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[buckie-ramones]

Any body oot there like me with itchy feet for bella 11 already ?
The only roooomer ive heard or seen so far is manic street preachers ,which would do me just dandy if it comes true . Hope we get some good homegrown talent this year like We were promised jetpacks,The Twighlight Sad (again please )Frightened Rabbit and the ever wonderfull Teenage fanclub .It really is a crime that they have not graced the Tartan Heart yet !!! Some mates reckon Madness would go doon a hoot , think i agree as well.
The Village Disco mob were fantastic a few years back , love to see them back for some "born to be mild " tuneage.
C,mon folks give me some Bella talk ,am goin cold turkey !!!

Edited by buckie-ramones, 19 January 2011 - 11:44 PM.

[theampersanddevil]

Some good bands suggested there. I would hope for a bit more of that, last years line up didn't really tick the boxes for me.

Its a bit quite on most festival fronts, not just bella but I reckon the announcements will start rolling in in no time.

[kenny93]

When are the first lot of announcements usually made?  Can't wait for Bella this year!  

[theampersanddevil]

Not sure but I think it was early April last year (I'm sure if I'm wrong someone will let us know)*Tickets went on sale April 9th with the big announcement so I'm guessing around early April.

Wouldn't mind seeing

Eels, Ben Kweller, Ed Harcourt, Imogen Heap, Gil Scott Heron, My Latest Novel, The Charletons, Gillian Welsh, Metric, Mumfords, Paul Heaton, The Decemberests, The Maccabees, Tom McRae.

Smaller Local bands to play/return I wouldn't mind seeing Endor, Our Lunar Activities, L.E.D, Lightguides, Pareto, Woodenbox and a fistful of fivers, Penguins Kill Polarbears, BALLBOY!!!!!!!, Butcherboy, Admiral Fallow, Colin MacIntyre & the boy who trapped the sun.

Edited by theampersanddevil, 20 January 2011 - 08:44 PM.

[Paul ™]

Aye its usually start of April.

Very unlikely I will be at Belladrum again for a while as will be down in Reading all of August again.

Edited by Paul ™, 20 January 2011 - 11:16 PM.

[ampersand]

as long as wagner is there, i probably will be.

shame i missed it last year as it was right up my street /cheryl cole

[flippinshattered]

Good shout there Ramone....
Itchy feet for Bella now the tickets are in , Village disco have been missed the last couple o years....
Surely a better headliner than last year !

[buckie-ramones]

flippinshattered, on 22 January 2011 - 07:44 AM, said:

Good shout there Ramone....
Itchy feet for Bella now the tickets are in , Village disco have been missed the last couple o years....
Surely a better headliner than last year !

aye flippin shattered , i recall you were somewhat put out by Ms macD .The levellers how ever put on a superb show along with Stornaway (them that sing that Japaneeese song ) I wonder if our friend from the Black Isle tent will be maakin as much profit from the two of us this year ? Do ye think Stiff Little Fingers would be oot o place at bella ? ..........course they widna!

[flippinshattered]

buckie-ramones, on 22 January 2011 - 11:18 AM, said:

aye flippin shattered , i recall you were somewhat put out by Ms macD .The levellers how ever put on a superb show along with Stornaway (them that sing that Japaneeese song ) I wonder if our friend from the Black Isle tent will be maakin as much profit from the two of us this year ? Do ye think Stiff Little Fingers would be oot o place at bella ? ..........course they widna!

I am sure they would go doon a hoot....

[buckie-ramones]

theampersanddevil, on 20 January 2011 - 08:38 PM, said:

Not sure but I think it was early April last year (I'm sure if I'm wrong someone will let us know)*Tickets went on sale April 9th with the big announcement so I'm guessing around early April.

Wouldn't mind seeing

Eels, Ben Kweller, Ed Harcourt, Imogen Heap, Gil Scott Heron, My Latest Novel, The Charletons, Gillian Welsh, Metric, Mumfords, Paul Heaton, The Decemberests, The Maccabees, Tom McRae.

Smaller Local bands to play/return I wouldn't mind seeing Endor, Our Lunar Activities, L.E.D, Lightguides, Pareto, Woodenbox and a fistful of fivers, Penguins Kill Polarbears, BALLBOY!!!!!!!, Butcherboy, Admiral Fallow, Colin MacIntyre & the boy who trapped the sun.

Thats a fair bit tuneage there,Ed Harcfourt ,Decemberists ,Maccabees sounds fine by me.
Hopefully see some more side attractions wanderin aboot as these are the things that make a festival for me , like the guy we the piano that peddalled sideways and he did handstands on top of it and the Tom JOnes Fanclub ladies , pure class .

[Jill G]

The Eels would be great, also the Manics. How about Glasvegas?  Kassidy? The View?

Btw.... only 291 sleeps 'till Bella!!  

[Paul ™]

Jill G, on 26 January 2011 - 02:42 PM, said:

Btw.... only 291 sleeps 'till Bella!!  

191  

[Jill G]

Paul ™, on 26 January 2011 - 02:48 PM, said:

191  

Oops!     In my excitement I lost the ability to count!!

[Floplexter]

I hope that it is as good an experience as our first one was last year.  The kids had a ball and I managed to catch most of the music I was after, though missed the Levellers and Dick Gaughan sadly.

I doubt The Decemberists will be there, though that would be amazing.  I am going to see them in Glasgow in March as they tour to promote The King Is Dead, so I imagine they'll be touring Europe/US after that.

As for who I'd like to see... difficult to say.  Oyster Band would be good.  Mumford, Noah and the Whale... Roddy Woomble.  That Petrol Emotion would be a personal little sweetener.  Frightened Rabbit, Eeels, Malcolm Middleton.... lots of options. Looking forward to it already and excitement tangibly rose when the tickets arrived on Saturday.

[Red Day]

As long as line up better than last year, but a few suggestions

Manics to headline then Biffy the following day

Frank Turner

The Phantom Band

Young Knives

Squeeze or someone from the band

Gomez

Turin Brakes

[theampersanddevil]

Red Day, on 02 February 2011 - 08:10 PM, said:

As long as line up better than last year,

Lets be honest, it couldn't get a lot worse. On the plus side it really meant I had to search spotify and myspace to find some decent acts, but there were a few.

Some great shouts in there, especially the last two.

[Floplexter]

Saw Gomez in Edinburgh Nov 09.  They suffered from needing a bigger stage, so Bella would be perfect.  I think they hang around the US too much these days, but would be a terrific set.

Interesting to hear how folk think last year's lineup was poor.  Makes me look forward to this year even more with that in mind.

[theampersanddevil]

Floplexter, on 03 February 2011 - 01:03 PM, said:

Saw Gomez in Edinburgh Nov 09.  They suffered from needing a bigger stage, so Bella would be perfect.  I think they hang around the US too much these days, but would be a terrific set.

Interesting to hear how folk think last year's lineup was poor.  Makes me look forward to this year even more with that in mind.

Where in Edinburgh was it? I've seen them a fair few times and I have always enjoyed them.

I'd think The View would be in with a chance of playing, Glasvegas I'm not really sure about and Kassidy have played the last 2 years and I would imagine given the decent crowds they got at bella and the gigs at the qmu they would get a nicer slot if they do.

[Jill G]

Unfortunately Glasvegas are playing TITP so there's not much chance of them coming to Bella  

Edited by Jill G, 04 February 2011 - 11:32 AM.

[Floplexter]

theampersanddevil, on 03 February 2011 - 10:07 PM, said:

Where in Edinburgh was it? I've seen them a fair few times and I have always enjoyed them.

I'd think The View would be in with a chance of playing, Glasvegas I'm not really sure about and Kassidy have played the last 2 years and I would imagine given the decent crowds they got at bella and the gigs at the qmu they would get a nicer slot if they do.

It was at the Queen's Hall, I think it was called.  Don't get me wrong- it was a great gig and I love Gomez (my last.fm page will testify to that!) but there was a couple of technical hitches that affected the "bigger" songs, while the ones that really benefited were the likes of "Make No Sound", which was amazing.

I think they would absolutely kick Bella on the main stage.  One of our problems last year was that everything was brilliant for the kids, but the tent where Stornoway and the Levellers played wasn't really a place to take the kids, so we missed out on them.