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12 minutes ago, Ikindalikemusiclikealot said:

Following that Nos announcement could it be The Strokes..... fingers crossed

That would be huge, but I think it's quite unrealistic. What are the other possibilities? Placebo, The Killers, Foals, Iggy Pop, The Neighbourhood, Alt-J, London Grammar?

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1 hour ago, mln said:

That would be huge, but I think it's quite unrealistic. What are the other possibilities? Placebo, The Killers, Foals, Iggy Pop, The Neighbourhood, Alt-J, London Grammar?

I am still keeping fingers crossed for the Killers, they are around, were rumored and are my personal favorite 🙂
I don't see Placebo/Iggy as they are rather heritage acts + Iggy played already. The Neighborhood have a solo show in November so they are out.
Foals/Alt-J are possible but I don't see them in a headliner slot given small local popularity, they would make a great sub though. Can't see the Strokes personally - very expensive and not very popular in Czech.

London Grammar is a pretty good shout actually, they were booked in the past and had to cancel.

They need a second big name so if it's not the Killers, it could be someone completely unexpected. Let's not forget KoL are around, Mumford would fit (they are booked for a festival in the US in March)... I am definitely curious 🙂

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27 minutes ago, Ferda said:

I am still keeping fingers crossed for the Killers, they are around, were rumored and are my personal favorite 🙂
I don't see Placebo/Iggy as they are rather heritage acts + Iggy played already. The Neighborhood have a solo show in November so they are out.
Foals/Alt-J are possible but I don't see them in a headliner slot given small local popularity, they would make a great sub though. Can't see the Strokes personally - very expensive and not very popular in Czech.

London Grammar is a pretty good shout actually, they were booked in the past and had to cancel.

They need a second big name so if it's not the Killers, it could be someone completely unexpected. Let's not forget KoL are around, Mumford would fit (they are booked for a festival in the US in March)... I am definitely curious 🙂

Yeah, I have no clue about popularity of certain acts in Czech, so nice to hear a local's point of view!

Why do you think 'heritage' acts are not possible? The Cure last year (obviously they are bigger than the two above) or Midnight Oil in 2017 or Robert Plant a few years ago show that CoO likes this type of names. 

Also, are London Grammar more popular in Czech than Foals or Alt-J? Quite surprising. 

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28 minutes ago, mln said:

Yeah, I have no clue about popularity of certain acts in Czech, so nice to hear a local's point of view!

Why do you think 'heritage' acts are not possible? The Cure last year (obviously they are bigger than the two above) or Midnight Oil in 2017 or Robert Plant a few years ago show that CoO likes this type of names. 

Also, are London Grammar more popular in Czech than Foals or Alt-J? Quite surprising. 

Its not much about popularity, just LG never played in Czech republic, Foals or Alt-J were here multiple times.

Also regarding "heritage" act, admin on Colours Facebook page said that there might be some bigger act for older audience, might be hint to Van Morrison. i remember from some article that director of festival likes him and she always wanted to bring him here. He has a gig on 16.7. at Germany, so that's just an another guess.

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18 minutes ago, mln said:

Yeah, I have no clue about popularity of certain acts in Czech, so nice to hear a local's point of view!

Why do you think 'heritage' acts are not possible? The Cure last year (obviously they are bigger than the two above) or Midnight Oil in 2017 or Robert Plant a few years ago show that CoO likes this type of names. 

Also, are London Grammar more popular in Czech than Foals or Alt-J? Quite surprising. 

I wouldn't rule out anything at this point as this year's announcements defy all past logic 🙂

London Grammar cancelled in 2018 but promised to come back, so this guess is disregarding the popularity factor. They are pretty high on the lineups at other festivals and if I am not mistaken they were billed as a day headliner in the past.

I would call the Cure legendary (same as Robert Plant), which makes them fitting almost any festival line-up 😉 Personally, I would have never guessed them playing Exit. Iggy played in the past, Placebo I've heard were discussing a solo show. 

Alt-J were big among hipsters 3-4 years ago but dropped, Foals are a bit niche act too. They played 2 festivals in CZ already but never attracted a huge crowd. Indie is not selling for some reason in CZ... I will be very happy having them, just can't see them headlining. Of course, I might be completely wrong.

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16 minutes ago, mln said:

Wow, I didn't expect this can get so bad... Massive disappointment.

Martin Garrix was #1 DJ in the world las year, so this is huge name for fans of EDM.

Not so good name for alternative indie people from Ostrava though :)

Now lets see if the last headliner would be Billie Eilish or not...

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2 minutes ago, lukatej said:

Martin Garrix was #1 DJ in the world las year, so this is huge name for fans of EDM.

Not so good name for alternative indie people from Ostrava though :)

Now lets see if the last headliner would be Billie Eilish or not...

Yeah, I know it's a huge booking in terms of marketing, popularity etc. Not so well in terms of artistic value though (obviously it's only my opinion).

A set of headliners of Twenty One Pilots, Garrix and Billie Eilish would be a sad surprise and disappointment for many Colours regular goers. You'd expect at least one more alternative name regarding previous line-ups.

Why do you think there's only one space for headliner left? Do you assume The Lumineers will take the highest spot also?

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11 minutes ago, mln said:

Yeah, I know it's a huge booking in terms of marketing, popularity etc. Not so well in terms of artistic value though (obviously it's only my opinion).

A set of headliners of Twenty One Pilots, Garrix and Billie Eilish would be a sad surprise and disappointment for many Colours regular goers. You'd expect at least one more alternative name regarding previous line-ups.

Why do you think there's only one space for headliner left? Do you assume The Lumineers will take the highest spot also?

Billie Eilish doesn't make sense to me also, but this is just a thing which i've heard from insider, so let"s see.

I"m assuming because last year there were headliners Rag'n'Bone Man and Years&Years which are both similar size as Lumineers.

..Or we could be surprised by some indie rock name as LG or The Killers instead of Billie.

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Oh well. The first few announcements were promising but where it's heading now... I was considering staying the whole festival but it seems I will save the weekend, so not so bad after all 😉

Meanwhile Pohoda announced Glass Animals. These two festivals were very similar in the past, but they are like a night and day now.

I am sure it will sell well, but longer term I am not so sure. They are entering Beats for Love territory, an electronic music festival which happens at the same site and has a higher attendance than Colours. B4L will always have an upper hand vs. Colours as they are specialists. Plus the Colours vibe will be quite different. Kygo was apparently a disaster what I've heard. 

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