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I could be interested in going to one of these... I'm not sure if the dates and venues have been announced yet? I can't find anything online other than the towns / cities he's playing. Any ideas of what it will be like? I know Phil has a couple of solo albums, so will the songs be from those records? Will it be a solo show, or will he have a touring band? It could be a fun evening.

I think The 1975 are booked for this.

They could get booked, there's just not that many slots they'd fit really. I'd imagine they'd headline the Sounds tent, or sub Obelisk.

Yes, someone on the TRNSMT thread is supposedly in the know. This was posted on twitter a few weeks ago: Mezhyp1, who has 7,000+ posts said that none of the headliners are correct. Here's the post:

Florence touring next year in Northern Ireland at the end of June. Will we get her at Latitude next year? There were lots of her tour posters around the site this year, could be an indication that she's booked.

We'll have to see if Arcade Fire get booked for festivals next year. If they are, I assume they'll be at places like Primavera. I saw them in Manchester, and they were fantastic. If they were booked, I'd see them again. Obviously the allegations might mean they stop touring after this year, but I think there's a good chance that they will just carry on. I'm not sure about Gorillaz. They've already toured quite a few festivals this year, and done a show at APE. I don't think they have any shows announced for next year either, so they might be taking a break for a bit. There's also some rumours of a Blur reunion in either '23 or '24, so Damon could switch his focus to that for a bit.

I remember when Melvin said (talking about 2021's headliners) they were all first time headliners. They obviously weren't as Post Malone had headlined in 2019. Also said that there was only one headliner carried over from 2020, when there was actually two, with Liam and Stormzy. He must of been on some substances during that interview, he hasn't got a clue what's going on these days. https://www.nme.com/news/music/reading-leeds-festival-boss-2021-line-up-tickets-testing-melvin-benn-interview-2739191

I'm a big fan of Maruja. Had a great moment with seeing one of their songs live. They were supporting Enola Gay who I kind of lost interest in between buying tickets and going, but I still went anyway. I'd not listened to any of their music before seeing them so during the song "Tao" my opinion went from: "this isn't too bad" to "this is actually great" and then finally during the saxaphone break in the song to "holy shit! This is one of the best things I've heard all year!" If you're not familiar with them, and especially the song Tao, you should give them a listen as I think they're great, and they were awesome live.

Now that everyone has got back, the thought of next years line-up has already crossed my mind a few times. It will be interesting to see where the festival will go next, and what kind of bookings they'll make. I had a great time at Latitude this year, and one of the things I realised was that as long as I had a good headliner option each night, I was happy. I saw two incredible headline sets in the BBC Sounds tent this year, Phoebe Bridgers and Groove Armada. Although it's unlikely that all three headliners will be to my taste, there will most likely be something else on that I'll be interested in seeing. I'm sure we'll get one or two dud headliners next year, but they'll provide us with some decent options to combat that. It won't stop me getting my hopes up though, as that's just the rollercoaster of emotions that is the Latitude forum. If I had to make a prediction, I'd go with: George Ezra / Florence + the Machine / Pet Shop Boys It would be a pretty big set of headliners, but I think it would sell well, and help solidify their reputation as a top UK festival.

Merch as in the programmes etc? I'm not sure, I haven't bought one. They often get printed a while before the festival so I think the app is the best bet, as it'll get updated during the festival. The clashfinder in the app isn't great in my opinion, as it's in alphabetical order, and you can't see much of it at once, so I'll be selecting my favourite acts and using it as a daily running order. It's a bit annoying that they got all three pieces of information on the schedule wrong. Set length, start, and end time. We assumed that they'd got at least one right, and that being start time. So the fact that they didn't get any right is disappointing to say the least.

They've started to update the schedule, and a lot of the start times are wrong which is really shit, so unless the clashfinder gets updated, please don't use it. Thanks, and have a great weekend all.

Had a great breakfast on the way here from Two Magpies, thanks for the recommendation!

Got a response from my Twitter message. If it's updated while I'm still here, I'll have a crack at it. But if it gets updated after I leave I won't be able to do anything about it. The clashfinder will be open to edits, so if you're heading down a bit later than me, it would be great if you could make a few changes to get it as accurate as possible. Thanks! I'm able to find the start time on the artist A-Z on the website, but I can't find the end times for any. I'm not sure if they're listed unless anyone can find them?

I've been trying to update the clashfinder by coming up with reasonable set lengths for each act. It's very hard, and I'm starting to go insane. If anyone wants to have a go at it, feel free. Do they not realise the schedule is incorrect? We're heading down tomorrow evening, so if it's not updated by then, it will have to stay how it is unfortunately. I'll leave it open to edits, so if you've got an account you can have a play with it and try and get it as accurate as possible.

Yeah, I need to get round to updating it. I'll be able to do it tonight. I was waiting to see if they were going to update it, as most acts are somewhat incorrect. Here there's three acts listed at the same time under the Comedy Arena, which is obviously incorrect as you can't have more than one act on at once. In the screenshot, the BBC Sounds has a clash as well, and they also need to account for changeover time with bands. I'll be updating it later, and I'll assume they've at least got the starting time right, which seems sensible for all bar a few but oh well. I'll look at the previous year's changeover time for each stage and assume they're keeping the same amount of time this year. It won't be perfect but it'll definitely be better than the app at the moment. Hopefully they get round to fixing during the next day or so. I have no idea how they haven't realised already, or how it got past any pre-launch checks. But if it gets updated too late e.g. during the festival, I won't be able to make any changes then.

I've heard some people have been able to print them off. I think you have to go in your Ticketmaster account, rather than them emailing it to you.

They're sort of out right now, but there's so many mistakes that it's not worth looking at. But if you go into the app, and then click schedule, there's a square on the left hand side of the orange strip at the top, where it says the days. That's where the schedule with the stage times is, and then you can click the days at the top and then scroll around to see clashes. Hopefully they get it fixed soon, as there's so many mistakes that it's a real pain trying to work out who clashes with who.

I think this happened last year as well, I don't understand how they can be so poor at this sort of stuff, they'll have had ages to check over it and make sure it's right. I think the start times are probably correct, but the ending times are definitely wrong on a lot of acts. They need to order the stages correctly as well. If they fix it soon, I'll try and get a clashfinder done tonight.

The map and schedule are now live on the app, although the schedule is definitely incorrect in parts. The stages are alphabetical when they should be size order, and some acts on the same stage overlap or have very small changeover times.

I'm not sure what time the schedule will be released, but they tweeted this out last night which officially confirms a few things, including the absence of James Arthur.

Talking of PVA, they're playing The Outpost on Saturday night. I've managed to catch them since they cancelled last year, when they were supporting Dry Cleaning. I actually didn't rate them much, and I like a lot of their stuff. They opened with 20 minutes of unreleased stuff, before playing a couple of released ones. However they skipped their most played song, which is the one which helped them get to where they are. It seems to be a trend with new post punk bands refusing to play their popular stuff, and I'm not a fan. I'm not sure what time they'll be on, but if they're on after the headliners, I'll probably head down there after Groove Armada and give them a second chance.

Yeah, they had a mini poster for 2021, with Capaldi, Bastille, First Aid Kit and Snow Patrol on. Only got announced that three out of four had pulled out until they released the updated poster. I think they were still selling tickets during this time which is a bit cheeky, but if they didn't have anyone to announce after they pulled out, there's not much they could do. They were quite good at announcing who had pulled out and who was replacing them last year, if you had signal and could access their Twitter. I didn't get a drop of data last year, which caused me to leave The Snuts early to get a good spot for PVA, only to get there and realise that they weren't playing. If anyone from any festival, and especially Latitude is reading this, take notes. You should have a board near the enterance to the Arena where you write down any line-up changes, drop outs, replacements, changes to the schedule or whatever. Especially at festivals which don't have consistent signal, but it should be the norm for all. Otherwise I'm looking at a printed programme, a clashfinder which doesn't get updated during the festival, or the app which isn't recieving signal so isn't getting the changes. If it wasn't for my mate who could get a little signal, I'd have turned up to a non existent Arlo Parks set, and I'd have left Chemical Brothers early to watch the end of Fontaines, only to be greeted by Sleaford Mods who I have zero interest in. I know I'm moaning a bit, but it's a simple addition that could save a few people from turning up to see people who aren't going to be there. It would be especially useful last year and this, where there was, and there's likely to be more replacements than usual. But yeah, we'll see tomorrow what they do with announcing replacements. I wouldn't be surprised if they just quietly replaced them, or adjusted the schedule to fill the gap they created, without making too much of a fuss. Especially with the acts that are missing from the app on the Sunrise. I expect James Arthur to get an announcement though. Something to note about the acts missing from the app on the Sunrise, is that they were all added to the the line-up fairly recently. They were all added without any real announcement, except the artists announcing it themselves and Latitude retweeting it. It feels a bit odd that they were adding quietly, and they've now been removed quietly.

What's the chance of Bruce doing some gigs in the north west next year? Would be great to see him, but the current dates don't work for me.

I had a quick look on the app, trying to spot any changes, and I found a few: James Arthur cancelled, as mentioned above. lozeak missing from the app. Charlie Hickey missing from the app. Been Stellar missing from the app. Also realised Wet are no longer playing, I think they got replaced by Been Stellar but it looks like they might not be playing anymore. The amount of names on the Obelisk is a bit weird at the moment with James Arthur cancelling. We've got 8 on the Friday, 6 on the Saturday, and 7 on the Sunday. I presume they'll try and find a replacement for James Arthur, at the moment they aren't really saying much, and they're not bothering to update the poster which is mildly infuriating. They also confirmed that the map will be added onto the app on Friday, but I don't imagine they'll be much change from last year.

It's going to be like an assault course trying to get down the front for Modest Mouse and Tribes.