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Post by pineapplesinmyhead on Nov 3, 2017 15:33:26 GMT -5
The Vaccines just announced a show in London on April 14th so they are out. I don't think anybody really thought they would be there but still another band to cross off the list.
If they headlined Sunday, they would have exactly three days off in between the Switzerland show and WK1 and three days off between WK2 and the first Germany show. Maybe that's the exact amount of time they need to haul everything back and forth? Maybe they have multiple rigs?
Who knows. I'm considering them out until I see the poster with them on it. There's interviews with Lars where he says they schedule 2 weeks off in the middle but tours, so that gap may be purely coincidental, but if they can pull it off logistically they may try it given it could be their last bit of touring for a while.
I'd love to be proved wrong. Of the 10 or so most realistic headliner options*, they'd be my personal favorite. I just see it as very unlikely they would have just not waited until after Coachella to do a Euro tour as the back and forth would be chaotic.
*In no particular order: Nine Inch Nails, Frank Ocean, The Weeknd, Pearl Jam, Depeche Mode, Metallica, Mumford & Sons, Muse, Eminem, SHM reunion or EDM promotion
Would Frank and NERD be a big enough pairing to be a dual headliner? I know Frank is pretty much accepted as big enough to headline solo. My confusion is really just around NERD, I guess. I thought that with Pharrel's rise in stardom, they'd be a headliner (or at least 1st or 2nd name on the second line) if they got back together
N.E.R.D. definitely wouldn't headline. Toss up between 3rd and 4th on their date IMO. Pharell was 4th in 2014 and think it would end up being similar for N.E.R.D.
Haven’t seen Vampire Weekend’s name in here much as of late which is fine because Rostam makes more sense anyways.
Rostam is out with his LA show.
This is from silver06 on the Coachella board...
“So. I talked to someone I know tonight who is a third hand party to the Chainsmokers crew. I don't take what they told me as 100% factual, but I believe them to be fairly believable and more true than any random internet rumor posted thus far. As a reference, they've been hanging with the Chainsmokers since 2015 (pre-major hits). Again, I'm not posting this as factual, just saying this is what someone very close to them told me.
Anyway, the good news is the source told me the Chainsmokers understand they are not ready to headline a major festival yet. They are extremely popular, but understand that they only have so many hits and believe they need at least one more additional successful album to headline a Coachella, Lolla, Bonaroo, etc. My source left it unclear as to whether they were actually offered a headline gig, but told me they were "angling to play right before the Weeknd on Sunday." Their belief - as in what Drew and the other dude literally told them - is that the Weeknd is headlining Sunday and they wanted to sub-headline for him as opposed to play any other night. My source said if they end up on the poster it'll be as a sub-headliner, but said the Chainsmokers camp is saying the headliners are Beyonce / the Weeknd / ?.
So I'm fairly confident the Chainsmokers are not headlining; but now I feel like the Weeknd is a fairly strong possibility and GV may be in the process of finding a third headliner. I'm not bullshitting - literally they specifically told me they heard "the guys" discussing GV letting them play before the Weeknd (not "the headliner" - specifically the weeknd) - before I told my source the rumor is the Weeknd is headlining.”
Haven’t seen Vampire Weekend’s name in here much as of late which is fine because Rostam makes more sense anyways.
Rostam is out with his LA show.
This is from silver06 on the Coachella board...
“So. I talked to someone I know tonight who is a third hand party to the Chainsmokers crew. I don't take what they told me as 100% factual, but I believe them to be fairly believable and more true than any random internet rumor posted thus far. As a reference, they've been hanging with the Chainsmokers since 2015 (pre-major hits). Again, I'm not posting this as factual, just saying this is what someone very close to them told me.
Anyway, the good news is the source told me the Chainsmokers understand they are not ready to headline a major festival yet. They are extremely popular, but understand that they only have so many hits and believe they need at least one more additional successful album to headline a Coachella, Lolla, Bonaroo, etc. My source left it unclear as to whether they were actually offered a headline gig, but told me they were "angling to play right before the Weeknd on Sunday." Their belief - as in what Drew and the other dude literally told them - is that the Weeknd is headlining Sunday and they wanted to sub-headline for him as opposed to play any other night. My source said if they end up on the poster it'll be as a sub-headliner, but said the Chainsmokers camp is saying the headliners are Beyonce / the Weeknd / ?.
So I'm fairly confident the Chainsmokers are not headlining; but now I feel like the Weeknd is a fairly strong possibility and GV may be in the process of finding a third headliner. I'm not bullshitting - literally they specifically told me they heard "the guys" discussing GV letting them play before the Weeknd (not "the headliner" - specifically the weeknd) - before I told my source the rumor is the Weeknd is headlining.”