Mad Cool 2025.

[Rico_Pliskin]

5 minutes ago, polnico said:

 

 

Doubt that Massive Attack will ever come back to Mad Cool given what happened in 2018.

Massive attack are announcing for Mallorca Fest tomorrow. So much wrong with this poster.

 

And the fact that 'the loop' isn't mentioned 

[xxialac]

2 hours ago, Rico_Pliskin said:

If this is it then I'm not impressed.

I have never seen a more fake poster in my life.

 

D- , must try harder.

[BobMahelp]

10 hours ago, polnico said:

 

 

Doubt that Massive Attack will ever come back to Mad Cool given what happened in 2018.

What happened in 2018?

[polnico]

Just now, BobMahelp said:

What happened in 2018?

They didn't play because of sound bleeding issues.

https://www.nme.com/news/music/massive-attack-cancel-mad-cool-festival-performance-franz-ferdinand-2354241

[BobMahelp]

3 minutes ago, polnico said:

They didn't play because of sound bleeding issues.

https://www.nme.com/news/music/massive-attack-cancel-mad-cool-festival-performance-franz-ferdinand-2354241

The main surprise from that article for me is Glass Animals being mentioned in an article from 2018. Genuinely thought they didn’t become well known until 2-3 years ago when Heat Waves went massive 

[FestivalJamie]

Anyone know if the line up is going to be announced today ?

[charlierc]

12 hours ago, Rico_Pliskin said:

Edit: it's been debunked. JT has exclusive Spanish date elsewhere 

Think I heard it's on the Plaza de Espana in Seville? Which caught me a little by surprise given I went there and didn't realise it was a venue for gigs, although watching YouTube of Green Day and Take That playing it proved me wrong.

[charlierc]

40 minutes ago, polnico said:

They didn't play because of sound bleeding issues.

https://www.nme.com/news/music/massive-attack-cancel-mad-cool-festival-performance-franz-ferdinand-2354241

I was there and I definitely recall being on a train back from IFEMA to the city centre after the festival full of these Scottish blokes who'd been waiting for Massive Attack only for them to never turn up going "f**k Massive Attack bunch of w*nkers and posh c**ts" for pretty much the whole train ride.

 

Take it they weren't impressed by saying the sound bleed issue from Franz Ferdinand was too much. Not that I was there for it given I had been at Franz and was amused by Alex Kapranos instigating an invasion of the VIP block out front.

 

So it's also there, I went in to that stage for Goat Girl and there was a little sound crossover but not the worst I've ever heard.

Edited December 19, 2024 by charlierc

[BOBBY_FIRMINO]

6 minutes ago, charlierc said:

Take it they weren't impressed by saying the sound bleed issue from Franz Ferdinand was too much. Not that I was there for it given I had been at Franz and was amused by Alex Kapranos instigating an invasion of the VIP block out front.

 

 

That Franz Ferdinand gig was great. Almost broke my neck trying to jump the VIP barrier after several jugs of Mahou

[xxialac]

44 minutes ago, charlierc said:

I was there and I definitely recall being on a train back from IFEMA to the city centre after the festival full of these Scottish blokes who'd been waiting for Massive Attack only for them to never turn up going "f**k Massive Attack bunch of w*nkers and posh c**ts" for pretty much the whole train ride.

 

Take it they weren't impressed by saying the sound bleed issue from Franz Ferdinand was too much. Not that I was there for it given I had been at Franz and was amused by Alex Kapranos instigating an invasion of the VIP block out front.

 

So it's also there, I went in to that stage for Goat Girl and there was a little sound crossover but not the worst I've ever heard.

Calling Massive Attack is posh is amusing, given they came from the streets and have dedicated their career to being anti-institutional activists.

[matrainertje]

If we don't get anything today, I reckon we'll not het anything until Januari... 

[Dazrigby88]

9 minutes ago, xxialac said:

Calling Massive Attack is posh is amusing, given they came from the streets and have dedicated their career to being anti-institutional activists.

Massive Attack embody the term liberal elite... Great band whose political leanings I tend to agree with, but they're definitely not "street" Hahaha

[BobMahelp]

Massive attack are the absolute definition of champagne socialism 

[xxialac]

5 minutes ago, BobMahelp said:

Massive attack are the absolute definition of champagne socialism 

You clearly don't know what that term means.
 

Remind me what Daddy G and 3D do in their personal lives that earns them this label? Oh that's right you can't...

[matrainertje]

21 minutes ago, BobMahelp said:

Massive attack are the absolute definition of champagne socialism 

Why? 

[FestivalJamie]

Not feeling hopeful for news today now. And if it’s not this week then it won’t be until after the holidays …

[just_one]

First Annoucement today!!!

 

watch it be Olivia lol

 

seems to be various bands at once since they said first line up

Edited December 19, 2024 by just_one

[Rico_Pliskin]

16.00 GMT

 

It's going to be some American act they're waiting on

[gingerevans84]

Any chance of System Of A Down as an exclusive?

[49Lawson]

It's got to be someone (or a line up) worth waiting for, otherwise announcing your line up on 19th December is insane

[Karlos12345]

I wouldn‘t read too much into the timing but I hope for something special!

[Tigane]

12 minutes ago, gingerevans84 said:

Any chance of System Of A Down as an exclusive?

if they do a small european tour,  it is possible doing Mad Cool and Alive

[matrainertje]

22 minutes ago, just_one said:

First Annoucement today!!!

 

watch it be Olivia lol

 

seems to be various bands at once since they said first line up

Olivia is one of the biggest names to book next year though. 

[Naran Jitu]

17 minutes ago, Rico_Pliskin said:

16.00 GMT

 

It's going to be some American act they're waiting on

If that was the case they would have anticipated or teased the announcement  more than two hours in advance

 

This seems rushed, wouldn't expect much

[49Lawson]

7 minutes ago, Naran Jitu said:

If that was the case they would have anticipated or teased the announcement  more than two hours in advance

 

This seems rushed, wouldn't expect much

I think I am inclined to agree but MC have a habit of being the worst communicators possibly in the festival world, wouldn't surprise me have they end up having the best line up of the Summer next year. Equally, it wouldn't surprise me if they've been scrabbling around trying to cobble a line up together and scraping over the line. 

 

They can only book what is around though, be interesting to see what they have managed to secure. I think they probably likely had Foo Fighters and have been scrambling round for a replacement since. Think ORod seem nailed on, probably KoL too.