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Seems this year and last year they have kept the lineup more under wraps. Interesting to see how we are "surprised" this year. I would not be shocked if we end up with one headliner we expected to see on the under-card (MMJ). As well as a #1 or #2 that we haven't given much thought to. Oh, and Radiohead.
Post by Mista Don't Play on Nov 20, 2010 18:09:58 GMT -5
Thats standard procedure for a rep. They may be at Coachella, they may not, but the rep denying doesn't really mean anything. All artists are strongly encouraged to deny, or plead the fifth, regarding any lineup rumors.
Post by spmirish03 on Nov 20, 2010 19:19:51 GMT -5
the Arcade Fire v Eddie Vedder split hurts my heart a little. looks a good lineup though. although id say add Neil Young in there 4th and have him play ahead of Furthur. Bump The Roots to Which closers on sunday.
The Los Angeles Times' Pop & Hiss blog reported Monday that they were "hearing rumblings" that the band was contemplating a tour, which has now been confirmed to Rolling Stone by David Spero, who manages Furay. "There are on-going discussions," he said, when asked about the possibility of a tour.
realistically i think the top 10 looks something like this
Radiohead - Gorillaz - Furthur - Arcade Fire - My Morning Jacket - Eddie Vedder - The Roots - Fistful of Mercy - Big Boi - Devo
Friday Fistful of Mercy>Gorillaz MMJ Which LN
Saturday Arcade Fire (What) vs. Eddie Vedder (Which) like Beasties/Byrne Radiohead doing a LN HL 11-whenever they want to stop
Sunday The Roots>Furthur
I like that if you put the Gorillaz Friday What in the Beasties spot 830-10 and than MMJ in the Phish spot 11p-whenever on the What stage. MMJ ...the Vedder Arcade Fire thing would kill me, being I chose another Seattle band @ Lolla over them this year...and PJ is my favorite band so I wouldn't miss Eddie @ Bonnaroo.
So it looks like U2 had wanted to play the big stadium in Nashville, but the Titans turned them down. Another nail in the U2 as a rumor coffin. /LP-Field-turned-U2-away
Wait, meaning this gives them a better chance or not? I would think if they weren't playing the 2nd show in TN they would want to play Bonnaroo. Less than 3 months until the announcement
Do you guys & gals think they will drop the lineup in the same format as last season? pop up a band every few minutes?
For the sake of my productivity that day, I hope not. Every six minutes was a fun way to do it. I wouldn't mind just a poster at midnight, or a "band a day" kind of thing.
If I'm not mistaking I think Ashley Capps seemed to infer that the way they released the lineup last year was a bad idea when he did one of his interviews for COS. I'm hoping they don't do it that way ever again.
Was the only thing he expressed some sort of regret over with last years lineup.
COS: Regarding this year’s method of release (the day long unveiling) what were your impressions of that? Would you consider doing something like that again in the future?
AC: I think it got a tremendous amount of attention, don’t you? (laughs) We learned from the experience and I think we might approach it in a slightly different way next time, but overall I think it was an enormous success. We had hoped to do something a little bit different, while creating a lot of buzz about the festival and we were very successful in that regard. Basically any kind of criteria that you would use would show that we had the strongest response to this year’s announcement that we’ve ever had in the history of the festival.
So it works really well in that regard. Did it annoy some people? Sure, but then again you can’t keep everyone happy all of the time. Everybody’s got a different opinion. All we were trying to do was create some anticipation about the lineup and build some excitement about what announcement was coming next and we also wanted to offer the artists the opportunity to communicate directly with their fans first. Overall, I would say that it was a great success. We may approach things certain things differently, perhaps, but honestly we’re still analyzing it all. It was definitely fun though.
Post by Mista Don't Play on Nov 22, 2010 14:32:48 GMT -5
He doesn't really lean one way or the other with that answer. He says it was a success, while saying it wasn't perfect. I don't think that gives much insight as to how they will release it this year.
Post by Mista Don't Play on Nov 22, 2010 14:50:57 GMT -5
Saying they might approach it in a different way doesn't necessarily mean that they will abandon the gradual release method. They may just tweak it a bit.
I personally prefer a midnight release, but I could go along with the gradual release again, I suppose. Preferably if I had all day to sit around and watch it unveil itself.
Post by Mista Don't Play on Nov 22, 2010 17:17:07 GMT -5
Yea I agree that they should just announce it themselves, and structure it a little better so the majority of the big name acts are revealed at the end.
I agree the bands shouldn't announce it themselves. Most of them didn't do anything cool anyways, but a few (like the Avett Brothers and Monte Montgomery) did something special.
Post by fake neil young on Nov 22, 2010 18:18:21 GMT -5
If I had to guess - Radiohead, Phish, White Stripes, MMJ. Maybe Arcade Fire instead of Stripes. Both will hopefully be touring next year (AF continuing this year's tour, White Stripes embarking on their rumored tour for next year). We'll see.
Stripes (or Fire) play Friday night into MMJ latenight What. Radiohead plays Saturday. Phish closes the festival.
I'd also be down to see Stripes close out the festival, just because I have a good feeling about their set spiraling into a Jack White-led Superjam.