2012 Lineup

[TYLER_4]

In a year of weak festivals, it's possible...

[mrtourette]

Have the Smashing Pumpkins been in any way ruled out?

[gazza_20]

I would assume top 3 Kasabian day will be

Kasabian

Florence & The Machine

Dizzee Rascal

I assumed that Dizzee would sub if he played. But I guess there isn't much reason to bump him up. Plus it open up a collab if it's really needed.

[BTK1609]

Well if it does end up being FATM as the third headliner then so be it. As much as she wouldn't be my preferred choice (she would probably be my last) all of the maoning and bitching in the world won't change it!

Of the acts that we know about so far the Foo's and Kasabian are my two favourite bands and with the Black Keyes and The D also probably playing I'm already happy.

Hopefully there will be something good on another stage and if not I will just turn to drink that night instead

[FortMorris]

Well if it does end up being FATM as the third headliner then so be it. As much as she wouldn't be my preferred choice (she would probably be my last) all of the maoning and bitching in the world won't change it!

Of the acts that we know about so far the Foo's and Kasabian are my two favourite bands and with the Black Keyes and The D also probably playing I'm already happy.

Hopefully there will be something good on another stage and if not I will just turn to drink that night instead

[JBarbour]

Sex Pistols?

Signed a new record deal ahead of releasing 35th anniversary of Never Mind The Bollocks

"Other events and releases, currently under wraps, are being planned throughout the year"

Just throwing it out there for the sake of it!

Edited February 27, 2012 by craigb

[Chrisl2510]

The Darkness headlined off the back of a 38 minute album and 3 top 10 singles, one of which was a Christmas song

[Mouseboy11]

fucking hell, Brian May has done another colab with Dappy and it's a cover of We Will Rock You. Someone should stop the man from shitting all over Freddie's legacy.

[Vieuphoria]

they didn't. Lots of solos.

[mrtourette]

How did they manage to fill a whole hour and a half set?lol

[JBarbour]

fucking hell, Brian May has done another colab with Dappy and it's a cover of We Will Rock You. Someone should stop the man from shitting all over Freddie's legacy.

[Vieuphoria]

fucking hell, Brian May has done another colab with Dappy and it's a cover of We Will Rock You. Someone should stop the man from shitting all over Freddie's legacy.

[gazza_20]

I draw issue with comments like this.

It's not Freddie's legacy. It's Queen's legacy. Just because Freddie died it doesn't make the band his. May can do what he wishes with his music. Dappy is shite, but we can't just be snobby about it.

[Chrisl2510]

Could Cancer Bats headline the lock up? New album out this year and didn't play last year...

[Mouseboy11]

Michael Kiwanuka for FR headliner?

[Chrisl2510]

I agree, Freddie's legacy will stay what it is. It's Brian May, that however great a rock man and guitarist he is, doing all these collaborations is making him look a bad sell out.

[Andre91]

Brian May has dragged the name of one of THE greatest bands of all time thorugh the dirt so much! I'll remember Freddie as the greatest frontman that ever lived, but I will not acknowledge Queen as a band after he died, May has ruined that legendary name.

Anyhow, I don't see how Florence is big enough to headline? Look at all of the other headliners over the past 5 years and she's really out of place, apart from Razorlight of course.

[gazza_20]

Doesn't Mick Jagger also feature on one of Will.I.am's songs too? What's happening :/

[YumYum]

Anyone else expecting to see Krist Novoselic come out with Foo's? He plays bass on 'I Should Have Known' and with it being the Nirvana anniversary and all that shinanigans

[gazza_20]

How likely I'm not sure, but it's a little guess anyway

FATM

Dizzee Rascal

Lostprophets

You Me At Six

Jack White

Enter Shikari

Kasabian

Bloc Party

Kaiser Chiefs

The Cribs

White Lies

The Maccabees

Foo Fighters

The Black Keys

Tenacious D

Refused

Rancid

Less Than Jake

Eagles Of Death Metal

?

Twin Atlantic

TDCC

Edited February 27, 2012 by gazza_20

[BTK1609]

Anyone else expecting to see Krist Novoselic come out with Foo's? He plays bass on 'I Should Have Known' and with it being the Nirvana anniversary and all that shinanigans

[cound123]

Anyone else expecting to see Krist Novoselic come out with Foo's? He plays bass on 'I Should Have Known' and with it being the Nirvana anniversary and all that shinanigans

[YumYum]

I think and indeed hope so!

[Andrew Sebkhi]

Surely it's more likely FATM will be headlining Bestival than Reading? For example, her upcoming UK tour is pretty much exactly the same as Black Keys, and I can't see anyone saying they could headline.

[eFestivals]

Im really not conviced that Florence will headline, no way is she big enough at all imo. A band like Bloc Party would also be much more popular with the masses, even my friends who like Florence would be shocked by her headlining reading. There are much better and bigger bands available and with Melvin taking a hit last year no way will he take such a risk.

Bloc Party would be a much bigger risk than Flo, of that there's no doubt.