END OF THE ROAD 2008

[endoftheroadro]

Hey all...

as i said in the other thread- here is a thread for everyone to give their views to help us towards making EOTR even better next year. We do take comments here seriously, and if it is in the realms of possibility we will try and make EVERYBOIDY happy!

The usual- id like to see 'x' play would be great...

personally id love to see half man half biscuit play......id be there , in my Dukla prague away kit....(sorry but 6 music played some hmhb thismorning and ive jsut been sifting through the back catalogue with joy...

Oh yes, there are some early bird tickets available- hit wqww.endoftheroadfestival.com for details!

best

ro

[chownsy]

Make sure ya get Im From Barcelona back...they clearly LOVE IT!

Would love to see Charlie Parr again, he was ace. Im sure whoever you book, there'll be summit for everybody!

Same bogs, they were excellent, and well maintained.

MORE FOOD! MORE CHOICE!

Keep up, and maybe even extend the recycling theme. Overall very impressed, though the bins did fill up rapidly!

I keep saying it, but it'd be ace if we could camp thurs eve. Guess there will be licencing issues.....

Whatever and whenever, I'll be there! CANT WAIT!

[Andrew_iow]

Can't wait to go again...

Like chownsy said being able to camp the Thursday night would be great, can get selted quicker.

Yeah more food would be good aswell, I would also say a bit more lighting near the main stage when the acts have finished as I felt it was a light on the dark side. but all in all keep up the good work I'll be there next year times already booked off from work!

[Swindlebiscuit]

Great festival, but here are my suggestions:

- As others have mentioned, more food stalls and camping on Thurs night.

- Never allow British Sea Power to clash with Super Furry Animals ever again

- Put the comedy in a tent (perhaps similar to the Local) so that more people can see (if you're at the back, you can't see around the corner)

- Some bands I'd love to see there (and I think might fit with the atmos):

Sparklehorse

Steve Earle

The Hold Steady (in the Big Top!)

Belle and Sebastian

The Wu Tang Clan *

Beirut

Ben Folds

WILCO WILCO WILCO!

Billy Bragg

Bonnie Prince Billy

The New Pornographers

Okkervil River

The Proclaimers

* Okay, maybe not the Wu Tang Clan.

[Hotcider]

Great festival, but here are my suggestions:

- As others have mentioned, more food stalls and camping on Thurs night.

- Never allow British Sea Power to clash with Super Furry Animals ever again

- Put the comedy in a tent (perhaps similar to the Local) so that more people can see (if you're at the back, you can't see around the corner)

- Some bands I'd love to see there (and I think might fit with the atmos):

Sparklehorse

Steve Earle

The Hold Steady (in the Big Top!)

Belle and Sebastian

The Wu Tang Clan *

Beirut

Ben Folds

WILCO WILCO WILCO!

Billy Bragg

Bonnie Prince Billy

The New Pornographers

Okkervil River

The Proclaimers

* Okay, maybe not the Wu Tang Clan.

[Hotcider]

More food stalls would be good as would camping on Thursday night.

I would like to see :

Polyphonic Spree

Flaming Lips

Badly Drawn Boy

Neil Young (well we can dream!)

Son Volt

Sun Kil Moon

Park Bench Social Club

Ron Trueman Border

American Music Club

I'm from Barcelona (longer set !)

Mistys Big Adventure again

Darren Heyman

Rosie Wilby

Alberta Cross

Belle & Sebastian

Wilco

Billy Bragg

Stars

Rilo Kiley

Phil King

Kings of Leon

Sufjan Stevens

Anthony & The Johnsons

Jackie Oates

Sugar Rios

Teenage Fanclub

Bag of Rats

Fallen Apples

[sadwitch]

I would like Laura Cantrell, The Hat, Seafood, The Bobby McGees and Darren Hayman doing his bluegrass thing again.

Flaming Lips and the Spree would be cool but not at the loss of the littler bands that don't play at other festivals as much.

Definately move the comedy, maybe get the lovely Groovy Movie?

Oh- It would be good if there was more cider in the regular bars too

[The Beard]

Sufjan Stevens would be brilliant at that festival as would The Flaming Lips but the Lips may be too big for the festival.

I would like to see

Doves

The Shins

Of Montreal

Beirut

Damien Rice

PJ Harvey

[signor]

Can't wait - ordered my early bird over the weekend! (Up by a pound on last year, I can't help but notice... )

As we're onto band want lists:

The Decemberists

Cat Power

Feist

Okkervil River

Final Fantasy

Grizzly Bear

Camera Obscura

Teenage Fanclub

M Ward

Bill Callahan

Frank Turner

Tilly And The Wall

The Lucksmiths

Los Campesinos!

Au Revoir Simone

Emmy The Great

Eugene McGuinness

Noah & The Whale

Lucky Soul

Those Dancing Days

Broken Records

[Lauz_Abbott]

cant afford to buy a early bird ticket

[chownsy]

cant afford to buy a early bird ticket

[endoftheroadro]

Can't wait - ordered my early bird over the weekend! (Up by a pound on last year, I can't help but notice... )

As we're onto band want lists:

The Decemberists

Cat Power

Feist

Okkervil River

Final Fantasy

Grizzly Bear

Camera Obscura

Teenage Fanclub

M Ward

Bill Callahan

Frank Turner

Tilly And The Wall

The Lucksmiths

Los Campesinos!

Au Revoir Simone

Emmy The Great

Eugene McGuinness

Noah & The Whale

Lucky Soul

Those Dancing Days

Broken Records

[signor]

signor- did you see emmy at the festival this year? she played in the woods.....

[endoftheroadro]

We just got nominated for Best small fest and best grass roots festival at www.festivalawards.com

if you went this year and enjoyed it it would be fantastic if you felt you could vote for us there

ANd for those of you who didnt make it this year, there are still a number of early bird tickets available.....

Thanks

ro

[endoftheroadro]

EOTR faves The Young Republic and Misty's Big adventure will have songs used in Panorama tonite- 8.30 bbc one....

[chownsy]

EOTR faves The Young Republic and Misty's Big adventure will have songs used in Panorama tonite- 8.30 bbc one....

[Lauz_Abbott]

mistys big adventure were very strange!!!! i was alseep in the big tent after a few drinks and woke up to them on stage singing their odd songs!

[chownsy]

mistys big adventure were very strange!!!! i was alseep in the big tent after a few drinks and woke up to them on stage singing their odd songs!

[sadwitch]

I seem to recall passing out at that point as well!!!!

[Lauz_Abbott]

it was dry and sooooo warm in that tent!!

[Andrew_iow]

it was great in that tent, woke up to find loads of people stood around us dancing and singing, very weird!!

[chownsy]

Im not sure it was all day!!!!!

[domjon]

The National say they plan to do festivals rather than a UK tour next year...would make an excellent headliner for friday night. They're probably too big but the Flaming Lips would be perfect for the sunday night curtain closer...might make a few more people stay for the duration too.

[The Beard]

If Sufjan Stevens and Beirut played that would be perfect, I'd also like to see Of Montreal or Broken Social Scene play somewhere like EOTR too.

[Quetzacotyl]

I didn't get to go to EOTR this year, I only found out about it at the Green Man festival and I was out of money and people interested in going to festivals. Obviously it's a definite destination for next year!

However, I've seen Seasick Steve (twice) and Misty's Big Adventure and they were utterly amazing, so I would certainly love it if they can come again this year! And Architecture in Helsinki.

I second Beirut, Of Montreal, Half Man Half Biscuit, Ben Folds, Okkervil River, Stars and Cat Power. Maybe The Imagined Village (someone recommended Billy Bragg and that's his latest outfit) too.

I'd also like to add Battles, Islands, Mount Eerie, Slint, Pure Reason Revolution and 65daysofstatic. Arcade Fire and Sigur Rós'd be nice but they may be a bit hard to get hold of, unfortunately...

And some incredibly obscure bands which I have no doubt won't get invited but which would be mondo cool would be 27 or American Watercolor Movement. ... I think that's it for bands that anyone but me would want to see! Thanks for reading this massive post.