2019 Secret Sets

[frontsidecab]

Pretty sure, for Reading, it's:

FRIDAY:
Festival Republic 5:00-5:30
BBC Introducing 2:45-3:15
 

SATURDAY:
BBC Introducing 1:15-1:45 or 2:50-3:20

SUNDAY
The Pit 4:15-4:55
BBC Introducing 2:45-3:15

[Dukey]

There's two gaps for Leeds on the FR stage so not sure whether there'll be something in there. 

[WFD]

28 minutes ago, Brandohoff said:

Leeds festival gaps

Friday 

radio 1 dance stage - 12pm - 1pm

Radio 1extra stage - 12pm - 2pm 

the pit - 8pm onwards 

saturday

festival republic- 4:40pm -5:40pm 

radio 1 extra - 8pm onwards 

sunday

radio 1 dance stage - 12pm - 2pm 

BBC introducing - 1pm - 2pm

Festival republic - 3:20pm -4:20pm 

 

Wouldn't expect secret sets on the dance stage at those times - they have a strange habit of putting indie acts in there at the beginning of the day.

The end of day "gaps" are just the stages closing early.

Reckon the two slots on FR, the one on BBC Introducing and potentially one in the Pit (if the times move slightly, as there is some odd timing in there one day) are the top end of what is possible for secret sets.  The timings on Radio 1 are a bit odd on the Sunday, but currently nothing long enough for a secret set gap.

[manchestermusicreview]

Sigrid secret set? 

[jj200]

4 minutes ago, manchestermusicreview said:

Sigrid secret set? 

I don't think she will play a secret set and I think the main secret set is the 1xtra stage on Friday. I have a feeling that it's going be a rap artist maybe Stormzy

[BeddingatReading]

Any chance of Slaves being the secret set in the Pit? The organisers seem to love them and I think they’re about. 

[jakecase]

Don broco for the pit maybe? 

[Jericode]

Broco did a secret set like 2 years ago, they aren't going to do it again.

[Stalkermum75]

21 hours ago, WFD said:

Wouldn't expect secret sets on the dance stage at those times - they have a strange habit of putting indie acts in there at the beginning of the day.

The end of day "gaps" are just the stages closing early.

Reckon the two slots on FR, the one on BBC Introducing and potentially one in the Pit (if the times move slightly, as there is some odd timing in there one day) are the top end of what is possible for secret sets.  The timings on Radio 1 are a bit odd on the Sunday, but currently nothing long enough for a secret set gap.

Why would the stages just be closing early??? I've been going to Reading Festival for years and I've never seen the festival republic stage close early. Last year all three nights had 10:45pm slots.

[Quorn]

The set times seem to be constantly changing on the app ever so slightly, just wondering if it’s possible the relatively long breaks between acts on R1 Saturday for Reading could be squeezed up to make that King Princess-NAV gap big enough for a secret set?

[frontsidecab]

3 minutes ago, Quorn said:

The set times seem to be constantly changing on the app ever so slightly, just wondering if it’s possible the relatively long breaks between acts on R1 Saturday for Reading could be squeezed up to make that King Princess-NAV gap big enough for a secret set?

I feel as though any big secret set would have been planned for months (e.g. BMTH last year) and therefore programmed in from the start, like the 1xtra, FR and Pit ones.

[WFD]

6 hours ago, Stalkermum75 said:

Why would the stages just be closing early??? I've been going to Reading Festival for years and I've never seen the festival republic stage close early. Last year all three nights had 10:45pm slots.

Agree its different, but it's still more probable that they are just finishing early than it is that there are secret sets.

[Quorn]

1 hour ago, frontsidecab said:

I feel as though any big secret set would have been planned for months (e.g. BMTH last year) and therefore programmed in from the start, like the 1xtra, FR and Pit ones.

Yeah that’s true, thought they’ve been changing up 1975’s timings on the app despite the band themselves evidently knowing the right schedule. Just being hopeful tbh

 

[pepesilvia]

paris and PVRIS playing at the same time definitely isn't gonna confuse anyone

[tinyforestnymph]

ngl Frnk Iero and The Future Violents might play. they are a smaller band but their uk tour starts the next day and their support band Laura Jane Grace and The Devouring Mothers are also playing reading

also i think its highly unlikely to be the killers, even though that would be amazing

[rivalschools.price]

7 hours ago, tinyforestnymph said:

ngl Frnk Iero and The Future Violents might play. they are a smaller band but their uk tour starts the next day and their support band Laura Jane Grace and The Devouring Mothers are also playing reading

also i think its highly unlikely to be the killers, even though that would be amazing

It would make sense for Frank Iero to play but with the amount of bands on the Pit/ Lock up looking so sparse they may as well have announced him rather than a secret set.

[Jarne]

What about Highly suspect, they are releasing new music this friday and havent played a show in UK since feb 2018. 

[Jericode]

They're playing in America Thursday and Saturday so I'd say definitely no.

Edited August 14, 2019 by Jericode

[TKOCF]

I had a dream last night that Death Grips were the 1Xtra secret set. It’s about time that they appear at the festival. That would be absolute carnage. 

[Shikari20]

Catfish seem to be getting a lot more radio 1 time this week..

[Andre91]

Frank Iero wouldn’t warrant a secret set. He wouldn’t fill the tent if he was announced let alone if he appeared out of the blue. Imagine hyping up a secret set to play in front of 150 people. 

[Jericode]

If Iero was playing I think he'd have been announced by now.

[h0mesick]

14 hours ago, Shikari20 said:

Catfish seem to be getting a lot more radio 1 time this week..

i’ve noticed this too, still got my fingers crossed for them to be playing ?

[Benj]

 

15 hours ago, Jarne said:

What about Highly suspect, they are releasing new music this friday and havent played a show in UK since feb 2018. 

Now that would be a real secret set, such a well kept secret I’ve never even heard of them!

[Tom Connolly]

Drake for the 1xtra secret set