Mad Cool Festival 2020

[young_contra]

38 minutes ago, WFD said:

The Rapture confirmed.

Nice one!

[Rico_Pliskin]

Haim

[moonraker76]

7 minutes ago, Rico_Pliskin said:

Haim

Please no. One of them pulls those stupid faces doesn't she ? 

[Prophet of Doom]

Think Mad Cool’s strategy of teasing us with a clue, then announcing an artist or band far inferior to the band everybody was thinking is really flawed. 

Stop messing about and give us the full lineup and the day splits so we can see if it gets any better than what’s been named so far.

 

[Red Day]

[Red Day]

10 minutes ago, moonraker76 said:

Please no. One of them pulls those stupid faces doesn't she ? 

Yes she does. Looks like she’s giving you a good dressing down. Not a fan of them 

[pryce]

Wish it was someone like Nelson can.. But far to small to have one of these announcements 

[The Martini Police]

25 minutes ago, Prophet of Doom said:

Think Mad Cool’s strategy of teasing us with a clue, then announcing an artist or band far inferior to the band everybody was thinking is really flawed. 

Stop messing about and give us the full lineup and the day splits so we can see if it gets any better than what’s been named so far.

 

That's happening sometimes because we're thinking of the biggest names that match the clues (or sometimes even ones that don't but we want them to). It won't be their actual strategy to make us think it's someone bigger (in the hope that we forget to see the answer and buy tickets thinking it was someone else?). We have to accept it's not going to be a big name every day, but every now and then it will be. Fair enough if you'd prefer it all at once to not be teased and make a decision, but it's certainly engaging a lot of people and keeping the festival top of mind in a very competitive market.

[Red Day]

8 minutes ago, The Martini Police said:

That's happening sometimes because we're thinking of the biggest names that match the clues (or sometimes even ones that don't but we want them to). It won't be their actual strategy to make us think it's someone bigger (in the hope that we forget to see the answer and buy tickets thinking it was someone else?). We have to accept it's not going to be a big name every day, but every now and then it will be. Fair enough if you'd prefer it all at once to not be teased and make a decision, but it's certainly engaging a lot of people and keeping the festival top of mind in a very competitive market.

Agree with that last line. Only issue comes when potential buyers see somewhere else where they prefer the line up and book elsewhere. I was seriously thinking about going to Mad Cool but recent announcements just not doing it for me. 

[The Martini Police]

2 minutes ago, Red Day said:

Agree with that last line. Only issue comes when potential buyers see somewhere else where they prefer the line up and book elsewhere. I was seriously thinking about going to Mad Cool but recent announcements just not doing it for me. 

Yeah of course. But 2 things:

1. The final lineup might make you make the same decision anyway

2. There will be loads of acts that actually can't announce yet due to embargos (and some may not even have signed yet). No competitor has announced anything like a full line-up, have they? Still early days. I can't think of anything else out there with enough of a lineup yet to make a decision on, if that is the key factor (many people decide to go to their favourite festivals without seeing the lineup).

[Slix_Trix]

Mind went straight to Haim.....but Dream Wife could be a shout 

[moonraker76]

4 minutes ago, Red Day said:

Agree with that last line. Only issue comes when potential buyers see somewhere else where they prefer the line up and book elsewhere. I was seriously thinking about going to Mad Cool but recent announcements just not doing it for me. 

They do have a novel approach to announcing each act. Needs to be taken into context though as Red Day says. Some big names already announced and no doubt more to come.

4 days over what, 7 stages? That's a lot of acts. They haven't announced any big name DJs yet either but they did have a great, if small, lineup, (mainly in "The Loop") last year and I'm hoping for more of the same. 

Discovered some great new music among the lesser known bands at Mad Cool too. They can surprise you. 

[moonraker76]

2 minutes ago, Slix_Trix said:

Mind went straight to Haim.....but Dream Wife could be a shout 

Dream Wife would be fab.

[Red Day]

I haven’t give up all hope and they have some stuff that appeals to me. As MP says, there’s very little out there at present that had any wow factor. A festival without Taylor Swift and Billie would be a fine start for me. 

[LeFreak]

What way are the announcements for this festival working, are they giving a clue every evening and then announcing who it is the following day?

[The Martini Police]

6 minutes ago, LeFreak said:

What way are the announcements for this festival working, are they giving a clue every evening and then announcing who it is the following day?

Clue at 1pm, announcement the next day at 11am (UK times)

[lighthouse]

4 hours ago, Red Day said:

A festival without Taylor Swift and Billie would be a fine start for me. 

At least these headliners are something different than the usual Kings Of Leon Pearl Jam Red Hot Chili Peppers 'been there seen that' kind of headliners.

Edited November 21, 2019 by lighthouse

[Red Day]

Just now, lighthouse said:

at least these headliners are something different than the usual Kings Of Leon Pearl Jam Red Hot Chili Peppers 'been there seen that' kind of headliners.

They’re certainly something different but for my tastes they put me off going. I’d rather watch PJ than anything like that

[moonraker76]

3 minutes ago, Red Day said:

They’re certainly something different but for my tastes they put me off going. I’d rather watch PJ than anything like that

They helped convince my girlfriend to go back, they have some uses ?

 

[lighthouse]

2 minutes ago, Red Day said:

They’re certainly something different but for my tastes they put me off going. I’d rather watch PJ than anything like that

I'm not the biggest fan of either Swift or Billie, but I'm still pretty curious. So at least there's that. I like Pearl Jam, but I've seen them too many times to be exited by them. I think a Taylor Swift, who normally never does festivals, spices up the Mad Cool lineup a bit.

[charlierc]

8 hours ago, Rico_Pliskin said:

Haim

I'm not sure who else fits the rumour (Dream Wife are really cool tbf) but Haim are a good live act. So I wonder if this is a decent hint for 2020 UK shows. Even if I presume the main likelihood is playing Glastonbury.

[Yelo, the Parmiggiana]

Haim confirmed

 

[Red Day]

[Red Day]

Maybe someone from Spain will know who this is

[MaxHud]

Vetusta Morla?