2013 Lineup

[mrtourette]

I think the same point was made about The Cure this year and then the undercard was blamed when they failed to bring the predicted day or weekend ticket sales.

[thetime]

I pretty sure DM's Wireless day didn't sell out a few years ago, I remember seeing tixs on Ebay going cheap but no one I knew fancied it.

[jump]

I think the same point was made about The Cure this year and then the undercard was blamed when they failed to bring the predicted day or weekend ticket sales.

[thetime]

I think the same point was made about The Cure this year and then the undercard was blamed when they failed to bring the predicted day or weekend ticket sales.

[thetime]

Sabbath, dm and a younger headliner then theres something for most people.

Got to be a good thing in pulling the punters in.

[jump]

It probably wont at leeds, they would still sell day tickets on the back of dm playing though.

There big enough to play, the same way cure were. My era they were on of the iconic bands and still are in my view, its proven reading bookers are willing to go that way so wouldnt rule it out.

[gazza_20]

They were predicted to not be a big draw tho

[thetime]

I'm not ruling it out, I'm pointing out like tourette said people start going on about how whatever older act will shift loads of day tixs and eventually they don't.

[jump]

How do you know they didnt shift a load of day tickets? It just didnt sell out, might mean 5 tickets left or 20,000 tickets left.

[thetime]

From the small crowd they got?

[dentalplan]

Depeche Mode would be a great 4th headliner for R+L.

[thetime]

Depeche Mode would be a great 4th headliner for R+L.

[dentalplan]

Haha good one, still not moved on or accepting facts then.

[mrtourette]

You cpuld say that with muse and foo fighters, did they sell all there day tickets at leeds?

[lharris92]

3 headliners (actually scrap that make it 4)

sabbath

new order

bruce springsteen

&

depeche mode

win?

[thetime]

You could if you were looking for an argument or to try and prove someone wrong on a technicality, however I didn't mention anything about Kasabian and Foos (especially not that they'd sold all of their tickets).

The point was not the comparison between the three headliners, it was about the difference between the bluster from a lot of Cure fans about the effect they'd have on ticket sales and it not entirely turning out that way, and that when people start saying the same thing about Depeche Mode (they'll sell a lot of day tickets as all their loyal fans will come from all over to see them at this one gig) I'm a bit skeptical.

[Andre91]

Black Sabbath

Jack White

Avenged Sevenfold

The Killers

Mumford & Sons

Vampire Weekend

Arctic Monkeys

Bloc Party

Editors

NME- The XX, Frank Turner, Deftones.

Lock up/Dance- Sum 41, NOFX, Knife Party

Festival Republic- The Fratellis, Maximo Park, Benjamin Francis Leftwich.

[jump]

Black Sabbath

Jack White

Avenged Sevenfold

The Killers

Mumford & Sons

Vampire Weekend

Arctic Monkeys

Bloc Party

Editors

NME- The XX, Frank Turner, Deftones.

Lock up/Dance- Sum 41, NOFX, Knife Party

Festival Republic- The Fratellis, Maximo Park, Benjamin Francis Leftwich.

[mrtourette]

Yes your perhaps right to be fair

I do think it adds alot to the festival having a few older bands, especially those who have a great back catalogue like the cure and depeche mode.

Its got to be better than reeling the same old bands like muse, killers, biffy etc etc.

Edited October 24, 2012 by mrtourette

[jump]

It is better if the mix is right, but it's not always a realistic shout. I was wrong about The Cure as I plumped for them to do Latitude instead of R&L, I could bre wrong about Depeche Mode but that just feels even less likey to me. However as Neil says maybe they thought that The Cure was enough of a success to try a similar thing again, although that may be why they've been looking at Sabbath.

[Justiceforcedave]

Could they do some sort of co-header...

[jonodillieono]

I just can't get enough.

[Chinaski_]

let's have it guys.

depeche mode

bloc party

black sabbath

jack white

the killers

mumford & sons

[Justiceforcedave]

It probably wont at leeds, they would still sell day tickets on the back of dm playing though.

There big enough to play, the same way cure were. My era they were on of the iconic bands and still are in my view, its proven reading bookers are willing to go that way so wouldnt rule it out.

[Justiceforcedave]

...also if you were a Depeche Mode fan (many of whom are a bit older) then why would you pay to go and see Depeche Mode at Reading surrounded by loads of drunk teenagers when you could go and watch them at the O2 Arena? And if you were booking Reading festival then why would you book Depeche Mode knowing this is the likely scenario?

The Cure where an exclusive at least.