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  1. 12 hours ago, young_contra said:

    The Smile will be playing on the 30th, Friday, as per their merch (poster, sorry for the bad quality)

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    The biggest thing I’ve taken from that is that they’re listed as playing Cala Mijas, so I wonder if they’re planning on actually going ahead this year

  2. Another announcement tomorrow, 100 names (including comedy etc) or so at 10am. Reckon all the day and stage splits will be out tomorrow too

  3. I know it’s tantamount to sacrilege to say bad things about Glasto around here, but that’s a bad line up* that

    *for me, anyways, as always there’ll be someone sobbing that they didn’t get tickets but I think there’s some objectively weak bookings on there

  4. Got excited seeing a Graspop notification pop up on my phone at 3pm. Just to say 'Saturday tickets running low'.

    Don't think we'll be getting anything tomorrow as Pukkelpop have an announcement scheduled, but just wanted to give a heads up in case anyone was debating Saturday tickets 🙂

  5. 11 hours ago, Booster said:

    What about subbing Alice Cooper on Thurs? Then it could be a run of Heart > Journey > Alice Cooper on MS2 for the classic rock fans.

    Yeah, that could be a brilliant run for your fans of old school rock like myself!

    10 hours ago, Gossard said:

    Any chance we'll have Evanescence? 

    Now that would be really spoiling us

  6. Not a clue where they would fit in, but Journey just announced their first European date for 11 years playing Sweden Rock Festival. First band I ever saw, have a real soft spot for them, and they have a near 2 month gap between May and July so imagine they'll be adding more shows. If they're here that will be the thing that tips me over the edge I think.

  7. On 2/9/2024 at 3:36 PM, ParanoidTourist said:

    I agree with everything you said. Of course it´s Werchter and there will be many good things to see but I still feel very let down that they missed so many good acts this year: The Smile, Arcade Fire, Massive attack, Prodigy, the National, Lana del Rey, Pulp etc. My daughter really wants to see Måneskin and Dua Lipa so I will go to Werchter regardless for 2 days this year and then go to Way Out West as a bonus;) 

     

    That’s it exactly mate; for me the headliners and smaller names are fine, it’s just those “medium to big” names that are missing that is the difference this year I think. 

    Enjoy WoW though, that looks a great line up!

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  8. I know it's all subjective but that Thursday is possibly the best single day at any festival in the world for me this year. 

    No real star power this year (yes they've got Foos and Dua but one has been touring nearly every year for the last 5 years* and one is playing every major festival) but I think it's a good line up overall, but not worth the money for me. Bands like Khruangbin and Sum 41 sub-headlining a £300 festival in 2024 is crazy to me. There's plenty of good bands touring next year too as well by the way, I think this year is showing the full extent of the problem of over-saturation of the market with so many festivals having to split too few bands and the rising costs of bands touring resulting in weaker line ups across the board. 

    It's a shame but I think my days at major festivals like Werchter, Pinkpop, Glasto etc are probably starting to move behind me now unless something changes, far too expensive for what they can put together. Think I'll focus on genre specific festivals (ie Graspop, Nova Rock et al) or smaller festivals (Live Is Live, InMusic, APE) which curate smaller line ups but are a more affordable experience overall.

    Of course I'm only one person in the wider scheme of things, it's great to see Werchter still selling out two days already and I imagine they'll continue to do so, I just appreciate I'm after something different now and the over-saturation I mentioned before means that there should still be plenty for me to do and see this year.

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  9. Just looking at the conversation regarding clashes. I think looking at the 'genres' of each artist, I think Chevron headliner will be on the same time as the sub-headliner and 4th stage headliner. Main stage headliner will clash with Radio 1 stage.

    Would make sense to me given that way you would have (for eg) The Prodigy clashing with Gerry Cinnamon, The Wombats against Fred Again etc.

  10. 10 minutes ago, CapnOrange said:

    Ngl this would be a much better parody if it was actually a banger pop track

    Instead it just sounds bitter and jealous

    I agree with this; I just saw him opening for Frank Turner about 5 years ago now and my lasting memory of that gig is every time someone mentions formulas in music this track comes screaming back to me like a 'Nam flashback

  11. 1 minute ago, 49Lawson said:

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    I wouldn't be upset if I had a ticket with that announcement, The Killers a bit of a coup really even though they only played 2 years ago, they aren't doing any other festivals as far as I'm aware.

    Think it probably looks a lot worse than previous years because the undercard is weaker and not very cohesive. Motxila 21 and Rema(??) (and also Sum 41 to be fair, but I understand that they're taking massive slots because its their farewell) on the top line has not helped them, makes it look weaker than it is. But if I was there I definitely could have a great weekend that is value for money.

  12. 44 minutes ago, Frankly Mr Shankly said:

    It’s entirely possible it isn’t their fault this time, but them posting a story that says ‘next story is not our fault’ like some sorry drama fuelled teenager isn’t professional either. 

    Oh yeah, totally agree. I was just thinking that they're finding themselves in quite 'the boy who cried wolf' scenario. If you mess people around so many times through your own silliness, when it's out of your control people don't believe you.

  13. Knew Biffy was a pipe dream, so out of the rest of the Superstruct acts available I'm very happy that it's ended up being Paolo. 

    Probably enough there for me to cobble together an enjoyable weekend in a field with me mates for a reasonable price. Think they've done well all things considered.

  14. I know it’s really easy to bash Mad Cool and their presence online (because let’s face it, they bring it on themselves most of the time) but to be fair to then I don’t think this is their fault.

    There’s much better organised festivals that have had to delay announcements due to last minute details outside of their control and I think MC are no exception here

  15. 20 minutes ago, Goer190 said:

    Final predictions?

    Poster real & early draft or fake? Who's final headliner (s) if real?

     

    I think it’s real; think we might lose one or two names though. 

    I don’t know how they’ll bill the 5 headliners, but I think it could be Wet Leg (small enough to warrant a Co-headline billing) with one of Jamie T, Snow Patrol or Paolo Nutini.

    Just gonna cross my fingers for Biffy until then

  16. 17 minutes ago, Bring Da Ruckus said:

    Declan doesn’t make sense to me as a headliner on the Thursday, he’s billed under Keane and Sugababes, can’t be a headliner if you’re not on the headline, pretty sure he’s just a very strong sub for Paul Heaton

     

    17 minutes ago, Sparticus said:

    I'm guessing if Keane are playing but not headlining that they got booked before the arena tour was announced and sold better than expected.

     

    Still hoping for Biffy, would make sense given they have more tickets to sell (and is more expensive) than y not/ truck.

    Yeah I think you're probably both right on both accounts. Biffy would be the best case scenario, and it wouldn't surprise me if they wanted a big Northern show as well as a South one if they're coming back. 

    I still haven't fully ruled out the possibility of that Suede/MSP tour being extended to Kendal's Sunday night in my head, and I've realised however unlikely it is, Pulp don't have any UK shows in the diary for 2024 yet but are touring either side of Kendal but that's definitely a pipedream

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