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[OllieJ77]

28 minutes ago, Siddey1994 said:

This is basically the flip side of the “older” crowd with Twenty One Pilots; it’s hard for people not in that generation to grasp how big the band were/are.

That’s actually spot on and hilarious 🤣

[charlierc]

47 minutes ago, partypirate said:

This. Rush will easily sell out multiple dates in arenas in the UK. If they were booked for Download day tickets would fly out. We are talking an iconic rock band here.

Says their last UK tour in 2013 was individual arena dates in Manchester, London, Birmingham, Sheffield and Glasgow, having done a 2011 run through of all those cities plus Newcastle.

 

So yeah, I can believe they're big enough to draw a crowd to their own shows. But I thought the whole idea was that they'd probably wanna bring a big serious production rather than something that can be compacted into a festival set-up.

[charlierc]

3 minutes ago, alexs7 said:

Tottenham stadium at a push 

Well if Bad Bunny, Gorillaz and System of a Down can book it, to say nothing of Catfish and the Bottlemen's weird booking of it this summer, and it's about the same size as 2 nights at London O2, why not?

[alexs7]

2 minutes ago, charlierc said:

Well if Bad Bunny, Gorillaz and System of a Down can book it, to say nothing of Catfish and the Bottlemen's weird booking of it this summer, and it's about the same size as 2 nights at London O2, why not?

To be fair I think Catfish just got unlikely because it was around the Oasis tour - I genuinely forgot those shows happened.

[charlierc]

8 minutes ago, alexs7 said:

To be fair I think Catfish just got unlikely because it was around the Oasis tour - I genuinely forgot those shows happened.

They announced it the week before Oasis, I think? So that didn't help, and indeed both those shows being on the same dates as Oasis shows would also have been an issue. Equally, still think they needed to do something like charge way lower ticket prices.

[OllieJ77]

35 minutes ago, charlierc said:

Well if Bad Bunny, Gorillaz and System of a Down can book it, to say nothing of Catfish and the Bottlemen's weird booking of it this summer, and it's about the same size as 2 nights at London O2, why not?

Bad Bunny is one of the biggest artists currently globally though 

[charlierc]

7 minutes ago, OllieJ77 said:

Bad Bunny is one of the biggest artists currently globally though 

Globally, yes. I've seen that he's doing the Superbowl (no matter how much Trump types whine about it), I've seen him act in a few movies (he's good in them too), I'm aware he has a big following and I know he has done huge stadium tours elsewhere in the world. 10 nights at the Atletico Madrid stadium is pretty good going as a booking.

 

I just wasn't aware that an act who is yet to score a top 10 UK album was booking and indeed selling good numbers to two London stadium gigs. But hey. Good for him.

[Andre91]

Bad Bunny is massive but will never be as big over here as he is in the states. There’s aren’t enough Spanish speakers. 

[partypirate]

I don’t even know who Bad Bunny is 🤣

[alexs7]

4 minutes ago, charlierc said:

Globally, yes. I've seen that he's doing the Superbowl (no matter how much Trump types whine about it), I've seen him act in a few movies (he's good in them too), I'm aware he has a big following and I know he has done huge stadium tours elsewhere in the world. 10 nights at the Atletico Madrid stadium is pretty good going as a booking.

 

I just wasn't aware that an act who is yet to score a top 10 UK album was booking and indeed selling good numbers to two London stadium gigs. But hey. Good for him.

Christ 10 NIGHTS???

 

Genuinely only artists that could probably do that are Taylor Swift and Oasis and even that would be at a push.

 

Oh and also Rush depending on who you ask

[Larosterna]

Anyone got any last minute guesses for tomorrow?

[partypirate]

Just now, alexs7 said:

Christ 10 NIGHTS???

 

Genuinely only artists that could probably do that are Taylor Swift and Oasis and even that would be at a push.

 

Oh and also Rush depending on who you ask

I’d add Coldplay to that list too

[charlierc]

2 minutes ago, alexs7 said:

Christ 10 NIGHTS???

 

Genuinely only artists that could probably do that are Taylor Swift and Oasis and even that would be at a push.

 

Oh and also Rush depending on who you ask

Yup. 8 nights in Mexico City as well.

 

The audience that likes him shows up, clearly.

[alexs7]

2 minutes ago, Larosterna said:

Anyone got any last minute guesses for tomorrow?

I think we are gonna get an exclusive but not necessarily a headliner.

 

I think an exclusive sub is on the cards 

[alexs7]

1 minute ago, partypirate said:

I’d add Coldplay to that list too

Yeah I forgot Coldplay can do 10 nights at Wembley pretty much every month

[craigcharles420]

7 minutes ago, Larosterna said:

Anyone got any last minute guesses for tomorrow?

LP/Ghost/NIN

[BrutalLegend]

31 minutes ago, partypirate said:

I don’t even know who Bad Bunny is 🤣

A good wrestler 

[andyrhodes24]

25 minutes ago, Larosterna said:

Anyone got any last minute guesses for tomorrow?

Good they’ve managed to shut out any leaks this time.

 

Probably being delusional but my hope is they’ve cooked up something good if they’ve kept it this quiet.

[OKMess]

33 minutes ago, craigcharles420 said:

LP/Ghost/NIN

This. With Sabaton, Limp Bizkit, A Day to Remember, Def Leppard and Bad Omens as well. 

[Audiorocker]

6 minutes ago, andyrhodes24 said:

Good they’ve managed to shut out any leaks this time.

 

Probably being delusional but my hope is they’ve cooked up something good if they’ve kept it this quiet.

Same here. No chance all agree on headliner quality but a 'Fair play, well done DL' booking would be great! 

[alexs7]

15 minutes ago, andyrhodes24 said:

Good they’ve managed to shut out any leaks this time.

 

Probably being delusional but my hope is they’ve cooked up something good if they’ve kept it this quiet.

Unless it is LB/GnR/LP

[andyrhodes24]

7 minutes ago, alexs7 said:

Unless it is LB/GnR/LP

It may well be but I still can’t see it. Prepared for that to be the trio nonetheless.

 

Given the TBCs elsewhere and how watertight DL have kept their lineup I do think there’ll be someone no one else has announced yet I.e GnR or, preferably, Ghost.

[Siddey1994]

Headliners won’t surprise people, undercard might.

[andyrhodes24]

Say it is LP / GnR / LB, wouldn’t that be a very expensive trio (LB not so much but still)?

[OllieJ77]

33 minutes ago, BrutalLegend said:

A good wrestler 

Haha second best celebrity wrestler behind Logan Paul