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Tramlines 2025

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Tramlines Insta has been liking comments which mention the Reytons, not that it'll come as a surprise. Fair play to them but I think they're absolutely awful. Proper pastiche guff.

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My ideal headliner would be Gerry Cinnamon.  After seeing Blossoms recently think they are ready to step up to Headliner level - certainly a step up from Paulo Nutini and Jamie T this year.   

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I'd love to see any of Wolf Alice, The Hives, Franz Ferdinand, The Coral, Lightning Seeds, Confidence Man, Self Esteem, Suede, Pretenders, alt-J...

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On 11/26/2024 at 8:11 AM, Johndenis said:

I think spiritualized, John Grant, fat whites is surprisingly mainstream given what Pulp must have cost. And it looks like there's another similar act "TBA". Who would you have in mind, just out of interest? I'm going to try for a Friday ticket.

 

The Saturday has some "name recognition" but they aren't acts you'd be too bothered about watching eg rizzle kicks, future heads. Ps I have absolutely no clue who the Reytons are, I personally think Franz ferdinand should have chucked it but surely they're "bigger" than Reytons! 

 

I personally doubt the much of the usual Tramlines crowd has ever heard of John Grant or Fat White Family, and will maybe recognise Spiritualized.

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15 hours ago, sheffinghell said:

I honestly think it will be packed on Friday, with people getting in early to get a good spot for Pulp, and a good proportion will enjoy the support acts. 

 

 

Think it's less likely people will take a half day for bands they don't know, or pay £8 a pint when they can stay in one of the pubs in Hillsborough.

 

No doubt it will be getting busy after 6, but i just don't see it beforehand unless the Special Guests knock it out.

 

 

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7 minutes ago, briddj said:

 

Think it's less likely people will take a half day for bands they don't know, or pay £8 a pint when they can stay in one of the pubs in Hillsborough.

 

No doubt it will be getting busy after 6, but i just don't see it beforehand unless the Special Guests knock it out.

 

 

Last year craft ales were 6.50-7, if I recall correctly. Also, not everyone is after getting bladdered.

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24 minutes ago, scatteredscreens said:

I'd be perfectly ok with a quieter site for acts such as Spiritualized. I'm a big fan but honestly they're not a great festival band these days.

If they are indeed subbing, they'll be on around 6.30, which will catch the after work influx. Also I think they'll have quite a bit of a nostalgia pull from Sheffielders. Getting food will be the biggest nightmare, based upon last year. 

 

What I'm really hoping is that they allow Pulp a full 2 hours, like they did for Paolo Nutini last year.

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1 hour ago, briddj said:

 

I personally doubt the much of the usual Tramlines crowd has ever heard of John Grant or Fat White Family, and will maybe recognise Spiritualized.

 

I listen to a lot of music and go to a lot of Gigs and I have never heard of John Grant or Baxter Dury but will certainly get up to speed before July.  My Son is into Fat White Family so aware of them. 

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16 minutes ago, sheffinghell said:

What I'm really hoping is that they allow Pulp a full 2 hours, like they did for Paolo Nutini last year.

 

I mean, it'd be dumbf**kery of the highest order to make the biggest booking in festival history, hometown heroes coming towards the end of their run, and then cut their time..

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27 minutes ago, incident said:

 

I mean, it'd be dumbf**kery of the highest order to make the biggest booking in festival history, hometown heroes coming towards the end of their run, and then cut their time..

Agreed, but the usual headline slot is 90 mins. PN really did not need 2 hours either!

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3 minutes ago, ciderbus said:

I haven’t been to a Tramlines since they started charging so no sense of what the crowd/event is like now other than a few reports off friends.

The Friday this time for me has me sorely tempted to reverse that. Really strong lineup for my tastes.

It's really a different festival these days, hence the size of some of the bookings. The site holds 40k people and is large - there's a good bit of trekking if you want to go between main stage and T'Other, but it's very easy to see most of the Leadmill stage and the mainstage. Beer and food prices are a bit steep, but not as bad as some more southerly festivals I've been to. They still try to put on a fair bit of new music, and there's comedy, etc. They seem to be making a bit more effort with local traders, and had a good craft beer tent last year from the likes of Abbeydale and Thornbridge. Main downsides - not enough places to sit down, and you can't go in and out of the site as you please.

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19 minutes ago, bertieb73 said:

Yeah, 80 quid tier3 day ticket for me at 18.03!!  Sounds like the bots and touts got hold of then quickly (or there were never 60 quid tickets anyway!)

Managed to get 2 tier 1 tickets dead on 6pm, I managed to get a session before the sale started then refreshed. Don't think I would have spent more than that on the Friday lineup.

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