2017 festival

[FloorFiller]

can't see Royal Blood playing lower at every other festival next year and then going on to headline in 2018 - doesn't ever really happen does it? just makes it seem like an even weaker booking, plus as i think Foos will be one of the headliners in 2018 i doubt they'd have em both topping the bill. not sure what that means for Royal Blood and R/L - maybe they will just sub this year and nobody was willing to take the punt on them as a headliner, especially not when it looks like they've got three bonafide ticket sellers in place already

[Andre91]

Royal Blood below Muse would be a really strong booking. 

[dentalplan]

30 minutes ago, FloorFiller said:

can't see Royal Blood playing lower at every other festival next year and then going on to headline in 2018 - doesn't ever really happen does it? just makes it seem like an even weaker booking, plus as i think Foos will be one of the headliners in 2018 i doubt they'd have em both topping the bill. not sure what that means for Royal Blood and R/L - maybe they will just sub this year and nobody was willing to take the punt on them as a headliner, especially not when it looks like they've got three bonafide ticket sellers in place already

So first year of the album is too soon and the second year is too late? 

I dunno, I guess we'll see. They seem like the most obvious 'future headliner' in a decade and if a sinking Muse are continuing their kill streak of headlining festivals over acts warranting a bump up then it's pretty grim.

[Muppetmark]

8 hours ago, foolee said:

Nine Inch Nails headlining NME would be an instant ticket shifter for me.

If they put them against Eminem id buy the weekend ticket on the spot 

[thewayiam]

5 hours ago, Andre91 said:

Royal Blood below Muse would be a really strong booking. 

No haha, it would just be a booking, Pendulum below Muse would be a really strong booking. Seriously some of you get your heads out of your arse! Remember Muse are a European Exclusive because there is bugger all for them to play except for this fest 3 years in anyway.

[Little Sparrow]

6 hours ago, thewayiam said:

No haha, it would just be a booking, Pendulum below Muse would be a really strong booking. Seriously some of you get your heads out of your arse! Remember Muse are a European Exclusive because there is bugger all for them to play except for this fest 3 years in anyway.

Royal Blood would be considerably stronger. One of the biggest up and coming British bands for quite some time, compared to Pendulum, a band who even in their peak didn't manage to sub-headline Reading & Leeds. 

Although with the Headliners they've seemingly pulled off they don't particularly need as strong sub-headliners.

[Andre91]

6 hours ago, thewayiam said:

No haha, it would just be a booking, Pendulum below Muse would be a really strong booking. Seriously some of you get your heads out of your arse! Remember Muse are a European Exclusive because there is bugger all for them to play except for this fest 3 years in anyway.

Royal Blood are the most clear-cut, obvious future headliner of the past decade who are seemingly going to be promoting a new album after a hugely successful debut that saw them become a massive household name out of nowhere. Pendulum are a band who nobody really knows what they are doing, whose sound is dated as fuck and arguably wouldn't be as popular upon their return as they were at their peak. 

Both would be huge bookings, but in the grand scheme of things, Royal Blood in a sub position would be the bigger coup. Especially below Muse, who, no matter how much you argue they are over exposed, are a genuine stadium band the world over and an instant ticket shifter in this country. 

Edited December 23, 2016 by Andre91

[thewayiam]

48 minutes ago, Little Sparrow said:

Royal Blood would be considerably stronger. One of the biggest up and coming British bands for quite some time, compared to Pendulum, a band who even in their peak didn't manage to sub-headline Reading & Leeds. 

Although with the Headliners they've seemingly pulled off they don't particularly need as strong sub-headliners.

Just to clear up, a Pendulum reunion would be massive for a lot of people and the last time they played Reading was 2010, they were huge the following year. They did break up which kind of put a spanner in the works, it's  other like they continued and never got asked.

[Foals/Disclosure]

Any chance of Pendulum headlining the NME stage and Royal Blood subbing Muse?

[Gucci Piggy]

18 minutes ago, Foals/Disclosure said:

Any chance of Pendulum headlining the NME stage and Royal Blood subbing Muse?

No

[Bisque]

Why not have Royal Blood & Pendulum sub?

[JSmurphy]

My guesses for the three NME headliners are, as of right now, Clean Bandit, Bastille and You Me At Six. Makes a pretty depressing read. I'm desperate for something unexpected: Vampire Weekend, Weezer, or Enter Shikari.

[thewayiam]

3 hours ago, Bisque said:

Why not have Royal Blood & Pendulum sub?

It could happen but people are becoming to accept Catfish may well have a sub slot.

[Little Sparrow]

28 minutes ago, JSmurphy said:

My guesses for the three NME headliners are, as of right now, Clean Bandit, Bastille and You Me At Six. Makes a pretty depressing read. I'm desperate for something unexpected: Vampire Weekend, Weezer, or Enter Shikari.

Are Clean Bandit that popular? I don't remember hearing anything of theirs apart from Rather Be.

[dentalplan]

18 minutes ago, Little Sparrow said:

Are Clean Bandit that popular? I don't remember hearing anything of theirs apart from Rather Be.

I thought so too but they've been burning up the singles charts. Think V will probably nab them but aye they could be NME headliners.

I expect Flume to be one of the NME headliners given he's got European festivals around the time. Would be pretty good too, possibly the best thing headlining the top two stages.

[FloorFiller]

25 minutes ago, dentalplan said:

I expect Flume to be one of the NME headliners given he's got European festivals around the time. Would be pretty good too, possibly the best thing headlining the top two stages.

is Flume really that big? maybe a closing set but i'd expect him to have an actual headliner on before him

[dentalplan]

5 minutes ago, FloorFiller said:

is Flume really that big? maybe a closing set but i'd expect him to have an actual headliner on before him

I would say so. He sold out Ally Pally fairly easily, and headlined the Dance Stage a couple of years ago now so has definitely grown since then.

[rawaudioinput]

Flume could easily headline the NME, I'm reasonably sure he sold out a midweek Ally Pally date in a pretty short space of time

People seem really excited about him at the moment as well

[Yellow_Fellow]

flume is living the career xxyyxx should've had

[Gucci Piggy]

5 hours ago, dentalplan said:

I thought so too but they've been burning up the singles charts. Think V will probably nab them but aye they could be NME headliners.

I expect Flume to be one of the NME headliners given he's got European festivals around the time. Would be pretty good too, possibly the best thing headlining the top two stages.

Muse have been announced as headliners dental mate.

[dentalplan]

#notmyheadliner

[Gucci Piggy]

1 minute ago, dentalplan said:

#notmyheadliner

What if Matt Bellamy wears a raspberry beret

[dentalplan]

[Gucci Piggy]

14 minutes ago, dentalplan said:

Raspberry, not lemon.

[JSmurphy]

From that F4 Frequency Announcement, I can see R&L getting: Billy Talent, Rise Against, Moderat, White Lies, Foreign Beggars, Sub Focus, Gorgon City, Noisia.