2023 Festival

[WhoOdyssey]

13 hours ago, Crews1 said:

They do Brightside first at festivals, we’ll get that setlist

Their European festival headline slots in the last few weeks have all had Brightside last.

[Crews1]

1 hour ago, WhoOdyssey said:

Their European festival headline slots in the last few weeks have all had Brightside last.

My bad! I was going off what I remember from checking out their set lists about a year ago, looks like we’re getting it last then!

[Jacksamthompson]

So whats the deal with the secret sets. We have soft play confirmed. Bombay do we think will be the Fest republic stage friday gap at around 4pm? Then sea girls on one of the two introducing slots also friday (630)? and there looks like theres a sunday 1extra slot, sat introducing slot and sun introducing? So potentially four more still to come?

[CG31]

14 minutes ago, Jacksamthompson said:

So whats the deal with the secret sets. We have soft play confirmed. Bombay do we think will be the Fest republic stage friday gap at around 4pm? Then sea girls on one of the two introducing slots also friday (630)? and there looks like theres a sunday 1extra slot, sat introducing slot and sun introducing? So potentially four more still to come?

I think BBC will be opening the Dance Stage, otherwise the second screenshot from their Twitter post doesn’t really mean anything

[Crews1]

12 minutes ago, CG31 said:

I think BBC will be opening the Dance Stage, otherwise the second screenshot from their Twitter post doesn’t really mean anything

Yep, just confirmed here 

 

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CwU5RhctQr7/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

[gfa]

17 hours ago, charlierc said:

I mean, they did sell out a large-scale UK stadium tour last year (I should know given I was at the Coventry date). But the general thing is just a mess.

Do we expect to see a big change for 2024 or is the buzz that they're just gonna keep on plodding along with this format?

I think the 2 stage format will be done again, if it flops again then maybe will change.

Clearly the lineup just didn't hit - i think the lack of a rapper or dance act has hurt it a lot

3 hours ago, Dukey said:

At Boardmasters you could only take 2 crates and were only allowed to take booze the first time you went in 

this is pretty standard at smaller fests in the uk. all the superstruct ones are like this too, as is boomtown

[thatTFBguy]

31 minutes ago, Crews1 said:

Yep, just confirmed here 

 

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CwU5RhctQr7/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

That post would suggest it's Reading only, right? 

[Benj]

Silent Disco headsets sold out

rest got nothing to do but riot!

[CG31]

Any idea who the FR secret set at Reading might be tomorrow, at a decent time for me so hoping for someone decent

[jonnyisRFC]

4 minutes ago, CG31 said:

Any idea who the FR secret set at Reading might be tomorrow, at a decent time for me so hoping for someone decent

Speaking with my heart here, but I’m saying Frank Turner. 

[CG31]

3 minutes ago, jonnyisRFC said:

Speaking with my heart here, but I’m saying Frank Turner. 

That’s what my dad just said and I told him to politely piss off, so now I feel a little silly 😂😂

[jonnyisRFC]

3 minutes ago, CG31 said:

That’s what my dad just said and I told him to politely piss off, so now I feel a little silly 😂😂

😂 just seems weird he’s opening and only has a 30 min set. 

[Huckleberry Finn]

24 minutes ago, jonnyisRFC said:

😂 just seems weird he’s opening and only has a 30 min set. 

Given one previously unfilled slot has already been confirmed and another strongly hinted at, does make me think it will be someone already on site.

Edited August 24, 2023 by Huckleberry Finn

[andyrhodes24]

Mates that have just got to Leeds saying that even brown and green camps look completely full. In general it won’t be as bad as we expect but the arena will be shocking through the day, especially if the weather doesn’t hold

[jonnyisRFC]

86TV’s secret set tomorrow. 

[captainricebox]

Am sat out in my garden. Sounds like someone's playing a Muse CD on MSW. 

[GriZzlyz_]

Silent disco didn't go down very well tonight... about 3/7 people in my groups headphones actually worked, when trying to replace the faulty headphones like reading said we would be able to do people were instead turned away as they didn't have any replacement headphones to hand out!

Lots of people trying to buy headphones off other people and people being encouraged to keep their headphones safe as lots have been reported stolen today

Edited August 24, 2023 by GriZzlyz_

[Benj]

7 hours ago, GriZzlyz_ said:

Silent disco didn't go down very well tonight... about 3/7 people in my groups headphones actually worked, when trying to replace the faulty headphones like reading said we would be able to do people were instead turned away as they didn't have any replacement headphones to hand out!

Lots of people trying to buy headphones off other people and people being encouraged to keep their headphones safe as lots have been reported stolen today

Arf…advertise the world’s largest silent disco. 

Don’t source enough headsets to get close to the demand 

Let everyone in to the disco whether they have headsets or not…

They’ve created their own anti-social behaviour from their own anti-anti social behaviour measures 🤣

Couldnt make it up

[Nobby's Old Boots]

29 minutes ago, Benj said:

Arf…advertise the world’s largest silent disco. 

Don’t source enough headsets to get close to the demand 

Let everyone in to the disco whether they have headsets or not…

They’ve created their own anti-social behaviour from their own anti-anti social behaviour measures 🤣

Couldnt make it up

Spot on.

It was always an extremely transparent money making scheme. I hope people are able to get their deposits back but I've a bad feeling...

[Jacksamthompson]

15 hours ago, jonnyisRFC said:

86TV’s secret set tomorrow. 

Which slot do you reckon jonny? 

[Andre91]

Trippie Redd has pulled out to the shock of absolutely nobody. Don’t they ever learn their lesson booking these types of US rappers? 
 

They should either bump everyone else up a slot and give them longer set times or bump  YMAS up to his slot and move someone else to the Main Stage from one of the smaller stages. Stick Knocked Loose on there for the fun of it. 
 

*edit* 

Looks like they’ve bumped YMAS up. 

Edited August 25, 2023 by Andre91

[Chavmeisterdeluxe]

Bumped everyone up I think, Frank Turner has now swapped stages too

[CG31]

https://x.com/officialrandl/status/1695002489458774154?s=46&t=NB_hBQLM0o_EY0OIj_Z9nw

 

is this the Bombay Bicycle Club announcement or someone else

[LazyDavid]

Just updated the Reading clashfinder for today with the new set times on the app if anyone needs it

[Newjem]

1 hour ago, Andre91 said:

Trippie Redd has pulled out to the shock of absolutely nobody. Don’t they ever learn their lesson booking these types of US rappers? 
 

They should either bump everyone else up a slot and give them longer set times or bump  YMAS up to his slot and move someone else to the Main Stage from one of the smaller stages. Stick Knocked Loose on there for the fun of it. 
 

*edit* 

Looks like they’ve bumped YMAS up. 

I think Yung Lean will pull out tomorrow as well 👀