2013 Lineup

[thetime]

Are you saying that Sigur Ros aren't big enough to headline NME?

[the wonderwhy]

You could be right, typed in leeds fest on twitter and this came up.

NME/Radio One stage has a much better line up then Main Stage #SortItOut #LeedsFest

[DaveElNino]

I'm in general agreement about the NME stage being full of acts that I'm not interested, but happily the main stage is full of acts that I can't wait to see (or see again in most cases).

I accept the point about the change of booked headliners for the R1 stage changing from first album types to more established acts, but I imagine when they were booked Alt-J were riding on the back of the Mercury win and selling out multiple nights at academy sized venues. Just because they've been out of the public eye doesn't mean that they've faded into obscurity since then, just that they haven't turned in to publicity whores.

[sjseabass]

I don't know if the hype over Alt-J has gone down that much, has it? They were nominated for a few things at the Brits, latest single has been all over 6 Music and Radio 1.

I'm not saying I don't think they're a weak booking, just that they're not really any weaker than loads of the past headliners.

There will be way more people in the tent than there were for At The Drive-In, but no-one on here slagged off that booking .

[mrtourette]

Correct.

I love them to bits, probably my most listened to band in the last couple of years. Perhaps big enough is the wrong way to describe them, not the right band.

[the wonderwhy]

Kendrick Lamar doing Rock En Seine, so he's around

[Gravyshambles]

Wavves new album is really good, hope he is on FR/Low NME.

[Frankly Mr Shankly]

Kendrick Lamar doing Rock En Seine, so he's around

[dip]

Its a real shame I hate white lies and noah and the whale, dance music (dance stage was on the friday otherwise i would've been at the lock up) and personally i find digitalism shit... Plus I don't mind some of their stuff on record but live they are pants, also I wanted to have a decent spot for MCR.

I had a laugh got smashed and that made MCR even better

[GuitarManDan15]

+5 lad points

[Andy0808 v3.0]

• I fucking hate that LADbible shit on facebook
• As a 20something stats geek who's always preferred a night in with a cuppa and some BBC 4 documentaries over a night on the tiles
• I hope its like seaside arcades where I can exchange them for a novelty moustache comb!

[GuitarManDan15]

Lad Points revoked for above reasons.

[dentalplan]

What is the exchange rate for lad points to man points?

[dip]

Unfortunately, it's negligible.

[lightning1000]

It was my understanding that man points are earned by saving babies from burning buildings or completing those belly buster food challenges in restaurants and fixing shelfs etc.

Whilst lad points are earned for generally being a dick so I don't think its negligible

[mrtourette]

On the basis of liking Kasabian and being a dick I claim to be leading the lad point table, although I'd be interested in knowing if man points counteract lad points and therefore if I did something manly whether I'd lose my place at the top of the lad table. I'd like to think that I'd save a baby form a burning building but if I knew it would affect my lad points I might think twice.

[jump]

It was my understanding that man points are earned by saving babies from burning buildings or completing those belly buster food challenges in restaurants and fixing shelfs etc.

Whilst lad points are earned for generally being a dick so I don't think its negligible

[jump]

On the basis of liking Kasabian and being a dick I claim to be leading the lad point table, although I'd be interested in knowing if man points counteract lad points and therefore if I did something manly whether I'd lose my place at the top of the lad table. I'd like to think that I'd save a baby form a burning building but if I knew it would affect my lad points I might think twice.

[Yellow_Fellow]

New Dillinger. It's a banger.

[Mouseboy11]

Once you save the baby if you start singing Wonderwall in celebration it gives you triple lad points.

[Yellow_Fellow]

how's things back in the UK? got a few more shows here in the states and then its back for the April badboy.

we'll have some exciting news for you next week about stuff.. in the meantime, here's an update on UK tour tickets.

a couple of these (Peterborough for example) have actually possibly still got between 10 and 20 tickets left.. but as this was the last chance to update the poster until next week, was better to mark 'em sold out than not... cos they might even be by now. tickets and stuff at entershikari.com/shows as usual. toodle pip! x

[thetime]

Chances of hurts?

Unsure how big there in the uk though, seem to be pretty big in germany for some reason with there new album selling nearly 750,000 in a week there.

[dentalplan]

Chances of hurts?

Unsure how big there in the uk though, seem to be pretty big in germany for some reason with there new album selling nearly 750,000 in a week there.

[thetime]

Because they look and sound like Euro pop. Possible I reckon; I don't think they're too big to not have been announced yet.

[the wonderwhy]

Just announced a couple of UK dates in October. London and Manchester I think