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  1. No idea, they have a lot of big shows this year, given how good it is, I assume it has a decent chance of doing well
  2. For discussion if Tangk does as well as it should, would like to see Idles as the lower part of a co-head next year
  3. Yup, they’ll just rotate back to how it was pre the two main stage era. 4-5 headliners next year, 4 the next year, then 4-5 etc… Ultimately it gives the flexibility to bring in the likes of Halsey, MTS, Foals, CATBM to support other smaller headliners alongside the likes of Foo fighters etc who don’t need another big name to sell their day …while they can also offer a proper large alternative on the second stage, bringing back some proper counter programming to further add value
  4. You’d assume from that that he’s nailed on, unless Victorious are taking a turn in their booking strategy!
  5. Yup, loads on the list are already committed elsewhere/ not even touring
  6. Few who I'm hoping for now I'm going. Wish-list rather than necessarily available/ slightly realistic Alvvays, Samia, Bill Ryder-Jones, Everything Everything, Lomelda, Slow Pulp, Feeble Little Horse, PUP, Wonder Years, Gouyrella/ Ferry Corsten, Brutus, Smith Street Band, Grouplove, Charlotte Sands, Soccer Mommy, Touche Amore
  7. Probably. At least in it being worth them spending the money The festival no longer really has the ‘alternative’ cachet it once did to actually help career wise. Although if it did it would probably negate her actually being booked…
  8. …and shows the importance of having a proper second stage to offer an alternative to what’s programmed on main… #BIGTENT
  9. I wonder how many they sold? 🤣 I remember they did the VIP thing 3-4 years back that was quickly binned too, there wasn’t a huge SM backlash but there was clearly no demand to make it worthwhile
  10. Did they ever even get as far as providing a platform to purchase it? Seemed very much like just a fishing for response thing? I suspect it was more just for research for perhaps providing wider levels of camping tiers… Can see them charging for each site soon. There’s obviously a high premium for camping closer, potentially worth much more than what they get through the early entry fee, which has basically become something you have to get now if you don’t want to be in the arse end of brown/ White
  11. They didn’t give it time to have any interest. It was reversed in under 24 hours. They quickly responded to the avalanche of grief unloaded upon them on social media to be fair.
  12. Thats where the extra security may be needed, to provide an extra gate to only allow production down the road to the 1xtra and FR... You'd enter like accessible people do now... It would be easy to cost out with the premium from entry If you did still have to walk around to the entrance it would be another easy option to enhance 'The lounge'. You coul just have another lane outside of the production road/ cow lane to allowed people to walk through to the lounge... This would save a good 20-30 mins for those arriving by taxi entry, without having to do the trek through the campsite and arena queue entry
  13. There's so many simpler better ways they can earn some extra cash if they want, targeting the demograpics with actual cash to spend, as opposed to thinking kids will spunk up 50 quid for a little more space than they already expect. My group would be more than happy to pay extra for expedited off site entry into the arena that didn't involve a 20 mins plus walk to the arena after getting to Richfield Avenue. Basically guest /accessible entry down O'Mally alley without the actual guest facilities. 25gbp/ day or 60gbp/ weekend. Easy 60k extra a day for what would likely just be an extra couple of security people, checking access to the FR/ 1 Xtra back stages.... Make 'The Lounge' actually decent. Put it somewhere with mainstage viewing access (doesn't need to be close (maybe replace the Bacardi House or whatever) and a lot of seating and boomers will pile in, just for a sit down!
  14. They’ll deffo be clashing. They’re not wasting the dark closing the Chevron early They’re obviously trying to add and create a serious dance reputation for the festival. Having bona fide big dance headliners is part of that. Having dance fans have to end their night at Blink or Jorja Smith is not
  15. Traditionally they’d have had VERY different fan bases. 20+ years on when nostalgia is probably the biggest selling point for both acts maybe less so. When Blink last played and in 2010, there were huge amounts of people who were not into them at all and would have been very happy with a Prodigy alternative. I suspect there’s still a lot of the ‘older crowd’, Gallagher fans etc, who think Blink are sh*t and will be very happy with the Prodigy Alternative to end their night I’d like to see both but appreciate the fact that they’re giving choice to their audience again once more. The reality otherwise and last year would simply have been no Prodigy on the bill at all
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