Lineup 2018

[EamerRed]

Well that's my plans out of the window. No Glasto and now this absolute poverty lineup. Seems like rather than capitalising and going for a great lineup, they're saving the dosh and increasing profit margins on what they consider to be easy ticket sales regardless of lineup. Useless.

[Guest]

Genuinely wouldn't count on R&L being a predominantly rock orientated festival by the next few years if they continue like this.

[danz026]

Just now, SomeoneListeningIn said:

Genuinely wouldn't count on R&L being a predominantly rock orientated festival by the next few years if they continue like this.

 

Meh, the metal heads can go to Download and normal folk will go to R&L. 

[MIchael_scarn]

Think this is karma for wishing for an AM Twitter meltdown.. Now it's just a full scale one on every platform 

[dentalplan]

Just now, DR OK said:

90% of what I knew was on there but looks like they had some last minute changes eg I thought logic and Travis Scott were there but guess they've pulled the plug or the deals aren't signed yet

Fair enough. Was Chvrches ever in there or was that a prediction on your behalf?

[CRW5252]

Just now, SomeoneListeningIn said:

Genuinely wouldn't count on R&L being a predominantly rock orientated festival by the next few years if they continue like this.

They aren't anymore. This line up has just as much pop and Hip Hop as rock

[footix2]

Jesus that's a diabolical lineup. It's bad when Dua Lipa is a major highlight at what was always an Indie/Rock festival.

I'm not sure where they are trying to position this festival any more.

[Mouseboy11]

The most recent Panic! At The Disco album is pretty good by all accounts, I'm not sure if they've had an increase in popularity though.

[Paulmcm1998]

Is boomtown still selling tickets?

[AdamJansson88]

Skepta isn’t even that big a pull to the grime Leeds audience because of parklife, which actually has a better lineup than Leeds 

[Steve1000]

2 minutes ago, SomeoneListeningIn said:

Genuinely wouldn't count on R&L being a predominantly rock orientated festival by the next few years if they continue like this.

Okay, time to take the tinfoil hat off. The vast majority of that lineup is rock.

2 minutes ago, danz026 said:

 

Meh, the metal heads can go to Download and normal folk will go to R&L. 

Jesus.

[C14S]

4 minutes ago, Mattymooz said:

Why would you buy a ticket so early? Thats the no. 1 rule of fests (unless its glasto)

I’ve learnt that now

[Reece1617]

3 minutes ago, danz026 said:

Meh, the metal heads can go to Download and normal folk will go to R&L. 

Lol.

Edited February 13, 2018 by Reece1617

[RedBalloon]

would it be wrong to suggest that they had foo's but then dropped them in favour for arctic monkeys, who then pulled out, resulting in the delay AND a trash line up.

[Gucci Piggy]

8 minutes ago, queenie69 said:

does anybody think there’s any chance of their being any truth in the ‘two main stages’ thing now? I mean... it would make sense to have PATD and KL headlining two diff stages at the same time.....I really just can’t wrap my head around the idea of them coheadlining, especially not with PATD higher than king kenny  

Someone said earlier today that the 2 main stage thing was genuinely being considered at one point and that's why we'll see acts weirdly high up. Presumably Panic were gonna headline the 2nd main stage and when the idea fell through they had to keep them billed as co-headliners.

3 minutes ago, C14S said:

Anyone else wanna kill themselves because they already bought a ticket and now there’s no Foos, no royal blood, no monkeys, no one vaguely interesting to watch beside Kendrick

Why would you bother buying your ticket before the announcement when it wouldn't have sold out for months regardless?

[TOMHAMPTON]

Panic tweeted out the same poster as Fall Out Boy

 

[Henrik]

What the hell is going on with UK festivals?  That is absolute garbage from Reading.

Foreign festivals just wiping the floor with the shite we are putting out this year. 

[Odessa]

What I don't understand is all the people who have already bought a ticket. It prob saved like £5 on the current price and you have to put all that faith in a decent lineup. This is atrocious even compared to the shite from last year.

They deserve about a hundred people to show up. 

[CRW5252]

2 minutes ago, Steve1000 said:

Okay, time to take the tinfoil hat off. The vast majority of that lineup is rock.

Look again. It's marginal 

[Gucci Piggy]

Just now, DR OK said:

Sorry yes chvrches was the other one I had heard were headlining nme

Fwiw the two stage set up was a genuine option for a while and I think it's why we ended up with panic and Kendrick on the same day. Think wolf Alice would have been a headliner with that set up too 

I can't see an NME headliner on that Kendrick day so CHVRCHES could still be there I guess.

Also Wolf Alice are subbing Latitude so I couldn't see that happening.

[Steve1000]

1 minute ago, CRW5252 said:

Look again. It's marginal 

Still, the higher slots are.

[chickenfire]

1 minute ago, Henrik said:

What the hell is going on with UK festivals?  That is absolute garbage from Reading.

Foreign festivals just wiping the floor with the shite we are putting out this year. 

Most other European countries have 1-3 festivals sharing the big touring bands. The UK splits them over so many little festivals when Glastonbury doesn’t hoover them all up. It’s frustrating because it means either travelling abroad or going to several, over priced, weak UK ones.

[pepesilvia]

8 minutes ago, dentalplan said:

@DR OK are you sitting on more or did you get given some duff info? As I see no Logic in this lineup.

there is definitely no logic of any kind to be found in this lineup

[Gucci Piggy]

Where are The Hunna?

[Bandit Tom]

I'm honestly baffled as to how Panic! Are co-headlining? The biggest venue they've headlined in this entire country is Alexandra Palace, it wouldn't be a stretch to say All Time Low are bigger than them.