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Honestly, this isn't bad at all, though. Especially for a smaller festival. The Weeknd, Florence + the Machine, Ellie Goulding, Flume, Haim, Grimes, Leon Bridges, Miike Snow, Big Grams, Run the Jewels, Foals, Courtney Barnett, Silversun Pickups, Atlas Genius, Vince Staples, Tourist, HEALTH, Givers, Coasts, Bully are all pretty solid.
i think the variety is much better this year compared to last. There are some acts I hate on here and how they were billed but there are more that I really like and am now excited to see for the first time or again. I have become a pretty big Revivalists fan recently they were my fav show of the year and my fav album so far.
Also i have little to no interest in the Weekend but you gotta admit its kind of cool if it is an exclusive act due to his insane (although confusing) popularity. Still expecting 1-2 higher line adds and hopefully they improve the pre-party lineup, maybe thats where Lupe is?
This is a prime opportunity for everyone to ditch Hangout and go to Levitation, a far superior fest with legit music you can't see for $15-20 twice a year in most cities.
Honestly, this isn't bad at all, though. Especially for a smaller festival. The Weeknd, Florence + the Machine, Ellie Goulding, Flume, Haim, Grimes, Leon Bridges, Miike Snow, Big Grams, Run the Jewels, Foals, Courtney Barnett, Silversun Pickups, Atlas Genius, Vince Staples, Tourist, HEALTH, Givers, Coasts, Bully are all pretty solid.
I'm with you I think everybody is over reacting
You must have missed his passive agressive slight in the preamble of jugg's post right?
This is a prime opportunity for everyone to ditch Hangout and go to Levitation, a far superior fest with legit music you can't see for $15-20 twice a year in most cities.
Count me in. Probably won't go see some of these, but Jason Isbell, Courtney Barnett, Leon Bridges, Florence and the Machine, Lenny Kravitz, Alabama Shakes, Moon Taxi, and The Revivalists are all at the top of my list to go see. OK...couple questions. Does anyone know if any of these performers are americana/folk/bluegrass? Second question, since I am not really interested in the headliners, don't drink alot, and most likely will spend most of my time at the pool or the Hangout Restaurant, does the added expense of VIP still make sense? Anybody ever gone Super VIP? Does Super VIP give you access to the platforms on either side of the stage? I have a feeling there are going to be a lot of extra tickets for sale...might be wrong...but, got a feeling this lineup won't draw a lot of locals. B/t/w any word on a local competition for another Jamell Robinson?
GV isn't stupid. They know what will sell for this fest. Very cost-effective, will draw plenty of people.
In all honesty, as far as getting volume to this fest, Flo Calvin and Weekend will def pull more than ZBB Beck and Foo.....sad but true.
Without a doubt this will move tickets in a hurry. We just have to face it, going to festivals is just the "in" thing to do, every college freshman/sophomore now is using these fests as a way to find themselves for a weekend. The crowds now, compared to 5 years ago are night and day-glo. Hangout knows it has a great location/venue and this year decided to just go all in on a lineup that has the spring break coed's salivating.
Also, is this the most gender-balanced major festival lineup ever? Way to be progressive, Gulf Shores.
Hangout Fest and Baldwin County in particular, have been soul searching since May and found the most cost effective way to check their collective privilege.
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You must have missed his passive agressive slight in the preamble of jugg's post right?
While I don't think it's a great lineup, it's no worse than what the Hangout has featured in the past. It's a party fest, people come to the beach to drink their faces off and rage. You've all said it so many times, how it's all about TEH BEACH and whatnot. They're merely providing a soundtrack to a fun weekend of drunken beach dancing. It's the smart strategy, and honestly, plenty of those names are perfectly fine. Not being passive-aggressive at all; in fact, I think you're all overreacting for the most part.
The beach has always been the base for the festival but early years were always about a multi-genre approach and that's changed the last two years and probably for the future as well. For better or worse.
Post by postreznorjack on Nov 17, 2015 14:10:17 GMT -5
The top line doesn't knock me out but I think it's a decent lineup. Nothing groundbreaking but they'll sell tickets. Still not sure if I'll attend, but there are some acts I'd love to catch. Calvin Harris, Haim, Grimes, Isbell, RTJ, Foals, Kurt Vile, Vince Staples, The Revivalists, Bass Drum of Death. I've definitely attended festivals with less acts I'm interested in.
The more interesting thing is that I think that market saturation is making American festivals release their lineups earlier, which is a good thing for the obsessive festival fan niche market (inforoo).
Calling Hangout a smaller festival is a passive aggressive slight?
Yes
How? Hangout's attendance is roughly 40,000, whereas the Big 4 (Coachella, Roo, Lolla, and ACL) regularly sell 80,000+ tickets. It's not an insult to call it a smaller festival.
...the Hangout sold 40,000 tickets in 2014. That's about half, or less, of what Coachella, Bonnaroo, Lollapalooza, and ACL sell. That's not a slight, nor is it a dig at the Hangout, it's just a fact.
A fact of geographic disadvantages. It is what it is.
This is a prime opportunity for everyone to ditch Hangout and go to Levitation, a far superior fest with legit music you can't see for $15-20 twice a year in most cities.
Noooooooooooo. I don't want levitation to sell out/be crowded/ suck. I plan on maybe/hopefully going to that fest.
You must have missed his passive agressive slight in the preamble of jugg's post right?
While I don't think it's a great lineup, it's no worse than what the Hangout has featured in the past. It's a party fest, people come to the beach to drink their faces off and rage. You've all said it so many times, how it's all about TEH BEACH and whatnot. They're merely providing a soundtrack to a fun weekend of drunken beach dancing. It's the smart strategy, and honestly, plenty of those names are perfectly fine. Not being passive-aggressive at all; in fact, I think you're all overreacting for the most part.
No way mayne. The lineups have never been this bubblegump. Past years have featured lineups that I tolerated, but there were at least some acts that myself and my group of folks that go down there were very excited to see. Out of the fifty folks I've talked to today about this, none of them are super excited about a single show on the list. There are some good names on the bill, but few of them are rare and there are only a small handful that people who go to a lot of shows have never seen before.
If i had never been to hangout before and I thought of a party festival on the beach this is damn close to what I would book. I get it. Wish there was more rock (what else is new). But this is gonna sell out probably 100%. That being said, I can pick out about 20 acts I'm gonna see though without any research and 5 that I'm legit pumped to see:
Florence (obvi) Calvin Harris Shakes Ellie Kravitz Haim Cage Grimes Leon Bridges Miike Snow Big Grams RTJ Foals Neighborhood Portugal Moon Taxi Courtney Barrett Silversun Pickups X Ambass Kurt Vile The Struts Atlas Genius
That's just at first glance. Actually the more I look at this the more I like.
A fact of geographic disadvantages. It is what it is.
...right. What exactly is your point, here?
If there was a beach just as beautiful that had the same acreage as the Farm, EPC, Zilker or Grant Park, Hangout would have the same potential as them too.
This is a prime opportunity for everyone to ditch Hangout and go to Levitation, a far superior fest with legit music you can't see for $15-20 twice a year in most cities.
Noooooooooooo. I don't want levitation to sell out/be crowded/ suck. I plan on maybe/hopefully going to that fest.
Levitations line up will probably always keep it from getting sold out and over crowded. In addition, you have the strategic advantage of having Euphoria a month prior to attract edm kids and spend all their WhichWich paychecks at.
Post by Swedish Chef on Nov 17, 2015 14:17:07 GMT -5
Calling a festival geographically challenged sounds more like a condescending, passive aggressive slight than saying it's smaller than a festival like Bonnaroo.
No way mayne. The lineups have never been this bubblegump. Past years have featured lineups that I tolerated, but there were at least some acts that myself and my group of folks that go down there were very excited to see. Out of the fifty folks I've talked to today about this, none of them are super excited about a single show on the list. There are some good names on the bill, but few of them are rare and there are only a small handful that people who go to a lot of shows have never seen before.
Here, you're evaluating it solely based upon your own tastes. You don't like more pop-oriented music, which is fine. But the actual quality of the acts on this lineup aren't any better or worse than what they've gotten in years past. You might not like the genres as much, but that's it.
I mean, I referenced the 50 other folks I've talked to today. We can't all have the same tastes. I'll agree to disagree.
And let's face it, the Top line is the main problem for the folks I'm talking to.
Calling a festival geographically challenged sounds more like a condescending, passive aggressive slight than saying it's smaller than a festival like Bonnaroo.
If a marketing group did a survey on perception of festivals, I'd bet a ticket to this bubblegump fest that HMF would be closer towards the festivals Juggs referenced than people think.