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[ArcticMonkeys333]

Of course so unlikely and there is alot of people who dislike him but my goodness he would be good so any news,rumors or chances of him playing

[Yellow_Fellow]

Please! Would love it, not too outrageous imo, it's not unknown of Benn to do this.

[Role Model]

Would be a brilliant booking, but it won't happen. Festival sadly isn't diverse enough, too many people thinking its a ROCK festival.

[rexclark]

No chance. I'd say there's only a handful of Hip Hop artists that'd get booked and I doubt he's in them.

For the record I'd say acts that could get booked would be Eminem, Dre Dre, Wu Tang, Snoop Dogg, Public Enemy, MC Hammer.

[mrtourette]

Also Vanilla Ice.

[thesecretingredientiscrime]

Yellow_Fellow, on 25 January 2011 - 06:31 PM, said:

Please! Would love it, not too outrageous imo, it's not unknown of Benn to do this.

Of course it is. When was the last time R&L had a real surprise booking? I'm not classing AF a surprise booking by the way, because it was clear it was going to happen soon enough.

[Yellow_Fellow]

Biggest one I can say off the top of my head is 50 Cent in 2004.. I'm not saying no one expected it because I wasn't into festivals per se back then, but he obviously doesn't fit in with the rest of the lineup, as is my point here.

[jump]

f**k Kanye West!

rexclark, on 25 January 2011 - 07:17 PM, said:

No chance. I'd say there's only a handful of Hip Hop artists that'd get booked and I doubt he's in them.

For the record I'd say acts that could get booked would be Eminem, Dre Dre, Wu Tang, Snoop Dogg, Public Enemy, MC Hammer.

I might be showing my ignorance here but isn't he dead?

Yellow_Fellow, on 25 January 2011 - 08:28 PM, said:

Biggest one I can say off the top of my head is 50 Cent in 2004.. I'm not saying no one expected it because I wasn't into festivals per se back then, but he obviously doesn't fit in with the rest of the lineup, as is my point here.

They had Eminem & D12 headline 2001ish.

[Yellow_Fellow]

He isn't dead! Haha!

And is that more controversial than Fiddy?

[jump]

Yellow_Fellow, on 25 January 2011 - 09:27 PM, said:

He isn't dead! Haha!

And is that more controversial than Fiddy?

Hmm...I'll take your word for it.

Not sure, it was before I started going but people I've spoke with say he was accepted but was shit live though.

[kibble]

I wouldn't mind it. But it'd probably be Public Enemy out of that list.

[mrtourette]

This would be a spectacularly bad move. Not because I'm a 'small-minded rock fan', but because it would be a spectacularly bad move. Mevin Benn's done it before? Melvin Benn only works on the headliners, so yes he's done it before. Once. 10 years ago. And Kanye West isn't exactly the same sort of artist as Eminem was. 50 Cent was a total disaster. And before anyone strarts pulling out Public Enemy or Jurrasic 5 or Cypress Hill as examples of 'hip hop' that have been at Reading before, they're about a million miles away from Kanye West.

[dirtydenzel]

What happened at 50 cent was a joke.

He was quality and the crowds response to him was laughable, for fans of music who are meant to be open minded.

Think this incident burnt the bookers fingers

Afew years later J5 ripped it up though, get Charli 2na as the small tent headliner !

[mrtourette]

People don't like arseholes. It not as clear cut as not being open-minded, sure there will also be a natural reaction to American RnB/Hip Hop stars but what took 50 Cent to another level is that people hated him regardless of his music, and I think Kanye West would be the same. It wouldn't be as bad as in the last seven years musical barriers have been broken down, but there woould still be a lot of resistence.

[jump]

I completely agree that there would hate (a lot from me alone) towards that twat West but thinking about it he's more accepted with the NME than 50 Cent was, it's probably more on par with MCR than fifty.

[dirtydenzel]

Twat or not, he has consistently produced high quality albums, together with a fantastic live performance.

Good songs, good performer = a sound festival headliner choice.

Unless they continue to re-cycle previous headliners, I think they could do alot worse than step out of their comfort zone and book him, however I highly doubt it.

Over the past, say 10 years of R/L there afew headliners that I think you'd look back and be embarrassed at their booking, with Ken West I doubt that would be the in case in five years time.

[jump]

dirtydenzel, on 26 January 2011 - 09:56 AM, said:

Twat or not, he has consistently produced high quality albums, together with a fantastic live performance.

Good songs, good performer = a sound festival headliner choice.

Unless they continue to re-cycle previous headliners, I think they could do alot worse than step out of their comfort zone and book him, however I highly doubt it.

Over the past, say 10 years of R/L there afew headliners that I think you'd look back and be embarrassed at their booking, with Ken West I doubt that would be the in case in five years time.

Take away the music and look at the image of the twat he's more of a pop act along the lines of say Lady Gaga than the usual R&L lot and is more suited Vfest or Wireless which is the issue here instead of his credibilty and with the possible hate towards him as well it could end very messy.

Reading doesn't use recycled headliners as much as other fests do, that's why there's the yearly are Blink, Arcade Fire, MCR, Franz, Darkness big enough to headline arguements.

[RichieSpenno]

Would love Kanye.  Though I'd rather have him at Glasto, would go down better.

[OKB]

Of course he will not play. Rappers rarely ever make an appearance at R+L.

[Yellow_Fellow]

jump, on 26 January 2011 - 10:08 AM, said:

Take away the music

Why on Earth would we do that?