The Park Special Guests: Rumour Round up

[robith]

That and Biffy announced it on Facebook and on their website on the Monday/Tuesday before the festival even began!

[dip]

Why's that small time? It gave the people who wanted to see them a chance to see them.

[swede]

So small time.

I've said it a million times but I found those flags so utterly pathetic.

[abu hamster]

###### was 100% accurate last year

[ninetyeightytwo]

I still think Friday could be Ryan Adams.

[abu hamster]

Glas to watch

[elfimaju]

This may have been pointed out already - in which case apologies - but I notice that Discodeine (who have featured Jarvis Cocker) are preceeded on Saturday night in Club Dada by 'Superstar Guests' - is this not a more likely place for Pulp to appear than in The Park?

[Guest blackcockerel]

Found it, 1am.

Who the f**k gave me a minus 1 for this?!

Edited June 15, 2011 by blackcockerel

[radstocker]

Clearly a lot more than you on this issue. On other stuff, maybe more maybe less.

[jimmyt]

Found it, 1am.

Who the f**k gave me a minus 1 for this?!

[Guest blackcockerel]

Cheers! I've a fair idea who it is - I have a stalker it seems, who I'm going to be reporting very shortly if they don't pack it in.

Edited June 15, 2011 by blackcockerel

[austrian_zeppelin]

So, what's the best way to find out who it when you're at Glasto?

Twitter? On another thread someone mentioned there was an

I missed Radiohalf last year, be interested to know how people found out.

[eFestivals]

Really? Perhaps you'd like to show me one of this years festival headliners that have toured the UK in the run up to their headline date (not inc warm up dates)?

Perhaps you are the "liar" disagreeing with facts you 'clearly' don't know anything about????

If a band is playing everywhere before a festival date, then they're not going to sell many tickets for that festival date, are they? So that doesn't work for a promoter who needs to sell his tickets, and it doesn't work for a band either, who want to get as much money as they can for the fewest appearances.

So promoters tend to book bands as headliners who have a 'rarity value', because they're not playing a mass of shows to draw potential ticket buyers away to those other shows, and may insist within the festival contract that there aren't any other shows which will undermine their investment in booking that band.

But there is no hard-and-fast rule about "aren't allowed to tour for 6 months prior to the festival date and not allowed to even announce a tour that's happening months after until the festival date has passed" as you've said. It's an agreement made between promoter and band, that's arrived at thru negotiation, taking into account the promoter's desire to protect their investment in booking that band but also taking into account what the band are wanting to do with other shows. If they can't make an agreement around the needs of each then the booking doesn't happen.

Some promoters of big festivals don't bother to play the 'exclusive' game at all - for example, GuilFest this year have Roger Daltry, who is touring the same set at gigs around his GuilFest headline slot, and who a few years ago had the Levellers as headliners who are gigging almost constantly. There's other examples too.

And it's often the case that the Reading/Leeds headliners book in a few indoor shows in London at around the same time - tho they tend not to be announced until the R/L tickets have sold out.

There is no hard and fast rule as you claim.

Edited June 15, 2011 by eFestivals

[Vanderlyle]

Cheers for the sound guys tip!

I DO have internet though, so where's best to check/follow on Twitter?

[jimmystobo]

Cheers! I've a fair idea who it is - I have a stalker it seems, who I'm going to be reporting very shortly if they don't pack it in.

[Vanderlyle]

Really? Perhaps you'd like to show me one of this years festival headliners that have toured the UK in the run up to their headline date (not inc warm up dates)?

Perhaps you are the "liar" disagreeing with facts you 'clearly' don't know anything about????

[Guest blackcockerel]

what are you going to report them for? Giving you a minus sign on a festival forum on the internet.

Heavy stuff.

[scappaflow]

Reckon a lot of these acts are a bit big.

Arctics or Pulp could def cause a big problem if word got out.

More likely to be someone like Franz Ferdinand or MCR. Not saying they are likely or even possible, just that headline size acts are too much of a risk.

[mr flow]

But sorry - got waylaid. This is supposed to be rumour round up (by the way can we change the title from 'rumer' round-up?).

Ting Tings (seomeone said not them - why is this)

[jimmystobo]

There's a bit more to it than that though isn't there? As you well know. I suggest you give up fairly quickly.

[Guest blackcockerel]

ha ha.

you're a f**king NUT!!!

[jimmystobo]

We'll see. Keep it up.

[Guest blackcockerel]

Couldn't give a shit about the minus points. It's the stalking I don't appreciate. What a strange man you must be. You've been reported anyway.

Edited June 15, 2011 by blackcockerel

[jimmystobo]

Couldn't give a shit about the minus points. It's the stalking I don't appreciate. What a strange man you must be. You've been reported anyway.

[Guest blackcockerel]

Are you starved of attention by any chance? Care to discuss this somewhere more appropriate?