Worst ever festival line up?

the prodigy headlined in 95 (was amazing). the next year they played about 3rd on the bill so in daylightdespite having had #1s and being huge. I forget if it was Pulp or Radiohead headlined that day. (i saw Leftfield instead of Radiohead and Afghan Whigs instead of Pulp)

Leftfield finished about 20 mins before the curfew time so i left early to get a taxi up the road (was too knackered to walk 15 mins up the hill ) and i walked outside to the surreal site of 200 riot police in full kit. Nobody else around. Apparently a few hours earlier some motherwell casuals had crossed the park to try burst their way in. (half the park is in Hamilton half is in Motherwell and TITP was on the Hamilton side)

the Kink Festival in Orlando last year had a solid 1-2 punch conclusion of Gojira and Mastodon, but the rest of the lineup was...

Puddle of Mudd
Nonpoint
Devour the Day
Crobot
Islander

the Puddle of Mudd show was so embarrassingly bad. at one point Wes (the lead singer) went on a weird (probably substance-inspired) rambling monologue, and then he says "so I talked to my mother this morning" and my friend yells back "and she said 'make sure to lock up when you come in tonight!'".

also they did a limp dicked cover of War Pigs god I wanted to murder em.

but seriously tho I know Mastodon/Gojira have a wider appeal than other metal bands but who the fuck thought pairing them with nu-metal acts that nobody likes anymore was a good idea.

oh and hardly anybody showed up until the last two bands, apparently the festival was a huge bust and did poorly financially

what a strange kind of festival to have gojira and puddle of mudd. I suppose mastodon have softened a bit so possibly could have fans of both but....

Never heard of the others.

Nonpoint are having some kind of resurgence apparently. they opened for Megadeth and they had a fuckin' street team at the show (wtf is this 1999).

weirdly heartened to hear that puddle of mudd are still going

Guilfest wins this title every year but yeah, for a festival as big as T in the Park this is wretched.

Gutted that Wireless, which is around the corner from me, has leaned EDM this year. Kendrick and Nicki Minaj are playing, but Avicii and David Guetta are headlining. Clearly this is the summer of the EDM hacks.

I keep forgetting that people like The Script and Twin Atlantic (a) exist and (b) are huge. Only on ILM would anyone be surprised that Jessie Ware and Charli XCX are low on the bill.

New Prodigy single is the worst thing you will hear at that festival or at least joint worst.

it's very terrible, this is true.

My vote goes to T in the Park 2015 (10-12 July)

http://riseabovefest.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/MONDAY-RAF.png

Note Nonpoint (here sadly identified as Non Point) crossover, but the lineup's a million times worse than the Orlando festival HSB mentioned.

i take it that wasn't what rollins meant when he said he was going to rise above

TITP turned into a shitter V festival

Godsmack as a headlining act!?!

maine, tbf

is there something particular about Maine?

maybe not the worst ever but i follow fred durst for whatever reason and he posted this and it made me thinkg of this thread

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B-U9mjWCQAAZu_s.jpg

Hopsin's Wikipedia entry is depressing.

never heard of hopsin

Imagine Odd Future, but even shittier.

'featuring everlast'

It's still 2002 in vast swathes of America it seems

The aptly-named Amnesia Rockfest is always good for a laugh. This year:

http://static.deathandtaxesmag.com/uploads/2015/02/amnesia-rockfest-2015-lineup.jpg

At least they're honest.

that's the ideal festival for someone who's been in a coma for 15 years whose family want to take them to see live music but their doctors don't want them to know how long they were unconscious for just yet

that should say Michale Graves "formerly" of Misfits, dammit

I bet Snoop is in for a rapturous reception at that festival.

it'd be great if all he's doing is lecturing

The Pixies seem like an incongruous inclusion too.

what's with all the bands having preplanned album sets. I mean I know this is a thing now and I've seen many shows like this and have no objection to the format, but the choices for the album are a bit weird. ie why aren't Deftones doing "White Pony", I know people like "Around the Fur" but it's pretty far removed from who they are as a band now. I realize "And Out Come the Wolves" was Rancid's commercial breakthrough but it isn't as if it sounds that different from their other albums, a mixed set would be more fun from them.

Offspring performing Americana? fucking terrible album! at least when they did Smash in its entirety last year it was fun to relive all of the songs that got me excited as a 13 year old.

Mostly tho this poster looks like it was pulled from 2003.

http://www.rock-fest.com/lineup

I win

Redlight King, god they are so bad

re: Rise Above Fest, Butcher Babies are one of the worst bands I've ever fucking heard. There are plenty of phenomenal female-fronted metal/rock bands out there that are making great music. This one insults the audience by pretending these bands don't exist and presenting female-fronted metal as a novelty, solely playing off of the hotness of its two leads, while playing generic nu-metal that sounds fresh out of 2001.

some decent (and once-decent) acts playing the amnesia fest. lost in time, but not complete garbage.

I would go for Slayer, Bad Religion, Descendents, All, Buzzcocks, Flogging Molly, Coheed (fuck off), Ministry, Skinny Puppy, Melvins, Fear Factory, Down, and Propagandhi. not a bad lineup at all.

I've driven through rural northern Minnesota a bunch of times in the summer and always see signs for the

oops, the MOONDANCE JAM and the lineups are fascinating.

xp yeah, Amnesia Rockfest doesn't look that bad to me. Slayer, SOAD, Melvins, Refused, Ministry, Deftones playing Around the Fur, Pixies, Descendents. i usually consider festivals to be worth as much as their best few bands. even if half of the bands suck, it can get tough seeing more than 4 or 5 bands in one day. it's not like anyone's forcing us to watch every band on the lineup.

I was tempted to post the lineup for Woodstock '99 earlier, which I still consider the worst concert of all time, but the lineup had 5 or 6 bands I would be ok with seeing.

I really want to see Skinny Puppy someday.

yeah, amnesia fest redeemed by SP alone (and melvins, slayer, refused, soad, deftones, descendents, etc). still, must feel weird for the better bands in such a lineup to find themselves in such tired company. "hey, at least it pays the bills."

I recall Carcass talking about being lined up with the nostalgia acts and in a way becoming one.

saw the buzzcocks on their 1st reunion tour, circa 1999. they put on a great show, which i attended with several old friends and an (not my) anal masseuse. so yeah, them too.

I recall Carcass talking about being lined up with the nostalgia acts and in a way becoming one.

would make sense were not surgical steel such a complete fucking triumph

For real

http://www.bigweekends.com/images/29-141554Shiiine%20Weekender%20Image.jpg

still, must feel weird for the better bands in such a lineup to find themselves in such tired company

I think a lot of bands are basically in and out of festivals in half a day and I doubt the rest of the lineup even registers half the time. If you're doing 20 festivals in a row in as many countries, who cares who you shared a bill with in Portugal or Norway, somewhere deep in the middle of the run?

is Rancid doing a number of "Wolves" 20th ann'y shows this year? i can't seem to tell from their website.

i'd go see that if they played nearby. that album's so great, top to bottom.

also, how huge is Twin Atlantic? what size venues do they play in Europe? i saw them several years ago in a small-town-America strip mall space that held about 75 people on what must've been their first tour in this country. their van had all kinds of logos and shit on it. weird scene.

to their credit, they didn't phone in the show. they could've.

think Twin Atlantic are like university-sized venue level in the UK, as opposed to arena-sized, but I've never knowingly heard a song of theirs or met anyone who likes them so not best placed to gauge

I'm not going to fucking google "the south" but is that some sort of beautiful south spin-off?

like is it that dave guy with his granny on bongos?

haha i was almost 100% otm:

After forming "The South" in 2008, Hemingway along with Alison Wheeler from the Beautiful South line-up, released their first album since 2006 entitled Sweet Refrains. The album, featuring songs written by keyboardist Damon Butcher and guitarist Phil Barton, was recorded and released in 2012.

haha

Don't want to post recent Paul Young videos, but christ alive I don't know how he gets any bookings at all. He's been completely fucked for years now

touring has taken a heavy toll, he needs to spend more time recuperating at home. apparently every time he goes away he leaves a piece of him etc etc sorry

loool

Paul Young might be alright too I suppose.

OK I just watched a bit of a recent live clip and I take this statement back, oof.

Just checked a couple of videos out, had assumed you just meant that his voice was fucked, not that he was fucked.

Not saying this is bad, but lolz at Grand Funk Railroad popping up in the middle of this:

ACL FEST 2024 😎

3-Day Tickets for both weekends go on sale today at 12pm CT!https://t.co/Lo072i7sFt pic.twitter.com/j3QwQ7XPOv

— ACL Festival (@aclfestival) May 7, 2024

Vanilla Ice! Tiffany! Crystal Waters!

https://www.freestylefestival.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/FREESTYLE-FESTIVAL-2024-2FLYER-1080x1350-1.jpg

Only $39, tbf.

Johnny O & Cynthia are the only act that has more than one hit to choose from

Holy god, that looks amazing tbh. Don't really care for vanilla ice and Tiffany but beyond them that bill is wild. Seriously!

Dude that Egyptian Lover/Newcleus/Gucci Crew/Freestyle/LA Dream Team/Planet Patrol section? If that’s all on one stage, catch me posted up there all day long

yeah rong thread for sure

O.S. for life

Blink 182 another sore thumb at Austin City Limits

Guilfest 2024

SATURDAY: The Stranglers, Shaun Ryder's Black Grape, Nouvelle Vague, The Blockheads, The Skints, Elvana, Pogue Traders, Alex Party, JX, Eddie and the Hotrods, Voodoo Radio, Urban Cookie Collective, Spice Girls Experience

SUNDAY: Sam Ryder, Peter Hook and the Light, BEZ, From the Jam, BOYZLIFE, Dutty Moonshine Big Band, Bootleg Beatles, T REX (The music of Marc and Mickey), Kiki Dee & Carmelo Luggeri, Lil Mix, The Devout (Depeche Mode Tribute), Gavin Thomas

Bez and Shaun Ryder on different days is like splitting the aces in a blackjack hand.

Blink 182 another sore thumb at Austin City Limits

Not really? Part of their formula is a headlining Rock act and/or a legacy one, and the Blink reunion tour did surprisingly well, so *BOOM* both boxes checked off by booking them.

Pogue Traders?

I will only be satisfied if this is a Rogue Traders cover band formed by members of the Pogues.

That said, a pleasant afternoon could be had surrounded by kids who are seeing Nouvelle Vague, the Blockheads, the Stranglers, a Black Grape tribute band with Shaun Ryder in it, and Rex The Dog apparently fulfilling the implication of his last single having a big JX-y synth patch and cod-diva vocal hook.

https://i.imgur.com/eWdhUSB.jpeg

The Real People. That's a name I haven't thought about in 30 years

Does Bez DJ, or just dance while someone else DJ's, or crash other people's sets?

"From the Jam" is this someone from the Jam minus Weller?

xp

He does an hour long maracas solo

xposts, it's the bass player.

https://www.fromthejamofficial.com/about-the-band

What is Kingmaker 4AD? A set of Kingmaker songs filtered through a chorus pedal?

Does Bez DJ, or just dance while someone else DJ's, or crash other people's sets?

Having seen him recently in a Lewisham pub - essentially, he dances as his wife DJs. He also offers commentary, for instance general 'come on's and reminding people that Manchester is a good city. More hype man than MC.

He occasionally intervenes if he isn't feeling the music (Pacific State got cut short).

Seemed good-natured, lots of time for crowd members getting photos with him.

Oh and the selections were mostly 70s-90s indie/baggy/dance crossover nostalgia, though without any Mondays or Black Grape (which seemed to frustrate parts of the crowd).

Having seen him recently in a Lewisham pub - essentially, he dances as his wife DJs

Was it bez that was on Celebrity Bargain Hunt and he secretly got his wife to bid on his stuff in the auction at the end? Iconic duo if so

indeed it was bez...
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/sep/28/stinking-thinking-bez-gets-happy-mondays-disqualified-from-bargain-hunt-special