2021 Lineup

[Paulmcm1998]

I'm a massive slowthai fan but his cover for radio 1 live lounge is really poor. At least he tried something different I guess

[OnlyRevolutions]

1 hour ago, Paulmcm1998 said:

I'm a massive slowthai fan but his cover for radio 1 live lounge is really poor. At least he tried something different I guess

Lewis Evans from Black Country, New Road on the sax for him too, not surprised to see an artist picking a song that is far from their usual genre though.. sometimes it works (Slaves - Shutdown) sometimes it's as bad as this one (Biffy - WAP)

[iistroudley]

Once again a tad late but an IDLES secret set would be incredible. Plays down the road from Reading on the Thursday  (Kingston) so looks quite likely. 

[Paulmcm1998]

7 hours ago, OnlyRevolutions said:

Lewis Evans from Black Country, New Road on the sax for him too, not surprised to see an artist picking a song that is far from their usual genre though.. sometimes it works (Slaves - Shutdown) sometimes it's as bad as this one (Biffy - WAP)

Yeah I'm glad he gave it a go at least. You never know if he keeps working on his singing he could definitely take future albums in completely new directions

[Dukey]

2 hours ago, iistroudley said:

Once again a tad late but an IDLES secret set would be incredible. Plays down the road from Reading on the Thursday  (Kingston) so looks quite likely. 

You'd think a secret set in the Pit would be likely

[VCK]

Wolf Alice basically playing 5th down, they're bigger than that.

[iistroudley]

31 minutes ago, VCK said:

Wolf Alice basically playing 5th down, they're bigger than that.

Sets them up for a bigger set in 2022 you'd imagine

[Jonathan Jonathan]

42 minutes ago, VCK said:

Wolf Alice basically playing 5th down, they're bigger than that.

No R1 stage though, so more equivalent to 3rd on the main stage or headlining R1 any other year

[FloorFiller]

42 minutes ago, VCK said:

Wolf Alice basically playing 5th down, they're bigger than that.

Yeah does seem low, especially considering they were even being touted as a possibly step-in headliner by some on here, but maybe they were just happy to play? Got new stuff to promote so might as well hop on to one of the first festival lineups that might actually get to go ahead this year.

[dentalplan]

Yeah nah they've got a third down slot. You can't look at that lineup and think it would have been just the same if it was one main stage.

Third down is potentially low for them too but maybe bookers just think disagree with us shitmunchers and believe they've hit a ceiling.

[LazyDavid]

 

Announced for the day after Reading/Leeds, think we'll see some of these added?

[Newjem]

9 minutes ago, LazyDavid said:

 

Announced for the day after Reading/Leeds, think we'll see some of these added?

What is that line-up? Did Architects get lost on their way to Reading?

[Andre91]

31 minutes ago, LazyDavid said:

 

Announced for the day after Reading/Leeds, think we'll see some of these added?

WTF! Sleep Token > MGK > Die Antwoord > Architects!?

[Andre91]

Architects for a Pit secret set. I’m absolutely dead set on that now. 

[Benj]

18 hours ago, FloorFiller said:

Yeah does seem low, especially considering they were even being touted as a possibly step-in headliner by some on here, but maybe they were just happy to play? Got new stuff to promote so might as well hop on to one of the first festival lineups that might actually get to go ahead this year.

Thought they couldve slotted in easily as a Capaldi replacement and be seen as an equal no worries by the attending audience. 

it’s hard to gauge otherwise at the mo quite how to rank slots with the new format. 

Is 5th on a 14 band main stage lineup bigger than R1 headliner 🤷🏻‍♂️

Is 3rd on the ‘main main’ stage better than 2nd in the 2nd main stage?

 

I suspect Wolf Alice may have been a late addition thanks to cancellations elsewhere. They were obv gonna do Glastonbury, maybe they had a big slot planned for elsewhere too that never came to fruition thanks to COVID. 

They seemed like such an obvious inclusion, it makes little sense for them not to be added earlier, unless they especially requested to be added later to help promo their new work

[Benj]

2 hours ago, Andre91 said:

Architects for a Pit secret set. I’m absolutely dead set on that now. 

Or that remaining main stage slot...does seem mad they’re there and not also at Reading given the other crossovers and FR booking it

[thewayiam]

5 hours ago, Newjem said:

What is that line-up? Did Architects get lost on their way to Reading?

Nope. This needs to sell tickets and Reading doesn't so these got the booking and Reading didn't.

They will play next year.

[CG31]

14 minutes ago, thewayiam said:

They will play next year.

Cheers Melv

[Jonathan Jonathan]

I do think people big up Wolf Alice here. It’d consider them equal size to Chvrches who played second on R1 in 2019. Whilst Wolf Alice are more acclaimed and have the Mercury Prize I don’t think they’re slot this year, especially given different stage set ups, is particularly odd

[Buko]

Yeah in regards to Wolf Alice's placing I think it's spot on. Got a bit of a vacuum on here when it comes to music taste. I can't see Wolf Alice headlining anytime soon yeah their tour is pretty extensive but they're still only playing to 2 - 5K people a night. I imagine they'll announce a one off Arena show once there Jan 22 tour is done to try to push them in to bigger venues. 

[Ives562]

Really hoping and praying these test events in Liverpool go well and don't see a increase in cases I need live music back in my life 

[iistroudley]

11 hours ago, Ives562 said:

Really hoping and praying these test events in Liverpool go well and don't see a increase in cases I need live music back in my life 

First events in sport were a success but they were distanced, masked etc. These events I think determine if all goes back to normal in July in my opinion. 

[VCK]

Shame there is absolutely zero chance of Liam doing Scorpio Rising, which is the best song he's ever done outside of Oasis.

[Ives562]

2 hours ago, iistroudley said:

First events in sport were a success but they were distanced, masked etc. These events I think determine if all goes back to normal in July in my opinion. 

Same here mate I'm worried but also optimistic of Normal life returning and they all had to have a negative test before entering the venue last night 

[Jonathan Jonathan]

Hoping Disclosure bring a couple of hours after Slowthai means he’ll come out for My High. Any other guesses for who they might bring out? London Grammar are on the tour circuit and playing day before in London (ha) so maybe them? Maybe Fatou Diawara because I wouldn’t be surprised if she was in the UK for the Gorillaz shows?

 

Can’t imagine any others sadly because they largely collaborate with American acts.

 

Edited May 1, 2021 by Jonathan Jonathan