2012 Lineup

[ComeCloser]

How about Bon Iver to headline NME tent?

[TYLER_4]

Chase and Status

Justice

isn't the tent quite rammed anyway unless it's someone like Faith No More?

[Andre91]

KoRn could be an interesting one, well KoRn and skrillex would appeal to the R&L crowd i reckon.

[jonodillieono]

i dont know mate aint been since '08 and didnt notice it was too bad.

but hell yes to chase and status and justice against the cure. would be gutted if them two went against foo's or kasabian!

[mb23]

Hope to God that if the Maccabees headline NME then they don't do it on the Kasabian or Foos day. Admittedly I have seen them twice already but I love their new album!

[TYLER_4]

Hope to God that if the Maccabees headline NME then they don't do it on the Kasabian or Foos day. Admittedly I have seen them twice already but I love their new album!

[gazza_20]

i dont know mate aint been since '08 and didnt notice it was too bad.

but hell yes to chase and status and justice against the cure. would be gutted if them two went against foo's or kasabian!

[TYLER_4]

can't see it m8.

I see it as this. Every angle is covered and naturally those nme headers on Kas and Foo's day even the crowd out. AC said Reading will have a great lineup this year and he won't be too bothered I doubt about R&L getting a couple of his top bands (excluding headers), but he needs to keep them from Soni, as they're undercard and ours are vastly different

The Cure

Chase and Status

Justice

Kasabian

The Maccabees

Foo Fighters

TDCC

[mooseman]

when was the last time they headlined a festival in the UK?

It is also irrelevant to compare foreign festivals. Black Keys are headlining Coachella, but they couldn't be that high for a major UK festival.

The Cure aren't as big as some people try to make out.

[gazza_20]

looks realistic, i would be happy with that

[gazza_20]

-Bestival, last year.

-The Cure are headlining festivals all across europe, with headliners that Reading have had in the past. We are part of europe, so they are comparable. America is a little bit different, Arctic Monkeys supported The Black keys who are huge in america, shame they aren't bigger over here.

-The Cure are a headline act, end of discussion.

[TYLER_4]

gazza i wish you were booking the festival

[gazza_20]

gazza i wish you were booking the festival

[eFestivals]

-Bestival, last year.

-The Cure are headlining festivals all across europe, with headliners that Reading have had in the past. We are part of europe, so they are comparable. America is a little bit different, Arctic Monkeys supported The Black keys who are huge in america, shame they aren't bigger over here.

-The Cure are a headline act, end of discussion.

A headline act is only a headline act for a sized audience it can draw, and where the promoter thinks they're a worthwhile act to have as headliner.

For example: James are a headline act - but a headline act for a festival of Wychwood's sort of size (where James are headlining this summer) and not of R/L's size.

And there was no 'headline act, end of discussion' but a short discussion ending in 'not headline act' when The Cure suggested they headline Glastonbury again a few-ish years ago. The impression I got from the public comments was that ignoring the lack of draw of The Cure nowadays and only going on them not being the best headline act in the world anyway when they've done it previously. Having seen those, I agree wholeheartedly.

I love the cure on record, but I wouldn't bother to see them again. No spark.

[rug568]

-Bestival, last year.

-The Cure are headlining festivals all across europe, with headliners that Reading have had in the past. We are part of europe, so they are comparable. America is a little bit different, Arctic Monkeys supported The Black keys who are huge in america, shame they aren't bigger over here.

-The Cure are a headline act, end of discussion.

Edited February 3, 2012 by rug568

[Mouseboy11]

BMTH to headline?

[TYLER_4]

BMTH to headline?

[gazza_20]

Major festival?

I recognise the Cure are a headline act, i was just pointing out to the previous poster that the Cure are not as big as he was trying to make out. I honestly don't see the Cure being a massive draw.

[Andre91]

BMTH to headline?

[Gucci Piggy]

I don't think The Cure are that unknown to R+L's demographic. I'm 16 and finishing school this year, and everyone I'm going with (myself included) are very excited to see The Cure (if they do headline), a lot more so than Kasabian! Generally the school leavers that go to festivals have quite informed music knowledge, so I don't think the reaction would be as bad as a lot of people are making out.

[thetime]

I don't think The Cure are that unknown to R+L's demographic. I'm 16 and finishing school this year, and everyone I'm going with (myself included) are very excited to see The Cure (if they do headline), a lot more so than Kasabian! Generally the school leavers that go to festivals have quite informed music knowledge, so I don't think the reaction would be as bad as a lot of people are making out.

[Banana Co]

How about Bon Iver to headline NME tent?

[gazza_20]

one thing I will say though, indeed they are yet to be 100% confirmed but should Kasabian play, fairplay to strictly as they've had them as 75% sure for a long long time now, and must have been adamant about it and not changed.

they do also have rammstein and green day yes, rammstein of which i can't see

[thetime]

How about Bon Iver to headline NME tent?

[gazza_20]

Geesh i hope do, and hope more its kasabian day.