2013 Lineup

[jonnomanofsteele]

I'd rather like Bat For Lashes/Lana del Rey headlining FR please.

[dancelittleliar]

To be fair Twin Atlantic were epic on NME and had a massive crowd for that time of day... and apparently Hadouken! had a huge crowd also so can understand the bump up.

[Andy0808 v3.0]

I thought Twin Atlantic were quality, but then again i love them.

[mrtourette]

Really? I saw both and thought they were pretty shit. Each to their own...

I'm just saying it's unlikely these were the special returns Melvin was talking about

[the wonderwhy]

Yeah, Twin Atlantic did really well both in terms of crowd size & quality of set so I'm not surprised about the bump up. No idea about Hadouken!

If he is looking at crowd size, then The Hives & Feeder are both definitely in with a shot.

[Asdaprice]

Yeah, because Bloc Party are nowhere near the size of Alt-J or Phoenix. Be realistic, Bloc Party may not have the popularity to sub the festival anymore, but the fact is they'd ram the NME tent, and they'd be the biggest headliner of that stage in a long time.

[thewayiam]

On another note really hope Bloc Party do Glasto... had tickets to see them on last year's tour but couldn't go... need to see them on this tour... new album is epic.

[SOAD]

But they had massive crowds, that's what he's looking at.

Edited March 13, 2013 by SOAD

[PDAD]

gotta be a shout for Other Stage headers?

clearly not playing Pyramid Friday, Sat is doubtful and I don't see it Sunday.

You have C&S, Plan B, Example and The Vaccines that could take up 2nd's and 3rd's those day's.

Think them and Weller would please people

[Gucci Piggy]

Ok time to defend because I can see why that came out like that. What I meant was, they aren't playing this year in those spots, they aren't new or in the current scene like the nme headliners this year which is what they booked. What i meant was maybe bloc party stated they wanted to play reading after these acts were booked, and were given the option to headline a tent at night, which they may have appreciated!

I literally didn't even mean what I said about them not being big enough to play the nme tent, I don't know where that came from and I apologise!

[dancelittleliar]

But they had massive crowds, that's what he's looking at.

Edited March 13, 2013 by dancelittleliar

[SOAD]

gotta be a shout for Other Stage headers?

clearly not playing Pyramid Friday, Sat is doubtful and I don't see it Sunday.

You have C&S, Plan B, Example and The Vaccines that could take up 2nd's and 3rd's those day's.

Think them and Weller would please people

[the wonderwhy]

Can't argue with that. Would be expecting bands from higher up than 8th NME to be returning though. Maybe I just have high expectations, we'll see.

Just to compare, 2012 got Enter Shikari, Crystal Castles, Two Door, Joy Formidable, Vaccines, BBC, Metronomy, The View, The Blackout and PABH from 2011. 10 bands, and most ended up getting pretty high slots.

[foolee]

Hadouken!, Azealia, Modestep, Twin Atlantic, The Horrors, The Hives, Feeder, The Cribs, Tribes, Django Django, sorted

[Mouseboy11]

Yeah massive crowds was the major thing.

I loved them back in the Vivarium days. Saw them in tiny venues in Cardiff loads but didnt like the album... until I saw them at Reading and thought they absolutely nailed it. Think they will sound huge on main.

[Andy0808 v3.0]

I loved them back in the Vivarium days. Saw them in tiny venues in Cardiff loads but didnt like the album... until I saw them at Reading and thought they absolutely nailed it. Think they will sound huge on main.

[dancelittleliar]

Hadouken!, Azealia, Modestep, Twin Atlantic, The Horrors, The Hives, Feeder, The Cribs, Tribes, Django Django, sorted

[sjseabass]

The Blackout are back again too. I don't see why FR stage bands don't count towards this 'impressed with' total, too. I mean, he must have been pretty impressed with Alt-J and Jake Bugg...?

[sjseabass]

Oh and Green Day

[the wonderwhy]

The Blackout are back again too. I don't see why FR stage bands don't count towards this 'impressed with' total, too. I mean, he must have been pretty impressed with Alt-J and Jake Bugg...?

[Tobieski]

I swear The Cribs made out that after their NME award shows they'd be taking a while off, whatever happened to that?

[the wonderwhy]

I swear The Cribs made out that after their NME award shows they'd be taking a while off, whatever happened to that?

[Dead throne]

I swear The Cribs made out that after their NME award shows they'd be taking a while off, whatever happened to that?

[dancelittleliar]

The Blackout are back again too. I don't see why FR stage bands don't count towards this 'impressed with' total, too. I mean, he must have been pretty impressed with Alt-J and Jake Bugg...?

[thesecretingredientiscrime]

They realised they were horrid.