2023 Festival

[TKOCF]

7 minutes ago, FullLineup said:

The Killers

Billie Eilish

Foals

Haim

Lewis Capaldi

Sam Fender

Wolf Alice

Central Cee

Inhaler

The Kooks

Andy C

Becky Hill

 

That's your lot!

No way Wolf Alice do a Bloc Party style three years on the trot as a sub 

[Properbigfan]

I like the two main stage concept a lot.

the nme tent was where it was at though.

the camping last year was horrendous. I was 23 and not prepared for the amount of c**ts just burning stuff.

[FeverDream]

Constantly refreshing this page and to be honest I don’t know why. Very much doubtful we’re going to get anything until the morning now.

[andyrhodes24]

Really does feel naff this year as mentioned. No fanfare around the announcement, barely a peep from the R&L socials and one of the six  (at the very least) headlienrs won’t be a surprise in Billie Eilish with Sziget/EP getting the jump on R&L 

It would’ve been something if they’d announced first and said Billie, Fender, Paramore or whoever it’s going to be and made a real statement of intent with it. We might’ve actually been excited then.

It seems like, at long last, we’ve come to accept that the lineup is going to be a sack of shit. We’re certainly acting like it!

[FeverDream]

Just now, andyrhodes24 said:

Really does feel naff this year as mentioned. No fanfare around the announcement, barely a peep from the R&L socials and one of the six  (at the very least) headlienrs won’t be a surprise in Billie Eilish with Sziget/EP getting the jump on R&L 

It would’ve been something if they’d announced first and said Billie, Fender, Paramore or whoever it’s going to be and made a real statement of intent with it. We might’ve actually been excited then.

It seems like, at long last, we’ve come to accept that the lineup is going to be a sack of shit. We’re certainly acting like it!

Exactly this. A surprise for me would be RATM but I really really cannot see R&L touching them again.

[Chad888]

Outside the names mentioned:

Kendrick Lamar | Gorillaz | Metallica

21 Pilots | Doja Cat | Queens of the Stone Age

 

[Matt42]

It’s 

Sam Fender // Foals

The Killers // Lewis Capaldi 

Billie Eilish // Imagine Dragons

 

See you in the morning for the undercard!

[FeverDream]

8 minutes ago, Chad888 said:

Outside the names mentioned:

Kendrick Lamar | Gorillaz | Metallica

21 Pilots | Doja Cat | Queens of the Stone Age

 

Get that booked ASAP

[andyrhodes24]

2 minutes ago, Matt42 said:

It’s 

Sam Fender // Foals

The Killers // Lewis Capaldi 

Billie Eilish // Imagine Dragons

 

See you in the morning for the undercard!

Can’t really argue the popularity of five of them, but they’d be so out of touch booking Imagine Dragons, especially on Billie’s day. They were shite when they were actually relatively popular

[FeverDream]

Just now, andyrhodes24 said:

Can’t really argue the popularity of five of them, but they’d be so out of touch booking Imagine Dragons, especially on Billie’s day. They were shite when they were actually relatively popular

Swapping Imagine Dragons out with a heavier headliner like QOTSA or The Black Keys would make it stronger for me.

[Newjem]

8 minutes ago, Matt42 said:

It’s 

Sam Fender // Foals

The Killers // Lewis Capaldi 

Billie Eilish // Imagine Dragons

 

See you in the morning for the undercard!

Melvin's a bad guy, duh.

[mttJ]

Works well for me if that's the lineup. I'll do the Fender/Foals day without an overwhelming interest in the others. Hopeful for one or two on the undercard I'd look forward to as well.

[andyrhodes24]

4 minutes ago, FeverDream said:

Swapping Imagine Dragons out with a heavier headliner like QOTSA or The Black Keys would make it stronger for me.

Me too, just noticed Imagine Dragons are in Paris the Tuesday and Wednesday of R&L week, it’s happening isn’t it…

[NoBuses]

Wolf Alice are taking time off to write album 4

[Matt42]

7 minutes ago, andyrhodes24 said:

Can’t really argue the popularity of five of them, but they’d be so out of touch booking Imagine Dragons, especially on Billie’s day. They were shite when they were actually relatively popular

Tbh I think they were limited by who is actually touring, as next year looks really weak for options.

[FeverDream]

Just now, andyrhodes24 said:

Me too, just noticed Imagine Dragons are in Paris the Tuesday and Wednesday of R&L week, it’s happening isn’t it…

Yup. Knew it as soon as they were announced for Sziget. Yuck.

[Chad888]

12 minutes ago, Matt42 said:

It’s 

Sam Fender // Foals

The Killers // Lewis Capaldi 

Billie Eilish // Imagine Dragons

 

See you in the morning for the undercard!

We've known that for a while, and the undercard was revealed on page 138 yesterday...

 

NBT, Yungblud, Central Cee, Tom Grennan, Trippie Redd, Becky Hill etc 

[Sailorjerry1]

21 minutes ago, Chad888 said:

Outside the names mentioned:

Kendrick Lamar | Gorillaz | Metallica

21 Pilots | Doja Cat | Queens of the Stone Age

 

Metallica? They’re playing 2 headline sets at download. There’s more chance of me turning up and playing my banjo string on stage for 2 hours then them turning up. I don’t even have a banjo string.

[andyrhodes24]

2 minutes ago, Matt42 said:

Tbh I think they were limited by who is actually touring, as next year looks really weak for options.

I wouldn’t mind if they weren’t putting ticket prices up as well. There must be people at FR HQ that know they’re scraping the bottom of the barrel with this one. They shouldn’t push for six headliners if they can’t book six acts worthy of the slot.

[Matt42]

2 minutes ago, andyrhodes24 said:

I wouldn’t mind if they weren’t putting ticket prices up as well. There must be people at FR HQ that know they’re scraping the bottom of the barrel with this one. They shouldn’t push for six headliners if they can’t book six acts worthy of the slot.

This will be an interesting year for the festival industry as a whole tbh. Rising costs, rising prices and a weak roaster of acts to pick from.

I wonder if some will struggle to sell out. I think Billie’s day will sell out this year but that’s about it.

[wro_lap]

23 minutes ago, Matt42 said:

It’s 

Sam Fender // Foals

The Killers // Lewis Capaldi 

Billie Eilish // Imagine Dragons

 

See you in the morning for the undercard!

Personally think this is a fantastic set of headliners. Sure, Imagine Dragons suck but you can't win them all. This is the best set since they lengthened it to 6 headliners

[mttJ]

11 minutes ago, Chad888 said:

We've known that for a while, and the undercard was revealed on page 138 yesterday...

 

NBT, Yungblud, Central Cee, Tom Grennan, Trippie Redd, Becky Hill etc 

Are you more confident in your pairings though?

[thewayiam]

9 minutes ago, Chad888 said:

We've known that for a while, and the undercard was revealed on page 138 yesterday...

 

NBT, Yungblud, Central Cee, Tom Grennan, Trippie Redd, Becky Hill etc 

So:

Sam Fender, Tom Grennan // Foals, NBT

The Killers, Yungblud // Lewis Capaldi, Becky Hill 

Billie Eilish, Trippie Redd // Imagine Dragons, Central Cee

 

are we about there?, with KSI potentially a sub instead?

[andyrhodes24]

8 minutes ago, Matt42 said:

This will be an interesting year for the festival industry as a whole tbh. Rising costs, rising prices and a weak roaster of acts to pick from.

I wonder if some will struggle to sell out. I think Billie’s day will sell out this year but that’s about it.

Obviously remains to be seen what the likes of Y Not, Truck, Tramlines etc do but they could capitalise on bigger festivals that are grappling with the problems you mention. Punters wont have as much to spend this year anyway never mind if the lineup isn’t up to much. Close to £300 for the rumoured headliners isn’t good value for me in the current climate at all.

[The All Round Ball :|]

Thought I'd come and check the forum. 

This has to be the dullest year yet 😅

Not saying that to be mean but nothing exciting. No leaks no nothing, the night before the announcement.