British Summer Time 2018

[DownboundTrain52]

3 minutes ago, dentalplan said:

Nah course they will. It's essentially what the day has been curated for. Steve Winwood and Gary Clark Jr. will have already kicked out a bunch of blues favourites themselves.

A good portion probably will. I'm just thinking of the Tom Petty crowd from this year - you could definitely tell a good portion were there only for the hits.

[dentalplan]

4 minutes ago, DownboundTrain52 said:

A good portion probably will. I'm just thinking of the Tom Petty crowd from this year - you could definitely tell a good portion were there only for the hits.

Well, Slowhand benefits from having significantly fewer hits than Petty, I'd say - and most of his second tier hits are covers anyway.

You do probably have a point though. I feel like all these BST gigs will be practically unbearable given they've fully moved target to middle class oldies and families with Diamond View and what-have-you. Not mourning the loss of it though as it was always kind of a junk festival even if it could put together a decent line up if it wanted to (as shown today, it still can).

[DownboundTrain52]

1 minute ago, dentalplan said:

Well, Slowhand benefits from having significantly fewer hits than Petty, I'd say - and most of his second tier hits are covers anyway.

You do probably have a point though. I feel like all these BST gigs will be practically unbearable given they've fully moved target to middle class oldies and families with Diamond View and what-have-you. Not mourning the loss of it though as it was always kind of a junk festival even if it could put together a decent line up if it wanted to (as shown today, it still can).

Aye, there is that too 

I kind of feel APE is trying to fill the market gap now BST has moved onto a rather top-tier orientated selection of picks. They can still definitely dig out some great names, but they definitely don't appear to be thinking "oooh, young folk and hipsters, that's what we need".

It's definitely Radio 2 rather than Radio 1 or 6 these days.

[dentalplan]

Room for any more septuagenarians? Peace and love.

[dentalplan]

7th July - The Cure

(Metro e-edition)

Edited December 12, 2017 by dentalplan

[finn_with_1_n]

 

27 minutes ago, dentalplan said:

7th July - The Cure

(Metro e-edition)

https://tickets.amazon.co.uk/tour/14343360031/the-cure-tickets

So they are. This is one headliner I can get behind. I thought they didn't sell out their dates at Wembley last year but apparently they've still got it and are ever so slightly more exciting than Bublé

Edited December 12, 2017 by finn_with_1_n

[the wonderwhy]

ayeeeeeee big fan of that until they announce some shite like James supporting 

[dentalplan]

7 minutes ago, the wonderwhy said:

ayeeeeeee big fan of that until they announce some shite like James supporting 

I guess the support isn't being announced tomorrow as there are no other names mentioned in either Metro, The Sun or the ticket link Fin(n) posted.

I think that first weekend is pretty great. Could do with a big old tour from Bob and the lads tho cos I'm still not arsed about going BST in post-barrier era.

[the wonderwhy]

They'll be doing stuff in Europe, I guess. 

I hope they're not gonna be doing that premium holders only down the front guff for The Cure ffs 

Edited December 12, 2017 by the wonderwhy

[mercury]

pretty sure twilight sad will be one of the supports for the cure. they supported them all around the world last year and apparently had some massive news being announced today. bound to be this.

[stocky3000]

Prettty good undercard that!

[kingcrawler]

This is a day that rivals APE

Edit: I remember the Jesus & Mary Chain and Ride barrowlands gig being @the wonderwhy day but this is an even bigger one

Edited December 12, 2017 by kingcrawler

[DDave]

Crikey O Reilly that's a belter of a day.

[the wonderwhy]

Aye that's good tho there's no way all of those are gonna be on the main stage given The Cure are gonna play over 2 hours 

[thetime]

Oh my Jesus the cure, interpol and editors on one bill.

take me to heaven.

[the wonderwhy]

15 minutes ago, Gilgamesh69 said:

What's modern The Cure like? Have they still got it? At least at live shows...

Very much so. 

Also, grand news, the front pit is first come first served for this one so we're all good. 

[kingcrawler]

Says on the website that The Cure are a European exclusive

[DownboundTrain52]

My word, that is a hell of a lineup. Wowsers.

Also:

21 minutes ago, Gilgamesh69 said:

What's modern The Cure like? Have they still got it? At least at live shows...

Caught them twice before; the first time at their Hammersmith Xmas gigs and the second at the Manchester Arena show last winter. The former possibly the best gig I've ever seen in my life, and the latter was no slouch either (though I will admit I came away a touch disappointed as they oddly played a shortened set compared to normal.)

Looks like I'll be saving up for this one again.

[cdm22]

Now THAT is a line up! Instantly bought ticket without hesitation despite it being Hyde Park!

[the wonderwhy]

Slightly cheaper than the other gigs as well 

[the wonderwhy]

4 minutes ago, Gilgamesh69 said:

Do they have presales for these concerts?

Yep http://axs.com/uk/events/340186/the-cure-tickets/promopage/11165?skin=bst the password is imaginary 

I'm gonna wait til after christmas. won't sell out 

[cdm22]

11 minutes ago, the wonderwhy said:

Yep http://axs.com/uk/events/340186/the-cure-tickets/promopage/11165?skin=bst the password is imaginary 

I'm gonna wait til after christmas. won't sell out 

I'm not so sure. Only European date of the year and a large European fanbase who will travel.

[the wonderwhy]

1 minute ago, cdm22 said:

I'm not so sure. Only European date of the year and a large European fanbase who will travel.

That's still not gonna be enough to shift 65,000 tickets quickly 

[Uncle Liam]

There's the lineup of the summer. 

Grand way to start next summers Interpol stalking. 

[cdm22]

10 minutes ago, the wonderwhy said:

That's still not gonna be enough to shift 65,000 tickets quickly 

Fair enough. They manage to sell Wembley Arena 3 nights in a row last year very quickly and that was with just the Twilight Sad supporting.