I don't even remotely understand who that last festival is meant to be aimed at.
Moderat being billed higher than Blink 182 is pretty o_0 or do they play like arenas in that area of the world?
Roskilde goes on late and tends to put a DJ on after the headliner on the main stage, and I assume Blink are headlining a smaller stage.
― Matt DC, Friday, 10 March 2017 09:38 (seven years ago) link
sum 41 too low
― nxd, Friday, 10 March 2017 10:04 (seven years ago) link
Returning to that awful 1988 Reading Festival - No problem with the Friday, The Ramones followed by Iggy? c'mon.
The other days? Well, the best thing about that was that it was going bad year-by-year until that one, so It Had To Die!
― Mark G, Friday, 10 March 2017 10:51 (seven years ago) link
I love Garfunkel and Oates. Two funny women who sing funny songs
That's a relief, I thought it must be a new duo of Art Garfunkel and John Oates.
― heaven parker (anagram), Friday, 10 March 2017 12:05 (seven years ago) link
poor Richard Ashcroft
Just comeuppance imo.
― chap, Friday, 10 March 2017 12:45 (seven years ago) link
These people.
― PaulTMA, Friday, 10 March 2017 14:34 (seven years ago) link
http://hopeandgloryfestival.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Announcement_web-1-683x1024.jpg
― PaulTMA, Thursday, 16 March 2017 22:51 (seven years ago) link
^^^^^^^^^ winner
― Ongar Is An Energy (Tom D.), Thursday, 16 March 2017 22:54 (seven years ago) link
That can't be real, surely!?
― Coolio Iglesias (Turrican), Thursday, 16 March 2017 22:56 (seven years ago) link
What happened to Badly Drawn Boy? He was supposed to be a massive star, now he's spent over a decade propping up the bottom of shitty festival lineups.
― Camaraderie at Arms Length, Thursday, 16 March 2017 22:58 (seven years ago) link
I mean, fucking hell, you couldn't possibly come up with a worse line-up than that. Either way, it's some expert trolling!
― Coolio Iglesias (Turrican), Thursday, 16 March 2017 22:59 (seven years ago) link
Last time I saw anything from BDB he was going mental and calling an audience cunts, chucking his harmonica at them
He seems really unpleasant
― PaulTMA, Thursday, 16 March 2017 23:09 (seven years ago) link
Badly Behaved Boy
― Ongar Is An Energy (Tom D.), Thursday, 16 March 2017 23:10 (seven years ago) link
They should have got Crispy Ambulance to headline
― PaulTMA, Thursday, 16 March 2017 23:11 (seven years ago) link
"Football Legends Charity Darts Match, Charlotte Church in Conversation, The Liverpool International Air Guitar Competition"
^^^ HMHB lyric
― devvvine, Thursday, 16 March 2017 23:14 (seven years ago) link
"Try to imagine your favourite bands, huge tunes, combined with a decadent Victoriana carnival, wicked fun, with a heavy dose of outrageous sideshows, and you’ll begin to get a picture of what HOPE & GLORY festival is. A festival of proper music and real anthems."
AND they've got a clay trampoline, for those who'd prefer hospital.
― sbahnhof, Saturday, 18 March 2017 05:00 (seven years ago) link
the fact that the twang have apparently been floating around doing their thing for over a decade now has gotten me down
― lazy rascals, spending their substance, and more, in riotous living (Merdeyeux), Saturday, 18 March 2017 15:35 (seven years ago) link
'The Membranes & 25 Piece Choir'
?!?!?!?!&^&^%$$^^$^?!%>?{?!?!?
― めんどくさかった (Matt #2), Saturday, 18 March 2017 17:32 (seven years ago) link
"Charlotte Church's Late Night Pop Dungeon"?
― waht, I am true black metal worrior (Neanderthal), Saturday, 18 March 2017 17:34 (seven years ago) link
that sounds like something v different than she intended
"The Membranes will be bringing their critically acclaimed gig with a 25 piece all women choir to the Lexington on Friday June 3rd"
Looks like this is a regular thing at the moment.
― Colonel Poo, Saturday, 18 March 2017 17:39 (seven years ago) link
Does it, though?
― emil.y, Saturday, 18 March 2017 19:11 (seven years ago) link
her whole current tour is billed as this.and i bet its bloody brilliant.
― mark e, Saturday, 18 March 2017 19:14 (seven years ago) link
it very well might be! I was only focused on the "dungeon" name, my only experience with her music is when the label was trying to push her as a Josh Groban-type artist which I gather she hasn't been doing for over a decade.
― waht, I am true black metal worrior (Neanderthal), Saturday, 18 March 2017 20:17 (seven years ago) link
Explaining the Pop Dungeon concept, Church said: “Down the dark, dark stairs, upon the bloody gallows of soft rock, through the oubliette of cheese, into the torture chamber of disco, you are welcomed to the Late Night Pop Dungeon.“The Grand High Executionatrix, dungeon mistress Charlotte Church ,and her ten-piece ultra-metronomic post-punk-disco-R’n’R’n’B backing band will give her MK Ultra treatment to the greatest tunes that time forgot, and some that will forever haunt our collective memory. Bring dancing shoes – the floor is on fire.”
“The Grand High Executionatrix, dungeon mistress Charlotte Church ,and her ten-piece ultra-metronomic post-punk-disco-R’n’R’n’B backing band will give her MK Ultra treatment to the greatest tunes that time forgot, and some that will forever haunt our collective memory. Bring dancing shoes – the floor is on fire.”
― soref, Saturday, 18 March 2017 20:32 (seven years ago) link
There is a festival planned for Pioneer Square in Seattle this year that has the worst lineup I've ever seen.
― brotherlovesdub, Saturday, 18 March 2017 21:27 (seven years ago) link
https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/enhanced/webdr03/2013/2/28/11/enhanced-buzz-6834-1362070250-1.jpg
This would have been the worst but it was cancelled.
― yesca, Sunday, 19 March 2017 17:28 (seven years ago) link
Wonder why.
Re previous, Hope&Glory, dunno there are a few good things in there, and the rest are mostly not awful. if you were to watch until you were ready to move on, should be OK I think.
― Mark G, Sunday, 19 March 2017 21:57 (seven years ago) link
So what is the best UK festival this year? Does one exist? Compared to a lot of European and US festivals, I find it hard to find one that caters to my music taste, isn't a totally basic commercial nightmare, isn't a total hippie dread-fest, is still fun, goes on late enough into the night, isn't massively oversubscribed and isn't way overpriced. That said, I really miss being in a field over the summer and hearing music. Is Europe the way to go?
― Lennon, Elvis, Hendrix etc (dog latin), Wednesday, 29 March 2017 13:07 (seven years ago) link
Safe as Milk looks p good;
https://safeasmilkfestival.com/sam17
Counterflows festival always has seem great performances:
http://counterflows.com/
― Bernie Lugg (Ward Fowler), Wednesday, 29 March 2017 13:10 (seven years ago) link
I'd love to go to Safe As Milk. I Doubt I could convince any of my mates to go - they're all Boomtown Fair fans. Alas, the plight of the hipster music fan living in a small city.
― Lennon, Elvis, Hendrix etc (dog latin), Wednesday, 29 March 2017 13:22 (seven years ago) link
You have to feel sorry for The Verve Pipe, having a similar name to a far superior band.
― Coolio Iglesias (Turrican), Wednesday, 29 March 2017 13:25 (seven years ago) link
the verve pipe must be seriously lousy
― Lennon, Elvis, Hendrix etc (dog latin), Wednesday, 29 March 2017 13:29 (seven years ago) link
we were merely freshmahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhnAIAHAOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW
― Neanderthal, Wednesday, 29 March 2017 14:07 (seven years ago) link
i blame dog latin
http://thequietus.com/articles/22112-safe-as-milk-cancelled
― mark e, Thursday, 30 March 2017 11:09 (seven years ago) link
aw what?i had a feeling something like that might happen for some reason.
― Lennon, Elvis, Hendrix etc (dog latin), Thursday, 30 March 2017 11:11 (seven years ago) link
Hello people how is everybody doing! Glad for being here!
― Younced, Thursday, 30 March 2017 11:13 (seven years ago) link
fkn hell Younced why did you have to get Safe As Milk cancelled
― Choco Blavatsky (seandalai), Thursday, 30 March 2017 11:14 (seven years ago) link
I knew that lineup was too good to be true. It seems every time I see a UK festival with a really good lineup, it gets canceled. Happened with Jabberwocky, Temples Festival in Bristol last year, Bloc in London in 2012, umpteen ATP fests. And yet there are dozens of rubbishy things that go ahead without a hitch every year.
― Lennon, Elvis, Hendrix etc (dog latin), Thursday, 30 March 2017 11:26 (seven years ago) link
The problem is that "really good lineup" =! "commercially viable", in fact you could argue that the better the lineup the less viable it is. I can't say I'm surprised that Safe as Milk is cancelled either.
― heaven parker (anagram), Thursday, 30 March 2017 11:58 (seven years ago) link
think things like this are just not going to be possible in the UK in the foreseeable future without sponsorship or (presumably increasingly scarce) arts funding. uncertain if SAM was funding itself in any way aside from ticket sales but I doubt its partnerships were providing much revenue, or that Newcastle (where the organisers are from and which cut its arts budget by 100% a few years ago before walking that back in some way) is likely to prop up a festival taking place in another country
― Vlogs from other credible bands such as Shed Seven (DJ Mencap), Thursday, 30 March 2017 12:18 (seven years ago) link
conversely Big Ears in the States appears to be supported by a mixture of craft beer companies and wealthy liberals with bottomless wells of cash: http://bigearsfestival.com/partners/
― Vlogs from other credible bands such as Shed Seven (DJ Mencap), Thursday, 30 March 2017 12:22 (seven years ago) link
Also I hate to say it but Prestatyn as a location is wtf. I wonder why they thought they could succeed where ATP had failed with more or less the same business model.
― heaven parker (anagram), Thursday, 30 March 2017 12:28 (seven years ago) link
And it's in April which is a funny time to be standing outside watching music.
Still, such a shame. I love festivals but I don't like the idea of spending a lot of money on something that isn't up to scratch. I look at US and Euro lineups and feel so jealous. Maybe Europe is the way to go after all. Get a holiday out of it too.
― Lennon, Elvis, Hendrix etc (dog latin), Thursday, 30 March 2017 12:33 (seven years ago) link
xp I went to a Bugged Out Weekender there in 2000, my memory was that it was busy enough but their website differs
November 17th 2000 was the date of the Bugged Out Weekender at Pontins Holiday Camp, Prestatyn. The cast was beyond stellar: Underworld and Reprazent live, The Chemical Brothers, Dave Clarke, Felix Da Housecat, Green Velvet, Richie Hawtin, Carl Craig, DJ Hype, James Lavelle, Jon Carter, Gilles Peterson, Roger Sanchez, Slam, Justin Robertson, X Press 2, Lottie, Craig Richards, Yousef, Harvey, Mark Rae, Jacques lu Cont, Mr Scruff, Bent, Rob da Bank…the list goes on and on. Even Doves played an acoustic set in the pub run by the Heavenly Social. Thing is only 1500 people (half the capacity) turned up meaning that at best you were able to dance to the Chems without being crushed or see the whites of Karl Hyde’s eyes as he performed but at worst there were sometimes only a handful of people dancing in some of the rooms. Looking at the line-up it still makes us think, ‘What the fuck happened there then?’ But I guess Prestatyn in North Wales was probably not the best choice, it was inflicted with biblical weather in the weeks leading up to it (in fact it was almost cancelled due to flooding). The train system was also fucked that month with regular trips from London to the area taking nine hours. Still, there were still a lot of good memories from it – the best being the spirit of the people who did make the trip – with the NME summing it up perfectly by calling it “a spiritual success”. We take solace in that when we recall that we lost our shirts (pants and socks) that weekend…
― Vlogs from other credible bands such as Shed Seven (DJ Mencap), Thursday, 30 March 2017 12:44 (seven years ago) link
zero memory of Underworld playing oddly but the midnight-6am run of Hawtin > Green Velvet > Dave Clarke was nuts
― Vlogs from other credible bands such as Shed Seven (DJ Mencap), Thursday, 30 March 2017 12:45 (seven years ago) link
goose island is owned by inbev and four roses is owned by kirin
― maura, Thursday, 30 March 2017 12:58 (seven years ago) link
i wonder if there's anything mailchimp won't sponsor
― maura, Thursday, 30 March 2017 13:00 (seven years ago) link
let's hope not!
― The times they are a changing, perhaps (map), Thursday, 30 March 2017 13:17 (seven years ago) link
here's hoping big weed wants to support everything in 5 years
― The times they are a changing, perhaps (map), Thursday, 30 March 2017 13:19 (seven years ago) link