Green Man 2023

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15 minutes ago, lessthanwill1 said:

Quietly confident about Sigur Ros personally.  

I think it'll be Green Man/APE/EoTR, but leaning more towards GM. Don't think they'd be deemed big enough for APE anymore. Just bagged a ticket to see them in Nottingham because they're doing mammoth setlists at the minute, two sets at 21 songs total!

[SweepingTheNation]

5 hours ago, evannn said:

Chucking in an early punt for headliners: Broken Social Scene, Redcar (fka Christine and the Queens), Hot Chip, Suede

I'd also love to see How to Dress Well and Sylvan Esso in the walled garden

Broken Social Scene played third from top at EOTR in 2016, no way they'd headline a 2023 festival. Chris/Redcar is probably too big.

The Delgados will play this (or EOTR), surely?

[lessthanwill1]

Broken Social Scene were down for GM 2019 but they had to pull out.  They weren’t headliners but they were high up the bill. 

[evannn]

I had BSS as potential Thursday Headliners in my mind, that felt about right to me... I didn't realise they had previously been booked lower down, though! 

1 hour ago, SweepingTheNation said:

Broken Social Scene played third from top at EOTR in 2016, no way they'd headline a 2023 festival. Chris/Redcar is probably too big.

The Delgados will play this (or EOTR), surely?

I think Chris/Redcar could be about right; after the APE date last time round didn't sell well, I don't know if a significantly bigger festival (one that doesn't consistently sell out anyway) would risk booking him to headline? Also, I think the new name might affect "brand" recognition somewhat

[lessthanwill1]

For reference, the below is a list of non-UK European festivals worth keeping an eye on for potential GM bookings as the first few acts for these festivals start getting announced later this year/early next year: 

• Paredes de Coura
• Pukkelpop 
• Lowlands
• Route du Rock 
• Canela Party 
• Flow Festival
• Oya Festival 
• Off Festival 
• Haldern Pop Festival 
• SonicBlast 

From memory I think Paredes often announces a few acts quite early on and also some of the Scandinavian ones like Flow and Oya. 

There's probably a few others but I think these are the main ones.  Weirdly, a lot of GM acts were on the bill for This Ain't No Picnic this year in California which is the bank holiday weekend so potentially worth looking out for that one as well. 

[lessthanwill1]

Les Savy Fav and Crack Cloud (and others) confirmed for Canela Party 23. Yes please!!

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1 hour ago, lessthanwill1 said:

Les Savy Fav and Crack Cloud (and others) confirmed for Canela Party 23. Yes please!!

Shame as well, assuming they'll have a new album out by then.

[lessthanwill1]

Stella Donnelley and Julia Jacklin back please.  Both with great albums out recently, particularly Julia’s. 

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9 minutes ago, lessthanwill1 said:

Stella Donnelley and Julia Jacklin back please.  Both with great albums out recently, particularly Julia’s. 

Me and you should get in touch with GM and we'll book the line up for em hahahaha

[OddRon]

Stella Donnelly's new album is fab, looking forward to her tour in November, still waiting on the new album and her bird watching tote bag to be delivered.

[riverlodge]

Just (about) recovering from EOTR, a few highlights that would absolutely fit a Green Man 2023:

- Kevin Morby sub headlined the Garden stage, and wow has he ramped up his show since he was last there - would easily have warranted headline status tbh

- not everyone's cup of tea [@BornintheFifties notably 😉 ] but Black Midi's set as Garden headliner was utterly sensational - not quite sure who to credit for this, possibly The Independent - but described as 'brilliantly playing all of spotify within 80 minutes'. Anyway, nuts, intense, brilliant, amazing. Wow!

- Green Man 'old fave' Aldous Harding was completely sublime as a Garden headliner

Down the lineup a touch, but Grace Cummings is something very special, and deathcrash (on a much bigger stage than at GM) were immense.

[timeforheroes]

Grace Cummings was wonderdful at Manc Psych fest. One of the shows of the year for sure.

[lessthanwill1]

What do people think to Yeah Yeah Yeahs headlining?

Are they too big?  Not really GM’s style?  Do you like them?

The reason I have thought about it a lot is because when they first announced their come back either last year or the year before, the GM band booker followed them on Twitter.  In the past, Twitter follows have been a fairly reliable indicator than a band has or is going to be booked.

I’m not a huge fan of theirs but I like them enough to be interested, and I think it would be a good booking.  I have a soft spot for them as Gold Lion came out just as I was properly getting into music and it’s one of the first songs I can remember really getting into.  I also count Skeletons among my favourite songs of all time.  They’ve also got a handful of huge songs like Maps, Y Control, Cheated Hearts, Zero and Heads Will Roll. 

Thoughts?

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47 minutes ago, lessthanwill1 said:

What do people think to Yeah Yeah Yeahs headlining?

Are they too big?  Not really GM’s style?  Do you like them?

The reason I have thought about it a lot is because when they first announced their come back either last year or the year before, the GM band booker followed them on Twitter.  In the past, Twitter follows have been a fairly reliable indicator than a band has or is going to be booked.

I’m not a huge fan of theirs but I like them enough to be interested, and I think it would be a good booking.  I have a soft spot for them as Gold Lion came out just as I was properly getting into music and it’s one of the first songs I can remember really getting into.  I also count Skeletons among my favourite songs of all time.  They’ve also got a handful of huge songs like Maps, Y Control, Cheated Hearts, Zero and Heads Will Roll. 

Thoughts?

Can't imagine they're THAT big but who knows. In terms of headline slots at festivals Green Man or maybe Latitude are probably the biggest they're gonna get, they didn't headline APE in 2017.

Skeletons is a great, underrated YYYs song.

I'd love them there.

[lessthanwill1]

1 hour ago, scatteredscreens said:

Can't imagine they're THAT big but who knows. In terms of headline slots at festivals Green Man or maybe Latitude are probably the biggest they're gonna get, they didn't headline APE in 2017.

Skeletons is a great, underrated YYYs song.

I'd love them there.

Yeah I think that sub slot at APE suggests they’re just at the right level for a GM, even if it was a while back now.  Could see it happening and think it would be a good booking as they haven’t played in the U.K. very often in the last 5 years at all, if not longer. 

[benali]

Just did the audience survey, interesting that gazebos and massive tents have come up again. 

 

[benali]

I'm not sure how you police oversized tents as you'd need a load of stewards or security to do it.

Gazebos is possible though, and some groups definitely take the piss and have a few in a row which takes up a silly amount of space. 

[collectivisedfarming]

They shouldn't let gazebos in at all. They block the aisles between tent and take areas where campers could be. Why does anyone need one? Have security go around and take down any that are there. Invariably the worst people at festivals are the gazebo crowd. 

[Dancers Stand Very Still]

Something else I noticed popping up this year in significant numbers for the first time were personal toilet and/or shower tents. They take up loads of space too and you wouldn't want to be next to one!

[SighMo]

There were definitely more pre-pitched tents this year. We camp where they end and we were a fair bit further along this time.

1x 3m gazebo per group would be a start. 

[benali]

Regards the rest of the site, how would people feel if Chai Wallers never came back? 

I can count on one hand the number of times I've been in there over the years and wouldn't miss it at all if it wasn't there in future.

Obviously other people will feel differently, just wondered what general view was?

[SighMo]

I quite enjoyed Chai Wallers first couple of times I went in 2017/18 but haven't been since apart to sit out in the back garden bit with a drink. I seemed to have more time then to try things out. It always seemed full though.

[lessthanwill1]

I personally wouldn’t care if it went.  I did see someone in there on the Thursday and had a great time though.  It’s a really popular area so I think it would be disappointing for a lot of people if it was removed. 

[Dancers Stand Very Still]

Similar views here. I've seen 2 acts in there across 3 festivals and didn't even venture in this year. It does give a completely different change of pace though and I think that's welcome.

What would the alternative be?

I'd like to see some live acts in Round The Twist - somewhere between Rising and Walled Garden level, perhaps unbilled? That's not really a replacement for the style of act you find in CW though.

[OddRon]

Yeah there's certainly other parts that could go first, I've never stepped foot in Round the Twist.