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Re: Confidence Man - I saw their very first gig in the UK (Brighton, Great Escape Festival 2017) and several times since.
All the comments here are fair I think. Their live show is basically one idea that’s been refined, developed and made a bit slicker over the last 6 years. If you have never seen them, do, they are lots of fun and really put the energy in to every gig - but if you have seen them before don’t expect any radical changes - bringing out a couple of stools and acoustic guitars mid set is not on the cards 😂
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One addition to the line up today (I think it's just the one) pop artist Sofia Isella has been added to the Castle Stage, Friday, now opening that at 11.20am.
She's also opening for Bastille at their Kew Gardens show tonight
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some of you might have noticed a band called Fizz was recently added to the line up but at the time they had nothing released.
this is their debut single ‘High in Brighton’ which I am really enjoying,
they’re kind of a low key indie supergroup including Dodie, Greta Isaac, Orla Gartland and Martin Luke Brown.
reports of their gig at Great Escape suggest they a lot of fun
they have an LP coming later in the year
have a listen
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On 5/15/2023 at 4:04 PM, Gingerfish79 said:
Sorry, didn't see this while I was there! Have to say, I much preferred the stuff I saw on the Alt Escape, the Great Escape line-up seemed quite heavily skewed towards pop and electronic genre's. Elsewhere is the country I would get, but Brighton has an amazing young Punk scene, it was a shame that more of it wasn't showcased.
The other thing that annoyed me was the huge number of terrible industry people with delegate passes. I haven't seen it that bad before. Some crowds were horrible and they packed venues so much with these people that normal ticket holders couldn't get into lots of the gigs. It needs a re-think.
Really enjoyed Snayx, Monakis, Electric Cowboy Club, Snake Eyes, Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers, congratulations, C.O.F.F.I.N, Arxx, Vlure and Alien Chicks.
Interesting..... I thought the alt escape was heavily skewed towards guitar bands generally whereas the main bill was more balanced with a bit of everything! It's one of the things I like about Great Escape...the sheer variety of acts on offer. We saw indie, post-punk, soul, hip-hop, pop, electronic dance, folk etc. 36 full performances on a normal ticket 🙂
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On 4/20/2023 at 12:22 AM, xxialac said:
Last Dinner Party are going to do a Wet Leg.
I saw them a couple of weeks ago (2nd time seeing them) in Southampton. The gig was free. About 100 capacity. The room was busy but not full. However, the first single hadn’t dropped then, so no doubt their trajectory will rise upwards.
Time will tell how well they do, but they’re certainly one of the more interesting bands out there / lots of 70s references in their music: Queen, Sparks, Fleetwood Mac, ABBA, Bowie even a bit of Jethro Tull on one song!
Definitely worth catching. Unlike Wet Leg who were a bit rabbit in the headlines / couldn’t believe it was happening for them, The Last Dinner Party are very confident and feel fully formed as a band. Despite only having 1 song out officially. -
On 3/15/2023 at 7:27 PM, Chapple12345 said:
I second this, if you look back at some of the Sunrise/Lake Stage lineups of past fests there are some pretty big names who have played like Sam Fender, Dave and Wolf Alice. It's definitely a great festival for nurturing newer talent
I'm definitely looking forward to Confidence Man, it was about this time last year I saw them on Jools Holland and shrugged them off as I was quite bewildered by it, now I can't get enough of them
I also found some footage from an orchestral show James did about 10 years ago, I think its going to be very special
Let’s not forget that in 2021 Wet Leg played mid afternoon in the Alcove (admittedly it was packed). But I’ve read since that the band said that was the first time that they realised that something big was happening.
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It’s a UK exclusive. Victorious often seem to book artists who once headlined Glastonbury but are now less popular.
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I’ve been to every Victorious since the start and will be going this year as well.
The difference is I live in Southsea. The site is a 30 min walk / 15 min bike ride from my house (or I can get a bus to nearby in 10 mins if raining)
So as far as festivals go it still represents good value for me.
But if I didn’t live nearby I wouldn’t be going. And I think with the higher price point the organisers need to be careful - they could freeze out the sort of locals who just went because it was a cheap day out and freeze out those who travel because of the reasons everyone has posted about here.
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Looking at the Kendal list there's a lot that have played Victorious before and the ones that haven't you can't help but think are all likely.
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On 7/27/2022 at 3:57 PM, atomised said:
sadly Pulp or Blur are way out of victorious league.
Probably correct, but Damon has a bit of a history with Southsea. Gorillaz played a warm up show at Portsmouth Guildhall, Damon also played a show at the Wedgewood Rooms (400 capacity) and he also played on the pier with Good, The Bad and the Queen and Damon has talked about how much he likes playing there..... so whilst it's unlikely I wouldn't 100% count it out.
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Good to see increased toilet numbers this year by Common Stage. Very little queuing despite a busy site.
Highlights for me today were Self Esteem and James
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OK the good news on the ground....
It did get quite wet this morning and there are still patches where it is currently squidgy underneath but they are drying out rapidly. By tomorrow I anticipate they will be mainly fine. There was one quite wet patch near the comedy tent I observed, but seeing as that won't be used till Saturday and the forecast is dry that should dry out nicely.
The vast majority of the site is already fairly dry though and there's an awful lot of green stuff considering how brown it was a few weeks ago. Here's a pic of the main stage from the back taken at about 1pm this afternoon.
So in summary - looking good, especially given the forecast for the next 3 days
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It's been raining here in Southsea quite heavily this morning but is leaving off a bit now.
I will take a walk down to the common later and report back on the state of the ground
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Someone on here asked what would the comedy stage be (eg : outdoor / inddor / big top etc.....
Here's a pic of it going up at the moment. It's going to be covered....but not a big top
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16 hours ago, mario man said:
Highlight was BCNR as I mentioned above - that second last song they played, led by May on the piano, the reception they got from the crowd set me right off.
Totally this.
That 2nd to last song was incredible (and emotional). For a member of the band who seemingly in the past did or contributed very little to the live show, this song was SO good. I just hope the recorded version can match up.
That and a similar feeling during Kae Tempest's set where the whole audience seemed to just 'feel it', hands aloft, Kae just standing there taking it all in were my favourite moments of what was a generally glorious weekend.
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20 hours ago, xxialac said:
What other highlights did people have among the smaller acts?
Kathleen Frances
John Mouse (I know he was main stage but he's still a small act in terms of sales etc)
M(h)aol
Mickey Callisto (in the Record Store - had a clash for his Rising set)
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A pic of the current main stage build from this morning and a fair view of the state of the ground.
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I went for a run past the site today. So far still really only the Castle Stage being built (they always build that stage first). As others have reported the ground is bone dry. Unless we get a decent amount of rain it's going to get pretty dusty.
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3 hours ago, kelstar said:
Festival Map
So the Seaside stage and field with the bandstand isn't being used at all this year. The site is actually a bit smaller.
I had (wrongly) assumed that the Comedy stage was going to be where the Seaside Stage used to be.
A shame as I like that field with the views out to sea, (but to be fair the stage was often poorly attended (with some noteable exceptions). A friend of mine was in a band that actually 'headlined' that stage one year and they played to about 10 people, They didn't care though because although they didn't get much of a fee from the organisers the PRS money was decent being a 'headliner'.
3 hours ago, kelstar said:Festival Map
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A few pics from the site build….. Main Stage, Castle Stage, Victorious sign on Castle Field, the one bar at the main stage that has started and where the Seaside Stage will be (not started yet)
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Site build started…. Here’s the Castle Field
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18 hours ago, Mackem said:
But how are they going to get results? wasn't the Sefton Park gig dependent on people doing LFTs afterwards? Latitude don't even know who was at the festival - only the names of those who bought the ticket. And I've not been asked if I tested positive. I think once the government gave the green light for festivals, Melvin pulled the budget and decided to just do a bit of smoke and mirrors
They still haven't published the Stage II research results yet (they were going to be peer reviewed so I guess it may take a while).
It does make you wonder if we'll ever see the Stage III results from Latitude (and of course the longer they are left not published the less relevant they will become as the circumstances around things such as vaccine roll out changes)
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55 minutes ago, efcfanwirral said:
I'm interested in where all this is going, because we're in a strange middle ground right now where these test events have happened but others are allowed
Did you get the impression festivals could be pulled in the near future if the results of this aren't favourable? It feels like some are getting a bit of a free pass the next few weeks and it's all pretty confusing, I'd have expected none to be allowed until the results of Latitude and Tramlines are in. I think I just don't trust the government!
My feeling is that there might be additional government guidance for organisers and licensing authorities after the ERP concludes but unless the NHS is close to being overwhelmed things will continue as they are. Most festivals seem to be following the same entry requirements as Latitude.
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21 hours ago, philipsteak said:
I caught the end of the talk in the Listening Post on Friday (?) morning about the future of festivals. Don't know who it was who was talking but he was either head of, or very high up in the research team. And he discussed this. And it was an element of pragmatism, not from the perspective of putting people off but more as you say, the practicalities of it. There could have been super strict testing and entry procedures. And it would have been a nightmare for people (punters and organisers/staff) and probably quite unpleasant. Or they could take the soft touch that they did, and trust people to do the right thing. And the majority would. Some wouldn't but most would. And that in itself was part of the test. Super strict testing and procedures aren't practical long term.
He also explained the differences between LFT and PCR tests and why they both have their uses (other than just cost) but I forgot the detail of that
I went to the whole talk. The chap was Prof Iain Buchan who is from Liverpool Uni and was one of the leads on the Stage 1 ERP events.
Can’t remember everything he said but he did mention that Latitude wasn’t just about looking at case numbers but other pieces of research related to live events.
Also interesting to note that Melin Benn was in the audience and watched the whole talk!
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Maybe they’ll save that for the 3rd album and tour 😂