Benicassim (FIB) 2018

[gedkelly]

7 minutes ago, CJTM said:

Yeah man, makes perfect sense! 

 

P.s. Isn't it a bit unusual how low def and crappy the FIB social team has posted doesn't fill me with much confidence lol

I agree , in years gone past they always acknowledged any pm’s sent , even if they didn’t tell me anything they always got back in some shape or form , this year , nothing .

[CJTM]

I'm going with The Killers & TDCC 

[AAlex]

11 minutes ago, CJTM said:

Yeah man, makes perfect sense! 

 

P.s. Isn't it a bit unusual how low def and crappy the FIB social team has posted doesn't fill me with much confidence lol

Yeah I did notice the logo didn't look the same quality as the rest of the image but hopefully that doesnt reflect the quality of the announcement! I'd be very, very surprised if it isn't The Killers at this point, maybe even one of the other head/coheadliners as well.

[the wonderwhy]

Yeah I reckon it'll be more than one name to tide them over til after the new year 

[shaun64]

11 minutes ago, gedkelly said:

I agree , in years gone past they always acknowledged any pm’s sent , even if they didn’t tell me anything they always got back in some shape or form , this year , nothing .

Not replying to anything this year Mr K.

The Killers or Arcade Fire? or both?

[gedkelly]

25 minutes ago, shaun64 said:

Not replying to anything this year Mr K.

The Killers or Arcade Fire? or both?

The popular opinion is that Killers are nailed on , not much of a fan but I appreciate a lot are , would love to see Arcade Fire again . TDCC are a possible too , always good . Would love to see the Hives or Wombats as well . Always interested to see the late Sunday dance act too.

[shaun64]

7 minutes ago, gedkelly said:

The popular opinion is that Killers are nailed on , not much of a fan but I appreciate a lot are , would love to see Arcade Fire again . TDCC are a possible too , always good . Would love to see the Hives or Wombats as well . Always interested to see the late Sunday dance act too.

Saw The Killers a few weeks ago and last time they were at Beni i thought they put on one of the best performances ive seen there.

Thinking them TDCC and The Vaccines 2morro.

[AAlex]

35 minutes ago, gedkelly said:

The popular opinion is that Killers are nailed on , not much of a fan but I appreciate a lot are , would love to see Arcade Fire again . TDCC are a possible too , always good . Would love to see the Hives or Wombats as well . Always interested to see the late Sunday dance act too.

Wombats are going on tour with Pixies/Weezer in America in June/July but they're leaving half way through, their last date being 15th July despite the tour running until 12th August... I wonder if that's because they have obligations around Europe after that

Unfortunately that rules Pixies/Weezer out of Beni and most other European Fests.

Edited December 6, 2017 by alexlloyd

[SCG95]

Lets cut the PR team some slack, I'm sure they're being clever and the sun relates to "Mr Brightside". 

Otherwise, I hope it has nout to do with Mumford and Sons. 

[TheFullShaboo]

Any idea what time the announcement is? Memory tells me its usually 11am...

The Killers and TDCC will do nicely.

[Orens]

1 minute ago, TheFullShaboo said:

Any idea what time the announcement is? Memory tells me its usually 11am...

The Killers and TDCC will do nicely.

Usually 11am to 12pm Catalonia time, 10-11am Manchester time.

[eFestivals]

12 hours ago, pigshair123 said:

Announcement tomorrow

never believe a spaniard who says tomorrow.

 

[TheFullShaboo]

The Killers it is!

[gregory]

Cheap tickets end in a week.

[gedkelly]

YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWN

[shaun64]

1 hour ago, gedkelly said:

YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWN

Thought we would av got more than that

maybe another announcement b4 the end of the year.

[YunT]

I don't know how they will work this next summer. They were one of the main acts at this past BBK (along with Depeche Mode). 

But it's a good name anyway. 

Edited December 7, 2017 by YunT

[pigshair123]

14 minutes ago, YunT said:

I don't know how they will work this next summer. They were one of the main acts at this past BBK (along with Depeche Mode). 

But it's a good name anyway. 

What's that got to do with anything?

[The Martini Police]

40 minutes ago, YunT said:

I don't know how they will work this next summer. They were one of the main acts at this past BBK (along with Depeche Mode). 

But it's a good name anyway. 

Do you mean in terms of hyping it up enough? I do think they need a bigger 'lead' name. They're still a pretty big draw but I think they need a legendary and rare act (like they did with RHCP, like Mad Cool have with Pearl Jam) or a peaking in-demand giant e.g. Arctic Monkeys (maybe to come next) to compete with the line-ups their competitors are pulling out 

Edited December 7, 2017 by Mattd1205

[andytommo]

1 hour ago, shaun64 said:

Thought we would av got more than that

maybe another announcement b4 the end of the year.

Before Xmas! 

[BlackFoxx]

Who else are rumoured headliners for this? Thinking of coming for the first time. Think I've seen Arcade Fire, Eminem, Arctic Monkeys (between here and Mad Cool I suspect) all in discussion, who else? 

[andytommo]

13 minutes ago, BlackFoxx said:

Who else are rumoured headliners for this? Thinking of coming for the first time. Think I've seen Arcade Fire, Eminem, Arctic Monkeys (between here and Mad Cool I suspect) all in discussion, who else? 

Gorillaz, Noel G, Depeche Mode, Lana Del Rey, Bruno Mars, and Bjork have all been rumoured to headline, as well as AM/AF/Eminem, however the first 3 are now ruled out, as they're playing either BBK or Mad Cool the weekend prior, so it's unlikely (based on history) that any of these festivals will share a headliner.  I think that big gap in Mad Cool's line-up (Fri headliner) is destined for the Arctic Monkeys, as this festival has €€€'s and the capacity for 3 x massive headliners.  Arcade Fire headlined BBK in 2016, so too soon for a return to Bilbao for them (ditto Primavera in Barcelona, which they headlined 2017).  If AF do play a Spanish festival next summer, it's very likely to be FIB, although the big Q here is if Beni could actually afford Killers, Arcade Fire, and Eminem.  Personally, I think we'll only see 2 of these 3, max, but that's just my thoughts on it.

Edited December 7, 2017 by andytommo

[The Martini Police]

5 minutes ago, andytommo said:

Gorillaz, Noel G, Depeche Mode, Lana Del Rey, Bruno Mars, and Bjork have all been rumoured to headline, as well as AM/AF/Eminem, however the first 3 are now ruled out, as they're playing either BBK or Mad Cool the weekend prior, so it's unlikely (based on history) that any of these festivals will share a headliner.  I think that big gap in Mad Cool's line-up (Fri headliner) is destined for the Arctic Monkeys, as this festival has €€€'s and the capacity for 3 x massive headliners.  Arcade Fire headlined BBK in 2016, so too soon for a return to Bilbao for them (ditto Primavera in Barcelona, which they headlined 2017).  If AF do play a Spanish festival next summer, it's very likely to be FIB, although the big Q here is if Beni could actually afford Killers, Arcade Fire, and Eminem.  Personally, I think we'll only see 2 of these 3, max, but that's just my thoughts on it.

Just to add to this, I'm not sure if you've been following the Mad Cool thread but we know that they'll have 2 Friday headliners and both contain a single letter 'e' in the name, ruling out Arcade Fire and making Arctic Monkeys quite likely. I do question though whether AM would co-headline rather than alone. Either way, I agree that Arcade Fire are now very likely for FIB but not sure why FIB would want to hold back their announcement (unlike say AM where they'd have to wait for tour/album announcement).

As for Bjork - do you think she could headline alone? I think the Beni crowd might find that a bit underwhelming (same might even go for Lana). Also, what rules Noel G out - is he playing BBK?

[gregory]

There is no way Bjork would play FIB. She would get bottled by that crowd. 

[the wonderwhy]

2 minutes ago, gregory said:

There is no way Bjork would play FIB. She would get bottled by that crowd. 

I dunno. Its not miles away from having Portishead headlining