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Oh yeah?? In the know?

They are due to release their debut album this year. I agree it makes it weird for them to headline as a result but their status/hype (and the size of the shows they are booked to play) means they will headline (I think).

Sigur Ros are ruled out sadly as they are a U.K. exclusive elsewhere this summer.

Boygenius and Little Simz nailed on I think personally now. Third is a bit of a mystery… a sensible guess would probably be Bonobo or Jamie XX, but I’m hoping not

Thanks for the info! Do you know whether it’s definitely the case that YYYs are not in Europe until 25 August? Or is just the case that they are or could be in Europe before then but already scheduled shows/festivals at the same time as Paredes/Lowlands/Pukkelpop etc.

Artistic license haha I think Special Interest, Walkmen and Les Savy Fav will be there as well.

Little Simz for Paredes! Let’s go! She’s got to be doing this now.

My prediction is: Yeah Yeah Yeahs / Jamie XX / The Smile With the following possibilities for Thursday headliner/main stage subs and FO headliners: boygenius, Slowdive, Young Fathers, Walkmen, Little Dragon, Bonobo, Devo, Amyl & The Sniffers, Osees, Fever Ray, Goldfrapp, Caroline Polachek, Shame, Daughter, Self Esteem, Feist and John Cale.

I’ve put YYY’s “EU” tour poster below. I’m not sure they’d design it that way if they weren’t going to be announcing some additional EU/U.K. dates earlier on in August.

Love the effort! That all seems pretty realistic. With First Aid Kit, I’d heard somewhere that they were back in the U.K. in August to do their rescheduled Liverpool date and were going to tie that it with doing a “fest”. Then they were announced for South Facing, which I had assumed would be that “fest”. I guess they could be doing two though - don’t think South Facing is an exclusive. That second group looks strong. I’m personally hoping for Slowdive to pop up as well given they’re doing some festivals in Europe in August. But I doubt we’ll get Slowdive, Devo, Walkmen and Fever Ray - seems too good. Explosions in the Sky is an odd one for where they would play if they were booked again. They headlined Green Man a while back but obviously GM has grown a lot and they’ve probably got smaller in stature as well. It’s probably a bit awkward when you want to book a former headliner in a non-headlining spot! Hopefully some non-anglophone acts pop up as well. EDIT: Personally think Yeah Yeah Yeahs are nailed on. I think they’re due to announce some European/U.K. dates throughout August judging by their latest tour poster.

Re: The Smile, the reason I think they could be headlining this year is because one of the GM bookers has been liking Tom Skinner (the drummer)‘s recent tour/announcement posts on Twitter. He did much the same with Metronomy, Modern Nature and Beach House last year (liking their Twitter posts regarding new tours/albums), all of which played. Of course, there’s nothing to place them at GM at the moment other than this as they don’t appear to be active in August in Europe. This could all change, though…

I think Self Esteem is probably bigger than where I put her on my guess, but didn’t think about placings too much. I could see her higher up (potentially Thursday headliner) but not lower than where I put her. I believe GM were quite active in liking/sharing Simz’ content in the past. I think they had her on their IG story once. They follow her on insta/twitter. She’s massively popular in GM’s demographic. I take the point about the genre but don’t think it’s beyond the realms of possibility. She’s active this summer and GM is one of the few festivals she’s yet to do. There are 3 welsh acts above, but yeah, there will probably be one or two more on the initial announcement. I’m not familiar with many Welsh acts tbh.

My (probably slightly too optimistic) thoughts are currently below. I don’t think we’ll end up getting everyone in the second group but I think all are fairly likely.

Fri MS: Sigur Ros / Alvvays FO: Fever Ray Sat MS: Little Simz / John Cale FO: Osees Sunday MS: Yeah Yeah Yeahs / The Walkmen FO: Devo

Is Fred Again out of the question for GM? Booking Bicep last year suggests they’re capable of/interested in booking pretty huge dance acts.

I’ve not seen him before so can’t comment! I wouldn’t see him but I wouldn’t be totally against it as I quite like the variety an electronic act brings to the headliners. Yeah Iggy would be great. He’s on 6music a lot so I’m surprised he’s not done it before tbh. Maybe this year is the year! Agree that there are some great bands around at the right time this year already!

Staples Jr Singers added to Haldern Pop so that’s two festivals in Europe they’re doing early August. Hoping they stick around for GM!

Have been trying to keep the list below updated. It’s not comprehensive! The possibility of Devo and The Walkmen is pretty exciting imo. I’m not a mega fan of either (but like them) but neither have played in the U.K. for a long time as far as I’m aware. I think Devo last played in 2009 and The Walkmen in 2013 (including at EOTR, where they played 2nd down on the 2nd stage). *** Electric Picnic (1-3 Sep): Amyl & The Sniffers Canela Party (23-26 Aug): Les Savy Fav, Crack Cloud, Nilufer Yanya, Tropical Fuck Storm, Shame, Osees, Black Midi, Porridge Radio, Panda Bear & Sonic Boom Paredes de coura (16-19 Aug): Walkmen, Wilco, Fever Ray, Yin Yin, Les Savy Fav, Tropical Fuck Storm, Kokoroko Pstereo (18-19 Aug): Aurora, Protomartyr Flow Festival (13-15 Aug): Devo, Suede, Jockstrap, Polachek. Sziget (10-15 Aug) : Jamie XX, Moderat, Amyl and the Sniffers, The Comet is Coming, Los Bitchos, Kelly Lee Owens, Mall Grab We Out Here (10-14 Aug): Could in theory see anyone on the line up at GM (e.g. Black Midi, Sun Ra Arkestra, Cymande, Makaya McCraven, Wu-Lu, Moin etc.) Oya (8-12 Aug): Amyl and The Sniffers, Devo, Caroline Polachek, Jockstrap, Shygirl, Makaya McCraven Off Festival (4-6 Aug): Panda Bear & Sonic Boom, Off!, Melody's Echo Chambers, The Staples Jr. Singers, Gilla Band, Tropical Fuck Storm, Haru Nemuri and Big Joanie. All Together Now (4-6 Aug): Jamie XX, Iggy Pop, Lankum, Kelly Lee Owens, Daniel Avery Haldern Pop (3-5 Aug): Katy J Pearson, Comet is Coming, Golden Dregs and Sorry.

Struggle to get to many gigs these days due to work. Managed to see BCNR, Famous, Legss and O. though. At Green Man I saw: Kraftwerk, Beach House, Bicep, Charlotte Adigery & Bolis Pupul, Jenny Hval, WITCH, Cassandra Jenkins, Arooj Aftab, Ichiko Aoba, L’orchestra baobab, Sofia Kourtesis, Metronomy, Yves Tumour, Honeyglaze, Wunderhorse, Mandrake Handshake, BCUC, Mdou Moctar, Minyo Crusaders, Carwyn Ellis, TORRES, Deathcrash, Lemondaze, Blue Bendy, Tapir!, Mhaol, Katy J Pearson, Annie Hart, Donny Benet, John Francis Flynn, Lucy Gooch, Ural Thomas & The Pain, Bingo Fury, Jessie Buckley & Bernard Butler, James Yorkston and Naima Bock. Arooj Aftab, Charlotte Adigery & Bolis Pupul, Jenny Hval and Mdou Moctar were the highlights.

Great lists all round.

More for Paredes. I’ve been thinking Fever Ray would be a really cool FO booking, maybe as a headliner/after dark act. Like the new singles she’s released, new album out next year.

Walkmen nailed on!! Plus, I reckon Les Savy Fav are also a shoe in and I can’t wait. One of the best bands I’ve ever seen.

Finally saw BCNR post-Issac this evening at Bush Hall. Thought it was pretty average tbh and a bit disappointing. Think I saw @JHad in the crowd but didn’t spot you afterwards, hope you enjoyed!

Woah cool booking! First live show in a decade I think

I am eagerly awaiting this announcement as it usually comes prior to GM and gives a good indication of who to expert there. I’m hoping this is where Sigur Ros, Simz, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Pavement and/or The Walkmen turn up, plus some other nice smaller bands.