2023 Festival

[Dukey]

18 hours ago, BenG92 said:

I'm also firmly in camp "if you don't wanna play a song don't play it", nothing worse than seeing artists begrudgingly slog through tracks they're sick of 

I've often thought this about KoL with Sex on Fire and Use Somebody but on their recent tour in Leeds they seemed to have started to really embrace it and was probably the best I've seen those songs live

[thatTFBguy]

If I paid £100 to see RHCP live and they didn't play Can't Stop, I'd want a refund. 

[jump]

20 minutes ago, thatTFBguy said:

If I paid £100 to see RHCP live and they didn't play Can't Stop, I'd want a refund. 

The problem is they play Can't Stop and then they don't stop jamming on for the next two hours. Can't Stop isn't a song, its a warning!

[andyrhodes24]

Watching some Glasto - might get pelters for this but Wet Leg shouldn’t be anywhere near R&L, although it’s probably inevitable for 2023

[Andre91]

19 minutes ago, andyrhodes24 said:

Watching some Glasto - might get pelters for this but Wet Leg shouldn’t be anywhere near R&L, although it’s probably inevitable for 2023

How come? I think they’re a very typical R&L band. I think they’ll be mid Main Stage next year. 

[andyrhodes24]

1 hour ago, Andre91 said:

How come? I think they’re a very typical R&L band. I think they’ll be mid Main Stage next year. 

Just find them an incredibly odd concept - there was a discussion on it a few pages back but they’ve got a big ‘your dad’s new favourite band’ vibe about them. Didn’t see crowd shots at Glasto but I’m not convinced they’d appeal enough to pull a decent main stage R&L crowd.

They probably will play next year, just not sure they fit.

[panda97]

3 hours ago, andyrhodes24 said:

Just find them an incredibly odd - there was on it a few pages back but they’ve got a big ‘your dad’s new favourite band’ vibe about them. Didn’t see crowd shots at Glasto but I’m not convinced they’d appeal enough to pull a decent main stage R&L crowd.

They will play next year, just not sure they fit.

The crowd looked absolutely huge from the pictures I've seen

[wghennessy]

I think im the only person in this country that cant stand Wet Leg lol. That Chaise Long song is fucking awful.

 

Not a big Sam Fender fan but he's solid live. Good set at Glasto just then, he'll be up there next year.

[Andre91]

Watching Billie at Glasto and she is the #1 act they should be trying to get for next year. Captivating. 
 

One single minute into Foals and they should be after them just as much. 

Edited June 24, 2022 by Andre91

[NoBuses]

Billie / Sam Fender / Kendrick

Foals / Doja Cat / QOTSA

[wghennessy]

12 minutes ago, Andre91 said:

Watching Billie at Glasto and she is the #1 act they should be trying to get for next year. Captivating. 
 

One single minute into Foals and they should be after them just as much. 

She's great isnt she. 20 years old...mad.

[Andre91]

4 minutes ago, wghennessy said:

She's great isnt she. 20 years old...mad.

Absolutely mad to think how young she is. She looked like she was having the time of her life. The wholesome content we love to see. 
 

Billie / Sam Fender 

Kendrick Lamar / Doja Cat 

My Chemical Romance / Foals 

[TKOCF]

Hard to tell exactly but it looks like Foals have got a big crowd on the Other. Get them topping the MSW next year.

Seconding the calls that getting Billie should be their priority. 

Edited June 24, 2022 by TKOCF

[NoBuses]

5 minutes ago, Andre91 said:

Absolutely mad to think how young she is. She looked like she was having the time of her life. The wholesome content we love to see. 
 

Billie / Sam Fender 

Kendrick Lamar / Doja Cat 

My Chemical Romance / Foals 

That is pornographic 

[VCK]

Very surprised they haven't had Foals back yet, despite them having three albums out since 2016 and not being exclusives elsewhere.

R&L have a habit of getting Glasto's sloppy seconds the following year (Arctic Monkeys, Metallica, Muse, Stormzy) so wouldn't be too surprising if Billie Eilish happened next year.

[Andre91]

17 minutes ago, NoBuses said:

That is pornographic 

Maybe swap Sam and Foals to avoid the Glasto repeat. 

[Lawsie]

Came on here to post exactly what everyone else thinks... 

Unreal set from Billie and Foals, would be amazing bookings for next year 

[Andre91]

Wolf Alice are an excellent band but they will never headline this festival. Then subbing this year is a massive achievement and we will all enjoy it. 

Edited June 24, 2022 by Andre91

[andyrhodes24]

4 hours ago, panda97 said:

The crowd looked absolutely huge from the pictures I've seen

Looks big tbf, The Guardian’s entire readership must be there

[andyrhodes24]

52 minutes ago, Andre91 said:

Wolf Alice are an excellent band but they will never headline this festival. Then subbing this year is a massive achievement and we will all enjoy it. 

I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard on the radio/read in the NME/read of social media that “Wolf Alice are future R&L headliners”. Good albums but couldn’t pick one song everyone will know. They’ll be a good sub 100%

[foolee]

7 hours ago, andyrhodes24 said:

I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard on the radio/read in the NME/read of social media that “Wolf Alice are future R&L headliners”. Good albums but couldn’t pick one song everyone will know. They’ll be a good sub 100%

Agreed. When you look at the size of their crowd in comparison with Sam Fender you can tell who will be a future headliner. 

[jump]

Meh, I wasn't impressed with Sam Fender when I saw him but Wolf Alice have been fantastic live every time I've seen them even though I don't particularly like their records.

[VCK]

I think Sam Fender will headline MSE when he next plays R&L. They've been in need of a guitar act to bump up for a while, and there have been other acts who have been booked to headline who have never been as huge as he is right now.

I reckon it will likely be 2024 though, as I can see him taking a break next year or in the studio.

[BenG92]

Wet Leg were decent when I saw them but they do feel like a band shot into the sun by a few good tracks. Rest of the album wasn't that amazing and if their second doesn't have the same handful of catchy tunes they could be in trouble. 

That said they looked like they were having a lot of fun which goes a very long way for a live act. Big "two girls dancing in a bedroom" vibes. 

[NoBuses]

Defo think Sam will headline MSE. Problem RandL have is getting him before glasto, wouldn't suprise me if they offer him the headline next year like they did with Stormzy