2013 Lineup

[lharris92]

blink was good for nostalgia, otherwise it was shite

[Asdaprice]

Yeah, I was more meaning the fact people say green day have gone shit etc.....but blink in my book were always just a skid mark from green days undies. Green day are rock giants compared to blink who had 1 or 2 well known songs and hadn't released anything half decent in about 10 years.

Plus the fact green day are notoriously better at performing live, and can ya know....actually sing their songs?

[Mouseboy11]

Blink are actually very good live nowadays though.

[the wonderwhy]

Raquel Lopez The line up is pretty craps to be honest only goin to c eminem chase n status n devlin n Wiley song care bout the rest going to be too wasted to care lol

See what you've done Reading, SEE WHAT YOU'VE DONE?!?!

[Asdaprice]

Blink are actually very good live nowadays though.

[Asdaprice]

Raquel Lopez The line up is pretty craps to be honest only goin to c eminem chase n status n devlin n Wiley song care bout the rest going to be too wasted to care lol

See what you've done Reading, SEE WHAT YOU'VE DONE?!?!

[Gingo]

Haha oh god. Haven't these doll users got drugs to spend their money on?

[Asdaprice]

No they've spent all their money on Barbie and Cindy

[mrtourette]

The line up is pretty craps to be honest only goin to c asiwyfa fidlar n green day n tim burgess song care bout the rest going to be too busy sitting in my tent contemplating the downfall of reading festival and why im surrounded by complete and utter shitwads to care lol

[robMUFC96]

I know someone who's buying a weekend ticket just to see Eminem :/

[Mouseboy11]

.....really? Readings 2010 performance and Tom delonge horrible vocals tells me otherwise. But if you like them, of course you're gonna stick up for them. Dunno if you do though, in which case we have very different ideas of a good live show

[Asdaprice]

I wouldn't consider myself a big fan, I'm going by last years tour. Admittedly they were awful in 2010 but they put on a great show last year in Cardiff.

[lightning1000]

Blink went down a storm and are in many people's top 5 performances if you look at the thread

[Hucksy]

So do people think Frightened Rabbit are gunna clash with Frank Turner? Literally one of the only bands I wanna see on NME

[robMUFC96]

On second thoughts, and with the benefit of having researched some of the bands I hadn't heard of before, the lineup does not seem as bad as I thought it was.

I think ill end up watching these bands, depending upon clashes:

FRIDAY

• Arcane Roots
• Editors
• Tribes
• The Family Rain (These three ^^ seem like they'll clash with eachother )
• Twentyone Pilots (maybe)
• Knife Party
• NIN
• BIFFY

SATURDAY

• Kodaline
• Deep Valley
• Findlay
• Peace
• Frank Turner
• Frightened Rabbit
• Bastille
• Kate Nash
• Alkaline Trio
• SOAD (for a bit)
• GreenDay

SUNDAY

• To kill a king
• Lower Than Atlantis
• Balthazar
• Skaters
• Redlight
• Swim Deep
• The 1975
• Palma Violets
• Flux Pavillion
• Johnny Marr
• Foals
• Chase and Status
• Eminem

Overall, that many bands that I want to see really is worth the weekend ticket I have already purchased The FR stage has been kind to me

[Chavmeisterdeluxe]

That Raquel girl will be gutted when she finds out Eminem and Paul Devlin are on at the same time.

[rawaudioinput]

I worked it out and if they swapped a lot of things around the line-up wouldn't be as bad at all; Willy Moon and Pure Love opening Main Stage would've been great and Johnny Marr, Shikari Sound System and AlunaGeorge would've actually been a half-decent set of FR headliners.

[kaosmark2]

Yeah.....who cares about that haha??

On another note I was thinking about this green day bashing and wonder what people's views are on the fact blink 182 headlined 3 years ago is......baring in mind they have less well known songs and are terrible live?

[Dead throne]

I worked it out and if they swapped a lot of things around the line-up wouldn't be as bad at all; Willy Moon and Pure Love opening Main Stage would've been great and Johnny Marr, Shikari Sound System and AlunaGeorge would've actually been a half-decent set of FR headliners.

[rawaudioinput]

At least they would attract crowds and be a more defined alternative unlike British Sea Power and Spector; to be honest the undercard is weak so no matter which placements you put acts in it still isn't going to be incredible, just an improvement.

[Gravyshambles]

I saw blink in brixton last year and thought they were good. Tom's vocals were much better than previously

[the wonderwhy]

AlunaGeorge headlining the FR? lol

They're exactly the type of act that should playing low NNE/mid FR. There are far too many unestablished acts taking up high slots on all the stages (except the main). Okay, it's happened before but not on this scale only really with acts that have so much hype they NEED to be that high (and there's a fair few cases were it hasn't ended well...)

These acts need to be playing lower down so they can develop & establish themselves, and so that punters don't have high, unrealistic expectations of them.

That's the main problem with the lineup.

Edited April 27, 2013 by MattDavies__

[rawaudioinput]

I definitely agree with you, but at least people have an interest in AlunaGeorge and might want to see a headline set of theirs which I doubt with Crystal Fighters and Spector. AlunaGeorge aren't the best option we should have for FR headliner but out of the acts announced I think it'd work better.

This is what I think would've worked a lot better:

Friday

Main Stage: Green Day // System of a Down // Deftones // Frank Turner // Bring Me the Horizon // Skindred // Lower Than Atlantis // While She Sleeps

NME/Radio 1 Stage: Skrillex // A$AP Rocky // Tame Impala // Imagine Dragons // Lucy Rose // Palma Violets // Theme Park // CHVRCHES // The Strypes

BBC Radio 1 Dance Stage: Sub Focus // Flux Pavilion // Hadouken! // Iggy Azalea // Friction // Clean Bandit // Is Tropical // Bondax // Robert Delong

Rock Stage: Tomahawk // Funeral for a Friend // And So I Watch You from Afar // Mallory Knox // Crossfaith // Arcane Roots // Bury Tomorrow

Festival Republic Stage: Johnny Marr // British Sea Power // Surfer Blood // Tim Burgess // Splashh // Swim Deep // MS MR // Charli XCX // Half Moon Run // Findlay // MMX

Saturday

Main Stage: Eminem // Chase & Status // Foals // Editors // The Lumineers // Twin Atlantic // Spector // Willy Moon

NME/Radio 1 Stage: Alt-J // Jake Bugg // Azealia Banks // City and Colour // HAIM // The 1975 // Kodaline // Alex Clare // Fidlar

BBC Radio 1 Dance Stage: Magnetic Man // A-Trak // Modestep // Redlight // Jagwar Ma // MØ // Big Black Delta // Night Works

Lock Up Stage: Alkaline Trio // Sick of It All // The Bronx // King Prawn

Festival Republic Stage: Shikari Sound System // Gallows // The Jim Jones Revue // Merchandise // California X // Twenty One Pilots // The Family Rain // Heaven's Basement // Skaters // Balthazar // To Kill a King

Sunday

Main Stage: Biffy Clyro // Nine Inch Nails // Fall Out Boy // White Lies // Brand New // Tribes // The Blackout // Pure Love

NME/Radio 1 Stage: Phoenix // Bastille // Major Lazer // Disclosure // Frightened Rabbit // Peace // We Are the In Crowd // Temples // Deap Vally

BBC Radio 1 Dance Stage: Knife Party // Baauer // Dillon Francis // Crystal Fighters // Fred V & Grafix // Jacob Plant feat. Majestic

Lock Up Stage: New Found Glory // The Living End // RX Bandits // Quicksand // The Computers // Cerebral Ballzy

Festival Republic Stage: AlunaGeorge // Fenech-Soler // Kate Nash // Parquet Courts // Chapel Club // Drenge

Still not fantastic, but I think it looks stronger throughout the day.

Edited April 27, 2013 by rawaudioinput

[Chavmeisterdeluxe]

I'm thinking Spector have been booked as headliners due to having a large crowd last year but I think that was mostly due to people getting in early for The Hives.

[Com Truise]

Annoying as it is, Spector have a big fanbase and will get a decent crowd.

I think it will be interesting to comment on the lineup after August. Especially if a lot of bands put in incredible performances a'la Biffy, Green Day, NIN, SOAD, but also a lot lower down the lineup.