WhoOdyssey Posted June 27, 2023 Report Share Posted June 27, 2023 Gerry Cinnamon perhaps? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyrhodes24 Posted June 27, 2023 Report Share Posted June 27, 2023 34 minutes ago, WhoOdyssey said: Gerry Cinnamon perhaps? Is he active? Not seen much of him since those Hampden gigs a year or two ago Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TKOCF Posted June 27, 2023 Report Share Posted June 27, 2023 46 minutes ago, WhoOdyssey said: Gerry Cinnamon perhaps? Dear god no Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FloorFiller Posted June 27, 2023 Report Share Posted June 27, 2023 Fred Again is the obvious option if he’d agree to do it. Obviously not close to a like-for-like, but I’ve no doubt he’d be one of the first acts that the festival approach for this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andre91 Posted June 27, 2023 Report Share Posted June 27, 2023 Fred again would tempt me into a day ticket. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhoOdyssey Posted June 27, 2023 Report Share Posted June 27, 2023 53 minutes ago, andyrhodes24 said: Is he active? Not seen much of him since those Hampden gigs a year or two ago Not at the moment, but he’s been teasing his new album in interviews recently so it would be a good choice to start the rollout of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nathanh Posted June 27, 2023 Report Share Posted June 27, 2023 Fred again sold out Ally Pally with ease as expected Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wro_lap Posted June 27, 2023 Report Share Posted June 27, 2023 (edited) Fred Again is playing Connect on the Saturday so unavailable Edited June 27, 2023 by wro_lap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
across97 Posted June 27, 2023 Report Share Posted June 27, 2023 10 minutes ago, nathanh said: Fred again sold out Ally Pally with ease as expected Do we think this almost seals the deal as headliner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nathanh Posted June 27, 2023 Report Share Posted June 27, 2023 35 minutes ago, wro_lap said: Fred Again is playing Connect on the Saturday so unavailable Fred off the cards then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thatTFBguy Posted June 27, 2023 Report Share Posted June 27, 2023 4 hours ago, across97 said: Do we think there's any chance of blink-182? Start their Europe tour the Friday after Reading so their schedule allows it at relatively short notice. From a cost perspective and genre perspective, probably a significant departure from Capaldi. But would be a huge booking given their recent popularity, and stepped in last minute at Coachella this year if that adds to anything. Can't see it. Would surely be way too expensive and they'd want (and would deserve) MSE. Before the return of Tom they were a probably MSW band with Matt Skiba, but the reunion hype puts them firmly into the MSE cat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andre91 Posted June 27, 2023 Report Share Posted June 27, 2023 It’ll be Aitch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
across97 Posted June 27, 2023 Report Share Posted June 27, 2023 32 minutes ago, thatTFBguy said: Can't see it. Would surely be way too expensive and they'd want (and would deserve) MSE. Before the return of Tom they were a probably MSW band with Matt Skiba, but the reunion hype puts them firmly into the MSE cat. Been out of the Reading loop for a while, and have now learnt he difference between East and West stage. Would seem very unlikely I would agree. Probably looking at someone like Jamie T, Pulp, Royal Blood, anybody that sort of size. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gfa Posted June 27, 2023 Report Share Posted June 27, 2023 3 hours ago, Jacksamthompson said: Fred again will only work if he sells out his Ally Pally tour (which he most likely will) general sale 2pm today so this announcement might come this evening if sells well. They can't get a headliner sorted that quick lol --- QOTSA is an appalling idea, they'd shift no tickets look at how many UK dates they are doing this year, many not sold out too Reckon it will be a rapper tbh, probably what the lineup desperately needs. Maybe wait until Wireless and book one of theirs like D Block perhaps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VCK Posted June 27, 2023 Report Share Posted June 27, 2023 1 hour ago, gfa said: They can't get a headliner sorted that quick lol --- QOTSA is an appalling idea, they'd shift no tickets look at how many UK dates they are doing this year, many not sold out too Reckon it will be a rapper tbh, probably what the lineup desperately needs. Maybe wait until Wireless and book one of theirs like D Block perhaps I think when they get replacement headliners they're not looking at shifting tickets, they just want someone adequate to fill that slot. Pulp or QOTSA would be an absolute dream but yeah, it'll be someone more "mid" as the young 'uns say. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thetime Posted June 27, 2023 Report Share Posted June 27, 2023 5 minutes ago, VCK said: I think when they get replacement headliners they're not looking at shifting tickets, they just want someone adequate to fill that slot. Pulp or QOTSA would be an absolute dream but yeah, it'll be someone more "mid" as the young 'uns say. Blur 😀 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyrhodes24 Posted June 27, 2023 Report Share Posted June 27, 2023 38 minutes ago, thetime said: Blur 😀 Don’t put that possibility in my head, no matter how unlikely! They’re in Europe that week and are free 👀 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wro_lap Posted June 27, 2023 Report Share Posted June 27, 2023 It'll be someone underwhelming, I'm afraid to say. It'll be difficult to book a decent headliner this late on so it'll probably be someone who'll be very grateful for the bump up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VCK Posted June 27, 2023 Report Share Posted June 27, 2023 (edited) Yungblud anyone? Edited June 27, 2023 by VCK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gregory Posted June 27, 2023 Report Share Posted June 27, 2023 28 minutes ago, VCK said: Yungblud anyone? He's in Italy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benj Posted June 27, 2023 Report Share Posted June 27, 2023 4 hours ago, VCK said: I think when they get replacement headliners they're not looking at shifting tickets, they just want someone adequate to fill that slot. Pulp or QOTSA would be an absolute dream but yeah, it'll be someone more "mid" as the young 'uns say. Given they've not even sold out early birds as yet, I suspect theyre not gutted at all about him pulling out. Whoever they get it in at this stage is likely to shift some tickets that they wouldn't have otherwise sold Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andre91 Posted June 28, 2023 Report Share Posted June 28, 2023 (edited) R&L is going to be really quiet this year, isn’t it? Hopefully it wakes them up a bit and they book a lineup that is better next year. I scrolled through a tonne of twitter replies to their tweet saying they were looking for a new headliner and some of the most popular names I saw mentioned were Paramore, RATM and QOTSA (The 1975 & BMTH were also mentioned a lot but I ignored them as they played last year). So I think they need to book bands like that next year to pull a lot of people back in who just haven’t bothered this year because of the lineup. Something like: Paramore x Lil Nas X SZA x Fred again.. Blink-182 x Olivia Rodrigo Edited June 28, 2023 by Andre91 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhoOdyssey Posted June 28, 2023 Report Share Posted June 28, 2023 Hopefully not, but Tom Grennan for the replacement perhaps? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SleepingGiants Posted June 28, 2023 Report Share Posted June 28, 2023 6 minutes ago, WhoOdyssey said: Hopefully not, but Tom Grennan for the replacement perhaps? Nowhere near big enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhoOdyssey Posted June 28, 2023 Report Share Posted June 28, 2023 6 minutes ago, SleepingGiants said: Nowhere near big enough. He plays arenas now, I think they could get away with him as a weak MSE headliner. Perhaps not this year, but I can see him doing it at some point if he stays at his level. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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