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[Andrinald]

From @aledsavedlatin (Aled, lead singer of Kids In Glass Houses) to Paul Punktastic -
- arcade fire are headlining nme on the sunday.

This was in reply to paul posting the news from efestivals regarding the headliners. The plot thickens??

This could mean Arcade Fire "playing last" as they thought. Libertines could still be special guests, with possibility of a different headliner. Eminem? Blur? Pearl Jam?

[Role Model]

man thats all we needed, more confusion  

[kev1664]

Monday is going to be epic. Just can't wait for the announcement now.

[astrobaby]

oooh i hope this is true.....kind of wish i never read the forums as feel like there isnt any huge suprises left for me on monday ha!

[Role Model]

i sorta just want to go to sleep, wake up on monday night.

[dip]

everytime something like this gets posted, I cry a little inside.


NOTHING MAKES SENSE

[Andrinald]

Blink 182
Paramore

Blur
The Libertines

Guns And Roses
My Chemical Romance

with Hole, Queens Of The Stone Age and Arcade Fire .

That would be awesome.

Edited by Andrinald, 25 March 2010 - 09:57 AM.

[Role Model]

Arcade Fire in the tent would be so much better, epic way to close the weekend potentially.

[eFestivals]

Role Model, on Mar 25 2010, 09:58 AM, said:

Arcade Fire in the tent would be so much better, epic way to close the weekend potentially.

But they're way too big for the tent, surely?

[Role Model]

i personally would think so yes, but i'd still say it's not totally unlikely. they're not huge right now (even though they should be). i still think they're sort of a niche band at the present time, we'll see if that changes over the next few months as their name gets back into the public domain.

the fact alot of people on this board, who are Reading/Leeds customers literally dont know who they are cant be totally ignored, although it makes up a small percentage, it does make me wonder that they seriously dont have the name value or pull that maybe some people believe.

Edited by Role Model, 25 March 2010 - 10:15 AM.

[Tommo2202]

eFestivals, on Mar 25 2010, 10:11 AM, said:

But they're way too big for the tent, surely?

i personally dont think so, say you put them up against guns and roses with a leeds crowd and they would get a decent turn out but not one that would cause any bother.

[Role Model]

Tommo2202, on Mar 25 2010, 12:15 PM, said:

i personally dont think so, say you put them up against guns and roses with a leeds crowd and they would get a decent turn out but not one that would cause any bother.

see this is why i think it's reasonable to think they might headline the tent, up against an act that huge, they'd still pull a certain audience, which shows they have drawing power. as much as i want to believe they're big enough for the mainstage headline spot, i still have my doubts.

[Tom_BG]

eFestivals, on Mar 25 2010, 10:11 AM, said:

But they're way too big for the tent, surely?

Would it be wrong to say that they are similar in popularity to Lostprophets in the UK?

[gazza_20]

any info on this neil?

To be honest, when teh was said blink guns n roses,arcade fire are headliners,99% sure.
But i think not of us actually considered if all were main stage headliners.

People say the shock band back to be revealed is the libs but why wud they put that in the nme mag the same day that efests tell us libs r playing n a lot of people had guessed and believed it anyway?

[SamSC]

If blur headline the saturday or sunday then the festival is saved

Edited by SamSC, 25 March 2010 - 10:22 AM.

[eFestivals]

gazza_20, on Mar 25 2010, 10:18 AM, said:

any info on this neil?

It is, just possibly, correct.

But I don't think it is.

[j...rox]

Groan this Blur idea is killing me! Would mean i have to buy a ticket then!

[4u2nv]

eFestivals, on Mar 25 2010, 10:11 AM, said:

But they're way too big for the tent, surely?

Why? Faith No More ring any bells? It's possible i would say. I'm looking forward to Monday more and more now

[Role Model]

this might just mean Libertines are actually headlining, imagine the horror  

[eFestivals]

4u2nv, on Mar 25 2010, 10:31 AM, said:

Why? Faith No More ring any bells? It's possible i would say. I'm looking forward to Monday more and more now

a much smaller act in today's terms, made even smaller in a Reading/Leeds sense by the fest being sold out at the point they were announced.