Stage Predictions 2017

[Gucci Piggy]

6 hours ago, thecalebhart said:

Alright everyone, apart from boy better know and metronomy does anyone else know who will clash with ed sheeran?, any other stage headliners to see instead? 

Justice on West Holts by the sounds of it, and both Laura Marling and The Cinematic Orchestra are confirmed for Sunday, one of which I expect to headline Park.

[FuzzyDunlop]

19 minutes ago, nikkic said:

The Glasto line up is streets ahead of Reading. To say otherwise is madness. 

That leeds / reading line up is appalling.

[ghostdancer1]

8 hours ago, thecalebhart said:

Alright everyone, apart from boy better know and metronomy does anyone else know who will clash with ed sheeran?, any other stage headliners to see instead? 

Metronomy are headlining the John Peel stage it seems.

[nikkic]

1 hour ago, FuzzyDunlop said:

That leeds / reading line up is appalling.

There's not a thing on the main stage that would excite me. Couple of bits on the NME stage but not much. 

[Gucci Piggy]

Yeah the Reading and Leeds lineup is a total joke. As always there's some decent stuff lower down but the stuff you'd pay the ticket price for is exclusively abysmal.

[thewayiam]

12 hours ago, thecalebhart said:

And also apologies for stirring off subject,but what does everyone reckon the best  line up is this year in terms of festivals  in the UK ,imo I reckon Reading , in terms of  main headliners ( especially including Korn) , but in terms of overall average antagonising acts i'm gonna say Glastonbury 

Glastonbury have had two of Readings headliners in the last 3 years, as for the rest there is a Reading lineup in the Glastonbury under card. Reading reminds me of 2015 where I had a load of smaller acts but none of the big headliners interested me but there isn't close to enough this year. Download's shite with a few appealing but Saturday issue now way less. State Champs and SOAD on Friday just aren't worth £100, I'd see Four Year Strong but not arsed and Sum 41 will play their best stuff after SOAD have started so no point.

[BlackHole2006]

Yeah the line up for Reading & Leeds has been absolute garbage for the past couple of years. They seem to have the same acts on rotation. At least with Glasto you know you're gonna get something different. 

[thewayiam]

FF have said on Absolute Radio tonight that they will do a extra hour set apparently. Not sure if it's just joking about or real but if so they may just about get 7 acts still on the stage that day if there is only 45 mins changeover time.

[AAlex]

I'm sorry if this has been covered... but I see The XX are confirmed for Friday on Main Stage here? Can anyone shed some light on where this came from, has Eavis let it slip in an interview? I've looked but can't find it!

Me and my groups main worry was The XX and Foos clashing so to confirm this isn't the case would be great news! 

[defrio29]

6 minutes ago, alexlloyd said:

I'm sorry if this has been covered... but I see The XX are confirmed for Friday on Main Stage here? Can anyone shed some light on where this came from, has Eavis let it slip in an interview? I've looked but can't find it!

Me and my groups main worry was The XX and Foos clashing so to confirm this isn't the case would be great news! 

NME posted an article about them, and stated "Meanwhile, The xx will be returning to the UK to perform at Glastonbury Festival – performing before Radiohead on the Pyramid Stage on Friday June 23."

Emily seemed to have provided the NME with some information while also confirming that Biffy is playing before Ed in another different article

[Sasperella]

17 hours ago, FuzzyDunlop said:

That leeds / reading line up is appalling.

14 year old me would have been all over it with Eminem and Korn. Fortunately, that was a VERY long time ago....

 

(although, I could probably be convinced to go a Korn gig worryingly easily)

[DownboundTrain52]

5 hours ago, Sasperella said:

14 year old me would have been all over it with Eminem and Korn. Fortunately, that was a VERY long time ago....

 

(although, I could probably be convinced to go a Korn gig worryingly easily)

Wouldn't call that a worry so much as guilty pleasure. I've heard decent things about them live - though not actually seen them myself.

[FloorFiller]

48 minutes ago, DownboundTrain52 said:

Wouldn't call that a worry so much as guilty pleasure. I've heard decent things about them live - though not actually seen them myself.

Yeah to be fair I saw them support Slipknot a couple of years ago and thought they'd be okay for a laugh and nothing more, but they were actually ace and blew Slipknot out of the water. I mean, they're still fucking shite music-wise, but I had a great time pretending they weren't for one night and pretending I was 14 again. 

[John the Moth]

15 minutes ago, FloorFiller said:

Yeah to be fair I saw them support Slipknot a couple of years ago and thought they'd be okay for a laugh and nothing more, but they were actually ace and blew Slipknot out of the water. I mean, they're still fucking shite music-wise, but I had a great time pretending they weren't for one night and pretending I was 14 again. 

I went to the Birmingham leg of that tour, thought Korn were pretty darn good in their support slot 

Edited April 9, 2017 by John the Moth
Repeated phrases :)

[thewayiam]

Can someone tell us where to start with First Aid Kit?

A couple are okay I've listened to but not feeling many others.

[FloorFiller]

35 minutes ago, thewayiam said:

Can someone tell us where to start with First Aid Kit?

A couple are okay I've listened to but not feeling many others.

Their album The Lion's Roar is their best one imo, start with that.

[jparx]

2 hours ago, FloorFiller said:

Yeah to be fair I saw them support Slipknot a couple of years ago and thought they'd be okay for a laugh and nothing more, but they were actually ace and blew Slipknot out of the water. I mean, they're still fucking shite music-wise, but I had a great time pretending they weren't for one night and pretending I was 14 again. 

Korn are fantastic live. I don't think their music is a shite as you do, but they're definitely much more enjoyable live than on record.

[DGrant261]

2 hours ago, thewayiam said:

Can someone tell us where to start with First Aid Kit?

A couple are okay I've listened to but not feeling many others.

Emmylou & My Silver Lining are their two biggest & best imo, so that'd be a good place to start

[Guest]

On 4/8/2017 at 1:19 AM, thecalebhart said:

but in terms of overall average antagonising acts i'm gonna say Glastonbury 

what do you mean by "average antagonising"?

[thewayiam]

35 minutes ago, DGrant261 said:

Emmylou & My Silver Lining are their two biggest & best imo, so that'd be a good place to start

Emmylou, Wolf and  Stay Gold sticking out, My Silver Lining I'm unsure.

[DownboundTrain52]

18 minutes ago, GETOFFAMYLAWN said:

what do you mean by "average antagonising"?

It's a great name for a pop-punk band. Anyone fancy bringing their guitar and best teenage haircuts to the Farm? We can have a jam session.  

[Sasperella]

6 hours ago, DownboundTrain52 said:

Wouldn't call that a worry so much as guilty pleasure. I've heard decent things about them live - though not actually seen them myself.

 

5 hours ago, FloorFiller said:

Yeah to be fair I saw them support Slipknot a couple of years ago and thought they'd be okay for a laugh and nothing more, but they were actually ace and blew Slipknot out of the water. I mean, they're still fucking shite music-wise, but I had a great time pretending they weren't for one night and pretending I was 14 again. 

 

I saw them when I was 17. They were awesome! But then their albums got shit (or I out grew it...who knows which)...although these comments make me want to get a Sunday Leeds day ticket just for them

[DownboundTrain52]

We should have a thread for this. Guiltiest live pleasure. Do we already have one? 

[Sasperella]

1 hour ago, DownboundTrain52 said:

We should have a thread for this. Guiltiest live pleasure. Do we already have one? 

An excellent idea!!!

Just looking at that Leeds sunday lineup again...it's like someone went inside my life and picked my favourite bands/DJs from 15-25. Got the initial eminiem covered (14-15), followed by Korn (16-19) followed by my two favourite Drum and Bass DJs (20-25). Creepy. And some newer editions...although most of them are/may be confirmed for Glastonbury....

 http://www.leedsfestival.com/line-up/poster

 

[thewayiam]

I want Reading to book something that sticks out and says 'money' like it used to, something that separates it from other lineups and not lineups that are scraping £150, for me there is about £125/30 worth max when I consider how important the act is to me and the length of set I will get compared to seeing them normally. Marmozets, Liam and Bear's Den will probably appear at Glastonbury at the Lockup TBA which is apparently LTJ can be seen at Slam Dunk and along with another I would catch for £50.