Worst ever festival line up?

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

Twin Atlantic seem absolutely huge amongst students and folk in their late teens/early 20s around here, but they are a local band so that makes sense. I have never knowingly heard anything by them.

Every year I feel bad that I've never been to a festival until I hear workmates talking about T and then I feel a sense of relief. This year's line-up makes me feel old, and at peace with that.

who's in Lo-Fidelity Allstars these days? if that's a Wrekked Train reunion then pisces' one is worth going to a few times over

except the entire audience will be red-faced dads who haven't listened to music since their first year of full-time employment

Blur are heading back to Hyde Park with their first album in more than a decade.
They'll headline the British Summer Time festival on 20 June.
The band, who got back together for a pair of reunion shows in the park six years ago, join Taylor Swift, Kylie and The Who on the bill.

mmm, bit of a mixture, that.

got a giggling fit after reading the words "Pat Nevin DJ Set", is this something he does very often?

yeah he does the indie pop club night scene quite a bit

his favourite band is the Cocteau Twins

xxpost about Pat Nevin: Yes, it is, he's done a fair few of the London indiepop nights (and probably more in Scotland).

That Shiiine one is really weird for reasons I can't put my finger on. Like, yes, they're all old reformed bands, but they don't quite belong together? Probably very narcissism of small differences but they seem like their demographics should be at least a little different?

Those distinctions vanish when you consider a gap of 25 years (!) and the economic realities of putting on a festival aimed at middle-aged people.

I don't know, I think actually the distinction to me has increased - like, I can't see the lumpy guitar people wanting to see the dance acts any more, whereas "back in the day" of course those people would want to go to both. Like, is it a baggy/dance revival festival or is it a SwaggerofOasis festival? Those people to me seem like they'd no longer be the same? I am probably wrong.

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.

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i feel like we've left this post unexamined for far too long

^yes, what?!

better than scooting across the carpet

Like, is it a baggy/dance revival festival or is it a SwaggerofOasis festival? Those people to me seem like they'd no longer be the same?

Given who the headliners are, it's the former, and it's not like 808 State and The Orb don't fit into that in some way, it's hardly like they've booked Jeff Mills or Basic Channel. If anything the incoherence sets in further down the bill, the gap between the Telescopes and arse end of Britpop shit like Space feels much bigger, but it's not like the demographics of either fanbase are large enough to justify their own festival at this stage.

Judging by the state of the people trying to get into Bez's Acid House at Glastonbury the contingent of ageing baggy ravers off the leash for the weekend is still sizeable.

Space aren't playing, it's the Space Monkeys(!)

How the fuck do you get away with calling yourselves Oasis UK, even if you are a tribute band?

Space are on there as well, between Cud and the Lo-Fidelity oh god kill me now.

Both Space and the Space Monkeys are playing.

Looking at it again, MDC is right, I think I just associate 'Shiiiine' with particularly Oasis-type things, but their use of it was actually off the back of 10000 earlier, baggier shine songs.

ah my bad, i was blinded by the terribleness

i feel like we've left this post unexamined for far too long

true, Buzzcocks first reunion was years before that

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

I win

I love the tag line for this: "Where We Just Rock"

and that red font that's used makes the line-up nearly illegible. (on purpose?)

You do win.

I can only imagine the crowd for this.

Also, promoter/webguy apparently thinks it's still 2014. Terrible line-up but I find it strange that Aerosmith has no where better to play than in the Cadott, WIS in the middle of July.

I can only imagine the crowd for this.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okwOw6kAk64&list=UUqSxfWAkdPG2tX_kvyLjX9Q

"USA" chant at 1:13

this year's Reading lineup if the all-male acts are cut out

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

lol

Saw it on Twitter, 1000 responses that say "Charlotte H left Ash in 2011 and Jamie T has a female drummer"

So, yeah.

I'm surprised there's anyone in Britain who doesn't know that Jamie T has a female drummer.

Ultra is gonna have a special stage this year for people who, uh, hate Ultra

http://thump.vice.com/en_us/topic/words

oh dang, sorry for the bad link, original article is 404 now but... http://www.residentadvisor.net/feed-item.aspx?id=84010

Great to see Bez on the same bill as Space Monkeys, one of whom he had a pre-arranged bare knuckle fight with a few years ago. Look at him bleeding like a pig
http://www.donnelly24.com/images/bez/bez-3.jpg

HAPPY Mondays star BEZ hits rock bottom as he is battered in a brutal bare-knuckle brawl.
The dancer - real name MARK BERRY - took part in the sickening underground scrap this week after a longrunning feud over his ex-fiancee Monica Ward.

He suffered angry-looking cuts and bruises in the organised bout - as did his furious love rival, SPACE MONKEYS bassist DOM MORRISON.

The fight was only stopped when a paid referee stepped in after 15 punishing minutes.
The shocking snaps, taken in a scrapyard office in central Manchester, mark the latest grim development in a bleak year for potless ex-Celebrity Big Brother winner Bez, 46.

In August city magistrates issued a two-year restraining order preventing him from contacting ex Monica, 43.

He was then fined £140 for breaking the order by sending her text messages last month.

Morrison is now thought to be in a relationship with Monica - with whom Bez has a two-year-old son, Leo.

A source said: "The fight's been the talk of Manchester for weeks. Two local brothers Anthony and Christopher Donnelly were involved in putting Bez and Dom in the same room to sort out their problems.

"It was really bitter and they only wanted to sort it out one way - with an old-fashioned straightener.

"They went at it like animals with a lot of blood and sweat. Bez looked cut up but gave as good as he got. It was a draw in the end and they both managed to walk away."

The source added: "Bez is having a horrible time right now. He's struggling to keep on top of things." Bez made his name in the '80s and '90s with his manic dancing and maracas with The Happy Mondays.

sad to see the depths to which uncle peter has fallen in the post-reeves and mortimer years

Popjustice ‏@Popjustice 2m2 minutes ago
Sobering. How it would look if Reading and Leeds wasn’t a right old fucking racket

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B-sHqCWWsAAf-Oz.jpg:large

tvmic

http://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2015/feb/25/reading-leeds-festivals-why-so-few-women-on-bill

obligatory "more like wurst festival" post

Erm, not quite sure what Wilco is thinking about here: http://gatheringofthevibes.com/

not a festival exactly but...
https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xap1/v/t1.0-9/10452378_10153209295275649_7120608047030764940_n.jpg?oh=09d22df5dcda7099ca47994c09ecf171&oe=554C9F44&__gda__=1434906385_8e9796d5290ea9157f55d57f08f493c1
yeah me neither

if nobody shows up they can still claim there were tons of nano punks there

WE CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT NEW MASHUPS YOU CREATE!

"And introducing DAVE THE BUTCHER"

CLOCK PUNK. Surprised Broth Viking isn't on there.

this is their best event surely:

https://files.list.co.uk/images/i/imaginarium-x3-stargateimg-lst157034.jpg

For Imaginarium's third birthday, celebrate all that's sci-fi, Egyptian, mythical, god/goddesses and just regular out-there. A night of full-costumed, full-on house, techno, goth, cyber rave.
Imaginarium X3: Stargate:IMG

After scans reveal an unknown energy source on a forgotten desert planet the Voodoo Lynch Mob descend to the surface where they find a strange portal-like ring half submerged in the dunes. Deploying the crew and a brace of shuttles the relic is hauled back to the orbiting Imaginarium for further studies.

The Imaginarium's engineers hook it up to the starship's central computer but as they start to run tests there is a huge power surge, the lights go out and a golden, winged figure steps out of the gate. Wind and lightning swirl around the cargo bay and spheres of pulsating light fly out and enter the bodies of the Mob and their crew.

Guttural voices spring forth from the suddenly golden-robed Mob: 'I am Ra' 'I am Anubis' … It seems the captains have been possessed and it's time for an Egyptian adventure in Outer Rave Space.

Featuring the finest in London's underground DJ talent, incredible dancers, the finest costumes, the heaviest dance floor on the scene, full dungeon, couples area, interactive performances, fully custom decor and the friendliest, most accepting crowd in this greatest of earth's cities Imaginarium is ready to once again rock your body as we celebrate three years of Imaginarium.

Dress code: Egyptian mythology, sci-fi soldiers, gods and goddesses, creatures of gold, ancient warriors, slaves, fetish, goth, cyber, rave, sci fi or just plain out there.

No effort, no entry: no streetwear, just be fabulous.

wonder how many people just did the old bedsheet toga thing

Nah, people who go to those things go all out.

full-on house, techno, goth, cyber rave

This means psytrance and gabba, btw.

And maybe Depeche Mode and NIN pitched up.

I'm visiting imaginariumevents.com but am just getting the WordPress installer for the site.

pretty cyberpunk