2013 Lineup

[thelionsmouth]

Low NME surely

[Chrisl2510]

Would think we'll get savages on the NME this year, they seem to like them a lot. Also chapel club have a new album out this year i believe, could play low main or something? Struggling to see where hurts could fit in now as well.

[sjseabass]

Been looking at the poster again.

Main Stage-wise, I think this year definitely wins on the award for Most Boring Band Logos. They're all just block capitals, with a bit of distressing (SOAD, Green Day) or a letter turned round (Eminem, NIN). It's actually really hard to tell that Deftones, Foals and Fall Out Boy have been given their logos on the poster (I think - Foals looks bolder than the other two), because they all look like the normal text for the bands below them .

Any other years contenders for the Most Boring Band Logos award?

EDIT: Been looking through the posters, I think 2007 might win on that front actually.

Edited March 13, 2013 by theevilfridge

[the wonderwhy]

The History section is probably the best thing about the new site.

[mrtourette]

Where's this FIDLAR stuff coming from?

[dentalplan]

Where's this FIDLAR stuff coming from?

[Andy0808 v3.0]

I'd rather they got Kiddy FIDLAR watkins on the bill.

[LondonTom]

haha yeah, I'm gonna make sure i'm there for the Harlem Shake. If everyone pulls out their obscure dance moves it will be very funny/mental.

[thetime]

if we're going by popyularity and therefore followers on twitter - 6900 - then I reckon they'll be low NME or relatively high FR.

[mrtourette]

what the hell.

[Andy0808 v3.0]

if we're going by popyularity and therefore followers on twitter - 6900 - then I reckon they'll be low NME or relatively high FR.

[mrtourette]

I know somebody from school who nobody liked who literally had no social skills and he has 3000 followers.. i only have 164, is he more popular than me?

[the wonderwhy]

I know somebody from school who nobody liked who literally had no social skills and he has 3000 followers.. i only have 164, is he more popular than me?

[Andy0808 v3.0]

Probably.

[thelionsmouth]

what the hell.

[thelionsmouth]

I know somebody from school who nobody liked who literally had no social skills and he has 3000 followers.. i only have 164, is he more popular than me?

[thetime]

hurhurhur, made me laugh. It's the a fairly accurate reflection of popularity though, surely?

[thewayiam]

This is just something I want to throw out there...

there are a group of 20 girls from my school going to reading this year, and some said to me today they hardly know any bands on the lineup, and when I asked about green day they said "Oh that emo band right". They said "who" when I said system of a down, and they only knew one alt-j song.

So I asked them, why are you going to reading?

"they said, because the best act that has ever walked this earth is headlining, eminem!"

Look, you can choose not to believe it if you want, you can choose to argue with me but I know i'm right, there are an awful lot of people going, who don't give a fuck about anyone else but eminem. This girl that's going asked if there was going to be any more hip hop artists...

This is a reason why I'm not going this year, the lineup is good but nothing that grabs me, i'm going to glasto instead. But I have a feeling that the reading crowd is going to be much much different, and I only hate to think what the eminem crowd will be like, not even kidding this girl who I was speaking to didn't know any biffy clyro songs!

Eminem will undoubtedly get the biggest crowd of the weekend, stop trying to trick yourselves otherwise by thinking "you'd be suprised yadadadada".

[thelionsmouth]

what is?

[mrtourette]

followers on twitter..?

[the wonderwhy]

I have 1,118 followers on twitter. How many more before I can headline?

[thelionsmouth]

Not at all. Nothing like that - facebook likes, last.fm listens, etc. - is relevant as most of those could be made up of people who have no intention of going to R&L. 6850 of FIDLAR's 6900 twitter followers could live in the US.

[thetime]

followers on twitter..?

[thetime]

I have 1,118 followers on twitter. How many more before I can headline?

[mrtourette]

i think it is mildly accurate as the law of averages dictates that a percentage of each act's followers are bound to be UK festivalgoers. Even if it's a small percentage of each i think it is a fairly accurate, if general, representation.