2016 Acts

[MusicMatters2U]

So who does everyone wanna see play in 2016? I would love to see any of these play

 

PRINCE

DAFT PUNK

OASIS

ADELE

ARCTIC MONKEYS

U2

CHEMICAL BROS

NEW ORDER

THE EAGELS

VAMPIRE WEEKEND

DISCLOSURE

JAMES

 

Any others people would love to see? Or who do you think will be playing?

 

[kingcrawler]

 

First headliner tomorrow morning

[pete76]

in 15 minutes

[pete76]

UK exclusive

Edited November 10, 2015 by pete76

[Smeble]

Saw them earlier this year. Bloody fantastic! 

[UEF]

Awesome. One of very few bands I'd specifically make the trip for. 

[Loftmeister]

The Last Shadow Puppets are a good shout for IoW 16 now!

Radio X news: The Last Shadow Puppets' New Album Is "Recorded" And Ready For 2016

Other bands/artists who are touring or have new album's out who I'd like to see (or I can imagine being announced) are New Order, David Bowie, Blossoms, Richard Ashcroft, Gorillaz, Suede, Kurt Vile, Guy Harvey, Will Smith, Garbage, Editors, Bloc Party, Foals, Maccabees, The Sunshine Underground, Stone Roses, Chvrches, Muse, Coldplay, and the Chemical Brothers. IoW get a few of guitar bands on, but feature a few pop and electronic music acts in the line-up too.

[JBarbour]

 Friday night co-headliners - Absolute Radio today at 5pm

Interesting timing seen as R/L announcement due this week. Stealing a bit of their thunder? 

[Gucci Piggy]

Going with Chase & Status and The Libertines.

[thetime]

Florence?

[JBarbour]

5 minutes ago, thetime said:

Florence?

https://twitter.com/JohnGiddings01/status/671314626064326656

So probably not. 

[thetime]

14 minutes ago, craigb said:

https://twitter.com/JohnGiddings01/status/671314626064326656

So probably not. 

Didn't know there was a link between bst and iow.

Probably after exclusives I suppose.

[mrtourette]

It's never stopped IOW before.

[thewayiam]

57 minutes ago, Will-2609 said:

Going with Chase & Status and The Libertines.

I think that is the best bet atm but I'm not sure The Libs on a 3rd year of touring would be that big a deal? Their new album didn't do that well really and it was rubbish. I will say it will do nothing to steal a march on Reading as they already had them, I can see it being someone that people would maybe want at Reading.

[JBarbour]

Doesn't Giddings avoid booking bands with dates in London over the summer. Especially headliners and bands high up the bill 

[kingcrawler]

1 minute ago, craigb said:

Doesn't Giddings avoid booking bands with dates in London over the summer. Especially headliners and bands high up the bill 

He's said previously that he doesn't want to book acts with big London gigs after they had three in 2013 but then again they booked Fleetwood Mac last year.

[the wonderwhy]

and Blur 

[mrtourette]

19 minutes ago, craigb said:

Doesn't Giddings avoid booking bands with dates in London over the summer. Especially headliners and bands high up the bill 

Absolutely not.  Tom Petty (Royal Albert Hall), Bruce Springsteen (Hyde Park), Stone Roses (2 x Finsbury Park), Bon Jovi (Hyde Park), Fleetwood Mac (4 x O2 Arena) and Blur (Hyde Park) in the last four years. Also you could add KOL (MK Bowl) and The Prodigy (Ally Pally in May) depending on your definitions of London and Summer.

[JBarbour]

Just now, mrtourette said:

Absolutely not.  Tom Petty (Royal Albert Hall), Bruce Springsteen (Hyde Park), Stone Roses (2 x Finsbury Park), Bon Jovi (Hyde Park), Fleetwood Mac (4 x O2 Arena) and Blur (Hyde Park) in the last four years. Also you could add KOL (MK Bowl) and The Prodigy (Ally Pally in May) depending on your definitions of London and Summer.

Ok maybe I need to reword it - Giddings as previously said in interviews he tried to avoid bands with big summer gigs. Looks like he's not doing a very good job  

[mrtourette]

Yeah that sounds more like it. Probably hasn't got the weight to throw around and insist that sort of thing. If Bruce Springsteen/Bon Jovi/Fleetwood Mac are coming the the UK you can be damn sure they're going to milk it for all they can and no limey promoter called Jeff Giddington is going to stop them.

[kingcrawler]

 

Edited November 30, 2015 by kingcrawler

[Muppetmark]

faithless/stereophonics

[mrtourette]

Makes sense.

[Gucci Piggy]

Was baffled by those clues they gave. Stereophonics? Christ.

[justanothername]

1 hour ago, craigb said:

 Friday night co-headliners - Absolute Radio today at 5pm

Interesting timing seen as R/L announcement due this week. Stealing a bit of their thunder? 

Looks like they stole no ones thunder