Latitude 2015

[swooddow]

I messaged latitude about , what time it would get released on tuesday, but haven't heard anything, so will just have to wait and see.

[Amy Lawn]

I'd love Stewart Lee to be announced for the comedy stage, but I don't think it'll happen.

[swooddow]

I would love to see Simon Evans for comedy being announced today, He's Hilarious !

[TheSeventhOne]

Latitude have great musicians but having just read the blurb for the 10th anniversary

"'For Richer, For Poorer, For Better, For Worse' Tania Harrison, arts programmer for Latitude Festival explained the theme, saying, "Whether it's clicking 'yes' to Google’s terms of service, saying 'I do' in a marriage ceremony, or putting an X in a political party's box at the general election, the agreements we make affect the lives of everyone around us. Yet at the same time, there's a tension between the world in which we're told we're 'all in this together' and our society itself, with its growing extremes of rich and poor [...]

all I can think is, w*nkers.

What do you find so disagreeable about this?

[tillyandthewall]

Here's the comedy lineup. Roll on tomorrow!

[Tuna]

[5co77ie]

news here:

http://www.efestivals.co.uk/news/15/150303e.shtml

[Amy Lawn]

Is the Sunday lunchtime announcement yet to come? Or is it the Manics? I'm inclined to think it'll be announced later like in previous years.

[thetime]

Are manics still doing the holy bible?

Edited March 3, 2015 by thetime

[Tuna]

Is the Sunday lunchtime announcement yet to come? Or is it the Manics? I'm inclined to think it'll be announced later like in previous years.

Yeah loads still to come for Sunday including the lunchtime slot. They usually knock it out of the park, I'm confident it'll be excellent again.

[stocky3000]

I really like it but I am not sure I can warrant a £200 ticket,

I will maybe look into working it

[Amy Lawn]

Yeah loads still to come for Sunday including the lunchtime slot. They usually knock it out of the park, I'm confident it'll be excellent again.

Agreed, Jon Hopkins, Portishead and SBTRKT as my headliners is amazing, maybe even rivals last years Mogwai - Royksopp & Robyn - Lykke Li home run, one of their patented Sunday bangers would round it out so nicely. They've absolutely nailed it in the past, and the previous 2 years with Atomic Bomb and Bobby Womack have be completely off the scale. The only way I can see them topping it is with Patti Smith, but I'm happy to be pleasantly surprised by something out of the blue like last year.

[deadpheasant]

Me likey! King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard!

[LondonTom]

The Saturday is pretty decent but overall its pretty meh.

Edited March 3, 2015 by LondonTom

[DGrant261]

Can't fault the headliners. Would've liked to have seen the Maccabees subbing. Personally thinkn the Vaccines are too low, I'd swap them with James Blake, how they are only 2nd stage headliners a year after TDCC were booked as main headliners I don't know (Vaccines > TDCC I'd say). But I guess this being the second time I've been surprised with how low they are (After T) suggests festival organisers aren't expecting their last album to match the last 2.

Think Catfish's billing is also a bit too low, and I'd have maybe gone for someone a bit different for that slot.

Also how are Drenge so low? That one has really surprised me, I think they've been done a bad deal there, Wolf Alice are not three places more popular than Drenge.

[FloorFiller]

i'm usually pretty envious over the Latitude lineup but this year... meh, it's okay. Portishead headlining is obviously amazing. but not too much to get bothered about imo. anybody know of the exclusives yet?

[retromoz]

Well, im chuffed to bits. I think its a quallo announcement. AND no Flo & The Mac or Paloma Faith!

[retromoz]

i should add 'yet', shouldnt i?

[Amy Lawn]

Who's your top tip for this year, retromoz? I remember I got into the Phantom Band on the back of you getting excited about them on the official boards last year, their album was one of my favourites of last year and their set was a highlight of the fest, anything you're particularly excited about on this one?

[the wonderwhy]

That's a really great lineup. Good to see Laura Marling confirming more festivals.

[pryce]

sunday is the only weak day for me but can do some exploring and finish it off with SBTRKT

hoping for some more bands on the I arena stage ...last few years I have known quite a few ...only Twilight Sad this year, any recommendations?

[pryce]

whats the camping like also? full of shouty teens who don't care about others and who don't sleep until 7am or bit more laid back as there is more stuff to do during the night to pre occupy people?

[Amy Lawn]

whats the camping like also? full of shouty teens who don't care about others and who don't sleep until 7am or bit more laid back as there is more stuff to do during the night to pre occupy people?

We camp quite far away from the arena, but the tents are very spaced out, the atmosphere is very chilled out. If you look on the map we're usually in red A, but I do know that green is always quite and most of the rest of red.

[pryce]

cheers .... was looking at the map and the red camping, need my sleep

sounding so old

looks like I am booking ...beats 2000 trees for me this year so will change it up

[kaosmark2]

Only the campsite next the arena is really noisy at all hours. The rest are all fairly quiet.