V Line Up

[Bisque]

when was the lineup for Leeds announced last year? Normally do V but go my Leeds ticket in pre-sale last year. Glad the V lineup is poor, more likely to have good acts at Leeds.

Edited March 1, 2011 by zerocouch

[mrtourette]

March 28th.

[beltin]

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OfficialRandL Reading & Leeds fest

So it's here! Tickets and first line up announcements will happen on Monday 21st March at 7pm

[pink_triangle]

f**k! I didn't see them announced.

[Bisque]

I always think reading/leeds miss a trick by not booking bands who peaked in the late 90s like fun loving criminals, ocs, cast etc. Maybe im bias as I was a teenager then, however i still think you put these bands in the middle of the nme tent or high up in the fr tent and they would go down well. I often feel reading/leeds is a little obsessed with being percievd as trendy and down with the new bands.

[jump]

I always think reading/leeds miss a trick by not booking bands who peaked in the late 90s like fun loving criminals, ocs, cast etc. Maybe im bias as I was a teenager then, however i still think you put these bands in the middle of the nme tent or high up in the fr tent and they would go down well. I often feel reading/leeds is a little obsessed with being percievd as trendy and down with the new bands.

[Bisque]

What about Faith No More & A.F.I., they should mix up the "heavy" bands on NME a bit more like they did that year.

[Yellow_Fellow]

Nope.

Rolo Tomassi opened the tent on Saturday, in no way are they 'indie' lol.

[jump]

Those have been high up on the bill (I can't check as I'm at work) if I remember, not in the middle.

Yeh I know not all of them are going to be trendy/indie, I guess there's only so many of them. Does NME actually have a say in the bands that perform?

[rockinthecasbah]

I still can't get over Plan B sub-headlining. The most bizarre placement I've ever seen at a festival.

[rexclark]

The only acts I would take from V would be The Kaiser Chiefs, Primal Scream, Fun Lovin Criminals and The Manics.

I doubt I'd even go to V Fest if I won a ticket, it just looks awful.

[Supernintendo Chalmers]

So glad I didn't get an early bird ticket for V. Sweet Jesus, it's the Top of the Pops Festival. My Chemical Romance don't look so bad after all...

[Dave The Hedgehog]

As a second festival I was considering going to V but I'd rather go to Bloodstock and see W.A.S.P than most of the bands on V's line-up.

It doesn't really give us anything to go by anyway. It hasn't really told us anything more than we already know - Muse, MCR and The Strokes are probably headlining, and the undercard will probably be a bit like last year's, and we'll have a lot more bands to play with on the smaller stages than we will on the main stage.

I heard through the grapevine that Leeds & Reading are both going to be 'the' festivals of the year this year but I'm not overly enthusiastic about that being the case.

[kev1664]

As a second festival I was considering going to V but I'd rather go to Bloodstock and see W.A.S.P than most of the bands on V's line-up.

It doesn't really give us anything to go by anyway. It hasn't really told us anything more than we already know - Muse, MCR and The Strokes are probably headlining, and the undercard will probably be a bit like last year's, and we'll have a lot more bands to play with on the smaller stages than we will on the main stage.

I heard through the grapevine that Leeds & Reading are both going to be 'the' festivals of the year this year but I'm not overly enthusiastic about that being the case.

Edited March 2, 2011 by kev1664

[Dave The Hedgehog]

Come on then daveTH, spill the beans of the grapevine.

[pink_triangle]

Arctics are poor live, as far as i no

[beards]

I dont think they are terrible. I see them in the same way as blink 182 or mcr. I could probably enjoy a 45 minute set but would struggle with 90 mins.

[kev1664]

I thought they were really dull in 09. Maybe it wouldn't have seemed so bland if it hadn't have followed The Prodigy and all the chaos that brought but I was bored pretty much throughout their set. It was a shame because I was quite looking forward to seeing them.