2020 Line-up Thread

[jamesrain]

Its already been mentioned, nadia reid album is cracking,  she was great in the tipi a few years back, looking forward to seeing her again

Edited March 16, 2020 by jamesrain

[Brave Sir Robin]

With Glasto apparently cancelled and this being both one I’ve had my eye on for a while & the best odds of surviving the apoCovid ... hello EOTR! 👋 

[xxialac]

40 minutes ago, Brave Sir Robin said:

With Glasto apparently cancelled and this being both one I’ve had my eye on for a while & the best odds of surviving the apoCovid ... hello EOTR! 👋 

Spring festivals and tours are already being re-scheduled for September. Encouraging for EOTR.

[WM Hall]

19 hours ago, xxialac said:

Spring festivals and tours are already being re-scheduled for September. Encouraging for EOTR.

Promoters don't know anything we don't, though - I think it's very likely EOTR will be cancelled

[xxialac]

2 hours ago, WM Hall said:

Promoters don't know anything we don't, though - I think it's very likely EOTR will be cancelled

I'm thinking specifically about Bonnaroo, which is a festival with a vast amount of money at stake. Rearranged from May to September. Not a decision they would have taken lightly surely.

But, yes, could go either way.

[SweepingTheNation]

Marlaena Moore, Melin Melyn and James Leonard Hewitson are the Play EOTR winners.

[SweepingTheNation]

Pretty much all they can say at the moment, "we have backup plans but also it's five and a half months away".

[zahidf]

6 hours ago, SweepingTheNation said:

Pretty much all they can say at the moment, "we have backup plans but also it's five and a half months away".

That's reasonable. Who knows at this stage?

[Brave Sir Robin]

Jazz Cafe have just announced Peter Broderick for Sept 3, makes me hopeful (both for a semblance of normality by then and perhaps an addition to the lineup)

[eFestivals]

4 minutes ago, Brave Sir Robin said:

Jazz Cafe have just announced Peter Broderick for Sept 3, makes me hopeful (both for a semblance of normality by then and perhaps an addition to the lineup)

Bearded Theory say they've been advised by govt that things should be back to normal in September.

Spaffer said 12 weeks yesterday. The medical bods refused to say the same.

 

Edited March 20, 2020 by eFestivals

[Brave Sir Robin]

48 minutes ago, eFestivals said:

Bearded Theory say they've been advised by govt that things should be back to normal in September.

Spaffer said 12 weeks yesterday. The medical bods refused to say the same.

 

Good to know re BT.

If and when they actually make us have a proper lockdown, it really should die out within a few weeks. Whether and when that means we're allowed to 'gather' again, who knows.

[xxialac]

2 hours ago, eFestivals said:

Bearded Theory say they've been advised by govt that things should be back to normal in September.

Spaffer said 12 weeks yesterday. The medical bods refused to say the same.

 

That 12 week spaffer comment was fecking ridiculous. It wasn’t linked to anything, was a number out of his massive arse.

[eFestivals]

48 minutes ago, xxialac said:

That 12 week spaffer comment was fecking ridiculous. It wasn’t linked to anything, was a number out of his massive arse.

yup, but it sounds from what BT published as tho the govt are making up a number too, and putting it out as advise to businesses.  

It might turn out to be right of course and I hope it does, but right now it's a huge guess.

[Copperface]

4 hours ago, eFestivals said:

yup, but it sounds from what BT published as tho the govt are making up a number too, and putting it out as advise to businesses.  

It might turn out to be right of course and I hope it does, but right now it's a huge guess.

And they have now confirmed that social distancing may still be in place for potentially up to 12 months.

 

[Copperface]

Social distancing would be needed for "at least half of the year" to stop intensive care units being overwhelmed, according to the government's scientific advisers. The Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage) recommended alternating between more and less strict measures for most of a year

[Brave Sir Robin]

20 hours ago, xxialac said:

That 12 week spaffer comment was fecking ridiculous. It wasn’t linked to anything, was a number out of his massive arse.

Tbf he clarified he only meant the tide could be turned by then, not that it would be all over.

[xxialac]

35 minutes ago, Brave Sir Robin said:

Tbf he clarified he only meant the tide could be turned by then, not that it would be all over.

And what does “turning the tide mean”? If the deaths are still going up, it’s hardly turning the tide is it.

Detail is needed at this time, not empty positive rhetoric.

He didn’t explain what “turning the tide” meant, as such was an idiotic thing to give such a precise number when so meaningless. 

Edited March 21, 2020 by xxialac

[eFestivals]

21 hours ago, xxialac said:

And what does “turning the tide" mean?

it means Spaffer has got another meaningless three-word catchphrase that's utter bullshit, and he's going to wring it to death.

 

[Gilgamesh69]

Yikes

[xxialac]

5 hours ago, Gilgamesh69 said:

Yikes

Opticians’ tests are getting harder, aren’t they. 

[SweepingTheNation]

Ronan is running a Zoom version of Ringo Music Bingo at 6pm and 9pm every day: https://www.eventbrite.ie/o/ringo-music-bingo-26146463977

[zahidf]

Seems unlikely still but fingers crossed this goes ahead. I imagine the line up will be very changed though.

[xxialac]

Best case scenario is losing 3 of the 4 headliners.

At this stage I’d take a video of aqua playing barbie girl on a loop.

Dark times...

[SweepingTheNation]

8 hours ago, zahidf said:

Seems unlikely still but fingers crossed this goes ahead. I imagine the line up will be very changed though.

Wonder what the latest deadline for a decision would be? End of June, maybe as late as mid-July being independently run and the site build not having to be started that long in advance going by previous years?

But yeah, as much as there'd be a lot of acts who'd want to play somewhere by then the American-led booking policy is really going to bite it if it does go ahead in a way that it wouldn't Green Man, which has two European headliners, maybe three depending on where the rest of Caribou are based, and some that could step up a notch underneath.

Edited April 11, 2020 by SweepingTheNation

[xxialac]

On the other hand there are a tonne of European bands that haven’t earned over the Summer and could surely fill in. 

Very doubtful it goes ahead all the same. A music festival is not going to high on the list of government priorities to sanction. Sad times...