2023 Festival

[gfa]

Just hearing this now. Hilarious

massive MSW headliner. Fair play if true as boring as it is, will probably help get both sides close to sell out. Its what they needed really

[NorthernSoul52]

= The 1975
1 The City
2 M.O.N.E.Y.
3 Chocolate
4 Sex
5 Talk!
= An Encounter
6 Heart Out
7 Settle Down
8 Robbers
9 Girls
= 12
10 She Way Out
11 Menswear
12 Pressure
13 Is There Somebody Who Can Watch You

14 Happiness
15 Love It If We Made It
16 The Sound
17 Give Yourself a Try
18 Somebody Else

[thatTFBguy]

34 minutes ago, NorthernSoul52 said:

= The 1975
1 The City
2 M.O.N.E.Y.
3 Chocolate
4 Sex
5 Talk!
= An Encounter
6 Heart Out
7 Settle Down
8 Robbers
9 Girls
= 12
10 She Way Out
11 Menswear
12 Pressure
13 Is There Somebody Who Can Watch You

14 Happiness
15 Love It If We Made It
16 The Sound
17 Give Yourself a Try
18 Somebody Else

Bit too long for a MSW set, no? Most artists in that slot seem to play around 15 songs. But Id love something like the above. Although, swap Somebody Else for About You. 

[Jericode]

I mean if they don't replace Slowthai as well they can just give them an extended set and re-jig the day

[NorthernSoul52]

57 minutes ago, thatTFBguy said:

Bit too long for a MSW set, no? Most artists in that slot seem to play around 15 songs. But Id love something like the above. Although, swap Somebody Else for About You. 

Possibly so? I was assume about eighty minutes, in which case it is probably the first album and two or three others.

[Benj]

5 hours ago, gfa said:

Just hearing this now. Hilarious

massive MSW headliner. Fair play if true as boring as it is, will probably help get both sides close to sell out. Its what they needed really

And KennyHoopla and sleep token on for those who don’t fancy it.

Some actual decent counter programming by the festival

[Will b]

Knucks???

[gregory]

CONFIRMED. Knucks also added.

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[gregory]

2 minutes ago, Will b said:

Knucks???

Slowthai - 2,081,001 monthly listeners
Knucks - 3,573,323 monthly listeners

Not that it's really a true measure of anything, but nearly double the listeners on Spotify than Slowthai.

[Dukey]

Knucks is decent but as a sub?! Is he really that big?! 

[charlierc]

So are The 1975 to now keep that weekend free from now until they retire just in case they're needed as an emergency headliner?

[Guest]

I think it's cool that they've given Knucks that slot. One of the more exciting rappers in the UK right now and he's pretty popular.

A unique The 1975 set and Knucks are decent replacements, I'd say. Could've been a lot worse.

[Jericode]

He played 3rd down on 1xtra last year so that's another repeat for whoever was keeping track.

[thatTFBguy]

Whelp, that's me £200 poorer after the confirmation. Already curious to know which headliner 1975 will fill in for next year. 

[charlierc]

10 hours ago, andyrhodes24 said:

Bold bold choice to book a headliner to play an album in full, especially when they’re not universally popular and only played last year. Probably what they had planned for this year all along though before The 1975 were drafted in last year, just shows FR have sunk so far that they’ll book anyone if it gets them out of a hole.

At least Sleep Token are on the FR Stage.

I recall when Muse played Reading 2011 they did Origin of Symmetry in full, and indeed Green Day did Dookie in full there in 2013, so it's not the first time that's happened tbf.

[Benj]

Never heard of Knucks but 1975 are a good add…for ticket sales at least

Will attract miles more than Courteeners/ Royal Blood etc despite plying everywhere under the sun in the last year

[VCK]

😆The f**king 1975, again. At this point they're clearly and deliberately taking the piss.

[gfa]

peak reading and leeds this

shocking - funny though at least. its a big MSW headliner tbh

surprised Reading saturday hasn't sold out yet

Edited July 10, 2023 by gfa

[stanh]

lmao, dont really have words😂

[andyrhodes24]

Does anyone know if tickets are eligible for resale yet on ticketmaster or when they might be? Hanging on for a cheapy

[VCK]

Maybe my hopes for Pulp or QOTSA were pitched a little too high, but that's beyond parody.

The festival is quite clearly going through what football fans on Twitter call its banter era right now.

[FloorFiller]

It’s very silly that they’re headlining yet again, but also FR would’ve been stupid to turn them down and scouted out what would’ve undoubtedly been a weaker option. They’re not totally my thing, but all of their previous sets have been highly praised by even the doubters so at least they’re guaranteed to deliver on the night. 

[wro_lap]

That's left a really sour taste in my mouth. I'm a real fan of this year's lineup and after Healy's recent behaviour I can't help but feel like that's a dampener on it.

And yes I'm being serious, I know the lineup isn't to everyone's taste and that's fine. But booking them to headline two years in a row is pathetic

[gregory]

Hoping Knucks was a cheap/short option and they might give The 1975 90 mins or something for a decent-sized hits set after playing self-titled. 

Edited July 10, 2023 by gregory

[gfa]

2 hours ago, gregory said:

Hoping Knucks was a cheap/short option and they might give The 1975 90 mins or something for a decent-sized hits set after playing self-titled. 

Knucks will do a proper set. definitely an in demand act

i doubt the 1975 will be less than like 80 mins, they can just knock 5 mins off the first few acts to play if necessary