Boardmasters 2024

[Properbigfan]

2 hours ago, gfa said:

pretty standard as a price for VIP at a major fest weekender?

a lot of the larger fests are close to that for GA tickets now

Huge increase from last year though (VIP gets less impressive every year)

[NorthernSoul52]

Would James fit the vibe for this? If they played the hits, maybe.

[gfa]

8 hours ago, NorthernSoul52 said:

Would James fit the vibe for this? If they played the hits, maybe.

Not to headline

Nobody in the core boardmasters demographic would know more than Laid and Sit Down - and MANY would not even know those two i think

[NorthernSoul52]

13 minutes ago, gfa said:

Not to headline

Nobody in the core boardmasters demographic would know more than Laid and Sit Down - and MANY would not even know those two i think

That's what I was thinking. It's a bit of a mums-and-dads booking, isn't it? 

[gfa]

44 minutes ago, NorthernSoul52 said:

That's what I was thinking. It's a bit of a mums-and-dads booking, isn't it? 

James are too small for headlining it anyway

They didn't even headline Latitude this year i think it was, instead playing a special orchestral slot

[NorthernSoul52]

1 hour ago, gfa said:

James are too small for headlining it anyway

They didn't even headline Latitude this year i think it was, instead playing a special orchestral slot

That may have been because of the orchestral tour, but I wasn't thinking of them as headliners either, to be fair. 

(If I wrote otherwise, I was blind drunk.) 

[Properbigfan]

Rag and bone man sub

[NorthernSoul52]

3 hours ago, Properbigfan said:

Rag and bone man sub

That's a terrible order, I'd much rather bring the Meatball Marinara back.

[Properbigfan]

Chase and status (live) / LDR/ pulp

[NorthernSoul52]

Pulp aren't Boardmasters, are they?

[Will b]

8 hours ago, NorthernSoul52 said:

Pulp aren't Boardmasters, are they?

Feel like they’d occupy the foals/kings of leon/Florence and the machine spot nicely 

[NorthernSoul52]

2 minutes ago, Will b said:

Feel like they’d occupy the foals/kings of leon/Florence and the machine spot nicely 

I'd be tempted to think so, but... little bit older, perhaps.

[gfa]

3 hours ago, Will b said:

Feel like they’d occupy the foals/kings of leon/Florence and the machine spot nicely 

They are a lot older than any of their recent headliners - only recent comparable would be maybe LG or Chems but these acts are a lot younger age wise (not that it really matters) and broke out a tad later

[NorthernSoul52]

Stormzy? Or have we already guessed that?

[gfa]

21 hours ago, NorthernSoul52 said:

Stormzy? Or have we already guessed that?

I don't imagine hes active

[gingerevans84]

3 minutes ago, gfa said:

I don't imagine hes active

He's doing a show at British GP I think in July

[gfa]

1 minute ago, gingerevans84 said:

He's doing a show at British GP I think in July

ah yes forgot that - probably a good shout for boardmasters

[NorthernSoul52]

1 hour ago, gfa said:

ah yes forgot that - probably a good shout for boardmasters

Aye. Was wondering if they might have him as a festival exclusive.

[gfa]

1 hour ago, NorthernSoul52 said:

Aye. Was wondering if they might have him as a festival exclusive.

theres precedent after the LG exclusive this year

although stormzy only did APE last year so probably will be about a bit more - could see him doing Parklife and Boardies maybe

[Properbigfan]

No Lana 

[Will b]

73k signed up to the presale pre-announcement at a 53k capacity festival is pretty impressive 

[Properbigfan]

2 hours ago, Will b said:

73k signed up to the presale pre-announcement at a 53k capacity festival is pretty impressive 

Is that it for capacity ?

thought was closer to 100k

[billybigballs]

Kylie

[Will b]

25 minutes ago, Properbigfan said:

Is that it for capacity ?

thought was closer to 100k

Is what it says on multiple sites when u google boardmasters capacity - although I agree it does feel bigger 

[billybigballs]

Currently 50k, trying to increase starting in 2024:

https://www.voicenewspapers.co.uk/news/boardmasters-seeks-to-increase-the-capacity-at-its-popular-music-festival-652067