All Points East 2023

[jannybruck]

Someone like Florence might be a shout as well. Just sold out two nights at the O2 pretty easily and doesn't have any UK festivals announced yet.

[gfa]

14 minutes ago, jannybruck said:

Someone like Florence might be a shout as well. Just sold out two nights at the O2 pretty easily and doesn't have any UK festivals announced yet.

selling 45k after selling 40k is quite a lot in London - thats more than a Wembley date. I don't think APE would want to book her after 2 dates at the o2, one would be a different story

stranger things have happened though

[The Crimson King]

44 minutes ago, scatteredscreens said:

Just in case something is coming, I'll do some rough predictions for next year

Bjork

LCD Soundsystem

Queens of the Stone Age

New Order

Only one I'm confident in is LCD, others are a complete guess

That’s probably not a bad shout. 
Although Field Day will probably have someone like Fred Again. Maybe paired with New Order? 
 

I think QOTSA will be touring Europe earlier in the summer. So gonna stick with Massive Attack 

[roughbloke]

Does Stormzy’s recently announced ‘This is what we mean’ day have any bearing on APE? Scheduled for 18th august, Victoria park.

Does that mean APE has moved to May? Or is this stormzy event part of APE?

edit - watched till the end of stormzy’s video and seen he is first headliner. 

Edited November 9, 2022 by roughbloke

[finn_with_1_n]

[scatteredscreens]

4 minutes ago, roughbloke said:

Does Stormzy’s recently announced ‘This is what we mean’ day have any bearing on APE? Scheduled for 18th august, Victoria park.

Does that mean APE has moved to May? Or is this stormzy event part of APE?

Part of APE given the poster. Or at least he's using the stages/site etc.

[scatteredscreens]

Yeah part of APE

 

[DarthSaul]

Only UK show of the year for Stormzy. Wonder how the undercard will be curated genre wise. 

[1986]

Glad the fest got a coup like this. Should be a great seller.

Bet the price will go up for this day at the very least though.

[evannn]

26 minutes ago, DarthSaul said:

Only UK show of the year for Stormzy. Wonder how the undercard will be curated genre wise. 

Just my reckon, but the pic suggests to me that it's more a Stormzy event than APE (if that makes sense). So, I expect more UK hiphop & grime as opposed to a distinctly varied/indie support card 

[Dales]

A tad disappointing as I was hoping acts that weekend would be to my liking as off to Victorious the following weekend. So was hoping that the first weekend would be acts I like.

While I dont like Stormzy, I cant say he is not a solid booking for APE.

[The Crimson King]

1 hour ago, finn_with_1_n said:

That’s a solid start. Been rumoured for a few years, and will sell well. 
Likely Sat 19th will be field day. 
Then the bank holiday weekend 2 APE shows. 

[GrumpyRaver]

50 minutes ago, The Crimson King said:

That’s a solid start. Been rumoured for a few years, and will sell well. 
Likely Sat 19th will be field day. 
Then the bank holiday weekend 2 APE shows. 

Just 4 days this year?

[The Crimson King]

48 minutes ago, GrumpyRaver said:

Just 4 days this year?

For now.

[stanh]

Incredibly solid booking for them, surely this one will be a sell out?!

[shivroy]

13 hours ago, gfa said:

selling 45k after selling 40k is quite a lot in London - thats more than a Wembley date. I don't think APE would want to book her after 2 dates at the o2, one would be a different story

stranger things have happened though

The last two album cycles Florence has sold out ~40k tickets in London one year and came back and headlined BST the next summer (2015 - 4 ally pally dates/2016 - BST, 2018 - 2 O2/2019 - BST) so I'd say she's probably a lock for APE or BST or Finsbury or something similar in 2023. APE, Finsbury being more likely than BST since she's done BST twice now.

Edited November 9, 2022 by shivroy

[gfa]

5 minutes ago, shivroy said:

The last two album cycles Florence has sold out ~40k tickets in London one year and came back and headlined BST the next summer (2015 - 4 ally pally dates/2016 - BST, 2018 - 2 O2/2019 - BST) so I'd say she's probably a lock for APE or BST or Finsbury or something similar in 2023. APE, Finsbury being more likely than BST since she's done BST twice now.

Fair enough (finsbury is full if community happens)

13 hours ago, The Crimson King said:

That’s probably not a bad shout. 
Although Field Day will probably have someone like Fred Again. Maybe paired with New Order? 
 

I think QOTSA will be touring Europe earlier in the summer. So gonna stick with Massive Attack 

I'd be very keen for that fred/new order combo ... Prodigy maybe for field day? Their big bookings are so random now - they keep changing between modern headliners and old school.

[The Crimson King]

20 hours ago, evannn said:

Just my reckon, but the pic suggests to me that it's more a Stormzy event than APE (if that makes sense). So, I expect more UK hiphop & grime as opposed to a distinctly varied/indie support card 

The Instagram says a co-curated line up between Stormzy and APE, so I’d expect 4 or 5 grime / hip-hop acts and then the usual APE eclectic bookings. I suspect they will steer away from any of the more controversial options as well to try and make the day a bit more ‘mainstream’.

[xxialac]

20 hours ago, GrumpyRaver said:

Just 4 days this year?

Given that they have to pay a lot for all the infrastructure, I'm sure they will want to maximise the opportunity and do 3 days on the bank holiday weekend at least and then at least another 2 days the weekend before.

[The Crimson King]

22 minutes ago, xxialac said:

Given that they have to pay a lot for all the infrastructure, I'm sure they will want to maximise the opportunity and do 3 days on the bank holiday weekend at least and then at least another 2 days the weekend before.

Its 4 to start with. 
 

Edited November 10, 2022 by The Crimson King

[scatteredscreens]

Wonder if Phoebe Bridger's could do this as a UK exclusive date with a curated bill of Muna and the like. Her tour this year flew out of the door.

[gfa]

55 minutes ago, scatteredscreens said:

Wonder if Phoebe Bridger's could do this as a UK exclusive date with a curated bill of Muna and the like. Her tour this year flew out of the door.

Can't see her headlining - sub though sure

[The Crimson King]

Christine and The Queens? 

[gfa]

5 hours ago, The Crimson King said:

Christine and The Queens? 

sold poorly last time and not really grown since i think

[The Crimson King]

1 hour ago, gfa said:

sold poorly last time and not really grown since i think

Agreed. Maybe a double headline? They seem to like that