Most of what you said are on my list. Ive also seen the majority. I'm not going this year due to a family commitment first one I've missed since 2014.
Lineup is weak for me personally and for £350 it starts pricing me out. Before travel, food etc
Chose not to try for tickets this year. 4 on the Pyramid and a dozen across the rest of the stages with a few of those clashing. Not hugely upset. Festivals overall are weak this year.
Completely agree. If Neck Deep end up being the third headliner, announced in say 2 months. When Reading is already on sale, then it'd be a seriously bad choice.
Already finding some gems that I haven't been aware of, or rediscovering. My Thursday is pretty busy and all of these are on Friday, so my days are getting stacked.
Turnover
Crawlers
As December Falls
Bears in Trees
Mouth Culture
From what I remember they normally don't share too many acts, especially the bigger ones. I genuinely thought Electric Callboy and Enter Shikari were gonna be at Trees.
Headliners aren't amazing, but thats an old conversation now. The undercard is varied as Download has ever been. I'd buy a day ticket for Saturday in a heartbeat if Electric Callboy were on that day. I'm 50/50
Trees 2023 had an announcement for it in January. 50 bands. My guess is we'll get 30 - 40 ish bands. Including 2nd/3rd from top on main stage on both Friday/Saturday. As well as Cave headliners/Sub headliners on Friday/Saturday. A lot of Main Stage/Axiom earlier in the day bands. Then a few acts for the forest.