joe1990 fresh account Posted January 5, 2011 Report Share Posted January 5, 2011 if you believe all the roumers, friday muse, saturday MCR, pulp, sunday the strokes is this going to be a winning line up or a flop? i am slighty worried. muse are so obvious, if efestivels told me tommorow they were playing i would probably fall a sleep on the spot. MCR there not my sort of music at all. they seem to have alot of followers, i dont no how they would go down as headliners. pulp my favoutre out of the lot, i wouldn't mind seeing jarvis strutting his stuff. i still think it will be a slight gamble beacuse of the lenth they have been out. also if the older tunes still get across, im sure they will. the strokes, a soild band, but for me im not sure about there ability to headline. with a new album coming out i will keep an open mind. i have never seen this band before,so i suppose im happy seeing somthing new. dose any1 els have any doubts?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe- Posted January 5, 2011 Report Share Posted January 5, 2011 Firstly its apparently PULP under Strokes on the Saturday And, not sure how possible it is, it just doesn't seem right to me. Still don't reckon MCR will headline/be there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benj Posted January 5, 2011 Report Share Posted January 5, 2011 Erm...is this not exact same discussion happening in about 2 other threads you're already heavily involved in?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harderfaster Posted January 5, 2011 Report Share Posted January 5, 2011 (edited) pulp my favoutre out of the lot, i wouldn't mind seeing jarvis strutting his stuff. i still think it will be a slight gamble beacuse of the lenth they have been out. also if the older tunes still get across, im sure they will. Edited January 5, 2011 by harderfaster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jump Posted January 5, 2011 Report Share Posted January 5, 2011 they are a gamble: not because of the length of time they've been out, but because the generic muse audience doesn't align itself in any way with the generic pulp audience. they were replacements at glasto and the year they headlined reading the hype had gone. since then the reading audience has shifted as far from britpop as it could possibly go. the 'comeback' factor isn't there like it was with other bands - wireless tickets haven't even sold out yet. personally i'd rather they didn't play. they're already doing 2 uk festivals, i don't want it to turn into the 'verve' situation where they come back and play every festival going until everybody gets bored again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harderfaster Posted January 5, 2011 Report Share Posted January 5, 2011 I wouldn't blame Pulp for that, Wireless never sells out. I've gone to Wireless (pretty much decided on the day) and can get tixs off the touts for less than face value, I managed to get 2 tixs for Jay Z once for £60. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jump Posted January 5, 2011 Report Share Posted January 5, 2011 Bargain! Well Blur played Hyde Park with a couple of supports for £50 (effectively Wireless) and that sold out within hours and they had to add another date (which, admittedly, didn't sell out, but for arguments sake... ) and so if people really wanted to see Pulp they'd buy a ticket for Wireless. All I'm saying is that if a band can't sell out (what is effectively) their own headline comeback show at Wireless then they're a gamble to headline R&L. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harderfaster Posted January 5, 2011 Report Share Posted January 5, 2011 Not really as Pulp aren't gonna be headlining R&L, they are most likely to be subbing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lharris92 Posted January 5, 2011 Report Share Posted January 5, 2011 it depends on the whole line up, not just the headliners/subs. tbh id rather there were 6 bands a day i wanted to see than to just see headliners. besides you can easily avoid the main stage headliners... there are 3 other stages Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PurpleFire Posted January 5, 2011 Report Share Posted January 5, 2011 Firstly, im welcoming myself back to efestivals for the new year! Line up would be ok, would like to see Muse and Strokes and then the 3rd headliner i havnt a clue. I hope it is someone like MCR because i cannot stand them and i love the NME tent headline, its much better in the tent for atmosphere. Crystal castles for me as NME headliner they day Muse and Strokes dont play! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe1990 fresh account Posted January 5, 2011 Report Share Posted January 5, 2011 it depends on the whole line up, not just the headliners/subs. tbh id rather there were 6 bands a day i wanted to see than to just see headliners. besides you can easily avoid the main stage headliners... there are 3 other stages Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jump Posted January 5, 2011 Report Share Posted January 5, 2011 (edited) if thats the headliners for next year with pulp subbing, maybe on saturday or sunday. you might find me camping out in the nme. guns n roses were great last year, so were queens of the stone age what an amazing sub and headliner. dont no if i can say this, this year. were GNR, Blink, and A.F. all roumerd early like the headliners this year? Edited January 5, 2011 by jump Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PurpleFire Posted January 5, 2011 Report Share Posted January 5, 2011 Blink was a stong roumour, and Arcade Fire were roumored but not many people saw them headline (Which they shouldnt have been, due to the huge crowed that was at Pendulum and the little amount at main stage) GnR were a bit of a surprise, they came sneeking up towards the announcement date! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thesecretingredientiscrime Posted January 5, 2011 Report Share Posted January 5, 2011 Arcade Fire were roumored but not many people saw them headline (Which they shouldnt have been, due to the huge crowed that was at Pendulum and the little amount at main stage) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JC-Mo'Fucka Posted January 5, 2011 Report Share Posted January 5, 2011 I thought last years line up was the finest of 2010... There wasnt a slot where i didnt want to see someone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rexclark Posted January 5, 2011 Report Share Posted January 5, 2011 It's all down to personal opinion really, although perhaps not the biggest headliners I thought last years were a strong set and a nice bit of variety. I'd rather R&L didn't just go for the biggest acts but went with acts like Arcade Fire who are a bit different. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucastang Posted January 5, 2011 Report Share Posted January 5, 2011 Well look at it in terms of strength of the rumours. Pulp will definitely play, but considering that they are only co-headlining IoW, it seems very unlikely they will headline Reading. Most likely to sub. The Strokes also look dead on to play for me. The 3rd headliner is a bit of a wild guess really, one I shall not take part in, and if I do, I'm saying Soundgarden for the sake of it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellow_Fellow Posted January 5, 2011 Report Share Posted January 5, 2011 pulp won't headline because they're playing other places, regardless of position Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucastang Posted January 5, 2011 Report Share Posted January 5, 2011 pulp won't headline because they're playing other places, regardless of position Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adustlandfairytale Posted January 5, 2011 Report Share Posted January 5, 2011 (edited) But look back at 09, KoL played TITP and Oxegen, yet still headlined Reading. Edited January 5, 2011 by adustlandfairytale Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrtourette Posted January 5, 2011 Report Share Posted January 5, 2011 Yeah a lot of festivals are pretty loose with the term 'exclusive' and use separate countries rather than just UK-wide to still be able to use the term. Pretty soon we'll be justifying exclusive headliners at Reading by saying that they didn't play anywhere else in Berkshire that year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rexclark Posted January 5, 2011 Report Share Posted January 5, 2011 TITP and R&L share a headliner all the time. The exclusivity is refering to being an English exclusive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe1990 fresh account Posted January 5, 2011 Report Share Posted January 5, 2011 I take it you never watched Arcade Fire's performance, and have never looked how acclaimed any of their records are, or listened to any of them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harderfaster Posted January 6, 2011 Report Share Posted January 6, 2011 pulp won't headline because they're playing other places, regardless of position Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jump Posted January 6, 2011 Report Share Posted January 6, 2011 (edited) one word: verve! Edited January 6, 2011 by jump Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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