Lineup 2018

[Gucci Piggy]

1 minute ago, j.gibbard said:

How come BBC says 7:50 but this says 7:55?

 

1 minute ago, dentalplan said:

You've heard a radio announcement before haven't ye? It's so drawn out. Especially with Grimmy.

Plus it could just be that Radio One announce the headliners at 7:50 and then the poster goes up online 5 mins later.

[Guest]

4 minutes ago, TornShaun said:

Could the Architects be back again? (they liked the announcement post hence the question by the tweet)

Hmm wonder where they'd be if they are. Pit headliner or 2nd/3rd NME I'd imagine.

[Gucci Piggy]

14 minutes ago, ebateman said:

headlinerS so definitely more than one tomorrow

Aye as dental says that doesn't necessarily mean more than one act. You can refer to a band as a plural.

For instance last year they could have said "Your first R&L headliners are Muse" and it still makes sense.

[Andre91]

4 minutes ago, TornShaun said:

Could the Architects be back again? (they liked the announcement post hence the question by the tweet)

Can’t see them returning. They’ve got a US tour but after that I’d expect them to take some well deserved time off. 

They'll get a massive slot at Download when they come back, probably third down or potentially even sub depending on how the next album goes (which, face it, it will go down a bloody storm). Future headliners right there. 

[Andre91]

1 minute ago, SomeoneListeningIn said:

Hmm wonder where they'd be if they are. Pit headliner or 2nd/3rd NME I'd imagine.

Not a chance they’d headline the Pit. FAR too big. They subbed it in 2014 on the back of LF // LT. 

[Mattymooz]

When does the Metro come out again as if its before 8 (which it probably is) it'll probably be leaked in that...

[Gucci Piggy]

Btw I had a dream last night that Pixies and another act of similar size/audience were announced last night (I can't remember who the act was but probably Manics or someone) and I was at the pub with some friends discussing which one was gonna headline NME and which one was gonna be on main on Foos day (for someone reason we thought it was definite that they'd be in these two slots).

So yeah.

[thewayiam]

4 hours ago, jakecase said:

My prediction:

 

Friday:

Main Stage: Imagine Dragons/Royal Blood - Courteeners

NME: Wolf Alice

 

Saturday:

Kendrick Lamar - Travis Scott

NME: Panic! At The Disco

 

Sunday:

Main Stage: Foo Fighters - 30 Seconds To Mars

NME: Pendulum 

 

Appearing over weekend: The Kooks, Don Broco, Fickle Friends, Marmozets, Twin Atlantic, Pale Waves, Sigrid, Brockhampton, The Amazons

 No way Pendulum go against Foos.

3 hours ago, Andre91 said:

FOB 10th anniversary of Folie á Deux headline set. 

Haha.   It would be the worst album show decision 

2 hours ago, festivalsaregood said:

Kendrick, Arctic Monkeys and Florence and the Machine is what I was told but as I said, that could have changed as it was a few weeks ago.

I'd probably be up for Arctics and FATM defo....just give me The Distillers against Kendrick 

[Chavmeisterdeluxe]

Speaking of Architects, who is everyone's guess for random out of place metal band on the main stage this year? Mine's Ghost 

[Gucci Piggy]

2 minutes ago, Andre91 said:

Can’t see them returning. They’ve got a US tour but after that I’d expect them to take some well deserved time off. 

They'll get a massive slot at Download when they come back, probably third down or potentially even sub depending on how the next album goes (which, face it, it will go down a bloody storm). Future headliners right there. 

Maybe but I don't see why they'd be acting like that if so. Liking the tweet would be a weird thing to do in the first place and if they weren't playing surely they'd have just said so or ignored the tweet when they were asked the question?

[Guest]

Just now, Chavmeisterdeluxe said:

Speaking of Architects, who is everyone's guess for random out of place metal band on the main stage this year? Mine's Ghost 

Think there's a good chance of Mastodon.

[Andre91]

@thewayiam speak for yourself, Folie is a sick album. 

[dentalplan]

Just now, Chavmeisterdeluxe said:

Speaking of Architects, who is everyone's guess for random out of place metal band on the main stage this year? Mine's Ghost 

Mayhem

[Andre91]

1 minute ago, Chavmeisterdeluxe said:

Speaking of Architects, who is everyone's guess for random out of place metal band on the main stage this year? Mine's Ghost 

Mastodon. 

[Gucci Piggy]

1 minute ago, Chavmeisterdeluxe said:

Speaking of Architects, who is everyone's guess for random out of place metal band on the main stage this year? Mine's Ghost 

Slayer

[Andre91]

Just now, dentalplan said:

Mayhem

Special hologram performance from Dead. 

[TornShaun]

Just now, Gucci Piggy said:

Slayer

Imagine! Especially as they're quitting soon! I'd be up for some Slayer on a sunny afternoon around 4pm with a few beers lol

[Andre91]

1 minute ago, Gucci Piggy said:

Maybe but I don't see why they'd be acting like that if so. Liking the tweet would be a weird thing to do in the first place and if they weren't playing surely they'd have just said so or ignored the tweet when they were asked the question?

Could be an NME headliner after the Ally Pally hype? Doomsday gets loads of airtime on Radio 1, too. 

Fuck me, Ally Pally was extraordinary. 

[R Shah]

 

1 minute ago, TornShaun said:

Imagine! Especially as they're quitting soon! I'd be up for some Slayer on a sunny afternoon around 4pm with a few beers lol

Their US farewell tour dates end in June I think so they could do Europe in August and September 

[Gucci Piggy]

Just now, Andre91 said:

Could be an NME headliner after the Ally Pally hype? Doomsday gets loads of airtime on Radio 1, too. 

Fuck me, Ally Pally was extraordinary. 

Defo say NME sub rather than headliner.

If they're gonna be up there as Download subs come the next album they might end up like A7X where they're not popular enough at R&L to justify the fee/slot they'd demand, so maybe they're just available R&L wanna get em back in before then. Idk.

[Mouseboy11]

5 minutes ago, Chavmeisterdeluxe said:

Speaking of Architects, who is everyone's guess for random out of place metal band on the main stage this year? Mine's Ghost 

Gojira

[Andre91]

Imagine Slayer playing Main Stage In 2018. It would be them getting things thrown at them by the fanatical Wombats fans waiting around. 

[CRW5252]

2 minutes ago, Andre91 said:

Could be an NME headliner after the Ally Pally hype? Doomsday gets loads of airtime on Radio 1, too. 

Fuck me, Ally Pally was extraordinary. 

In recent years, has there been a NME headliner like them? Off the top of my head, there was Limp Bizkit but they are more pop metal. 

[Guest]

If the headliners are Flo, Kendrick & AM (I'm sceptical), then Architects headlining NME would make a lot of sense as a heavy alternative.

[TornShaun]

2 minutes ago, R Shah said:

 

Their US farewell tour dates end in June I think so they could do Europe in August and September 

I'd be well up for that lol Saturday afternoon in the sun and Slayer on the main stage haha watching so many faces like WTF lol