StuMalinas 4 Posted January 21 Report Share Posted January 21 What are peoples thoughts on this going ahead, I worry for Boardmasters having to potentially cancel 3 years in a row whether they will survive Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JBarbour 223 Posted January 22 Report Share Posted January 22 21 hours ago, StuMalinas said: What are peoples thoughts on this going ahead, I worry for Boardmasters having to potentially cancel 3 years in a row whether they will survive Boardmasters is owned by a massive entertainment group backed by a US hedge fund. It should be fine. Saying that they could well make cut backs. They own the likes of Sziget, Victorious Festival, South West Four, Kendal Calling, Truck, Tramlines... They've not put any of them events on yet though since acquiring them in 2019. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
StuMalinas 4 Posted January 22 Author Report Share Posted January 22 1 hour ago, JBarbour said: Boardmasters is owned by a massive entertainment group backed by a US hedge fund. It should be fine. Saying that they could well make cut backs. They own the likes of Sziget, Victorious Festival, South West Four, Kendal Calling, Truck, Tramlines... They've not put any of them events on yet though since acquiring them in 2019. Thats really interesting to hear! didn't know that. Does this company own Y not too, I always thought Y not and Truck were linked! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
incident 705 Posted January 23 Report Share Posted January 23 On 1/22/2021 at 2:00 PM, StuMalinas said: Thats really interesting to hear! didn't know that. Does this company own Y not too, I always thought Y not and Truck were linked! No - they were all owned by the same group (Global) until a couple years ago, but when Global sold most of their festivals (including Boardmasters and Truck) to Superstruct, Y Not was left behind and ultimately ended up independent. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
StuMalinas 4 Posted January 23 Author Report Share Posted January 23 29 minutes ago, incident said: No - they were all owned by the same group (Global) until a couple years ago, but when Global sold most of their festivals (including Boardmasters and Truck) to Superstruct, Y Not was left behind and ultimately ended up independent. Did that have anything to do with y not 2017 shit show! I was there Quote Link to post Share on other sites
incident 705 Posted January 23 Report Share Posted January 23 13 minutes ago, StuMalinas said: Did that have anything to do with y not 2017 shit show! I was there No idea what the reasoning was - my guess is that any decisions taken would be based more on profitability and the perceived potential rather than the events of specific years though. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
StuMalinas 4 Posted January 23 Author Report Share Posted January 23 1 hour ago, incident said: No idea what the reasoning was - my guess is that any decisions taken would be based more on profitability and the perceived potential rather than the events of specific years though. Just feels odd that they wouldn’t take y not too but I guess business is business and they may have seen that it’s profitability had dropped as a result of the bad press of 2017 so maybe too big a risk Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Will b 8 Posted January 24 Report Share Posted January 24 They announced the line up early feb last year. If we haven’t heard anything by the end of February I worry. However reading/Leeds and download both have said they’ll have more news in March so it’s nothing more than a waiting game I’m afraid Quote Link to post Share on other sites
StuMalinas 4 Posted January 24 Author Report Share Posted January 24 5 hours ago, Will b said: They announced the line up early feb last year. If we haven’t heard anything by the end of February I worry. However reading/Leeds and download both have said they’ll have more news in March so it’s nothing more than a waiting game I’m afraid Totally agree! Will be interesting lineup, last years was very high standard ... kings of Leon , the 1975 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JBarbour 223 Posted January 25 Report Share Posted January 25 (edited) On 22/01/2021 at 2:00 PM, StuMalinas said: Thats really interesting to hear! didn't know that. Does this company own Y not too, I always thought Y not and Truck were linked! Yeah as above mentioned. First they were linked via Count Of Ten, then Global/Broadwick. Then Superstruct acquired most Global Festivals with Broadwick hanging on to a few like Field Day. YNot got left behind and eventually went indie. Its an ex Count Of Ten guy that acquired it with a loan from Global. I think it's had a few shit years that maybe contributed to it. However, I think it's more the case Kendal, Tramlines and YNot are pretty close to each other, they share a similar crowd, similar line ups and if not on the same weekend they are within a week of each other generally. They end up competing with themselves. One company doesn't need all three of them festivals. Out of all the festivals I'd be more worried about Y Not. They've just reduced the capacity by 10k as well, so I'd imagine the line up will drop off compared to recent years. I know Tramlines has carried over a lot of acts from last year but has at least one new headliner. Boardmasters had the biggest line up of any Superstruct event so it maybe completely different for them. Edited January 25 by JBarbour Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sisco 339 Posted January 25 Report Share Posted January 25 2 hours ago, JBarbour said: Yeah as above mentioned. First they were linked via Count Of Ten, then Global/Broadwick. Then Superstruct acquired most Global Festivals with Broadwick hanging on to a few like Field Day. YNot got left behind and eventually went indie. Its an ex Count Of Ten guy that acquired it with a loan from Global. I think it's had a few shit years that maybe contributed to it. However, I think it's more the case Kendal, Tramlines and YNot are pretty close to each other, they share a similar crowd, similar line ups and if not on the same weekend they are within a week of each other generally. They end up competing with themselves. One company doesn't need all three of them festivals. Out of all the festivals I'd be more worried about Y Not. They've just reduced the capacity by 10k as well, so I'd imagine the line up will drop off compared to recent years. I know Tramlines has carried over a lot of acts from last year but has at least one new headliner. Boardmasters had the biggest line up of any Superstruct event so it maybe completely different for them. Know anything about victorious? Still planning to go ahead? Lineup the same etc... Thanks Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JBarbour 223 Posted January 25 Report Share Posted January 25 10 minutes ago, sisco said: Know anything about victorious? Still planning to go ahead? Lineup the same etc... Thanks No not heard much about anything this year. Everything is quiet. Imagine it's tough for organisers to plan much when it's unlikely events can take place. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Will b 8 Posted February 11 Report Share Posted February 11 On 1/24/2021 at 6:23 PM, StuMalinas said: Totally agree! Will be interesting lineup, last years was very high standard ... kings of Leon , the 1975 last 2 years have been pretty good lineups: KOL, 1975, Florence and foals all have headlined major reading/Leeds or glasto before. This years will depend on the amount of money they lost from the 2 previous no shows: could go back to the days of smaller bands eg Bastille and chase and status headlining Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dim Sum 21 Posted February 15 Report Share Posted February 15 On 2/11/2021 at 4:25 PM, Will b said: last 2 years have been pretty good lineups: KOL, 1975, Florence and foals all have headlined major reading/Leeds or glasto before. This years will depend on the amount of money they lost from the 2 previous no shows: could go back to the days of smaller bands eg Bastille and chase and status headlining They'll have to maintain the standard of the festival due to the demand of the UK industry. Currently if this goes ahead which is a 50/50 currently among organisers then others will and the current demand for festivals by the youth population is ridiculous so this year they'll be maintaining the standard. From looking at the last 2 lineups there's a very easy pattern for example Hip hop/rap on the Friday with Wu-tang clan and skepta, then on Saturday there's the classic band slot such as Florence in 2019 and Kings Of Leon in 20, and on Sunday I believe this is a fairly new-indie slot hence Foals and 1975. It's also interesting s over the last two years the festival has embraced 2 headliners from America being Wu-tang and KOL. So it will be very interesting to see where this goes: Currently I can see these headliners along with these acts being featured; AJ Tracey // The Wombats // Mura Masa Red Hot Chilli Peppers // Loyal Carner // IDLES Harry Styles // Vampire Weekend // Slowthai But who knows? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
thewayiam 2,076 Posted February 15 Report Share Posted February 15 50 minutes ago, Dim Sum said: They'll have to maintain the standard of the festival due to the demand of the UK industry. Currently if this goes ahead which is a 50/50 currently among organisers then others will and the current demand for festivals by the youth population is ridiculous so this year they'll be maintaining the standard. From looking at the last 2 lineups there's a very easy pattern for example Hip hop/rap on the Friday with Wu-tang clan and skepta, then on Saturday there's the classic band slot such as Florence in 2019 and Kings Of Leon in 20, and on Sunday I believe this is a fairly new-indie slot hence Foals and 1975. It's also interesting s over the last two years the festival has embraced 2 headliners from America being Wu-tang and KOL. So it will be very interesting to see where this goes: Currently I can see these headliners along with these acts being featured; AJ Tracey // The Wombats // Mura Masa Red Hot Chilli Peppers // Loyal Carner // IDLES Harry Styles // Vampire Weekend // Slowthai But who knows? You won't get RHCP playing Boardmasters. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dim Sum 21 Posted February 16 Report Share Posted February 16 22 hours ago, thewayiam said: You won't get RHCP playing Boardmasters. Yer I know tbh dunno what I was thinking to be honest could see Mumford taking that slot they've kinda died out in recent years Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Alex Winstone 37 Posted February 16 Report Share Posted February 16 (edited) 2022 Stormzy/ The Streets/ Idles Pendulum/ Enter Shikari/ Hybrid Minds Royal Blood/ Slowthai/ The Cribs Others: Neck Deep, High Contrast, Penghusi, Amelie Lens Edited February 16 by Alex Winstone Quote Link to post Share on other sites
thewayiam 2,076 Posted February 16 Report Share Posted February 16 1 hour ago, Alex Winstone said: 2022 Stormzy/ The Streets/ Idles Pendulum/ Enter Shikari/ Hybrid Minds Royal Blood/ Slowthai/ The Cribs Others: Neck Deep, High Contrast, Penghusi, Amelie Lens The Cribs as high as Idles? I mean I like The Cribs way more, as in Idles do nothing for me but they will play much higher. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Will b 8 Posted Thursday at 07:24 PM Report Share Posted Thursday at 07:24 PM With boardies basically confirming the festivals taking place... surely some kind of lineup announcement soon? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Samjones 34 Posted yesterday at 03:49 PM Report Share Posted yesterday at 03:49 PM Whoever has been before, what time do like dj sets go on into the night? Thank you Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Will b 8 Posted yesterday at 04:29 PM Report Share Posted yesterday at 04:29 PM 37 minutes ago, Samjones said: Whoever has been before, what time do like dj sets go on into the night? Thank you about 1am for the DJ sets and normal music at about 11pm or at least that’s how it was in 2018 and I don’t see any reason for them to change that up Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CRW5252 44 Posted 22 hours ago Report Share Posted 22 hours ago Looking likely Boardmasters will go ahead, assuming all goes to plan with the vaccine. Time for a prediction (more of a blind guess), I reckon the line up will have nearly all UK based acts for logistical reasons (potential travel issues with Covid). I'm going for: Main Friday Saturday Sunday Lewis Capaldi Dave Gorillaz The Libertines Mabel Metronomy Land of Saints Wolf Alice Sam Fender Craig David Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gfa 146 Posted 20 hours ago Report Share Posted 20 hours ago Bought tickets this evening, seems that they are running very low - 5 day tickets briefly sold out but more are now in stock. Gorillaz/Pendulum/Foals would be great, maybe swap Foals or Gorillaz for Skepta perhaps Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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