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[Rough Trader]

metallimuse, on Mar 3 2010, 08:19 PM, said:

So by that mindset would you be happy to have Britney Spears or Justin Timberlake headline?
Let's keep it up to date,Rihanna?

Oh come on, let's not be ridiculous. Blink 182 are very much in the style of music of Reading and Leeds, and someone was questioning how popular they were. Also, if you want British sales figures, they have had 4 albums go gold in the UK; compare with Rage Against the Machine, with one gold and one silver. I'm not saying they're the biggest band to ever headline, but I don't see why there should be a backlash as such.

[cheeseisamazing]

Tom1889, on Mar 3 2010, 11:32 AM, said:

My Chemical Romance are extremely poor live

Surprisngly this is not true

[metallimuse]

Rough Trader, on Mar 3 2010, 08:56 PM, said:

Oh come on, let's not be ridiculous. Blink 182 are very much in the style of music of Reading and Leeds, and someone was questioning how popular they were. Also, if you want British sales figures, they have had 4 albums go gold in the UK; compare with Rage Against the Machine, with one gold and one silver. I'm not saying they're the biggest band to ever headline, but I don't see why there should be a backlash as such.

Rage were a massively influential band and have been cited as such in the years since their departure and the buzz was massive within the industry and fans alike for their return.That's why they were a suitable headliner in my opinion.
I just don't see that with regards to Blink.Headline Download easily but Reading?Would be far more suited as another Faith No More in my opinion.
With regards to album sales,why not McFly then?

[scottt]

metallimuse, on Mar 3 2010, 10:03 PM, said:

Rage were a massively influential band and have been cited as such in the years since their departure and the buzz was massive within the industry and fans alike for their return.That's why they were a suitable headliner in my opinion.
I just don't see that with regards to Blink.Headline Download easily but Reading?Would be far more suited as another Faith No More in my opinion.
With regards to album sales,why not McFly then?

Blink made it much more into the mainstream than Faith no More.

[Cozzi]

I cant see Blink doing a 2 hour slot, only band I can think of that's been Rumoured who are capable of doing a 2 hour are surely Green Day, or what about GnR any one think they could handle a 2 hour set ?

[theramm]

GnR have been playing 3hr sets on their recent tour. Cut out some of the covers & album tracks & IMO GnR would have a killer 2hrs of drunken, singalong hits.

[tomdsjames]

pink_triangle, on Mar 3 2010, 05:15 PM, said:

Thats one of the most ridiculous comments I have seen in a long time on here, you are letting your musical tastes cloud their comments.  I could just choose the 2 most popular blink 182 songs and claim that eveyone was their to see those 2 songs, but wouldnt mean it was true.  

Kings of leon were already getting big crowds at festivals before those 2 songs came out, do you think people just turned up accidentally? KOL have had 5 top 20 singles, just as blink 182 have . By the fact that they have sold far more albums than blink 182, their non single tracks are also better known.  To claim that blink have more songs people know is ridiculous.

I wasn't suggesting they weren't worthy of headlining.  From where I was standing, most people didn't seem to know most of their set.

Unfortunately, Blink could likely end up with a similar reaction.

[Tom1889]

cheeseisamazing, on Mar 3 2010, 09:01 PM, said:

Surprisngly this is not true

Wouldn't say it if it wasn't true, i've seen them myself. Piss poor.

[Boba73]

Rough Trader, on Mar 3 2010, 09:03 PM, said:

Blink 182 have sold around 25 million albums worldwide. I think some people here vastly underrate them.

I've lost count how many times I've bought a CD based on the singles played on the radio only to find out that the best songs on it are the songs played on the radio.  I'm probably one of the 25 million.

[jonwl89]

Tom1889, on Mar 3 2010, 12:32 PM, said:

. I'll be highly surprised if Arcade Fire headline the main stage, but the NME headline slot would be perfect for them.

So they should go from 2nd top last time they played to NME headliner....

idiot.

[thomasowen]

jonwl89, on Mar 4 2010, 02:45 PM, said:

So they should go from 2nd top last time they played to NME headliner....

idiot.

Thats not so out of the question, after all isn't that what people are saying Lost Prophets will do? Manic street preachers went from headlining main to headlining NME etc

[saskofreak]

Boba73, on Mar 4 2010, 10:53 AM, said:

I've lost count how many times I've bought a CD based on the singles played on the radio only to find out that the best songs on it are the songs played on the radio.  I'm probably one of the 25 million.

lol no.

i prefer most of blinks less known songs, im sure loads would agree.

[odewire]

metallimuse, on Mar 3 2010, 09:03 PM, said:

Rage were a massively influential band and have been cited as such in the years since their departure and the buzz was massive within the industry and fans alike for their return.That's why they were a suitable headliner in my opinion.
I just don't see that with regards to Blink.Headline Download easily but Reading?Would be far more suited as another Faith No More in my opinion.
With regards to album sales,why not McFly then?

I'd say a lot of people who are now into punk/hardcore music would put Blink as the first band to get them into punk (okay, pop-punk) music.

Certainly true within my group of friends, gunna be a lot of people there for nostalgia of one of their first favourite bands.