Worst ever festival line up?

I kinda like that 10 year challenge festival idea... 2020 you get to choose a lineup of LCD Soundsystem, Vampire Weekend, Black Keys, Sleigh Bells, Caribou, Yeasayer and Deerhunter.

2021: Fleet Foxes, Bon Iver, St Vincent, Girls, Destroyer, Florence and the Machine, Yuck, M83

And so on

On 2028 you get Parquet Courts, Mitski, Rolling Blackouts CF, Idles, lets eat grandma and Carseat headrest

That just like heaven festival should be called 10 year challenge festival. Most of those bands released probably their last best album in 2009.

I mean I was assuming that's essentially its premise, rather than them having accidentally booked two dozen acts all strongly associated with a very specific era and demographic

https://onthebluecruise.com/the-bands/

(P.S. I know someone who is going on that cruise)

it's happening right now! aaaaaa!

"Just Added: TODD RUNDGREN"

helicoptering in!

You could certainly do worse than that for a Boomer rock cruise

the local media are generally unimpressed with the soul'd out festival lineup with the exception of leikeli47, i get the disappointment but the only one that really stands out is the continued inexplicable popularity of reggae mike love, who's above kadhja bonet for some reason

oh my god I wish reggae Mike Love’s artist name was actually Reggae Mike Love

http://i64.tinypic.com/2a9u0rq.jpg

That was worth the right-click

i like how noddy's puncture just made their logo their name in arial

still smarter than the logo approaches of "slillmarillion" and "afterslow"

i don't really have a choice but to call reggae mike love reggae mike love, there's literally no other way to differentiate him from non-reggae mike love

Is altres a band or the sponsor

possibly the best lineup, not the worst, but the most-bemusingly-conceived overall festival?

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DzZsvi0WkAE7eSR.jpg

it’s just following in the uk’s footsteps.

susanna is a delightful interview!

Public Image Ltd With John Rotten Lydon From PiL

Who would pay to see Lydon in 2019?

i heard PIL is still p good live

the lineup is sweet bruce smith from pop group and lu edmonds from mekons

Not great.

http://www.adrenalinepr.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/INKCARCERATION-march-4-620x827.png

thread consistently delivers

https://s0.2mdn.net/6035383/SPSS-2019_970x250.jpg
Don't want to make any personal value judgments but thought you folks would be enthusiastic to see this

The Ticketmaster page reveals that this might be a concert series and therefore not a festival lineup per se, but there's more quality acts over in that direction

i expected to see the glastonbury lineup in here

Hereford Live made a strong claim last year (Peter Andre, Cheeky Girls, Midge Ure and one of the guys out of The Real Thing) but with this year expanded to two days and what I can only assume are the headliners announced, I think I can safely say this year has knocked it out of the park.

Saturday - Gareth Gates and Dappy (him out of N-Dubz)
Sunday - Cascada and Ultrabeat

https://static.stereogum.com/uploads/2019/03/Woodstock-50-Poster-1553037094-640x852.jpg

Can't decide if this is the 50th anniversary of 1969 or 25th anniversary of 1994 or 20th anniversary of 1999.

Came here to post the same poster (but probably different joke).

I mean there are some great artists on that bill... but the cumulative impact is very WTF.

There isn't an act on that poster that I'd wanna see. The closest is The Zombies, but not in 2019.

I guarantee Courtney Barnett’s band live is better than whatever your current favorite band is.

Lollapalooza's lineup includes all 3 of Coachella's headliners this year https://t.co/zm2i8wPZTo

— BrooklynVegan (@brooklynvegan) March 20, 2019

I know Tame Impala has been on the steady rise, but Lolla/Coachella headliner is ... huh. Have the Black Keys been on vacation or something?

back to prog in the park for a moment, it's quite something that they got none other than thee roger dean to design the festival font!

And his mother to do the layout.

Josh, are you going to Lolla?

You know, I haven't gone in years, tbh. It's become such a gross scene of bros and bad smells. Plus it's a red flag when there are something like 170 different acts but usually only 5 or so I'd want to see it, while at the same time the scale and layout more or less makes it impossible to easily discover new things.

So no, likely no. My kids have asked about it, but only in the context of fashion. They've never mentioned the music.

Have the Black Keys been on vacation or something?

Pretty much. They went on hiatus after the last album bombed. Auerbach's been doing solo stuff and producing. Drummer dude married Michelle Branch or something, and toured w/her.

The Black Keys just announced a large arena tour.

xxp Took my daughters to Lolla last year. Four days of Chicago heat and sun was too much: we arrived at 2 on Thursday and immediately saw kids getting taken to the medical tent. And only a handful of bands that really interested me.

My daughters though had a much longer list and loved it. Really friendly and well run for such a big fest (and, yes, drunken teens and bros in basketball jerseys).

lmao Shaq is on the lolla lineup this year

https://i.imgur.com/YhKSQAr.jpg

lol Tarquins Gin Terrace

No idea if that's Alex James' new band or not

I know, I know... Not a festival but...

Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk summer concert series:

June 14: The English Beat
June 21: Smash Mouth
June 28: Everclear
July 5: Pride & Joy
July 12: Foghat
July 19: Taylor Dayne
July 26: Bad Company's former lead singer Brian Howe
August 2: Y&T
August 9: Living Colour
August 16: 10,000 Maniacs
August 23: Journey's former lead singer Steve Augeri (lol what?)
August 30: Papa Doo Run Run

Yo & Tengo

James is sitting this tour out.

Living Colour though!

I'd love to see Y&T assuming Dave Meniketti is still in