Wide Awake festival 2024

[mahoneypepe]

Young Fathers to headline? Feels like the perfect band for it, and they are now a much bigger draw

I would also expect Reds, Pinks and Purples to play.

[mahoneypepe]

Organisers say they've just booked the headliner, saying it is the biggest and most requested headliner to date

[axel75]

So long as it isn't anyone 'britpop' based I'll be quite happy.

They are also taking all tickets offsale Tuesday morning [I am presuming until next year), which is am interesting strategy.

[Fleetwood_Mac_And_Cheese]

2 hours ago, mahoneypepe said:

Organisers say they've just booked the headliner, saying it is the biggest and most requested headliner to date

Surely its Gizz, I'd be willing to place a bet on it to be honest

[pedrogooch]

On 9/17/2023 at 11:32 AM, Fleetwood_Mac_And_Cheese said:

Surely its Gizz, I'd be willing to place a bet on it to be honest

Them or maybe Mac DeMarco would be my guesses. 

Not big enough to headline, but Parquet Courts would be nice too.

[collectivisedfarming]

Would rather a strong undercard with a nominal headliner, like the first year with Shame closing the stage (any of Black Midi, BCNR when they were good or Squid could have really), than some massive act, but I appreciate tickets need to be shifted in this economy. 

 

[stereodista]

2 hours ago, collectivisedfarming said:

Would rather a strong undercard with a nominal headliner, like the first year with Shame closing the stage (any of Black Midi, BCNR when they were good or Squid could have really), than some massive act, but I appreciate tickets need to be shifted in this economy. 

 

Likewise. Seems more in keeping with the concept of the whole thing.

[FloorFiller]

On 9/17/2023 at 11:32 AM, Fleetwood_Mac_And_Cheese said:

Surely its Gizz, I'd be willing to place a bet on it to be honest

If it’s genuinely their most requested headliner and they’re not just blowing smoke then it’s gotta be Gizz.

[scatteredscreens]

https://www.songkick.com/festivals/3270049-wide-awake/id/41423717-wide-awake-festival-2024

[suttttttt]

Nailed on by the looks

[swashbubbler]

Songkick confirm

[WStoner]

I'd be well up for King Gizzard. A marathon set seems unlikely but would be very welcome!

[suttttttt]

On 9/20/2023 at 11:48 AM, WStoner said:

I'd be well up for King Gizzard. A marathon set seems unlikely but would be very welcome!

They’ve just announced a marathon show in Germany a few days before this, cant rule it out!

[WStoner]

Cryptic post on their Insta story today. All I can see is a geezer in the background who has what looks like a Godspeed You! Black Emperor tattoo? 

[zahidf]

10 minutes ago, WStoner said:

Cryptic post on their Insta story today. All I can see is a geezer in the background who has what looks like a Godspeed You! Black Emperor tattoo? 

says to listen to it?

[BoogiemanCam]

1 hour ago, WStoner said:

Cryptic post on their Insta story today. All I can see is a geezer in the background who has what looks like a Godspeed You! Black Emperor tattoo? 

If you zoom in really tight, there's a tiny Lizard emoji on the head of the guy with sunglasses..

King Gizz beyond any doubt now!

[sacred shape]

On 9/25/2023 at 3:46 PM, WStoner said:

Cryptic post on their Insta story today. All I can see is a geezer in the background who has what looks like a Godspeed You! Black Emperor tattoo? 

Is that Model/Actriz's vocalist?

[mahoneypepe]

1 hour ago, sacred shape said:

Is that Model/Actriz's vocalist?

Yes - that is a pic of their show at Wide Awake earlier this year.

[suttttttt]

If there was any doubt that it was going to be KG, most recent clue puts it to bed. They announced an album called The Silver Cord today. 
 

Will be awesome as a headliner just hope the undercard is as awesome as last years.

[suttttttt]

Was hoping for a few more names but king gizz is great booking 

Edited October 3, 2023 by suttttttt

[BoogiemanCam]

1 hour ago, suttttttt said:

Was hoping for a few more names but king gizz is great booking 

Great booking and nice to have it finally confirmed, but given it's been a bit obvious for a while now would have been good to have just a handful of extra acts! 

[gblock]

How long do you thing they’ll get? They’re playing a 3 hour show in Germany 3 days before… be good to get a 2 hour set at least 

[The Nal]

They were so good at EOTR last month. 

[suttttttt]

7 minutes ago, gblock said:

How long do you thing they’ll get? They’re playing a 3 hour show in Germany 3 days before… be good to get a 2 hour set at least 

I think if it was going to be a marathon set they’d have already advertised it as one in the email which is a shame, probably your standard headline act set 1.5hrs

[gblock]

38 minutes ago, suttttttt said:

I think if it was going to be a marathon set they’d have already advertised it as one in the email which is a shame, probably your standard headline act set 1.5hrs

Yeah definitely not a marathon set, but would be good if they got longer than normal – looks like Caroline Polachek only got 75 minutes last year