All Points East Festival 2020

[Guy Honeymoon]

It's only 19 weeks away and they have yet to announce 4 entire days. They must have alot of confidence that there lineups will sell easily 

[Gilgamesh69]

59 minutes ago, Guy Honeymoon said:

It's only 19 weeks away and they have yet to announce 4 entire days. They must have alot of confidence that there lineups will sell easily 

Or perhaps they are struggling to get decent headliners and we're gonna be really disappointed when it ends up being acts like Courteeners.

[R Shah]

My prediction 

Fri 22 May: Royal Blood / Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes / Enter Shikari 

Sat 23 May: Tame Impala / Glass Animals / Caribou 

Sun 24 May: Lizzo / Rag'N'Bone Man / Rex Orange County

Fri 29 May: Kraftwerk / Iggy Pop / Johnny Marr

Sat 30 May: Lana Del Rey / FKA Twigs / Daniel Caesar

Sun 31 May: Alter Bridge / Halestorm / Greta Van Fleet 

[charlierc]

On 1/7/2020 at 3:57 PM, retromoz said:

I find Lizzo's fame utterly brilliant. Even if her 'newer' stuff is a bit poppy for me, 'Lizzobangers' is an absolute hammer legend of a classic! SUCH a good album.....

And it seems like only yesterday that she was supporting Har Mar Superstar at my local (Craufurd Arms, Milton Keynes) in 2013. 

Time.....it goes, dunnit?!?

Impressive. My friends saw Wolf Alice at the Craufurd in 2014 before My Love is Cool came out, so I thought that was a claim to fame for seeing guys in that lil' corner of Wolverton.

I don't think I've seen a full-on "future superstars" act there. I wanted to see Fontaines DC and Sports Team there last year but couldn't go.

[retromoz]

 

12 hours ago, charlierc said:

Impressive. My friends saw Wolf Alice at the Craufurd in 2014 before My Love is Cool came out, so I thought that was a claim to fame for seeing guys in that lil' corner of Wolverton.

I don't think I've seen a full-on "future superstars" act there. I wanted to see Fontaines DC and Sports Team there last year but couldn't go.

I saw Idles about a year and a half before they sold out the ally pally....

I mostly seem to watch disappointedly poorly attended things there. Amplifier is never sold out when they play, which is a pisser as they are the tops. Neither was And So I Watch You From Afar the 3 times ive seen them there. And I also saw Frankie & The Heartstrings with only 8 others. Frankie shook everyones hand at the end. Which was nice.

I miss the past. 

[R Shah]

19 hours ago, R Shah said:

My prediction 

Fri 22 May: Royal Blood / Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes / Enter Shikari 

Sat 23 May: Tame Impala / Glass Animals / Caribou 

Sun 24 May: Lizzo / Rag'N'Bone Man / Rex Orange County

Fri 29 May: Kraftwerk / Iggy Pop / Johnny Marr

Sat 30 May: Lana Del Rey / FKA Twigs / Daniel Caesar

Sun 31 May: Alter Bridge / Halestorm / Greta Van Fleet 

How realistic do you think my prediction guys? Any thoughts?

[dentalplan]

7 minutes ago, R Shah said:

How realistic do you think my prediction guys? Any thoughts?

Alter Bridge wouldn't headline APE. The rest of the headliners look fine but I reckon Royal Blood would have more of an indie rock focused day and I think Lana and Lizzo would have stronger support bills than that. Kraftwerk and Tame Impala days look quite possible.

[Dales]

19 minutes ago, R Shah said:

How realistic do you think my prediction guys? Any thoughts?

I am also not sure about Alter Bridge, they dont seem very APE headliner to me. Although, I have not really worked out what an APE headliner looks like. Just they dont look like one to me. 

Lana, Lizzo & Royal Bloood all look very good. If you have any influence with the promotors, can you get one of them moved to Sunday 31st  I'm very busy on both the APE weekends and the 31st is my only free day. With my luck Alter Bridge will indeed play on Sunday 31st 🤕

[xxialac]

39 minutes ago, R Shah said:

How realistic do you think my prediction guys? Any thoughts?

 

28 minutes ago, dentalplan said:

Alter Bridge wouldn't headline APE. The rest of the headliners look fine but I reckon Royal Blood would have more of an indie rock focused day and I think Lana and Lizzo would have stronger support bills than that. Kraftwerk and Tame Impala days look quite possible.

There is no greater feeling of 'being old' than someone proposing a headliner for a festival that you've never even heard of.

[The Martini Police]

51 minutes ago, xxialac said:

 

There is no greater feeling of 'being old' than someone proposing a headliner for a festival that you've never even heard of.

It’s not that they’re new, they’ve been around for a while, they’re just not very big. Probably best known for Edge’s theme song in WWE in the 00s.

Edited January 9, 2020 by The Martini Police

[dentalplan]

21 minutes ago, The Martini Police said:

It’s not that they’re new, they’ve been around for a while, they’re just not very big. Probably best known for Edge’s theme song in WWE in the 00s.

Maybe even more shocking to @xxialac; they are literally Creed with a different singer.

[charlierc]

8 hours ago, retromoz said:

 

I saw Idles about a year and a half before they sold out the ally pally....

I mostly seem to watch disappointedly poorly attended things there. Amplifier is never sold out when they play, which is a pisser as they are the tops. Neither was And So I Watch You From Afar the 3 times ive seen them there. And I also saw Frankie & The Heartstrings with only 8 others. Frankie shook everyones hand at the end. Which was nice.

I miss the past. 

Neat. I did stumble across Idles on a smaller stage at Reading 2017, before things got huge for them. They were pretty cool.

And yeah I've found that in the past that I've tended to turn up for the less busier things. Most attended things I've seen were Electric Six and the Antarctic Monkeys, although both had their good moments.

[Guy Honeymoon]

Looks like MCR have teased a UK date for June which rules them out of headlining an APE day

Edited January 10, 2020 by Guy Honeymoon

[xxialac]

17 hours ago, dentalplan said:

Maybe even more shocking to @xxialac; they are literally Creed with a different singer.

Ah, now I know them. Makes me feel better, thank you.

[Matt42]

Any reason we don’t think Tool could do this?

[sacred shape]

3 hours ago, Matt42 said:

Any reason we don’t think Tool could do this?

Never considered this but must be a possibility? It'd be an instabuy for me

[Matt42]

20 minutes ago, sacred shape said:

Never considered this but must be a possibility? It'd be an instabuy for me

@Ken19 had info they are in Prague in May and they are back in the US in June so they have a very short window to play in the UK. Would fit with the calendar.

[GrumpyRaver]

On 1/9/2020 at 11:24 AM, retromoz said:

 

I saw Idles about a year and a half before they sold out the ally pally....

I mostly seem to watch disappointedly poorly attended things there. Amplifier is never sold out when they play, which is a pisser as they are the tops. Neither was And So I Watch You From Afar the 3 times ive seen them there. And I also saw Frankie & The Heartstrings with only 8 others. Frankie shook everyones hand at the end. Which was nice.

I miss the past. 

I saw Coldplay supporting Terris in a pub in Middlesbrough literally weeks before Yellow started to gain traction.  Took a piss next to Chris Martin too during the headline set.

[atomised]

33 minutes ago, GrumpyRaver said:

I saw Coldplay supporting Terris in a pub in Middlesbrough literally weeks before Yellow started to gain traction.  Took a piss next to Chris Martin too during the headline set.

I saw Coldplay on that tour in brighton. Terri's as I recall were the music press darlings at the time destined for big things 

[xxialac]

7 hours ago, atomised said:

I saw Coldplay on that tour in brighton. Terri's as I recall were the music press darlings at the time destined for big things 

Gay Dad were the future of music.

[adamski]

9 hours ago, atomised said:

I saw Coldplay on that tour in brighton. Terri's as I recall were the music press darlings at the time destined for big things 

I was at the London date. The first band on was contempo (the days of 2 supports), they turned in to hard fi a few years later. 

I also got very drunk and fell over. 

Memories. 

[sadimmock]

2 hours ago, xxialac said:

Gay Dad were the future of music.

I can remember Cliff Jones claiming that Gay Dad's lack of success was due to a lack of media attention....

[zeppelin]

18 hours ago, Matt42 said:

Any reason we don’t think Tool could do this?

Oo if we could get them on the day after Tame that'd get me down for the weekend! 

[sadimmock]

I guess that predicting this one is a bit tough because they have tried quite a few things in its short life. As a complete guess I would say that the next announcement will be Thurs. 

[charlierc]

22 hours ago, Guy Honeymoon said:

Looks like MCR have teased a UK date for June which rules them out of headlining an APE day

Aren't they still doing those APE Presents days on the second weekend?