2012

[zeppelin]

Is it Craig David?

[AcademicPistol]

Damn it! i was hoping for a rewind.

[TYLER_4]

green day news in next weeks kerrang + they are a rumour + its when the soni announcent is expected = headlining

[she bangs the drums]

green day news in next weeks kerrang + they are a rumour + its when the soni announcent is expected = headlining

[gazza_20]

green day news in next weeks kerrang + they are a rumour + its when the soni announcent is expected = headlining

[kipper64]

They definitely aren't playing IoW. The booker for IoW said they passed up playing. I don't think TITP will have them either, Radiohead and Bruce Springsteen seem more likely for that going by their current tour dates.

[gazza_20]

They definitely aren't playing IoW. The booker for IoW said they passed up playing. I don't think TITP will have them either, Radiohead and Bruce Springsteen seem more likely for that going by their current tour dates.

[lharris92]

the green day news will probably be about their next album mainly then perhaps an announcement about a tour or something

[gazza_20]

the green day news will probably be about their next album mainly then perhaps an announcement about a tour or something

[kipper64]

Their own stadium shows then? If T don't have them then Oxygen won't have them. R&L pretty much you'd say defo won't have them.

Hasn't it been ruled out Radiohead for IOW?

The Killers, Snow Patrol and The Roses don't look that bad a shout for T.

[gazza_20]

I meant Radiohead for T in the Park I would've thought Killers for Isle of White as they just did T in 2009 right? Then the last headliner for T would be possibly Springsteen as he has no Scottish dates in his tour? Though Snow Patrol could be a good shout too.

Green Day I think would be more likely to do their own tour dates, however Billie Joe Armstrong did tweet about the Big 4 DVD last year saying he's love to be a part of a festival like that and they tend to just do a couple of odd EU festivals when they tour (like in 2010) so perhaps the Sonisphere tour will have them on most of the dates? That and the first week of December is when Sonisphere have announced their first lot of bands the past 2 years, which happens to be the same week Kerrang! has some Green Day related news....

[lharris92]

have they been touring america at all yet?

[eFestivals]

I know Neil has his doubts about Green Day playing UK festivals again from info he has received in the past

I've never said anything remotely like that.

[she bangs the drums]

I've never said anything remotely like that.

[mrtourette]

He was saying that he didn't think they'd headline R&L, not any UK festivals.

[she bangs the drums]

He was saying that he didn't think they'd headline R&L, not any UK festivals.

[jump]

Who would be the big 4 below them?

The Killers are out fo IOW too, Giddings has already said so. Springsteen's announced touring plans which pretty much rules him out of T too in Denmark and Switzerland that weekend.

Edited December 1, 2011 by jump

[Rancidpunk_76]

Thinking about it, how good would a punk Big 4 day be though?? Green Day & Blink aren't particular faves of mine but if you added Rancid & Nofx to the bill too - that would kick ass.

How does Rancid's booking with Rebellion fit in with a possible appearance at Soni??

[she bangs the drums]

I'd hazard a guess and say he was talking more about having an event gig than a Big 4 type show. If it was a punk version of the Big 4 then it would probably be Green Day, Rancid and Offspring who did what the Big 4 did for metal in the 80's but for 90's punk in America at least. Also arguably NoFX, Pennywise, Bad Religion and Blink (who came later than the others) would be there too all of which are from California like the other 3 but the thing is The Big 4 term was kicked about for 2 decades before they actually played togther unlike Green Day and the others.

[gazza_20]

Apologies Neil, I'm sure I read that you had said something on those lines in the Reading and Leeds forums over the past few years.

It would appear I have been getting analysis lessons from Gazza 20.

[tomdsjames]

the green day news will probably be about their next album mainly then perhaps an announcement about a tour or something

[jump]

Of course Punk Big 4 could backfire and it end up being 00's emo/pop punk of My Chemical Romance, Paramore, Fall Out Boy & Panic! At The Disco.

[jump]

Don't want to get my hopes up too much but...

They have been playing a lot of small club shows in America recently and a few days ago it was announced a punk club in London will be celebrating 20 years of Kerplunk (Green Day's second album) in January and there will be 'special guests'.

Probably just wishful thinking but that would be amazing for me.

[she bangs the drums]

Don't bring me into your own wrong doings dude!

Even i hadn't posted that comment that you did lol

[gazza_20]

Have to blame someone and you are usually the efestivals scapegoat