes ago, Leyrulion said:

 

 

 

Also ShyFX self confirmed.

Really? I thought his latest tour dates ruled him out?

[jfaragher]

3 minutes ago, Leyrulion said:

Also ShyFX self confirmed.

Way to bury the lede...

His opening set on the Lions Den in 2018(17??) was fantastic, until the rain came down

[Leyrulion]

23 minutes ago, mr flow said:

Really? I thought his latest tour dates ruled him out?

He's playing Boardmasters, which would normally have ruled him out. But the no lineup announcement is breaking all the rules. 

Edited May 3, 2022 by Leyrulion

[mr flow]

Ibibio Sound Machine also self confirmed

Edited May 3, 2022 by mr flow

[Leyrulion]

1 hour ago, mr flow said:

Ibibio Sound Machine also self confirmed

Slowly and steadily we're building a line up!

Updated below with some sleuthing I've done on who's playing where the week before, after or during.

A few names out but Gorrillaz have an interesting weekend off...

 

Confirmed

David Rodigan

Shy Fx

Ibibio Sound Machine

Gentleman's Dub Club

Manidextrous

Kelvin 373

 

 

 

Possible carryover from 2020

Damian Marley Jr (also @Boardmasters)

Greentea Peng (also @Boardmasters)

Peggy Gou (also @wilderness) 

Underworld (also @wilderness but in Spain on 13th) 

Biig Piig (also @otherlands)

 

No tour info

De La Soul

The Skints 

 

Tour dates mean unlikely

Princess Nokia 

Meute

 

Playing Boardmasters

Idles

Kurupt FM

Kings of the beat

Jungle cakes takeover

General Levy

 24 HR Garage girls

 Born on Road

Mall Grab (Malta on Saturday, possible to do both on Friday but unlikely?)

 

Playing Arctangent

Agent Fresco

Earthtone9

 

Playing Wilderness

Roisin Murphy 

Jungle (out, tour dates)

 

Speculation/Rumour

Gorillaz (Boomtown shaped hole on their tour? All points East the week after....)

Four Tet (Finsbury park on 13th)

 Kae Tempest ( also @greenman festival)

Kamasi Washington (also @ crystal palace bowl 13th)

 Ezra Collective (also @ crystal palace bowl 13th) 

Yves Tumor (also @greenman festival) 

Chemical Brothers (also @field day)

BICEP (also @greenman festival ) 

Mura Masa

Prodigy

LCD Soundsystem

 

Tour dates mean unlikely 

 Slowthai (Sziget and Way out west)

Little Simz (Sziget and Way out west)

Noisia (Canada 12th August)

  

Edited May 3, 2022 by Leyrulion

[gregory]

Could Gorillaz headline again so soon? Did they go down well in 2018?

[Sku]

9 hours ago, Leyrulion said:

Slowly and steadily we're building a line up!

Updated below with some sleuthing I've done on who's playing where the week before, after or during.

A few names out but Gorrillaz have an interesting weekend off...

 

Confirmed

David Rodigan

Shy Fx

Ibibio Sound Machine

Gentleman's Dub Club

Manidextrous

Kelvin 373

 

 

 

Possible carryover from 2020

Damian Marley Jr (also @Boardmasters)

Greentea Peng (also @Boardmasters)

Peggy Gou (also @wilderness) 

Underworld (also @wilderness but in Spain on 13th) 

Biig Piig (also @otherlands)

 

No tour info

De La Soul

The Skints 

 

Tour dates mean unlikely

Princess Nokia 

Meute

 

Playing Boardmasters

Idles

Kurupt FM

Kings of the beat

Jungle cakes takeover

General Levy

 24 HR Garage girls

 Born on Road

Mall Grab (Malta on Saturday, possible to do both on Friday but unlikely?)

 

Playing Arctangent

Agent Fresco

Earthtone9

 

Playing Wilderness

Roisin Murphy 

Jungle (out, tour dates)

 

Speculation/Rumour

Gorillaz (Boomtown shaped hole on their tour? All points East the week after....)

Four Tet (Finsbury park on 13th)

 Kae Tempest ( also @greenman festival)

Kamasi Washington (also @ crystal palace bowl 13th)

 Ezra Collective (also @ crystal palace bowl 13th) 

Yves Tumor (also @greenman festival) 

Chemical Brothers (also @field day)

BICEP (also @greenman festival ) 

Mura Masa

Prodigy

LCD Soundsystem

 

Tour dates mean unlikely 

 Slowthai (Sziget and Way out west)

Little Simz (Sziget and Way out west)

Noisia (Canada 12th August)

  

Some more self confirms for you:

• Dub Pistols
• Duncan Disorderly & the Scallywags
• Bridge City Sinners
• O.B.F Sound System
• Town of Cats
• Earthling
• Crossy (Born on Road)

Speculation:

The Libertines and Pendulum have Boomtown shaped holes in their tours, so speculatively could be carry overs from 2020. Candi Staton was on the 2020 lineup, and is in the UK on the Friday.

[Old_Johno]

3 hours ago, gregory said:

Could Gorillaz headline again so soon? Did they go down well in 2018?

I would have thought it’s a bit soon to have them back,  they had a big crowd but the sound was a bit rubbish, and they play a lot of their B sides. Which is great if you’re really, really into Gorillaz. Lots of people left pretty early on. 

[gregory]

3 hours ago, gregory said:

Could Gorillaz headline again so soon? Did they go down well in 2018?

Never mind, APE keep billing them as a “UK festival exclusive”, so I’d say it’s pretty unlikely they’re gonna show up elsewhere a week before their exclusive headline slot in London. 

[gregory]

20 minutes ago, Old_Johno said:

I would have thought it’s a bit soon to have them back,  they had a big crowd but the sound was a bit rubbish, and they play a lot of their B sides. Which is great if you’re really, really into Gorillaz. Lots of people left pretty early on. 

No B sides, but a lot of new stuff, which is testing if you are not a big fan I guess https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/gorillaz/2018/the-matterley-bowl-winchester-england-43e8b3ff.html

Fair play to Damon for bringing Gruff SFA, Shaun Ryder, De La Soul etc. out though 

[mr flow]

The Acid Leak which is run by the people who used to do The Rave Yard are returning this year, so the usual dose of acid techno will be there 

[mr flow]

On 5/4/2022 at 11:35 AM, gregory said:

No B sides, but a lot of new stuff, which is testing if you are not a big fan I guess https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/gorillaz/2018/the-matterley-bowl-winchester-england-43e8b3ff.html

Fair play to Damon for bringing Gruff SFA, Shaun Ryder, De La Soul etc. out though 

I really enjoyed the set, but i'd prepared for it by listening to The Now Now a lot prior to the set. They also played pretty much all of their well known songs aside from 19-2000, but i think people expected them to start with Feel Good Inc, Clint Eastwood or Dare, which they were never going to do.

[mr flow]

 

One of the Boomtown bookers is also booking The Common line up at Glastonbury, so i'd expect a lot of the below playing at Boomtown as well:-

[Sku]

All of these acts have now either already self confirmed, or are "regulars" who might as well have been. A good friend of mine has been on a mass DM campaign of suspected artists, and helped dig a lot of these extra names out.

• Shy FX
• David Rodigan
• Skeptical
• Mandidextrous
• Beans on Toast
• Gentlemen's Dub Club
• Ibibio Sound Machine
• 24 Hour Garage Girls
• Born on Road
  • Kelvin 373
  • Crossy
  • And the rest...
• Dub Pistols
• Earthling
• Town of Cats
• Bridge City Sinners
• Mrs Magoo
• Duncan Disorderly and the Scallywags
• O.B.F. Soundsystem
• Demolition Man
• Zion Train
• Binbag Wisdom
• AAA Badboy
• Wonka
• Chris Tofu
• Nia Archives

Edited May 6, 2022 by Sku
+Nia Archives, just self confirmed on Instagram today

[Old_Johno]

Tankus the Henge with a ‘festival TBA’ for the Thursday 

[gregory]

5 hours ago, Old_Johno said:

Tankus the Henge with a ‘festival TBA’ for the Thursday 

It says in FR (not UK), like the night before. They could play 12 or 13, but you would think they'd have listed if it that were the case.

[Old_Johno]

On 5/7/2022 at 2:53 AM, gregory said:

It says in FR (not UK), like the night before. They could play 12 or 13, but you would think they'd have listed if it that were the case.

Maybe wishful thinking from me, they were there 18 & 19.

Mad Apple Circus have confirmed on their tour page. Which means imperial leisure will Probably play too seeing as they share 90% of their band 

[mjfromthelane]

Critical Music was included on a Boomtown Insta post of 'collectives' who will be there so I think we can add the likes of Kasra, Enei, Halogenix to the DnB list.

Didn't know too many of the others but looks like Dubtendo stage will be back.

[tpark]

Spoke to Dutty Moonshine after his/their insanely fun set last week and he confirmed they're on one on the new stages on Friday night

[mr flow]

On 5/13/2022 at 11:20 PM, tpark said:

Spoke to Dutty Moonshine after his/their insanely fun set last week and he confirmed they're on one on the new stages on Friday night

As confirmed by their "LOL" date on the 12th of August on this:-

[jfaragher]

On 5/6/2022 at 1:37 PM, Sku said:

• AAA Badboy
• Wonka

It would be a strange Boomtown if these two weren't playing, what with them being the musical directors 🙂 

[Harry3]

Decided to try and bag a ticket for Boomtown this year. Always thought it was better when it was all connected together in the bowl, and hoping the lack of lineup will drive away the ketamine and DnB addicted kind of person that I used to be 😂