Reading Festival 2006 lineup

What a disaster.

i am actually excited by this.

Friday looks the 'safe' day, Sat has the 'edge' but may be too 'sweary' for kids (although bad language tends to wash over them).

I can imagine Alice going for Fall Out Boy.

it does not! though the sat is my sister's bday.

as far as i'm concerned, after luring yyys out of the site, the best policy would be to bomb everything else.

*roffle at plan b cover caption: 'we've etched ourselves into history' omgrofl

no, but at least it keeps time, which puts it way ahead of 90% of indie drummers. the kills know how to keep their songs...simple, i guess? i really like the first album and the song 'no wow', i like the chemistry between the two voices...i wouldn't ever try to sell them to you though fandango!

http://www.widerecords.com/no_flash/res_photo_gallery/foto_cerchio/russel_pw.gif

russell simins wants a word with you, Lex...

i think my views may stem from the fact that i only really listen to music with beats made on computers, they have turned me off humans forever...

Shock! I actually agree with the Lex!

Although I think the Futureheads and B&S are OK. Wish the lineup didn't suck so bad, I haven't been to a festival in a couple of years and couldn't afford ATP, now financial problems are on their way out I could have probably gone.

it's like choose high profile/ mainstream alt tripe playlisted by xfm/ virgin plus whatever NME is hyping.

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Compare UK: Leeds/ Reading with European festivals such Primavera Sound and Roskilde: they have a far more eclectic, experimental and diverse line ups

stodgy lumpen grunge rawk - yuck

But you can still buy three day passes and end up spending 50% more. What a bargain!

TDK Cross Central Festival
http://www.tdkcrosscentral.co.uk/

Line up to be announced soon?

several sold out shows at wembley the few times they've played here.

ooh that would be a silver lining!

is 'v' still going, kids?

yes, this year they are taking a chance on Radiohead

mind-boggling. unless ur foolin.

Global Gathering 2006
http://www.globalgathering.co.uk/

headliners

Groove Armada - snore bore chill-house
Fatboy Slim - dance music for Q readers
Daft Punk - ILM faves of 2001

Global Gathering 2006 - Long Marston Airfield (near Stratford-upon-Avon)
Friday 28th & Saturday 29th of July.
http://www.residentadvisor.net/news.asp?id=7753

As in previous years the line-up is a huge collection of stars across the electronic spectrum with an exclusive UK festival performance from Daft Punk and mainstage shows from Groove Armada and Fatboy Slim.

Global Gathering 2006 Line-up
Tiesto, Sasha, Deep Dish, Erick Morillo, Paul Van Dyk, Paul Oakenfold, Carl Cox, Pete Tong, John Digweed, Ferry Corsten, Danny Howells, Hernan Cattaneo, Armin Van Buuren, Steve Lawler, Judge Jules, Audio Bullys (Live), Jeff Mills, Eric Prydz, Lisa Lashes, Roni Size, James Zabiela, David Guetta, Hybrid (Live), Layo and Bushwacka!, Plump DJs, Adam Freeland, Planet Pendulum (DJ Set), Shapeshifters, Scratch Perverts & MC Dynamite, Nic Fancuilli, Junior Jack & Kid Crème, Kenny Dop Gonzalez, Josh Wink, Erol Alkan, Stanton Warriors, Eddie Halliwell, Marco V, Above and Beyond, Fergie, Martin Solveig, Sandy Rivera, Adam Beyer, Joey Negro, Matt Hardwick, Marco Bailey, Lee Burridge, Lab 4 (Live), Tidy Boys, Fabio & Grooverider, Andy C, Marky, Justice, Krafty Kuts, Ali B, Max Graham, Funk D'Void, Cristian Varela, Ben Sims, BK (Live), andy Farley, Rob Tissera, Trevor Rockliffe, Demi, Mark Knight, Alloy Mental (Live), K90 (Live), anne Savage, Jon O’Bir, Spooky, Guy Gerber, Paul Glazby, Amber D, Paul Maddo, Ed Real, Hixxy and MC Storm, Friction, Zinc, Hype, Krust, Mampi Swift, Mickey Finn, Garry K, Bryan Gee, Brockie, Randal, Nicky Blackmarket, Wickermann, Futurebound, Simian Mobile Disco, 2020 Sound System, Barry Ashorth, Tom Neville, Justin Robertson, Craz, Serge Santiago, Freaks (Live), Kris Bones, Freelance Hellraiser, Hystereo, Jon Rundell, Andy Daniel, Hinsely & Mark H, Neil Quigley, Simon Dunmore, Shovell, Copywright, Tom Pooks, King Roc, Micky Slim, Paul Thomas, Funkagenda, Will Saul, Mark Eteson

i'm IN

Martian Fest 2006

Headliner: Tool

Other Artists

Depeche Mode
Tv on The Radio
Konono No 1
Nathan Fake
Emperor
Scott Walker
Wilderness
Unearthly Trance
Enslaved
Burst
Mahogany
Kayo Dot
Bauhaus
Madvillain
Barbara Morgenstern
Cannibal Ox
Mono
Mew
Port-Royal
The Juan Maclean
Nine Horses
Manual
Field Music
Shining
Larsen
Knut
Minsk
Scritti Politti
Jackie-O Motherfucker
Elbow
Grouper
Bark Psychosis
Carl Craig
Nels Line
Languis
Alexander Kowalski
Akercocke
Ulver
Ihsahn
Peeping Tom
The Knife
Junior Boys
Mr. Velcro Fastener
Kieran Hebden and Steve Reid
Katatonia
Efterklang
Boxcutter
Sickoakes
Gojira
Dälek
The Radio Dept.
Cave In
The Dead Science
Daby Balde
Asva
Broadcast
Colleen
Triosk
Animal Collective
Bohren & Der Club of Gore
Head Control System
Aereogramme
Khoma
SubtractiveLAD
Matthew Shipp
Daylight Dies
Cortney Tidwell
Tenhi
Don Caballero
Vitalic
Van Der Graaf Generator
The Durutti Column
Jesu
Urdog
The Great Depression
Asobi Seksu
Opeth
Biosphere
Underworld
Ahvak
Cult of Luna

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HAHAHAHAHA YES!

http://www.bestival.net/site/news/index.php?articleId=180

I mean, it's pretty cool that amidst the kind of stuff you'd expect Rob da Bank to put on (Tom Middleton, Devendra Banhart)and the slightly wacky air to proceedings, they've found room for Skream, Digital Mystikz and Kode 9. I bet you won't see a dubstep tent at too many festivals this summer!

And Lindstrom and Prins Thomas are on too and The Fall.

Roskilde Festival
http://www.roskilde-festival.dk/object.php?obj=539000c&code=1

check these crazy descriptions:

AMPLIFIER (UK)
Rumbling heavy rock flirting with both stoner rock and grunge

STEVE ANGELLO & SEBASTIAN INGROSSO (S)
House music drawing on 80s synth-pop and italodisco

ANIMAL COLLECTIVE (US)
Ground-breaking and playful psych-folk

ARCTIC MONKEYS (UK)
The hottest British rock band right now

BIRDY NAM NAM (F)
French vinyl-fetishists turn loops and beats into exciting compositions

BURST (S)
Dynamic metal-core

BA CISSOKO (Mali)
Meeting between West Africa and Jimi Hendrix

CLAP YOUR HANDS SAY YEAH (US)
Cutting-edge, danceable guitar-pop

COHEED & CAMBRIA (US)
Prog-rock with emo tendencies

COLDCUT (UK)
Legendary show of wild club atmosphere

DEFTONES (US)
Metal wildness combined with atmospheric weltschmertz

TOUMANI DIABATÉ & SYMMETRIC ORCHESTRA (Mali)
The undisputed West African master of the Kora harp

DISCO ENSEMBLE (FIN)
Energetic emo-rock

BOB DYLAN (US)
One of the most important songwriters

THE FIVE CORNERS QUINTET (FIN)
Hip Jazz that steams up the windows

FLOETRY (UK)
British neo-soul divas

FRANZ FERDINAND (UK)
80’s danceable postpunk with catchy pop tunes

FREE HOLE NEGRO (CUB)
Cuban rhythms merge with hip hop, reggae and rumba, mambo and funk

DJ GRAZZHOPPA'S DJ BIGBAND (B)
Jazzy turntablism with 12 DJs on stage

GUNS N’ ROSES (US)
Full-blooded hard rock in the raw

HAMMOND RENS (DK/US)
Grooves with the purpose of making you shiver and shake

HATESPHERE (DK)
Warm-blooded death-thrash

KIERAN HEBDEN (AKA FOUR TET) & STEVE REID (UK/US)
Anarchistic cut-up sample music with jazz drummer

JR EWING (N)
Progressive post-hardcore

KILLL (N)
Mixing noise, rhythmical sophistication and hypnotic soundscapes

L.O.C. (DK)
Legitimate rapper delivers a show out of the ordinary at Roskilde 2006

LADY SOVEREIGN (UK)
British grime with cracking breakbeats

LOOPTROOP (S)
Political rasta-inspired rap

MAGTENS KORRIDORER (DK)
A rocking and flammable tribute to the impulsive and unsophisticated

MARCELO D2 (BRA)
Hybrid of hip hop, latin funk and samba

MELK (DK)
Ambient hip hop blended with dub and Motown

MORRISSEY (UK)
Emotive pop songs from one of the greatest songwriters of our time

RASMUS MØBIUS ()
DJ and dub artist

OPETH (S)
Death and black metal mixed with symphonic rock

ORANGE BLOSSOM (F)
Electronic worldbeat fusion

PELLARIN & LENLER (DK)
Judicious mixture of r’n’b and techno

PLACEBO (UK)
Prodding rock assaults borrowing from glam and punk

RUBEN RAMOS & THE MEXICAN REVOLUTION (MEX/US)
Tejano from the borderland between Texas and Mexico

JOSH ROUSE (US)
Americana-pop from the blue hour before sunset

RUMPISTOL (DK)
Feather-light electronica

SERENA-MANEESH (N)
Noise rock aiming towards the sky

SIGUR RÓS (ISL)
Islandic post-rock with angelic vocals

SPLEEN UNITED (DK)
Black-eyed romantic and synth-injected pop music

STERLING (DK)
Skew pop songs with frayed edges and melodic enforcement

THE STREETS (UK)
British hip hop portraying concrete suburban life

THE THING (N/S)
Improvised free jazz and garage rock with no limitations

TIED & TICKLED TRIO (D)
Mind-expanding, hyper-modern paradox

TIGA (CAN)
Chilled tech-house and streamlined electro

TOOL (US)
Introvert art-rock with metal tendencies

UNDER BYEN (DK)
Poetic pop with a whirlwind of genre mixtures

JENS UNMACK (DK)
High-rising and ambiguous pop songs

VETO (DK)
Melancholic indie-rock

RICARDO VILLALOBOS ()
Micro-house with love

VOLBEAT (DK)
Forceful metal’n’roll

RUFUS WAINWRIGHT (US)
Theatrical cocktail with rock, pop and cabaret

ROGER WATERS PERFORMING DARK SIDE OF THE MOON (UK)
Pink Floyd's immortal masterpiece comes alive

KANYE WEST (US)
Hip hop flirting with the melodic qualities of pop

WHOMADEWHO (DK)
80s post-punk mixed with groovy disco

WOLFMOTHER (AUS)
Significant fusion of stoner and prog-rock

he is easy to get confused with all the other neils though - sedaka, diamond &c.

xps

BYE

also Neil Armstrong. who was in a band with that dude with the gloves - Apollo Creed?

Reading and V are rather soulless affairs outside the main bill, so they perhaps feel the need to follow the crowds. I don't really understand, though, as if they are selling out so fast anyway (Brit youth loves its festivals), they could take a few risks.

xpost OH MY GOD I LOVE THE ROSKILDE LINEUP NOTES SO MUCH!

British grime with cracking breakbeats

Jamie Lidell wanted 10K!

I had a friend who genuinely got mixed up between Neil Young and Neil Diamond.

(But then I thought Michael Caine and Michael Crawford were the same person for a short dark time in my life).

Depeche Mode
Kanye West
Muse
Pharrell
Tool
Arctic Monkeys
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah!
Damian Marley
Kelis
Opeth
Placebo
Rufus Wainwright
Richard Hawley
Death Cab For Cutie
Lady Sovereign
Infadels
etc

-- Real Goths Don't Wear Black (miltonpinsk...) (webmail), April 4th, 2006 2:41 PM. (Enrique) (later) (link)

dude, Reading is as full of 30something rawk gumby as it is 18 year olds.

CLAP YOUR HANDS SAY YEAH (US)
One of the most important songwriters

COLDCUT (UK)
Prog-rock with emo tendencies

BOB DYLAN (US)
The undisputed West African master of the Kora harp

FRANZ FERDINAND (UK)
British neo-soul divas

GUNS N’ ROSES (US)
High-rising and ambiguous pop songs

LADY SOVEREIGN (UK)
Emotive pop songs from one of the greatest songwriters of our time

MORRISSEY (UK)
DJ and dub artist

PLACEBO (UK)
Feather-light electronica

THE STREETS (UK)
Theatrical cocktail with rock, pop and cabaret

RUFUS WAINWRIGHT (US)
Mind-expanding, hyper-modern paradox

ROGER WATERS PERFORMING DARK SIDE OF THE MOON (UK)
The hottest British rock band right now

KANYE WEST (US)
Hip hop flirting with the melodic qualities of pop

http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/images/400/somemothers_3.jpg

also Norway: Oya Festival
http://www.oyafestivalen.com/vis.php?f=home-EN.html

!!! (USA)
Amadou & Mariam (MALI)
Beck (USA)
Black Debbath
Black Mountain (CAN)
Bonk
Desperado
dEUS (Belgia)
Diamond Nights (USA)
Enslaved
Grand Island
Heroes & Zeros
High On Fire (USA)
Hurra Torpedo
Kieran Hebden (aka Four Tet) + Steve Reid (UK/USA)
Lindstrøm & Prins Thomas
Love Is All (S)
Low Frequency In Stereo
Marit Larsen
Morrissey (UK)
Motorpsycho
My Midnight Creeps
Mystery Jets (UK)
Rumble In Rhodos
Sex Beat
Silence The Foe
Spank Rock (USA)
Susanna & The Magical Orchestra
The Apple Falls
The Boy Least Likely To (UK)
The Fall (UK)
The Loch Ness Mouse
The School
The Wrens (USA)
Tralala (USA)
White Rose Movement (UK)

because he wuvs Franz Ferdinand and is an racist? ;)

hip hop people have really bad taste in white music (apart from fiona apple) - it might be compensating for their being so ace in other areas.

oh man.

xp

xp

They have boring festivals abroad too, they just don't bother marketing them to foreigners, probably because the locals can afford to go.

The main British festival, Glastonbury, has a more diverse line-up then pretty much any other. Also it has less to do with the media and more to do with the fact the Mean Fiddler's marketing department knows exactly where its demographic is and exactly where the ticket sales are - and they aint in booking Superpitcher to play to a 3/4 empty tent.

PR/ Pluggers are PAID by record labels to ensure maximum exposure.

check publications like Music Week and CMU Update: http://www.cmumusicnetwork.co.uk/default.asp
for the background workings of the music business

media exposure is the key: i am also convinced that 6 Music is controlled by NME/ Q / Word magazine reading chumps that don't have any of their own opinions/ ideas of music

e.g a guitar band that doesn't make radio 1 playlist, xfm, virgin, 6 music playlists are unlikely to achieve mainstream success. e.g in the UK Porcupine Tree have next to zilch radio play = they are just a cult band with a rabid following.

In the UK, Anathema never had mainstream success, although many of their albums are held in high esteem - the reason no Brit media exposure.

Record companies don't put big PR budgets behind bands unless they think there's a big market for them. If anything, it's the pluggers that are being conservative.

punk was 1977 [read jon savage's book]
rave started to break in "The Summer of Love" 1988 [read simon reynolds second book]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Summer_of_Love

[John Peel also played a part in promoting the music of both scenes on his radio show: a typical Peel show in 88 had a healthy dose of electronic beats]

this is now ! different circumstances = notice ILM and others music boards moaning about how crap/ useless/ conformist music magazines are. [that can be extended to music radio and Tv]

Media coverage is far more unlikey for anyone but a very few big names (such as Shakira last week) in Spain, yet their festival(s) are being lauded for eclecticism. So I don't think it's the media.

If you were a hip band you probably wouldn't want to play one of those shitty festivals anyway. Surely they are the least rewarding gigs, apart from financially. Hello, ocean of dickheads in wellies!

Also, different bands are popular there, so what may seeem daring to us might not be all that daring to them.

I think they probably have subsidies too, but I don't know for sure. For example, Barcelona city council loves Primavera sound and Sonar because it brings lots of people in who spend shitloads of money.

[Also their line ups are hand picked by Roskilde commitee of 5 rather than be block booked by a commercial promoter such as Mean Fiddler]

The values and objectives of Roskilde Festival [from Roskilde website]

Roskilde Festival aims to provide an annual festival of music and culture, where every participant can enjoy all aspects of music, community spirit, service, quality and safety. A key goal for Roskilde Festival is to be a progressive and up-to-date cultural and political event. With strict opinions on the environment and recycling as well as humanitarian, public and cultural efforts, Roskilde Festival aims to reflect and influence the situation in the world and the society in which we live.

Furthermore, Roskilde Festival is, to the extent possible, based on voluntary assistance from people who care more about a high quality festival than about personal gain and who always do their utmost to improve the quality, values and financial situation of the festival, as well as the safety of and care for the audience and other participants.

Any and all profits from Roskilde Festival are donated to humanitarian, cultural or other work for the public good, including work on behalf of children and adolescents.

Roskilde is bigger than Reading but smaller than Glastonbury right?

-- Real Goths Don't Wear Black (miltonpinski@

You are taking the piss here?

NME and Sounds in 1977 - embraced PUNK. They also had a much larger readership and influence in those days. Sex Pistols in December 1976 appeared on mainstream British TV and famously SWORE at Bill Grundy.

in 1998 or 1999: ACID was on the front cover of the tabloids, tales of Warehouse parties/ Outdoor raves were mainstream reported news.

Music profile

Roskilde Festival’s audience expects extraordinary and unique experiences. Therefore, the festival presents contemporary, legendary, progressive and innovating quality music.

Roskilde Festival will not allow itself to rely on the success of previous festivals – it takes aim at being an innovative and challenging festival that presents the young talents of today and tomorrow. Roskilde Festival concentrates on quality, innovation, and variation – not on becoming the biggest, the cosiest or the most established festival. Over the years, the festival has gained a solid foundation of experience and routine. However, Roskilde Festival still wants to be cutting edge and innovative.

Seeing that the audience expects the festival to continue being a relevant, exciting and surprising event, we will do our utmost to meet this demand. At the festivals to come, there will be less of the predictable ’big acts’ and more surprises and new names, with a few carefully selected ’highlights’ from the established acts, both Danish and international, to look forward to.

Roskilde Festival’s trademark is – and continues to be – a large share of unpredictability, nerve and gut – coupled with a minor touch of the well-known stars of today.

Creamfields UK 2006

RA: Resident Advisor: Creamfields UK 2006 Announced

Creamfields UK 2006
Saturday 26th August Bank Holiday Weekend
Daresbury, Halton (Subject to licence), 3pm - 6am, Capacity: 45,000
Tickets: £54.00+BF On Sale Now

MAIN STAGE
The Prodigy, Goldfrapp, The Zutons, Gnarls Barkley.

CREAM & GOODGREEF ARENA
Special Guest: Tiesto. Paul Van Dyk, Paul Oakenfold, Ferry Corsten, Armin Van Buuren, Eddie Halliwell, Marco V, Adam Sheridan, Gareth Wyn.

SUBLIMINAL SESSIONS ARENA
Erick Morillo, Special Guest: David Guetta, Harry Choo Choo Romero, Steve Angello, Sebastian Ingrosso, Jose Nunez, Axwell, Jorge Jaramillo.

CHIBUKU ARENA
2 Many DJ's, Green Velvet, Tiga, Plump DJs, Annie Mac, Switch, Touche, More to be announced.

CIRCUS & CREAM AUDIO DELUXE ARENA
Roger Sanchez, Hernan Cattaneo,Timo Maas, Mylo DJ Set, Layo & Bushwacka, Yousef, Lewis Boardman, Live: X-Press2.

THE SCRATCH PERVERTS PRESENTS: BEATDOWN
DJ Shadow, Andy C, Planet Pendulum & MC Verse, DJ Marky & Dynamite MC, DJ Hype & MC GQ, Friction, Future Bound, Live: Foreign Beggars.

TIDY ARENA
BK Live, Tidy boys, Marg EG, Andy Farley, Rob Tissera, Lisa Pin Up, Lee Haslam, Paul Glazby, Amber D, Kutski, Paul Maddox, JP & Jukesy.

STRONGBOW CIDERHOUSE ARENA
Coldcut Live, Erol Alkan, M.A.N.D.Y, Justice, Digitalism, 2020 Soundsystem, Kris Bones, Simian Mobile Disco, Spektrum, More to be announced.

HOSPITALITY ARENA
Hacienda & Cream Classics presents... Peter Hook (New Order DJ Set), Graeme Park, Arthur Baker, Jon Da Silva, Dave Haslam, K-Klass, Andy Mac.