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Why don't you just ask them? They probably bought one from someone doesn't want to go now and as it's not sold out they got to sell it at below face value.

I'm not sure if Maneskin is a sign of me being out of touch with music or if the world has a brain fever from covid which makes them think Maneskin aren't crap?

Ah, so the clubs aren't empty because of covid, it's because of Maneskin!!!

Are Maneskin even that big? I keep seeing they are popular on shitty spotify rock playlists but they played The Dome in Tufnel Park which is only 500ish people.

Odd as the big thing about Dice was how easy it is to transfer tixs as I remember moaning about not being able to when I went to my first gig with Dice and I was told it wasn't like that. In any case it's pretty easy to win tixs for Supergrass or Streets so I wouldn't worry about not offering them up.

Yeah, IDLES don't like being called a punk band so them playing a specifically pop-punk festival seems like a no go.

Really? I thought Morrissey refuses to play festivals now unless they stopped serving meat and I take it the yanks don’t really care about his Nigel Farage love.

Yep, just look at Die Antwoord who had to pull out because they were too "international" and for no other reason at all.

If it's pissing down and you're smoking, put the cig in between your thumb and finger and so it’s pointing into the your palm of the same hand, then use the rest of your hand as a shelter for the cig. At least 3 people have seen me do that at fests over the years and they come up to tell me how amazing it is that I can smoke in the rain, I’m assuming it’s because I am amazing rather than they are very stoned and easily impressed.

It doesn't matter what size your tent is, it's what you do with it that matters.

Personally I want to see a big budget 2000 trees/Arctangent/Slam Dunk something like Riot Fest in the US of A. Have top headliners like NIN, Queens Of The Stone Age, No Doubt, The Cure etc that sorta but don't really fit with either Reading or Download and the rest of the line up filled with shit loads of punk bands.

I do agree that slot should have somone bigger but Bob Vylan have 2 albums out and in fairness they are on the rise an will get bigger, not massive but bigger than pub venues. Bob is lacking abit of sparkle from being a DIY outfit but I give them kudos for not being snobby and willing to play anything and everything just so they can play, it's reminds me of Frank Turner who even when they were selling out Wembley he would still play shit hole venues. I miss the Lock Up days, I discovered 3 or 4 of my all time favourite bands there even if they do only play small clubs and the loss of Mike Davis' booking was a big reason I don't really go anymore.

Lot's of talk about Machine Gun Kelly not coming over from US, imagine paying £70 to see them but they pull out and you go to the show anyway just to find out everyone around you "won" free tixs. lol

They probably think it wont make a difference as no one was going to that cluster fuck festival anyway.

George Ezra looks like it's a full day of music but without a festival name on it much like Queens and Liam Gallaher were. The doors open at midday and there's more acts to be announced on the poster. I'm still hoping for Rage or Queens but I'd happily take a NIN day with a similar line up to their Hellfest day.

Cheap £6 tixs for the Supergrass day, you will need to create an account first though. https://centraltickets.co.uk/event/SStHgVZUhlXnP5gKXOGr7bZnGdmRz9gz-qaZDzSVCns *Never mind, I've just saw JHad has mentioned it already.

Is the app new? Nah it was about when I went in 2019 but the times on the app where useless as it had the bands starting before the doors opened so I had to get the correct times from someone on the forum.

It is rare but I've seen it a couple of times before. One was Ozzfest at the O2 and possibly at Wembley for AC/DC as I vaguely remember watching The Subways who were supporting in seats but I bought standing tixs and was on the pitch during AC/DC so I could just be remembering it wrong though.

Yeah that's the one I saw. I thought there might be a few more floating about as I can't imagine this selling out with it's weird mish-mash line up.

It’s not quite The Specials if there’s no Neville or Dammers. To be honest I rather go see Neville Staple on his own where he will play some of the big The Specials hits in a much better venue.

I’ve just seen a competition on Kerrang for this, are there any more like when All Points East went into overload on comp tixs?

Regular size popcorn

The 2020 line up would be a starting point, I remember someone saying they were after Lizzo in 2019 plus the usual favourites are all in with a shout imo.

I would love for them to play but I really can't see Rage playing. I know the organisers are fans and Tom said he really liked the fest when he played but they will have R&L and Download offering megabucks and there's enough demand for them to do their own massive show on their own.

The clashfinder is now saying While She Sleeps and Frank Turner clash even more now. I wouldn't expect the same size acts but I'd like to see smaller bands added to the start of the day and bump everyone else up at least. I'm sure acts like Florence Black, Bob Vylan, Never Not Nothing, Nova Twins, Hands Off Gretel or whoever who are touring at the moment would be happy with a last minute step in offer.