Tour Announcements & Upcoming Gigs

[Suprefan]

8 hours ago, Muppetmark said:

only 3 stages for 65 bands, those set times are gonna be short

Yeah. They genuinely need to rethink this one. And they will be short but not as short as you think. Rotating stages are a thing so theyll come in handy. But theres zero reason to have to keep this just on 3 stages. The place its at could have 4-5 stages if planned properly. Somebody made an potential schedule, although it wont be this direct clashing all day. Thinga would stagger quite a bit. 

[FloorFiller]

2 minutes ago, Suprefan said:

Yeah. They genuinely need to rethink this one. And they will be short but not as short as you think. Rotating stages are a thing so theyll come in handy. But theres zero reason to have to keep this just on 3 stages. The place its at could have 4-5 stages if planned properly. Somebody made an potential schedule, although it wont be this direct clashing all day. Thinga would stagger quite a bit. 

This would require bands to start immediately after one another though which there’s very little chance of happening. I’m sure they’ve got a plan but it does seem like this should’ve been a two day event as it seems like a logistical nightmare in their current one day - three stages setup.

[Suprefan]

3 minutes ago, FloorFiller said:

This would require bands to start immediately after one another though which there’s very little chance of happening. I’m sure they’ve got a plan but it does seem like this should’ve been a two day event as it seems like a logistical nightmare in their current one day - three stages setup.

Again, rotating stages. Literal stages that turn and have another set up behind them. Like Ive been to quite a few that have done that. The final Warped Tour 25th anniversary dates in 2019 had them and that was with 35 bands across 3 stages.  See video below. Maybe I should say revolving. I mean the Hollywood Bowl has one built into its stage cause it comes in handy.

 

 

Edited January 19, 2022 by Suprefan

[Supernintendo Chalmers]

1 minute ago, Suprefan said:

Again, rotating stages. Literal stages that turn and have another set up behind them. Like Ive been to quite a few that have done that. The final Warped Tour 25th anniversary dates in 2019 had them and that was with 35 bands across 3 stages.  See video below. Maybe I should say revolving.

 

 

What a great idea. I'm really not a fan of the side-by-side stage setup, this is much better

[FloorFiller]

22 minutes ago, Suprefan said:

Again, rotating stages. Literal stages that turn and have another set up behind them. Like Ive been to quite a few that have done that. The final Warped Tour 25th anniversary dates in 2019 had them and that was with 35 bands across 3 stages.  See video below. Maybe I should say revolving. I mean the Hollywood Bowl has one built into its stage cause it comes in handy.

 

 

Ah I assumed you meant side by side stages with one band off - one band on. Didn’t know this revolving thing existed, but definitely seems like it’d come in handy/absolutely necessary for this kind of setup. 

That being said, the lineup is still just insanely overfilled. If this festival is planning on happening yearly I’ve got no idea who they plan on booking for future years as literally everybody from the scene seems to have been booked for this first edition. 

[circus92]

26 minutes ago, Suprefan said:

Again, rotating stages. Literal stages that turn and have another set up behind them. Like Ive been to quite a few that have done that. The final Warped Tour 25th anniversary dates in 2019 had them and that was with 35 bands across 3 stages.  See video below. Maybe I should say revolving. I mean the Hollywood Bowl has one built into its stage cause it comes in handy.

 

 

Wow - cool idea.  This makes so much more sense than what Reading are currently  doing with the two stages and a stampede between acts.  

[Hugh Jass]

So it's an EMO Bullseye basically?

[Padjeq]

13 minutes ago, FloorFiller said:

Ah I assumed you meant side by side stages with one band off - one band on. Didn’t know this revolving thing existed, but definitely seems like it’d come in handy/absolutely necessary for this kind of setup. 

That being said, the lineup is still just insanely overfilled. If this festival is planning on happening yearly I’ve got no idea who they plan on booking for future years as literally everybody from the scene seems to have been booked for this first edition. 

Tbf with Las Vegas they could have the same line-up every year. I'm actually surprised they don't have the same event running the same line-up for a few days in a row. If I was flying in, I'd probably do it twice just so I could see everyone clash free.

[Memory Man]

Theres literally no way one band ends and another starts immediately after with zero gap even with a rotating stage 😂

All sorts of health and safety and crowd related issues

bands of that level demand a decent sound check or at least a line check as well which cant happen till theyre hooked up to the main PA. Every band’s first song or 2 of their already short set would sound abysmal.

They are going to have to make it 5 stages at least and im guessing they’ve just made an error in the website or announcement

Edited January 19, 2022 by Memory Man

[incident]

2 minutes ago, Memory Man said:

Theres literally no way one band ends and another starts immediately after with zero gap even with a rotating stage 😂

All sorts of health and safety and crowd related issues

Yeah that was my thought. Especially considering it's a promoter that has had H&S issues recently, they'll need to allow minimum 5 and more likely 10 minute gaps between acts in order to allow for some crowd turnover.

Which is crazy given the theoretical schedule above has a lot of acts with only 20 minute sets to start with.

[balthazarstarbuck]

I have been to shows with rotating stages. There’s no way you’d get less than a 5 minute turnaround (which given the amount of bands is basically adding another hour) and even that’s is really pushing it.

[the wonderwhy]

What would even be the point? Having a break between bands is good, not only from a H&S point of view but also practically means you can get a pint, meet up with some friends, have a poo etc. 

[gfa]

1 hour ago, circus92 said:

Wow - cool idea.  This makes so much more sense than what Reading are currently  doing with the two stages and a stampede between acts.  

Its not that bad stampede wise as some would make out, never felt remotely unsafe last year. Its mostly so people stop at bars between acts I think.

1 hour ago, FloorFiller said:

That being said, the lineup is still just insanely overfilled. If this festival is planning on happening yearly I’ve got no idea who they plan on booking for future years as literally everybody from the scene seems to have been booked for this first edition. 

This is how a mate of mine described Wide Awake last year, they booked pretty much the entire scene and now Bicep is headlining a day.

[Jacksamthompson]

1 hour ago, gfa said:

Its not that bad stampede wise as some would make out, never felt remotely unsafe last year. Its mostly so people stop at bars between acts I think.

This is how a mate of mine described Wide Awake last year, they booked pretty much the entire scene and now Bicep is headlining a day.

Plot twist - the clashes are so bad you dont get to see 90% of the people you wanted to, so its just the same line up every year and you get to see all the people you missed last year, next year. 

[danmarks]

2 hours ago, Memory Man said:

Theres literally no way one band ends and another starts immediately after with zero gap even with a rotating stage 😂

All sorts of health and safety and crowd related issues

bands of that level demand a decent sound check or at least a line check as well which cant happen till theyre hooked up to the main PA. Every band’s first song or 2 of their already short set would sound abysmal.

They are going to have to make it 5 stages at least and im guessing they’ve just made an error in the website or announcement

Live aid was a rotating stage. 

[sheerin_lfc]

New Animal Collective dates:

2nd November - Limerick, IE - Dolan's
3rd November - Dublin, IE - National Concert Hall
6th November - Bristol, UK - SWX
7th November - Manchester, UK - Albert Hall
9th November - Glasgow, UK - Saint Luke's

[finn_with_1_n]

on this poster, it looks like gigs in Brighton and London are blurred out/TBA

[zahidf]

8 minutes ago, finn_with_1_n said:

on this poster, it looks like gigs in Brighton and London are blurred out/TBA

Must the Mutations festival for Brighton and the pitchfork festival for London

[carrie2]

Harry Styles Glastonbury shaped hole alert 

https://www.instagram.com/p/CY6niMyu7fl/?utm_medium=copy_link

[foolee]

2 minutes ago, carrie2 said:

Harry Styles Glastonbury shaped hole alert 

https://www.instagram.com/p/CY6niMyu7fl/?utm_medium=copy_link

Wembley Stadium, wow

[sisco]

Supported by Wolf Alice on 26th June

[Mouseboy11]

19 minutes ago, carrie2 said:

Harry Styles Glastonbury shaped hole alert 

https://www.instagram.com/p/CY6niMyu7fl/?utm_medium=copy_link

Anyone with tickets to the previous tour know what’s happening with them?

[Jacksamthompson]

21 minutes ago, carrie2 said:

Harry Styles Glastonbury shaped hole alert 

https://www.instagram.com/p/CY6niMyu7fl/?utm_medium=copy_link

[kingcrawler]

4 minutes ago, Mouseboy11 said:

Anyone with tickets to the previous tour know what’s happening with them?

It looks like there’s a presale for previous ticket holders on Monday.

[Hugh Jass]

51 minutes ago, sisco said:

Supported by Wolf Alice on 26th June

Looks like Friday for Wolf Alice then.