2021 Lineup

[CG31]

1 minute ago, Jericode said:

Skepta is still a solid sub for Reading. This year's line up would have looked 100x better with him instead of Courteeners subbing Rage.

Exactly that’s the type of artist that sits so perfectly below because of the feeling behind the music and the atmosphere it creates

[Ives562]

Biffy Just announced a intimate uk tour for next April should be decent if get tickets 

[Andre91]

15 minutes ago, Ives562 said:

Biffy Just announced a intimate uk tour for next April should be decent if get tickets 

Shows just how big Biffy are when ~2.5k venues are intimate for them. 

[Ives562]

1 hour ago, Andre91 said:

Shows just how big Biffy are when ~2.5k venues are intimate for them. 

Which one is 2.5 k Cambridge is only just over 1k 

[Andre91]

1 hour ago, Ives562 said:

Which one is 2.5 k Cambridge is only just over 1k 

The Forum, Sheffield Academy and the Liverpool one are around 2.5k each (give or take a couple of hundred). That Cambridge one will be a madness if it is 1k! 

[Ives562]

23 minutes ago, Andre91 said:

The Forum, Sheffield Academy and the Liverpool one are around 2.5k each (give or take a couple of hundred). That Cambridge one will be a madness if it is 1k! 

Ah thats fair mate never been to either of those, according to Wikipedia Cambridge is 1600 but would still be brilliant 

[dentalplan]

4 hours ago, Andre91 said:

Shows just how big Biffy are when ~2.5k venues are intimate for them. 

I don't think it's news to anyone that they are bigger than playing 2.5k venues. They're headlining Download.

[Andre91]

10 hours ago, dentalplan said:

I don't think it's news to anyone that they are bigger than playing 2.5k venues. They're headlining Download.

Not bound for Kendall anytime soon, then. 

[SomeoneListeningIn]

15 minutes ago, Andre91 said:

Not bound for Kendall anytime soon, then. 

Kendall Calling headliners do tend to play larger than 2.5k venues ya know.

[Andre91]

17 minutes ago, SomeoneListeningIn said:

Kendall Calling headliners do tend to play larger than 2.5k venues ya know.

I meant more that they are headlining Download. 

[SomeoneListeningIn]

26 minutes ago, Andre91 said:

I meant more that they are headlining Download. 

Ah fair.

[dentalplan]

1 hour ago, Andre91 said:

Not bound for Kendall anytime soon, then. 

More likely than Reading and Leeds again. I mean, YMAS did ‘intimate’ dates at academies (albeit didn’t see them out). Royal Blood did intimate academy dates. Foals and Elbow, Kendal Calling headliners, did.

Edited August 7, 2020 by dentalplan

[Andre91]

10 minutes ago, dentalplan said:

More likely than Reading and Leeds again. I mean, YMAS did ‘intimate’ dates at academies (albeit didn’t see them out). Royal Blood did intimate academy dates. Foals and Elbow, Kendal Calling headliners, did.

Do you honestly believe that? That Biffy Clyro are more likely to headline a 25k cap festival than they are Reading and Leeds? They are still doing arena tours (before it got cancelled), they’re still headlining major festivals (Download) and they’re likely going to have another #1 album. They haven’t gotten any smaller, they’ve plateaued. 

[dentalplan]

1 minute ago, Andre91 said:

Do you honestly believe that? That Biffy Clyro are more likely to headline a 25k cap festival than they are Reading and Leeds? They are still doing arena tours (before it got cancelled), they’re still headlining major festivals (Download) and they’re likely going to have another #1 album. They haven’t gotten any smaller, they’ve plateaued. 

Yee

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29 minutes ago, Andre91 said:

Do you honestly believe that? That Biffy Clyro are more likely to headline a 25k cap festival than they are Reading and Leeds? They are still doing arena tours (before it got cancelled), they’re still headlining major festivals (Download) and they’re likely going to have another #1 album. They haven’t gotten any smaller, they’ve plateaued. 

They haven’t got any bigger is the problem, they’ve plateaued while other bands have grown considerably hence making them look weaker

[dentalplan]

They’re still arena level but not selling as fast - just because the rooms they are playing are as big doesn’t mean they are as big as they were between 2010-2014. They’re gonna stay at that level for a while but their opportunities headlining the big festivals are gonna dry up, and the up-and-coming mid-sized festivals will love to have them.

Someone like Kings of Leon can get booked because they were many times bigger than Biffy and can perhaps sustain the headline level forever. Biffy already stepped down to subheadline Glasto. If R+L are gonna reach out to some outdated headliner to make up numbers it’ll be one bigger than Biffy.

[VCK]

Biffy are like Foals in that they're big enough to headline certain festivals (Reading and Leeds) but not others (Glastonbury).

[VCK]

On the evidence of the Download, TRNSMT and IOW announcements we shouldn't be expecting anything drastically different to this year's aside from a few changes.

I don't expect Capaldi to be as low as 3rd down though.

[Ives562]

5 minutes ago, VCK said:

On the evidence of the Download, TRNSMT and IOW announcements we shouldn't be expecting anything drastically different to this year's aside from a few changes.

I don't expect Capaldi to be as low as 3rd down though.

I think Lewis capaldi might sub stormzy 

[Dukey]

Can see Stormzy and Liam G being back - question mark over Rage, they may go for a UK based rockier act like Muse/BMTH etc

So...

Stormzy/Capaldi

Liam G/Gerry C/TDCC

Rockier Act/Courteeners

[dentalplan]

Tbf Capaldi was a ‘special guest’ 3rd, so they admit they were scheduling him a bit earlier than what would normally be expected. Taking out a sub and putting in a normal third down act below him seems a bit naff.

[dentalplan]

36 minutes ago, VCK said:

Biffy are like Foals in that they're big enough to headline certain festivals (Reading and Leeds) but not others (Glastonbury).

And that neither are big enough to headline Reading and Leeds anymore.

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New Glass Animals album is brilliant

[TheWaters]

8 minutes ago, Gerard the Fab said:

New Glass Animals album is brilliant

Can’t say I agree sadly. Messy and a bit all over the place and quite a few weak tracks imo. Heat Waves probably the only track on the album I like unfortunately 

[theesundayroast]

18 hours ago, Andre91 said:

The Forum, Sheffield Academy and the Liverpool one are around 2.5k each (give or take a couple of hundred). That Cambridge one will be a madness if it is 1k! 

And still the biggest venue in Cambridge or anywhere near! We get barely anything here so I have to travel to London for almost every gig (luckily train tickets aren't too bad to Kings X from here)

Hopefully I can grab a couple of tickets although I have no doubts it'll be tough.