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[Reading Local]

Probably won't get them but who knows after this announcement -

http://www.soundgardenworld.com/

[boffy12]

Reading Local, on Apr 6 2010, 12:22 AM, said:

Probably won't get them but who knows after this announcement -

http://www.soundgardenworld.com/

this makes me sad  

[lharris92]

green day are there too i think
meh

[lharris92]

http://2010.lollapalooza.com/
if you click on lineup if it doesnt take you there they are toying around with it but you can tell its soundgarden, green day, lady gaga?, arcade fire - lolz they up for a big summer, and the strokes on the top line

[Tom1889]

Reading Local, on Apr 6 2010, 12:22 AM, said:

Probably won't get them but who knows after this announcement -

http://www.soundgardenworld.com/

Good.

[Vieuphoria]

Such a shame that we don't have them. Would have been such an incredible headliner and so much stronger (and in many ways more to their "roots") than Blink-182 would have been. Wish they had announced their reunion sooner, or next year? ah well i'm sure they'll tour the UK eventually

[VCK]

lharris92, on Apr 6 2010, 12:46 AM, said:

http://2010.lollapalooza.com/
if you click on lineup if it doesnt take you there they are toying around with it but you can tell its soundgarden, green day, lady gaga?, arcade fire - lolz they up for a big summer, and the strokes on the top line

http://discuss.lolla...m.aspx?m=811106

Always wanted to do Lollapalooza, never fails to get a jaw dropping line-up.

[jonnyx]

Vieuphoria, on Apr 6 2010, 01:33 AM, said:

Such a shame that we don't have them. Would have been such an incredible headliner and so much stronger (and in many ways more to their "roots") than Blink-182 would have been. Wish they had announced their reunion sooner, or next year? ah well i'm sure they'll tour the UK eventually

+ 1

They would have been such a better headliner than Blink 182.

[ShockTK]

Vieuphoria, on Apr 6 2010, 01:33 AM, said:

Such a shame that we don't have them. Would have been such an incredible headliner and so much stronger (and in many ways more to their "roots") than Blink-182 would have been. Wish they had announced their reunion sooner, or next year? ah well i'm sure they'll tour the UK eventually

Agreed.

Soundgarden get the integrity vote but not the popular vote. In an ideal world, there's nothing better than running around in a circle to Jesus Christ Pose or Heretic but in reality, kids want to bounce up and down whilst listening to inane penis jokes. It's a sad fact but hey, you have to give something to do to keep them away from mephedrone, the bastards.

Let's face it, Reading/Leeds festival promoters don't want to face the risk of having kids go "who?" at their headliners. Although they'd be f**ked if they actually got The Who.

Edited by ShockTK, 06 April 2010 - 08:30 AM.

[Benj]

Vieuphoria, on Apr 6 2010, 01:33 AM, said:

Such a shame that we don't have them. Would have been such an incredible headliner and so much stronger (and in many ways more to their "roots") than Blink-182 would have been. Wish they had announced their reunion sooner, or next year? ah well i'm sure they'll tour the UK eventually

Really?!

Im 32 and would much rather have Blink.

They could have played second from top highest I reckon, maybe a headline spot in the tent like FNM, never headlining the main stage, not without solid new material behind them anyway, Im from that time and can't name more than 3-4 songs, I suspect 80% of the crowd couldn't name more than the 1

Edited by Benj, 06 April 2010 - 08:49 AM.

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ShockTK, on Apr 6 2010, 09:25 AM, said:

Let's face it, Reading/Leeds festival promoters don't want to face the risk of having kids go "who?" at their headliners. Although they'd be f**ked if they actually got The Who.

Haven't they already done that by making Arcade Fire headline?

[Benj]

ShockTK, on Apr 6 2010, 09:25 AM, said:

Agreed.

Soundgarden get the integrity vote but not the popular vote. In an ideal world, there's nothing better than running around in a circle to Jesus Christ Pose or Heretic but in reality, kids want to bounce up and down whilst listening to inane penis jokes. It's a sad fact but hey, you have to give something to do to keep them away from mephedrone, the bastards.

Let's face it, Reading/Leeds festival promoters don't want to face the risk of having kids go "who?" at their headliners. Although they'd be f**ked if they actually got The Who.

They couldn't headline it at their peak, why people think they could now is beyond me.

[neil_hill_1]

banana's

Edited by neil_hill_1, 06 April 2010 - 09:22 AM.

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neil_hill_1, on Apr 6 2010, 10:07 AM, said:

what are you talkiing about you moron. they headlined reading in the 90's (96 i think). also they were due to headline the year before that but c.cornell has a throat problem. PLUS they have headlined sh1t loads of festivals all over the world in the past.

Weren't they 2nd on the bill to Neil Young that year?

[Benj]

neil_hill_1, on Apr 6 2010, 10:07 AM, said:

what are you talkiing about you moron. they headlined reading in the 90's (96 i think). also they were due to headline the year before that but c.cornell has a throat problem. PLUS they have headlined sh1t loads of festivals all over the world in the past.

They played second I think in 95 and were second on the bill in 94 too (not sure if they played).

I've no idea if they've headlined other festivals in the "UK" (which is key). There are many bands that could headline festivals worldwide that couldnt in the UK and many that could headline in the UK but not elsewhere in the world.

You are the Moron my friend, if you really think Soundgarden could headline the main stage at Reading in this day and age, esp after the crowds that the likes of Smashing Pumpkins and NIN got in 97.

Im not saying they're shite or anything, I'd be keen on seeing them, all Im saying is that they could never headline at this point in time (or seemingly at their peek in the early 90s).

Edited by Benj, 06 April 2010 - 09:19 AM.

[neil_hill_1]

Benj, on Apr 6 2010, 10:18 AM, said:

They played second I think in 95 and were second on the bill in 94 too (not sure if they played).

I've no idea if they've headlined other festivals in the "UK" (which is key). There are many bands that could headline festivals worldwide that couldnt in the UK and many that could headline in the UK but not elsewhere in the world.

You are the Moron my friend, if you really think Soundgarden could headline the main stage at Reading in this day and age, esp after the crowds that the likes of Smashing Pumpkins and NIN got in 97.

Im not saying they're shite or anything, I'd be keen on seeing them, all Im saying is that they could never headline at this point in time (or seemingly at their peek in the early 90s).

i was originally going to say 'do your research first.' oh dear. sorry, that was abit harsh calling you a moron and you are correct with yours.

i dnt think they could headline it, you are correct. but if blink 182 can.....

[Benj]

neil_hill_1, on Apr 6 2010, 10:26 AM, said:

i was originally going to say 'do your research first.' oh dear. sorry, that was abit harsh calling you a moron and you are correct with yours.

i dnt think they could headline it, you are correct. but if blink 182 can.....

Blink is an interesting one, I think as others have said the majority of the make up of the crowd (16-24) would have been exposed to them massively when they were at their peak, yet perhaps not had the opportunity to see them and therefore it makes perfect sense for them to headline after an absence of 7 years.

I don't think anyone would have been shocked if they had been second on the bill, personally I think they've just about done enough musically, which combined with the absence doesn't make it too surprising. A new, decently received album in time would have been nice mind.

[ShockTK]

Benj, on Apr 6 2010, 10:37 AM, said:

Blink is an interesting one, I think as others have said the majority of the make up of the crowd (16-24) would have been exposed to them massively when they were at their peak, yet perhaps not had the opportunity to see them and therefore it makes perfect sense for them to headline after an absence of 7 years.

Please excuse the essay but...

Blink 182 are a nostalgia act to people like me (25) just as Motley Crue are a nostalgia act to people who lived and breathed hair spray in the 80s. Artistically, they never had a peak. Musically, they never had a peak. But commercially, they came at the right time when Adam Sandler was doing what were essentially bankable "Blink 182 films" where he could make the same crude poo joke from start to finish and the audience of imbeciles who like it wouldn't notice and still clap along like seals on benzedrine.

They're not headliners. Maybe reform and play a lesser, much smaller tent - Faith No More last year springs to mind, and look how huge they were after The Real Thing - but not enough to be a main draw.

Last year you had Arctic Monkeys, Radiohead and Kings of Leon. Now, Kings of Leon last year were at their peak (musically, artistically AND commercially), Arctic Monkeys were coming down from that, and Radiohead were... well, somewhere between the two. Last year's line-up wasn't Reading/Leeds like how I've always known it (ie. much heavier) but at least last year they managed to get some bankable bands who were relevant.

Blink 182 are irrelevant on the main stage. You only have to see the boards on here to see the consensus of divided opinion shown towards Arcade Fire.... My money, this year, is on Guns n Roses because as they stand now, they're going to blow all of the relatively maudlin bands on the bill out of the f**king water, and that's not because Guns n Roses are at their peak, it's because the other headliners are fairly weak (pardon the rhyme).

Blink 182 at the very most should have been put in the same sort of place as Limp Bizkit - who were on the cusp of their commerical wave around the same time.

The line-up this year is really quite apathetic (if that's the right word to use) - I mean, the fact Festival Republic are relying on an irrelevant former "Kerrang band" to reform and headline Saturday night (at Leeds) proves to me, at least, that they're scraping the barrel trying to find a band from SOME era, ANY era, to fill the void and to compensate the fact that nothing really interesting is happening in music at the minute, and as much as I love Guns n Roses, it's the same sort of thing with them.

Soundgarden as headliners - it's a contentious point but I think if you're going to get a reformed band together, who came from an era when something WAS happening in music, and get them to headline, they'd be a prime contender for it. They'd bring Reading/Leeds back to basics, they'd inject some life into it...

...I mean let's face it, in 15 years time at this rate you'll be getting people crowd surfing and moshing to a "reformed" Coldplay, and how shit would that be?

Whack Sonic Youth on there, whack Soundgarden on there. Do something, for god's sake!

[VCK]

Yeah, I doubt Soundgarden would headline. Bear in mind Pearl Jam and the Pumpkins were both much bigger bands in the early 90s, when all three were around. You could argue that Soundgarden were bigger than Pixies, but Pixies headlined on the back of the gigantic (pun intentional ) influence they had on Alternative Rock. Not doubting Soundgarden's influence, but it's not quite as widespread as Pixies was.

So yeah, 2nd headliners or NME tent headliners. They could headline Download though, as they tend not to be as fussy about the size of their headliners (see: Tool, MCR, The Offspring, Lostprophets, Slipknot etc.)

[jammy2211]

Think they'll end up subbing at Sonisphere (2011) tbh, Download would probably give them headliner if they've got two 'big guns' on the other days though. Really don't think there's much of an audience for them at Reading nowadays unless they get stuffed in the tent after a Download headliner show, which is possible.