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On 2/28/2019 at 10:19 AM, DomDom1984 said:
No arena sized band among the headliners is pretty bad.
Rudimental did the 02 Arena in Londonin 2016.
Arguably they’re not quite as big now I agree - but Victorious has a habit of booking acts whose stock has fallen slightly - they’ll be slightly cheaper because of it. Festival bookers have to work within the constraints of budget, availability and demographic and artist prices have risen over the last few years due to acts not making so much money from recorded music sales.
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I wonder if the announcement has been delayed as South Central (the replacement for Mutiny run by the same person on the same site as Mutiny) was announced today?
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34 minutes ago, o_desilva said:
just hoping the the next lineup announcement includes more bands, feels like the whole lineup is lacking them in comparison to solo artists.
It's the way the music industry has been going the last few years to be honest, certainly in terms of new music. For example if you look at this year's BBC Sound of List of the 10 tips only 1 (Sea Girls) is a band, the other 9 are all solo.
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George Ezra had the 2nd biggest selling album of last year in the uk, beaten only by the Greatest Showman Soundtrack but ahead of Ed Sheeran, Drake and Post Malone, Arctic Monkeys etc and when he played Glastonbury on the Other Stage (early eve slot) the field was rammed.
He could easily headline Latitude if that's what organisers went for.
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3 hours ago, Paul ™ said:
Bestival went downhill a good few years ago, time to call it a day I'd say..
They had a bad patch for sure, but this year was one of my personal favourites for a long time.
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I guess Bestival haven't made a statement because they haven't put tickets on sale, whereas Camp Bestival have and have payment plans running.
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Really really sad news to see that according to the Sunday Times their main financial backer is pulling the plug
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/loans-tycoon-james-benamor-pulls-plug-on-bestival-j5dnjh2jp
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On 9/3/2018 at 1:21 AM, luckysalt said:
The Victorious model won't be sustainable if they keep rising the prices of tickets and bars/food inside unless they start upping the line up. They should make main stage older acts and castle the newer acts whilst putting some name acts on the other stages, especially the seaside stage.
Yep fully agree with this.
They'll price out locals like me (many people I know are now only going for 1 day rather than 2 or 3 as prices increase)
And ultimately the majority of people who go are local.
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On 8/26/2018 at 2:12 PM, seanz25 said:
Lots more updates on that Twitter account. Whole thing seems like a bit of a clusterfuck at the moment. Nobody sure if acts are playing stages etc.
Ha those tweets were by me
I had a great time at Victorious except for the fact that the organisers really need to get their social media together. Lots of people complaining that they never answer questions and they were very slow at putting out info about what was going on when things were getting cancelled - I was doing it much quicker than them and I had no inside info, I was just running around the set looking at what was going on a tweeting about it. Also when they did put out info it was all on a corporate branded picture - which was no good for many people on site where the signal was week and not necessarily downloading pictures and no good for people relying on notifications.
Sometimes it felt like Victorious were more concerned about their branding and corporate image (their social media was full of glossy photos showing how 'amazing' everything was rather than interacting with punters and just getting messages out to people in a simple form quickly)
Having said that I saw some great acts on Sunday: Gomez, Lily Moore and The Prodigy my highlights but I also saw Stereo Honey, Me & The Moon, The Orielles, Gengahr, Jerry Williams, Friendly Fires - not too bad considering the rain.
The site was really empty early in the day - a lot of people just stayed at home / in the local pubs until it stopped.
Interesting to see tickets are on sale for 2019 already. Another £5 per day on the early birds. They're out of the super cheap bracket for sure now - I suspect some people who used to book for all 3 days or 2 days will now wait for the line up and just choose a day - particularly families.
Anyway, Portsmouth is on the festival map for sure now. With Icebreaker (local bands multi venue even in January), Mutiny, Victorious and Dials (another multi venue event with up and coming national bands and some local talent) in October - an event I'm involved with - there's plenty going on in my south central city.
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23 hours ago, BananaFudgeCake said:
I just saw some pictures on Twitter and saw the was a gap down the middle that separates the 2 sides of the crowd, surely that impacts the atmosphere at the front a bit.
Is it better to be on the left or right as you look at the stage?
Is is possible to get near the front for the headliner if you have not been there for a while beforehand?
Nearer the front I found the right hand side (the side without the toilets) less busy. As Tommy101 says, if you cut right down the sides and then go into the crowd it's relatively easy to get to the front especially if you get there 15mins before.
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41 minutes ago, Tommy101 said:
Apparently there are false rumours going around that today is being cancelled, it is definitely going ahead - probably going to get a bit grim this afternoon though!
Windspeeds are high but if forecasted the main stages designs should be well within those limits.
It will be interesting to see if any of the smaller structures have been taken down / removed today because of the winds.
Yesterday was good though - the improved weather helped and I saw some good sets (Happy Monday's was hugely enjoyable - worth seeing for Bez's dancing alone) and I also really enjoyed Paloma Faith. Those two were my highlights. I also saw Devin Jade, Southsea Alternative Choir, Sleeper, Gaz Coombes, Fenne Lily, Brian Wilson.
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For anyone going to Victorious on Sunday - be warned there's gonna be a fair bit of rain and wind, so with the site being a seafront location you could get very wet (driving rain) and also cold. Take an extra layer of clothing and a good mac. It might sound like obvious advice but I saw quite a few people on Friday night looking very very wet and very cold on site! Also there may be issues with the sound as the wind will blow it all over the place. I was near the front for Kaiser Chiefs and it sounded really quiet and could at times hardly hear Ricky's voice. For The Libertines we stood further back at it was actually louder and much better.
Saturday's weather should be fine though.
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On 8/20/2018 at 10:38 PM, Mattymooz said:
Any reccomendations for the Sunday. I'm going for The Prodigy, The Amazons and Friendly Fires but other than that dont really recognise too many of the other names. I'll check out Genghar and Stereo Honey as I've heard good things, anyone else I'm missing out on?
If you're watching Stereo Honey I'd recommend Jerry Williams and The Orielles who are on immediately after on the same stage - both different types of indie pop.
Also check out Lilly Moore on the Acoustic Stage if you like anything like Amy Winehouse / Adele - super talented
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15 hours ago, Smigglepiggle said:
Aww that sucks! ?
I wonder what the criteria changed to? Do you have a blog or publication? Would love to read more local writers stuff!
Getting excited bow. The site looked fab when I went last yesterday. I’ve got a ticket for tomorrow but not overly fussed by the line up. May just get my bearings of the site ready for Saturday and Sunday. I’m SO excited about Prodigy!
I run a music blog and have received press passes in previous years. Got rejected this year.
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I see there’s going to be drug detection dogs on the gates this year.
Unsurprising given what happened at Mutiny Festival in the same city.
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21 hours ago, luckysalt said:
After reading this, just had a quick look on their facebook, wow, seems people really had no idea how this festival malarkey works, did they think there was going to be 100's of acts all on one stage one after the other?
If they knew about this site could have found out months ago where everyone was playing.
BTW the clashfinder, ive done 8 stages now. Is anyone bothered about the ones I've not done?
There’s a definite element of the Victorious crowd that have no idea how festivals work or haven’t been to a gig for years.
Good work on the Clashfinder. TBH I’m only visiting 4 (Common, Castle, Acoustic, Seaside) and might just pop in on some randoms on the smaller ones when passing.
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Finding the comments on the Victorious social media quite funny today. People complaining because the headliners in different stages clash LOL. It says quite a bit about a certain element of the Victorious crowd that have never been to a festival before.
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6 hours ago, Tommy101 said:
I've done some digging and you might be right actually. I should see the person that told me the above in the next few weeks. I'll see if I can get any more info/jog any memories.
Buttserfest was funded by East Hants District Council.They made a loss on it every year but went ahead because it was something for the youth of the area. Then when they analysed ticket sales they found that most people buying didn’t even live in the East Hants area. So that combined with the massive cuts in local government funding meant the Council pulled the plug. Victorious picked it up last year but it clearly wasn’t a ticket seller - based on the fact there was hardly anyone watching the bands there - so that was the end of that.
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1 minute ago, rseamer said:5 hours ago, luckysalt said:
Afraid to say it appears Catherine McGrath has cancelled, just updating the clashfinder and she's no longer in the slot she was in before or even that stage, unless she's moved somewhere else and I haven't got to her yet.
Naan Breddaz is also removed from that stage as well, replacing them are Heir of the Dog and Billy Lockett replacing Catherine.
It’s probably because she has her own tour to promote and is playing The Wedgewood Rooms on Sept 14. So Victorious would be too close.
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5 hours ago, luckysalt said:
Afraid to say it appears Catherine McGrath has cancelled, just updating the clashfinder and she's no longer in the slot she was in before or even that stage, unless she's moved somewhere else and I haven't got to her yet.
Naan Breddaz is also removed from that stage as well, replacing them are Heir of the Dog and Billy Lockett replacing Catherine.
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My favourite Bestival for about 5 or 6 years.
Only negatives was the OTT searches on Thursday afternoon (2 hours in the boiling sun - 1 of our group almost fainted) and no toilets at the end of quiet camping (which there were last year - but I guess that’s because there were less people on site). The campsites seemed generally less crowded as did the main stage.
So glad a bunch of you enjoyed Confidence Man. I’ve seen them a number of times now and they are always so much fun. Now go listen to the LP - it’s great!
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On 7/19/2018 at 3:31 PM, Brave Sir Robin said:
So gates opening at 12? What are the chances they will in fact open them earlier? What happened last year, anyone know?
Last year they opened early but other years in the past it’s varied (and sometimes even been slightly late)
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6 hours ago, TheGoodOldDays said:
I think I heard Paul Simon sound checking... ? or I've had too many beers
I thought I heard him as well. But yes.... beers.
Latitude 2019
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Is there a pattern with Latitude? It seems like every year they do the first line up announcement and this forum grumbles because it’s not the headliners they wanted, then come announcement 2 there’s a change of heart and by the time the lake stage is announced almost everyone has found things they are happy with?
Or am I just imagining this?
Anyway, lots to my taste on this line up now. I’m happy.
Will probably start moaning about possible clashes soon