2021 Lineup

[Andre91 1,284]

17 minutes ago, Creasin said:

Anyone else would love to see the streets? Got a few festivals booked for next summer would be a great R1 headliner or possibly a sub?

I don’t think I could handle Mike shouting ‘You’ve been rocking for days’ at me over and over again. 

[Dukey 69]

Would love for Architects to be added. Very excited for their stream on Saturday. 

[TKOCF 137]

8 hours ago, Andre91 said:

The Libs under Catfish? 

Talk about a band whose stock has dropped. From headlining alongside Mumfords and Metallica to subbing potentially Catfish in a year with six headliners.

[foolee 136]

8 hours ago, TKOCF said:

Talk about a band whose stock has dropped. From headlining alongside Mumfords and Metallica to subbing potentially Catfish in a year with six headliners.

I'm not sure they ever really deserved the headline spot tbh as the reunion hype was gone. One of the smallest headliner crowds I've ever seen at R&L. Also, when they reunited they subbed Arcade Fire.   

[CharlieDaRapper 12]

When do we feel we will have another announcement of names for R&L and who do we all feel will be in the next announcement?

[Ives562 11]

4 hours ago, CharlieDaRapper said:

When do we feel we will have another announcement of names for R&L and who do we all feel will be in the next announcement?

I reckon Tom grennan, blossoms, circa waves  and nothing but theives 

[Gerard the Fab 140]

4 hours ago, CharlieDaRapper said:

When do we feel we will have another announcement of names for R&L and who do we all feel will be in the next announcement?

MCR

[VCK 288]

On 11/17/2020 at 8:13 AM, foolee said:

I'm not sure they ever really deserved the headline spot tbh as the reunion hype was gone. One of the smallest headliner crowds I've ever seen at R&L. Also, when they reunited they subbed Arcade Fire.   

They played academies on their last tour and I don't think all of the shows sold out. They were never that big when they were at their peak with Up The Bracket anyway, just the media circus surrounding their breakup and then Pete Doherty's antics piqued a lot of people's interest in them.

[Gerard the Fab 140]

3 minutes ago, VCK said:

They played academies on their last tour and I don't think all of the shows sold out. They were never that big when they were at their peak with Up The Bracket anyway, just the media circus surrounding their breakup and then Pete Doherty's antics piqued a lot of people's interest in them.

Closed the whole festival the Reading as well, rather have Mumford and Sons

[Benj 88]

17 hours ago, Gerard the Fab said:

Closed the whole festival the Reading as well, rather have Mumford and Sons

Cool cats were at Frank Turner

[dentalplan 7,584]

On 11/17/2020 at 8:13 AM, foolee said:

I'm not sure they ever really deserved the headline spot tbh as the reunion hype was gone. One of the smallest headliner crowds I've ever seen at R&L. Also, when they reunited they subbed Arcade Fire.   

It was a second reunion though. They went away for another four years though after 2010 and came back to nearly sell out Hyde Park. Maybe spreading themselves across BST, TITP and a Glasto guest slot was a bit much but at the time it seemed justified.

[Andre91 1,284]

6 hours ago, Benj said:

Cool cats were at Frank Turner

I can’t believe that I stood and watched The Libs when I could have been in the tent watching Refused. I walked past it just before The Libs set finished and New Noise looked and sounded like the most fun ever. Stupid 22 year old me. 

[Dukey 69]

Architects were absolutely outstanding in their live stream and the new songs sound next level, especially Dead Butterflies 

[rivalschools.price 258]

19 hours ago, Andre91 said:

I can’t believe that I stood and watched The Libs when I could have been in the tent watching Refused. I walked past it just before The Libs set finished and New Noise looked and sounded like the most fun ever. Stupid 22 year old me. 

I was not so stupid and yes, it was the most fun ever.

[theesundayroast 67]

On 11/20/2020 at 6:03 PM, VCK said:

They played academies on their last tour and I don't think all of the shows sold out. They were never that big when they were at their peak with Up The Bracket anyway, just the media circus surrounding their breakup and then Pete Doherty's antics piqued a lot of people's interest in them.

Not trying to make them sound bigger than they are although I think the lack of sell outs wasn't helped by the pricing. Always been a fairly big fan and wanted to see them but standing was around £70 each if I can remember. That was an instant nope for me. Definitely a band far past their peak popularity regardless.

[Benj 88]

Who’s confident the festival will be going ahead as pretty much normal now it looks like we’ll all be able to be vaccinated by the summer  

 

 

Edited November 23, 2020 by Benj

[Andre91 1,284]

1 hour ago, Benj said:

Who’s confident the festival will be going ahead as pretty much normal now it looks like we’ll all be able to be vaccinated by the summer  

 

 

Yeah, I think we will all be there next year. I can’t wait. 

[thatTFBguy 3]

15 hours ago, Benj said:

Who’s confident the festival will be going ahead as pretty much normal now it looks like we’ll all be able to be vaccinated by the summer  

 

 

I very much hope you're right, but the logistics of vaccinating an entire country cannot be underestimated, and the whole world wants these vaccinations so stocks will harder to get hold of than the PS5. 

Some businesses were reportedly being briefed that a return to normalcy could be 2-3 years away (granted that was prior to the latest vaccine news, so fingers crossed that was a worst-case scenario that is no longer applicable).

To go from not being allowed to mix with anyone outside your household in November 2020, to 100K people in a field together at a music festival in August 2021 without restrictions would take a borderline miracle turnaround.

I'm very much hoping that by next summer the misery of this year is becoming a distant memory, but I'm definitely not getting my hopes up yet - we're still a long way from being out of the woods of this pandemic.

[Gerard the Fab 140]

Having been chucked into self isolation, I have decided to compile my AOTY list, either top 42 albums (specific I know) or 100, undecided as of yet. I am however branching out massively. I went back a few pages to the latest round of lists and Ive taken down all the names people have said as well as using a website which has ranked all of this years releases. I will most definitely be here for some time, but a couple of questions.

Is there any exceptional albums that people don't think have been mentioned?

and

KIWANUKA was released this time last year, is it cheeky to give it the number 1 spot? (because it is fucking epic)

[Alex Winstone 31]

52 minutes ago, Gerard the Fab said:

Having been chucked into self isolation, I have decided to compile my AOTY list, either top 42 albums (specific I know) or 100, undecided as of yet. I am however branching out massively. I went back a few pages to the latest round of lists and Ive taken down all the names people have said as well as using a website which has ranked all of this years releases. I will most definitely be here for some time, but a couple of questions.

Is there any exceptional albums that people don't think have been mentioned?

and

KIWANUKA was released this time last year, is it cheeky to give it the number 1 spot? (because it is fucking epic)

Stay Voicless- Lies To Tell Your Children FFO: Nirvana, Slaves, Manic Street Preachers 

[OnlyRevolutions 97]

1 hour ago, Gerard the Fab said:

Having been chucked into self isolation, I have decided to compile my AOTY list, either top 42 albums (specific I know) or 100, undecided as of yet. I am however branching out massively. I went back a few pages to the latest round of lists and Ive taken down all the names people have said as well as using a website which has ranked all of this years releases. I will most definitely be here for some time, but a couple of questions.

Is there any exceptional albums that people don't think have been mentioned?

and

KIWANUKA was released this time last year, is it cheeky to give it the number 1 spot? (because it is fucking epic)

Brain Candy - Hockey Dad

Limbo - Amine

Sideways to New Italy - Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever

It Is What It Is - Thundercat

Suddenly - Caribou

Modus Vivendi - 070 Shake

14 Steps To A Better You - Lime Cordiale

those are a few off the top of my head that either just missed out on my top ten or i completely forgot to include them because i rushed it (brain candy would of been in my top five if i didn't forget that it came out this year)

Edited November 24, 2020 by OnlyRevolutions

[OnlyRevolutions 97]

oops, didn't mean to quote myself

Edited November 24, 2020 by OnlyRevolutions

[Andre91 1,284]

Top 100 albums of the year? You’re insane. 

[Gerard the Fab 140]

11 minutes ago, Andre91 said:

Top 100 albums of the year? You’re insane. 

You say insane, I say incredibly fucking bored. I think there is enough though because I'd like to think I have quite eclectic taste

[Andre91 1,284]

1 hour ago, Gerard the Fab said:

You say insane, I say incredibly fucking bored. I think there is enough though because I'd like to think I have quite eclectic taste

I’ll stick with insane  Have you really listened to 100 albums enough to rank them though? That’s a hell of a lot of albums and placing an album after 1,2,3,4 listens, isn’t enough to place it, in my experience.