2013 Headliners

[The Nal]

did people actually have faith in the NME before tonight?!

[eFestivals]

like i said in another thread, i really want to believe the Kanye information but the fact that the info was 'Kanye OR The Strokes' makes it seem a lot less reliable (i think, anyway)

it wasn't one or the other in what was sent to me - but there's only one headline slot, and both are being mooted to me as headliners, so only one of them could possibly headline.

[whisty]

What is it that makes RHCP so bad?

[eFestivals]

I'm wondering if it could be something like this (based on little things Neil has heard and just general convo on here).

on what I've heard it couldn't possibly be what you've listed - but of course all of what I've heard cannot possibly all be correct.

[rexclark]

What is it that makes RHCP so bad?

[Guest]

Isn't it all based on a public vote?

[eFestivals]

What is it that makes RHCP so bad?

their music?

[whisty]

Their music.

[Guest]

Maaan, it's a little annoying that it's just going to dumped on us. Plus 5 weeks more of fucking speculating

[rexclark]

All of it, every single thing they've ever done? I'm not a fan but what they put out doesn't sound as boring as most of the indie rock stuff floating about these days. And the structure of their tunes flow in such a way that at least you can't figure the next bit out before you hear it. That makes it kind of interesting for me, but like said I'm not a big fan, just curious as to why they're like a pariah here.

[Ed209]

RHCP: Mother's Milk, Blood Sugar Sex Magic, One Hot Minute and Californication are all great albums for the purpose they serve. Fun funk rock. Classics of my teens. They headlined the first festival I went to as well at Reading 99. They were superb. I have time a lot of time for the chilis. Unfortunately getting old was never going to suit them and post californication has been a bit of a disaster.

[**claire**]

ah shit i was hoping it wouldn't. i hope everybody with tickets hates it so i can have one

[abdoujaparov]

did people actually have faith in the NME before tonight?!

[Wooderson]

They had some decent tunes in the 90s but everything post 2000 has been an abomination and their like shows are notoriously terrible. The fact the they're all about 40 yet still act like like teenagers just adds to their shiteness.

[eFestivals]

it was a good paper in 1979...

No it wasn't. It was dreadful even then.

[Guest]

No it wasn't. It was dreadful even then.

[Guest]

apart from Julie Burchill... who was entertaining, but annoying

[eFestivals]

it had great journalists... proper journalists who knew what they were talking about. It was a genuinely good read.

not in '79 it wasn't. It might have been earlier, but by 79 it wasn't good.

[neil999]

No it wasn't. It was dreadful even then.

[random_man]

These days they should really change the meaning of the N in NME to Nostalgia. All it has in there these days is the research results the journalists are doing to teach themselves about music of time gone by.

[Guest]

was it ever any good? what about in the 1920s when it was advertising the latest trumpets? it was prob promoting some new fangled trumpet and ignoring all the decent trumpets..

[Guest]

not in '79 it wasn't. It might have been earlier, but by 79 it wasn't good.

[rexclark]

Flea, Smith and Kiedis are 50.

[dingbat2]

You should adapt this site Neil to include a proper online mag, it could be great. You could have more reviews of gigs, festivals and albums/singles and the advertisers would lap it up. Cheap as well, because most of your contibutors could be from the people on these forums, doing it for their love of music and festivals. It could be great and give the likes of the dreadful NME a run for their money. The music industry needs a proper music mag. I know I find these forums brilliant for finding out about new bands and new music - there aren't that many places where you can find it these days. And I am know you would do it for the right reasons, not for massive profit, but for the love of music

I could be your 1970's/1980's electronic music correspondent!

[rexclark]

You should adapt this site Neil to include a proper online mag, it could be great. You could have more reviews of gigs, festivals and albums/singles and the advertisers would lap it up. Cheap as well, because most of your contibutors could be from the people on these forums, doing it for their love of music and festivals. It could be great and give the likes of the dreadful NME a run for their money. The music industry needs a proper music mag. I know I find these forums brilliant for finding out about new bands and new music - there aren't that many places where you can find it these days. And I am know you would do it for the right reasons, not for massive profit, but for the love of music

I could be your 1970's/1980's electronic music correspondent!