Benj

Yes it worked. Nothing like tired generalisations to boost internet engagement

Yop, more Guradianny Lattitudey than Chavvy IOWy really Trying to channel the Chad888 vibes to generate some engagement 😆

Can see him doing a couple of big o2 shows or similar, as per GFA though, I don’t think his audience are festival going types, those who’d got to R&L anyway. IOW perhaps?

I always said, as part of my 2 main stage whining, that one of the issues it would cause them long term is that as line ups aged they’d look worse than prior ones with more stages. It’s simple maths. Less acts will clearly mean less acts that make it big in future. There was also a heightened chance they’d miss out on the next Eilish or Post Malone You look back at 2021 now and who’s properly popped from that? Jack Harlow maybe? Humberston next biggest shout? Otherwise I can’t see many acts at all that would play much higher, with actual excitement and it’s hard to see many growing at this point 2022 looks similar. There’s not much there you can see getting much bigger. A few acts have moved from FR to low main but that’s about it I think as much is probably caused by how music is consumed now too, people get less big in the main, people have big songs vs big catalogues. Im not sure it will ever come close when you look at lineups as a whole. It doesn’t mean you won’t see a lot of great music or have a great time though

The only problem being it’s not 2044 2004 was also THE worst Reading festival I’ve been to out of 25 (and I went to two Two Main Stage Festivals) Even if 5 or 6 bands go on to become massive, it doesn’t stop it necessarily being shite today… esp as today you can easily listen to all those bands lower down and determine that you don’t like them right now… That said, I’ve not yet and looking forward to doing so, I’ll no doubt find a couple of crackers

Yup....... DEAD ANNOUNCEMENT Thats our lot too... Anyone rushing to get tickets off that? ...Nope So much promise that they let go Given that no other ticket category bar Saturday has shifted to the point theyre trying to charge people more, Im guessing now we should be assuming the same kind of attendance as last year on the other days? Or can people see any of the listed artists blowing up?

think I may recognise 4 🤣 well this will deffo get the tickets flying…

experince over the last few years has suggested that the longer you wait the worse the announcement seems to get

This is not the case. Every day in 2019 had 9 acts every day in 2018 had 9 acts etc etc…

Yet more shrinkflation if so …and they’ll still be scratching their heads as to why no one is paying £350 to go Leeds They’ll be opening the gates at 2pm by 2026

They deffo hadn’t yesterday 🤣 just my luck …or maybe I didn’t click far enough Impressive then, esp if it’s the two nights, although it will no doubt dent Reading demand, it certainly very much proves remaining relevance.

Yup, without a doubt and that’s without transport and spending money… This is the problem though if they’re going to charge those prices, they need to target wider demographics, esp those with more disposable income. You can’t produce a lineup for kids and then charge prices kids can not afford…

3 years ago… They’ll do fine, I suspect there will be many, many kids that don’t give the slightest of f**ks though, I reckon Raye will get a bigger crowd Just noticed they’ve not managed to sell out 10,000 tickets at Cardiff Castle…

They didn’t all stay last time, there was a huge migration out on the Sunday Are a load of under 20s really still into CATBM too? Again my anecdotal is limited to 3 16-20 year olds (2 of which have been to reading, indeed one left on the Sunday 2021 pre Gallagher) but they couldn’t be less interested…

I’d assume the Fred Lana day will be by far the busiest at the main stage at both sites The Gallagher, CATBM day will be interesting to see. With it being Sunday, I wouldn’t be surprised if a lot of the kids eff off early that day, the alternatives for anyone under 20 are pretty slim post 21 Savage. (This is with the assumption they’re not all mad into Skrillex)