Lineup 2015

[Chavmeisterdeluxe]

Didn't Alt J do the o2 the other day? Was that just a one off rather than a full arena tour?

[dentalplan]

Yeah, there's a link to Monday's press release earlier in the thread. Royal Blood are 'UK Summer festival exclsuives'.

I remembered just now that The War on Drugs are also listed so, and also doing the 6 Music Festival, so it's probably taking that into account.

[DarthSaul]

Didn't Alt J do the o2 the other day? Was that just a one off rather than a full arena tour?

Yep a one off

[eFestivals]

Catfish aren't listed on the Line up on eFests

thanks, getting it sorted

[Bisque]

thanks, getting it sorted

Also I think the date for the Wombats at o2 Brixton is wrong. Not sure if thats your department though.

[eFestivals]

that first one (missing catfish) has turned into a nightmare .... an error in the programme for adding bands (my bad work ) has meant that any band with an 'and' or an ampersand in the name has risked not being added for up-to the last 2 years, meaning there's probably loads of errors in the data we have.

[mrtourette]

Just put CATB, everyone will know what it means.

[eFestivals]

Also I think the date for the Wombats at o2 Brixton is wrong. Not sure if thats your department though.

thanks - that shouldn't have been created by my dodgy work, tho my dodgy work might be keeping it wrong after a correction, so i'd better check that one out too just in case.

[eFestivals]

thanks - that shouldn't have been created by my dodgy work, tho my dodgy work might be keeping it wrong after a correction, so i'd better check that one out too just in case.

yep, that was my dodgy code too.

[DomDom1984]

I was sure Chase and Status had done arenas before they subbed that year.

[KingPin]

I was sure Chase and Status had done arenas before they subbed that year.

Yeah they did, they sold out the O2 arena in 2012..... Or at least I'm pretty sure they did :/

Edited February 4, 2015 by KingPin

[sjseabass]

Yeah they did, they sold out the O2 arena in 2012..... Or at least I'm pretty sure they did :/

Yeah they did NYE there as a one-off I think. So at the time they subbed, they'd done the same as Alt-J have now . These kind of borderline arena acts sub all the time - Black Keys had only just announced an arena tour in 2012 I think? Had QotSA even done one before 2010? Pretty sure Bloc Party never played arenas either.

[dentalplan]

I think they supported Kasabian at that NYE show.

[nickybu]

So Death Cab For Cutie are playing Rock Wertcher and Best Kept Secret Festival. With the release of their new album at the end of March, what are the possibilities of them playing Reading this year?

Edited February 4, 2015 by nickybu

[KyHunt]

So Death Cab For Cutie are playing Rock Wertcher. With the release of their new album at the end of March, what are the possibilities of them playing Reading this year?

Would love this.

[LondonTom]

I think they supported Kasabian at that NYE show.

Yup, was decent enough that night actually

[KingPin]

Yeah they did NYE there as a one-off I think. So at the time they subbed, they'd done the same as Alt-J have now . These kind of borderline arena acts sub all the time - Black Keys had only just announced an arena tour in 2012 I think? Had QotSA even done one before 2010? Pretty sure Bloc Party never played arenas either.

Just seems mad and so so wrong having Alt-J above Bastille.

What do people think about While She Sleeps for main-stage again? Got a new album coming out in a couple of months and the two tracks released so far have been class.

Edit: also what about The Qemists, got a new album out this year, and have just finished supporting Korn (For the Dance tent)

Edited February 4, 2015 by KingPin

[sjseabass]

Ah fair enough about that being a Kasabian gig, that'll teach me to just base my statements on gigs mentioned on set list.fm .

And KingPin, you're definitely not going to get a lot of support for that Alt-J / Bastille point of view around these parts. Alt-J are not the strongest booking as a sub, no (assuming they do), but they're a damn sight better option than bloody Bastille.

[KingPin]

Ah fair enough about that being a Kasabian gig, that'll teach me to just base my statements on gigs mentioned on set list.fm .

And KingPin, you're definitely not going to get a lot of support for that Alt-J / Bastille point of view around these parts. Alt-J are not the strongest booking as a sub, no (assuming they do), but they're a damn sight better option than bloody Bastille.

Hey I don't like either, but I'd put Bastille as the bigger band, I mean Alt-J's second album hasn't even gone gold yet FFS, I fail to see how they're big enough to sub, let alone be 3rd down. Likewise it was ridiculous that they were headlining the NME in 2013

[nickybu]

Is it likely that we will see even more cross-overs from Best Kept Secret Festival? And Primavera?

[Chavmeisterdeluxe]

I definitely agree on Bastille being a better fit for sub than Alt J. I was a fairly regular listener to Radio 1 when both were blowing up and I can't recall a single Alt J song.

[rivalschools.price]

Why are you going to Reading if you don't like the lineup?

Probably because there's about another 150 bands to be announced.

[Buko]

My shot at a fake poster.

[Gucci Piggy]

My shot at a fake poster.

There's no Lock Up Stage now, it's just called The Pit for three days.

But that looks good, people would probably believe it's real if it got onto Twitter, seeing as it's a photo.

Also that Friday NME Stage is dank.

[DomDom1984]

Bring Me the Horizon wouldn't play a fake headline set behind someone else on the second stage I don't imagine.