1986 Posted February 5 Report Share Posted February 5 Not too big? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BabylonZoo Posted February 5 Report Share Posted February 5 You’d imagine the last two shows based on touring schedule could be New Order and The Smile who don’t have a UK festival date and have the 1st weekend free. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danjamesbaker Posted February 7 Report Share Posted February 7 Think arcade fire are now a shout for this given they're doing Funeral anniversary shows in Dublin and Milan and expecting to announce more. If not, potentially Finsbury Park/Crystal Palace? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jannybruck Posted February 7 Report Share Posted February 7 3 minutes ago, danjamesbaker said: Think arcade fire are now a shout for this given they're doing Funeral anniversary shows in Dublin and Milan and expecting to announce more. If not, potentially Finsbury Park/Crystal Palace? They're in Europe a little too early for this unless they're staying around a full month and a bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fnmentaluk Posted February 16 Report Share Posted February 16 Never been to APE , but the death cab day is my thing, how many more bands are likely to be announced for that day , Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SalviaPlath Posted February 16 Report Share Posted February 16 32 minutes ago, Fnmentaluk said: Never been to APE , but the death cab day is my thing, how many more bands are likely to be announced for that day , Based on last year roughly and with the assumption of an east stage, west stage and tent operating: Ten acts announced of probably about fifteen slots spread across the main two stages and the tent. Two of the acts are obviously heading the main stage so can be put there straight off. What is up in the air is that the west stage and tent headliners don't usually clash or only overlap slightly with the east stage (the main stage) headliner. With essentially two headliners it's unclear if that will be the case with this day. So probably five more acts to slot in the bill on the three main stages plus a DJ line up for the six music stage and about ten to twelve smaller acts including more DJ sets for the smaller stages on the assumption that they have those three stages again. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dim Sum Posted February 16 Report Share Posted February 16 (edited) I think Vampire Weekend will make an appearance, they've got a fairly large gap over August in the NA tour. Also think MGMT with their new album coming out in a few days might make an appearance and Cage The Elephant. Edited February 16 by Dim Sum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gfa Posted February 16 Report Share Posted February 16 16 minutes ago, Dim Sum said: I think Vampire Weekend will make an appearance, they've got a fairly large gap over August in the NA tour. Also think MGMT with their new album coming out in a few days might make an appearance and Cage The Elephant. Vampire Weekend are a Europe exclusive at primavera sadly they have just announced a uk tour coming though here's presale - https://forms.sonymusicfans.com/campaign/vampireweekend_npn_2024/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FloopFiller Posted February 18 Report Share Posted February 18 On 2/16/2024 at 4:03 PM, Dim Sum said: I think Vampire Weekend will make an appearance, they've got a fairly large gap over August in the NA tour. Also think MGMT with their new album coming out in a few days might make an appearance and Cage The Elephant. MGMT have also said they’re not touring this album, for some reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCarter Posted February 22 Report Share Posted February 22 On 11/26/2023 at 1:29 PM, OCarter said: With it being an AEG Presents ad that is circulating, I'm saying All Points East and Forwards Festival in Bristol for sure. And then a date or two in the North/ Scotland. Call me Sherlock... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackGregg17 Posted February 26 Report Share Posted February 26 Next announcement seems to be coming this week (likely tomorrow following the previous posts) are we expecting this and one more? 18th and 26th August? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stereodista Posted February 27 Report Share Posted February 27 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidthefly Posted February 27 Report Share Posted February 27 Underwhelming Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TapeRecorder Posted February 27 Report Share Posted February 27 Well that's going to sell horribly. Also is kaytranada bigger than thundercat? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ConfidenceMan Posted February 27 Report Share Posted February 27 Yeesh. That seems ambitious. So much for my hopes of Vampire Weekend. 😂 With Jungle and Dermot Kennedy last year, and Kaytranada and the Postal Service/Death Cab this year, I have to say APE is not predictable. I guess the cut off for what justifies a successful day of sales may be quite different to what we'd expect. At least in the case of cheaper acts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxialac Posted February 27 Report Share Posted February 27 I originally read that as Kaytranada supported by Alison Moyet 😅 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gingerevans84 Posted February 27 Report Share Posted February 27 First time at a good sized festival I've not heard of the headliner. I've just got old.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dales Posted February 27 Report Share Posted February 27 4 hours ago, davidthefly said: Underwhelming I saw Kaytranada supporting The Weeknd last year and the description "Underwhelming" is a good one. I actually felt sorry for the fellow. Other then the idiots at the front who will cheer almost anything, a roadie walking on stage, pigeon flying by or a crisp packet, I don't think hardly anyone paid his set a single bit of attention. That has to be the weekest headliner they have ever had. Que, instant sell out to show how little I know about modern dance music 😃 I guess for anyone who likes the undercard, this could be a good chance of a freebie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NWUYC Posted February 27 Report Share Posted February 27 I wouldn't pay full price for a ticket, but think people are underestimating how well this will do - Kaytranada extremely popular amongst the 20 something east-Londoners who generally make up most of APE's crowd (saying that as a 20 something east-Londoner) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John L Posted February 27 Report Share Posted February 27 5 hours ago, gingerevans84 said: First time at a good sized festival I've not heard of the headliner. I've just got old.. +1 Although TBF I was already old. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gfa Posted February 28 Report Share Posted February 28 23 hours ago, Dales said: I saw Kaytranada supporting The Weeknd last year and the description "Underwhelming" is a good one. I actually felt sorry for the fellow. Other then the idiots at the front who will cheer almost anything, a roadie walking on stage, pigeon flying by or a crisp packet, I don't think hardly anyone paid his set a single bit of attention. That has to be the weekest headliner they have ever had. Que, instant sell out to show how little I know about modern dance music 😃 I guess for anyone who likes the undercard, this could be a good chance of a freebie. Kaytranada was never going to do well support the weeknd. unless you are very similar to an act that size most people will not give a toss Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dales Posted February 28 Report Share Posted February 28 4 hours ago, gfa said: Kaytranada was never going to do well support the weeknd. unless you are very similar to an act that size most people will not give a toss True, but its rare I have ever seen an audience at a stadium gig be so uninterested. I would have expected some love for him out of 60,000 or what ever the London Stadium holds on a gig day. His set was dull, well to me and most of the audience on that day. Maybe, he went down well on his other days or over at his Wembley gigs. Genuinly surprised to see him headlining. I would have expected he would be a co-headline at best but I don't know him well, so my judgement could be well off. However, I knew enough about him to go early at the Weeknd gig to see him, which is more then most people I know. I was just so dissapointed but being a support is very different to headlining, so would expect a big show. Plus, sometimes is seems like most people go to APE as place to chat and have a drink rather then because they are huge music fans and he works well for background music. I think this is the first headliner at APE that so far no one I know has even heard of. Dermot came close last year but my sister and a few Irish friends had heard of him and knew his stuff. Then again, APE must have some confidence that he has an audience and it will sell enough to keep them happy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stanh Posted March 1 Author Report Share Posted March 1 On 2/27/2024 at 9:16 AM, TapeRecorder said: Well that's going to sell horribly. Also is kaytranada bigger than thundercat? on tier 4 already, doubt it'll sell out, but think it'll do pretty well. lineups gone down very well within the groups im in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stereodista Posted March 1 Report Share Posted March 1 10 minutes ago, stanh said: on tier 4 already, doubt it'll sell out, but think it'll do pretty well. lineups gone down very well within the groups im in Not to generalise too much, but there is very evidently one set demographic within these forums. And this line up is not intended for said demographic. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johndenis Posted March 5 Report Share Posted March 5 On 2/5/2024 at 4:47 PM, BabylonZoo said: You’d imagine the last two shows based on touring schedule could be New Order and The Smile who don’t have a UK festival date and have the 1st weekend free. Do you think this is possible? The line ups are fairly low-key/modest so far. I could see New Order in Cardiff on the Thursday date but can't make the Manchester Saturday one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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