2025 R&L Festival

[gfa]

16 hours ago, NorthernSoul52 said:

The two of them appear to be the most popular combo option on here.

Which if Melvin Benn is reading would push them to different days to sell weekend tickets

 

However for the main audience (ie younger people), doubt theres much interest in them at all as a combo

[craigcharles420]

1 hour ago, OddRon said:

No sign of an announcement today then.

Hopefully later this week. Growing rather impatient, need to know if it's this or Download next summer

[Chad888]

54 minutes ago, craigcharles420 said:

Hopefully later this week. Growing rather impatient, need to know if it's this or Download next summer

 

You'll be waiting a while. 

 

It will be in the 2 weeks before Xmas at the earliest.

 

Given there is a huge marketing push to sell early bird tickets right now, on no news at all, that really says they don't have a great lineup. 

 

Really feeling like the Fallout Boy, Kings of Leon, Kendrick Lamar 2018 announcement year. Went hard pushing early ticket sales on no news, dropped the lineup with no fanfare on a random Tuesday in February at 07:30am (I remember cause I was sat on a flight when it was released, about to takeoff and landed to about 50 pages of meltdown.

[K2SO]

The news I heard about announcement today is now a no-go. Festival currently have no date set to announce

[The All Round Ball :|]

Been dropping in and out. Seen a lot of people saying BMTH and Chappell on the same day headliners? Is that a rumour or does someone have inside info on that. Because if it's true I'll be there for sure haha

[Andre91]

19 minutes ago, The All Round Ball :| said:

Been dropping in and out. Seen a lot of people saying BMTH and Chappell on the same day headliners? Is that a rumour or does someone have inside info on that. Because if it's true I'll be there for sure haha

Nah, we just want it. 

[craigcharles420]

44 minutes ago, Chad888 said:

 

You'll be waiting a while. 

 

It will be in the 2 weeks before Xmas at the earliest.

 

Given there is a huge marketing push to sell early bird tickets right now, on no news at all, that really says they don't have a great lineup. 

 

Really feeling like the Fallout Boy, Kings of Leon, Kendrick Lamar 2018 announcement year. Went hard pushing early ticket sales on no news, dropped the lineup with no fanfare on a random Tuesday in February at 07:30am (I remember cause I was sat on a flight when it was released, about to takeoff and landed to about 50 pages of meltdown.

The funny thing is that 2018 lineup is actually pretty good in retrospect compared to how poor this could end up being. Opinion aside, you've got two of the most successful bands of their era with FOB and KOL and one of the most celebrated artists of the 21st century with Kendrick. The way things are looking, I doubt we have that level of headliners this time.

[thatTFBguy]

42 minutes ago, craigcharles420 said:

The funny thing is that 2018 lineup is actually pretty good in retrospect compared to how poor this could end up being. Opinion aside, you've got two of the most successful bands of their era with FOB and KOL and one of the most celebrated artists of the 21st century with Kendrick. The way things are looking, I doubt we have that level of headliners this time.

 

Also The Front Bottoms in the undercard, so objectively a gold-tier lineup. Ignore my username, I swear I'm not biased here! 

[Andre91]

Taking some of the ‘info’ we have (whether its all true or not is another thing but let’s just assume most of it is…). Probably way off with act placements these days but might as well have a go anyway: 

 

MAIN: Bring Me The Horizon / Chappell Roan / Architects / Ashnikko / Soft Play

 

CHEVRON: Becky Hill 

 

R1: The Vaccines 

 

FR: The Chats

 

 

MAIN: Eminem / Central Cee / Ice Spice / Declan McKenna / Olivia Dean
 

CHEVRON: Bicep live 

 

R1: Wet Leg

 

FR: Refused

 

 

 

MAIN: Travis Scott / Hozier / Blossoms / All Time Low / Inhaler

 

CHEVRON: Peggy Gou

 

R1: Enter Shikari 

 

FR: Soccer Mommy

[jonnyisRFC]

Normally a handful of bands I’d go and see at Truck. That’s weak as piss though. 

[OddRon]

Franz Ferdinand, CMAT and Wunderhorse please

[Andre91]

Few things make me as angry as seeing Natasha bloody Beddingfield making a comeback. She is responsible for some of the most irritating, ever-present, dog sh*t pop songs of my lifetime. Makes me have a whole-body reaction when I hear those songs. 

[craigcharles420]

It's not all that bad. Kasabian, Franz Ferdinand, Bloc Party, Nothing But Thieves, Maximo Park sounds like a decent time to me. I mean I wouldn't pay and then travel all the way there for that lineup, but it's a good solid lineup of 2000s indie plus NBT

[CG31]

34 minutes ago, jonnyisRFC said:

Normally a handful of bands I’d go and see at Truck. That’s weak as piss though. 

Me and mate have just said it’s a decent lineup, but after doing Truck 22 and 23 have practically seen all of those bands in the same field

[charlierc]

10 hours ago, DomDom1984 said:

I'd be surprised if Muse are around late summer going on what they're doing so far. 

I mean, they could always do a split tour of shows in June and August with July off.

 

We're assuming that if the rumour they turned down Download is correct that they got some kind of enticing alternative offer, if less sure as to what that could be.

[DomDom1984]

I've thought they might turn up at TRNSMT and I don't agree with the person that says they wouldn't do BST, especially if they're focused on fests, which seems to be the case.

[Andre91]

Muse as a Foos replacement would work. 

[tomarchbold]

how likely do we think posty is? ik some people would rather him not be there but i have never seen him so would love to

[gfa]

6 hours ago, craigcharles420 said:

The funny thing is that 2018 lineup is actually pretty good in retrospect compared to how poor this could end up being. Opinion aside, you've got two of the most successful bands of their era with FOB and KOL and one of the most celebrated artists of the 21st century with Kendrick. The way things are looking, I doubt we have that level of headliners this time.

KOL were a pretty tired booking at the time i think.

 

Feel like FOB were a pretty small headliner too. I guess Panic were there to bolster FOB / sell weekend tickets alongside them as clearly Kendrick didn't need a co!

 

4 hours ago, Andre91 said:

Taking some of the ‘info’ we have (whether its all true or not is another thing but let’s just assume most of it is…). Probably way off with act placements these days but might as well have a go anyway: 

 

MAIN: Bring Me The Horizon / Chappell Roan / Architects / Ashnikko / Soft Play

 

CHEVRON: Becky Hill 

 

R1: The Vaccines 

 

FR: The Chats

 

 

MAIN: Eminem / Central Cee / Ice Spice / Declan McKenna / Olivia Dean
 

CHEVRON: Bicep live 

 

R1: Wet Leg

 

FR: Refused

 

 

 

MAIN: Travis Scott / Hozier / Blossoms / All Time Low / Inhaler

 

CHEVRON: Peggy Gou

 

R1: Enter Shikari 

 

FR: Soccer Mommy

Bicep aren't touring live it seems

 

3 hours ago, jonnyisRFC said:

Normally a handful of bands I’d go and see at Truck. That’s weak as piss though. 

I reckon this will sell well - its a lot better for my tastes than this year

 

7 minutes ago, Andre91 said:

Muse as a Foos replacement would work. 

Muse as a UK exclusive could do well - not sure they have that legend status like Foos or the other recent big rock headliners e.g. LG or AM.

 

The other two would need to be pretty solid if Muse is one of the trio i think

[DomDom1984]

11 minutes ago, tomarchbold said:

how likely do we think posty is? ik some people would rather him not be there but i have never seen him so would love to

 

I'd be absolutely stunned if he isn't. 

[OddRon]

It feels like Post Malone has done it so many times recently, was shocked to see it was 2018,2019 and 2021 (it must have felt like he was never going to leave the festival by that third year with the covid break.)

[Muppetmark]

9 minutes ago, gfa said:

KOL were a pretty tired booking at the time i think.

 

Feel like FOB were a pretty small headliner too. I guess Panic were there to bolster FOB / sell weekend tickets alongside them as clearly Kendrick didn't need a co!

 

Bicep aren't touring live it seems

 

I reckon this will sell well - its a lot better for my tastes than this year

 

Muse as a UK exclusive could do well - not sure they have that legend status like Foos or the other recent big rock headliners e.g. LG or AM.

 

The other two would need to be pretty solid if Muse is one of the trio i think

Or muse do an exclusive show like bh&r 19th anniversary 

[craigcharles420]

Muse may not be scoring anymore hit singles but they are def at a point where they can shift tickets and they have a fanbase who would turn up to festivals for them

[gfa]

9 minutes ago, craigcharles420 said:

Muse may not be scoring anymore hit singles but they are def at a point where they can shift tickets and they have a fanbase who would turn up to festivals for them

Their day didn't sell out in 2018 i don't think at either site?

 

The bigger issue though is that they won't do much for weekend ticket sales i think

[OddRon]

11 minutes ago, Muppetmark said:

Or muse do an exclusive show like bh&r 19th anniversary 

I would lose my mind at this but I don’t think 19th anniversary rolls off the tongue.