Punksnotdead Posted February 11 Report Share Posted February 11 On 2/10/2022 at 10:45 AM, SweepingTheNation said: I haven't scientifically checked this but it does feel Green Man tends to have great headliners in the years EOTR's are a bit disappointing and vice versa. It's all subjective though isn't it? I'd rather see Bright Eyes, Fleet Foxes & Pixies than any of the GM headliners - apart from maybe Kraftwerk. One person's duff headliner is another person's dream headliner! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy Incognito Posted February 11 Report Share Posted February 11 I find it strange that Simon follow Mdou Moctar on his personal Instagram but that they're not on the line up. Perhaps will be in the second announcement Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy Incognito Posted February 11 Report Share Posted February 11 Surely there's some bigger acts still to come. It's a bit mad that Newdad are on the 6th line on the line up seeing as last year that position was occupied by the likes of BC,NR and Richard Dawson. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riverneck Posted February 12 Report Share Posted February 12 EOTR shits on GM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomos_ Posted February 15 Report Share Posted February 15 Saw Deathcrash last night and enjoyed them. Would probably give it 7/10. Hope they get a day time slot in the Big Top or something like that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SweepingTheNation Posted February 15 Report Share Posted February 15 Pixies are playing before Lucy Dacus (and IDLES) for 6 Music Festival, which is... interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WFD Posted February 15 Report Share Posted February 15 1 hour ago, Tomos_ said: Saw Deathcrash last night and enjoyed them. Would probably give it 7/10. Hope they get a day time slot in the Big Top or something like that I was there too, really enjoyed it. They would need to be in the Big Top really, they would struggle to make an impact in bright sunshine! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomos_ Posted February 15 Report Share Posted February 15 38 minutes ago, WFD said: I was there too, really enjoyed it. They would need to be in the Big Top really, they would struggle to make an impact in bright sunshine! Haha - between us we must have made up 10% of the audience! They haven't made it onto my current 'must see' list tbh, but would go and see them again if they weren't clashing with anyone else I really wanted to see Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WFD Posted February 15 Report Share Posted February 15 1 hour ago, Tomos_ said: Haha - between us we must have made up 10% of the audience! They haven't made it onto my current 'must see' list tbh, but would go and see them again if they weren't clashing with anyone else I really wanted to see Yeah, don't know if you were in for the support but there were even fewer in then! Maybe would have been better suited to the Head of Steam. Still, it didn't affect their performance and I bought a t-shirt to do my bit. I'll watch them again at EOTR unless there is a big clash. (I was stood next to the bar, probably the only person wearing a mask, I'm treading carefully because I need to test negative next week). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benali Posted February 16 Report Share Posted February 16 Playing in the dark in the Big Top would suit Deathcrash but they're probably more the size of band who'd play Tipi? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy Incognito Posted February 16 Report Share Posted February 16 3 hours ago, benali said: Playing in the dark in the Big Top would suit Deathcrash but they're probably more the size of band who'd play Tipi? Yeah could easily play tipi like BCNR and The Murder Capital in recent years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Nal Posted February 17 Report Share Posted February 17 Aldous Harding is still playing but has postponed most of the other tour dates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SweepingTheNation Posted February 17 Report Share Posted February 17 So if that's confirmation that she doesn't live in Wales any more (also, why not reschedule some of the dates around the festivals?), this is why I think the line-up not featuring a British-based act until eleven names down the poster list might come back to bite them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxialac Posted February 17 Report Share Posted February 17 I’m delighted that EOTR is confidently booking international acts. There’s a world of great music outside the UK and the UK had its turn last year. Summer festivals have a healthy number of foreign acts, which is indicative that they feel confident to tour based on easing restrictions. Harding is citing problems touring in March and April, not September. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SweepingTheNation Posted February 17 Report Share Posted February 17 8 minutes ago, xxialac said: I’m delighted that EOTR is confidently booking international acts. There’s a world of great music outside the UK and the UK had its turn last year. Summer festivals have a healthy number of foreign acts, which is indicative that they feel confident to tour based on easing restrictions. Harding is citing problems touring in March and April, not September. EOTR announced three international headliners last year plus a whole host of others and I doubt they were alone in that. If the belief is some significant European countries are still enacting indoor restrictions through April they're much less likely to blithely give the go-ahead to gatherings of thousands in the weeks and months after that, which means the potential for acts planning to come over for a festival summer cancelling as it's not worth it for them to just play a couple in the UK is greatly increased, and that's without what happened last year to some major events like Pukkelpop being cancelled at very short notice due to changes in local/national restrictions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy Incognito Posted February 17 Report Share Posted February 17 Might have said this already but I'm hoping that Tirzah is added once her UK tour is out the way next month. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxialac Posted February 17 Report Share Posted February 17 42 minutes ago, SweepingTheNation said: EOTR announced three international headliners last year plus a whole host of others and I doubt they were alone in that. If the belief is some significant European countries are still enacting indoor restrictions through April they're much less likely to blithely give the go-ahead to gatherings of thousands in the weeks and months after that, which means the potential for acts planning to come over for a festival summer cancelling as it's not worth it for them to just play a couple in the UK is greatly increased, and that's without what happened last year to some major events like Pukkelpop being cancelled at very short notice due to changes in local/national restrictions. Are we really seeing this year and last year as comparable? We are in a radically different phase of the pandemic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WFD Posted February 17 Report Share Posted February 17 2 hours ago, xxialac said: I’m delighted that EOTR is confidently booking international acts. There’s a world of great music outside the UK and the UK had its turn last year. Summer festivals have a healthy number of foreign acts, which is indicative that they feel confident to tour based on easing restrictions. Harding is citing problems touring in March and April, not September. Not EOTR related but Torres has just moved her March UK/EU tour to August, timed around her Green Man appearance. There's obviously quite a bit of this going on now and if anything hopefully it points towards more certainty that these acts will travel in the summer because the combinations of their own shows and festival slots are going to make it more worthwhile. On another note I'm surprised that Big Thief are seemingly still going ahead next week (I got an email yesterday that looked like it was going to be a cancellation but it was a "please wear a mask"). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SweepingTheNation Posted February 17 Report Share Posted February 17 15 minutes ago, WFD said: On another note I'm surprised that Big Thief are seemingly still going ahead next week (I got an email yesterday that looked like it was going to be a cancellation but it was a "please wear a mask"). They moved the mainland Europe dates back to around their June festivals about a month ago. https://pitchfork.com/news/big-thief-reschedule-european-tour-share-new-song-simulation-swarm-listen/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy Incognito Posted February 17 Report Share Posted February 17 Still very surprised that Big Thief arent playing EOTR. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Nal Posted February 17 Report Share Posted February 17 28 minutes ago, Guy Incognito said: Still very surprised that Big Thief arent playing EOTR. Tour is well over by then but maybe they'll be a late addition? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy Incognito Posted February 17 Report Share Posted February 17 13 minutes ago, The Nal said: Tour is well over by then but maybe they'll be a late addition? Would be very surprising seeing as they'd be headlining. If EOTR was holding a headliner back for later in the year then reckon they'd make that clear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxialac Posted February 17 Report Share Posted February 17 We've been robbed of Big Thief. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fareham Grecian Posted February 17 Report Share Posted February 17 5 hours ago, xxialac said: Are we really seeing this year and last year as comparable? We are in a radically different phase of the pandemic. They are comparable in the sense that things could change at very short notice. Despite the UK government and media messaging, the pandemic is very far from over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxialac Posted February 17 Report Share Posted February 17 8 minutes ago, Fareham Grecian said: They are comparable in the sense that things could change at very short notice. Despite the UK government and media messaging, the pandemic is very far from over Ultimately bands need to earn and that involves travelling internationally. Some felt the risks were too high last year, they have a different view now. And governments are showing a clear intention to allow international travel with minimal restrictions in contrast to in 2021. This time last year nowhere near enough people had been vaccinated. So, yes, I think the two situations are markedly different twelve months apart Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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