Mad Cool 2018

[arcuse]

49 minutes ago, popcornmaster said:

I've read a few interviews with them where Gahan says he doesn't really have the stamina for long shows anymore.

Saw them at NOS and they played around 1h40 I think.

[The Placid Casual]

Depeche Mode will do around 1.5 hours, like they have for the past few years. I think all the co headliners will do around the same amount will Pearl Jam getting 2 hours.

 

I can see the likes of NIN and Kasabian getting 1.5 hour sets too.

Edited January 9, 2018 by The Placid Casual

[popcornmaster]

7 hours ago, arcuse said:

Saw them at NOS and they played around 1h40 I think.

Yeah they must have played about that in the MEN when I saw 7 or so years ago. 

[OddRon]

I think bar tool is using four of most avid users of that forum to help decide clashes, I swear if they make mgmt and tame impala clash 

[Arnold]

5 minutes ago, OddRon said:

I think bar tool is using four of most avid users of that forum to help decide clashes, I swear if they make mgmt and tame impala clash 

What Bar Tool is going to do is to invite 4 users of that forum to explain how do they schedule the bands and try to explain the most painful clashes and why they are imposible to avoid (some bands ask for playing at night, other bands don't want to play later than midnight... etc etc) Also the 4 users will give their opinion in order to take the last decisions about clashes

It's really interesting. I would love to be in that meeting.

[evilduck]

Listening to what fans want is not a very good way to organise a festival though. If you have limited space, and you arrange all the bands so everyone can see what they want, you just get a massive crowd of people following each other to different stages at the same time. This can lead to overcrowding, pinch points and overuse of facilities in one area at one time. Clashes of similar band types are good because it breaks your crowd up and keeps the movement flowing nicely.

[The Gentleman Rhymer]

I've just bought my tickets from ticketmaster.es, I've been sent my e-ticket but does anyone know if they send out the wristbands as well or do I collect them at the box office?

[birchtree29]

Bonnaroo got announced no Jack White and no Arctic Monkeys

https://www.bonnaroo.com/lineup/

Edited January 9, 2018 by birchtree29

[StupidDream]

6 minutes ago, birchtree29 said:

Bonnaroo has announced no Jack White and no Arctic Monkeys

https://www.bonnaroo.com/lineup/

Did not expect AM myself, weird to start of in the US. Jack White still a possibility for PS18 now... Overall I am slightly underwhelmed. 

Edited January 9, 2018 by StupidDream

[Supernintendo Chalmers]

2 hours ago, The Gentleman Rhymer said:

I've just bought my tickets from ticketmaster.es, I've been sent my e-ticket but does anyone know if they send out the wristbands as well or do I collect them at the box office?

It depends what price you paid. As you're in the UK I'd imagine you chose the "bracelet off peninsula" option (currently on sale for EUR 196), which means that the wristbands will be posted to you. This is what happened last year, they even came in a nice presentation box! 

[Gucci Piggy]

1 hour ago, StupidDream said:

Did not expect AM myself, weird to start of in the US. Jack White still a possibility for PS18 now... Overall I am slightly underwhelmed. 

Makes no differene to Primavera, really. Jack White is still playing Boston just before Primavera weekend and Gov. Ball on the same weekend. Considering time difference he'd most likely be playing Primavera before Gov. Ball if he were to do both on that weekend, and doing Boston -> Prima -> Gov. Ball wouldn't make much sense. Regardless, we pretty much know he's at Mad Cool, anyway.

[birchtree29]

1 hour ago, SPTFRE said:

It depends what price you paid. As you're in the UK I'd imagine you chose the "bracelet off peninsula" option (currently on sale for EUR 196), which means that the wristbands will be posted to you. This is what happened last year, they even came in a nice presentation box! 

Does it still show eticket as the only shipping option with 0.00 euro even though they will ship it or does it add a new shipping option?  I don’t live in UK and shipping option didn’t change when I selected off peninsula. I know someone from Austria had the same situation on reddit. 

[SonicSleuth]

Bonnaroo woulds have been a nice headliner lineup like seven years ago. Now it looks like sloppy seconds across the board. Nothing against any of those bands, that's about as generic a headliner lineup you can get in 2017.

[dentalplan]

Open Air St. Gallen have an announcement scheduled for 22nd January, and their last announcement was Depeche Mode in mid-November so they've obviously been waiting a long time for someone. Might be the start of the fabled Arctic Monkeys announcement week, might be nothing. Let's see.

[addicted2noise]

1 hour ago, SonicSleuth said:

Bonnaroo woulds have been a nice headliner lineup like seven years ago. Now it looks like sloppy seconds across the board. Nothing against any of those bands, that's about as generic a headliner lineup you can get in 2017.

Yeah you could argue that none of the three headliners have made a decent album in at least 10 years although I'm not sure that's too important anymore, as long as their old stuff still holds up they'll always get new fans through streaming or whatever. 

Edited January 9, 2018 by addicted2noise

[metalupyourass]

Thinking of doing Mad Cool then Benicassim back to back, is it possible do you think?

[TomViolence]

2 hours ago, dentalplan said:

Open Air St. Gallen have an announcement scheduled for 22nd January, and their last announcement was Depeche Mode in mid-November so they've obviously been waiting a long time for someone. Might be the start of the fabled Arctic Monkeys announcement week, might be nothing. Let's see.

Yeah that sounds about right.

[the wonderwhy]

14 minutes ago, metalupyourass said:

Thinking of doing Mad Cool then Benicassim back to back, is it possible do you think?

Yeah, though good luck with the sunburn 

[Gucci Piggy]

24 minutes ago, the wonderwhy said:

Yeah, though good luck with the sunburn 

Bar Tool ruled out Muse.

[birchtree29]

Jack White's New Single Connected By Love is out tomorrow

 

[TheFullShaboo]

1 hour ago, metalupyourass said:

Thinking of doing Mad Cool then Benicassim back to back, is it possible do you think?

Fuck knows what state I’ll be in at the end of it, but me and 3 others are doing exactly this! Got tickets for this last night and had Beni tickets months ago! Get involved! 

[Mondo-kun]

1 hour ago, metalupyourass said:

Thinking of doing Mad Cool then Benicassim back to back, is it possible do you think?

Did it last year, and it was my greatest festival experience ever

[metalupyourass]

23 minutes ago, TheFullShaboo said:

Fuck knows what state I’ll be in at the end of it, but me and 3 others are doing exactly this! Got tickets for this last night and had Beni tickets months ago! Get involved! 

ye going to be hard work, worth a go. is it drive or train from madrid to beni?

[metalupyourass]

1 minute ago, Mondo-kun said:

Did it last year, and it was my greatest festival experience ever

any tips?

[CJTM]

51 minutes ago, Gucci Piggy said:

Bar Tool ruled out Muse.

Where?