Lineup 2016

[mrtourette]

It certainly explains why they announced the apparently uninspiring duo of Foals and Disclosure when everyone expected them to be last.

[Shootenanny!]

Biffy and FOB co-headline would be brilliant for me, two headliners I love.

[mrtourette]

4 minutes ago, Neil Shaw said:

Biffy and FOB co-headline would be brilliant for me, two headliners I love.

[justanothername]

Awful. Don't get why Biffy have to co headline, especially with FOB who are rancid

[mrtourette]

To make it look different from an uninspiring booking of a band that's only been away for two years.

Edited February 10, 2016 by mrtourette

[JonSnow]

30 minutes ago, jake.b.overton said:

Who were they pushing for? 

Pushing for Stone Roses and losing out to Glastonbury or V Festival throwing buckets of money at them would be my best guess

[justanothername]

R&L should just commit seppuku now

[FloorFiller]

i guess having them as a co-headliner kind of makes it more acceptable to have them back after such a short amount of time, even if the act they're co-headlining with could've definitely just been a sub for them anyway. pretty shite top of the bill this year for sure. wonder who the act was who fucked em over

[kev1664]

So we're looking at a top 3 of possibly

Red Hot Chili Peppers

Imagine Dragons

The 1975

 

Foals

Disclosure

The Courteeners

 

Biffy

Fall Out Boy

Two Door Cinema Club

 

NME

Jack u

Crystal Castles

 

Bloc Party

Twenty One Pilots

 

Chvrches 

Slaves

 

Possibly TOP and slaves swapping over.

Edited February 10, 2016 by kev1664

[peruvianjoco]

1 minute ago, kev1664 said:

So we're looking at a top 3 of possibly

Red Hot Chili Peppers

Imagine Dragons

The 1975

 

Foals

Disclosure

The Courteeners

 

Biffy

Fall Out Boy

Two Door Cinema Club

 

NME

Jack u

Crystal Castles

 

Bloc Party

Twenty One Pilots

 

Chvrches 

Slaves

 

Possibly TOP and slaves swapping over.

I'd swap 1975 & the courteneers

[JSmurphy]

3 minutes ago, kev1664 said:

So we're looking at a top 3 of possibly

Red Hot Chili Peppers

Imagine Dragons

The 1975

 

Foals

Disclosure

The Courteeners

 

Biffy

Fall Out Boy

Two Door Cinema Club

 

NME

Jack u

Crystal Castles

 

Bloc Party

Twenty One Pilots

 

Chvrches 

Slaves

 

Possibly TOP and slaves swapping over.

Pretty much. I can see Jack U only being a closing set w/ an NME headliner between them and Crystal Castles tho.

[Cavan]

3 minutes ago, kev1664 said:

So we're looking at a top 3 of possibly

Red Hot Chili Peppers

Imagine Dragons

The 1975

 

Foals

Disclosure

The Courteeners

 

Biffy

Fall Out Boy

Two Door Cinema Club

 

NME

Jack u

Crystal Castles

 

Bloc Party

Twenty One Pilots

 

Chvrches 

Slaves

 

Possibly TOP and slaves swapping over.

Any chance of Catfish and the Bottlemen playing again, they have announced quite alot this year

[kev1664]

1 minute ago, peruvianjoco said:

I'd swap 1975 & the courteneers

Was thinking day tickets. Foals and Courteeners sharing some sort of fan base.  

1975 a little more in the mould of RHCP and Imagine Dragons.

Maybe swap the jack u and chvrches day over.

[DomDom1984]

This two year thing probably didn't factor into the decision, nor should it. Still think it's weird to see FOB put on the same level as Biffy, but seems R&L have been put in a corner and now they're just overloading the top of the bill. 

[Biogeneric]

Thanks for the info, Neil, appreciate it.

Biffy are one of my favourite bands, so for them to return at any level, even so soon, I'm really happy with. Just a shame that FR feel it'd be more appropriate for them to share their position this year.

Either way, I do like FOB too, I'd just rather have the set lengths that we had in 2013.

[kev1664]

10 minutes ago, JSmurphy said:

Pretty much. I can see Jack U only being a closing set w/ an NME headliner between them and Crystal Castles tho.

There's still BBK to place who I would think would be near the top of the NME this year.

Quite a few other acts kicking around that time that may get slots.

BFMV, Stormzy,  Kaiser Chiefs, Sum 41, Kodaline, TLSP, Lumineers, The neighbourhood , manics (unlikely).

Edited February 10, 2016 by kev1664

[eFestivals]

1 minute ago, Biogeneric said:

Just a shame that FR feel it'd be more appropriate for them to share their position this year.

I could of course be wrong about that. I'm not infallible.

My info is that they're co-headlines, but someone else posted in this thread those two bands and said they're not - and it's not impossible that he's right and I'm wrong. I was told it was wrong at around the time he posted it, tho without getting told what was 'right' until now.

[Biogeneric]

3 minutes ago, eFestivals said:

I could of course be wrong about that. I'm not infallible.

My info is that they're co-headlines, but someone else posted in this thread those two bands and said they're not - and it's not impossible that he's right and I'm wrong. I was told it was wrong at around the time he posted it, tho without getting told what was 'right' until now.

Absolutely, but your info feels like, by far, the most concrete info we have so far, so I'm happy to roll with it until (if) proved incorrect haha!

[dentalplan]

Fucking hell.

[RedBalloon]

42 minutes ago, Cavan said:

Any chance of Catfish and the Bottlemen playing again, they have announced quite alot this year

I could defo see them 4th down on Foals&Disclosure day. Or a NME headline slot. They are headlining some pretty noteworthy festivals in the summer. But my best bet would be 4th down main stage.

That would make it look like this

Foals

Disclosure 

The Courteeners/The 1975 

Catfish & The Bottlemen

Which is a very solid line up to pull in Reading's main target audience.

[FloorFiller]

15 minutes ago, RedBalloon said:

Which is a very solid line up to pull in Reading's main target audience.

jesus it feels good to not be part of that audience

[meepmoop]

Holy shit well this makes the lineup 10 times better for me, although agree biffy should really be headlining outright - that being said enjoy most of fob's output also up until the last album so this feels much stronger personally

[DMCJ2]

Don't see how the Biffy booking looks stronger by putting them as a Co-headliner with someone who was two spots below them and have been away for as long as Biffy have.

[lightning1000]

And have changed there sound to be more like one direction on their last 2 albums.

[Cammers]

Yep - Would rather just have Biffy in big bold letters at the top of the poster and FOB second down.

Saying that, I'm hoping Leeds gets Biffy before FOB so I can ditch FOB and go party with Skrillex and Diplo at their NME closing set.