Lineup 2015

[the wonderwhy]

Shit post incoming

I'm bored, so if anyone cares I went through all the albums released since the beginning of 2013 up until this years festival for headliner sized/strong sub who released a top 10 album

Foals

David Bowie

30STM

Depeche Mode

The Strokes

Daft Punk

Black Sabbath

A7X

Justin Timberlake

Kanye West

Jay-Z

Kings of Leon

Chase & Status

Pearl Jam

Arcade Fire

Elbow

Paolo Nutini

The Black Keys

Coldplay

Kasabian

Linkin Park

Morrissey

I reckon only a quarter of these are even slightly likely though

Now cut out the ones that don't have guitars

[mattgimmeshelter]

I'm bored, so if anyone cares I went through all the albums released since the beginning of 2013 up until this years festival for headliner sized/strong sub who released a top 10 album

Foals

David Bowie

30STM

Depeche Mode

The Strokes

Daft Punk

Black Sabbath

A7X

Kings of Leon

Chase & Status

Pearl Jam

Arcade Fire

Paolo Nutini

The Black Keys

Coldplay

Kasabian

Linkin Park

I reckon only a quarter of these are even slightly likely though

If melvin is telling the truth and says "all guitar bands" than i've edited it down.

We have a long list...

[#FreeComTruise]

Now cut out the ones that don't have guitars

but do they have to physically hold them??? who knows, who knows

[dentalplan]

The ones from before Aug '13 aren't the past year though.

And I already did that earlier so nobody else would have to.

[#FreeComTruise]

If melvin is telling the truth and says "all guitar bands" than i've edited it down.

We have a long list...

I bet none of the headliners end up being on the original list tbf

[mattgimmeshelter]

Now i'l speculate abit and cut down on likelyhood

Foals

David Bowie Nah

30STM

Depeche Mode Nah

The Strokes

Daft Punk Nah

Black Sabbath

A7X

Kings of Leon

Chase & Status

Pearl Jam Doubt it

Arcade Fire Don't think they are touring next year

Paolo Nutini According to dentalplan, would never play R&L

The Black Keys

Coldplay

Kasabian

Linkin Park

[#FreeComTruise]

The ones from before Aug '13 aren't the past year though.

And I already did that earlier so nobody else would have to.

I thought that too but he could probably twist it into being from "last year" rather than just the past year

I hope they announce all the headliners next week, I've already over exerted myself on this

[mattgimmeshelter]

So potentially (just for speculative purposes)

One of the headliners could be

Foals, 30STM, The Strokes, Black Sabbath, Kings Of Leon, Chase and Status, The Black Keys, Coldplay, Kasabian, Linkin Park.

EDIT: removed A7X

Shit it better not be linkin park.

Edited August 27, 2014 by mattgimmeshelter

[#FreeComTruise]

Or we can all lie to ourselves and pretend one of the headliners will be Bowie/Sabbath/Pearl Jam until March

[the wonderwhy]

I bet none of the headliners have a guitar

[FloorFiller]

Linkin Park are probably at their lowest point popularity-wise in the UK so it'd be odd for them to headline R/L now / next year. don't see it (unless they're a co-headliner - currently co-headlining a tour in the US with 30 Seconds To Mars. oh dear)

an odd set of acts - none of them stand out as a bigger possibility (i would've said KOL but it really would be on the arse end of their tour)

[mattgimmeshelter]

Or we can all lie to ourselves and pretend one of the headliners will be Bowie/Sabbath/Pearl Jam until March

Someone will have a "duff" rumour that either Sabbath or Pearl Jam are doing it

then will we get Linkin Park.

[justanothername]

I don't think Linkin Park have even sold out a single date on their 3 date UK tour yet

Edited August 27, 2014 by justanothername

[the wonderwhy]

Linkin Park are probably at their lowest point popularity-wise in the UK

Surely the same can be said about Blink?

[dentalplan]

Why would you cut Pearl Jam from the list and keep C+S, Coldplay and A7X?

[FloorFiller]

Surely the same can be said about Blink?

but Blink are a good-time fun nostalgic act that everybody loves. Linkin Park are not. i know Hyrbrid Theory may hold a lot of nostalgia for people but not enough to want to see them headline R/Ls. plus their most recent setlists look bizarre. doesn't look like they play a single song in full - just the first verse and chorus before starting to play a completely different song

[#FreeComTruise]

Linkin Park are probably at their lowest point popularity-wise in the UK so it'd be odd for them to headline R/L now / next year. don't see it (unless they're a co-headliner - currently co-headlining a tour in the US with 30 Seconds To Mars. oh dear)

At least that would segregate 2 shite acts to a singular day

My money would be on KOL at the moment too, will have been nearly 2 years since the album release so could see it being touted as their last UK gig for a while or something

[mattgimmeshelter]

Why would you cut Pearl Jam from the list and keep C+S, Coldplay and A7X?

melvin loves Chase and Status

Coldplay could always happen, I'd never rule it out.

Forgot to remove A7X

[the wonderwhy]

but Blink are a good-time fun nostalgic act that everybody loves.

Not really. I reckon them and Linkin Park are about level in terms of general popularity.

[mattgimmeshelter]

Not really. I reckon them and Linkin Park are about level in terms of general popularity.

I didn't think they could book a headliner less exciting and worse than Blink

but if they book Linkin Park, they will do exactly that.

[FloorFiller]

Not really. I reckon them and Linkin Park are about level in terms of general popularity.

nah i think more people prefer Blink purely for their jokey silly ways. you can have a laugh going to see Blink. Linkin Park would just be odd. the only time they seemed right to headline was in 2003 when they did. if they did it any other year it would've been a travesty

[mattgimmeshelter]

I admit, I used to love Linkin Park... but then they got awful... like absolutely awful.

It's like they just turned round and shat on their career.

[dentalplan]

To be fair from a booking POV Linkin Park haven't done a festival based around their new album and I think with Blink they've shown a disregard to relevance anyway. It's hard to believe any of the acts with a top 10 album in the past year are in with a shot though somehow.

[Gucci Piggy]

I think Blink-182 are even shitter because of their jokey silly ways. Don't they sing about fucking a dog or something? Someone should put Tom Delonge down; save him the suffering of being himself.

[FloorFiller]

their new album utterly failed though. even in the US, where they've somehow managed to maintain a strong fanbase, it only reached #3, behind Lana Del Rey and Sam Smith of all people (i know #3 doesn't sound that bad but considering they've had #1s for years and years it's the start of their downfall). i don't think anybody in the crowd would know any of the new songs (or the ones from the album before that... or the album before that)

but yeah you're right, none of those acts seem right really

Edited August 27, 2014 by FloorFiller