The 2013 prediction game thread!

[thetime]

Come on pick a Friday headliner, you only have until Monday, don't think it will be clear by then

[Com Truise]

Bit strange to do a prediction without a prediction....

[thetime]

Scared of being wrong?

[Com Truise]

Yeah pretty much, he will put it in when obvious and then claim victory.

Then be on post control..

[thewayiam]

Come on pick a Friday headliner, you only have until Monday, don't think it will be clear by then

Edited March 2, 2013 by thewayiam

[thewayiam]

Don't reckon it will be obvious until maybe midweek, if it's obvious before the 4th then I'll be happy it's over with anyway

[Com Truise]

In which case, I couldn't put a pretty much revealed headliner into my prediction so the theory that I will is plain bull.

Also, I have until Monday to add, change, whatever I want to do to my prediction. There are no set rules on what you can/can't include in any change, as far as I know?

[Hubert Cumberdale]

Friday

Black Sabbath

SOAD

YYYs

Deftones

BMTH

Wu-Tang Clan

Alt-J

Jake Bugg

Django Django

Saturday

Eminem

The Xx

Dizzee Rascal

Vampire Weekend

The Enemy

Miles Kane

Editors

Frank Turner

Modest Mouse

Sunday

Biffy Clyro

NIN

FOB

Foals

NoFx

Killswitch Engage

Kraftwerk

Hot Chip

Tame Impala

Edited March 4, 2013 by Hubert Cumberdale

[Com Truise]

Is James Blake big enough to sub NME? I personally love him, but none of my friends for example have even heard of him.

And you appear to have missed out Foals

[Hubert Cumberdale]

I always find the NME stage a hard one to guess. You can have huge acts like The Streets subbing and an act like Foster the People who I don't consider that big at all.

Not sure how big JB is. He's got a top 10 album and another one on the way with some big names on it. Headline dance perhaps.

Either way, you pointing out me missing out Foals has meant that I've dropped JB anyway! Cheers!

Edited March 2, 2013 by Hubert Cumberdale

[the wonderwhy]

Palma Violets definitely won't play that high (thankfully).

Foster The People are pretty big, their tours always sell quick & they've sold out Brixton multiple times

[Com Truise]

Foster the People had pretty big singles, I don't think James Blake has had any? Although they did play A Case of You in Cafe Nero's once

I think he is more likely to headline/sub the dance stage on the back of his upcoming though, same position as Grimes maybe?

[Hubert Cumberdale]

To be honest, I've never even heard PV, just thought I'd chuck them in as another generic NME band whose name seems to be everywhere...like foster the people!

Thanks for the tips.

Edited March 2, 2013 by Hubert Cumberdale

[Com Truise]

another generic NME band whose name seems to be everywhere...like foster the people!

[Hubert Cumberdale]

Oh don't get me wrong, there's plenty of bands that NME promote that are very talented. I was more commenting about how bands like these seem to be hyped for a year and then forgotton about. How talented those bands are go from awful to awesome - it's NMEs treatment of them that is the similarity.

[luckysalt]

Im trying to do my prediction again, and im really struggling trying to fit all the names in, Im looking at past line ups and past the top 3 maybe 4 of main stage and then below headliner on NME it seems its much smaller names on the bill.

That and I have absolutely no idea the acts that NME push, Parma Violets, Tribes, Alt J, Jake Bugg etc Ive heard the names but Ive not heard one song by any of them. Oh well.

[Com Truise]

Oh don't get me wrong, there's plenty of bands that NME promote that are very talented. I was more commenting about how bands like these seem to be hyped for a year and then forgotton about. How talented those bands are go from awful to awesome - it's NMEs treatment of them that is the similarity.

[the wonderwhy]

Tribes & Howler are good, Peace as well. They're the only 'NME Hype' bands I've liked recently, but I don't think they got as much as Palmas/Alt-J

[Ukulelelad92]

Is there any reason why QOTSA haven't been mentioned in any predictions? Is there anything preventing them from playing?

[the wonderwhy]

Is there any reason why QOTSA haven't been mentioned in any predictions? Is there anything preventing them from playing?

[Ukulelelad92]

Are they exclusive to download?

[kev1664]

Are they exclusive to download?

[the wonderwhy]

Are they exclusive to download?

[Com Truise]

I don't think they've got an euro dates in August anyway

[the wonderwhy]

Neither do Green Day but look where we are with them