xxialac

You are right. That said it's so unlikely. They're already playing a stack of dates in May and are already booked to play Barcelona (in two weeks' time).

Hmm, he wrote "sounds like they will be headlining Primavera this year" which is nowhere near as definitively worded as the above. Don't see them as big enough to headline in Spain either. They weren't a headliner at the smaller Cala Mijas a few months ago. Plus, we already have enough headliners. Oh and the small matter of them being in the US at the time...

The more I look at the Thursday, the more I weep. Ridiculous number of killer bands that could have been spread more across Friday (especially) and Saturday. And we didn’t even get any relief with some of them doubling up for Ciutat. Painful choices incoming…

Yeah, I take it to mean they will be playing CM.

Same here and i’ve been to a lot of shows there.

Suggest you look up the word 'outrage' in the dictionary as you clearly don't know what it means. Assume The Gaslight Anthem is your favourite band?

Pile on seems a bit strong. Most of the additional comments initially were at the mild end. And more importantly I can only judge by what was written and the message was clear. If you express any kind of negative view about the lineup, no matter if balanced by positive comments elsewhere, you are an entitled twat and you should be grateful for whatever you are given (cough, for your £240).

Note to anyone on here. Punksnotdead has made it clear that any debate will not be tolerated, we should be grateful for whatever bands we are given including the headliners and we must all fall in line with his views.

What you are saying is not incompatible with what I am saying. It is obviously implied when people saying they are disappointed in XYZ headliner that it is just their opinion - no one is stating it as a matter of fact. In the same way if someone says they are looking forward to seeing Indonesian Gamelan experimental band it doesn't mean they don't tacitly acknowledge that they won't be to everyone's taste.

Could not disagree more with you. This is a music forum. Of course people are going to express views about what they like and what they don't like. And as it happens there is a lot more of the former and general good vibes but the latter is equally valid and it doesn't make you a snob to say you don't like something. We are paying £240 a ticket, it's not a charity and it doesn't make us spoilt to want a good lineup. And all the talk of 'hate' is ridiculous. Some people just expressed mild disappointment at one of the headliners and FWIW I agree that it is a tired booking - they have toured relentlessly either side of the pandemic. They did almost a gig every two days (!) in 2018.

Jesus, this is good.

Some new names in next week or 2 I reckon.

That was an absolutely superb second set of names. Can't be as good!

I know, was joking!

Where's this Idles rumour come from?!

Father Christmas is coming...

Hopefully they can close all the stages and for the rest of the day this time.

Joanna Newsom would be a hell of a call

Last year was so good, we've decided to rebook all the same acts 😉

What's that. The 2023 poster no?

They could be similar to the Mac deMarco booking perhaps. Not for me but seem to ensure a predictable audience.

Scroll up a few posts

Confidence Man and Idles would be stale bookings IMO. Have toured to absolute death.

The Monica Looinsky affair

On a separate note, it amazes me that posters don't get leaked. So many people must know about it and would be so easy to pop it up on twitter anonymously. Anyway, roll on tomorrow!