Truck Festival 2025

[ohagar]

19 minutes ago, hughes21 said:

I have been told a certain weekend band from nyc are headlining one of the days, with ldp subbing

Great intel - are we sure it's NYC? Vampire Weekend, Strokes and LCD feel slightly too big for Truck. Could it be someone like Haim with LDP subbing?

[hughes21]

3 minutes ago, ohagar said:

Great intel - are we sure it's NYC? Vampire Weekend, Strokes and LCD feel slightly too big for Truck. Could it be someone like Haim with LDP subbing?

i was told VP are doing it to be clear ha

[ohagar]

1 minute ago, hughes21 said:

i was told VP are doing it to be clear ha

oh wow, well that's an exciting pull for the festival considering they were an exclusive headliner at Primavera last year

Let us know if you get any other 'hints'

[gfa]

5 minutes ago, hughes21 said:

i was told VP are doing it to be clear ha

Sorry i'm being stupid with abbreviations today

VP = Vampire Weekend?

 

VW are a good get - but they aren't actually that big here so not too crazy to be honest. Not massively bigger than some of the other recent headliners.

 

They've had big glasto slots but like they are doing i think 20k (4 x 5k) in london and its not sold out next month.

 

They also did that complete one off end of the road headline set for example in 2018

Edited November 19 by gfa

[Slugy]

Just now, gfa said:

Sorry i'm being stupid with abbreviations today

VP = Vampire Weekend?

Would be a right pull if they got Vladimir Putin.

[Slugy]

Vampire Weekend is a great start but it just gives me a feeling that the rest of the headliners will be Courteeners/Kaiser Chiefs.

[northernangel]

13 minutes ago, gfa said:

Who is LDP?

 

Hard to guess the headliner - google says Liberal Democratic party 😂

 

edit - last dinner party

 

Surely vampire weekend, strokes too big, interpol bit out there for truck

 

Vampire Weekend is a great booking for them - probably one of the best acts they've had! exciting if true

 

VW with TLDP subbing is alright. The Strokes would play if they got given the money they want, it's that simple for them. They played Lytham that isn't huge for that exact reason.

[gfa]

5 minutes ago, northernangel said:

 

VW with TLDP subbing is alright. The Strokes would play if they got given the money they want, it's that simple for them. They played Lytham that isn't huge for that exact reason.

The Strokes are a fair step above anything Truck has ever booked

 

VW and TLDP is a great duo

 

7 minutes ago, Slugy said:

Vampire Weekend is a great start but it just gives me a feeling that the rest of the headliners will be Courteeners/Kaiser Chiefs.

Agreed lol. Can hope for something decent off Kendal i guess

[49Lawson]

Be a sickener if Truck have managed a booking like Vampire Weekend when Kendal has turned up with Fat Boy Slim as a headliner haha

[northernangel]

7 minutes ago, 49Lawson said:

Be a sickener if Truck have managed a booking like Vampire Weekend when Kendal has turned up with Fat Boy Slim as a headliner haha

I would 1000% keep Fatboy and get Courteeners in the bin for VW.

[Jack01825]

Just now, northernangel said:

I would 1000% keep Fatboy and get Courteeners in the bin for VW.

 

I would take courteeners over vampire weekend all day long 🤣

[gfa]

10 minutes ago, northernangel said:

I would 1000% keep Fatboy and get Courteeners in the bin for VW.

agreed

 

fatboy is a good laugh - kendal have clearly done well they have sold 96% of tickets i saw someone say

[northernangel]

7 minutes ago, gfa said:

agreed

 

fatboy is a good laugh - kendal have clearly done well they have sold 96% of tickets i saw someone say

 

Kendal always does well and always will, their festival is by the Lake District giving people a reasons to tick off two in one. It's always the quickest selling out of all of those. Their early birds are usually gone before they've even announced a band. 1hr 30 from Manchester as well with Courteeners booked, just no interest in them at all. Truth be told they are probably the biggest booking for them on the bill.

[49Lawson]

24 minutes ago, northernangel said:

I would 1000% keep Fatboy and get Courteeners in the bin for VW.

 

13 minutes ago, gfa said:

agreed

 

fatboy is a good laugh - kendal have clearly done well they have sold 96% of tickets i saw someone say

Ah fair enough, I'll be honest as a default I love live bands over DJs in general and when I seen VW a few years back they blw me away. 

 

Nearly everyone has told me Fat Boy Slim will be well worth going to see so depending on how the line up falls I'll probably give him a chance come the Saturday night.

[gfa]

34 minutes ago, 49Lawson said:

 

Ah fair enough, I'll be honest as a default I love live bands over DJs in general and when I seen VW a few years back they blw me away. 

 

Nearly everyone has told me Fat Boy Slim will be well worth going to see so depending on how the line up falls I'll probably give him a chance come the Saturday night.

Truck is the most strictly indie of the superstruct festivals - and FBS has been doing some pretty big shows recently.

 

If he skips one it will be Truck i think

[northernangel]

18 minutes ago, gfa said:

Truck is the most strictly indie of the superstruct festivals - and FBS has been doing some pretty big shows recently.

 

If he skips one it will be Truck i think

Yeah I mean we can't just say Fatboy Slim isn't the sizeable booking when he's recently done arenas and sold very well. Right now he's as popular as he's been for a while...he isn't just seen as the going through the motions dj currently. He has his own tent promotion I believe at Creamfields too instead of just subbing a main stage again. I think he'll get his biggest slot at Glastonbury for sometime, maybe not Other but I could see him getting WHs.

[Dales]

2 hours ago, hughes21 said:

I have been told a certain weekend band from nyc are headlining one of the days, with ldp subbing

 

That sounds pretty exciting, I never considered that they may go for an oversea act.

 

I would be a little surprised if The Last Dinner Party were not there in some sort of slot as I think with Wet Leg last year they are trying to make an effort. I would be super pleased if it is Vampire Weekend as recently sold my tickets to see them in December as I got tickets for the Mark Lanagan tribute gig and they clashed.

[NorthernSoul52]

Vampire Weekend would be rogue.

[foolee]

Vampire Weekend would be a great booking 

[49Lawson]

1 hour ago, northernangel said:

Yeah I mean we can't just say Fatboy Slim isn't the sizeable booking when he's recently done arenas and sold very well. Right now he's as popular as he's been for a while...he isn't just seen as the going through the motions dj currently. He has his own tent promotion I believe at Creamfields too instead of just subbing a main stage again. I think he'll get his biggest slot at Glastonbury for sometime, maybe not Other but I could see him getting WHs.

Oh yeah, I don't doubt Fat Boy Slim is big enough for these sorts of festivals at all. The comment about him and Vampire Weekend was purely my personal preference 

[gfa]

1 hour ago, northernangel said:

Yeah I mean we can't just say Fatboy Slim isn't the sizeable booking when he's recently done arenas and sold very well. Right now he's as popular as he's been for a while...he isn't just seen as the going through the motions dj currently. He has his own tent promotion I believe at Creamfields too instead of just subbing a main stage again. I think he'll get his biggest slot at Glastonbury for sometime, maybe not Other but I could see him getting WHs.

I never said he's not the sizeable booking though.

 

I said of the superstruct fests, Truck is the most indie focused (and smallest) and therefore less likely to go for him.

 

He would be a sizeable booking and as such - less likely! The money would be better spent elsewhere. If he was cheap like a few years ago and was the 3rd headliner it would be much more likely.

[northernangel]

1 hour ago, 49Lawson said:

Oh yeah, I don't doubt Fat Boy Slim is big enough for these sorts of festivals at all. The comment about him and Vampire Weekend was purely my personal preference 

No it was more the general thought that Fatboy Slim shouldn't be getting slots like that in 2025 when he's not been released for 25 years and such like.

[49Lawson]

1 minute ago, northernangel said:

No it was more the general thought that Fatboy Slim shouldn't be getting slots like that in 2025 when he's not been released for 25 years and such like.

Ah yes I'm with you now, sorry!

 

To be fair I like to wait and see what these festivals offer these days before pulling the trigger, but the fact Kendal announced the line up so early, coupled with a very good and varied line up overall meant a load of my group were keen and happy to buy tickets straight away. And nowadays, trying to get everyone to commit to something in our circle with people having families and such like is no mean feat so we were happy to get tickets almost as soon as they went on sale this year! 

 

I am interested to see who else comes around with these festivals though, could always justify a trip to Truck since these size festivals are far more affordable than the multiple trips abroad I used to do once over

[northernangel]

5 minutes ago, 49Lawson said:

Ah yes I'm with you now, sorry!

 

To be fair I like to wait and see what these festivals offer these days before pulling the trigger, but the fact Kendal announced the line up so early, coupled with a very good and varied line up overall meant a load of my group were keen and happy to buy tickets straight away. And nowadays, trying to get everyone to commit to something in our circle with people having families and such like is no mean feat so we were happy to get tickets almost as soon as they went on sale this year! 

 

I am interested to see who else comes around with these festivals though, could always justify a trip to Truck since these size festivals are far more affordable than the multiple trips abroad I used to do once over

Yup.

To be honest you're festivals like Truck, Y Not, Victorious, Tramlines and Kendal should all really be price wise fine of they've got who you fancy at the festivals.  Y not was good for Ms the other year and for the cost you couldn't fault it. The only thing with some of them is the distance to travel to get to them. Kendal is a long way from me and Victorious is a fair way too.

[BlackFoxx]

4 hours ago, hughes21 said:

i was told VP are doing it to be clear ha

Just tipped me over the edge to get some of the last Tier 2 tickets before the lineup announcement. Hope your intel is good!