Pukkelpop 2015

[Gucci Piggy]

ACDC

Kasabian

Gaz Coombes

Victories at Sea

Emperor Yes

Are mine. The last two are pretty unknown so if they're at PP I want a cut! Victories at Sea are particularly good live.

Saw Victories at Sea supporting Editors in 2012 and got a free EP afterwards. Really good.

[DDave]

Saw Victories at Sea supporting Editors in 2012 and got a free EP afterwards. Really good.

I'd have put the bit about Editors on my email if I'd have known. They'd have been a shoe in for headliners!

Saw them at Lunar Festival last year. Very good live.

[Thebrokenleg]

Beck will probably headline since he has been announced for three other festivals that are held around the same time period as Pukkelpop and that usually share the bigger acts.

Edited January 20, 2015 by Thebrokenleg

[Dietediet]

Beck will probably headline since he has been announced for three other festivals that are held around the same time period as Pukkelpop and that usually share the bigger acts.

Probably sub, he wasn't even headlining in 2006 and his popularity has gone down a lot since.

[DDave]

Can definitely see Beck, the J&MC and Belle & Sebastian being on the bill and They'd be very welcome too.

[TheNewUnion]

How big are Belle & Sebastian over in Belgium? I'd love it if they were Club (or even Marquee at a push) headline.

As for the main headline acts, I have no idea at all but I am holding out hope that the budget will be bigger as no recompense for the storm any more combined with 30th anniversary will equal HUGE band and I would love it if that huge band were AC/DC but I certainly won't be holding my breath.

Edited January 20, 2015 by TheNewUnion

[DDave]

As I've said before, I just want a meatier main stage line up. Bands with plenty of hits.

[Semprini]

Think Beck is probably too big to headline the Marquee so evening slot on the Main is more likely. Agree with you about J&MC Dave, they are a perfect fit for Marquee closer on one of the days.

Once again the Melt! line up is already looking superb. Although it's a month before PKP, I can definitely see Jon Hopkins, London Grammar, Modeselektor, Erland Oye and the Rainbows, La Roux, Nils Frahm and (fingers crossed!) Roni Size Reprazent playing. Don't think it will happen but they've also got Kylie. She'd put on a great show as a Main closer and certainly has plenty of hits (might not be what you had in mind though Dave?!?).

[DDave]

I don't mind a bit of Kylie as it happens. Better than Deus Or Placebo any day. Can't see it happening in a million years though.

[TheNewUnion]

It's a No No for Noel - playing RW along with Kasabian and Damian Marley. Two of whom I think would have been great at PKP. I have still have faith that PKP will nail this years fest though

[DDave]

It's a No No for Noel - playing RW along with Kasabian and Damian Marley. Two of whom I think would have been great at PKP. I have still have faith that PKP will nail this years fest though

Shit news. I had kasabian down for being a PP headliner this year.

[TheNewUnion]

I know! Want to see NGHFB. Once again RW and bagging some big name and some very good "2nd tier" names.

[DDave]

I know! Want to see NGHFB. Once again RW and bagging some big name and some very good "2nd tier" names.

Yep. And every decent RW announcement makes me less positive about the PP one. Does seem that virtually every festival has done early announcements this time around so hopefully PP will follow suit.

Having had a few more announcements I'm predicting

Linkin park, the Cure, Massive attack, Kanye West, Underworld and Beck

For headliners With 2manyDJs, Nero and Skrillex as closers.

[johnybegood]

Yep. And every decent RW announcement makes me less positive about the PP one. Does seem that virtually every festival has done early announcements this time around so hopefully PP will follow suit.

Having had a few more announcements I'm predicting

Linkin park, the Cure, Massive attack, Kanye West, Underworld and Beck

For headliners With 2manyDJs, Nero and Skrillex as closers.

Don't forget dEUS and Placebo. I can see both of them playing this year

[DDave]

Don't forget dEUS and Placebo. I can see both of them playing this year

And that's the reason I've not booked flights yet.

[Dietediet]

Yep. And every decent RW announcement makes me less positive about the PP one. Does seem that virtually every festival has done early announcements this time around so hopefully PP will follow suit.

Last year those other fests were early as well, yet Pukkelpop waited until halfway March, so I can't see it coming soon.

Lowlands giving names in the next days, Reading/Leeds the week after. So we'll have a better view on the possibilities soon.

[Dietediet]

Quick resumé based on currently known acts/strong rumours for other festivals in that period:

Headliners: Linkin Park - Mumford & Sons - ?

Dance closers: Major Lazer - Faithless - ?

Subs: Beck - ? - ?

[Noeliam]

I'd add Netsky, Kings of Leon and maybe Coldplay.

[johnybegood]

If I'm negative I'd add Interpol, Libertines, Placebo, dEUS and a hip-hop headliner (Drake, Kanye West...)

If I'm positive I think that it's the 30th aniversary so the must sign a huge act.

I can see a celtic day with Mumford & Sons headlining plus Dropkick Murphys and Floggin Molly playing during that day...

[thetime]

Faithless? Where did that come from?

[Dietediet]

If I'm positive I think that it's the 30th aniversary so the must sign a huge act.

Depends on what you call huge. For their 25th anniversary their biggest act was Iron Maiden, so Linkin Park or Kanye West could also be considered huge then. For the 25th edition the strength came from having crowd favourite coheadlining structures and a very strong undercard.

Faithless? Where did that come from?

A while back a poster for a German (?) electronic festival in August leaked, containing Faithless among other names. Not much later the organisation reveals the real poster: exact same layout and names, except for Faithless. So there's the assumption that they will announce a reunion soon.

[johnybegood]

First Lowlands names:

Ben Howard (also announced for Rock Werchter)

Major Lazer

The Chemical Brothers (also announced for Rock Werchter)

Passenger

Bastille

Caribou

Django Django

Bear's Den

Jose Gonzalez

Alestorm

Four Tet

MARCEL DETTMANN

Enter Shikari

MØ

The Districts

Shovels and Rope

Mighty Oaks

[DDave]

Neil Young is on standby in case Major Lazer pull out last minute.

[TheNewUnion]

Iron Maiden are one of the biggest touring bands in the world and must have cost PKP a fortune. For me it was a great booking.

If they went Linkin Park and Mumford I would be catastrophically disappointed.

Dreadful. Linkin Park barely even register with me and I really don't like Mumford's.

Kings Of Leon, Libertines! All of a sudden it feels like this thread is trying to spite me!

All joking aside, I'm starting to worry..

[TheNewUnion]

The Cure, Massive attack, Kanye West, Underworld, Beck, 2manyDJs, Nero however are all causes for positivity.