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All free on the Friday. Stick Pendulum either as main stage or Dance Hall closers and I think the day would sell out.

Slipknot do look the most likely now with Eminem not releasing any dates yet and RATM charging a gazillion dollars to play.

Some more options, Maximo Park out of that list please Pukkelpop.

Any idea when the first names arrive Ken?

From festileaks: 'Bright Eyes is currently in Europe. On Sunday 23/08 they have nothing yet, the day after they are in Paradiso. They would play 5 days in a row, but they often do that in their tour schedule ... Would be a nice name, as far as I am concerned!'

Nick Cave back on the road in September, leaves a 3 month in the tour schedule https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/nick-cave-the-bad-seeds-new-tour-dates/

Balthazar were also in Cactus Festivals names this morning - BALTHAZAR > BLACK BOX REVELATION > HET ZESDE METAAL > ZWANGERE GUY > EEFJE DE VISSER Very Belgian line up.

+ The Libertines ruled out

Thanks. Saw that the Radisson had good rates this year. We normally have tea/coffee up in the sky bar at lunch time before hitting the beers but they didn't open it up till 5pm this year. Lovely hotel though, might treat ourselves this year :-). Bands do stay there as well, shared a lift with Elbows keyboard player once Good thing about the H Hostel is that it's so close to the station is that it stops us heading into the Irish Times when we should really know better.

You'd think. The daughter has tweeted 'Excited #pkp20', maybe that's the Pukkelpop PR machine going into overdrive.

And it's terrible.

Cactus Festival announces its first names in the morning so doubt we'll get anything tomorrow either.

Haven't done Sziget so can't comment. Atmosphere at Pukkelpop is really good and everyone is really friendly and up for a good time. The festivals strengths are it's varied line up, it's not a trek to go from tent to tent, almost always get a decent viewing position the organisation of it is the best I've seen at any festival/event (i.e. getting in, getting a drink, toilets etc). Weather is normally decent as well. Runs from 12pm ish to 4am. Here's last years clashfinder https://clashfinder.com/m/pkp2019/?user=0ojeud.rm Doesn't always get the bigger bands and the main stage is often the worst out of the lot but I'd rather a strong undercard, which Pukkelpop has most years.

Confirmed - None 80% plus chancers Foals, Black Country, New Road, Soulwax, Noisia, Pendulum, Shame, Sigrid, Michael Kiwanuka, London Grammar, Bring Me the Horizon, Tash Sultana, Parquet Courts, Caribou, Denzel Curry, Jpegmafia, Coffee Headliner/sub/closer options: Chemical Brothers, Dua Lipa, Kings of Leon, Major Lazer, Die Antwoord, Slipknot, RATM, Bon Iver, Calvin Harris, Khalid, Robyn (and I'd still throw Nick Cave into the mix) When it get the first names? No idea. Thought we might get something today but literally nothings been stirring at all and the wishlist is still open. If they announce it like they did last year, If we don't get anything tomorrow it'll be another week at least I'd have thought.

Never! Doing both 🙂