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Arctic Monkeys confirmed to play on 5/30 via their instagram.
According to @arcticmonkeysus (twitter) that Instagram thing was fake and the only confirmed AM date is Firefly at the moment
Ah, come on that's just a cheap excuse from their manager, isn't it? Telling everyone it's fake whilst Firefly did came with them right after the instagram thing got noticed by people? I think it's not including the full list of dates, and so that's why it's "fake". From what I've heard they're playing Open'er, NOS Alive, St Gallen, a french festival (either Eurock or Main Square) and TRSMNT aswell.. So that could be it?
The show makes way more sense on a stage like what he played at D4N than a main stage at a fest like Primavera.
agree to disagree I suppose. I'd prefer to actually be able to see the show.
Yeah no that stage was way too fuckin small. He even called them out about it. "The little details are important" I get main stage being a little too big but I still think it would be better than that little catbox they gave him at D4N.
agree to disagree I suppose. I'd prefer to actually be able to see the show.
Yeah no that stage was way too fuckin small. He even called them out about it. "The little details are important" I get main stage being a little too big but I still think it would be better than that little catbox they gave him at D4N.
I don't understand why you and others seem to think d4n decided where Thom was playing without his input. I'd be very surprised if he didn't have the final say. Also, his complaints didn't seem to be about the size of the stage but about how it shook with heavy bass.
Yeah no that stage was way too fuckin small. He even called them out about it. "The little details are important" I get main stage being a little too big but I still think it would be better than that little catbox they gave him at D4N.
I don't understand why you and others seem to think d4n decided where Thom was playing without his input. I'd be very surprised if he didn't have the final say. Also, his complaints didn't seem to be about the size of the stage but about how it shook with heavy bass.
He also got upset because the projections for his light show were coming off the screen. I remember hearing him clearly, being I was front and center, and he was definitely irritated with the size. Yeah I get he probably didn't want to do the main stage but I also don't think he realized how small it was until he got up there. The blue stage was prefect for solo producers and maybe duos like Shabazz Palaces...but for the 4 or more it started getting tight there. The fact is Day for Night needs to find a better way to handle the blue stage. I love the idea of having a stage where most of the weird electronic acts play inside, but it needs to be executed better. Yellow Stage was perfect though so I know they can fix it.
I don't understand why you and others seem to think d4n decided where Thom was playing without his input. I'd be very surprised if he didn't have the final say. Also, his complaints didn't seem to be about the size of the stage but about how it shook with heavy bass.
He also got upset because the projections for his light show were coming off the screen. I remember hearing him clearly, being I was front and center, and he was definitely irritated with the size. Yeah I get he probably didn't want to do the main stage but I also don't think he realized how small it was until he got up there. The blue stage was prefect for solo producers and maybe duos like Shabazz Palaces...but for the 4 or more it started getting tight there. The fact is Day for Night needs to find a better way to handle the blue stage. I love the idea of having a stage where most of the weird electronic acts play inside, but it needs to be executed better. Yellow Stage was perfect though so I know they can fix it.
So your hypothesis is that Thom is going to start playing big outdoor main stages at fests because he had a bad experience at d4n? Not sure I buy that.
Kind of crazy how it feels like all the wind in the sails of this festival have been taken out because of Mad Cool.
They need to do something interesting, I think. If the headliners are like Bjork / Nick Cave / The National, that's not bad, but the undercard will have to be mega stacked - even in relation to other years - to lift this up to around where Mad Cool is. Maybe MC takes a bath and loses a ton of money this year, but otherwise feels like a European festival game changer.
Kind of crazy how it feels like all the wind in the sails of this festival have been taken out because of Mad Cool.
They need to do something interesting, I think. If the headliners are like Bjork / Nick Cave / The National, that's not bad, but the undercard will have to be mega stacked - even in relation to other years - to lift this up to around where Mad Cool is. Maybe MC takes a bath and loses a ton of money this year, but otherwise feels like a European festival game changer.
If Primavera also managed to get My Bloody Valentine too that would be huge
The thing that's crazy to me about Primavera is it's 100% about the lineup to me after going last year.
A little of a mess to get into and out of unless you stay right there. The "Mordor" main stage set up is a pain in the ass. Douchy Europeans talk through every set. Food and drink lines were enromous. I absolutely loved going - don't get me wrong - but literally everything good was the actual music I was seeing.
If Mad Cool can just match the subpar logistics of Prima - let alone top it - with a lineup like that (which I'm fairly confident I'll end up liking more than Prima's), that's big.
The thing that's crazy to me about Primavera is it's 100% about the lineup to me after going last year.
A little of a mess to get into and out of unless you stay right there. The "Mordor" main stage set up is a pain in the ass. Douchy Europeans talk through every set. Food and drink lines were enromous. I absolutely loved going - don't get me wrong - but literally everything good was the actual music I was seeing.
If Mad Cool can just match the subpar logistics of Prima - let alone top it - with a lineup like that (which I'm fairly confident I'll end up liking more than Prima's), that's big.
The thing that's crazy to me about Primavera is it's 100% about the lineup to me after going last year.
A little of a mess to get into and out of unless you stay right there. The "Mordor" main stage set up is a pain in the ass. Douchy Europeans talk through every set. Food and drink lines were enromous. I absolutely loved going - don't get me wrong - but literally everything good was the actual music I was seeing.
If Mad Cool can just match the subpar logistics of Prima - let alone top it - with a lineup like that (which I'm fairly confident I'll end up liking more than Prima's), that's big.
this is just false. Besides the festival layout being a line rather than a circle. It's extremely easy to get to and I was staying miles away and I bought a ton of beer without ever waiting in line (honestly wish there had been some lines because I spent way too much money).
The thing that's crazy to me about Primavera is it's 100% about the lineup to me after going last year.
A little of a mess to get into and out of unless you stay right there. The "Mordor" main stage set up is a pain in the ass. Douchy Europeans talk through every set. Food and drink lines were enromous. I absolutely loved going - don't get me wrong - but literally everything good was the actual music I was seeing.
If Mad Cool can just match the subpar logistics of Prima - let alone top it - with a lineup like that (which I'm fairly confident I'll end up liking more than Prima's), that's big.
try seeing a show in Austin
It happens everywhere, but I hear that Primavera has gotten worse in recent years with its increase in popularity.
Didn't have any problems with people talking either, although I think people let stuff like that effect their experiences way too easily in general.
The only problem I had with talkers was during Radiohead a few years ago. I moved to 4 different spots in the crowd to get away from it, and eventually worked my way towards the front on the left side, and absolutely blew up on some drunk brit couple who were yapping/laughing loudly behind me towards the end.
Post by Whereispassionpit on Jan 18, 2018 16:39:12 GMT -5
I like the last few Primavera lineups more than this Mad Cool lineup, hasn't really affected my anticipation at all. Has anything been said about the possibility of a Frank Ocean makeup show?
The thing that's crazy to me about Primavera is it's 100% about the lineup to me after going last year.
A little of a mess to get into and out of unless you stay right there. The "Mordor" main stage set up is a pain in the ass. Douchy Europeans talk through every set. Food and drink lines were enromous. I absolutely loved going - don't get me wrong - but literally everything good was the actual music I was seeing.
If Mad Cool can just match the subpar logistics of Prima - let alone top it - with a lineup like that (which I'm fairly confident I'll end up liking more than Prima's), that's big.
this is just false. Besides the festival layout being a line rather than a circle. It's extremely easy to get to and I was staying miles away and I bought a ton of beer without ever waiting in line (honestly wish there had been some lines because I spent way too much money).
What part is false?
RE: entrance/exit: You must have gotten luckier than me, but it was about a 30 min wait for me each day (I came in around 7 PM). For getting out, I was saying public transportation is closed 2 AM to 5 AM so you either have to wait til 5 AM or wait in the super long taxi line. We tried to leave at 3:30 AM Friday, got into the taxi line that didn't move for a long time, and tried to start walking and couldn't get a taxi for over a mile.
RE: layout: having Mordor bounce back and forth sucks. If you want to be up front for Grace Jones, you were guaranteed to be in the back for Arcade Fire on the other stage because everyone turns around. So we left Grace Jones super early to wait across the field toward the front of Arcade Fire. I also would rather the fest be a big circle or square (like every other fest I've been to) then tight lines and bottle necks. The stairs up from Mordor always were tight before/after big shows and you're walking on a concrete parking lot the whole time.
RE: crowds: We were super close for The XX and Bon Iver and people were talking through the sets. Maybe we got unlucky, but it was facts. During the Haim secret show, I was sitting on the steps of the Ray Ban amphitheater, a drunk girl fell on me, that yelled at me for being in the way. There's as much bad crowds here as any other fest I've been to.
RE: long lines: Credit card machines were wi-fi type machines and the signal was always going in and out. So if someone tried paying with credit card, you had to wait until the machines worked with the signal and it went through. I remembered at 4 AM on the last night I saw a two person line for wine, and got in it thinking it would be 2 mins but it was over 10 because the machine was acting up.
I'm obviously being nit picky and the fest is great overall, but really the draw for this thing is the lineup. If other fests are topping it's lineup, it really loses its competitive advantage. Would you agree with that at least?
