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Slam dunk said that it’s the last YMAS fest show

It’s like 4.5 hours til we get the poster and thread has spiralled into how much profit Ghostbusters made… Efests never change 😂

Judging by the website we are getting the poster today and an update on stage layout https://www.readingfestival.com/lineup/#poster

At the Neck Deep signing in London last night I asked Ben their festival plans and if they are playing trees. He said that they do have some festivals to be announced this summer and they would love to do trees. Sounds to me like they won’t be there from that.

Thoughts? Seen on FB. Feels too strong imo

Little side point: the clue says 4th headliner not final, and there’s one more day of advent calendar. Could there be 5 headliners across 4 days?

Yungblud and the Offspring headlining is a bit peak eh

Assuming today is Sum 41? Looks like a repeat of many 2022 bands but different headliners/big names?

Friday Reading secured

Advent calendar starts Friday, assuming first teaser tomorrow? Any guesses who could be added during it?

Feel they’re more likely to headline FR during Gerry’s set before Blink play, however a nice big slot 4/5th down either main stage would be amazing for them

Surprised we’ve not had a proper leak yet. I know Blink and Fred are pretty nailed on but given we tend to get Download leaked in the last 24 ish hours pre announcement and over the last years we’ve had the Liam early announcement and BMTH interview, feels strange not knowing for sure.

I may be biased as FOB are my fave band, I’ve seen them 8 times and have been underwhelmed 3 or 4 times. Personally think the shows I saw on the SMFSD tour this year were them at their absolute best and if people are willing to give them a chance they could smash their set.

Shikari and Neck Deep feels possible then and would be a fairly solid trio

Sorry probably should have said. My mate sent it to me says he’s been told it’s real but asked my thoughts. There’s at least one spelling error so I think it’s probably just a reasonably good prediction.

Paramore to headline the Wednesday night before heading back to UK to support Taylor Swift?

Just one headliner being announced? Someone who has been announced for elsewhere probably?

Visible on the line up tab of the RFP website

Avril Lavigne, Parkway Drive, Corey Taylor, Pendulum, Alpha Wolf, Neck Deep, Hot Milk + Many others

Well BMTH are announced already, QOTSA I guess are around in Europe at the time so possible. I'd be surprised if Green Day were back so soon?

Is there any insight as to who else could be playing next year? If I had to guess at another headliner I would think Avenged Sevenfold could well appear, beyond that I have no idea.

Theres a decent number of bands on there I will defo go and see but its quite a mundane uninspired line up overall. Maybe they've downsized after last year? That defo won't sell out

First time Downloader but done a decent number of festivals before UK and abroad. In my experience it was overall an excellent event. Great line up, lots of fantastic performances, particularly enjoyed Neck Deep, BMTH, Dino Pile Up, Bob Vylan, Jinjer and Callboy. Felt it was run and managed as well as it could be, plenty of facilities, staff were all helpful and really visible throughout (which made my girlfriend feel safer than she expected). Only a couple negatives in my opinion. The WORST thing for me was people bringing their chairs into the arena, particularly close to the front or sitting 4-5 people across, frustrating as f**k when running between stages to see loads of bands. The other thing was that the area felt far far too small for that volume of people, appreciate it was a sell out but a bit of extra square footage would have gone a long way, particularly for the Opus stage. Didn't find it particularly problematic getting in/out (queue on M1 was mad but that was expected), never waited more than 10 minutes for food/water/toilets/merch, just pick your timing wisely and its gonna be fine.