Green Man 2022

[RustySpanner]

Bess is 100% playing Green Man (and that Co-op on the Portland Rd is the one from the song).

[benali]

17 hours ago, Guy Incognito said:

I didnt actually know that there's a band called Pins. 

They played at EOTR 2013 in the Big Top.

I saw them play just after lockdown ended. Very good live band.

[benali]

11 hours ago, RustySpanner said:

Bess is 100% playing Green Man (and that Co-op on the Portland Rd is the one from the song).

Good news, she's great.

[Cherrytree13]

16 hours ago, phildotbott said:

New clue alert. They've just tweeted 50.83304,-0.1814. Which seems to be the longitude and latitude of the Hove area...

Haha so weird, this is our local shop. Never listened/heard of Bess though. 

[the wonderwhy]

Over 70 acts incoming apparently 

[lessthanwill1]

Confirmation of no Nick Cave - although that did not seem likely anyway.

Edited February 9, 2022 by lessthanwill1

[the wonderwhy]

Well the good thing about that denial is they haven't yet responded to my constant yammering on about Beach House so... 

Edited February 9, 2022 by the wonderwhy

[Guy Incognito]

Beach House are definitely there. 

[lessthanwill1]

Beach House seems like a sure thing. Don’t feel remotely confident about the other headliners.

IDLES seem likely but for some reason I don’t see them there but I think that’s because of my own bias against wanting them to be there. Little Simz also a strong possibility but there has never been a hip hop act at GM (as far as I know) so that’s why I’m not convinced. I would not be surprised at all to see Little Dragon re-booked for the Thursday slot. 

 

[benali]

Agree about Idles. 

Not sure previous lack of hip hop on main stages matters with Little Simz. She's firmly crossed into the mainstream now, even if Brit Awards still count her as a new artist ffs.

[lessthanwill1]

2 minutes ago, benali said:

Agree about Idles. 

Not sure previous lack of hip hop on main stages matters with Little Simz. She's firmly crossed into the mainstream now, even if Brit Awards still count her as a new artist ffs.

Totally agree that Little Simz is in the mainstream. She totally fits Green Man’s 6music demographic as well. 

I just have lingering doubts due to lack of any hip hop in the past which means I can’t quite believe it will happen - I hope it does though! 

[Guy Incognito]

Id assume one of the headliners will either be an electronic act or a traditional guitar band like IDLES

[the wonderwhy]

I think they'll steer away from IDLES purely because they're playing basically everywhere else. I'd like it to be Simz but I fear they've missed the boat on that one with her big Glasto and R&L slots - I feel like she's got her eyes on bigger things. Last year would've been the year, in normal times.

[lessthanwill1]

If it’s not Little Simz, then I would love to see Jon Hopkins do a proper live electronic set like he did at Glasto on the West Holts stage in 2019.

Edited February 9, 2022 by lessthanwill1

[Guy Incognito]

7 minutes ago, the wonderwhy said:

think they'll steer away from IDLES purely because they're playing basically everywhere else

Pretty sure the only other UK festival they're doing atm is 2000 trees. 

[lessthanwill1]

2 minutes ago, Guy Incognito said:

Pretty sure the only other UK festival they're doing atm is 2000 trees. 

Creation Day, Boardmasters and APE as well! Plus also on in N. Ireland. 

Edited February 9, 2022 by lessthanwill1

[the wonderwhy]

And they did a tonne last summer too, despite only having like 2 months! 

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[Guy Incognito]

6 minutes ago, lessthanwill1 said:

Creation Day, Boardmasters and APE as well! Plus also on in N. Ireland. 

Oh blimey fair enough. 

You've just made up Creation Day, haven't you.

Edited February 9, 2022 by Guy Incognito

[Guy Incognito]

38 minutes ago, lessthanwill1 said:

. I would not be surprised at all to see Little Dragon re-booked for the Thursday slot

The sheer gall to book an even worse Thursday headliner than EOTR have booked would be quite something to behold. 

[the wonderwhy]

Yeah I hope they completely forgot to ask Little Dragon to come back 

[lessthanwill1]

Someone like Slowdive, Bikini Kill, Low or Japanese Breakfast would be perfect for me for the Thursday headliner.

Edited February 9, 2022 by lessthanwill1

[SweepingTheNation]

40 minutes ago, lessthanwill1 said:

Totally agree that Little Simz is in the mainstream. She totally fits Green Man’s 6music demographic as well. 

I just have lingering doubts due to lack of any hip hop in the past which means I can’t quite believe it will happen - I hope it does though! 

EOTR didn't have a record of it before last year either yet a key reason why we're talking about the possibility of her headlining is how well she went down as sub-head there, although they don't seem to have built on that this year (Greentea Peng is there but more than a dozen names down the first announcement)

Has anyone mentioned Floating Points? Headlined Far Out in 2018, sub-heading Wide Awake (same capacity) below Primal Scream playing Screamadelica.

[Guy Incognito]

8 minutes ago, lessthanwill1 said:

Someone like Slowdive, Bikini Kill, Low or Japanese Breakfast would be perfect for me for the Thursday headliner.

Can tell that you really want Bikini Kill to be on the line up. I hope they're there. I'm looking forward to seeing them at Primavera Sound.

[lessthanwill1]

11 minutes ago, SweepingTheNation said:

Has anyone mentioned Floating Points? Headlined Far Out in 2018, sub-heading Wide Awake (same capacity) below Primal Scream playing Screamadelica.

Doesn’t scream Mountain Stage headliner to me. Don’t think he’s big enough. I like him though although seen him too many times now to be excited about seeing him again.

EDIT: Could see him headlining Thursday though, for sure. 

 

9 minutes ago, Guy Incognito said:

Can tell that you really want Bikini Kill to be on the line up. I hope they're there. I'm looking forward to seeing them at Primavera Sound.

Haha yes.  Dying to see them.  I thought they were nailed on for 2020 so didn’t get a ticket to their London shows and then it was all cancelled.  One of the GM bookers followed them on Twitter shortly before the 2020 announcement which is why I thought they might have been announced then. Their tour dates line up well with GM this year but not totally convinced it will happen.

Edited February 9, 2022 by lessthanwill1

[Gilgamesh69]

38 minutes ago, Guy Incognito said:

The sheer gall to book an even worse Thursday headliner than EOTR have booked would be quite something to behold. 

m8 Khruangbin are a great thursday headliner, why are u chatting shit