AC/DC Day Opinions?

[WildChildRockChick]

£28.50 in 2001 would be £34.97 now

[jammy2211]

This is apparently the most expensive UK festival line-up ever. £4million for AC/DC, £1mil for RATM and £1.3 for Aerosmith are the figures I was told by a very reliable source.

[bootsbroadbent]

I get the feeling the booking of ACDC is more then just for Download to sell tickets this year, AC touched on this but I think they're hoping it puts Download on the 'map' globally and gives them far more weight in the future when negotiating with bands and stuff, if that makes sense :/. No surprise Friday is going to be making cuts lower down though, is it?

Edited April 19, 2010 by bootsbroadbent

[Lithium05]

It baffles me how they can spend £4 million on ACDC. Do they really have x4 the pull of RATM?

I get the feeling the booking of ACDC is more then just for Download to sell tickets this year, AC touched on this but I think they're hoping it puts Download on the 'map' globally and gives them far more weight in the future when negotiating with bands and stuff, if that makes sense :/. No surprise Friday is going to be making cuts lower down though, is it?

The one thing I'm iffy on is I'd have thought LN and Download would be spouting the 'most expensive UK festival lineup' line alot more by now.

[biffoire]

They'll be playing the Donnington 1991 DVD on the big screens before the bands come on? It's gotta be that!!

[armthehomeless]

Why would anyone want to watch the same band twice in one day though?!? I'd much rather see 5 shit bands than AC/DC from a DVD. That would be the shittest idea a festival has ever had imo.

On a similar note, they could be trying to make us watch Iron Man II instead

[biffoire]

I'd like 3 or 4 other bands but I'm starting to think that isn't an option!!

[WildChildRockChick]

Why would anyone want to watch the same band twice in one day though?!? I'd much rather see 5 shit bands than AC/DC from a DVD. That would be the shittest idea a festival has ever had imo.

On a similar note, they could be trying to make us watch Iron Man II instead

[armthehomeless]

You see I'm like that with watching ratm as many times in one day as humanly possible, but I'd have no interest in watching a DVD of a performance at a festival - I do that at home enough , I'd want to see actual bands instead.

And I think, regardless of what they say now, the rest of the AC/DC fans would rather watch more bands than watch the DVD that they are going to buy anyway. Basically, its in everyone's interest for that idea not to happen.

[WildChildRockChick]

You see I'm like that with watching ratm as many times in one day as humanly possible, but I'd have no interest in watching a DVD of a performance at a festival - I do that at home enough , I'd want to see actual bands instead.

And I think, regardless of what they say now, the rest of the AC/DC fans would rather watch more bands than watch the DVD that they are going to buy anyway. Basically, its in everyone's interest for that idea not to happen.

[biffoire]

Maybe they will have a musical/performing arts tribute to 30 years of monsters of rock at donington?

[EvilKittyCat]

Booking fees are always interesting reading..

ALL bands agents negotiate fees dependant on the event.

Reading festival always have top draw bands as they are one of the best payers with the headliners getting in excess of a million. Even bands lower down the bill are paid well (50 cent got £300,000 for a afternoon slot and got bottled off and 10 mins)

Glastonbury, however, cap their headline acts at 200,000. They can do this due to their statue and popularity.

[Dan R]

It baffles me how they can spend £4 million on ACDC. Do they really have x4 the pull of RATM?

I get the feeling the booking of ACDC is more then just for Download to sell tickets this year, AC touched on this but I think they're hoping it puts Download on the 'map' globally and gives them far more weight in the future when negotiating with bands and stuff, if that makes sense :/. No surprise Friday is going to be making cuts lower down though, is it?

The one thing I'm iffy on is I'd have thought LN and Download would be spouting the 'most expensive UK festival lineup' line alot more by now.

[bootsbroadbent]

This may just be me over thinking it, but does anyone else feel it could be made into another DVD, as like a return to Donington?

It would seem like a reason for the rest of the stages finishing early, so they could have maximum numbers there and less disruption from over stages shown on high shots?

[Go_Go_Tonymon]

yup, ive heard that too!! id buy it

[t8yman]

This may just be me over thinking it, but does anyone else feel it could be made into another DVD, as like a return to Donington?

It would seem like a reason for the rest of the stages finishing early, so they could have maximum numbers there and less disruption from over stages shown on high shots?

[biffoire]

I'm hearing way too much talk on the main forum about there being videos playing on the main stage screens of old MOR footage instead of bands. Can't wait if that is the case!!

[jammy2211]

I think that's pretty much just the time that would of been setting up anyway.

It's just hard to fathom how it's going to work out atm, health and safety dictates that they can't have the lower stages playing music while the main one is empty. The second stage clearly needs to start at 3pm to get everything finished before ACDC - so atm we're looking at 90min / 2 hour sets for Wolfmother and TCV. Or an epicly long ACDC changeover...

The real problem is no one seems to have a ****ing clue except probably ACDC themselves lol.

[WildChildRockChick]

I'm hearing way too much talk on the main forum about there being videos playing on the main stage screens of old MOR footage instead of bands. Can't wait if that is the case!!

[armthehomeless]

I'm hearing way too much talk on the main forum about there being videos playing on the main stage screens of old MOR footage instead of bands. Can't wait if that is the case!!

[LethalLegacy]

Yeah that would suck, but I really wouldn't mind if they showed Metallica's 2006 Master of Puppets set - I'd love to see that!

[armthehomeless]

As this is kind of an AC/DC thread, I'll put this here:

[Greeny_Musicchild]

That's pretty damn good. f**k AC/DC, Download should book this projectionist.

[armthehomeless]

That's pretty damn good. f**k AC/DC, Download should book this projectionist.

[Greeny_Musicchild]

f**k yeah! They should book them, put on Dark Side of The Moon, and hand out free 'shrooms!

Btw man, have you guys thought about Rage Factor arrangements yet? We need to sort out hostels and the like pretty soon, before the other 40,000 ragers fill them up.