Plus I would reiterate that the balance Emily has to manage is that of both the festival's sustainability going forward with their industry role as being a festival that can afford to take a few chances and build the environment that they want to be a part of as they sell out before line-up.
Without a proper answer to WWWY in the UK, surely Slam Dunk and Download will be duking it out to grab that crowd?
So don't think Green Day/MCR/Muse would've been unsurprising. They showed that this year by booking FOB.
As if Download would ever have the budget for 3 stadium level bands in the same year. The undercard would just be Benji Webbe compering between Skindred & Elvana sets