Lytham Festival 2025

[Sparticus]

26 minutes ago, DomDom1984 said:

Definitely agree Phonics would've been announced by now.

Hopefully the same for the script (doing Scarborough and Halifax the same week)

[Steve G]

5 hours ago, Sparticus said:

Are we discounting Stereophonics? Feel if they were getting announced it would have been today.

 

Still hanging onto hope that we're getting a big guitar act. Sam Fender would be great but probably too big given he headlined Reading and Leeds recently.

I reckon Biffy Clyro going be the big guitar band. Doing Festivals in Europe so I assume they'll be playing somewhere in the UK 

[Sparticus]

57 minutes ago, Steve G said:

I reckon Biffy Clyro going be the big guitar band. Doing Festivals in Europe so I assume they'll be playing somewhere in the UK 

Added to, Lytham have shared a headliner with TRNSMT most year, and Biffy doing both would make sense.

[NorthernSoul52]

Biffy Clyro would be an excellent shout for Lytham. Make it their only show beyond TRNSMT and maybe APE, and they should shift the 20,000 required. Their biggest issue in recent years have been tours that geographically cannibalise themselves.

[northernangel]

2 hours ago, NorthernSoul52 said:

Biffy Clyro would be an excellent shout for Lytham. Make it their only show beyond TRNSMT and maybe APE, and they should shift the 20,000 required. Their biggest issue in recent years have been tours that geographically cannibalise themselves.

I would say TRNSMT, Lytham and Glastonbury

[DomDom1984]

I'd say they're possible but a long shot for Glasto.

[gfa]

25 minutes ago, DomDom1984 said:

I'd say they're possible but a long shot for Glasto.

How? been years since they played - would be popular (as other headline or pyramid sub obviously, clearly not headlining it)

 

54 minutes ago, northernangel said:

I would say TRNSMT, Lytham and Glastonbury

completely avoids the south of england this bar a festival that no fan can get a ticket to.

 

APE (or victorious) Lytham TRNSMT and Glasto seems perfect

[northernangel]

18 hours ago, gfa said:

How? been years since they played - would be popular (as other headline or pyramid sub obviously, clearly not headlining it)

 

completely avoids the south of england this bar a festival that no fan can get a ticket to.

 

APE (or victorious) Lytham TRNSMT and Glasto seems perfect

 

They've just done Victorious. I don't see APE. Those other 3 yes. Miles of space between them all.

[gfa]

1 hour ago, northernangel said:

 

They've just done Victorious. I don't see APE. Those other 3 yes. Miles of space between them all.

Ah yes whoops

 

Why not APE - perfect size for them and london is the biggest market in the uk

 

I guess they could do a non festival show instead

[northernangel]

5 hours ago, gfa said:

Ah yes whoops

 

Why not APE - perfect size for them and london is the biggest market in the uk

 

I guess they could do a non festival show instead

APE just don't book the kinda act that Biffy is from my view

[NorthernSoul52]

On 9/24/2024 at 1:07 PM, northernangel said:

I would say TRNSMT, Lytham and Glastonbury

Do a good bit of business at Lytham. My only fear is how to gauge their size - though let the record show, their 5,500-capacity gig at The Piece Hall sold out very fast, so they certainly can shift a certain number like that.

[gfa]

18 hours ago, northernangel said:

APE just don't book the kinda act that Biffy is from my view

They can be all over the place to be fair

 

APE would be the wrong end of summer vs all these other fests i guess its also worth nothing

 

Could do Crystal Palace perhaps (Finsbury maybe too big unless good support)

[Steve G]

1 hour ago, gfa said:

They can be all over the place to be fair

 

APE would be the wrong end of summer vs all these other fests i guess its also worth nothing

 

Could do Crystal Palace perhaps (Finsbury maybe too big unless good support)

I think Biffy could easily sell alot of tickets on there own for Finsbury but add a solid undercard and I think it be sold out or at least nearly sold out. 

[NorthernSoul52]

Gunnersbury is... 25,000 for Festival Republic events. Again, wrong end of the summer.

[gfa]

3 hours ago, Steve G said:

I think Biffy could easily sell alot of tickets on there own for Finsbury but add a solid undercard and I think it be sold out or at least nearly sold out. 

True yeah - they put that irish act there this year and biffy would definitely do better than them!

[northernangel]

14 hours ago, NorthernSoul52 said:

Do a good bit of business at Lytham. My only fear is how to gauge their size - though let the record show, their 5,500-capacity gig at The Piece Hall sold out very fast, so they certainly can shift a certain number like that.

They will sell out 5k events with ease to their own fans, it's selling tickets for bigger events outdoors that aren't multiple days in England making the numbers up they won't do.

11 hours ago, gfa said:

They can be all over the place to be fair

 

APE would be the wrong end of summer vs all these other fests i guess its also worth nothing

 

Could do Crystal Palace perhaps (Finsbury maybe too big unless good support)

 

Can't see them ever getting booked now for their own outdoor show as big as Finsburuy. Their interest as a broader appeal has not aged well.

[NorthernSoul52]

10 hours ago, northernangel said:

They will sell out 5k events with ease to their own fans, it's selling tickets for bigger events outdoors that aren't multiple days in England making the numbers up they won't do.

 

Can't see them ever getting booked now for their own outdoor show as big as Finsburuy. Their interest as a broader appeal has not aged well.

Which is strange. Latter albums have offered no commercial viability for radio airplay, but the tunes themselves aren't bad. Just appears the moment passed.

 

They'd still feel - as they did in '17 - like a very strong booking anywhere but headlining at Glastonbury. For Lytham, which has Justin Timberlake as one of its headliners, it would feel small fry.

[Steve G]

1 hour ago, NorthernSoul52 said:

Which is strange. Latter albums have offered no commercial viability for radio airplay, but the tunes themselves aren't bad. Just appears the moment passed.

 

They'd still feel - as they did in '17 - like a very strong booking anywhere but headlining at Glastonbury. For Lytham, which has Justin Timberlake as one of its headliners, it would feel small fry.

I heard Space getting played quite abit on Absolute Radio. Biffy are still a big band despite them not having there songs played on the music channels. They still sell out there tours, headline festivals. I feel like Biffy are similar to Stereophonics now. Sell out there tours, got plenty of hits. My Mrs could of got JT tickets for a tenner on her blue light card last time he played so obviously the demand wasn't there for him like in the 2000's

[WhoOdyssey]

6 minutes ago, Steve G said:

I heard Space getting played quite abit on Absolute Radio. Biffy are still a big band despite them not having there songs played on the music channels. They still sell out there tours, headline festivals. I feel like Biffy are similar to Stereophonics now. Sell out there tours, got plenty of hits. My Mrs could of got JT tickets for a tenner on her blue light card last time he played so obviously the demand wasn't there for him like in the 2000's

Yeah, Space was a reasonable hit for them all things considered. Their highest charting song since Opposite and their fourth most-streamed song daily on Spotify (eighth in overall streams).  

[NorthernSoul52]

It did get a decent reaction the other month in Halifax. (Was more delighted they played Different People again, to be fair.)

 

They're also a terrific live act. Understand the primal power a wall of sound can offer with enough melody and clarity behind it.

[Sparticus]

There's a leak doing the rounds that the cure are playing APE in August, and Belgium the weekend of Lytham, think we can safely count them out.

[gfa]

18 hours ago, Sparticus said:

There's a leak doing the rounds that the cure are playing APE in August, and Belgium the weekend of Lytham, think we can safely count them out.

There was a leak with about 10 dates so weird it wouldn't be included

 

APE means nothing though its opposite end of the country - whilst they could do Belgium sunday and Lytham friday very easily. I doubt that Cure leak was everything to be honest, many big regions missed out

[sisco]

4 hours ago, gfa said:

There was a leak with about 10 dates so weird it wouldn't be included

 

APE means nothing though its opposite end of the country - whilst they could do Belgium sunday and Lytham friday very easily. I doubt that Cure leak was everything to be honest, many big regions missed out

It was also from an account with about 4 followers at the time, I want them to play Werchter but I very much doubt it’s true 

[gfa]

50 minutes ago, sisco said:

It was also from an account with about 4 followers at the time, I want them to play Werchter but I very much doubt it’s true 

didn't see that bit!

[NorthernSoul52]

The Cure at Lytham would be insane.