2013 Lineup

[dancelittleliar]

NME headliners have never been massive bands - about equivalent to between 4th and 5th main. The quality of the band is subjective, but the size is not. Alt-J are probably about as popular as Maccabees were. Maybe it was a bit of a premature booking, but it made sense for them

[Andy0808 v3.0]

Manic Street Preachers, Pendulum, Manic Street Preachers, LostProphets have all headlined NME tent in recent years and are bigger than Alt-J.

I think the booking is premature, and they should of subbed to a band who've been around for a little longer.

[dentalplan]

NME headliners have never been massive bands - about equivalent to between 4th and 5th main. The quality of the band is subjective, but the size is not. Alt-J are probably about as popular as Maccabees were. Maybe it was a bit of a premature booking, but it made sense for them

[dentalplan]

Manic Street Preachers, Pendulum, Manic Street Preachers, LostProphets have all headlined NME tent in recent years and are bigger than Alt-J.

I think the booking is premature, and they should of subbed to a band who've been around for a little longer.

[LondonTom]

Want to get a "Bloc for Reading Glasto chant going"?

[Andy0808 v3.0]

Don't forget Manic Street Preachers

[ladbrokeboy]

Just emphasising my point

[dancelittleliar]

Manic Street Preachers, Pendulum, Manic Street Preachers, LostProphets have all headlined NME tent in recent years and are bigger than Alt-J.

I think the booking is premature, and they should of subbed to a band who've been around for a little longer.

Edited February 19, 2013 by dancelittleliar

[thelionsmouth]

But so have Beady Eye, Klaxons, Gossip, Babyshambles, The Tears, The View, etc. Booking bands off the back of a single successful album, or one other redeeming feature (having someone from a previous band, like Racounteurs Beady Eye or Babyshambles, or in this case winning the mercury prize) gets you to the top spot. It's not an unusual booking in any form.

[dancelittleliar]

I agree. Also, Alt-J are quite big among 16/17 year olds. Bigger than you'd expect.

[thelionsmouth]

Being from that age group, it's not hard to see that they are the coolest band to like at the moment.

[Andy0808 v3.0]

I thought the Alt-J hype left as quickly as it came. Don't get me wrong i do really like them, just surprised to see them jump to headline and intrigued as to who will sub them.

[2rare2die]

NME headliners have never been massive bands - about equivalent to between 4th and 5th main. The quality of the band is subjective, but the size is not. Alt-J are probably about as popular as Maccabees were. Maybe it was a bit of a premature booking, but it made sense for them

[thelionsmouth]

I thought the Alt-J hype left as quickly as it came. Don't get me wrong i do really like them, just surprised to see them jump to headline and intrigued as to who will sub them.

[willutalk]

V announcing on Monday next week 25/02/13. At least we will know who will not be playing lower down the bill at R&L by then.

End of feb 2013 is when the presale at last years prices I'd expect the R&L announcement the Monday of the following week 04/01/13. Unless the promoters try and force another announcement out before V announces.

[kev1664]

Is any one still bothered about V? A fest who books Niki Minaj surely has problems.

I think you'll be correct on the prediction 04/01/2013 if you meant 01/04/2013.[/quote

Well no, but considering that bands don't play both it's a great indication of who is out of the running and who people were expecting at R&L turn up at V.

[thelionsmouth]

what do people think about Willy Moon & Palma Violets being TBC?

I'm happy abvout PV but not fussed by Willy.

[dentalplan]

what do people think about Willy Moon & Palma Violets being TBC?

[thelionsmouth]

Palma Violets was absolutely inevitable. Even before they got put on NME Awards Tour.

I checked out Willy Moon and doesn't sound like my thing. Does anyone that knows anything about him know where he could play?

[Weloveyouneil]

Not the line up im wanting but along the lines of what i imagine it will be.

(Top Seven)

Main

The Prodigy

Bloc Party

Weezer

The Klaxons

Miles Kane

Modest Mouse

Frightened Rabbit

NME

Phoenix

Main

Eminem

Dizzie Rascal

The Editors

Foals

The Fratelli's

Frank Turner

Of Monsters and Men

NME

Yeah Yeah Yeah's

Main

Biffy Clyro

System of a Down

Fallout boy

Deftones

Bring me the Horizon

Stone Sour

Young guns

NME

ALT-J

[Chrisl2510]

I think his popularity will grow by August as he doesn't release his album until April. Saw him supporting Jack White last year and he was decent. Makes a lot of strange noises though...

Edited February 19, 2013 by Chrisl2510

[ZXCVBNM]

Slightly optimistic prediction because I was bored:

Main Stage:

Biffy Clyro

Fall Out Boy

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Foals

Tame Impala

Miles Kane

Frightened Rabbit

Django Django

Blood Red Shoes

Black Sabbath

System of a Down

Deftones

Bring Me the Horizon

Iggy & the Stooges

Twin Atlantic

Killswitch Engage

Lower Than Atlantis

Eminem

Dizzee Rascal

Vampire Weekend

Wu-Tang Clan

Jurassic 5

The Polyphonic Spreee

Everything Everything

...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead

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NME Stage:

ALT-J

Jake Bugg

Dinosaur Jr

The Walkmen

Japandroids

Cloud Nothings

Palma Violets

Peace

Dutch Uncles

Metz

CRYSTAL CASTLES

Animal Collective

The Postal Service

Yeasayer

Ghostpoet

Wild Nothing

Chromatics

Christopher Owens

Savages

Petite Noir

FRANK OCEAN // THE WEEKND

Kendrick Lamar

Azealia Banks

Death Grips

Childish Gambino

AlunaGeorge

Twin Shadow

Chvrches

Charlie Boyer & the Voyeurs

[Millar95]

Really hope Greenday don't turn out to be the last headliner, they're so poor (just my opinion). I'd rather FR booked KOL or The Killers, and both of them would be dull bookings!

[kaosmark2]

NME headliner size is weird. I mean, FNM would have been 2nd or 3rd mainstage if they'd played on it, yet they got a small crowd as NME headliner. A lot of people here were hoping for Soundgarden, who could probably have subbed a heavy band at the top of the order. Some of the new one-album bands who headline have a comparable level of popularity to 3rd, yet you get other bands who would only just about get 5th on main. I don't think you can directly compare NME headliner size to mainstage position.

[dancelittleliar]

Bloc Party still don't have dates past early July, I doubt they'll play. Coupled with the fact they'd have to play the same slot they've already played twice, just can't see it happening.

Think V will get YYYs as well, their strange tour dates cover Leeds and Reading areas but not Vs. Would make more sense for them to do that, to not compete with themselves.

Dizzee Rascal subbing Eminem makes sense I suppose, but seems like a lot of Hip Hop on the first year where there's a stage dedicated to it don't you think?

I will still be enormously disappointed if Fall Out Boy sub, that would just be ridiculous. I'm hoping against hope they will be 3rd.