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chrisplowman

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  1. Yeah first year in a long time I won’t be going.
     

    Considering a Friday ticket for Future Islands and Khruangbin but even then I’ll probably see if I can pick up a cheap resale rather than rush now.

  2. Yeah, a big populist headliner on the main stage usually means an excellent headliner on BBC Sounds.

    Sons of Kemet against Bastille
    Mogwai against The Killers
    Placebo against The 1975
    Young Fathers against Paolo Nutini
    Pheobe Bridgers against Lewis Capaldi.
    So yeah IDLES against Duran Duran would be a dream. Seems likely, they've played it before, a new album is coming.

    That said the new Duran Duran album is pretty good.

  3. On 10/7/2023 at 11:22 AM, Chapple12345 said:

    Bluedot which has been the same weekend for the last few editions has cancelled for next year, I'm guessing Melvin will jump at the chance to get those punters on board as there usually are a few crossover acts 

    This could actually hurt Latitude. Quite a few overseas bands would come over and play both, might not work out financially to do just Latitude now. We will see.

    In other news Bombay Bicycle Club have announced a tour in Jan and Feb then a one-off "Summer Show" at Ally Pally on 12th July. It would be a good warm-up for a headline slot.

  4. Would love to see HAIM finally headline after they were going to in 2020.

    Bloc Party, Japanese House, Sigur Ros, Courtney Barnett, Ben Folds, Feist, Daughter, Black Country New Road. As starters for ten, all with recentish or upcoming releases to be there at some level.

  5. If you aren't buying your tickets early with some kind of Barclaycard promo then get them from Colchester Arts Centre when they are released. They charge £5 in fees rather than Ticketmaster's £30.

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  6. 2 hours ago, rseamer said:

    1. when did they ditch the Eco cups? I didn’t come last year but the year before that I’m sure they were still in usd.

    Last year. Can’t remember the numbers but they had a study that claimed that their impact was no better or worse than recyclable cups. 

  7. Had a great time.

    The Murder Capital, Panic Shack, James  and Charlie Mackesy were all highlights.

    Young Fathers may have ruined live music for me though, they were just too good.

    Only negative for me was how packed the Obelisk was on Sunday, just impossible to find any amount of space.

     

  8. 11 minutes ago, xxialac said:

    What's the best late night entertainment at Latitude (looking at the Friday)? Is Club de Fromage fun?

    Yeah always pretty fun. Everything late night is normally pretty good. Stuff on the Alcove, Outpost is normally a bit more interesting, stuff on the Comedy stage will be more mass appeal. So I tend to head to the Alcove/Outpost see if I'm into whatever is going on there and then head to Comedy if I'm not.

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  9. It definitely gets full but I would say that isn't until late late on Thursday or even Friday morning.

    Best thing to do is find some stewards, they are always walking around the campsite at the start and can point you in the direction of some space.

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  10. On 2/24/2023 at 11:22 AM, glimmers_of_hope said:

    Also, they haven't released anything yet,  but just twigged that 86tvs is the new band from Felix and Hugo White from Maccabees, so I expect if anyone here likes Maccabees then they will be worth checking out (looks like they are named after an "I am Kloot" song, which I take as a good sign).

    Also playing Brighten The Corners festival in Ipswich, which has a pretty amazing line-up - https://www.brightenthecorners.co.uk

    Unfortunately the same weekend as Download which I'll be at.

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  11. Seems tickets are £250 this year so £15 more than last year. To be expected I guess.

    FYI tickets are almost always cheaper from Colchester Arts Centre than they are from Ticketmaster (less fees)

  12. Would have liked at least one female headliner, hopefully, BBC Sounds is all women to even it out a bit.

    Pulp, Metronomy, The Big Moon, Black Midi, Young Fathers and The Beths all go straight into the must-see category for me.

    The Proclaimers and Lightning Seeds will both be worth a watch.

    Hoping for a strong BBC Sounds headliner opposite George Ezra, saw him headline once and he was good but I don't care enough to watch it again.

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