2024 headline speculation

[iamdiceman]

13 hours ago, lessthanwill1 said:

Good news! Colossal Squid are playing!

Of course they are! Silly me. Looking forward to that.

[iamdiceman]

[SweepingTheNation]

MC Yallah & Debmaster were due to headline Boat but had to pull out due to visa issues last year.

Edited February 28, 2024 by SweepingTheNation

[wolfamongwolves]

Bonnie Prince Billy also at Supersonic 

Think we will Have Gazelle Twin, Maybe Melt Banana  , The Body & Dis Fig 

[wolfamongwolves]

2 minutes ago, SweepingTheNation said:

MC Yallah & Debmaster were due to headline Boat but had to pull out due to visa issues last year.

Yeah should be with us this year 

[wolfamongwolves]

Really nice venue to see Bonnie Prince Billy 

[iamdiceman]

Interesting point on bonnie prince billie, this is from the eotr announcement article: 

 

"After many letters exchanged between festival co-founder Simon Taffe and Bonnie “Prince” Billy, the cult favourite will be kicking things off as our Thursday night Woods Stage headliner for his first-ever Larmer Tree appearance and UK festival exclusive."

[iamdiceman]

Think that's a great first wave from Supersonic.

[wolfamongwolves]

1 minute ago, iamdiceman said:

Think that's a great first wave from Supersonic.

Agree great line up. It's a fantastic festival. Gutted it's now on the same weekend as Eotr.  Used to love going 

[iamdiceman]

2 minutes ago, wolfamongwolves said:

Agree great line up. It's a fantastic festival. Gutted it's now on the same weekend as Eotr.  Used to love going 

Only managed to go once before the date change, loved it. The clash with eotr is really frustrating even with an increased overlap of artists, feel like i'm missing out on a lot.

[wolfamongwolves]

Think OXN will probably play 

[wolfamongwolves]

5 minutes ago, iamdiceman said:

Only managed to go once before the date change, loved it. The clash with eotr is really frustrating even with an increased overlap of artists, feel like i'm missing out on a lot.

I feel the same 

[accordionandvoice]

Melt Banana would be a laugh

[zahidf]

Bands who wont be playing EOTR. I actually think the EOTR line up holds up well

[accordionandvoice]

EOTR line up much  better. Jealous about Blonde Redhead, Julia Holter, Omar Souleyman and John Maus. the rest is pretty weak though

[RedRockRick]

7 minutes ago, zahidf said:

Bands who wont be playing EOTR. I actually think the EOTR line up holds up well

Seems to be following the usual pattern: acts which have played EOTR over the past couple of years, made a splash or maybe a ripple, then pop up at GM. Some lower down on the GM roster (hopefully Royel Otis, though probably not) will cross over. But yes, I think overall EOTR more interesting and comfortably ahead.

[RedRockRick]

4 minutes ago, RedRockRick said:

Seems to be following the usual pattern: acts which have played EOTR over the past couple of years, made a splash or maybe a ripple, then pop up at GM. Some lower down on the GM roster (hopefully Royel Otis, though probably not) will cross over. But yes, I think overall EOTR more interesting and comfortably ahead.

Also, are Big Thief getting fined?

[robith]

Good stuff lower down, but EOTR has smashed them out of the park this year imo

[SweepingTheNation]

1 hour ago, RedRockRick said:

Seems to be following the usual pattern: acts which have played EOTR over the past couple of years, made a splash or maybe a ripple, then pop up at GM. Some lower down on the GM roster (hopefully Royel Otis, though probably not) will cross over. But yes, I think overall EOTR more interesting and comfortably ahead.

Royel Otis are a big deal now, they've taken off on TikTok and are in the bigger print sections of some of the July Superstruct festival circuit. Plus they played EOTR last year.

[Stillill42]

Tough crowd in here. That Green Man poster looks pretty tasty to me. In other news, Øxn fecking brilliant in Dublin last night.

[CANTON93]

3 hours ago, RedRockRick said:

Seems to be following the usual pattern: acts which have played EOTR over the past couple of years, made a splash or maybe a ripple, then pop up at GM. Some lower down on the GM roster (hopefully Royel Otis, though probably not) will cross over. But yes, I think overall EOTR more interesting and comfortably ahead.

The exact same thing can be said about the EOTR line up this year 

[Hooskerdoo]

Big Thief and Explosions in the Sky would have been nice, but much prefer EotR overall. Explosions booking gives the lie to the oft-repeated claim that ArcTangent doesn't share headliners.

[allpointsnorth]

9 hours ago, RedRockRick said:

Also, are Big Thief getting fined?

Why?

[iamdiceman]

Yeah agree with the consensus that eotr is a better lineup overall but plenty of acts at green man that would have been great although jon hopkins and sleaford mods not very exciting headliners.

 

Would have enjoyed Big Thief, Sampha, J&MC, Explosions In The Sky, BCNR, Osees, Omar Souleyman, Max Cooper and Metz in particular out of the bigger names.

Edited March 1, 2024 by iamdiceman

[zzzfest2.0]

Apart from the rather weak headliners, I prefer the GM line-up overall to EOTR. To each their own.

And the only truly disappointing GM headliner is Sleaford Mods. Big Thief are mighty fine, Sampha is good and Jon Hopkins just okay although I may skip him. As I posted on the GM thread, were The Jesus And Mary Chain the Thursday headliner instead of SM, the initial impression would be more delivering even though the line-up is the same.