2024 Festival

[Gejonimo]

On 11/4/2023 at 9:56 AM, Andre91 said:

This is my current Top 10. Tbh I can’t see it changing too much but I expect the Dying Wish album that came out yesterday to crack it: 

1. 100 gecs - 10,000 gecs 

2. Paramore - This Is Why 

3. Avenged Sevenfold - Life Is But A Dream

4. Militarie Gun - Life Under The Gun

5. Sleep Token - Take Me Back To Eden

6. Joey Valence & Brae - Punk Tactics

7. Blink-182 - ONE MORE TIME… 

8. Pain of Truth - Not Through Blood

9. Frozen Soul - Glacial Domination

10. Olivia Rodrigo - Guts

Didn't think I'd ever find someone else that loves the A7X and 100 gecs albums - guess we're best friends now. 

[charlierc]

7 hours ago, NorthernSoul52 said:

No basis for this hunch in the slightest, and the more truncated nature of headline sets in the double main stage era would make it unlikely, even before considering the demographic and the fact they will have already been over two months prior.

But, Foo Fighters. (Must have had some strong cheese before I went to bed last night.)

1 All My Life
2 The Pretender
3 No Son of Mine
4 Learn to Fly
5 Rescued
6 Walk
7 Times Like These
8 My Hero
9 The Sky is a Neighborhood
10 Nothing At All
11 This Is a Call 
12 Aurora
13 Monkey Wrench
14 Best of You
15 Everlong

Presumably their stadium shows in June will be slightly longer. Even if it's a pretty solid 90.

[NorthernSoul52]

Oh, absolutely. I'd be shocked if their own gigs ran less than two-and-a-quarter hours.

[CG31]

3 hours ago, Gejonimo said:

I'm 320 albums in to 2023, so my top 10 is f**king wild.

1) Creeper - Sanguivore
2) HMLTD - The Worm 
3) Gabriels - Angels & Queens 
4) Slow Readers Club - Knowledge Freedom Power
5) Young Fathers - Heavy Heavy
6) 100 gecs - 10,000 gecs
7) Romy - Mid-Air
8 Polaris - Fatalism
9) Beach Fossils - Bunny
10) Iggy Pop - Every Loser

Really wanted to include Fireworks, Chemical Brothers, Sleep Token, Skindred, Olivia Rodrigo, Story of the Year, Babymetal, Enter Shikari, Overmono and countless others. What a year. 

320 albums is a shift and a half, fair f**king play man

[Gejonimo]

1 hour ago, CG31 said:

320 albums is a shift and a half, fair f**king play man

Cheers, challenged myself to listen to more than 365. Well on track, which has included DeMarco's 8 hour+ long one, and John Frusciante's 2 hour long piece of sh*t drone. The year has had its moments.

[zak_khanna]

anyone have an idea when lineup might come out?

[Crews1]

13 minutes ago, zak_khanna said:

anyone have an idea when lineup might come out?

IIRC last year’s was early December, but who knows

[andywatts1995]

Thoughts on the download leak? Few names here that have been mentioned for R+L previously 

Edited November 6, 2023 by andywatts1995

[andyrhodes24]

1 hour ago, andywatts1995 said:

Thoughts on the download leak? Few names here that have been mentioned for R+L previously 

This is all kinds of weak. Just goes to show that R&L isn’t the only festival going down the pan, if it’s real of course

Edited November 6, 2023 by andyrhodes24

[foolee]

1 hour ago, andywatts1995 said:

Thoughts on the download leak? Few names here that have been mentioned for R+L previously 

Thought it was weird there was no Avril. Now possibly for R&L on the Blink-182 day maybe? 

[andyrhodes24]

1 minute ago, foolee said:

Thought it was weird there was no Avril. Now possibly for R&L on the Blink-182 day maybe? 

Could tee it up nicely for Blink > MGK > Yungblud > Avril…

Who am I kidding.

[Benj]

1 hour ago, andywatts1995 said:

Thoughts on the download leak? Few names here that have been mentioned for R+L previously 

Jesus Christ that is bad

Certainly leaves a lot of options for Reading to go a little more rocky if they so choose…

Edited November 6, 2023 by Benj

[RandomEnglishPerson]

11 minutes ago, Benj said:

Jesus Christ that is bad

Certainly leaves a lot of options for Reading to go a little more rocky if they so choose…

I'm more intrigued by the fact Limp Bizkit isn't on there as they posted they'd be back next year 

[Aromaticmusic1]

Since there are now a lot more options for Rock at r&l with a slightly weaker download lineup and Benn saying there will be stage changes, could we see a return of the pit with someone like limp bizkit, skindred, Avril Lavigne headlining?

[wghennessy]

Thats an awful line up for Download. What on earth is that 😁

[Benj]

4 minutes ago, wghennessy said:

Thats an awful line up for Download. What on earth is that 😁

I don’t get how FOB are at download at all, I thought it was pretty much teenage girl music 15 years ago, when did they get a following in that crowd?

[Crews1]

1 hour ago, Benj said:

I don’t get how FOB are at download at all, I thought it was pretty much teenage girl music 15 years ago, when did they get a following in that crowd?

They’ve always had that pop punk/emo/tumblrcore following, definitely a gateway band for a lot of people. Their current tour hits a lot of their pre-hiatus, heavier material too; if it’s anything like the show I saw last week they’ll be fine

[Benj]

10 minutes ago, Crews1 said:

They’ve always had that pop punk/emo/tumblrcore following, definitely a gateway band for a lot of people. Their current tour hits a lot of their pre-hiatus, heavier material too; if it’s anything like the show I saw last week they’ll be fine

I guess the Teenage girl Emo of 2005 is now in her mid 30s and prime Download fodder

[stanh]

5 hours ago, andywatts1995 said:

Thoughts on the download leak? Few names here that have been mentioned for R+L previously 

Even though it does look pretty weak, it is nice to see Download have two new (I'm pretty sure) headliners.

[Chad888]

I'm hiking the jungle of Belize, I finally get some Internet signal and the first thing I do is check the lineup hasn't been released yet. 

 

Blink has been playing in my headphones and I'm really really in the mood for a comeback show on the Saturday.

[Benj]

9 hours ago, stanh said:

Even though it does look pretty weak, it is nice to see Download have two new (I'm pretty sure) headliners.

A fair point.  

Sad that they’re all old bands long past their prime though, as opposed to anything new and fresh.

They’re pretty much only headlining due to the abject lack of talent able to headline such a fest, all having played it the last couple of years

Edited November 7, 2023 by Benj

[Muppetmark]

12 hours ago, Aromaticmusic1 said:

Since there are now a lot more options for Rock at r&l with a slightly weaker download lineup and Benn saying there will be stage changes, could we see a return of the pit with someone like limp bizkit, skindred, Avril Lavigne headlining?

Surely if anything r&l will try to not cannibalise download sales as they're owned by the same company?  Like how Macklemore subbed blink last time 

[Muppetmark]

1 minute ago, Benj said:

A fair point.  

Sad that they’re all old bands long past their prime though, as opposed to anything new and fresh.

They’re pretty much only headlining due to the abject lack of talent able to headline such a fest, all having played it the last couple of years

The only bands on the circuit who are better headliners have stadium tours instead (green day and foos). Fob have done 2 nights at the O2 for the first time. A7x did 2 nights at the O2 last tour (albeit in 2017).

Qotsa still have decent sized tours though as you say they're not at their peak 

[andyrhodes24]

If the rumours of Glasto (Madonna, Coldplay and Dua Lipa) and DL (QOTSA, FOB, A7x) are true R&L has for a decent chance at putting on the best set of headliners this summer, even if it’s because the other festivals are looking a bit weak

[Benj]

Just now, Muppetmark said:

Surely if anything r&l will try to not cannibalise download sales as they're owned by the same company?  Like how Macklemore subbed blink last time 

Download has cannibalised Reading for years now.

They may have decided they need some of that crowd back at Reading to keep it viable (esp when much of the demographic can afford to do both).