Lineup 2016

[The Ghost Of Eddie]

Could well be a secret set, they play Reading and Leeds so much they're crowd favourites, plus they were meant to play a UK exclusive festival show at Hevy the week before Reading until that got cancelled, so they're free to play now.

[harry5573]

6 hours ago, oneoftherest said:

So where the fuck are Shikari this year?? Can't believe  they've not done R+L on this album campaign

On the bright side, I think they've got a new album coming out next year

They were an exclusive to Hevy Fest before that got cancelled

[The Ghost Of Eddie]

1 hour ago, The Ghost Of Eddie said:

Could well be a secret set, they play Reading and Leeds so much they're crowd favourites, plus they were meant to play a UK exclusive festival show at Hevy the week before Reading until that got cancelled, so they're free to play now.

 

8 minutes ago, harry5573 said:

They were an exclusive to Hevy Fest before that got cancelled

Beat you to it! Glad someone else had noticed that they were exclusive, definitely makes me think a secret set is on the cards

[Andre91]

Shikari secret set then a sub spot at next year's festival. 

[JSmurphy]

27 minutes ago, Andre91 said:

Shikari secret set then a sub spot at next year's festival. 

The sub to Rage Against The Machine 

[PastRecedes]

11 minutes ago, JSmurphy said:

The sub to Rage Against The Machine 

Stop it, please

[The Ghost Of Eddie]

We need to stop hyping up Rage to play because when they don't we will all be really dissapointed even if the line up turns out to be great

[Odessa]

42 minutes ago, Andre91 said:

Shikari secret set then a sub spot at next year's festival. 

Enter Shikari aren't that big a deal are they? I might be wrong, but sub seems very high. Courteeners are 3rd down and they're a lot bigger surely?

Edited June 5, 2016 by Odessa

[The Ghost Of Eddie]

Just now, Odessa said:

Enter Shikari aren't that big a deal are they? I might be wrong, but sub seems very high. Courteeners are 3rd down are they're a lot bigger surely?

I'd say Shikari are bigger but a sub spot is too high but saying that they've bumped a lot of acts in the last couple of years.

[Odessa]

1 minute ago, The Ghost Of Eddie said:

I'd say Shikari are bigger but a sub spot is too high but saying that they've bumped a lot of acts in the last couple of years.

Courteeners played to 25k people at Heaton Park, and sold out Manchester Apollo 7 times, all in the same year...I know they're not on that level up and down the country but they do ok.

Didn't Coheed and Cambria headline Hevyfest last year? I'd say R&L subs are way too big for that festival.

[The Ghost Of Eddie]

4 minutes ago, Odessa said:

Courteeners played to 25k people at Heaton Park, and sold out Manchester Apollo 7 times, all in the same year...I know they're not on that level up and down the country but they do ok.

Didn't Coheed and Cambria headline Hevyfest last year? I'd say R&L subs are way too big for that festival.

Courteeners aren't very big outside of Manchester, Shikari are big all over the country and crowd favourites that have come through the ranks (much like Foals). The problem with Hevy this year was they tried to go too big too fast. Shikari was a huge headliner for them, Shikari played 3rd down last time, they've released one album since then, if they release another before playing again i'd be surprised if they didn't sub, although i don't personally think they are big enough to. Although their last tour saw them play arenas and Ally Pally so maybe they are.

Edited June 5, 2016 by The Ghost Of Eddie

[Odessa]

1 minute ago, The Ghost Of Eddie said:

Courteeners aren't very big outside of Manchester, Shikari are big all over the country and crowd favourites that have come through the ranks (much like Foals). The problem with Hevy this year was they tried to go too big too fast. Shikari was a huge headliner for them, Shikari played 3rd down last time, they've released one album since then, if they release another before playing again i'd be surprised if they didn't sub, although i don't personally think they are big enough to.

I wouldn't count their slot as 3rd, it was 4th really. 3 acts above them on the poster. 

I'd expect them to be 3rd down next time, or to "sub" a day with coheadliners. Or maybe headline the NME.

[The Ghost Of Eddie]

15 minutes ago, Odessa said:

I wouldn't count their slot as 3rd, it was 4th really. 3 acts above them on the poster. 

I'd expect them to be 3rd down next time, or to "sub" a day with coheadliners. Or maybe headline the NME.

Hope we don't see co-headliners next year but if we did Shikari would definitely be better in the sub role below co-headliners rather than an outright co-headline, NME headliner would probably be ideal, would be better in the tent at night than in the afternoon/evening on main.

[rdg3tim97]

Anyone know how easy it is to get an early bird ticket for cheap closer to the festival? I assume loads of people who can't go last minute sell theirs for cheap nearer the time.

[jake.b.overton]

12 hours ago, rdg3tim97 said:

Anyone know how easy it is to get an early bird ticket for cheap closer to the festival? I assume loads of people who can't go last minute sell theirs for cheap nearer the time.

Tickets can always be found cheaper, early bird bit more tricky as there's less of them and more people want them, have seen them sold for twice the face value before, that's not to say they can be cheaper

[Chavmeisterdeluxe]

Clara on Radio 1 just said Against the Current are playing, not been announced have they? Quick scan of the poster says not. I mean, they're pretty guff so who cares but I thought I'd mention it.

[AndrewSmith]

30 minutes ago, Chavmeisterdeluxe said:

Clara on Radio 1 just said Against the Current are playing, not been announced have they? Quick scan of the poster says not. I mean, they're pretty guff so who cares but I thought I'd mention it.

One of the bands that charge for a 'VIP' meet and greet before their show... I really don't like that and it massively puts me off wanting to get in to a band.

Meeting your fans is part of being in a band and it shouldn't ever be commercialised.

[Andre91]

Against the Current are the shitest of the shite. 

[The Ghost Of Eddie]

Atleast the fact that Against The Current haven't been announced tells us we still have a few medium(ish) sized bands left to come.

[Andre91]

55 minutes ago, The Ghost Of Eddie said:

Atleast the fact that Against The Current haven't been announced tells us we still have a few medium(ish) sized bands left to come.

Against the Current aren't medium(ish) sized though. They are a small band. 

[FloorFiller]

another new Chili Peppers song

nothing particularly interesting once again

[Nicklord]

I have a feeling that all 3 songs could have been much better if they were just a bit more aggressive 

[oneoftherest]

"Courteeners aren't very big outside Manchester"

Just sold out a load of O2s all over the country rather quickly, I'd say thyre probably pretty big

[Andre91]

18 minutes ago, oneoftherest said:

"Courteeners aren't very big outside Manchester"

Just sold out a load of O2s all over the country rather quickly, I'd say thyre probably pretty big

No, they really aren't THAT big. 

[Foals/Disclosure]

Even though it is their home city, they sold 49,500 tickets in Manchester in 2015. Also, they sold out a 25,000 capacity gig at Heaton Park in under an hour. They are not quite as big in other cities than they are in Manchester, yet they are certainly still a BIG band