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[Pulpfan]

Last year and this years headliners on the Garden stage have all been Americans. The Hold Steady pissed me off, far too American imo. Can we have some British bands headlining next year please. Thanks

[Sipperana]

Pulpfan, on Sep 15 2009, 04:53 PM, said:

Last year and this years headliners on the Garden stage have all been Americans. The Hold Steady pissed me off, far too American imo. Can we have some British bands headlining next year please. Thanks

Simon and Sofia happen to like Americana, and book bands they like. If you want a festival based around English bands I suggest you look elsewhere.

[sadwitch]

I like it because it's cheaper than going to America myself. Also I like banjos.

[Pulpfan]

Sipperana, on Sep 15 2009, 05:05 PM, said:

Simon and Sofia happen to like Americana, and book bands they like. If you want a festival based around English bands I suggest you look elsewhere.

Ah yell at least yer a Duke Special fan

[wolfamongwolves]

Pulpfan, on Sep 15 2009, 04:53 PM, said:

Last year and this years headliners on the Garden stage have all been Americans. The Hold Steady pissed me off, far too American imo. Can we have some British bands headlining next year please. Thanks

british bands is there any. the reason they book american bands is because they are the best bands out there . and have been for over ten years.

[geofelgie]

Errr, the festival and the record label are based around americana!

Though a few more canadians would be nice

[bennyhana22]

geofelgie, on Sep 15 2009, 05:56 PM, said:

Errr, the festival and the record label are based around americana!

Though a few more canadians would be nice

Was I not enough for you, Geof?

Ben

[geofelgie]

bennyhana22, on Sep 15 2009, 04:58 PM, said:

Was I not enough for you, Geof?

Ben

No, I must be a glutton for punishment!

[fogged]

Might I recommend this as an alternative for next year.

Edited by fogged, 15 September 2009 - 05:27 PM.

[MattL80]

fogged, on Sep 15 2009, 06:27 PM, said:

Might I recommend this as an alternative for next year.

Looks excellent. I might go.

[Sipperana]

Pulpfan, on Sep 15 2009, 05:14 PM, said:

Ah yell at least yer a Duke Special fan

I like lots of British bands (Duke Special is, of course, from Norn Iron so not technically "British" but still UK-ish) but generally expect EOTR to be headlined by American bands. Let's face it, if you liked American music and decided to put your own festival together, wouldn't you try to get the best American bands you can get to headline it? It's like asking the organisers of Download to book fewer metal bands.

[Fat_Buddha]

Danny and the Champions of the World, brilliant and British and would suit EOTR down to the ground.

[RedRockRick]

We come specifically because of the American bands! I wouldn't camp for any other reason.

[5co77ie]

Bet you got more than just four brand new songs from Low anthem who were on late at Bestival and played a criminally short set.

[Corporal Clegg]

2 out of my top 3 for this weekend were British- Joe Gideon and the Shark and Archie Bronson outfit!
But you're right it's mostly American bands and has been mentioned above over the last 10 years the gap between the quality of American over British bands is huge. 90% of the stuff I buy is from American bands because there's far too much NME fodder Indie type bands from Britain who just don't do it for me.So I think EOTR will continue with American bands for the forseeable future until we close the gap a bit!

[Elfy]

As long as the music is fabulous, which it is, does it really matter if the bands are English or American? Or, indeed, Canadian, Danish, Swedish, French.......

[Infinite Jest]

I'm perfectly happy with the American bands (for many of the same reasons as Corporal Clegg; I'm a total Anglophile, but it seems like the Americans are way ahead of you guys at the moment).

Pulpfan: can you suggest any particular bands you'd like to see?

[GTG]

Fat_Buddha, on Sep 15 2009, 11:17 PM, said:

Danny and the Champions of the World, brilliant and British and would suit EOTR down to the ground.

Good band, but I can't see them shifting many tickets as headliners!

[SweepingTheNation]

Surely the thing people new to EOTR are attracted by is that it gets so many top class American bands? Think about it in isolation - it's a 6,000 capacity festival at a none too warm time of the year, and this year it attracted Fleet Foxes, the Hold Steady, EITS, Okkervil River, Dirty Projectors, Neko Case, Steve Earle...

But there's the follow-up question - which British artists could headline? (Not ones that you like enough to want to see headlining, those that are big enough to justify headline status)

[Monkeychops_merged]

fogged, on Sep 15 2009, 06:27 PM, said:

Might I recommend this as an alternative for next year.

That's hilarious; and what's really funny is that's actually my home town. Things like that make me remember why I don't live there any more...