NOS Alive 2025

[Tbrady94]

37 minutes ago, Tigane said:

Justice - Sam Fender co-headlining  or   there is another headliner to be announced?

It's unclear really, mainly because Fender was on the second row of the poster alongside Noah Kahan. Looking now though, NIN are above both and on their own row below KOL so it's all very confusing.

 

 

[Daniel Ferreira]

6 minutes ago, Tbrady94 said:

It's unclear really, mainly because Fender was on the second row of the poster alongside Noah Kahan. Looking now though, NIN are above both and on their own row below KOL so it's all very confusing.

 

 

Does this mean there is still no headliner for the 11th?!

[Tbrady94]

Looking at it I think that's what it's saying, because otherwise how would you explain it? 

 

The poster looks like Olivia, KOL and NIN as the top acts and none are on Saturday. If we're being picky even Noah is before any Saturday act.

[Ausländer]

1 minute ago, Daniel Ferreira said:

Does this mean there is still no headliner for the 11th?!

I guess this means there will be no headliner on the 11th. Those 3 are the big billed acts, and once the day split poster comes out Justice and Sam Fender will be on the top of there day.

 

I think it's a similar situation to the 2017 edition of Nos, where only Arcade Fire and Radiohead had top billing, and once the made the day split poster Chemical Brothers where billed as headliner 

[manelrl]

maybe the next headliner will be an artist who hasn't been announced anywhere yet. There's a lack of headliners at festivals like Bilbao BBk, Roskilde, Open'er, and a few others...

[TheNewUnion]

It would be odd if they were the headliners, but if they are then we'll get a good long set at least. 

[matrainertje]

8 minutes ago, TheNewUnion said:

It would be odd if they were the headliners, but if they are then we'll get a good long set at least. 

Well, Olivia Rodrigo, Kings of Leon and Nine Inch Nails are headliners. And then there's the rest.

 

Can't be clearer than that looking at the poster. 

[49Lawson]

53 minutes ago, Ausländer said:

I guess this means there will be no headliner on the 11th. Those 3 are the big billed acts, and once the day split poster comes out Justice and Sam Fender will be on the top of there day.

 

I think it's a similar situation to the 2017 edition of Nos, where only Arcade Fire and Radiohead had top billing, and once the made the day split poster Chemical Brothers where billed as headliner 

Was 2016, when they billed The Chemical Brothers, Pixies and Robert Plant as a 'Triple Headliner Bill'. Only remember that because I was there haha.

 

It's very uncommon, but I have known festivals do similar set ups in the past where they can only book their headliners on certain days. So some days end up with two big headliner sized bands and the other days have a couple of medium sized headliners to give it some more depth. I don't think Fender (headlining Werchter, high up at Hurricane etc) and Justice (dance headliner at a lot of small to medium sized festivals) is necessarily a bad compromise.

[FestivalJamie]

10 minutes ago, matrainertje said:

Well, Olivia Rodrigo, Kings of Leon and Nine Inch Nails are headliners. And then there's the rest.

 

Can't be clearer than that looking at the poster. 

Doesn’t mean a 4th one won’t join them. Sam fender is much lower down on that listing .

 

that being said , the 11th is my favourite day so far. Would be nice if they had a strong headline name to round it off.

[sisco]

[Ausländer]

14 minutes ago, 49Lawson said:

Was 2016, when they billed The Chemical Brothers, Pixies and Robert Plant as a 'Triple Headliner Bill'. Only remember that because I was there haha.

 

It's very uncommon, but I have known festivals do similar set ups in the past where they can only book their headliners on certain days. So some days end up with two big headliner sized bands and the other days have a couple of medium sized headliners to give it some more depth. I don't think Fender (headlining Werchter, high up at Hurricane etc) and Justice (dance headliner at a lot of small to medium sized festivals) is necessarily a bad 

Oh you're right, I was there too but I was convinced that it was 17.

 

But still it's a president that they don't always have a clear headliner for every day, and I'm with you that Justice and Fender isn't the worst pairing, especially when you look at the other festivals this summer 

[gigi21]

2 hours ago, 49Lawson said:

Was 2016, when they billed The Chemical Brothers, Pixies and Robert Plant as a 'Triple Headliner Bill'.

With Biffy Clyro and The 1975 in the afternoon and Soulwax, Wolf Alice and John Grant playing in the tent, if I remember correctly.

None of them having the big font on the poster.

Edited January 22, 2025 by gigi21

[Joao182]

2 hours ago, gigi21 said:

With Biffy Clyro and The 1975 in the afternoon and Soulwax, Wolf Alice and John Grant playing in the tent, if I remember correctly.

None of them having the big font on the poster.

Actuslly a great day, remember it well!

[TheNewUnion]

It does look like the poster is saying "here's your headliners". If so, so be it. There is enough there to justify the ticket price for me, but I think it will probably sell poorly in general. No act, for me at least, to sell the volume of tickets Pearl Jam did last year. O Rod day will probably sell out for the young uns.

[birchtree29]

Saturday will be like 2019 where Vampire Weekend, Greta Van Fleet and Gossip were shared as headliners for Saturday while the main bill was the cure, bon iver, the smashing pumpkins, bon iver and chemical brothers.

 

 

[TheNewUnion]

I have absolutely no recollection of Primal Scream on that bill, at all. I think The Cure were so good that they wiped almost everyone else from my memory.

[Dazrigby88]

7 hours ago, birchtree29 said:

Saturday will be like 2019 where Vampire Weekend, Greta Van Fleet and Gossip were shared as headliners for Saturday while the main bill was the cure, bon iver, the smashing pumpkins, bon iver and chemical brothers.

 

 

Blimey, this festival has really taken a downturn since then..

[Yokai]

22 minutes ago, Dazrigby88 said:

Blimey, this festival has really taken a downturn since then..

And I remember thinking that 2019 was a weak line-up compared to previous years.

 

2018 was a blast.

 

[Dazrigby88]

19 hours ago, Yokai said:

And I remember thinking that 2019 was a weak line-up compared to previous years.

 

2018 was a blast.

 

bloody hell, I've just looked at 2018's and that's a serious line-up! 

[49Lawson]

10 minutes ago, Dazrigby88 said:

bloody hell, I've just looked at 2018's and that's a serious line-up! 

I don't think as a community we'll see a year like 2018 again for a long time. Was harder to go to a festival with a bad line-up it felt; nearly all of the June/July festivals over-delivered

[Dazrigby88]

3 hours ago, 49Lawson said:

I don't think as a community we'll see a year like 2018 again for a long time. Was harder to go to a festival with a bad line-up it felt; nearly all of the June/July festivals over-delivered

I think you're right, mate... at least while the festival atendees seem content with the wishy-washy line-ups we're seeing lately.

 

Maybe something will give and ticket sales will start to dry up if they keep underdelivering. I see so many complaints about the likes of Leeds and Reading, Nos Alive these days, I woder how long line-ups can continue like this before people stop going in favour of smaller events. After all, the main reason we go to these large-scale, corporate affairs is the line-ups and possibility of seeing iconic acts.  I know that I for one will stop going to large festivals if the line-ups continue to go in the direction they have been doing...

Edited January 24, 2025 by Dazrigby88

[Ausländer]

4 hours ago, 49Lawson said:

I don't think as a community we'll see a year like 2018 again for a long time. Was harder to go to a festival with a bad line-up it felt; nearly all of the June/July festivals over-delivered

To be honest I don't think that there ever will be a year like 2018 again, with the trend that acts prefer to do there own shows instead of festivals I think there is no going back, at least without festivals doubling there prices 

[charlierc]

10 hours ago, 49Lawson said:

I don't think as a community we'll see a year like 2018 again for a long time. Was harder to go to a festival with a bad line-up it felt; nearly all of the June/July festivals over-delivered

2022 got close imo but that was a special case given it was 3 years worth of festivals at once.

 

I do remember even immediately feeling a drop-off, mind. In 2018, I went to Mad Cool, Lollapalooza Paris and Milano Rocks and was so excited 2019 might deliver a similar party, and didn't find anything that made me wanna splurge like that.

[TheNewUnion]

Just to keep us on the first page.....

 

Wonder if we will get any exciting names, or if the rest will just be filler?

[Tigane]

45 minutes ago, TheNewUnion said:

Just to keep us on the first page.....

 

Wonder if we will get any exciting names, or if the rest will just be filler?

No One Knows  (and that is not pun intended for QOTSA)