Queen and a guy, Kiss or Faith No More?

[Dave The Hedgehog]

Poor old Sonisphere.

If any, which of the three would you pick for Friday's slot instead of Florence and why?

[smogo]

Faith No More, cos they're fucking awesome. (Whereas Queen and Kiss are, along with AC/DC, absolutely the worst rock bands to ever manage to become successful.)

I saw FNM at Phoenix 1995 and they were brilliant. Then I saw them at Download 2009 and they were even more amazing, with Mike Patton's voice better than ever after several years of stretching his talents with everything from avant-garde noisecore to lounge-jazz projects

That said, much of the audience didn't really like them because they definitely played a set for the long-term fans, with loads of obscure album tracks rather than hit after hit after hit.

[Vanderlyle]

Quen. Saw them with Paul Rogers a few years ago. Fun gig. Might not be that Bestival-y or go down too well with the musos, but I think it would be a great sing-a-long with some legends

[Paul ™]

Neither

[eFestivals]

I wondering why anyone might be thinking that any of three 'major' acts that struggle to sell tickets would be a good addition to Bestival.

[Dave The Hedgehog]

I wondering why anyone might be thinking that any of three 'major' acts that struggle to sell tickets would be a good addition to Bestival.

[Kowalski]

Would be as bad as Florence IMHO.

[Vanderlyle]

Would be as bad as Florence IMHO.

[Paul ™]

Though of course, Bestival tickets are going very fast aren't they?

[LondonTom]

I wondering why anyone might be thinking that any of three 'major' acts that struggle to sell tickets would be a good addition to Bestival.

[theampersanddevil]

Faith No More are one of the best live acts I've ever seen and at the time I wasn't the biggest fan in the world. That was on their album of the year tour.

Absolutely no interest in seeing them now though.

[Dave The Hedgehog]

Why do you think different? It's never been a festival to sell out immediately, always takes a few months at least.

[Paul ™]

So just more bullshit then.. ah ok.

[Dave The Hedgehog]

So just more bullshit then.. ah ok.

[mattrik3]

Neither

[sonny]

But that's just your opinion. Me and several of my mates have bought tickets because we like the line-up , one mans meat is another mans poison, or something else in Geordie.

Adam Ant and Gary Numan must have sucked in loads of old ladies, they did me and mine

I'm sure Bestival will eventually sell out but I think saying the tickets are going very fast now, in March - and taking into account the line-up doesn't have much in the way of prestige (I think), .

[Aphex's twin]

I would have thought loads of people would take advantage of the payment plan though so maybe they did jump on early. I know most of our group did.

[Paul ™]

Where's MCGRAMMAR when you need him?

Edited March 29, 2012 by Paul ™

[eFestivals]

Adam Ant and Gary Numan must have sucked in loads of old ladies, they did me and mine

sounds like they're at risk of being arrested.

[Joe-]

None, I'm surprised Kiss are still going, faith no more are l4me and Brian May is pretty much dragging Queen's legacy down. JUST LEAVE IT ALONE, MAN. IT WAS GOOD BEING OVER.

[Vanderlyle]

This.

And to be fair, it's not an opinion I've seen agreed with over the forums from many people.

I know a lot more people going to Bestival this year, with people from this forum and other friends going for the first time than in the previous 4 years I've been.

Shock/Dave may be right about slow ticket sales, who knows.. but I would suspect tickets will be shifting about the same as usual for Bestival.

[eFestivals]

I know more people already booked for this year than I knew who ended up going last year... seems to have plenty of momentum, a good reputation, and to have found favour amongst the Glastonbury loyallists as an alternative.

I wouldn't be surprised if Bestival was doign better than most other festivals ticket-wise.

yup, that's my take on it too. And there's no better alternative for an almost-all-round Glasto thing that I know of.

But my preferted alternative (tho I go every year anyway ) is still the alternative of old - womad. It's not one for people who want chart bands, but still manages to have more musical diversity than Bestival does.

[LondonTom]

yup, that's my take on it too. And there's no better alternative for an almost-all-round Glasto thing that I know of.

[Tom12]

Who thinks tickets will be avalible at the end of april?

[Dave The Hedgehog]

Who thinks tickets will be avalible at the end of april?