charlierc Posted January 14 Report Share Posted January 14 On 1/9/2025 at 10:05 AM, branvan said: In the first two weeks of the year, the bookers and media people are still in Thailand... 😏 Expand Alright for some eh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlierc Posted January 14 Report Share Posted January 14 On 1/14/2025 at 10:19 AM, Tbrady94 said: He's already headlined some of the biggest UK festivals with Reading and Leeds being biggest, and there's talk of him headlining Glastonbury too. He's absolutely massive in the UK. Expand There's always a degree of variation with these things. Kings of Leon are huge here in the UK but went about 15 years without playing a single show in France, while The Killers did a big UK stadium tour in 2022 but were supporting the Chili Peppers at Werchter, to give two examples. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tbrady94 Posted January 14 Report Share Posted January 14 I think Sam Fender is much bigger than KOL in the UK nowadays. Like I'm unsure whether they would close out Leeds/Reading currently, but Fender would. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MagneticField85 Posted January 14 Report Share Posted January 14 On 1/14/2025 at 11:55 AM, TheNewUnion said: Read a really good article about the problems facing music festivals https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/jan/12/uk-festivals-face-really-tough-year-due-to-fewer-headline-acts-and-rising-costs There's not enough "big" bands to go around now. Expand Journo's are quite lost when reporting about live music business; every year they write the same article and sell the same narratives. Dirty little secret: most years will be like this from now onwards; and it started already a couple of seasons ago. Margins for organizers (that allow investing in more bands and more popular ones) have decreased. On the other hand, artist fees are up. That makes booking big bands much harder. I'm not sharing any exclusive info, some of you here already connected the dots, but it's tiresome to read random stuff in newspapers. "Tough year"; well, not only this one, baby. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlierc Posted January 14 Report Share Posted January 14 On 1/14/2025 at 7:57 PM, Tbrady94 said: I think Sam Fender is much bigger than KOL in the UK nowadays. Like I'm unsure whether they would close out Leeds/Reading currently, but Fender would. Expand True - I don't think KOL sold out a UK tour last year of BST Hyde Park and multiple arena shows while Fender's arena tour raced out the door and he pretty much sold out his 4 night stadium run scheduled for summer. So it's a changing of the guard in thar respect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlierc Posted January 14 Report Share Posted January 14 On 1/14/2025 at 8:03 PM, MagneticField85 said: Journo's are quite lost when reporting about live music business; every year they write the same article and sell the same narratives. Dirty little secret: most years will be like this from now onwards; and it started already a couple of seasons ago. Margins for organizers (that allow investing in more bands and more popular ones) have decreased. On the other hand, artist fees are up. That makes booking big bands much harder. I'm not sharing any exclusive info, some of you here already connected the dots, but it's tiresome to read random stuff in newspapers. "Tough year"; well, not only this one, baby. Expand Makes you wonder what will change it tbf. Or if this just another place where the pandemic has screwed up the economics that underpinned things for so long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joaommaia Posted January 14 Report Share Posted January 14 On 1/14/2025 at 7:57 PM, Tbrady94 said: I think Sam Fender is much bigger than KOL in the UK nowadays. Like I'm unsure whether they would close out Leeds/Reading currently, but Fender would. Expand Sure and, in Portugal, KoL are bigger than Fender, but both are not enough to sell out a big festival. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matrainertje Posted January 15 Report Share Posted January 15 On 1/14/2025 at 7:57 PM, Tbrady94 said: I think Sam Fender is much bigger than KOL in the UK nowadays. Like I'm unsure whether they would close out Leeds/Reading currently, but Fender would. Expand What does the UK have to do with this? In the UK, The 1975 and Gerry Cinnamon are also big, but these names wouldn't top mainland EU fests too. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazrigby88 Posted January 15 Report Share Posted January 15 On 1/14/2025 at 8:03 PM, MagneticField85 said: Journo's are quite lost when reporting about live music business; every year they write the same article and sell the same narratives. Dirty little secret: most years will be like this from now onwards; and it started already a couple of seasons ago. Margins for organizers (that allow investing in more bands and more popular ones) have decreased. On the other hand, artist fees are up. That makes booking big bands much harder. I'm not sharing any exclusive info, some of you here already connected the dots, but it's tiresome to read random stuff in newspapers. "Tough year"; well, not only this one, baby. Expand why are margins now so thin? Why did coviud have that effect? Not disputing your ppoint in any way, genuinely curious to know... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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manelrl Posted January 15 Report Share Posted January 15 Raye is co-headlining Werchter with Sam Fender. She's also headlining Bilbao BBK and Lollapalooza. Do you think she can come to Alive? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNewUnion Posted January 15 Author Report Share Posted January 15 On 1/15/2025 at 9:00 AM, Daniel Ferreira said: Expand Excellent! I've never seen them, I like twee indie, great addition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Ferreira Posted January 15 Report Share Posted January 15 On 1/15/2025 at 12:00 PM, manelrl said: Raye is co-headlining Werchter with Sam Fender. She's also headlining Bilbao BBK and Lollapalooza. Do you think she can come to Alive? Expand Raye's audience in Portugal is low https://songstats.com/artist/36z1o8lt/raye/audience Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNewUnion Posted January 15 Author Report Share Posted January 15 On 1/15/2025 at 12:00 PM, manelrl said: Raye is co-headlining Werchter with Sam Fender. She's also headlining Bilbao BBK and Lollapalooza. Do you think she can come to Alive? Expand She'd definitely be a great addition. We can but hope. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FestivalJamie Posted January 15 Report Share Posted January 15 Sam fender and girl in red on the same day is pretty nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanbang Posted January 15 Report Share Posted January 15 On 1/15/2025 at 12:54 PM, FestivalJamie said: Sam fender and girl in red on the same day is pretty nice. Expand Add Hozier, the War on Drugs, Bloc Party and close out with The Prodigy and it turns to a great day/weekend ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ausländer Posted January 15 Report Share Posted January 15 Looking at the Poster I would say Fender is definitely not a headliner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joaommaia Posted January 15 Report Share Posted January 15 (edited) Mumford and Sons will announce something on Friday................ Edited January 15 by joaommaia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sisco Posted January 15 Report Share Posted January 15 On 1/15/2025 at 3:54 PM, joaommaia said: Mumford and Sons are announcing something on Friday................ Expand Where did they post that out of interest? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joaommaia Posted January 15 Report Share Posted January 15 On 1/15/2025 at 3:56 PM, sisco said: Where did they post that out of interest? Expand It was not today. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanbang Posted January 15 Report Share Posted January 15 Back to waiting in anticipation on Neil Young headlining the Friday 🤔 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigane Posted January 15 Report Share Posted January 15 On 1/15/2025 at 3:56 PM, sisco said: Where did they post that out of interest? Expand they are posting storys everyday with the date 17th January Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNewUnion Posted January 15 Author Report Share Posted January 15 On 1/15/2025 at 3:54 PM, joaommaia said: Mumford and Sons will announce something on Friday................ Expand Good god no! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlierc Posted January 15 Report Share Posted January 15 I mean, they would be a big name act so could see it making sense... unfortunately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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