Festivals V. Stand Alone Gigs (1 Viewer)

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Why acts play festivals | On The Record

I understand the economics of this for both the band and the promoter alike, but it's really rather annoying. Several acts I want to see are only playing the Picnic and Longitude this year. It's bollox.

 

[GARYXKNIFEDX]

I'd rather miss a band than go to a festival.

 

[Anthony]

depends on the festival I suppose. Also no way am I reading OTR

 

[Theseus Mock]

Is this anything new though?

Summer time has always been a drought of international bands doing solo gigs in Europe as they do the festival circuit (the number of festivals one could argue anecdotally has increased in the last decade) but they usually hop back over in Autumn/Winter for stand-alone gigs?

 

[washingcattle]

Maybe I'm getting old. In fact I am and that's fair enough. But even when I wasn't old Festivals weren't up to much music wise. Only Mogwai, The Flaming Lips and Massive Attack have been as good or better at a festival, the latter two because their special effect stage show was better.

Festivals are great for getting wasted and doing drugs for three days but the music is usually a rather middling experience. I'd be in favour scrapping them all and having a festival that took pace in proper venues. Remember that Docklands festival ? that was good craic plus there's the theatre the O2 and the convention centre down there now. That'd be good craic, I liked the Heiniken green energy one two even HWCH is a good blueprint for a festival but this getting shit faced in a field spending a tenner on a burger is fucking ridiculous.

The sound is shite, the weather is usually a chore and it seems that drugs have just gotten more dangerous and scaldy over the years means that festivals are a fucking mess.


Bring back mushrooms and make Ketamine impossible to get hold of I say.

 

[ann post]

I like the festivals where a town just gives itself over to having a fuckload of gigs on everywhere all day for three days, and people hang about.

 

[Theseus Mock]

Festivals are great for getting wasted and doing drugs for three days but the music is usually a rather middling experience. I'd be in favour scrapping them all and having a festival that took pace in proper venues. Remember that Docklands festival ? that was good craic plus there's the theatre the O2 and the convention centre down there now.

True, unless you're going to your Primaveras or ATPs, the majority of attendees are there to get shit faced & dress up like hen/stag parties.

Dublin Castle / Olympia theatre used do multiple bands in-a-day things in the 90s. That Docklands festival was good too, can't remember who put them on but I'd hazard a guess that the Art's Council funded a good bit.

 

[dudley]

I hate all festivals occurring at the same time as my standalone gig on May 31st.

I'm looking at you, Forbidden Fruit, you bastard

 

[egg_]

I love festivals, fuck all y'all whingers

 

[egg_]

Stand-alone gigs I have to drive home after. For my annual jaunt to a festival I have overnight babysitting sorted and can go bananas. I hope Sleaford Mods play Longitude

 

[billygannon]

I love the Christian festival Christmas. It happens during Winter, which is unusual.
The last festival I was at I was amused by the site of a middle-aged dad shouting the lyrics of "Ebenezer Goode" in to his young son's face.

 

[Scientician 0.8]

I was thinking of going to Forbi'en Fruit on the Saturday but now @dudley has made me feel bad about it.

 

[Anthony]

I'm doing both.

 

[niallmc]

only festival i've ever been to is rebellion and that is class, all indoor and even some seats for us old punkers. Does that make it a festival?