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Biggest crowd this year?


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I reckon Biffy will get the biggest crowd of the weekend just as there will be less crowd split than the Eminem day. I think outside of headlining System will get the biggest crowd.

On NME I think the biggest crowd will definitely be Skrillex; absolutely massive booking. However I also reckon it'll be absolutely packed for Bastille, Jake Bugg and Disclosure; especially as Bastille is up against Deftones who I doubt will draw that big of a crowd.

Knife Party will probably draw a dangerously large crowd on the Dance stage and I reckon it'll also be packed for Flux Pavilion and Baauer.

I actually reckon ASIWYFA will draw a big crowd; it was pretty packed in FR in 2011 and they have got bigger since then. Plus with it being the Biffy day there should be a lot of crossover for those in the know.

The sort of people who see acts in the Lock Up tent probably won't be there this year; will be able to play football all day long in there.

I think Spector will attract the least dismal crowd of three FR headliners, but still pretty dismal. The biggest crowd will be The 1975 and it will be Ed Sheeran level.

I reckon that Wretch 32 will get a pretty good crowd, but I expect a big crowd for Mikill Pane.

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Really? Almost everyone I know is planning on seeing Knife Party and Skrillex, and I haven't heard one person say they're seeing Magnetic Man. I agree Magnetic Man will probably draw a bigger crowd than Sub Focus but I was comparing them to the acts I mentioned.

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I see indie and mod as being different but with crossover acts

Mod

The enemy

Paul weller

Oasis

BRMC

Indie

Tdcc

Foals

The strokes

Maccabees

Cross over

The libertines

Kasabian

Miles Kane

Arctic monkeys

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Just because there are Ben Sherman wearing sixth formers on a social media soapbox saying 'band x is the mod' doesn't give them a separate genre to indie. The only bands in recent years I'd consider calling 'mod' would be The Rifles and The Ordinary Boys.

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I reckon Biffy will get the biggest crowd of the weekend just as there will be less crowd split than the Eminem day. I think outside of headlining System will get the biggest crowd.

On NME I think the biggest crowd will definitely be Skrillex; absolutely massive booking. However I also reckon it'll be absolutely packed for Bastille, Jake Bugg and Disclosure; especially as Bastille is up against Deftones who I doubt will draw that big of a crowd.

Knife Party will probably draw a dangerously large crowd on the Dance stage and I reckon it'll also be packed for Flux Pavilion and Baauer.

I actually reckon ASIWYFA will draw a big crowd; it was pretty packed in FR in 2011 and they have got bigger since then. Plus with it being the Biffy day there should be a lot of crossover for those in the know.

The sort of people who see acts in the Lock Up tent probably won't be there this year; will be able to play football all day long in there.

I think Spector will attract the least dismal crowd of three FR headliners, but still pretty dismal. The biggest crowd will be The 1975 and it will be Ed Sheeran level.

I reckon that Wretch 32 will get a pretty good crowd, but I expect a big crowd for Mikill Pane.

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Really? Almost everyone I know is planning on seeing Knife Party and Skrillex, and I haven't heard one person say they're seeing Magnetic Man. I agree Magnetic Man will probably draw a bigger crowd than Sub Focus but I was comparing them to the acts I mentioned.

As for Alt-J, I can't see them drawing that big a crowd, but I suppose it'll be the place to be for most of the indie fans. They're one of those bands who's popularity I don't understand. I'm 17 and know about three people who don't hate Alt-J.

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