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[Gejonimo]

11 hours ago, SunnyDskyZ said:

Yeah got tickets... the line-up says it all.. they'll take metal fans away from DL...... cos DL won't compete with BS line up

It absolutely will compete, let's not be silly. 

 

Bloodstock looks brilliant so far, but they could pad out the rest with utter dross while Download puts on one of the best line-ups ever, we just don't know. But it will compete, and likely win.

[northernangel]

46 minutes ago, Gejonimo said:

It absolutely will compete, let's not be silly. 

 

Bloodstock looks brilliant so far, but they could pad out the rest with utter dross while Download puts on one of the best line-ups ever, we just don't know. But it will compete, and likely win.

I'll tell you now that if Download are booking Sleep Token, Green Day and Korn as headliners it won't be one of the best lineups ever. You're going to have Deftones there and Korns sub is likely going to be higher than they should be because they are higher.

[Gejonimo]

47 minutes ago, northernangel said:

I'll tell you now that if Download are booking Sleep Token, Green Day and Korn as headliners it won't be one of the best lineups ever. You're going to have Deftones there and Korns sub is likely going to be higher than they should be because they are higher.

Never said it would be, just saying it could be. No point saying one thing is going to smash another when we haven't seen the offering of one of them. For me, ST, GD and Korn is better than Gojira, Machine Head and Trivium, so immediately DL is ahead. However, if we're going to take costs, ease of access and whatnot into account, then we'd have a fight on our hands. 

 

Still, no point comparing apples to nothing.

[northernangel]

Just now, Gejonimo said:

Never said it would be, just saying it could be. No point saying one thing is going to smash another when we haven't seen the offering of one of them. For me, ST, GD and Korn is better than Gojira, Machine Head and Trivium, so immediately DL is ahead. However, if we're going to take costs, ease of access and whatnot into account, then we'd have a fight on our hands. 

 

Still, no point comparing apples to nothing.

Yes you can't compare because Bloodstock scale is so much smaller. They couldn't book any of those headliners, not even Korn I doubt.

[Gingerfish79]

Are Bloodstock likely to release more weekend tickets? Gutted I let that pass me by.

[Gejonimo]

30 minutes ago, Gingerfish79 said:

Are Bloodstock likely to release more weekend tickets? Gutted I let that pass me by.

Doubt it, if it's sold out it's sold out. There'll be day tickets once more of the line-up is out

[LoadDown Podcast]

31 minutes ago, Gingerfish79 said:

Are Bloodstock likely to release more weekend tickets? Gutted I let that pass me by.

No, there will be the odd ticket if people default on payment plans, and day tickets, but that'll be all.

[SunnyDskyZ]

4 hours ago, Gejonimo said:

It absolutely will compete, let's not be silly. 

 

Bloodstock looks brilliant so far, but they could pad out the rest with utter dross while Download puts on one of the best line-ups ever, we just don't know. But it will compete, and likely win.

I have DL 25 tickets already..... and have Bloodstock tickets.... 1st time im doing it.... but from a metalhead p.o.v BS is the one. DL wont match it on the metal aspect... cos its a rock festival. I still have a kick ass time at DL's every time. Looking forward to see what the actual line-up's gona be in the end lol

[Andrinald]

[northernangel]

21 minutes ago, Andrinald said:

 

Green Day stick out like a sore thumb there massively. You've got to at least try to make it look like they booked similar bands to fit. That just looks like a day waiting to have Maiden or something popped on top. From what we know, I think Bad Omens will he 3rd down or second stage to make way for Deftones. Bad Omens, B4MV and Mastodon/Frank Carter 3rd down makes sense.

Edited October 9, 2024 by northernangel

[northernangel]

On 10/6/2024 at 5:21 PM, Sorcha17 said:

 

I don't see FIR doing Manchester, Birmingham, Cardiff, Glasgow, Dublin, Wembley Arena and The 02 without subbing. That's a tour I don't even think Korn could sell out without a decent support and in fact their arena tour with Limp Bizkit wasn't even as big. 

I think you've got Deftones Friday and FIR Sunday to beef that out a bit. Green Day isn't the day to book them to sub and it isn't needed either. So if Bullet are going to sub again....it'll be that day.

[Andre91]

25 minutes ago, Andrinald said:

I really like this. The Green Day day will be more tailored to them than this, though. Good Charlotte are too big for that tent and The Ghost Inside would be lucky to headline the Avalanche these days because of how poorly their last couple of tours have sold since coming back but apart from that, it looks good. Will Haven > NAILS > Deafheaven would be an unreal run. 

[charlierc]

There was a rumour on the Download Reddit of a November 12th event to announce the first names on the line-up. So I guess we don't have too long to wait and see who's predictions are bang on the money.

[NorthernSoul52]

Good on Bloodstock selling out. What's their going capacity these days?

[RedJosh]

5 minutes ago, NorthernSoul52 said:

Good on Bloodstock selling out. What's their going capacity these days?

21,000 - believe it is 20,000 weekend tickets and 1,000 day tickets per day.

[NorthernSoul52]

33 minutes ago, RedJosh said:

21,000 - believe it is 20,000 weekend tickets and 1,000 day tickets per day.

Thank you very much.

 

They've done good business then this year. Excellent stuff.

[Andre91]

I can’t wait for Bloodstock.

[LoadDown Podcast]

23 hours ago, Andre91 said:

I really like this. The Green Day day will be more tailored to them than this, though. Good Charlotte are too big for that tent and The Ghost Inside would be lucky to headline the Avalanche these days because of how poorly their last couple of tours have sold since coming back but apart from that, it looks good. Will Haven > NAILS > Deafheaven would be an unreal run. 

Isle of Wight wasn't tailored to them.

[NorthernSoul52]

Yeah, Isle of Wight doesn't exactly tailor. It's just the crowdpleasers.

 

Here, you can get a sense of mood, of tone, of emotion.

[northernangel]

2 hours ago, LoadDown Podcast said:

Isle of Wight wasn't tailored to them.

Yeah IOW was quite a poor day really for Green Day but they are booking for a festival that it's quite such a strick niche of genre. 

[charlierc]

2 hours ago, NorthernSoul52 said:

Yeah, Isle of Wight doesn't exactly tailor. It's just the crowdpleasers.

 

Here, you can get a sense of mood, of tone, of emotion.

Think it is just an IoW thing to hop between acts though. When Muse played it two years ago, the last acts before them were Rudimental, Tom Grennan and UB40, which is a real genre hopping day and what put me off going.

[callum97]

Give us a first announcement like this 

[RedJosh]

It is much easier for Download to curate a day for Green Day than it is for IOW. To IOW they are stadium rock band, to Download they are going to be seen more as a punk/pop-punk band. IOW isn't booking punk or pop-punk, but when they have booked punk in the past, it has been Sex Pistols, Iggy and the Stooges and The Stranglers. They aren't booking the likes of The Offspring, Jimmy Eat World, Neck Deep or The Story So Far on the undercard, which Download have done before and will again.

 

[northernangel]

45 minutes ago, callum97 said:

Give us a first announcement like this 

There is no way your getting Avril lower than that second line. She literally doesn't have to play this year really.

[chilltheory]

Thought id join in with fake posters