Melvin's Interview

[El4d]

http://www.rocksound.tv/news/article/reading-and-leeds-2011-melvin-benn-qa

Interview with the Boss about RnL 2011, enjoy!

[dannyv18]

was very entertaining he talks some bullcrap!

[mattl]

Sonisphere has been getting better year by year, maybe he's just annoyed by his thunder being drowned out by the brilliance of "the big 4".

[RDCL]

even though hes booked enter shikari 3 years in a row :|

[guyzer]

was very entertaining he talks some bullcrap!

[luckysalt]

MY GOD! Melvin Benn is a f**king KNOB!

Anything he had to tackle he just dismisses straight away and just ABSOLUTELY bigs up the line up hes booked, people say Andy Copping is bad but god this guy is a million times worse, he's so smug sounding, won't take ANY negativity at all just shits on everyone else. Calls the bands playing Sonisphere SHITE even though he's booked and will book them again given them a chance.

Says they're shite then says its terrific in the next sentence, sounds like he wasn't ready for this interview at all, continues to go back on things he's said, Reading is diverse and EVERY other festival is narrow minded? f**k RIGHT OFF. What a complete prick

[Joe-]

Trying to justify MCR and 30STM by saying "They've earned their dues" goes to show.

[kingjamma]

I had to laugh when he went on about the big four. "Where do you go next? The big five? The big three? The big two?" Does he actually know what the big four stands for?

[rivalschools.price]

even though hes booked enter shikari 3 years in a row :|

[luckysalt]

Im still absolutely staggered by that interview.

what a complete fool.

[amnesiac-kid]

Sounds like a complete moron tbh.

You can almost hear him squirming in his seat at any of the tough questions.

[lharris92]

tbh AC exposes himself too much, but MB makes himself look like the biggest idiot in interviews like this...

[howlin_pete]

Pretty sure that he meant same kind of music, rather than same bands, as he went on to talk about the diversity of music rather than repeat bookings

[Welshyyy]

even though hes booked enter shikari 3 years in a row :|

[Gingecredible]

That awkward silence when asked about greenday...

I thought soundcloud had crashed.

[luckysalt]

As Ive posted on twitter and to Andy Copping and NME,

I notice NME aren't reporting that Benn has called Sonisphere SHITE, but were quick enough to report Copping saying Metallica would be a boring booking and was misquoted.

NME are just f**king cocksucking, sponsoring loving, poor journo w*nk!

Have they EVER reported anything negetive to do with Reading and Leeds?

[howlin_pete]

To be fair to him, he backtracked a lot after calling it shite, he said that he would book any of those bands any year. Think he was a stupid saying it shite, but to focus on that word alone in the interview is something a tabloid newspaper would do, he said a lot of other things about those bands too

[loscfestivals]

Sounds like a geriatric.

Completely out of touch. Says the fans are ultimately the judge on what they do and appears this year they are saying a big NO Melv.

Tickets already been on sale longer than any other year in the last 6 with the TWO presales and you can buy everything but Reading early tickets.

Says it is "appalling" to question MCR headlining??? The same band who aren't headlining elsewhere in the UK, and just came off a half full arena tour?? How the f**k is Reading and Leeds The Strokes natural home??

Also, the price increase isn't only about VAT because that would be less than a fiver increase and it has gone up £12.50. More bullshit.

Guy is so smug and full of shit it is untrue, this would have made a very funny spoof!

[Desmond 48]

Frigging hell. He hasn't done himself any favours here has he?

[howlin_pete]

Not to say he didnt talk a lot of shite himself, like saying he doesnt care about stuff like ticket sales, then saying R&L has the best ticket sales (which is bollocks as at least Glasto sold out quicker, and probably a couple of others too)

[luckysalt]

Sounds like a geriatric.

Completely out of touch. Says the fans are ultimately the judge on what they do and appears this year they are saying a big NO Melv.

Tickets already been on sale longer than any other year in the last 6 with the TWO presales and you can buy everything but Reading early tickets.

Says it is "appalling" to question MCR headlining??? The same band who aren't headlining elsewhere in the UK, and just came off a half full arena tour?? How the f**k is Reading and Leeds The Strokes natural home??

Also, the price increase isn't only about VAT because that would be less than a fiver increase and it has gone up £12.50. More bullshit.

Guy is so smug and full of shit it is untrue, this would have made a very funny spoof!

[rivalschools.price]

i think melvin benn needs to employ a PR man,oh wait,he IS the PR man.

[paulomas]

this interview is so boring im half way through it

[rivalschools.price]

To be fair to him, he backtracked a lot after calling it shite, he said that he would book any of those bands any year. Think he was a stupid saying it shite, but to focus on that word alone in the interview is something a tabloid newspaper would do, he said a lot of other things about those bands too

[lharris92]

its only because copping hypes up his festival so much in the public domain is why he gets so slagged off if there is a poor booking... however MB comes out once a year says "exclusive headliners who are amazing" and then when the backlash hits from some people gets pissed off by it...

i just hope the rest of the line up when it is announced justifies the £200 on a ticket..