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[Nick07]

Any ideas when this will be?

Hopefully be shortly and be some top announcements.

[SweepingTheNation]

Shouldn't be too long - No Direction Home's second announcement is on Thursday.

Aren't EOTR going too early again, though? There's festivals in June/July that haven't made one announcement yet.

[wackojackohighcliffe]

Nah, I reckon that's why they sold out early last year, because people were garanteed of a good line up.

[Infinite Jest]

They're announcing later this year than last year. We were due one two and a half weeks ago, based on last year's timings (according to Shoebox on Twitter).

[eFestivals]

Infinite Jest, on 31 January 2012 - 05:36 PM, said:

They're announcing later this year than last year. We were due one two and a half weeks ago, based on last year's timings (according to Shoebox on Twitter).

any festival which announces its line-up as soon as it's got something it feels worth announcing is always going to have variations in when it announces.

It's onkly the festivals which announce deliberately late - the likes of Reading/Leeds, and V - which is able to just about hit the same date each year, tho I can remember R/L having to announce late one year (2001 I think it was) because it was waiting on confirmation for one of its major acts (Eminem, the delay was due to a court case he was involved with or something).

[Infinite Jest]

eFestivals, on 31 January 2012 - 05:44 PM, said:

any festival which announces its line-up as soon as it's got something it feels worth announcing is always going to have variations in when it announces.

Yeah, I know...I'm just eager

Anyhoo, they've just announced on Facebook that there will be more announcements next week, specifically from Bella Union, who are curating one of the days as part of their 15th anniversary.

[Nick07]

Infinite Jest, on 03 February 2012 - 01:04 PM, said:

Yeah, I know...I'm just eager

Anyhoo, they've just announced on Facebook that there will be more announcements next week, specifically from Bella Union, who are curating one of the days as part of their 15th anniversary.

I hope that means The Walkmen, Midlake and The Acorn but considering two played last year then I am not too sure.

Think Fleet Foxes will play and think they are fairly dull.

[SweepingTheNation]

Not so sure - they tweeted recently that they'd finished touring their album. But who'd headline if not them (and assuming not Beach House)?

[wackojackohighcliffe]

Good chance of the Shins with their new album I reckon.

[Nick07]

wackojackohighcliffe, on 04 February 2012 - 02:17 PM, said:

Good chance of the Shins with their new album I reckon.

Too big aren't they?

[wackojackohighcliffe]

Hopefully not...similar size to MM are they not?

[Infinite Jest]

Announcement confirmed for tomorrow.

Intrigued to see if there's any overlap with NDH, whether we'll get anyone back again, etc.

Hopefully Shins aren't too big; I wouldn't have thought so, but we will see...

[zahidf]

I think Shins are as big as Joanne Newsome and Mogwai, so would be big enough.

Am hoping for Nick Cave though. For Bella Union, i would have thought Fleet Foxes seem most likely.

[seadragon]

John Grant (again) and Department of Eagles might just persuade me to buy a ticket. Otherwise I'd like to see someone new...I don't know, seems a lot of recycling going on between EOTR and NDH this year? Or maybe it's just because I've seen a lot of the bands announced so far and it's not inspiring me so far...

[Nick07]

zahidf, on 06 February 2012 - 11:56 AM, said:

I think Shins are as big as Joanne Newsome and Mogwai, so would be big enough.

Am hoping for Nick Cave though. For Bella Union, i would have thought Fleet Foxes seem most likely.

Fleet Foxes will surely play. Bit dull.

The Shins and Nick Cave though would be amazing.

[shoebox]

Yeah, I'll be stunned if Fleet Foxes don't make a return.

Hoping for The Acorn, Kissaway Trail and Peter Broderick, amongst others. No less than 16 artists being announced according to Twitter.

The website is down until 11am, if that gives any indication as to what time the announcement will be made.

[zahidf]

Wish they would announce already! Got work to do...

[talulah]

website still down .... waiting patiently - tweet earlier said 16 Bella Union bands to be announced

[zahidf]

Nothign today i guess...

[wackojackohighcliffe]

Facebook says -
Bella Union's 15th anniversary celebration, so far includes:
Alessi's Ark, Beach House, Cashier No. 9, Dirty Three
Hannah Cohen, I Break Horses, John Grant, Jonathan Wilson
Lanterns On The Lake, The Low Anthem, Midlake, Mountain Man
Our Broken Garden, Poor Moon, Roy Harper, Veronica Falls