2026 line-up speculation

[accordionandvoice]

I still believe we've got a Garden headliner and a couple 'third down on Woods' type acts to go..

[Hinn]

1 hour ago, xxialac said:

Open question to the forum - who is particularly good live (i.e. not just on record) of the smaller fonts?

Piss. 

 

Seen them once at the Windmill, once at Left Of The Dial. I'll have them at least 3 more times in May. This is a very good summation of their vibe - https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/piss-band-you-should-see-warning/

 

Stick on Lou Smith's video from that Windmill set 

 

https://youtu.be/-zGgO_1YAtk?si=rj7duMKRX6nlrY8f

Edited February 9 by Hinn

[Dazrigby88]

26 minutes ago, Hinn said:

Piss. 

 

Seen them once at the Windmill, once at Left Of The Dial. I'll have them at least 3 more times in May. This is a very good summation of their vibe - https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/piss-band-you-should-see-warning/

 

Stick on Lou Smith's video from that Windmill set 

 

https://youtu.be/-zGgO_1YAtk?si=rj7duMKRX6nlrY8f

Never heard of these but after reading that, I fancy going watching them even before I heard their music! Thanks 😉

[The Nal]

We'll all be pissheads by September.

[ElGanzo]

53 minutes ago, accordionandvoice said:

I still believe we've got a Garden headliner and a couple 'third down on Woods' type acts to go..

 

Hopefully this is the case as it's where I feel it's slightly lacking compared to other years. Not so much the garden headliners as the 3rd and 4th down the bill on the two big stages. Where I was hoping to see the likes of The Beths, Lael Neale, Nation of Language, Horsegirl etc

 

Though the more I listen to unknown acts on the undercard, the more excited I'm getting. The hit ratio seems even higher than usual for acts I wasn't familiar with. Marisa Anderson, Snuggle, Ohtis and Silver Gore all jumping out from the playlist among quite a few others.

[Hinn]

3 hours ago, Dazrigby88 said:

Never heard of these but after reading that, I fancy going watching them even before I heard their music! Thanks 😉

They quite likely will be more impactful if you went along without having done any streaming first. The vocal delivery of 'Blocking A Scene You Can't Remember' is especially remarkable. 

 

I'd caught approximately 1000 sets last year, give or take a handful. They really stood apart.

[Olshansky]

9 hours ago, xxialac said:

Open question to the forum - who is particularly good live (i.e. not just on record) of the smaller fonts?

 

Madra Salach - check their cover of Sinead O'Connor's "Black Boys on Mopeds" 

 

 

 

Tomo Katsurada you may know from Kikagaku Moyo.  Saw this solo project of his this year at Le Guess Who and it it was lovely.  Will be lovely early on the garden if thats where he gets placed

[Yoss]

10 hours ago, xxialac said:

Open question to the forum - who is particularly good live (i.e. not just on record) of the smaller fonts?

 

Cowboy Hunters

[ElGanzo]

2 hours ago, Olshansky said:

 

Madra Salach - check their cover of Sinead O'Connor's "Black Boys on Mopeds" 

 

 

 

Tomo Katsurada you may know from Kikagaku Moyo.  Saw this solo project of his this year at Le Guess Who and it it was lovely.  Will be lovely early on the garden if thats where he gets placed

 

Really looking forward to catching these two.

[The Nal]

"Dirty dog" in Irish for anyone wondering. 

[Neville Street]

Band of Horses for 4th headliner? 20th Anniversary EOTR, 20th Anniversary of Everything All The Time, previous headliner, in Europe around that time, dates before and after….

[accordionandvoice]

20 minutes ago, Neville Street said:

Band of Horses for 4th headliner? 20th Anniversary EOTR, 20th Anniversary of Everything All The Time, previous headliner, in Europe around that time, dates before and after….

Again, it's Geese...

[Neville Street]

9 minutes ago, accordionandvoice said:

Again, it's Geese...

Obviously I know this, but also want to continue to speculate 🙂

 

And Band Of Horses would be amazing!

[rwa]

Band of Geese?

[The Nal]

Not on the "Its Geese" boat tbh. Lot of people on here with serious credibility issues. As trustworthy as Bernie Madoff. 

 

Turnstile playing Halifax August 26th apparently. Was up on their website and then taken down which could mean......

 

It could be these lads

 

 

Edited February 10 by The Nal

[SweepingTheNation]

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Edited February 10 by SweepingTheNation

[SweepingTheNation]

Can't be bothered any more. Enjoy yourselves.

Edited February 10 by SweepingTheNation

[xxialac]

21 minutes ago, The Nal said:

Not on the "Its Geese" boat tbh. Lot of people on here with serious credibility issues. As trustworthy as Bernie Madoff. 

 

Turnstile playing Halifax August 26th apparently. Was up on their website and then taken down which could mean......

 

It could be these lads

 

 

Turnstile and in the height of their fame at End of the Road?! I'll have what you've been smoking!

 

I think what people are overlooking is that Simon is probably happy for everyone in the know to wink-wink style it's Geese.

 

His main intention is not to surprise us, he's just using a legal loophole to book an exciting up and coming band that has a radius clause.

 

[The Nal]

Edited February 10 by The Nal

[xxialac]

1 hour ago, The Nal said:

 

Being mistaken in good faith does not equal being untrustworthy.

 

And Turnstile headlining End of the Road on the Thursday is a magnitude order of less likely.

[zahidf]

Lucinda Williams is playing London Cadogan Hall Sat Sept 5th, so will be playing Friday or Sunday

[The Nal]

Dublin Monday, Belfast Tuesday

 

[xxialac]

1 hour ago, The Nal said:

Dublin Monday, Belfast Tuesday

 

...Manchester Saturday

 

Feel like they would have been in  last week's annoucnement.

[zahidf]

13 hours ago, zahidf said:

Lucinda Williams is playing London Cadogan Hall Sat Sept 5th, so will be playing Friday or Sunday

Friday

[accordionandvoice]

On 10/02/2026 at 15:40, The Nal said:

Not on the "Its Geese" boat tbh. Lot of people on here with serious credibility issues. As trustworthy as Bernie Madoff. 

 

Turnstile playing Halifax August 26th apparently. Was up on their website and then taken down which could mean......

 

It could be these lads

 

 

It's Geese mate...