Yelo, the Parmiggiana
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1 hour ago, swelsbyuk said:
Okay, so, back onto predictions. and based on this year's picks, I'm going with:
Taylor Swift
Lewis Capaldi / Foals
Calvin Harris
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Stormzy
Billie Eilish / Halsey / Haim
Coldplay
(and a 20 per cent increase in ticket prices to pay for them all!)
Jesus Christ, that woud be weak and Nick Cave would be so out of context that you could rather put Cannibal Corpse in that position and the cringy feeling would stay the same.
I sure hope for two big headliners, but I definetely hope it won't be so pop and, I hate to say that cause it may sounds racist, british-oriented.
If we skip Taylor Swift, which is likely, and Stormzy (who I reckon is not an headliner outside of UK, but same went for The 1975 last year, so, actually, fuck me) and Lewis Capaldi, the thing is pretty cool with me.
Anyway, at the moment, I see no august festival releasing any name, so we are just throwing random bet so far.
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4 hours ago, Kusy said:
Festival organisers don't care either - by the time they will be bloody rich and retired.
Only here & now matters when it comes to music festivals nowdays.
4 hours ago, everest said:I will be probably too old for festivals in twenty years from now so I dont care haha
It is actually interesting, because in the last two to five years we saw that metal/rock festivals tend to propose a more of the same lineup (just compare the first announcement of Download, RaR and Nova Rock, the only surprise being truly represented by Kiss).
Those festivals tend to have a flat upper side of the bill and, on the other side, generally they provide little to do except the musical offer (compared to more generalist festivals as Glasto or Sziget) - so I was wondering, being a metalhead is it really just a matter of who picks that particular headiner that other combos does not have (Iron Maiden rather than Volbeat, i.e.), or is it for the undercards, or is it just a matter of which one is cheaper to get to?
May sound a little provocative, but I am just curious of how this will work out from a business point of view in the next ten years or so
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31 minutes ago, lighthouse said:
2002 called, they want their lineup back.
Really makes you think about what will it be of those festivals in twenty years from now when all the 80s-90s bands will be kind of gone
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2 hours ago, Jefferke said:
They played after Grinderman and before Black Eyed Peas, A-track played between the last 2 to cover the massive stage brake down and build up. Most of their set was in daylight and somebody in the audience used a laser to shine in the eyes of Bruce and co, which annoyed him very much.
So wait, it was something like
Nick Cave - A Trak - Iron Maiden - A Trak - Black Eyed Peas?
Jesus, that sounds painful
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32 minutes ago, Ken19 said:
I don’t think Herman will try it again. 2011 was not the most happy show from Iron Maiden. Such a shame, Herman has a very good relationship with the agent and management of Maiden.
If they are trying it again, they have to combine it with an other Metal headliner.
What happened in 2011? I only knew about Pukkelpop tragedy
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9 hours ago, gregory said:
Once it gets dark it's pretty easy to get a pint through the 2 security folks manning 30 meter wide entrances
A quick vacation in Warsaw thought me not to try to fuck polish cops (and cops-ish) up in Poland, especially if your polish starts and ends with Gin Dobre
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1 hour ago, lukatej said:
I was at Billie Eilish concert three months ago and even if she doesn't have enough material, the show took about 80 minutes, so everything is possible.
When you think that the interpret doesn't have material to fill the 90 minutes slot, always remember Lana Del Rey shooking hand with fans for 20 minutes!
Please I'm trying to go beyond that moment
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I went for an evergreen
Tame ImpalaBillie Eilish
Eminem
Red Hot Chilli Peppers
Foals
Gosh, if my tastes ain't goin mainstream lately
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19 minutes ago, Gnarler said:
Normally I'd say Taylor is out of their price range but with it being their 20th anniversary I imagine they put a bit of cash aside to bring in some heavy guns. I'm no expert but I imagine they didn't use all their artist budget on 2019's lineup.
Dont rely on this concept, think about Sziget 25th anniversary in 2017...
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5 minutes ago, NOS newbie said:
Swifty must be taking a good chunk out of Nos's budget. Will this result in lesser (cheap) acts to follow?.
Really enjoyed my first Nos experience this year - dispite the line up. Was looking to go back next year and hopefully see a bigger and better line up. TS is massive but not for me. May have to look elsewhere. Anyone recommend a similar,friendly,value for money European festival in the sun like Nos? Looking at Open'er festival at the mo
Probably Sziget (not so cheap anymore tho), Primavera and Mad Cool
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11 hours ago, swelsbyuk said:
I'd be more surprised if we didn't get her tbh.
In recent years they've always had a huge female headliner, from Florence to Dua Lipa to Rihanna to Pink. Tbh, if they don't get either Taylor, Ariana or Miley this year I'm struggling to think who it could be.
Not sure Billie Eilish is big enough or has enough material, I'd be surprised if Beyoncé was solo touring and Gaga is pretty quiet at the moment too.
I'd be really keen to Billie Eilish, or if really we have to pick someone else, I'd go for Beyoncé (big as Ed Sheeran) or Miley Cyrus (surprising set at Glasto).
I honestly hope and believe that they won't follow that unbalanced way of making the lineup: Sziget can't go for artsists big as Ed Sheeran without compromising the rest of the lineup (this year provided a proof in this sense, having more budget but gathering 30k less than in 2018), and the fact that they sold out - if I'm correct - that only day of 7 of festival, should make them think about the overall appealling of the other days and the combination to promote the 3 days ticket.
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5 minutes ago, micvet said:
RW saved!
Taylor Swift at Werchter Boutique
Bullet dodged, IMO
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45 minutes ago, festivalguy97 said:
Taylor Swift at Nos Alive.
Can´t believe it´s not SOAD.
Yep I downvoted you because it clearly seemed like a troll in action, but - damn - sometimes it really is stranger than fiction...
Sorry bud ❤️
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13 minutes ago, everest said:
SOAD will probably tour only in June/July
Quote on this, but I'd take it 100% if there was a chance
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41 minutes ago, Red Day said:
We are excited to announce the first of many shows in Europe next year. First up is our return to Finland for Provinssi on the 25th of June. Tickets on sale now: provinssi.fi/liput.
Are SOAD a potential headliner ?
Too heavy for NOS, I reckon? (I mean they had NIN and ATDI in 2018, but yet SOAD are load bigger and more commercial, aint em?)
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SOAD just announced for Provinssi in Finalnd (25-27 june), so, yeah, what about that
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1 hour ago, OllieR said:
Who do people think will headline the a38 stage?
Apparently that is not a defined status any more, since 2018 and 2019 editions put some weird names in that spot (Anna of the North, Black Mountain / Khruangin against Idles, Lemaitre): although usually the biggest non-electronic names are playing at 23.45 slot
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10 hours ago, lighthouse said:
Ow, that's too bad!
I think they need the darkness even more with their new lightshow.
Yes, they do.
I was at that gig in Madrid 18 and I wasn't impressed that much (not knowing them that well), so I went without a single tear shed to the other stage waiting for Pearl Jam, and I was kind of sure I was okay with that experience and Tame Impala was just not my kind of band.
Than I saw King Gizzard and the Wizard Lizard at Sziget the very same year and I was like "mmmmmh maybe with a better setting..."
And then I saw on youtube the live at Glasto this year and I was pretty sure I watched a different band playing a different show.
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38 minutes ago, swelsbyuk said:
Green Day announcing a tour later today with Fall Out Boy and Weezer. Be interesting to see the dates and if it comes to Europe or not - we could get all three?
Off topic, but is Tame Impala a big act in Europe? I see them mentioned quite a lot on here as a potential headliner and always think WTF? I find them quite boring and most of my friends in the UK haven't got a clue who they are.
For what concern GD, I reckon it should be a stadium tour - that would kick them all out of the window. Or am I wrong?
IMO, Tame Impala is an act the size of The National: not properly pure headliner material, but it lends itself well to the duty - what I mean is that a festival opts for a strong undercard orientation, or it is not a major one, or simply looks for a relatively-cheap (but efficient in terms of critical acclaim) name, Tame Impala pops up.
For what concerns them being boring, I suggest you to stop spotify and go watching their set at Glasto this year: I was not impressed when I saw them live at MC '18 (both because they played in daylight/sunset, both because I was waiting for Pearl Jam on the other stage), but with their right setting they are just mindblowing.
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11 hours ago, OllieR said:
Foals, daft punk, chemical brothers and Taylor swift seem most likely out of these
Daft Punk is wishful thinking, I'll cut it off the bucket list.
Coldplay/Blur, Foals and Chems are viable and that is reasonable: if they are also able to substitute the crap EDM night with Chemical Brothers I believe everybody will be damn damn happy
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32 minutes ago, #1SzigetFan said:
I guess they want it because I don't think they want to repeat 2017 when they had
P!nk with Billy Talent as sub
Wiz Khalifa / Biffy Clyro
Kasabian / PJ Harvey
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
The Chainsmokers
Major Lazer with Two Door Cinema Club subbing
Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike with alt-J subbing
...and they didn't sell too well because they had only P!nk as "wow" factor & you can see Macklemore + those DJs almost yearly and almost everywhere.
Still having nightmares about that day I woke up in Dallas, Texas expecting Eminem to be announced and I got The Chainsmokers...
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37 minutes ago, swelsbyuk said:
2019 was our first Sziget and we enjoyed it very much. So much so that we are considering going back next year. However, while we were at the festival we got speaking to two or three sets of other Brits (all of which were first time visitors) and none of them seemed overly impressed with the whole thing.
Issues ranged from difficulties getting in and out of the festival (poor public transport), the crowd being a lot younger and rowdier than expected, the price of food, the crowds at Ed etc.....the list goes on.
As I say, we enjoyed it but just wondered if this year was a good example of what the festival is usually like?
It is a good example of what the festival turnt to be: the management choices and the focus on headliners attracted a younger and more-casual crowd and that caused problems of over-crowding in few days and under-crowding in some others (compare Ed to the 1975 days) and the crowd being over all more flat (at least compared to years back); at the same time life inside the festival is getting always more expensive: I paid 10 euros for a pre-packed sandwich - I can have a full lunch of 2-3 courses in Budapest with 10 euros.
One more point needed to be pointed out is that since 2017, when EU cut the roaming costs on GB, the festival became IG-intense, meaning that always more influencer or wannabes come just for the stories, the pictures so on and so forth, kind of ruining the atmospher
So yeah, I guess those are the last years before Sziget just reach the full Coachellization; the festival changed a lot in the last 5 years, massively I dare to say, but it is still worth a visit - I won't tell it will always be worth a visit, but I assume we still have an handful of years to enjoy before it turns to just "another big fest"
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3 hours ago, OllieR said:
My predictions
Headliners
tame impala
george Ezra
Travis scott
Biffy clyro
killers
calvin Harris
lorde
Billie Eilish
foals
Also performing maybe;
Vampire weekend, snow patrol, elbow, Lewis capaldi, Tom Walker, Becky hill, editors, bears den, vaccines.
You name all likely names, but yet I reckon this lineup of headliners would be too unbalanced. This being said:
Tame Impala
Killers (or some other big rock band)
Calvin Harris
Billie Eilish + Foals
Lorde + Biffy Clyro
Travis Scott
Another one big name (as George Ezra is not touring)
Is a likely lineup. So let us wait and see
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9 minutes ago, Ken19 said:
Herman will never be in doubt about Pearl Jam. Best selling act they can book from the last years. Their day is always sold out, a pearl jam fan spends a lot of money at the festival, their fans are very loyal.
they build their summer tour always around 2 things: Rock Werchter and the Ziggo Dome. The other promotors in Europe are knowing that.
But at This moment, Pearl Jam is an option to tour in Europe but not certain yet. That will be more clear in the next weeks.
16 hours ago, BlackFoxx said:The Strokes/Foals/Vampire Weekend
Bon Iver/Tame Impala/Modest Mouse
Pearl Jam/The National/Pixies
The Black Keys/Royal Blood/The Raconteurs
So we can say that
A] Pearl Jam is not the correct name in the quoted list, but IF, and only if, they will actually be touring in Europe in Summer 2020, their presence as headliner is close to be a no-brainer
B] My money on Tame Impala, but I believe we gonna get at least Foals, Vampire Weekend and Bon Iver too (if touring), with Foals and VW being sub-headliners (so third down) and Bon Iver headliner
Sziget 2020
in overseas festivals
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Well, xenophobic is the right word, but yet something I don't want to be pulled over me, so don't misunderstand me!
I might understimate the growth of Stormzy in the last years, but for what concerns me, 2018 he was second slot down on Sziget Main Stage (and mostly first slot on main stage or middle slot in on secondary stage on other non-UK festivals) and one year later he is headlining the most important festival in the world. So, yeah, either I am understimating the artist or it is the grime scene that is super active in England and Michael Eavies just rode the wave.
Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed him in 2018, it's a good show and he's an good performer, but maybe it is too soon as headliner with only one LP released 3 years ago. I'd say much depends on how well will the second album be received.
For what concern Nick Cave, I'm saying that he would sound odd in that lineup, not that he would sound odd as a pick (although is a bet on Sziget's demographic, nowadays). The National would be an odd name in that line up as well, but given the presence of Florence and Foo Fighters last year, they found a suitable context (although IMHO it was totally fucked up that there was Post Malone between them and Flo - however I understand that creating a lineup is hard and The National were a last minute).
I say that if Sziget gets Coldplay and Billie (would fill better with a co-headiner and Halsey is a good shout) and put them close in days (to sell 3-days ticket) that would be ace for the business, and I reckon that as a concrete chance.
Coldplay + Taylor Swift unbalance the whole formula in two directions, imo: we saw the first one this year - you invest a huge slice of your budget on two artists and the rest of the line up risks to be mediocre; the second one is that you put the last nail on genre's variety's coffin, having the two biggest names blinking at the same fanbase, you risk to cut off a whole parte of the audience that in the last years has been amused by names the like of Foo Fighters and Gorillaz
Sorry for the wall of text!