Pukkelpop 2013

[TheNewUnion]

It's the gin.

[pryce]

ughh off to london now .... everyone have a great time!

[jimmyjimmy4080]

Just had another large one (gin) and feeling more optimistic, so it probably is the booze, still holding out for a daft punk acoustic set with firework finale

[DDave]

ughh off to london now .... everyone have a great time!

[DDave]

Just had another large one (gin) and feeling more optimistic, so it probably is the booze, still holding out for a daft punk acoustic set with firework finale

[truly_mangled]

Surely all these Facebook posts giving more and more hype is the leadup to the

headliner?

"pukkelpop will be ready for you! And so will be ___________ on Friday night!"

[TheNewUnion]

Surely all these Facebook posts giving more and more hype is the leadup to the

headliner?

"pukkelpop will be ready for you! And so will be ___________ on Friday night!"

[pryce]

yeah not seen it either

[jimmyjimmy4080]

Surely all these Facebook posts giving more and more hype is the leadup to the

headliner?

"pukkelpop will be ready for you! And so will be ___________ on Friday night!"

[truly_mangled]

Apologies I really want to see that... Was just saying what could be possible any second moment or hour hopefully...

To totally blank the statement of keeping people updated with no replacement

headliner or not will be pretty bad on Chokri's part...

[TheNewUnion]

Got it, thought I was missing something and they had actually been teasing a headliner on their Facebook page. Think the festival need to up their game ASAP. A lot of people hangig on their every word, waiting for some news. Any news!

[truly_mangled]

Facebook after Facebook post cMon put us out of our misery.

[jimmyjimmy4080]

No news on the headliner but pp have just posted a picture of some happy campers who have cycled from England to be there (hope they heard about the Neil Young news before the set off)....

[TheNewUnion]

Most probably announcing the new name for Friday by late afternoon tomorrow. Fingers crossed! #pkp13

So, I'll be "in country" then. Most people will be on site so no real chance of internet backlash?

Edited August 13, 2013 by TheNewUnion

[Semprini]

news just in:

Most probably announcing the new name for Friday by late afternoon tomorrow. Fingers crossed! #pkp13

Edit: beat me to it by a matter of seconds!

Perhaps they're going to have a whip round in the campsites to pay for this mystery headliner?

Edited August 13, 2013 by Semprini

[truly_mangled]

Son of a bitch. Great excitement right up to gates opening yet I feel anticlimax of sorts coming... Time to f5 all over again tomorrow...

[TheNewUnion]

From Chokri

Spanning te snijden! Morgennamiddag hoogstwaarschijnlijk nieuwe naam voor vrijdag. Fingers crossed!

Roughly translated (by me, with no language skills at all!)

New name for Friday

@semprini - I wasn't just sat there refreshing the twitter feed or anything, honest!

Now, how about a bet on this new name? I'm going

Editors, with a Duvel each way on Prince

Edited August 13, 2013 by TheNewUnion

[truly_mangled]

Netsky/2manydjs double 1hour each set whammy.

Don't ask me why!

Or Editors obviously.

[Dietediet]

I'd hope for something better so far: Netsky and Editors would be backup plans, but since they moved back their deadline from Tuesday to Wednesday afternoon I can see them still negotiating with a more suitable headliner.

[TheNewUnion]

If the replacement is a DJ, I will be mightily pissed off. They're surely easy to book. MUST be a band, for the negotiation to go on so long, maybe?

[DDave]

Feels like I've waited in all day for a new washing machine for it not to turn up.

That said, its a positive message. They've definitely got someone in and they're just milking it and building up the tension.

for me its Prince or the Kings of Leon. Not announcing anything till the last minute would suggest Prince as it ties in with his style of doing things lately. Think if it was anyone smaller than these two suggestions it'd be announced by now just to appease everyone rather than setting up people for massive disappointment.

[TheNewUnion]

Kind of Leon are at V Saturday, Sunday. Would they play 3 in a row? Hope not as I don't really like them. Still they are a big name and worthy headliner, just not my bag.

If, and it's s BIG if, they do manage to get Prince, it will be the biggest coup in Festival history (beating The Stones finally playing Glastonbury)

[Dietediet]

Feels like I've waited in all day for a new washing machine for it not to turn up.

That said, its a positive message. They've definitely got someone in and they're just milking it and building up the tension.

for me its Prince or the Kings of Leon. Not announcing anything till the last minute would suggest Prince as it ties in with his style of doing things lately. Think if it was anyone smaller than these two suggestions it'd be announced by now just to appease everyone rather than setting up people for massive disappointment.

Edited August 13, 2013 by Dietediet

[TheNewUnion]

You're probably right, couldn't afford to go early in case the deal didn't come off. Which makes me more convinced it's Prince (trying to convince myself!)

[jimmyjimmy4080]

Prince did Hop Farm recently so I think for him it's all about the $ rather than prestige plus he released an album via the Daily Mail so he's not to sniffy as long as there is cash involved. Of all the possibles I would love it to be Prince, but hats off to the organisers for getting anybody at this late stage as it wasn't their fault NY pulled out so they could have taken the cash.