Lineup 2015

[JSmurphy]

Reading twitter just ocnfirmed that Tyler, the Creator & Kendrick won't be clashing.

No Metallica / Mastodon clash either!

[Yellow_Fellow]

Because they was busy doing their hair?

But on a serious note, it does feel wrong to single out R&L (2012 for example shows they have no problem with booking female acts, in big slots to.) for it. Maybe there isn't that many females/female fronted acts around that are suitable for R&L?

The question should be directed more towards the music industry itself/schools and how they promoting music girls than Festivals. Its not like Reading has any particulary glaring omissions that they could have chosen this year? (Acts that not working on album/played last year please...)

it's wrong to chastise R&L specifically for it but where a case study is available it's worth looking at.

[#FreeComTruise]

Fuck knuckle is a great insult.

[the agile beast]

Does anyone know when Strillex was revealed last year (to give us some indication as to when the mumfords sub will be announced).

Also does anyone know when early entry tickets sold out last year?

[lemonhed]

A frontwoman band that should be added is Best Coast. Bethany announced their new album is due out in May and I think they played the NME stage in 2011.

Yes. They were pretty good.

Also, let's have Hole. Veruca Salt. L7. Garbage. Throwing Muses. Breeders. Babes in Toyland and Hammerbox. That's all the woman I need.

[#FreeComTruise]

I think that they will justify the sub slot. As you've said, they're one of the bands who will be stepping up to headline festivals in the near future.

As for albums, I love Suicide Season. Sempiternal is the album they will build on to become even more successful. Count Your Blessings shouldn't even be talked about as it's just not the same band at all, that whole album was a mess. There Is A Hell... Is their best work for me, absolutely storming album.

+1 for There Is a Hell. Can't wait to see BMTH play that slot. Hopefully they absolutely nail it.

[FakeEmpire]

There certainly are some appropriate females that could (should?) have been booked: St Vincent, FKA Twigs, Kate Tempest, Jessie Ware, Laura Marling, Misty Miller, La Roux, Lana Del Rey, Slow Club, First Aid Kit, Kelis, M.I.A., Lykke Li, Banks, Polica, Lucy Rose, Sharon Van Etten, Rae Morris, Tove Lo, Ibeyi, Anna Calvi,, Indiana, Angel Olsen, MO, Daughter - but how do we know if any of these were even available/interested?

Reading/Leeds were the first major UK festival to give Florence and Paramore the bump up and females have been well represented there in recent years. The media's reaction to this just goes to show that so many people still consider female to be a genre in itself.

[Tobieski]

Does anyone know when Strillex was revealed last year (to give us some indication as to when the mumfords sub will be announced).

Also does anyone know when early entry tickets sold out last year?

Literally 10 minutes after the main line-up announcement, it was weird

[Yellow_Fellow]

Suicide Season > Count Your Blessing = There Is a Hell >>>> Sempiternal

[Tobieski]

The media's reaction to this just goes to show that so many people still consider female to be a genre in itself.

No, it's just an outcry against an obviously sexist music industry which for some reason, R+L is being accused of catalysing. I don't think anyone perceives a gender as a genre of music.

[Andre91]

+1 for There Is a Hell. Can't wait to see BMTH play that slot. Hopefully they absolutely nail it.

I wish they would play Crucify Me I saw them play Fuck and Anthem at Leeds '11, that was cool. Hopefully we get Alligator Blood this time

[dentalplan]

There certainly are some appropriate females that could (should?) have been booked: St Vincent, FKA Twigs, Kate Tempest, Jessie Ware, Laura Marling, Misty Miller, La Roux, Lana Del Rey, Slow Club, First Aid Kit, Kelis, M.I.A., Lykke Li, Banks, Polica, Lucy Rose, Sharon Van Etten, Rae Morris, Tove Lo, Ibeyi, Anna Calvi,, Indiana, Angel Olsen, MO, Daughter - but how do we know if any of these were even available/interested?

Quite a lot of those really don't fit in with R+L.

I think it's a bad path to go down to focus on a female face to the act anyway. I'd rather see more female guitarists than female singers, to be honest.

[Gucci Piggy]

There certainly are some appropriate females that could (should?) have been booked: St Vincent, FKA Twigs, Kate Tempest, Jessie Ware, Laura Marling, Misty Miller, La Roux, Lana Del Rey, Slow Club, First Aid Kit, Kelis, M.I.A., Lykke Li, Banks, Polica, Lucy Rose, Sharon Van Etten, Rae Morris, Tove Lo, Ibeyi, Anna Calvi,, Indiana, Angel Olsen, MO, Daughter - but how do we know if any of these were even available/interested?

Reading/Leeds were the first major UK festival to give Florence and Paramore the bump up and females have been well represented there in recent years. The media's reaction to this just goes to show that so many people still consider female to be a genre in itself.

But a lot of these acts aren't suitable at all. Half of them are too hipster (for want of a better word) and fit in much better at other festivals (ie. Latitude and the Park Stage at Glastonbury). As some have said, the lack of female acts on the bill is worrying, but it isn't FR's fault, it's because there are way less suitable female acts for the festival, and this problem stems from the type of music females are pushed into, and how males are more likely to be bought musical instruments, etc.

Obviously R&L (and other festivals) booking more female acts would go some way to removing these barriers (more females playing rock festivals leads to more females picking up guitars and making rock music, etc.), but that would have to be a conscious move made by the festival.

At the moment I'd say the proportion of female acts on the line-up is probably around equal to the proportion of female acts making music suited to R&L.

[Yellow_Fellow]

Best post you've made

[Andre91]

That's a good point about female guitarists. Or drummers or bassists.

[charley]

Yes. They were pretty good.

Also, let's have Hole. Veruca Salt. L7. Garbage. Throwing Muses. Breeders. Babes in Toyland and Hammerbox. That's all the woman I need.

Juliana Hatfield has a new record out too, chuck her on the pile and talk Lush into re-uniting.

[Yellow_Fellow]

Just Another Reason To Book My Bloody Valentine

[dentalplan]

That's a good point about female guitarists. Or drummers or bassists.

There are plenty more recognisable female bassists in rock groups than guitarists though, or drummers I'll give you that.

[Andre91]

There are plenty more recognisable female bassists in rock groups than guitarists though, or drummers I'll give you that.

Yeah I hesitated about bassists, but the other two, yeah.

[supreme]

With Tyler not clashing with Kendrick, can we expect someone above Tyler?

[Andre91]

Major Lazer would be pretty sweet.

[Gucci Piggy]

Yeah Major Lazer will probs be below Mau5 or headlining Dance Stage. Too big for Dance Stage, though?

[Andre91]

I think they would be too big for The Dance Stage really, although you never know.

[Mezhyp1]

With Tyler not clashing with Kendrick, can we expect someone above Tyler?

I would expect so aye

[Gucci Piggy]

Best post you've made

You obviously missed "Ayyy lmao"