2013 Lineup

[Frankly Mr Shankly]

GNRs was pretty awful! Coming on late sounding shit and doing a stupid amount of costume changes!

[mrtourette]

This is what I don't understand, if Melvin was so appauled at the chilis, why is he not at the arctics?

[Asdaprice]

yeah radiohead were grande - and they pulled out a greatest hits set which was unusual, but brilliant

Heres my evidence for why Chilis would be better, and for some reason I'm semi convinced its them now

a) they acknowledged they got shit late Stadium Arcadium tour, and acknowledged they were exhausted and couldn't be arsed, on the brink of break up - but damn i cant find the vid where the do

Josh can't really jam, so they are alot shorter, and when they do its bongo crazy, sweet.

c)http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/red-hot-chili-peppers/2013/arena-vfg-guadalajara-mexico-73db0215.html

^their setlist from last night. 4 of BTW, Cali, and their latest album, only 2 from SA (their cack album in my opinion) and 3 from BSSM (4 if you include Soul To Squeeze which they recorded for it). Alot more fair to their history, and the better songs of the albums too.

I wouldn't be surprised, or bothered, if it was them

[Asdaprice]

Melvin hasn't booked Artic Monkees since tho.

I remember both KOL & Monkees blaming both the fest and the fans afterwards that year and imo I'm not sure if they would be booked again for that reason.

[luckysalt]

I saw them at v festival aswel and they were awful there aswel, I heard them at werchter last year(I tried walking faster) as I was walking of the arena and sounded awful.

[thetime]

Which V did you see them at? I saw them at V2001 and they were really good then, but a lot of people who saw them at V2003 said they were poor, and defo way worse than in 2001.

[thesecretingredientiscrime]

Probably because in his opinion RHCP were worse, or because he felt more let down by them.

[Asdaprice]

Yeah, Melvin said we booked the biggest not the best, which suggests he threw all his weight behind them as being star headliner.

I can appreciate people believing Arctics were poor,but It certainly wasn't only their performance which was a factor. They also definitely weren't the star headliner that year.

[dart]

yeah radiohead were grande - and they pulled out a greatest hits set which was unusual, but brilliant

Heres my evidence for why Chilis would be better, and for some reason I'm semi convinced its them now

a) they acknowledged they got shit late Stadium Arcadium tour, and acknowledged they were exhausted and couldn't be arsed, on the brink of break up - but damn i cant find the vid where the do

Josh can't really jam, so they are alot shorter, and when they do its bongo crazy, sweet.

c)http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/red-hot-chili-peppers/2013/arena-vfg-guadalajara-mexico-73db0215.html

^their setlist from last night. 4 of BTW, Cali, and their latest album, only 2 from SA (their cack album in my opinion) and 3 from BSSM (4 if you include Soul To Squeeze which they recorded for it). Alot more fair to their history, and the better songs of the albums too.

I wouldn't be surprised, or bothered, if it was them

Edited March 4, 2013 by dart

[Asdaprice]

To be fair I'd be willing to give them a chance if they played that setlist, it's actually really good. The hate for Chili's is strong on here but I am a fan, used to be a pretty big one actually, of them on record. Not seen them live and if their live performances have improved it'd be worth a look in, I think they'd be a much bigger ticket seller than pretty much all the suggested headliners as well, even Green Day imo.

[dart]

I actually had the chance to see the chili's on their 2011 arena tour but didn't bother as 55quid is a pisstake for them, my friends who did go said they were great, really good energy and seemed happy to play all the hits.

[VCK]

2007's line-up was one of the weakest the festival has ever had. A strong Top 2/3 for each day, but most of the line-up was landfill Indie and boring emo nonsense. Plus the "Nu-Rave day" in the tent...I shudder.

Of course, they more than made up for it the following year.

[dart]

Is System jump on board too it would have to be sweet

[FloorFiller]

To be fair I'd be willing to give them a chance if they played setlist, the detest for Chili's is strong on here but I am a fan, used to be a pretty big one actually, of them on record. Think they'd be a much bigger ticket seller than pretty much all the suggested headliners, even Green Day imo.

[Andy_47]

Chillies being there would make me strongly consider giving it a miss this year. They were bloody awful at Hampden. I was quite a big fan, and remember reading about their R+L performance and being sure it was people just being hypercritical. Sadly I was wrong. Loss pointless funk improvised spots and lacklustre effort. Say what you want about Green Day musically but you'd get effort and more than likely a greatest hits set also.

Thankfully the RHCP seems based on nothing other than something throwing their name out there.

[Millar95]

Saw them on their 2011 arena tour in Manchester and thought they were brilliant personally! I have seen a lot of videos on YouTube of their performances though and wondered if I caught them on a good night, wouldn't mind them playing though, much prefer them to Greenday

[Asdaprice]

Only problem with rhcp playing under system is system would no doubt show them up big time, hopefully they'd still be decent enough though

[dart]

really? i don't know many people who still claim to be big Chili Pepper fans, especially in the Reading/Leeds demographic. they're way past it, imo. last two albums have been garbage, their setlists look incredibly dull (how a band manages to play the worst songs off each of their records is beyond me) and now that John's gone they're just a shadow of what they once were (and this is all coming from somebody who once held RHCP as one of his favourite bands). they've been on the verge of breakup quite a few times over the past few years so it wouldn't surprise me if they split soon, maybe after one more album

[VCK]

I've always wondered if the response to that 2007 set has had some kind of impact on their reputation? They're still a big band but they're not really a name that gets people excited these days and I don't think they've headlined a UK festival since. I don't remember a great deal of hype surrounding their last album either.

Between 2002 and 2007 they were maybe the biggest band in the world but they don't seem to have that these days.

Of course, John leaving might have something to do with it.

[Asdaprice]

really? i don't know many people who still claim to be big Chili Pepper fans, especially in the Reading/Leeds demographic. they're way past it, imo. last two albums have been garbage, their setlists look incredibly dull (how a band manages to play the worst songs off each of their records is beyond me) and now that John's gone they're just a shadow of what they once were (and this is all coming from somebody who once held RHCP as one of his favourite bands). they've been on the verge of breakup quite a few times over the past few years so it wouldn't surprise me if they split soon, maybe after one more album

[kaosmark2]

2007's line-up was one of the weakest the festival has ever had. A strong Top 2/3 for each day, but most of the line-up was landfill Indie and boring emo nonsense. Plus the "Nu-Rave day" in the tent...I shudder.

Of course, they more than made up for it the following year.

[dart]

I've always wondered if the response to that 2007 set has had some kind of impact on their reputation? They're still a big band but they're not really a name that gets people excited these days and I don't think they've headlined a UK festival since. I don't remember a great deal of hype surrounding their last album either.

Between 2002 and 2007 they were maybe the biggest band in the world but they don't seem to have that these days.

Of course, John leaving might have something to do with it.

[PDAD]

RHCP certainly don't have the draw the had in their heyday. Uninspiring booking in my opinion: would suggest to me that Melvin had no other good options really, especially after his comments post 2007.

Edited March 4, 2013 by PDAD

[Asdaprice]

Chillies being there would make me strongly consider giving it a miss this year. They were bloody awful at Hampden. I was quite a big fan, and remember reading about their R+L performance and being sure it was people just being hypercritical. Sadly I was wrong. Loss pointless funk improvised spots and lacklustre effort. Say what you want about Green Day musically but you'd get effort and more than likely a greatest hits set also.

Thankfully the RHCP seems based on nothing other than something throwing their name out there.

[dart]

RHCP certainly don't have the draw the had in their heyday. Uninspiring booking in my opinion: would suggest to me that Melvin had no other good options really, especially after his comments post 2007.