Special Guests?

[DJL]

So... Clash finder lists special guests on the lock up stage on the Sunday

http:///s/reading11/

Not sure if there's much history of decent/any special guests at R & L? With Glastonbury getting big name acts with a history at the fest for smaller scale guests slots over the last couple of years wondering if R & L might try and do the same? Bloc party?

[thesecretingredientiscrime]

No there's not. It's not special guests, it'll be a double slot as it always is. Someone playing somewhere else doing another gig. It's Glasto's thing to do the special guests, other than TCV, it doesn't really happen at Reading.

Last year was NOFX, year before was Alexisonfire.

Pretty certain it'll be Frank Turner.

[Vacant0]

So... Clash finder lists special guests on the lock up stage on the Sunday

http:///s/reading11/

Not sure if there's much history of decent/any special guests at R & L? With Glastonbury getting big name acts with a history at the fest for smaller scale guests slots over the last couple of years wondering if R & L might try and do the same? Bloc party?

[Dan R]

No there's not. It's not special guests, it'll be a double slot as it always is. Someone playing somewhere else doing another gig. It's Glasto's thing to do the special guests, other than TCV, it doesn't really happen at Reading.

Last year was NOFX, year before was Alexisonfire.

Pretty certain it'll be Frank Turner.

[thesecretingredientiscrime]

Theres been a special guest of some sort for the last few years, some have been more secret than others though:

2007: Kaiser Chiefs

2008: Pigeon Detectives

2009: them Crooked Vultures

2010: Gallows

This year its very likely be Frank Turner, bit pointless as a special guest as most would predict him playing the double slot anyway. Maybe he wanted to play and they thought he's too big for the slot.

[lharris92]

that clashfinder has someone between rise against and the deftones but tbh i doubt there will be...

[Englishdragon]

Not sure you'd count Gallows, due to them being lock-up, and having used The Rats before etc. etc.

Pigeon's were on a Thursday and on the line-up.

I'll give you Kaiser's though.

Edited August 18, 2011 by Leeds_Brett

[mrtourette]

So... Clash finder lists special guests on the lock up stage on the Sunday

http:///s/reading11/

Not sure if there's much history of decent/any special guests at R & L? With Glastonbury getting big name acts with a history at the fest for smaller scale guests slots over the last couple of years wondering if R & L might try and do the same? Bloc party?

[SoTheSagaBegins]

If it is Frank Turner, will he be playing the secret set at both Leeds and Reading or just Reading?

[mrtourette]

It's not really a secret set, it's on the official poster, and it's on there for both sites. If you mean will the special guest be the same for both sites, the answer's yes.

[jump]

Theres been a special guest of some sort for the last few years, some have been more secret than others though:

2007: Kaiser Chiefs

2008: Pigeon Detectives

2009: them Crooked Vultures

2010: Gallows

This year its very likely be Frank Turner, bit pointless as a special guest as most would predict him playing the double slot anyway. Maybe he wanted to play and they thought he's too big for the slot.

[Dukeeyyy]

I reckon there will be a special guest on the R1 Tent at Leeds on sunday to replace Odd Future, either that or there will be longer times, and someone like Friendly Fires may do an acoustic set on the BBC I Stage