Zacko Posted September 16, 2021 Report Share Posted September 16, 2021 22 minutes ago, Hugh Jass said: Keep hearing on the radio that it's IOW this weekend so thought I'd fire up the clashfinder to see who's on... Fuck me that is terrible!! I mean seriously bad, like one of the worst festival lineups I have ever seen! I get that there's mitigation due to Covid and all but it's just terrible. There are huge gaps between acts, tomorrow the stages don't start until 4pm. The third biggest billed stage is all cover bands!!! Looks like a two, or even one, day festival that's been desperately stretched over an entire weekend. Completely horrendous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnomicide Posted September 16, 2021 Report Share Posted September 16, 2021 I thought you were all being harsh but I've had a look and nope, it's pretty poor. There's a few I'd be happy to see, Supergrass, James and the like but overall it's pretty thin gruel. What's with all the tribute acts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh Jass Posted September 16, 2021 Report Share Posted September 16, 2021 18 minutes ago, Quark said: My neighbours are going for a day, taking their 5 year old to her first festival. Think they booked it when the lineup looked better than that. I feel sorry for them. Might not be the worst festival to take a kid to. It’s not like you’ll have to worry about missing anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt42 Posted September 16, 2021 Report Share Posted September 16, 2021 IOW is basically a dead festival at this point. They don’t have the power anymore to pull anyone big and they can’t compete with even TRNSMT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdm22 Posted September 16, 2021 Report Share Posted September 16, 2021 Well at least the Isle of Wight festival isn't a massive p.i.t.a. to get to and back from....oh... 😄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyfool1 Posted September 16, 2021 Report Share Posted September 16, 2021 (edited) For everyone going have a great time the last thing u want to be doing is reading how shit the lineup is on here … it’s music it’s live and a chance to drink and meet mates Edited September 16, 2021 by crazyfool1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quark Posted September 16, 2021 Report Share Posted September 16, 2021 2 minutes ago, Gnomicide said: I thought you were all being harsh but I've had a look and nope, it's pretty poor. There's a few I'd be happy to see, Supergrass, James and the like but overall it's pretty thin gruel. What's with all the tribute acts? Weird isn't it? Like Hugh said I know we're cutting everyone some slack this year, but that's taking the piss a smidge! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernintendo Chalmers Posted September 16, 2021 Report Share Posted September 16, 2021 3 minutes ago, crazyfool1 said: For everyone going have a great time the last thing u want to be doing is reading how shit the lineup is on here … it’s music it’s live and a chance to drink and meet mates The last thing I'd be doing when at a festival is be on a festival website! 😆 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt42 Posted September 16, 2021 Report Share Posted September 16, 2021 6 minutes ago, Gnomicide said: I thought you were all being harsh but I've had a look and nope, it's pretty poor. There's a few I'd be happy to see, Supergrass, James and the like but overall it's pretty thin gruel. What's with all the tribute acts? Hopefully me and @Hugh Jass are in agreement here but IOW’s target audience is people who haven’t listened to anything new in decades. It’s a day out with the kids. Anything that’s too progressive or modern doesn’t fit the vibe. MOR Radio 1 pop and music made to fill time on Radio 2 is their target audience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh Jass Posted September 16, 2021 Report Share Posted September 16, 2021 8 minutes ago, Supernintendo Chalmers said: The last thing I'd be doing when at a festival is be on a festival website! 😆 I’m reading this on the ferry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh Jass Posted September 16, 2021 Report Share Posted September 16, 2021 8 minutes ago, Matt42 said: Hopefully me and @Hugh Jass are in agreement here but IOW’s target audience is people who haven’t listened to anything new in decades. It’s a day out with the kids. Anything that’s too progressive or modern doesn’t fit the vibe. MOR Radio 1 pop and music made to fill time on Radio 2 is their target audience. Yeah I’d agree. Another festival who seemed to completely lose their identity. Surely not long for this world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayrshire Chris Posted September 16, 2021 Report Share Posted September 16, 2021 5 hours ago, nikkic said: Booked Elton tickets 6 months after turning 35. The rescheduled gig is now 2 weeks after my 40th. I’ll be as bald as he is at this rate! That’s his secret plan, delay it often enough and he will be the only male who looks as if he has hair Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernintendo Chalmers Posted September 16, 2021 Report Share Posted September 16, 2021 Just now, Hugh Jass said: I’m reading this on the ferry. After getting a bus to the tube station, the tube to Paddington, the train to Lymington, the ferry to Newport and a taxi to the festival. To see a Scouting for Girls tribute band. And Scouting for Girls. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh Jass Posted September 16, 2021 Report Share Posted September 16, 2021 2 minutes ago, Supernintendo Chalmers said: After getting a bus to the tube station, the tube to Paddington, the train to Lymington, the ferry to Newport and a taxi to the festival. To see a Scouting for Girls tribute band. And Scouting for Girls. I’ll take the tribute. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernintendo Chalmers Posted September 16, 2021 Report Share Posted September 16, 2021 17 minutes ago, crazyfool1 said: For everyone going have a great time the last thing u want to be doing is reading how shit the lineup is on here … it’s music it’s live and a chance to drink and meet mates In fairness though, I get you. Back in January/February, if this was all that was on offer for the summer I would probably have taken it. Not for the lineup, naturally. But simply being back in a field in a festival setting for a few days regardless of who was playing was a great feeling back in July. I didn't realise just how much I missed that aspect of it, until I got back after the forced two-year absence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh Jass Posted September 16, 2021 Report Share Posted September 16, 2021 2 minutes ago, Supernintendo Chalmers said: In fairness though, I get you. Back in January/February, if this was all that was on offer for the summer I would probably have taken it. Not for the lineup, naturally. But simply being back in a field in a festival setting for a few days regardless of who was playing was a great feeling back in July. I didn't realise just how much I missed that aspect of it, until I got back after the forced two-year absence. I agree with you… in theory. When faced with the reality of it being 20.00 and the only live act on offer is The Script I politely disagree… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyfool1 Posted September 16, 2021 Report Share Posted September 16, 2021 1 minute ago, Supernintendo Chalmers said: In fairness though, I get you. Back in January/February, if this was all that was on offer for the summer I would probably have taken it. Not for the lineup, naturally. But simply being back in a field in a festival setting for a few days regardless of who was playing was a great feeling back in July. I didn't realise just how much I missed that aspect of it, until I got back after the forced two-year absence. Sometimes there’s downtime … it looks like there might be some as has been posted … some might check for secret sets etc …. Others might not … we all do things differently… but yep to the bottom bit 🙂 I had a quick browse on here whilst in my tent at beautifull days before things got going for the day 😀 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh Jass Posted September 16, 2021 Report Share Posted September 16, 2021 5 minutes ago, crazyfool1 said: Sometimes there’s downtime … it looks like there might be some as has been posted … some might check for secret sets etc …. Others might not … we all do things differently… but yep to the bottom bit 🙂 I had a quick browse on here whilst in my tent at beautifull days before things got going for the day 😀 To be fair if they are already there then they are presumably under no illusions to the extent of the horror they are facing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernintendo Chalmers Posted September 16, 2021 Report Share Posted September 16, 2021 7 minutes ago, Hugh Jass said: I agree with you… in theory. When faced with the reality of it being 20.00 and the only live act on offer is The Script I politely disagree… I've just seen the Sunday clashfinder. Faced with the return ferry with thousands of others and negating the need to take a day's holiday on the Monday, my tactic would be to leave on the Sunday morning. There's still three days of fun to be had, Thursday to Saturday, even if the music is less than inspiring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyfool1 Posted September 16, 2021 Report Share Posted September 16, 2021 11 minutes ago, Hugh Jass said: To be fair if they are already there then they are presumably under no illusions to the extent of the horror they are facing. And some quite probably booked tickets knowing that … I do see the point that’s being made absolutely …. But then again I’m quite happy having a night out with mates and questionable music … Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh Jass Posted September 16, 2021 Report Share Posted September 16, 2021 9 minutes ago, Supernintendo Chalmers said: I've just seen the Sunday clashfinder. Faced with the return ferry with thousands of others and negating the need to take a day's holiday on the Monday, my tactic would be to leave on the Sunday morning. There's still three days of fun to be had, Thursday to Saturday, even if the music is less than inspiring. What really offends me is Duran Duran, one of the few acts I would genuinely want to see, are on last of the whole weekend. Meaning I’d have to sit through the entire pissing thing to watch them. Of course by that point I would have drank myself into oblivion out of sheer boredom rendering any attempt to actually enjoy them futile. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh Jass Posted September 16, 2021 Report Share Posted September 16, 2021 1 minute ago, crazyfool1 said: And some quite probably booked tickets knowing that … I do see the point that’s being made absolutely …. But then again I’m quite happy having a night out with mates and questionable music … I’d happily sit in the pub with my mates for three days instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernintendo Chalmers Posted September 16, 2021 Report Share Posted September 16, 2021 2 hours ago, Hugh Jass said: I’d happily sit in the pub with my mates for three days instead. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh Jass Posted September 16, 2021 Report Share Posted September 16, 2021 11 minutes ago, Supernintendo Chalmers said: You’ve seen me there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zacko Posted September 16, 2021 Report Share Posted September 16, 2021 As much as it's a trek, the IOW location does add to the fun a little bit. Feels somewhat adventure like (or at least Bestival did back in the day). Then again the Monday morning waiting for a ferry whilst you're on deaths door is fucking grim. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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