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Giving them the benefit of the doubt with all the covid uncertainty but, either way, the organisation and comms this year have been poor

Controversial pick but Maneskin would be a decent Pit secret set. They draw in a few Pit stage regulars but also the Tik Tok crowd Melvin has clearly targeted this year

I’ve been hoping for this since the start, they’d pull a fair crowd, more than a few of the main stage guitar bands would and it’d be a quality atmosphere mid afternoon

City Morgue’s Islington date next Thursday is still listed on Seetickets, Ticketmaster etc. Getting to the point now where they’ll surely have made up their mind, or at least that’s what I’m hoping. Convinced they’ll be that one act that cancels on the day

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Backs up that teaser he posted last week. Hope it is Slaves and hope they do Leeds as well

Surely they’d have to move the Introducing and Pit stages as well as the 1Xtra? It’ll make one hell of a bottleneck if people are moving between the two banks of trees for every main stage changeover

I knew they’d draw that comparison off someone 😂 They’ll both appeal to a good number of people but they’re not exactly new and exciting! Joy Division will still go off mind

Please no, I literally had an hour-long kip in front of the main stage while they were on in 2019. I get why a lot of people like them but they’re very samey

You won’t regret it, they might look pricey but they are absolutely worth it! Found a video from Leeds 2019 this morning of me shovelling down a Yorkshire while watching Foo Fighters in the sun. I think life peaked that day

That roast dinner place is sensational, giant Yorkshire pudding with sausages, mash, mushy peas, gravy and veg for under a tenner is unreal after a few pints. That and the Chinese place that does 10 spring rolls for £4ish

Not really traditions but things like going to the arena early on and not leaving till the headliner has finished, supping bottles of wine in the arena rather than queuing for beer every two minutes, taking extra wine bottle caps for when the bars take them off you. A water for the arena this year in case there’s a water shortage like last year. On the topic of Berocca etc, I chuck mine in with my morning cider, wasting time otherwise!

Obviously far from the same circumstances as the Download Pilot but these bands were clearly itching to play it and most would probably jump at the chance to play R&L - if they were asked. I know Daniel P Carter curates the Pit but he must be under a tight budget

Yeah it’s obviously not aligned with the direction the festival is going in as a whole. If that and the FR go then it’ll be all over for me personally. The FR has had its moments over the years, Catfish in 2014 and Peace in 2019 were standouts for me but even Peace had a poor crowd as headliners against Twenty One Pilots, half full in Leeds. Catfish was as rammed as I’ve ever seen it when they were first breaking through with The Balcony, can’t say I’ve ever seen the Pit that full

Yeah it’s the most ‘indie’ day by far so it’s very strange. Obviously not many people would go to the arena especially for the smaller stages but it could encourage people to stay at camp if they don’t fancy the main stage acts. Killing off two guitar-based stages in one go with the FR/Pit amalgamation which is shit as well

It doesn’t bother me personally, every year there’s 30-35 acts I’d watch and this year’s no different. Historically the R1 has been my favourite stage but I doubt anyone’s festival is going to hinge on the existence of one stage. Less than a week to go, whoever anyone sees it’ll be belting

Spot on, the best things about the R1 were the atmosphere and the extra variety it offers vs the main stage. With no R1 and no Pit stage on the LG day it’s shit or bust for me that day so it’s a good job the lineups on the main stages are decent

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Ends the argument that R&L and Slam Dunk won’t be sharing acts this year. Opens the door to a load of acts which is nice

Love it when a plan comes together

Exactly mate, Rock n Roll Star into Morning Glory was a belting start. It looked unreal here:

You’d assume it’d be nailed on, the bloke barely ever changes his set! It’s the NHS free gig tonight isn’t it? Maybe he’s testing out some new live tracks

Fucked it after I said Rock n Roll Star was the song I was most looking forward to at the festival 😂

Unless an act actually gets Covid now we should be okay. Does the new double jab pinging rule apply to people from the US/Europe etc?

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