andyrhodes24 Posted February 13 Report Share Posted February 13 18 hours ago, Sam Y said: posters up around Manchester near gorilla with 22nd Feb on so I guess an intimate gig there Think it’ll be a mini tour of venues like the Ritz, academies, Ally Pally etc, but hopefully they do a good few dates. Sets them up nicely for an arena run in November/December. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aromaticmusic1 Posted February 13 Report Share Posted February 13 Are Wunderhorse likely to clash with Fontaines DC. Desperate to see both but looking at the clash finder it’s saying they’ll clash Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muppetmark Posted February 14 Report Share Posted February 14 6 hours ago, Aromaticmusic1 said: Are Wunderhorse likely to clash with Fontaines DC. Desperate to see both but looking at the clash finder it’s saying they’ll clash Honestly we have no idea under the new stage setup Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andre91 Posted February 15 Report Share Posted February 15 GANG https://www.nme.com/news/music/reading-leeds-2024-new-stage-chevron-video-photos-interview-2024-tickets-3587729 I haven’t read it yet, thought I’d post first. Selfless Andre, yes yes, I know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andre91 Posted February 15 Report Share Posted February 15 (edited) Some interesting quotes from the article for people who don’t want to scan through the full thing: ‘The Chevron will boast the world’s first outdoor floating LED video sky canopy, and has been created especially to host dance music, pop and hip-hop acts.’ ‘The 40,000-capacity open-air venue’s video canopy will be made up of hundreds of thousands of programmable LED lights, “turning the sky into a dazzling, reactive display” and boasted as “a feat of engineering, as the LEDs will appear to be hovering in the air”.’ ‘A press release revealed: “The canopy will bathe the audience with dynamic light and the mesh is 90 per cent transparent, so fans can dance under the open sky into the early hours.”’ ‘I felt that I could still accommodate the six headliners on what would essentially be Main Stage East,” Benn exclusively told NME. “What I was seeing was an emergence of a really strong popularity of dance music coming back again in a very powerful way. We needed to look for a different environment of a stage’ ‘I also really wanted to have a stage that dance acts, hip-hop acts [and] pop acts could all feel that it was their own. The Chevron is building on the Reading & Leeds logo, and it just happened.’ FullSizeRender.mov Edited February 15 by Andre91 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nathanh Posted February 15 Report Share Posted February 15 Really intriguing, if the acts utilise it well the stage and lighting design could allow us to have some really exciting shows. Also no wonder they can get The Prodigy in there if it fits 40k people in there, just wonder how the other acts will fare Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andre91 Posted February 15 Report Share Posted February 15 Also, Chadders can put his pitchfork away now because it’s definitely named after the shape that is a part of their logo and branding 😂 @Chad888 2 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will b Posted February 15 Report Share Posted February 15 7 minutes ago, nathanh said: . Also no wonder they can get The Prodigy in there if it fits 40k people in there, just wonder how the other acts will fare I agree, especially with sonny Fodera probably competing against Fred again, I can’t really see any dance fan who’d make the decision to go to sonny. On top of that the wombats, massively popular won’t be indie crowd, will draw more away Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nathanh Posted February 15 Report Share Posted February 15 One thing also intriguing about the stage is the continual talk of pop, however there isnt any pop stars on it as of right now, could this be an indication of whats to come on future lineups? I think having a couple might draw people to the new stage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FeverDream Posted February 15 Report Share Posted February 15 Interesting how he said he felt he could accommodate the six headliners on one stage. Taking, for example, BMTH and Arctic Monkeys in 2022, there’s no way you could have had both their stage sets rigged up ready to go on the same stage. It has to be one or the other surely? Really is just a glorified sub now, isn’t it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crews1 Posted February 15 Report Share Posted February 15 This looks really cool, but I’m getting the feeling that blink and prodigy are clashing. Fuuuuuck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenG92 Posted February 15 Report Share Posted February 15 Warmongering Nazi Middle East Destabilisation stage looking pretty sweet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andre91 Posted February 15 Report Share Posted February 15 5 minutes ago, FeverDream said: Interesting how he said he felt he could accommodate the six headliners on one stage. Taking, for example, BMTH and Arctic Monkeys in 2022, there’s no way you could have had both their stage sets rigged up ready to go on the same stage. It has to be one or the other surely? Really is just a glorified sub now, isn’t it? Yeah, they’re just subs now, aren’t they. Especially this year, in terms of stage show, what are Gerry and Catfish going to have? A backdrop? What does Lana have? A video screen and a swing? It’s definitely not like the situation you’ve mentioned with BMTH and AM having not setups. I guess it’ll depend on the year. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CapnOrange Posted February 15 Report Share Posted February 15 Well I'm eating my words about something like Arcadia not being possible at Reading! Looks wicked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nathanh Posted February 15 Report Share Posted February 15 So after all, it is not the return of the big tent. But i am super excited to experience it in August it looks pretty cool from the concept art Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trnsmt12311 Posted February 15 Report Share Posted February 15 i hope "we got inspiration from what was the LS23 stage for late night in leeds" doesn't mean they're stopping this stage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawsie Posted February 15 Report Share Posted February 15 Wow, that looks unreal - so glad R&L are changing things up a bit! The Prodigy's set is going to go off there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foolee Posted February 15 Report Share Posted February 15 Hope the prodigy clash with Gerry and not Blink, that’d be horrendous. As people have mentioned it is gloried sub but I see Lana as a headliner and Fred Again as a closing set, a bit like what European festivals do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad75 Posted February 15 Report Share Posted February 15 This looks amazing. Loved arcadia at Glastonbury but This looks much better. Might actually get a ticket for prodigy day as hopefully they will be going back to being more of a dance act rather than rock. Seen them 4 times but not been to see them since 1996 due to going more down the path of rock music. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thescientist Posted February 15 Report Share Posted February 15 Looks amazing. Find it weird Overmono haven’t been booked for this one on the Saturday though. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aromaticmusic1 Posted February 15 Report Share Posted February 15 What are the chances they put the prodigy on after blink Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
p0sterb0y Posted February 15 Report Share Posted February 15 2 minutes ago, Aromaticmusic1 said: What are the chances they put the prodigy on after blink Unlikely. Reading are restricted with late night sound due to licensing. Only way I could see it happening would be as a silent disco set but don't think that will happen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenG92 Posted February 15 Report Share Posted February 15 6 minutes ago, Aromaticmusic1 said: What are the chances they put the prodigy on after blink 0.0% Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
p0sterb0y Posted February 15 Report Share Posted February 15 As the Chevron is an open air stage sure it will be where MSW was. Then R1 stage will be where the dance stage was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aromaticmusic1 Posted February 15 Report Share Posted February 15 Surely it wouldn’t work earlier tho as it centres around the lighting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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