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  2. Lineup 2018

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    I think FOB were OK. Not my preferred booking either but comes Sunday and they will look like an amazing headliner compared to KOL...

    Re crowd size for Post, it was definitely smaller than for Gallagher last year. I stopped for 2 songs out of curiosity while walking to the Pit and there was plenty of room in front of the bar which was rammed last year for LG. Btw, Post's fans pretty much destroyed it for Creeper, terrible atmosphere in the front full of people chatting and ignoring the music. :-/ 

    Attendance for both FOB & WA was heavily impacted by the rain and cold, R1 tent being at best half full only

  3. Lineup 2018

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    3 hours ago, rivalschools.price said:

    After spending the last 6 months wingeing how bad the lineup is ,I now find myself struggling to keep up with all the bands I want to see.

    Wow,Friday alone has BMTH,Fever 333,Front Bottoms,Royal Republic, La Dispute,The Used and Death from Above before wandering around FOB and Wolf Alice

    CAN NOT WAIT

    If any of you hear me moaning next year, please tell me to shut up.(I’ll probs go on a 5min rant on how bad the line up is but please ignore me)

    I still think the line-up is weak. I don't care about the headliners / main stage but the smaller stages (including R1) are much weaker for me compared to the past. I agree it turned up OKish in the end (especially Fri with the names you mentioned ;-) but it's rather a luck. R1 is much more mainstream pop and Pit/FR stage is getting more smaller acts, making it a bit like BBC Introducing. This doesn't mean the bands are bad though, just makes it less immediately appealing and requires much more cherrypicking. I would say Pit is a good example, comparing this year and e.g. 2015...

    Anyway, enjoy festival everyone!

  4. Lineup 2018

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    29 minutes ago, JSmurphy said:

    I was glancing through the previous years' posters for ideas to use in a 2019 prediction and was thinking about the best headline set I've seen. I'd go for:

    Foals
    Queens of the Stone Age
    Metallica
    Paramore
    Biffy Clyro (2016)
    Red Hot Chilli Peppers
    Arctic Monkeys
    Disclosure
    Fall Out Boy
    Eminem
    blink-182
    The Libertines

    I didn't count Green Day or Kasabian because I missed parts of their sets but from what I saw they both looked good. 

    Yours?

    My top5 is:
    Foos 2012
    Green Day
    Biffy 2013
    MCHR
    Muse 2011

    QOTSA and Metallica were pretty good too

     

  5. Lineup 2018

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    Posted · Edited by Ferda

    On 7. 4. 2018 at 1:10 AM, UndergroundSound said:

    Anyone been to rock am ring? I'm seriously considering going this year.

    I am regular to Rock im Park, a sister fest (like Leeds to Reading). Park is at Nurnberg's city park while Ring is at race track in central Germany = more complicated logistics. Apart from location, the only major difference is curfew which is 3 am at Ring vs. ~midnight in Park.

    It's a brilliant festival. Happy to share more of interested/relevant

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  6. Lineup 2018

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    FYI - new additions to Rock am Ring /Park:

     PVRIS, Antilopen Gang, Seasick Steve, Nothing More, Andrew W.K., 6ix9ine, Mantar, Don Broco, Thy Art is Murder, Scarlxrd, Giant Rooks und The Night Game 

    I guess it makes all US bands announced unlikely for RandL

  7. Lineup 2018

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    Hi guys, crowd-sourcing question. Any interesting new names on the line-up? I go every year and most exciting for me are the new discoveries on the small stages. However, it's getting harder to find out the ones worth watching with NME debacle and lack of other sources covering new interesting/alternative music. Any recommendations this year (bar Dance stage, not my cup of tea ;-)?

    Thanks, appreciated!

  8. Lineup 2018

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    1 hour ago, Jurgen said:

    Anyone know when Rock am Ring might sell out? May as well try salvage summer.

    March/April

    Much better line-up. Rock im Park (sister fest) is based in Nurnberg, similar set up as Reading if you prefer city based fest. RaR is at a race track, so just a camping but with massive non-stop party ;-)

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    1 hour ago, Bisque said:

    Aren't Sum 41 awful live? Not seen them myself but friends have not rated them & when they were popular about 15 years ago they mimed on TV.

    They're OKish. Not the best live band around but much better than KOL tbh. They were pretty good when they came back from the hiatus in 2015/16 but somehow underwhelming when I saw them last year. Anyway, one of the more interesting acts announced.

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    RaR/RiP 2nd anouncement is out:

    Alexisonfire, Andy Frasco, Avatar , Babymetal, Baroness, Bausa, Beth Ditto, Chase & Status, Gurr, Heisskalt, Jonathan Davis, Kreator, Mavi Phoenix, Milliarden, Moose Blood, Muse, Pop Evil, Shinedown, Snow Patrol, Starcrawler, Taking Back Sunday, The Bloody Beetroots, The Neighbourhood, Thursday, Vitalic, Yungblud

    I guess Snow Patrol and Chase & Status can be relevant? Can't see US bands staying until late summer in Europe...

  13. Lineup 2018

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    On 10/31/2017 at 11:56 PM, KingPin said:

    You're forgetting that some bands are of different size on the continent and vice versa, not everything over here is big over there, and a lot of stuff over there is much much bigger than over here (a good example of this is Volbeat, who are huge on the continent, easily headlining the likes of RAR, yet will be lucky to get 2nd stage headliner/3rd down main at Download).

    I see your point but I was commenting both from comparison vs last year (when Green Day, SOAD, LP, Arcade Fire, Blink and Foos were available) and from headliners relevance on the continent perspective. To provide more context - Gorillaz are struggling to sell out 5-7k capacity places (e.g., Hamburg still available) on the current tour in Germany. 30STM were absolutely pitiful in 2013, playing to the smallest headliner crowd I have ever seen. Limp Bizkit were playing against them to a completely packed Arena stage... I can't see them being more relevant in 2017 unless their new album is a huge hit. RaR/RiP demographics is closer to Download than Reading so I guess Jared's movie achievements don't count ;-)

    Anyway, I think booking Gorillaz (and also 30stm to certain extent) is a great move as their pool of potential headliners will expand. They will sell out regardless, strong undercards will help too.

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    11 minutes ago, Will-2609 said:

    Metallica have cancelled their European tour next Summer so they could have been supposed to headline over 30STM.

    Could have been the case. They announced the lineup 2 wks later than usually

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    7 hours ago, Muppetmark said:

    30stm are huge in germany, they headlined in 2013 

    I guess RaR/RiP struggles with headliners tbh (FF played 2 yrs ago, 30stm are rather weak and gorillaz are a gamble). 30stm got pitiful reception in 2013. No one really cared, the smallest crowd I have ever seen for a headliner. Imagine 30stm headlining Download...

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