Acts with planned activity on or around June 2013

[5co77ie]

Looks like Springsteen's in Europe - would he do it again?

[BANJOBANJOBANJO]

There's a new my bloody valentine album out next month supposedly

[Somersetsun]

Levs in Yeovil 2 weekends before... part of a wider tour I think. On their Facebook page, daren't link yada yada.

[elias]

Looks like Springsteen's in Europe - would he do it again?

[salvador wali]

He's playing in Paris on Saturday 29th, so it's unlikely.

Having said that, he played Saturday at Glastonbury in 2009 and then Hyde Park on the Sunday, so never say never. Unless Cyril Smith offers you a sweetie. Then always say never.

Kev

[dingbat2]

The mighty Kraftwerk are playing the Sonar Festival in Barcelona on 14th June and Malta Festival Poznan on Friday 28th June. Possibility for Saturday or Sunday?..... Please

[elias]

Why does it rule him out? (serious question) I always read people saying bands or acts are ruled out because they are in blah blah the night before or after. Surely paris isn't that much of a trek to make it to or from glastonbury?

[thesecretingredientiscrime]

Why does it rule him out? (serious question) I always read people saying bands or acts are ruled out because they are in blah blah the night before or after. Surely paris isn't that much of a trek to make it to or from glastonbury?

[abdoujaparov]

The mighty Kraftwerk are playing the Sonar Festival in Barcelona on 14th June and Malta Festival Poznan on Friday 28th June. Possibility for Saturday or Sunday?..... Please

[thesecretingredientiscrime]

which wouldn't be an issue at a festival

[neilloggie]

It would if you use your own equipment or own special staging, such as Beyonce, U2 etc.

[salvador wali]

Had a quick look on setlist.fm and beyonce played Madison square garden on the friday then glastonbury sunday. Morrisey played york the day after playing and biffy clyro were in finland on the sunday after playing glastonbury on the friday. So it just shows bands can't be ruled out simply because they have a show on the other side of the world ( in beyoncey's case ) . Bands/Acts make a big portion of their money from playing live so they can't really be turning down gigs when the works there.

[5co77ie]

Didn't U2 fly straight off from Glastonbury and play Canada on Saturday or Sunday night? bit of a difference to flying in from Europe for a one off show.

[thesecretingredientiscrime]

Had a quick look on setlist.fm and beyonce played Madison square garden on the friday then glastonbury sunday. Morrisey played york the day after playing and biffy clyro were in finland on the sunday after playing glastonbury on the friday. So it just shows bands can't be ruled out simply because they have a show on the other side of the world ( in beyoncey's case ) . Bands/Acts make a big portion of their money from playing live so they can't really be turning down gigs when the works there.

Edited November 29, 2012 by thesecretingredientiscrime

[fatyeti24]

They have two lots of staging - it's cheaper than flying it across the pond. A European set up and an American set up.

In Kraftwerk's case playing European dates moving their set up that soon is unlikely, if they use the 3D set, I suspect, it couldn't be moved and set up again in time.

Edited November 29, 2012 by fatyeti24

[jimmyt]

No, you're missing the point. It's not every act, its act that specifically rely on their set and staging as an integral part of their show, something which Morrissey and biffy don't do. A day is maybe just about enough time, if you have replicas of stuff, York, is nothing, but its virtually impossible to be done if you have one set which requires lots of set up and you're playing somewhere three or more hours away.

The whole point of the Kraftwerk show is the set.

Edit: Basically what Scottie said.

[fatyeti24]

I think you're over-looking how difficult it was for Beyonce to email her backing tracks from New York to Glastonbury in just two days!

[LondonTom]

I think you're over-looking how difficult it was for Beyonce to email her backing tracks from New York to Glastonbury in just two days!

Edited November 29, 2012 by LondonTom

[Gnomicide]

The whole point of the Kraftwerk show is the set.

[The Nal]

Neil Young and Crazy Horse are rumoured to be doing a European tour next spring/summer.

[TheSeventhOne]

Kraftwerk and Sigur Ros would make my weekend.

[jackarmy]

Post of the year!

It's obvious it can be done, if the act has a will to do it, but it just makes everything a more unlikely that they will bother if they are playing far away on glasto weekend.

As for the moany one, there seemed to be lot of effort to get him as he moved some dates around aswell didn't he? Maybe u2 asked for him to sub them?

[strummer77]

As for the moany one, there seemed to be lot of effort to get him as he moved some dates around aswell didn't he? Maybe u2 asked for him to sub them?

[jimmyt]

Was it not the case that Elbow were originally due to sub U2, with Kanye being a sub on another day. When they found out that Kanye was a Big Chill exclusive they went for Morrissey? (Who presumably either didn't want to play 2 nights in a row/play below Coldplay or Beyonce), hence Moz swapping some dates around, and moving Elbow to the Saturday...

[thesecretingredientiscrime]

Well it couldn't be the music.