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22 minutes ago, Andre91 said:

BMTH day this year proved that rock fans will come in for the day if it is tailored in such a way that appeals to them. 

It was certainly busy for BMTH. Don’t know how busy it was for the Travis day as I barely went into the arena but I’ve never seen it so busy all day in the arena for the Chappell day. Bloc Party had a massive crowd at like 3pm.

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1 hour ago, OllieJ77 said:

Have they been announced for Greenfields though 

 

1 hour ago, OllieJ77 said:

Fair I don’t see it being LB

 

This is the reason. Whether you see it or not doesn't mean the possibility is ruled out and it's closer for them travelling to just pop to Bern from Czech than to the UK.

1 hour ago, andyrhodes24 said:

The whole thing felt so disjointed this year, really felt for the first time (to me at least) like three one-day events. 

 

Reading days are dieing, lineup quality has been poor for tour bucket for years.

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1 hour ago, Frankly Mr Shankly said:

I doubt they’d book 3 ‘classic rock’ second stage headliners and Gn’R as well. Feels like they’d be going backwards with that. 

To be honest if they booked LB, GNR and LP for exmaple they aren't exactly going forwards if Megadeth and Alice Cooper are on second stage as well. Ghost in the mix there would be a move forward.

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55 minutes ago, northernangel said:

To be honest if they booked LB, GNR and LP for exmaple they aren't exactly going forwards if Megadeth and Alice Cooper are on second stage as well. Ghost in the mix there would be a move forward.

Yep agreed, but even at their absolute peak of appealing to the MOR crowd I don’t think we’ve ever had three ‘classic rock’ second stage headliners. It just doesn’t track with what Download see themselves as now. 

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13 hours ago, Andre91 said:

BMTH day this year proved that rock fans will come in for the day if it is tailored in such a way that appeals to them. 

I agree, we went to Reading this year and it was hammered all day for the rock bands. That said, I don’t think I’d ever do a full weekend again, and just go for the ‘rock’ day 

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7 minutes ago, luckysalt said:

Prodigy just posted announcement Monday at 5pm

 

Which pretty much rules them out as they're not going to make an announcement about being at Download before Download make theirs. 

 

Looks like it might be the MK Bowl from the video. 

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Just now, firehazard said:

 

Which pretty much rules them out as they're not going to make an announcement about being at Download. 

 

Looks like it might be the MK Bowl from the video. 

Yeah it's their own outdoor show. Just weird they would schedule it same day as Download announcement 

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29 minutes ago, firehazard said:

 

Which pretty much rules them out as they're not going to make an announcement about being at Download before Download make theirs. 

 

Looks like it might be the MK Bowl from the video. 

They were already ruled out they have a UK tour in 2026

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