Fred again?? Next year?

[iSolaced]

17 minutes ago, stuartasmith85 said:

Yep, was a great show. Impressive lighting rig (possibly borrowed from Broadwick, looked very Printworks!) and a great performance. Left out some big hitters, but I think he's trying to do a different show every night, so that's presumably done with that in mind.

Considering how enthusiastic the Monday night crowd was, can only imagine how much of party it will be on Friday!

I wish i could've made the Friday, tickets were near impossible. Good to be able to go on the Monday as is

[gfa]

His team hired Bicep's visuals people ^^

[nikkic]

18 hours ago, stuartasmith85 said:

Yep, was a great show. Impressive lighting rig (possibly borrowed from Broadwick, looked very Printworks!) and a great performance. Left out some big hitters, but I think he's trying to do a different show every night, so that's presumably done with that in mind.

Considering how enthusiastic the Monday night crowd was, can only imagine how much of party it will be on Friday!

Nice, we’re going tonight. 

Really hoping we get Lights Out!! 

[nikkic]

18 hours ago, stuartasmith85 said:

Yep, was a great show. Impressive lighting rig (possibly borrowed from Broadwick, looked very Printworks!) and a great performance. Left out some big hitters, but I think he's trying to do a different show every night, so that's presumably done with that in mind.

Considering how enthusiastic the Monday night crowd was, can only imagine how much of party it will be on Friday!

Double post, sorry! 

Edited September 6, 2023 by nikkic

[iSolaced]

Anyone did the Fred Again Saturday last minute gig? Was a highlight with Skrillex, Mike Skinner, Killer D and Romy making an appearance

[Supreme2]

1 hour ago, iSolaced said:

Anyone did the Fred Again Saturday last minute gig? Was a highlight with Skrillex, Mike Skinner, Killer D and Romy making an appearance

was unreal, enjoyed the friday so much but saturday was kinda like a once in a lifetime thing

[Johndenis]

On 7/12/2023 at 8:50 PM, Crazyfool01 said:

hes amazing fun one of the best sets of the weekend for me ... 

@Skip997 @airwaves I've seen each of Fatboy Slim, Orbital and Chemical Bros live several times and agree they have some incredible records.  Things like "Belfast" and "Electrobank" send shivers down your spine.  Fatboy is a bit different in that he is creating a party but I think what he did with samples to create (for example) "Right Here Right Now" and "Bird of Prey" is terrific.  From a technical perspective I'm not sure what any of these guys are doing that FA couldn't.  They're surely not assembling each song anew from the various samples every night.  I saw Chemical Bros DJing at WHP years ago and the main difference appeared to me they would only play small sections of a few of their own songs. 

If @airwaves is saying FA doesn't have the back catalogue comparable to these guys, then I agree. It will take him years to build.  Chems built up their set of big hits between 1996ish and 2005ish, for example.  (As an aside, I'm a wedding DJ and I note that "Filthy Dirty Disco" played as part of an intriguing DJ line up at Alex James' Big Feastival, and played "nu house" and "dirty basslines".  Can anyone tell me what the err flagship songs of these genres (?) are?  It's good to keep up to date 🙂 )

Edited September 13, 2023 by Johndenis
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[gfa]

1 hour ago, Johndenis said:

@Skip997 @airwaves I've seen each of Fatboy Slim, Orbital and Chemical Bros live several times and agree they have some incredible records.  Things like "Belfast" and "Electrobank" send shivers down your spine.  Fatboy is a bit different in that he is creating a party but I think what he did with samples to create (for example) "Right Here Right Now" and "Bird of Prey" is terrific.  From a technical perspective I'm not sure what any of these guys are doing that FA couldn't.  They're surely not assembling each song anew from the various samples every night.  I saw Chemical Bros DJing at WHP years ago and the main difference appeared to me they would only play small sections of a few of their own songs. 

If @airwaves is saying FA doesn't have the back catalogue comparable to these guys, then I agree. It will take him years to build.  Chems built up their set of big hits between 1996ish and 2005ish, for example.  (As an aside, I'm a wedding DJ and I note that "Filthy Dirty Disco" played as part of an intriguing DJ line up at Alex James' Big Feastival, and played "nu house" and "dirty basslines".  Can anyone tell me what the err flagship songs of these genres (?) are?  It's good to keep up to date 🙂 )

Chems and Orbital live both assemble the songs for scratch every night, see the attached image

Fred Again could 100% do this if he wanted to, although arguably the mix of this, tunes and the live show is what keeps chems headlining big fests 25 years on.

Its not cheap though and he doesn't really need it right now when he can sell 50k at ally pally instantly

Fred Again has a solid back catalogue - he can successfully do live shows at the moment with basically only his own material, something most djs cannot do. He certainly has a better back catalogue to play with than Orbital

[iSolaced]

On 9/11/2023 at 2:36 PM, Supreme2 said:

was unreal, enjoyed the friday so much but saturday was kinda like a once in a lifetime thing

It was an experience I’d probably never see again. Seeing Mike Skinner singing live with Fred was amazing 

[gfa]

13 hours ago, iSolaced said:

It was an experience I’d probably never see again. Seeing Mike Skinner singing live with Fred was amazing 

surprised this didn't happen at glasto honestly (no idea on his schedule)

they did it last year at APE and it was mad

[iSolaced]

2 hours ago, gfa said:

surprised this didn't happen at glasto honestly (no idea on his schedule)

they did it last year at APE and it was mad

So I didn't know who he was at APE and the tent was too hot/slammed so I missed most of his set.

Biggest regret 2022. Who'd he bring on?

[shuttlep]

maybe west holts 

[Johndenis]

On 9/13/2023 at 12:49 PM, gfa said:

Chems and Orbital live both assemble the songs for scratch every night... 

Fred Again has a solid back catalogue - he can successfully do live shows at the moment with basically only his own material, something most djs cannot do. He certainly has a better back catalogue to play with than Orbital

Thanks very much for this info. I've looked at setlists and you're correct, just for example Fred headlined Connect (OK a fairly modestly sized fest, but still..) with his own material. I'm genuinely surprised by that - how has he "crossed over" already to that extent? 

I didn't know Chems and Orbital built the songs every night. That's some effort. 

[gfa]

3 hours ago, Johndenis said:

Thanks very much for this info. I've looked at setlists and you're correct, just for example Fred headlined Connect (OK a fairly modestly sized fest, but still..) with his own material. I'm genuinely surprised by that - how has he "crossed over" already to that extent? 

I didn't know Chems and Orbital built the songs every night. That's some effort. 

I mean some songs are tunes that most people know - some not so much

But its the same with Orbital and to a lesser extent chems

[Havors]

I wouldn't be surprised if he played again, arcadia or some other stage or something. I dont think he's Diva enough to care or think that each time he plays he has to go up the bill. 

[Supreme2]

1 hour ago, Havors said:

I wouldn't be surprised if he played again, arcadia or some other stage or something. I dont think he's Diva enough to care or think that each time he plays he has to go up the bill. 

would say it would be hard anywhere that isn't a main stage with decent competition against it after his set at the temple this year, got shut down and was delayed to start! It was an immense set mind!!

[gfa]

4 hours ago, Supreme2 said:

would say it would be hard anywhere that isn't a main stage with decent competition against it after his set at the temple this year, got shut down and was delayed to start! It was an immense set mind!!

He could definitely do Arcadia at headliner time

[Justcalledtosay]

If there's another Fred topic then i can't find it...

 

New album out today....meh.

 

..and i say that as a big Fred fan.

[nikkic]

I really like it, there’s some beautiful songs on there. 
 

But it lacks the “bangers” of previous albums, not really any big dance floor moments. 
 

Although that could just be me not managing my expectations properly, the singles he’s released were all more chilled, so the signs were there that it was going to be a more laid back album. 

[northernangel]

4 minutes ago, nikkic said:

I really like it, there’s some beautiful songs on there. 
 

But it lacks the “bangers” of previous albums, not really any big dance floor moments. 
 

Although that could just be me not managing my expectations properly, the singles he’s released were all more chilled, so the signs were there that it was going to be a more laid back album. 

I watched some of his reading set and while it might just be my tastes I saw nothing special apart from his raised in the air. It would be an easy miss.

[TiZuff]

he already released the "hit" songs . Ten and Places to be. though id argue Peace and Backseat are superb aswell as Adore you which he alreadyu released. enough on there to add to his regular hits . would be there if he headlines friday night for sure. 

Edited September 7 by TiZuff

[Suprefan]

8 hours ago, northernangel said:

I watched some of his reading set and while it might just be my tastes I saw nothing special apart from his raised in the air. It would be an easy miss.

fred is sorry that he doesnt have flying robots to throw at you. Not everyone is the chems which is who everyone just wants in terms of a dance group to play on a big stage. He performs live which is a lot more than what others can say.

[Franky]

On 9/6/2024 at 1:56 PM, Justcalledtosay said:

If there's another Fred topic then i can't find it...

 

New album out today....meh.

 

..and i say that as a big Fred fan.

Agreed. Try Nero’s new album also out yesterday. Banger 💪

[A Particular Grey Chihuahu]

I'm a bit late to the Fred Again bandwagon but he's starting to win me over lol.

[northernangel]

5 hours ago, Suprefan said:

fred is sorry that he doesnt have flying robots to throw at you. Not everyone is the chems which is who everyone just wants in terms of a dance group to play on a big stage. He performs live which is a lot more than what others can say.

 

Bit of an arrogant reply, I don't even like The Chems.