2024 Festival

[gfa]

55 minutes ago, Chad888 said:

Is this to stacked? 

Do we call it stacked when its just all the bands that WE like and we are so cynical that we can't possibly imagine it happening?

Paramore // Travis Scott // Blink-182 as a line-up seems R&L

AJ Tracy // Catfish &T Bottlemen // Queens of the Stone Age is a very cheap undercard

Probably a dance act like Charli XCX instead of Courteeners and swap her for Aitch to sub Travis?

 

Sziget tend to share all the headliners with R&L, and Sizget leaker posted a picture of a blue sky - Travis Scott Skywalker? seems very likely. Blink are nailed on and Paramore are in the area supporting Taylor Swift.

Courteeners subbing MSW seems very optimistic

[Guest]

1 hour ago, Chad888 said:

Is this to stacked? 

Do we call it stacked when its just all the bands that WE like and we are so cynical that we can't possibly imagine it happening?

Paramore // Travis Scott // Blink-182 as a line-up seems R&L

AJ Tracy // Catfish &T Bottlemen // Queens of the Stone Age is a very cheap undercard

Probably a dance act like Charli XCX instead of Courteeners and swap her for Aitch to sub Travis?

 

Sziget tend to share all the headliners with R&L, and Sizget leaker posted a picture of a blue sky - Travis Scott Skywalker? seems very likely. Blink are nailed on and Paramore are in the area supporting Taylor Swift.

Oh yeah they’re really gonna have 3 of the same headliners as 2014.

[Andre91]

Mars wouldn’t play that low, they’re a consistent arena band. I just think they won’t play at all. 

[gfa]

1 hour ago, SomeoneListeningIn said:

Oh yeah they’re really gonna have 3 of the same headliners as 2014.

I think that trio seem unlikely but realistically i'm not sure they would care much about doing this in principle.

Less than 5%, probably less than 2% even would have done both 2014 and 2024.

[Jallen]

39 minutes ago, Andre91 said:

Mars wouldn’t play that low, they’re a consistent arena band. I just think they won’t play at all. 

Sound, replace them with Turnstile 

[Chad888]

This lineup in 2014 was genuinely great in hindsight. At least 15 acts that could headline now, and probably another 7 that would be booked to sub.

 

FR stage with Wolf Alice, X Ambassadors, Hozier, Catfish & Bottleman, Circa Waves. 

R1 stage 1975, Disclosure, Clean Bandit, Kooks, Bombay Bicycle Club, Royal Blood, Courteeners, Chvrches.

Dance Pendulum, Andy C, Annie Mac, Gorgon City, Wilkinson, Sigma, Duke Dumont

1xtra Lizzo, Little Simz, Tempa T, Pusha T, Giggs

Main Stage Arctic Monkeys, QOTSA, Paramore, Blink 182, Macklemore, Imagine Dragons, Vampire Weekend

[Guest]

20 hours ago, Chad888 said:

This lineup in 2014 was genuinely great in hindsight. At least 15 acts that could headline now, and probably another 7 that would be booked to sub.

 

FR stage with Wolf Alice, X Ambassadors, Hozier, Catfish & Bottleman, Circa Waves. 

R1 stage 1975, Disclosure, Clean Bandit, Kooks, Bombay Bicycle Club, Royal Blood, Courteeners, Chvrches.

Dance Pendulum, Andy C, Annie Mac, Gorgon City, Wilkinson, Sigma, Duke Dumont

1xtra Lizzo, Little Simz, Tempa T, Pusha T, Giggs

Main Stage Arctic Monkeys, QOTSA, Paramore, Blink 182, Macklemore, Imagine Dragons, Vampire Weekend

You could probably do this with most of the lineups a decade later. Also so many of those acts would be no where near sub level and just wouldn't play R+L nowadays lol.

[Chad888]

7 hours ago, SomeoneListeningIn said:

You could probably do this with most of the lineups a decade later. Also so many of those acts would be no where near sub level and just wouldn't play R+L nowadays lol.

That's a point I've made the last few years, I don't know if it's music that's changed, streaming platforms mean if a band is going to make it they make it straight away and come in near the top of the bill etc.

 

But there are no acts since it went to the 2 Main Stages that are making it to headline from the undercard.

[northernangel]

On 9/22/2023 at 3:08 PM, Chad888 said:

This lineup in 2014 was genuinely great in hindsight. At least 15 acts that could headline now, and probably another 7 that would be booked to sub.

 

FR stage with Wolf Alice, X Ambassadors, Hozier, Catfish & Bottleman, Circa Waves. 

R1 stage 1975, Disclosure, Clean Bandit, Kooks, Bombay Bicycle Club, Royal Blood, Courteeners, Chvrches.

Dance Pendulum, Andy C, Annie Mac, Gorgon City, Wilkinson, Sigma, Duke Dumont

1xtra Lizzo, Little Simz, Tempa T, Pusha T, Giggs

Main Stage Arctic Monkeys, QOTSA, Paramore, Blink 182, Macklemore, Imagine Dragons, Vampire Weekend

This is one of the lineups that I probably should have gone to but didn't. 2013 arguably too for two days at least as NME Eminem day was quite good for me at the time.

[Matt86]

On 9/22/2023 at 12:35 PM, Chad888 said:

Is this to stacked? 

Do we call it stacked when its just all the bands that WE like and we are so cynical that we can't possibly imagine it happening?

Paramore // Travis Scott // Blink-182 as a line-up seems R&L

AJ Tracy // Catfish &T Bottlemen // Queens of the Stone Age is a very cheap undercard

Probably a dance act like Charli XCX instead of Courteeners and swap her for Aitch to sub Travis?

 

Sziget tend to share all the headliners with R&L, and Sizget leaker posted a picture of a blue sky - Travis Scott Skywalker? seems very likely. Blink are nailed on and Paramore are in the area supporting Taylor Swift.

the sky could also be Adele "Skyfall" ; Weezer "mr blue sky" ; coldplay "sky full of stars" ; ETC...

so it is not that "very likely" lol

[VCK]

On 9/22/2023 at 3:08 PM, Chad888 said:

This lineup in 2014 was genuinely great in hindsight. At least 15 acts that could headline now, and probably another 7 that would be booked to sub.

 

FR stage with Wolf Alice, X Ambassadors, Hozier, Catfish & Bottleman, Circa Waves. 

R1 stage 1975, Disclosure, Clean Bandit, Kooks, Bombay Bicycle Club, Royal Blood, Courteeners, Chvrches.

Dance Pendulum, Andy C, Annie Mac, Gorgon City, Wilkinson, Sigma, Duke Dumont

1xtra Lizzo, Little Simz, Tempa T, Pusha T, Giggs

Main Stage Arctic Monkeys, QOTSA, Paramore, Blink 182, Macklemore, Imagine Dragons, Vampire Weekend

I thought it was bland, weak and predictable at the time, but it's light years ahead of the dross we get now.

Any other line-ups that were poorly received when they were announced but looking back seem really strong? 2011 comes to mind for me. Imagine the likes of The Offspring, Deftones, Pulp and Madness being announced for R&L in this day and age.

Edited September 24, 2023 by VCK

[gfa]

6 hours ago, Matt86 said:

the sky could also be Adele "Skyfall" ; Weezer "mr blue sky" ; coldplay "sky full of stars" ; ETC...

so it is not that "very likely" lol

Yeah i'm sure Weezer are going to headline sziget lol

Coldplay a fair shout tho

[TKOCF]

21 hours ago, gfa said:

Yeah i'm sure Weezer are going to headline sziget lol

Coldplay a fair shout tho

Aren’t Coldplay linked for Glasto anyway?

[gfa]

Just now, TKOCF said:

Aren’t Coldplay linked for Glasto anyway?

The comment was about who a clue for Sziget is about - not whether they would also do R&L

[nathanh]

Just bit the bullet and booked the Loyalty Plan. Cannot really complain about £210, worst comes to worst if its absolutely sh*t I will resell. 

[p0sterb0y]

On 9/24/2023 at 12:39 PM, Matt86 said:

the sky could also be Adele "Skyfall" ; Weezer "mr blue sky" ; coldplay "sky full of stars" ; ETC...

I've also seen people suggest the photo of the 'blue blue sky' could be George Ezra

[Chad888]

Just looking through the past lineups on the R&L site and saw this extremely poor taste write up for 2010:

Reading Festival | Reading 2010 

Carrying another high-quality mixed bag of musical genres, Reading Festival again prepared to deliver an amazing weekend for the crowds. The Friday had master classes in metalcore from A Day To Remember, Canadian rock for the masses from Billy Talent and a virtual greatest hits set from Lostprophets.

 

I think they need to have a run through and take some bits out

[Chad888]

On 9/22/2023 at 1:07 PM, SomeoneListeningIn said:

Oh yeah they’re really gonna have 3 of the same headliners as 2014.

Blink-182, Paramore, QOTSA all played in 2010 and 2014. I don't think 10 years later means that much to them. 

[Guest]

58 minutes ago, Chad888 said:

Blink-182, Paramore, QOTSA all played in 2010 and 2014. I don't think 10 years later means that much to them. 

Only Blink headlined in 2010, it’s not the same.

Anyway, they won’t book 3 acts that could have headlined a decade before. It’s clearly not the way headliner bookings have been recently. The only acts that could have headlined a decade before since the 2 main stages have been Arctic Monkeys and The Killers. They’re not gonna suddenly book 3 in one year, especially if those 3 literally headlined in the same year already.

Edited September 26, 2023 by SomeoneListeningIn

[Chad888]

Threads gone quiet.

 

If you could have 1 Main Stage : 3 headliners, who would be your fantasy pick?

Arctic Monkeys // Kanye West // Foo Fighters would be mine in every single reality. Drake is close behind Kanye, but Kanye has been the guy for me since at least sitting in the park on a Friday night circa 6th form 2007

[jcarb]

38 minutes ago, Chad888 said:

Threads gone quiet.

 

If you could have 1 Main Stage : 3 headliners, who would be your fantasy pick?

Arctic Monkeys // Kanye West // Foo Fighters would be mine in every single reality. Drake is close behind Kanye, but Kanye has been the guy for me since at least sitting in the park on a Friday night circa 6th form 2007

Sadly Kanye will likely never be booked for another show given his controversial views that are closely associated with hate groups…

[On The Blend]

1 hour ago, Chad888 said:

If you could have 1 Main Stage : 3 headliners, who would be your fantasy pick?

Arctic Monkeys // Kanye West // Foo Fighters would be mine in every single reality.

Surprised you’d have Arctics. I love their music but they’re utter dog live.

If we’re going full fantasy then I’d have RATM/ Nick Cave/ Kate Bush, which now that I write it down probably explains why I don’t go to R&L anymore…

[gfa]

1 hour ago, jcarb said:

Sadly Kanye will likely never be booked for another show given his controversial views that are closely associated with hate groups…

I wouldn't bet on that. There's 100s of venues worldwide, someone will book him eventually

[andyrhodes24]

9 hours ago, Chad888 said:

Threads gone quiet.

 

If you could have 1 Main Stage : 3 headliners, who would be your fantasy pick?

Arctic Monkeys // Kanye West // Foo Fighters would be mine in every single reality. Drake is close behind Kanye, but Kanye has been the guy for me since at least sitting in the park on a Friday night circa 6th form 2007

Blur / The White Stripes / The Beatles

This immediately springs to mind but there’s be others I haven’t thought of. Foo Fighters would be up there too.

[gblock]

3 hours ago, andyrhodes24 said:

Blur / The White Stripes / The Beatles

Hmm reckon Beatles are only MSW these days 😉

I’d have RATM / Strokes / Pulp, if I was booking 2024 and it was just for me