Lineup 2015

[SOAD]

Not saying Gorillaz are likely for Reading at all as it does seem a little odd but Gorillaz, Metallica and The Libertines would make me very happy.. don't like The Libertines but would just hope Refused would clash with them (Refused closing the weekend would be incredible).

[justanothername]

QUICK! HOW DO GORILLAZ FIT IN WITH MELVIN'S BULLSHIT CLUES!

Edited February 1, 2015 by justanothername

[Matt42]

Gorillaz won't be headlining reading, nothing to back that up but I can't see r&l being hot on the tails of their reunion.

[TheSilence]

Gorrilaz certainly arent a reading regular

[DomDom1984]

I can't see Gorillaz at R&L either. At least not this year. Didn't Albarn say something at the tail end of 2014 about a Gorillaz album maybe in 2016?

[dentalplan]

Dunno. Whilst Bestival's headliners vary in size the majority of them recently would've probably been fine at Latitude, and Latitude themselves have had some decent sized headliners in the last couple of years (Black Keys and Elbow both R&L subs & comfortably in arenas).

I guess it's hard to judge their size given how few gigs they've played and their only major fest appearance being an anomaly, but I wouldn't personally put them as headliners at R&L so doing Latitude would probably be a better option. Plus Damon clearly likes it there.

Well that's just it. Damon's solo/side projects have headlined Latitude and have been nowhere near as successful as Gorillaz. I'd wager them to be bigger than either of Elbow or The Black Keys personally and comfortable headliners at major fests - and a big one at Bestival. It's not as if they were a super weak option for Glastonbury to fall back on otherwise they'd probably have just bumped up a sub instead.

I can't see Gorillaz at R&L either. At least not this year. Didn't Albarn say something at the tail end of 2014 about a Gorillaz album maybe in 2016?

Yeah I've just read this (this second) too so maybe not. Still they've never had them play anyway so it wouldn't be like they don't have anything new to go on.

Edited February 1, 2015 by dentalplan

[Matt42]

Correct me if i'm wrong but when reading usually shell out for reunions it's an act thats either headlined or played the festival before.

[thetime]

Gorillaz still one of the worst gigs I've ever been to.

Creamfields could be a good shout.

[thetime]

Correct me if i'm wrong but when reading usually shell out for reunions it's an act thats either headlined or played the festival before.

The Cure

[DomDom1984]

The Cure wasn't a reunion, was it?

[justanothername]

Have Refused ever played before

Edited February 1, 2015 by justanothername

[dentalplan]

Neither is Gorillaz really.

[thetime]

The Cure wasn't a reunion, was it?

Good point.

[DomDom1984]

Well, future Gorillaz stuff was "unlikely" apparently. That's a bit straw clutchy, but it's more of a reunion than a band just sitting out for a bit.

[dentalplan]

Well, future Gorillaz stuff was "unlikely" apparently. That's a bit straw clutchy, but it's more of a reunion than a band just sitting out for a bit.

Well I'd say them not announcing a definite end just makes it a hiatus. A real one rather than the hiatuses whereby a band writes their next album.

[thetime]

Well I'd say them not announcing a definite end just makes it a hiatus. A real one rather than the hiatuses whereby a band writes their next album.

So we have a splitting up, hiatus and writing an album now..

Geesh what do you count My Vitriol as?

[rawaudioinput]

Being lazy

[Gucci Piggy]

Correct me if i'm wrong but when reading usually shell out for reunions it's an act thats either headlined or played the festival before.

Even if it was, there's no way that would be some kind of policy.

[Gucci Piggy]

Geesh what do you count My Vitriol as?

They're doing stuff with Matt Bellamy at the moment.

[Matt42]

Even if it was, there's no way that would be some kind of policy.

Not saying it's a policy but they'd be more inclined to book a band on reunion hype that they know has a history / popular with the festival.

Oh and I'm mainly talking about headline acts to those who questioned refused.

[thetime]

They're doing stuff with Matt Bellamy at the moment.

Oh!

[Andre91]

RHCP to headline.

[Shootenanny!]

Gorillaz would probably tempt me down to Leeds but think its unlikely to happen.

[JSmurphy]

Never gunna happen but Metallica subbed by Rammstein would be ace

[the wonderwhy]

HAIM are supporting Taylor Swift over in America and although none of the dates actually fall on R&L weekend they're playing LA or something two days before so I guess that probably rules them out.