Lineup 2020

[jj200]

23 minutes ago, swain said:

any chance of catfish being announced still? i'm guessing no?

They could sub Liam Gallagher 

[rfc_478]

1 hour ago, swain said:

any chance of catfish being announced still? i'm guessing no?

Highly, highly unlikely. No slots big enough for them yet to fill. Best hope is a secret set but I can’t see it 

[rfc_478]

1 hour ago, jj200 said:

They could sub Liam Gallagher 

Slots already taken mate 

[dum surfer]

5 hours ago, Gerard the Fab said:

I understand what people are saying about the Courteeners into rage but it was said that Skepta into Rage would be good, and they’re not the same genre

There’s something about Grime where i think it can go with any genre, Grime has very punky counter culture vibes. Even still now despite becoming a mainstream genre.

that said, whilst I think Skepta would be a better option than courteeners, I still don’t think it would have solved the issue, being there is a lack of any other artist on main that appeals directly to rage fans 

Edited February 21, 2020 by dum surfer

[TheWaters]

6 minutes ago, dum surfer said:

There’s something about Grime where i think it can go with any genre, Grime has very punky counter culture vibes.

that said, whilst I think Skepta would be a better option than courteeners, I still don’t think it would have solved the issue, being there is a lack of any other artist on main that appeals directly to rage fans 

Most Rage fans I know are RTJ fans and are very excited about them tbf. Other than them, yeah nothing. Weird compared to the Foos day last year as has been said

Edited February 21, 2020 by TheWaters

[DomDom1984]

It's pretty obvious that R&L had more time to put together something more suited to Foo Fighters, whereas this time, they just had to go with what was already there due to the late booking, and basically already having things booked.

[BigBoyBridge]

Anyone heard the new JPEGMAFIA song BALD! ??? I Think it is so good.

[Benj]

5 hours ago, Andre91 said:

I’d take Courteeners over Bullet For My Valentine. At least Courteeners are guaranteed to pull a big crowd and are relevant to the festival. BFMV should never play another note again. 

There's certainly no way in hell they should be subbing the Reading main stage

[jj200]

7 minutes ago, Benj said:

There's certainly no way in hell they should be subbing the Reading main stage

Courteeners subbed two years ago.

[TKOCF]

As long as it means I can have a run of RTJ -> Idles -> Rage, then I’ll be happy. 

[Benj]

1 minute ago, jj200 said:

Courteeners subbed two years ago.

Sorry, I should have been clearer, I meant BFMV.  Not a Courteeners fan but it seems at this stage, they're big enough

[dum surfer]

22 minutes ago, BigBoyBridge said:

Anyone heard the new JPEGMAFIA song BALD! ??? I Think it is so good.

Excellent, don’t think the guy is capable of producing bad music. Much like Denzel Curry, definitely 2 of the best artists in hip hop. 

[jj200]

Just now, Benj said:

Sorry, I should have been clearer, I meant BFMV.  Not a Courteeners fan but it seems at this stage, they're big enough

I guess they're getting bigger

[BigBoyBridge]

15 minutes ago, dum surfer said:

Excellent, don’t think the guy is capable of producing bad music. Much like Denzel Curry, definitely 2 of the best artists in hip hop. 

My top 2 artists to see at the festival honestly

[VCK]

I know how we can solve the Rage/Courteeners issue, a simple two step solution:

1. Move The Courteeners under Liam

2. Book Tool as subs to Rage

[R Shah]

Nothing But Thieves were MENTAL at The Dome tonight. We got 1 new song, it was very riffy and bluesy - got nice QOTSA vibes off it.

I really hope they're 4th down on LG day so there's still room for Wolf Alice/Slaves/someone as well aha

[heartsink]

19 hours ago, rivalschools.price said:

It makes you wonder whether the rest of the main stage was booked before they knew that Rage were available?

I absolutely believe this to be the case your headliners were initially courteeners with two door cinema club subbing i reckon rage came along quite late and courteeners were the only headliners willing to drop down thus making two door “very special guests” with run the jewels being in the deal to play with rage. 

Also around the December tour of courteeners i remember liam mentioning a lot that there were no egos in the band contrary to popular belief, it’s surely the only explanation for the odd sub especially with shite American rapper supporter stormzy and Gerry supporting Liam 🤷🏼‍♂️

[jj200]

32 minutes ago, heartsink said:

I absolutely believe this to be the case your headliners were initially courteeners with two door cinema club subbing i reckon rage came along quite late and courteeners were the only headliners willing to drop down thus making two door “very special guests” with run the jewels being in the deal to play with rage. 

Also around the December tour of courteeners i remember liam mentioning a lot that there were no egos in the band contrary to popular belief, it’s surely the only explanation for the odd sub especially with shite American rapper supporter stormzy and Gerry supporting Liam 🤷🏼‍♂️

Could the headliners if rage wasn't booked be stromzy, Liam, courteeners

 

 

[DomDom1984]

I don't buy that anyone other than TRNSMT were stupid enough to book Courteeners as outright headliners.

[jj200]

44 minutes ago, DomDom1984 said:

I don't buy that anyone other than TRNSMT were stupid enough to book Courteeners as outright headliners.

Or maybe a headliner could have dropped out

[VCK]

18 hours ago, R Shah said:

Yeah the rest of the RATM undercard is fine ngl, the big problem is Courteeners. They could book whoever the hell they want for the rest of the day but the sub needs to be remotely similar and have some sort of crossover. 

Even bumping RTJ or Idles to sub, weak as it may be, would make more sense probably just for the flow of acts. Or Bizkit as suggested.

The Friday is a great example, undercard is all Indie and Pop-Punk but we have that nice flow of Migos into Stormzy which makes it look more like a Reading Day. Similar with Gerry into Liam whilst lots of rap underneath.

Or at least be from a similar era. See Royal Blood into The 1975 last year. I felt that was a bit of an odd pairing as neither band sounds alike but they both emerged from around the same time and are two of the biggest names in British music over the past decade. And further to your point, both bands probably have fanbases that cross over into one another.

But a late 00s/10s indie band from Manchester, UK into a 90s/early 00s rap metal band from Los Angeles, USA? They just don't suit one another. Last time I can think of a pairing that looked this out of place was The Cure and Paramore in 2012.

Edited February 22, 2020 by VCK

[Guest]

8 minutes ago, VCK said:

Last time I can think of a pairing that looked this out of place was The Cure and Paramore in 2012.

Fall Out Boy and Travis Scott? Kendrick Lamar and Panic at the Disco? The Libertines and Kendrick Lamar? Blink-182 and Macklemore? There's been plenty.

[VCK]

3 minutes ago, SomeoneListeningIn said:

Fall Out Boy and Travis Scott? Kendrick Lamar and Panic at the Disco? The Libertines and Kendrick Lamar? Blink-182 and Macklemore? There's been plenty.

The Libertines and Kendrick are a good shout actually, but with the others there's probably more crossover. R&L seem to like pairing hip hop artists and pop punk bands together (case in point being 50 Cent and Green Day in 2004  )

 

[R Shah]

Do we think Stormzy was a last minute booking? 

[Sam Y]

11 minutes ago, R Shah said:

Do we think Stormzy was a last minute booking? 

No I think his lyric gave it away. I think he was booked in advance