Jump to content

Damon

Member
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    152

  • Joined

  • Last visited

  • Days Won

    1

 Content Type 

Posts posted by Damon

  1. All Points East Festival 2020

    in other UK festivals

    Posted

    2 hours ago, daviddaviddaviddavid said:

    I've wanted to go for a few years, it looks amazing doesn't it. Tied a holiday with my girlfriend in around it - a few days at a beach, staying in the village its in, then more beaches. It's not too far from Palermo, an hour to Cefalu (where i'm staying first) then I think 30 odd minutes to where it's located. Looking at last year they have loads of shuttle buses and things. 

    Yeah it looks great! I'll look into this for next year maybe, already in Italy this year and doing Prima in Barcelona and trying for Glasto!

  2. All Points East Festival 2020

    in other UK festivals

    Posted

    4 hours ago, daviddaviddaviddavid said:

    There is absolutely someone who can't be announced yet. 

    I'm going to Ypsigrock in Sicily this year and they said they are not allowed to announce yet. I still feel if it was AF they'd be doing Primavera or be announced for something else by now. 

    Ypsigrock looks great, but I've heard it's a bit of a pig to get to, how easy is it? Are you staying for a holiday or just the fest?

    Basically tell me all about it! 😂

  3. Nick Cave

    in Chat

    Posted

    30 minutes ago, Damon said:

    For any fans of Nick Cave, his latest book "Stranger than Kindness" is on rough trade as a signed deluxe version, limited to 450 copies, the normal edition is also on sale there, the deluxe edition has already sold out on the official website.

    For any book fans!

    Never mind this has sold out already!

  4. Nick Cave

    in Chat

    Posted

    1 minute ago, FloorFiller said:

    Every once in a while I’ll check seetickets in the hope that standing tickets for his Manchester show have sold out and so I won’t be tempted to buy one, but nope, still on sale. That’s a bit of a sad state of affairs really, but if I just happen to have an extra £70 to spare I’ll be bang on it (or possibly just wait until nearer the time in hope that somebody can’t shift a ticket and has to sell for a much lower price).

    I was looking at Leeds last night and will be going if i can get my only friend who likes Nick Cave to commit!

    19 minutes ago, Gilgamesh69 said:

    £80 though! 😬

    I'm a sucker for an overpriced limited run of signed merch! 😫

  5. Nick Cave

    in Chat

    Posted

    For any fans of Nick Cave, his latest book "Stranger than Kindness" is on rough trade as a signed deluxe version, limited to 450 copies, the normal edition is also on sale there, the deluxe edition has already sold out on the official website.

    For any book fans!

  7. 2020 headliners

    in Chat

    Posted

    5 minutes ago, utwothefly said:

    A lot of love for the strokes here, saw them way back and they are the worst band I’ve ever seen live. Like most of you I’ve seen over 200 bands and artists and they were really disappointing. Anyway I’d give them a second go... 

    Currently listening to them and forgot how good some of the tracks actually are, seeing them at Prima this year so hoping they put on a performance, I've heard they're hit and miss!

  8. 2020 headliners

    in Chat

    Posted

    2 minutes ago, FloorFiller said:

    Although Emily has claimed that they've picked acts off a higher shelf for the Other Stage headliners this year soo...*

     

    * Still don't think it is gonna be them. Just sayin'.

    Blondie are doing a festival in the states in May, are they still big enough? I'd see them in a heartbeat!

  12. Primavera Sound 2020

    in overseas festivals

    Posted

    20 minutes ago, MrTobs said:

    Damon Albarn just announced two other European gigs for his 'The Nearer the Fountain, More Pure the Stream Flows' project on 10th and 12th June. He already has gigs lined up from 17th May to 1st June. 

    Surprised he's not in the Primavera line-up, he's perfoming with a 25-person-orchestra, so that'd be something truly special. Maybe a secret set?

    I'd be all over that!

  13. Green Man 2020

    in other UK festivals

    Posted

    12 minutes ago, benali said:

    If you go to GM it's definitely worth doing Settlers and exploring the local area. There's a load of mountains to climb, caves, beautiful river walks, great pubs. Then there's the evening entertainment on site and various other activities to add. 

    Going from a week at GM makes the 4 days at EOTR seem too short. 

    If you can only get to one and have a family then it's GM. If you just want to watch a stupid amount of good bands from noon to 2am then it's EOTR.

    Both are just brilliant festivals. 

    It would just be a couple, would be brilliant if dogs were welcome!

    The end of the road line up is brilliant, I’ll hold out to see what green man looks like as I’m already at primavera and a lot of the acts are there also, if they pull yeah yeah yeahs in it may sway me as I need to catch them somewhere!

  14. All Points East Festival 2020

    in other UK festivals

    Posted

    14 minutes ago, Dales said:

    To be honest i don't know much about him either, but judging by the comments on here I assume he is really popular and so would be a ticket shifter. Although, there is nothing in their previous bookings to suggest they would book him but with only 2 years under its belt and a varied selection of headliners they might. However, I would have thought Wireless & Love Box would be after him more then APE.

    I’d say wireless is more rap/grime focused, he’d be perfect for lovebox but they already have their headliners!

  18. All Points East Festival 2020

    in other UK festivals

    Posted

    2 hours ago, Dales said:

    But APE dates don't sell out anyway and most don't even come close. Out of the 12 dates they have had so far, only The Strokes & Nick Cave have sold out. They are known for giving tickets away not selling them.

    I can't see Kwarftwerk or Tame Impala selling out either, so maybe they need to re-think their headliners and try to get some more popular names. I think this year they need at least one marquee headliner (i.e the only one with a chance of selling out).

    I know next to nothing about The Courteeners, so dont know if they would sell well or not but I suspect that an indie/rock day would sell well in London.

     

    Think Frank Ocean would sell out? I’m surprised there has been no more dates announced other than Coachella. 
     

    I think off rarity and exclusivity alone he would sell out an APE day.

  20. Green Man 2020

    in other UK festivals

    Posted

    23 hours ago, raikeswood said:

    Someone on the EOTR forum wanted to know about the differences between GM and EOTR, so I knocked this up in a bit of a hurry. I'm posting here too, for discussion.

    OK, here goes, a quick personal EOTR/GM comparison as someone who goes to both festivals. 

    • Surroundings, outside of the site itself. Both great, but Green Man wins here. The mountains and the town of Crickhowell within walking distance.
    • The site itself. EOTR wins here for the Garden Stage and the Woods alone.
    • Food. Score draw.
    • Beer. Both excellent, but EOTR wins here purely because the good stuff is more spread out across the site not just in one place. The queues at The Courtyard at GM can be off-putting.
    • Main Stage: The Mountain Stage at GM wins here.
    • Second Stage: No competition. The Garden Stage at EOTR is magnificent.
    • Tented Stage: Green Man wins here for open sides.
    • Camping: Score draw.
    • Car Parking: The walk from Orange Car Park at GM is grim, so EOTR gets the points.
    • People: Similar but different. Green Man has more families. So the points depend on your attitude to that.
    • Comedy and Literature: Much more a thing at Green Man.
    • Local community involvement: Easy win for Green Man.
    • Music: Look at the lineup and decide for yourself. It's a personal thing.

    Also, has anyone here got anything to add who's done both?

    Pros and Cons of both? Likelihood is I'll go off the line up and green man is geographically closer as I'm north east England!

    Also never visited Wales!

  21. Green Man 2020

    in other UK festivals

    Posted

    18 hours ago, lessthanwill1 said:

    2 of my top 5 wishlist (Angel Olsen and Richard Dawson) have gone but Bat For Lashes, Jenny Hval and Bikini Kill are still in the running. 

    Headliners I’m not sure now. Thought Pixies were nailed on. Caribou is the only one I’m sure about. Mac Demarco looks like the next most likely given he’s playing at Paredes. As @dentaIpIan mentioned a while back, Michael Kiwanuka is at Latitude which makes him unlikely for GM as they don’t often share acts high up the bill. 

    Other possibilities?
    - Sleater Kinney would be awesome but I’m not totally convinced they would headline (you can still buy tickets for their Brixton show for example) - would love it though!
    - I’ve had a suspicion that Yeah Yeah Yeahs would headline based on nothing other than the fact GM started following them on twitter shortly after last year’s festival. Nothing to suggest that they’ll be in Europe over the summer though but they are active in the US.
    - Iggy Pop maybe an outside bet as well - active in Europe a couple of weeks before GM. 
     

    Hoping there are some more unusual bookings: Les Savy Fav, Bauhaus, Duster, Explosions in the Sky would be really great bookings for example. 

     

    I'm the one who was asking about both EOTR and GM, but if GM pulled the yeah yeah yeahs in then that would tempt me!

  22. 2020 Line-up Thread

    in End of the Road

    Posted

    31 minutes ago, raikeswood said:

    OK, here goes, a quick personal EOTR/GM comparison as someone who goes to both festivals. 

    • Surroundings, outside of the site itself. Both great, but Green Man wins here. The mountains and the town of Crickhowell within walking distance.
    • The site itself. EOTR wins here for the Garden Stage and the Woods alone.
    • Food. Score draw.
    • Beer. Both excellent, but EOTR wins here purely because the good stuff is more spread out across the site not just in one place. The queues at The Courtyard at GM can be off-putting.
    • Main Stage: The Mountain Stage at GM wins here.
    • Second Stage: No competition. The Garden Stage at EOTR is magnificent.
    • Tented Stage: Green Man wins here for open sides.
    • Camping: Score draw.
    • Car Parking: The walk from Orange Car Park at GM is grim, so EOTR gets the points.
    • People: Similar but different. Green Man has more families. So the points depend on your attitude to that.
    • Comedy and Literature: Much more a thing at Green Man.
    • Local community involvement: Easy win for Green Man.
    • Music: Look at the lineup and decide for yourself. It's a personal thing.

    Thanks! I can see you put some time in to that!

    The site comparison is really drawing me in, and the fact it's less family orientated as we would attend as a couple. Can't think of anything better than stumbling around some pretty woods after a night of great music!

    I'm more for the music, but heard EOTR had a cinema section, I love film so would be interested in that also!

    The line up looks great and I'm also attending Prima this year, so would give me a chance to see people I'd otherwise miss!

×
×
  • Create New...