2024 headline speculation

[wolfamongwolves]

31 minutes ago, shoebox said:

I thought you'd be especially pleased with one specific act based on your username!

😂 it's been a long time coming , fantastic news. Great line up . Could do without Idles though 

Edited February 7 by wolfamongwolves

[xxialac]

14 minutes ago, BBC7BBCHEAVEN said:

Apparently these were later additions last year? Suprised with how big some of the names are on that if so.

That was an absolutely superb second set of names. Can't be as good!

[NorthernSoul52]

[NorthernSoul52]

Whoops, doubled up there, sorry!

[The Nal]

Any sign of the playlist?

[pedrogooch]

That's a pretty solid 8/10 lineup to me. Nice work.

[Llamasausage]

Lineup looks good to me

Probably won't see Idles but it will be a good show for those who will. Imagine if they got James Murphy to popup over after APE, I'd flip my lid (won't happen).

 

 

 

[robith]

Despite our indifference, I'd wager solid money on IDLES having the biggest crowd of the weekend for the headliners (unless the millions of TikTok Gen Z shoegaze fans show up for slowdive)

Edited February 7 by robith

[sadimmock]

There is a lot to get excited about here. I’m very tempted to go for this one, but depends on a few more line-ups to be announced! 

[homesick]

1 hour ago, BBC7BBCHEAVEN said:

Apparently these were later additions last year? Suprised with how big some of the names are on that if so.

They were, but the initial drop last year was nowhere near as strong as this - especially in the 2nd/3rd group of names

 

I’d be surprised if anyone of particular note is added

 

Superb line-up with the exception of Idles

[SweepingTheNation]

I imagined there'd be civil war over IDLES but they're one of four headliners and surely nobody ever watches all the Woods headliners, and it says something great about the festival's reputation that they're headlining this and Truck, which is double the capacity. And look how very strong that second line is with a previous and two expected headliners, especially as that was the big letdown last year (as I said yesterday, Arooj Aftab was great but she was nobody's idea of a Garden headliner on announcement)  CMAT is headlining a 10,000 capacity festival (Deer Shed) weeks earlier and she's in the third level! No Big Thief is a letdown especially with them being the last major Covid cancellation holdout but the GM weekend always worked out better for what they've so far announced.

I've had a go at a speculative Clashfinder - it's relatively pointless at this stage because we don't have any day confirmations except BPB (and NewDad, who have gigs Friday to Sunday) but it shows where everything might fit together going on the graphic. https://clashfinder.com/s/eotr2024/

[SweepingTheNation]

Also, the email version has MC Yallah in the line-up but as she's not on the poster or line-up page I imagine it all fell through with her visa again, or it's pending but they don't want to commit just in case, and they forgot to take her out.

[lessthanwill1]

If they can add Deathcrash, Backxwash, Billy Woods, Moor Mother, Lonnie Holley, Brighde Chaimbeul, Lost Girls/Jenny Hval, and some of the acts from the to be announced Supersonic festival that I’m sure will be fantastic then that would be 👌 

[Nick07]

Lineup gets stronger the more you look at it 

[noisenoiseandmorenoise]

Definitely a drift away from some of them experimental acts which featured last year. Maybe that was a one off linked to touring schedules.

Slowdive's touring/festival schedule is relentless. By the end of the summer they'll either be absolute machines or bloody knackered.

 

[ddsouza1]

31 minutes ago, SweepingTheNation said:

I imagined there'd be civil war over IDLES but they're one of four headliners and surely nobody ever watches all the Woods headliners, and it says something great about the festival's reputation that they're headlining this and Truck, which is double the capacity. And look how very strong that second line is with a previous and two expected headliners, especially as that was the big letdown last year (as I said yesterday, Arooj Aftab was great but she was nobody's idea of a Garden headliner on announcement)  CMAT is headlining a 10,000 capacity festival (Deer Shed) weeks earlier and she's in the third level! No Big Thief is a letdown especially with them being the last major Covid cancellation holdout but the GM weekend always worked out better for what they've so far announced.

I've had a go at a speculative Clashfinder - it's relatively pointless at this stage because we don't have any day confirmations except BPB (and NewDad, who have gigs Friday to Sunday) but it shows where everything might fit together going on the graphic. https://clashfinder.com/s/eotr2024/

I haven't been in a few years - is the silent disco only on thursdays now? It's always been a cheesy highlight of the festival for me...

[wolfamongwolves]

31 minutes ago, SweepingTheNation said:

I imagined there'd be civil war over IDLES but they're one of four headliners and surely nobody ever watches all the Woods headliners, and it says something great about the festival's reputation that they're headlining this and Truck, which is double the capacity. And look how very strong that second line is with a previous and two expected headliners, especially as that was the big letdown last year (as I said yesterday, Arooj Aftab was great but she was nobody's idea of a Garden headliner on announcement)  CMAT is headlining a 10,000 capacity festival (Deer Shed) weeks earlier and she's in the third level! No Big Thief is a letdown especially with them being the last major Covid cancellation holdout but the GM weekend always worked out better for what they've so far announced.

I've had a go at a speculative Clashfinder - it's relatively pointless at this stage because we don't have any day confirmations except BPB (and NewDad, who have gigs Friday to Sunday) but it shows where everything might fit together going on the graphic. https://clashfinder.com/s/eotr2024/

Lankum garden stage 

[zahidf]

2 minutes ago, ddsouza1 said:

I haven't been in a few years - is the silent disco only on thursdays now? It's always been a cheesy highlight of the festival for me...

on most days. But silent disco in the tent after the acts

[wolfamongwolves]

Hopefully in the second anouncment,  we will have a few of the more experimental acts from the crossover with Supersonic Fest 

Edited February 7 by wolfamongwolves

[lessthanwill1]

YLT | Fever Ray | Lankum would be a great set of headliners for me.  Would probably skip Slowdive having seen them last year and probably again at Wide Awake this year.

Acts I’d be extremely excited for would be Ichiko Aoba, Cornelius, Sanam, Richard Dawson, Blue Lake and Tara Clerkin Trio.

Lots of others I’d be keen for like Jockstrap, Joanna Sternberg, Mdou Moctar, Sleater Kinney, Bonnie Prince Billy, Nourished by Time, Mary Lattimore, SLIFT, Water From Your Eyes and ML Buch.

Lots to explore as well which is good. 

[SweepingTheNation]

27 minutes ago, noisenoiseandmorenoise said:

Definitely a drift away from some of them experimental acts which featured last year. Maybe that was a one off linked to touring schedules.

I'm not sure this is entirely the case, there's a lot of ambient/electronic//noisy stuff down the list, and remember Supersonic that weekend hasn't announced anything yet. I make it 26 places (including a late night Big Top DJ) still to be filled with a greater number of first announcement names up top than last year.

[Neville Street]

Spent the last couple of hours listening to BPB, will need to listen to something newer than 2012, the last time I was listening to him!!

[Stillill42]

Fantastic lineup again, hat's off EOTR. A beacon for the rest  to follow. I'd nearly ruled myself out for this year but all bets off now.

[carwynnen]

That's an incredible line-up. I'm dizzy.

[Justiceforcedave]

Never listened to Bonny Prince Billy (other than that one song about the seeing darkness). Any pointers?