All Points East Festival 2020

[charlierc]

I just realised I've been making a big deal of hoping for The National to do a High Violet show at this only for one of the only free dates to be May 30th, when I'm going to be in Manchester watching The Killers. Maybe I should've checked my diary first.

[Dales]

36 minutes ago, charlierc said:

I just realised I've been making a big deal of hoping for The National to do a High Violet show at this only for one of the only free dates to be May 30th, when I'm going to be in Manchester watching The Killers. Maybe I should've checked my diary first.

Your not the only one. I have made alternative arrangements for most of the APE days as I did not want to miss out on other things by holding off just in case I really like the headliners when thhey are finally announced.

I know a few people who were also holding off booking trips away for the bank holiday hoping for APE to do more announcments but ended up deciding to go away as the price of flights and hotels were going up.

With my luck the day I am available will be the day I dont like the lineup.

[sadimmock]

Same here. We still have the APE dates free but I can see that changing within a week or so. For such an early festival they really should be sharp on getting their announcements out.  

[xxialac]

1 hour ago, sadimmock said:

Same here. We still have the APE dates free but I can see that changing within a week or so. For such an early festival they really should be sharp on getting their announcements out.  

Presumably that are going to come thick and fast now starting on tuesday.

[Brave Sir Robin]

38 minutes ago, xxialac said:

Presumably that are going to come thick and fast now starting on tuesday.

Do you have reason to believe something’s coming on Tuesday?

[xxialac]

6 minutes ago, Brave Sir Robin said:

Do you have reason to believe something’s coming on Tuesday?

It's when Timeout is published.

[sadimmock]

1 hour ago, xxialac said:

Presumably that are going to come thick and fast now starting on tuesday.

I really hope you are right! 

[jannybruck]

I'm curious to see what kind of undercard the Massive Attack show has. Looking at the festivals in the surrounding week there's not a huge amount of suitable stuff that hasn't been swallowed up by other UK festivals already. Beck and Bauhaus are the obvious ones to me, perhaps DJ Shadow as well?

[Dales]

12 minutes ago, jannybruck said:

I'm curious to see what kind of undercard the Massive Attack show has. Looking at the festivals in the surrounding week there's not a huge amount of suitable stuff that hasn't been swallowed up by other UK festivals already. Beck and Bauhaus are the obvious ones to me, perhaps DJ Shadow as well?

Do we have any reliable information on Massive Attack or ist just some one we think would fit well for APE?

[xxialac]

13 minutes ago, jannybruck said:

I'm curious to see what kind of undercard the Massive Attack show has. Looking at the festivals in the surrounding week there's not a huge amount of suitable stuff that hasn't been swallowed up by other UK festivals already. Beck and Bauhaus are the obvious ones to me, perhaps DJ Shadow as well?

Massive Attack are so unpigeonholeable you could put them with most good acts and the fit would be there.

APE don't curate the days much anyway, will go for who is around and will sell.

 

[xxialac]

3 minutes ago, Dales said:

Do we have any reliable information on Massive Attack or ist just some one we think would fit well for APE?

Might be wrong but think it's just an educated guess at this stage. Someone on here did very confidently say they'd be next.

[Dales]

Just now, xxialac said:

Might be wrong but think it's just an educated guess at this stage. Someone on here did very confidently say they'd be next.

Thanks.

[The Martini Police]

30 minutes ago, jannybruck said:

I'm curious to see what kind of undercard the Massive Attack show has. Looking at the festivals in the surrounding week there's not a huge amount of suitable stuff that hasn't been swallowed up by other UK festivals already. Beck and Bauhaus are the obvious ones to me, perhaps DJ Shadow as well?

London Grammar would be logical and they’re active this summer. Not sure if they’re about this early in the season though. 

[Hugh Jass]

I fully expect at least one headliner announced this week with tickets on sale Friday 31st.

[charlierc]

9 hours ago, Dales said:

Your not the only one. I have made alternative arrangements for most of the APE days as I did not want to miss out on other things by holding off just in case I really like the headliners when thhey are finally announced.

I know a few people who were also holding off booking trips away for the bank holiday hoping for APE to do more announcments but ended up deciding to go away as the price of flights and hotels were going up.

With my luck the day I am available will be the day I dont like the lineup.

Yeah that would be totally sod's law that the one free day turns out to be shit.

I liked The National day for the APE show in 2018 but it clashed with a few other things so I couldn't do it, even though I was in London on the day. Though if I do return for this year's events, hopefully the sound is properly calibrated. Poor quality sound hurt both main and second stage on Strokes day unless I was either really close to the stage or, paradoxically, right at the back. Though I gather it was fine for other days, oddly.

[Screamo]

On 11/5/2019 at 11:04 PM, RarerThanDandyB said:

Tbf they are meant to be playing the bowl in Milton Keynes and two reunions doesn’t seem likely. Biffy, Rage and Arcade Fire in that instance

sorry for it coming across as aggressive. 

Upcoming concert on June 20, 2020 in UK Milton Keynes lmao 

[roughbloke]

Maybe not for APE, but I feel The National will announce something soon

[Superunknown]

2 hours ago, endswithMJ said:

Maybe not for APE, but I feel The National will announce something soon

1st and 2nd June at Brixton. Could well do APE while they're in London.

[xxialac]

7 minutes ago, Superunknown said:

1st and 2nd June at Brixton. Could well do APE while they're in London.

Is described as 'two nights only'

Unclear if this means 'we won't be adding a third date' or only two nights in London.

Irrespective of this, it surely rules them out.

 

 

 

[DomDom1984]

1 minute ago, xxialac said:

Is described as 'two nights only'

Unclear if this means 'we won't be adding a third date' or only two nights in London.

Irrespective of this, it surely rules them out.

 

 

 

Aye. That's a lot of tickets to throw an outdoor show on top of.

[the wonderwhy]

1 minute ago, DomDom1984 said:

That's a lot of tickets to throw an outdoor show on top of.

Especially when they didn't sell out (or really get close to selling out) last time. 

[xxialac]

I wish they'd get on and announce. Primavera was criticised for being 'slow' but we have every single name playing there. For APE we have about 20% and APE is earlier in the calendar.

[roughbloke]

32 minutes ago, Superunknown said:

1st and 2nd June at Brixton. Could well do APE while they're in London.

Madness....who’da thought it. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 

[jannybruck]

Yeah they won't do Brixton and a huge outdoor show, APE will want an exclusive (and it's a shitload of extra tickets to sell). Can safely scratch them off the list which... doesn't leave many other acts as possibilities, to be honest.

[wro_lap]

Black Keys playing a show on May 1st... could they stick around until the end of the month and play APE?