T In The Park 2014

[foolee]

HUGE ticket sellers though - two of the biggest acts in the UK over the past two years. maybe Kanye has the same ticket selling power, but i know that in the UK his reputation of being 'a dick' far supersedes his reputation as a musician

[Red Day]

If you consider the Stone Roses this year - promoted by the same company as Arctics, and the same one who does TITP - they had two dates at Finsbury Park and one at Glasgow Green, both announced at the same time. Arctic Monkeys have had two dates announced for Finsbury Park and T could be the Scottish date in place of Glasgow Green. It'd still be immensely popular. Plus for some reason Finsbury Park is 16+ which excludes a sizeable portion of their fanbase.

[LondonTom]

They're not as bad as people make out to be fair, caught the end of their set last year at Reading and Florence herself was great despite the rain. I kind of want it to happen, seeing as it would be refreshing to the festival scene having a new headline act in the mix

[thetime]

I see what you're saying. I'd be underwhelmed with AM's. You can see them headlining the respective UK festivals every year. They certainly aren't a wow booking that IMO would get people rushing for tickets on Friday

[Matt42]

Friday 9am

[Red Day]

Totally agree red day.

They played glastonbury last year and will most likely play pretty much every big festival in the UK and Europe in the next 2 years.

[thetime]

She was god awful, fucking stupid shit in between the shit songs. "OHHHH I LOVE THE RAIN ....I AM GOING TO TAKE MY SHOES OFF OHHHHHHHHHHHH I AM SO HIPPY AND DIFFERENT OHHHHHHHHH OFF I GO TO GET IN MY NICE WARM WINNEBAGO AND DRY OFF".

I actually liked her a little bit when her and the machine were first about at Festivals.

[Red Day]

Thankyou, do you know if the deposit scheme is an option? Just for friends who want to do it, i'm paying straight up.

[Chiefski]

When it comes to the likes of AM, they seem to be able to get an album out every 2 years or so while maintaining or increasing their fanbase, so constant booking is too be expected really

[Red Day]

Thankyou, do you know if the deposit scheme is an option? Just for friends who want to do it, i'm paying straight up.

[thetime]

That's my point but for some reason a lot of people seem happy with the same old bands going round in a two or three year cycle. For the world of me I cannot seem to comprehend some who would be happy with KOL as a headliner. Each to their own and a that

[LondonTom]

Not a fan then, would be a great addition to the headlining festival team..

Certainly better than having the likes of Arctics, muse, foo fighters, Coldplay, kol etc etc on the repeat headliner list.

Edited November 19, 2013 by LondonTom

[kingcrawler]

The only problem is a fair chunk of people that go to festivals only go for 1 or 2 years, so the bands we find boring and repetitive will be what the newbies want.

Something old, something new, something blue and all that.

[foolee]

I don't want Arctic Monkeys and I don't want Kasbian.

Even Biffy would be a little different right?

Any idea when we'll get this announcement?

[Chiefski]

The headliner repeat list is because those acts are big enough to headline rightly or wrongly and shift tickets as people want to see them. What are bands supposed to do, get big enough to headline do a few festivals then stop touring and give it all up? (I think T tends to bring bands back, a tad to soon mind Looking at you Kasbain!). I just don't get how you can expect something that radically different for the mainstage headliners every year

[thetime]

The headliner repeat list is because those acts are big enough to headline rightly or wrongly and shift tickets as people want to see them. What are bands supposed to do, get big enough to headline do a few festivals then stop touring and give it all up? (I think T tends to bring bands back, a tad to soon mind Looking at you Kasbain!). I just don't get how you can expect something that radically different for the main headliner every year

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[Chiefski]

There will be a time when Muse will have headlined a UK festival for about the 50th time, coincidence that ticket sales are down because lineups are repetitive?

[thetime]

Can't really just blame lineups for poor ticket sales these days

[Matt42]

I reckon it'l be biffy to be fair, arctic monkeys now would be silly with their shows...

[thetime]

I reckon it'l be biffy to be fair, arctic monkeys now would be silly with their shows...

[Chiefski]

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/national/the-rolling-stones-confirmed-to-play-concert-at-adelaide-oval/story-fnii5yv7-1226763798447 Edited November 19, 2013 by Chiefski

[Matt42]

Haha it's all to much.

[LondonTom]

It's not up to bands but up to organisers to take more of a risk with headliners, they don't take risks or very rarely. Reading took a risk with Arcade Fire and now they can headline pretty much any major. Then again they took the risk with razorlight and they didn't push on from that. Glastonbury took the risk with muse/Coldplay and they pushed on and got supernova, then again skunk anansee headlined and never pushed on.

There will be a time when Muse will have headlined a UK festival for about the 50th time, coincidence that ticket sales are down because lineups are repetitive?

[Deeps]

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/national/the-rolling-stones-confirmed-to-play-concert-at-adelaide-oval/story-fnii5yv7-1226763798447

[Chiefski]

You c**t

Opened the tab and all I saw it say was "The Rolling Stones confirmed to play... " and I got my hopes up