The line up

[pigshair123]

Glasto was smart and saved money last year, so they could get the almighty boss there this year

[Oasis_rule!]

Who's this c**t?

[pigshair123]

you refering to me?

[VCK]

Credit crunch got to them?

Looks like it's happened to most festivals, bar glasto and a few others.

Cheers,

BlackHole2006

[dan666]

I'm guessing this LEON!!! guy is Olivavu?

[TheSeventhOne]

Im afraid there was no irony in my post...

Before 2007 i did fear the future of the festival...

I think razorlight were just what we needed, and now we have some quality acts such as Kings of Leon and Fall Out Boy to make the festival safe for another good 10 years...

And whats with the V bashing?

Download would only dream of having acts such as Snow Patrol and Keane on thier bill

Good Day

x

[dan666]

[Oasis_rule!]

you refering to me?

Edited March 31, 2009 by Oasis_rule!

[pigshair123]

Who the f**k are you?

[gooner1990]

Bloc Party

2nd top Sunday 2009

2nd top Saturday 2008

3rd top Saturday 2007

Headliner R1 tent Sunday 2005

Mid-Afternoon Saturday 2004

Placebo

3rd Top Friday 2009

2nd Top Sunday 2006

3rd Top Sunday 2004

3rd Top Friday 2003

2nd Top Sunday 2000

(Also a mid-afternoon slot in 1996)

Any reason as to why these two keep cropping up all the time???

Edited March 31, 2009 by gooner1990

[dan666]

Cos Melvin and his team are too lazy to get other acts?

Im suprised The Subways or Ash are not there. Yet.

[kaosmark2]

Bloc Party

2nd top Sunday 2009

2nd top Saturday 2008

Headliner R1 tent Sunday 2005

Mid-Afternoon Saturday 2004

Placebo

3rd Top Friday 2009

2nd Top Sunday 2006

3rd Top Sunday 2004

3rd Top Friday 2003

2nd Top Sunday 2000

(Also a mid-afternoon slot in 1996)

Any reason as to why these two keep cropping up all the time???

Edited March 31, 2009 by kaosmark2

[gooner1990]

,

Edited March 31, 2009 by gooner1990

[Bradders]

They should get the Offspring before the Arctics and have the Prodigy headline Thursday

[tolywoly]

Cos Melvin and his team are too lazy to get other acts?

Im suprised The Subways or Ash are not there. Yet.

[arcade fireman]

To be fair as far as NME bands go the ones that are up there are hardly that bad. I abhor the NME as a publication but some of the bands they promote are good, even if most are overrated.

Arctics are good, KoL's last album was pretty horrible but their earlier three as many will know were more raw and slightly heavier affairs and actually quite good all in all. Bloc Party may not have impressed people last year and do seem to crop up all the time but they are a good intelligent indie rock band. Maximo Park and YYYs are both excellent live, and Ian Brown put on a good show at Glasto '07, won the crowd over and included plenty of Stone Roses songs in his set which were sounding good (though he can put on awful shows sometimes too). I've heard Vampire Weekend are decent live too.

Courteneers, Kaisers and Enter Shikari are worse than AIDS, cot death and Jade Goody combined though. Still, there's plenty of awful bands the NME love (Pigeon Detectives, The Enemy, The View, The Fratellis, The Automatic etc etc) who could have shown up.

I know the metalheads aren't that happy with the lack of metal on offer but take the time to give more of a listen to the bands on show. Most of them aren't particularly spectacular granted but most of them aren't terrible either. Granted with some of the bands you would've been exposed to their stuff enough to know you don't like them but even say with KoL it's worth checking out the older stuff if you haven't heard it.

You might aswell, unless there's better alternatives you'll be there watching them and you never know, you might find a couple of bands you never thought you'd like.

[calumtom19]

Pfft....some of us can have a perfectly good time without being under the influence of alcohol...

I prefer to remember my weekend, instead of being to smashed that i cannot even remember the amazing time im having down the front for the horrors (gonna be epic )

You and your ASBO ways are not welcome at reading....in fact ppl like you are everything thats wrong with britain today

Good Day

x

[howlin_pete]

Jesus, just don't respond to that guy. Everyone had fun with him last year for a few hours before he got old. Unfortuantly he doesn't know when to stop and will probably create another few threads in order to get attention from people just don't give it him and he will go away.

Also, new Placebo song...TUNE. They should be rather good

[kmb182uk]

I like this Leon guy. He makes me smile.

[beLIEveR]

I like Leon nearly as much as ebola.

ANYWAY. Lineup anyone? Gotta agree with Pete about Placebo, I'm miffed that they're not Tool though.

[Budweiser]

this guy has got 2 be takin the piss hasnt he?

either that or he's the single biggest twat ive ever encountered

[twenty_foot_chickens]

Gotta say, I'm very happy with the line-up this year, and unlike many on here, I'm quite happy to have Bloc Party again!

[mkendall1979]

That Leon guy is 100% right!!!!

Why waste all your effort on the Readings forum to rave about Sonisphere and Download!! Buy a ticket to them and chuff off!! Job done!!!

Good one you Leon ishall be joining you in your toast!!

[she bangs the drums]

One of the NME headliners will surprise everyone when it gets announced - and it wont be for a while. And it will totally embarass another festival. And it will please the rock fans who are disappointed. Go figure.

Edited April 7, 2009 by she bangs the drums

[scottt]

Donwload festival maybe?

Lostprophets maybe?

Edited April 7, 2009 by scottt