The 1975 2020

[Bisque]

59 minutes ago, eFestivals said:

might Manc have got switched for somewhere else? 

Possibly. Do 1975 have a link to Manchester? I don’t think from what he said it has been moved to London, I’m not from t’up North so wouldn’t know where would be available around that time or whether it’s been ditched entirely.

[Bisque]

I’ll try my best @eFestivals to get as much out of them as possible! It’s The 1975 is the info I want to get out of him.

I believe that Beabadoobee & Japanese House will definitely be there.

edit: no big shock.

Edited January 28, 2020 by Bisque

[Mr. B]

32 minutes ago, Bisque said:

Possibly. Do 1975 have a link to Manchester? I don’t think from what he said it has been moved to London, I’m not from t’up North so wouldn’t know where would be available around that time or whether it’s been ditched entirely.

Yeah - from the North West

[eFestivals]

11 hours ago, Bisque said:

Do 1975 have a link to Manchester?

yeah. They were described in a press release the other day as a band from Manchester.  

But anyway, I know they've got a show elsewhere - which is why I asked.

Stand-by.....

[CaledonianGonzo]

That's quite a small show for putative headliners. Even Florence played 2 nights.

[Mouseboy11]

13 hours ago, Bisque said:

So The 1975 & Baebadoobee are playing lots of festivals with Charli XCX, RTJ & RatM. Criptic.

All in the U.K. in June.

Rage are in the US until the end of June at least by the look of it.

[Gilgamesh69]

1 hour ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

That's quite a small show for putative headliners. Even Florence played 2 nights.

Yeah I'm surprised. They did Glasgow Summer Sessions last year; but isn't that a lot bigger?

[kingcrawler]

1 hour ago, eFestivals said:

yeah. They were described in a press release the other day as a band from Manchester.  

But anyway, I know they've got a show elsewhere - which is why I asked.

Stand-by.....

That reminds me of the time T in the Park ran a competition with the question name which one of these bands isn't from Manchester

a) Courteeners
b) The 1975
c) The Stone Roses

Even though all three consider themselves to be from Manchester  

5 minutes ago, Gilgamesh69 said:

Yeah I'm surprised. They did Glasgow Summer Sessions last year; but isn't that a lot bigger?

Yeah the Glasgow one is about 5/6 times bigger I think, by all accounts they didn't come close to selling that out though. They've overdone it a bit in Scotland recently, by the time they play Edinburgh they'll also have done two gigs at the Hydro, Glasgow Summer Sessions and an arena gig in Aberdeen.

[Jamesyp42]

13 hours ago, Bisque said:

Do 1975 have a link to Manchester?

Pretty sure they all met at High School in Wilmslow, which is about 20 minutes south of Manchester. Definitely the closest city. So not to weird for them to close themselves as a Manchester band. Definitely has a better ring than "Cheshire Band".

[eFestivals]

below is a pre-sale link for Finsbury Park, that will be live at 9am on Thursday.

https://ticketmaster-uk.tm7559.net/c/1296113/431519/7559?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ticketmaster.co.uk%2Fevent%2F37005837C478BB09%3Fdid%3Duktmpre

[jyoung]

9 hours ago, Jamesyp42 said:

Pretty sure they all met at High School in Wilmslow, which is about 20 minutes south of Manchester. Definitely the closest city. So not to weird for them to close themselves as a Manchester band. Definitely has a better ring than "Cheshire Band".

Always find it weird when people get uptight over where any band is and isn't from eg "They're not from Manchester". It's not like said person was present for the band members formative years most likely spent frequenting whatever city they've mentioned...

Edited January 29, 2020 by jyoung

[eFestivals]

press release for the Finsbury show said "The Manchester four piece..."

[Bisque]

1 hour ago, eFestivals said:

press release for the Finsbury show said "The Manchester four piece..."

Is some my info showing up to be ringing true?

I apologised for the YM@6 stuff, it was early in the year.

Edited January 29, 2020 by Bisque

[dentalplan]

2 hours ago, jyoung said:

Always find it weird when people get uptight over where any band is and isn't from eg "They're not from Manchester". It's not like said person was present for the band members formative years most likely spent frequenting whatever city they've mentioned...

Exactly right. Such a strange thing to contest when the band claim Manchester as the home of the project.

It only ever happens to them though. And The Fall, who some suggest are from Bury instead.

[Johndenis]

Perhaps a daft soundbite too far, going to be tricky to live up to this one  https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/feb/12/the-1975-commit-to-playing-only-gender-balanced-music-festivals-matt-healy

[chazwwe]

27 minutes ago, Johndenis said:

Perhaps a daft soundbite too far, going to be tricky to live up to this one  https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/feb/12/the-1975-commit-to-playing-only-gender-balanced-music-festivals-matt-healy

They've said they're gonna to attempt to and didn't mention what the percentages of the split would be. Its a good start though. Hopefully more bands with the position to do so follow suit. 

[FloorFiller]

3 hours ago, Johndenis said:

Perhaps a daft soundbite too far, going to be tricky to live up to this one  https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/feb/12/the-1975-commit-to-playing-only-gender-balanced-music-festivals-matt-healy

Nice of him to wait until after they’d already headlined Reading and Leeds to make this decision. 

[chazwwe]

9 minutes ago, FloorFiller said:

Nice of him to wait until after they’d already headlined Reading and Leeds to make this decision. 

See I hate this kinda backhand comments. 

He's addmited in the past they've done that, he thinks its wrong and something needs to change, so is speaking out on it. Why is that a bad thing. 

[ghostdancer1]

no-one said it was a bad thing.

[The Nal]

So who should've R&L booked then? Who on the lineup should be playing the main stage? And instead of who?

[theesundayroast]

27 minutes ago, The Nal said:

So who should've R&L booked then? Who on the lineup should be playing the main stage? And instead of who?

Amyl and the sniffers in the FR stage/ the pit would have been a nice addition and I still hope to see Wolf Alice on the main.

 

[chazwwe]

32 minutes ago, The Nal said:

So who should've R&L booked then? Who on the lineup should be playing the main stage? And instead of who?

Wolf Alice? HAIM? Charli XCX? Sling Halsey on there. Put Haley Williams on there. Sling in acts like Soccor Mommy or Snail Mail on the 2nd stage? Put bands like Sleeter Keeny there, or Bikini Kill, or Yonaka. Bring Christine and The Queens over for a set? Phoebe Bridges? Weyes Blood? Kim Petras? Heck Cardi B if you want to go for the kinda audience Reading seems to be gravitating towards. 

Edited February 13, 2020 by chazwwe

[ghostdancer1]

pretty sure half of those aren't playing in Europe at the end of August.

[Jamesyp42]

17 minutes ago, chazwwe said:

Wolf Alice? HAIM? Charli XCX? Sling Halsey on there. Put Haley Williams on there. Sling in acts like Soccor Mommy or Snail Mail on the 2nd stage? Put bands like Sleeter Keeny there, or Bikini Kill, or Yonaka. Bring Christine and The Queens over for a set? Phoebe Bridges? Weyes Blood? Kim Petras? Heck Cardi B if you want to go for the kinda audience Reading seems to be gravitating towards. 

Dua Lipa could easily have headlined as well! Plenty of female acts they could have put on the bill.

[The Nal]

11 minutes ago, theesundayroast said:

Amyl and the sniffers in the FR stage/ the pit would have been a nice addition and I still hope to see Wolf Alice on the main.

 

Amyl and the Sniffers is one girl and 3 blokes and their tour is finished before the festival takes place. 

9 minutes ago, chazwwe said:

Wolf Alice? HAIM? Charli XCX? Sling Halsey on there. Put Haley Williams on there. Sling in acts like Soccor Mommy or Snail Mail on the 2nd stage? Put bands like Sleeter Keeny there, or Bikini Kill, or Yonaka. Bring Christine and The Queens over for a set? Phoebe Bridges? Weyes Blood? Kim Petras? Heck Cardi B if you want to go for the kinda audience Reading seems to be gravitating towards. 

Not going through all them but Sleater Kinney are touring currently, US tour last year, Euro tour now, and are finishing up in a few weeks. They wont be around.

Wolf Alices have no dates around then.

Soccer Mommys tour is over by then. 

Cardi B is not touring. 

Christine and the Queens are not touring.

Sure why not Madonna? Just give her a bell like.