Rock Slot 2023

[Gnomicide]

I mean, after the last few festivals, this hasn't really been a thing but if Aerosmith had made it, maybe it could have been set in stone.

Tonight I'm watching an old Def Leppard set and let's face it, they'd be ideal. Not too heavy, hit songs aots, in need of a catalogue boost... let's 'ave it.

[Gnomicide]

Bring out Miley for it.

 

 

[VCK]

Deep Purple

[MrZigster]

The Darkness.

Jeff Beck.

[Matt42]

14 minutes ago, MrZigster said:

The Darkness.

Jeff Beck.

Have the darkness ever played? Too lazy to check. Didn’t they become a download/Reading headliner pretty quickly?

[Superscally]

1 hour ago, Matt42 said:

Have the darkness ever played? Too lazy to check. Didn’t they become a download/Reading headliner pretty quickly?

Off one album. Arguably one song. 

I love em by the way, that's not a dig.

[CaledonianGonzo]

6 hours ago, Gnomicide said:

Tonight I'm watching an old Def Leppard set and let's face it, they'd be ideal. Not too heavy, hit songs aots, in need of a catalogue boost... let's 'ave it.

Definitely my choice as well.

And - while I may be completely wrong about this - they're possibly one of the ones who'd actually really want to do it given everyone else that's played the Festival.

[jj200]

30 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

Definitely my choice as well.

And - while I may be completely wrong about this - they're possibly one of the ones who'd actually really want to do it given everyone else that's played the Festival.

What about snow patrol 

[CaledonianGonzo]

What about them?

[Suprefan]

Rock is dead

[Quark]

8 hours ago, Gnomicide said:

I mean, after the last few festivals, this hasn't really been a thing but if Aerosmith had made it, maybe it could have been set in stone.

Tonight I'm watching an old Def Leppard set and let's face it, they'd be ideal. Not too heavy, hit songs aots, in need of a catalogue boost... let's 'ave it.

Let's Get Rocked video.on the big screen. Blow the kids' minds.

[CaledonianGonzo]

In defiance of all probability and expectation, Def Leppard's recent single Kick was actually pretty good.

[soggysocks]

7 hours ago, Matt42 said:

Have the darkness ever played? Too lazy to check. Didn’t they become a download/Reading headliner pretty quickly?

Yes, they opened the pyramid on the Friday I am nearly sure, just before they were everywhere, they were great

[CaledonianGonzo]

They should simultaneously expand the pool / bump up a hard-working band and wake up the camping chair brigade 😂😂😂 by giving Amy Love and Georgia South a comeback call to play again on a much bigger stage with a point on top.

[MEGATRONICMEATWAGON]

Don't know when they broke out exactly but I know the Darkness headlined Reading in 2004. Was my second time there and I think they arrived in a pink helicopter. Or that was the rumour as everyone saw a pink helicopter fly overhead, anyway. 

[incident]

7 hours ago, Superscally said:

Off one album. Arguably one song.

One joke.

[Ayrshire Chris]

8 hours ago, MrZigster said:

The Darkness.

Jeff Beck.

We went to see Imelda May in the Avalon this year, I had hoped she might bring on Jeff Beck as a guest, they are friends and he has played on some of her recordings,

but she didn’t.  Although she reprised her part in Meatloafs , I would give anything for love but I won’t do that.   That was good.   Anyway, another vote for Def Leppard , ideal for the pyramid. 

[Nestacres]

BMTH should be headlining the Other stage as a minimum after their Reading performances this year

[CaledonianGonzo]

Haven't they played lower down on the Other Stage a couple of times and only attracted crowds that number into the low hundreds?

[majormajormajor]

5 minutes ago, Nestacres said:

BMTH should be headlining the Other stage as a minimum after their Reading performances this year

Yeah, they could just play that song with Ed Sheeran 15 times!

[Nestacres]

5 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

Haven't they played lower down on the Other Stage a couple of times and only attracted crowds that number into the low hundreds?

Yep. I think they least time may have been 2019 but they are substantially bigger now than they were then and the collabs with Sigrid and Sheeran should have made them a bit more mainstream. They've headlined Reading and Download so UK wise there isn't much more for them here other than a bigger Glastonbury slot. 

[Neil]

i reckon sharon will push ozzy on the fest soon enough just like she apparently did with the commonwealth games.

[CaledonianGonzo]

The Sabs to headline the whole caboodle would be an out of left field move.

[Padjeq]

20 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

Haven't they played lower down on the Other Stage a couple of times and only attracted crowds that number into the low hundreds?

They were put against Kylie in 2019. They're one of my favourite bands, but no way was I missing Kylie.

Although I don't think they'd get a big crowd on top either. They're wicked, but I don't think any of their songs penetrated the mainstream in any way. My brother saw me wearing their tshirt and said 'I thought they were a boyband' which is funny to think they named a boy band 'Bring Me The Horizon'.

Def Leppard would be incredible. Not sure how seriously they take themselves.Maybe their old mate Swifty can get them involved

 

[Nestacres]

Nova twins deserve a bigger stage too - John Peel maybe? They were one of my highlights last year